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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1891)
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Will HrMmi j,. tlVKSSACBIUCKO. or Mti'1-0. ct-1- A revolt a . i . 1 i. .......i.i,,, ,.t . - l -n ,, i ..t.t 1 t ... - ..... u r, hA Lfl ,iof Guatemala on the morning I, 15th icat. and who has jUBt dtfaif city from Acapulco, brings ilioo that an outbreak occurred ymala City on the 15th inst. ana iti'l in progteu wnen ne ieiu ac Isfto bit story the people of that t celebrating the annt 'erBary or cations! holiday. It appear Uof prudent liariiliuf personally at :ti the orators of the day. lo tbi SIMM tMjk exception, and when oritori to k the platform it was the for itorui of etonra, which set Icfiijflit. iciting ecer.es lolioweu, huh evtrj A liberal or Barillas partisan was ofrooi t.'.e p!n..i. After that the tlecteu in ir oruLors uuu mwi :Mt od incendiary ppeocneB ioi- ,cBof the riot spread rapidly, Kjon Bnllas threw a battalion of h. ff V- "wr. m r or m r 8 Ktnug. I un into the oiupre to disperse the fi. They wer fuel with a shower of tod buHe'.s. It unexpected action ot the mob ttbem to fight, leaving many dead i wounded ou the plaza. lianllaa then ordered artillery into pit and infantry and two cannons uard hie residence. When the guns ire turned on the mob il dispersed. 1 left the plaza, but fought in the Jeitreelp. In fact they practically, irintf the night of the loth, held full otroi of the city, though at intervals ;wer attacked by infantry, who .ut many of them. Iln thought this will cause a general rclt throughout the entir republic lUfctamalu and engender war in all other Central America statee. A 'net censorship is maintain! over all dispatches and the mails are also ipejed to prevent the loaning of any in tarnation concerning the actual condi lonofthe country. It is stated tha sble communication with (Juaternnla iT has been interrupted. The Anglo-American received (J dispatch from Newton, on the it between GuutemaJa and Meiico. I bring-a information that Barillas is outer of the situation, he having put don the revolt after thrne day's hard .'ifhting. The revo'.t was precipitated bj Mootufar, a son of one of the candi dts for the presidency, who is b stroDg partisan of iiamHiis, in attenipting to make a political speech on Independ eocedsy. The mob threw biru und his (fiends from the platform in the main plaza. From then till the night of the Sth there was lighting, sometimes the mob being in pofstior. of the city an 1 at other times the army. Sa'vador is moving troops to the mi'i- lary district of Santa Ana bordering on the southern frontier of Guatema a, for the purpjee, it is believed, of invading the latter country if the City of Guate mala revolt spreads to interior points. A private dispatch to a merchant of tbia city from Newton, savs fully 500 lives were sacrificed in the three day fighting in the City of Guutemalo and that the shooting is still going on. The dispatch also conveys the information that Barills has declared himself dic tator. It ui slated that Colonel Joboo killed General Sanchez, and a brother of General Sanchez, learning of his aasaaaination, killed Jobon. General Sanchez's brother was executed. The ny is under martial law ana a reign of terror prevails, thd inhabitants being artid to leave their houses. The palace aod residence of President barillas is guarded by sold iers and the president does not stir abroad unless guarded by large force of cavalry. OMintal Mill Iturnntl. Rockfcbd, III., Oct. 1. One of the mills of the oatmeal trust burned here Tuesday. Lots, 810,000; insurance, I8,000. They Will Tk It lo Cong" . Ohicaoo, III., Oct, 1. The Woman's independent organization, composed of colored women throughoii the country, i sending out a circular to the women of that race setting forth that the board of lady managers of the World's fair has 'fused to accord colored women of th oountryan equal chance to make an ex hibit of their bandi,vork and calling up on the representative colored women of the country to moei. in convention at Weehiofton, OotoUr 21, mi, simul taneously with the World's Methodist OoovenUoa, to take suitable ntepj in the atterMid a'. t!Jiigrs8 for an ap propriation for the pr.povl th.bit. CataM HMd for leooeeters. A Texas woman has discovered that a pile of cotton teed Is ibe bast of iacuba tora. Cotton seed thrown together In a heap will generate a alow and steady heat, "xl thewoaMn knowing this placed some M In tha pile as an experiment, and was delighted to see in the course of a short ttme chicks come out of the abclU UcalUiy ad liUDjrrjr. Th 'r"'tillut,a.UK, ir:.... , , DU,l,"n "' "'"K at "V "J. The Huutzdal- Jnk is a private c.ocern, bought bv -i eprmg. When Dill took charg. "-l"J Mirath, in whon, the immunity had the utmoet cor, tidence, ln charge as caahier. This ctioe eecured a larg., busing and on HieUmt .layover .., o-M rewired in dIaiU, mostly coming froit p r j.e,, pie. At tLfct '.iiue the deposit did u,.t roach &i),t but through M'.-tirath, well known integrity and popularity they grew until Wednesday th-y reache.1 jjuVU'. I Kn ofienmg the Lank Weilnewlay Mctirath hail occasion to telephone ti.e First National bank con cerning a check and was astounded t i learn that it had collapsed. H, at oncj chjeed his bank, hut had alredy rece.vtd several deposits. The news biiread rapidly and before long beveral hundred depositors wt re o.: ti e stret-ts. The ignoreut Huns :.d .viuvs, who have deposits running from ?;U0 to JiUJti grew fran'.ic when they learned their money was in danger. The larger i!e- diujio uui e sougni c jemer .ii.iral!i and he informed tiietn that the depot. its reached tJAi.WJ. Ltee tha'i ijJ,m in paper and currenry was in the bank when it cloned. He said President Dill had removed a great amount of money and gavs as his reason that the lloutz daie bunk was not secure and 1 e would put it in the Cleartfeld vault. Many of Ihl.'a friemlB of Wednesday are his enetni-s today. It is said he has been borrowing right and left. Only a few days ago hi father-in-law, John Horwith, advanced him iilo.'KJU on the representation that it wouid lix every thing up and put the bank on its feet. Serlttli Truuhte. Kxktkk, N. II., Oct, 1. There is ser ious trouble in I'hillin's Exeter acad emy, attributed to members ot the four s;cret sxiieliea suppressed this year. Last night a band of fifteen forced ao entrance into a boarding house, hand ling roughly the landlady and the othei women of the house who opposed them, and seized u student named W'orl of New Orleans, a member of the senior class and a representative non society man. Werl was dragged part way iowu stairs and received severe trentmeut. In the police court this rooming Henry F. Arnold and D. McKee of Washington and Philip Hand of Medford, Mass., were discharged, but Arnold and Mc Kee were lined -0 and costs il,- r niinii.-ii :ii) non. Chw.hm, Oct., 3. The Home Life Insurance company of lirook'yn has begun suit in the fedeial court against Edgar II, Kellog, who for a series of years prior to last February acted as general agent for the northwest, The bill alleges that an examination of his accounts In January last showed that he embezzled over $:i '). When the discovery was made Kellogg gave notes and mortgages to indemnify the com pacy and it iB for an accounting and the collection of the sums due on the notes that this action is begun. Hope ul of Ciiitiiruitf Hie Robber. Uuca, X. Y., Oct. 3.-The Pinkerton men, railroad and express ofliciuls m?t here and carefully examined Expes-i Agent Moore and the conductor find trainmen who were on the train which was robbed between this city and Little Falls Wednesday. Nothing was given out for publication except that the detectives were hopeful of capturing the robber soon, and that it was their belief that he was an old Land at the business. $13,000,0(10 Kert of I.iiiuVr Kmlroyed. Old Mille Lac Ukskkvatiojc, Minn., 0-;t. 3. The resent tires on the reserva tion burned out two townships and destroyed l."),000,000 feet of timber, a large amount of hy, grain nr.d the settlers' houses. It is generally be lieved by the settlers that the Indians set the fires. The Jlille l;ac Indians say they will not go to White Efwth' un ions the president makes them fl personal visit and adjutts their grievances for the last 100 years. f lmriri il Willi l.lbet Montreal, Oct. 3.-K. N. O'Brein, a . 1. ... ...I n l.nu newsnarer corresponueiii, Un on trial the pt five days on the cl.a.-ire of liljolling fnnco u.orge of Wales by means of a "fake" dispatch representing that the prince hnd gone out on a debauch while in Montreal, was fjund guilty by a jury Wed nesday, with a recommendation of .1 1 1, a iirnfio mtror uounsoi im mo fiition then announced that us public justice had been vindicated, the crown would agree to a suspension of the sentence and the court suspended sen tence. Oeneial M "' Abollnlird. Chicago. Oct. 3.-Preideut Fish of the Illinois Central issued a u rculur Wednesday announcing that the ollice of general mnnager of that road is abolished, C. A. Heck, whs served in that capacity since the rotiremont of E. Jeffray, will continue to perfoim the duties of the ollice with the title ol assistant second vioe-presiUont. h ii aaid there is no doubt that u jVtTrey ha been appointed president of the Uio Grande railrond. He is i.o. in the city at present. Alniut Kltroeutlon MBTrV,0eL3--Dr- Carlos F " &1?'Wh06undedthe cut.onsatSingS1E(?or four crBji XThV'' in Mery the report of the United press nt out on the day of the execution: In 1 Hies cases one electrode was so Plied as to cover the forehead and ! ot.T-. larger one-he call of the K'ht leg.exeptinthe case of Jph Wood,,,, which it was applied to the leg in consequence of tl, ulcer on rignt The elec trodea were thoroughly wet. wluUonofsalt and water before the current was turned cn, and were moist ened at intervals, when the e.nrrnt. merrupted, with the il, ., James J. Sh tion room at 4:13 a. m. and passe 1 around urn cnair, accomnanie J hv hiu t,ri0t "JU w'-upiea with his devotions. The restraining straps and electrodes were adjusted expeditiously and without re- ...ju.iui-, umi ins electric current rurr.hLt.l ll.n i:.. . ... . . was ,.i.,u moiiibi ume at 4:.,o a. m. I he lirst contract lasted 27 seconds, at uie enu or which tune it was broken Out the pulse was still found to be beat ing strongly, and between one and two minutes a respiration beca.ne estab lished, with considerable regularity. The current was immediately reapplied and continued forl!J!4' seconds, und was finally broken at 4:3. Respiration had then ceased entirely and permanently, and auscultation allowed that the heart heat had also ceased. The removed to the dead house body was at 0 a. m. 1'our minutes ator riaor mortis was found to be markedly developed in the right leg und rapidly extended to all the muscles of the neck and trunk, appear ing lust in the arms. Professor L. If. Laudy reports that the pressure in this case amounted to 1,4.x volts. After the removal of Slocum's body a consultation among the medical gentlemen present , seemed to point to the unanimous feeling that it was quite possible that the long continu ance of the current was not bo impor tant a factor in producing rapid cessa tion of heart beats, us the sudden impact of making and breaking the contruct, and for that reason the next execution was conducted differently. Joseph Wood entered the room at 32 and the electric current wai com pleted at 5:31:10. Three contracts of liO seconds each were made at the end of which time respiration had ceused permanently, no pi'lse could be felt at the wrist, and no heart boat was heard on auscultation, though it was listened for by Drs. Wood, McDonald, llockwell, Southwiok, Daniels, Allison and Barber. An extremely fine, faint crepitution could be heard, but nothing else. At "i:58 the body WU3 removed from the room. Professor Laudy reported in this case a prossuro of 1,48.j volts. Feel ing that the contracts had bean unnec essarily prolonged, it was determined to make them a little shorter in the next case. Schihick Jugigo entered the room at !:O0.30 u. m. At 0:0115 a. m. the circuit wa3 closed for the first time and three contacts of fifteen secouds each followed with two intermissions of 20 seconds ouch. When the current was linally broken a very slight fluttering was felt at the wrist, which observation was confirmed by Drs. Wrard, Daniels, Rock well, Wilson and Townsend and by Ward a socond time. In this cae ex treme heat was noticed in the region of the knee above the point where the lower ele:trode had been applied, and a thermometer held against the skin for only 15 seconds run up to J.1J degrees, the highest point it registered, while the seusation conveyed to the iiand was such ns to render it probable that the temperature had run up to the boiling point of water, if not higher. At C:17 the chest was bared and cissation of the heat action was noticed by-.Irj. Ward, McDonald, Allison, Wilson and IJarber. Ttie body was removed from the room at 0:'3I. Th3 pressure reported by Professor Laudy in this case was 1,485 volts. From the experience in these eaeea, we are led to believe that while unconsciousness was instantaneous ami continued from the first moment of . : vai in nrilar t.fl in- COnlUCt 13 BilOO tunc, ,i . .1...1U n..nnrna no rnnidlv as possible, it is necessary to continue a current oi me voiiiiDoi"ijo cases for from 50 to 00 seconds. In each ciwe the temperatuie'of the water near to und at the edges of the electroues was raised, nearly, if not quite, to the boiling point, so as to blister the skin more or less extensively, There was absolutely novhero any smoking charr ing or burning. Will Nit Affect FolltKii. T.ien. Oct. 3. Ml the Paris papers agree in expressing the opinion that the death of Boulanger will not affect the political situatisn. Him linen Sulil. Chattanooga. Tenn., Oot. 3.-It is reported that the Chattanooga South ern railroad has been sold to the Louis ville & Nashville. The road is built as farasGadsen.Aln., where it connect, with adivislon of the Louisville A Nash ville, with which it has close traffic connections, and to which it would be H good feeder, starting here and run ning through a section rich with mm-erala. The Excitement lutentlfied. Cleabfu-d, Pa, Oct. 3. The excite ment concering the First National bank failure was intensified Wednesday night when the condition of things at Houtzdale was learned. The Houtzdale bank is a private concern, bought by Dill last spring. When Dill took charge he placed John B. McGrath, in whom the comaiunity had the utmoet con fidence, in charge as cashier. This action tecured a iarge business and on the tirst day over 9,0 0 was received in deposits, mostly coming from poor peo ple. At that time the deposits did i; t reach SG0J0O but through McGrath'. well known integrity and popularity they grew until Wednesday th;y reached !2U0.00A Upon opening the bank Wednesday McGrath had occasion to telephone ti.e First National bank con cerning a check and was astounded t'i learn that it had collapsed. He at once closed hio bank, but had alredy received Eeveral deposits. The Dews spread rapidly and before long several hundrod depositors were oj the stieets. The ignorent Huns and Slavs, v. ho have depoei's running f;om 8-00 to ?2,0'JJ grew frantic when they learned their money was in danger. The larger de positors at once sought Cashier M( Grath and he informed them that the depos its reached 8200,00 J. Ls-ss than 500,000 in paper and currency was in the bank when it clobed. He said President Dill had removed a great amount of money and gavs as his reason that the Houtz dale bank was not secure and 1 e would put it in the Clearfield vault. Muny of Dil.'s friends of Wednesday are bis enemies today. It is said he has been borrowing right and left. Only a few days ago his father-in-law, John Borwith, advanced him $20,000 on the representation that it wouid lix every thing up and put the bank on its feot. Serious Trouble. Exetf.r, N. II, Oct, 1. There is ser ious trouble in Philiin's Exeter acad emy, attributed to members of the four s;cret societies suppressed this year. Last night a band of fifteen forced an entrance into a boarding house, hand ling roughly the landlady nnd the other women of the house who opposed them, nnd seized a student named Werl of New Orleans, n member cf ( senior class and a representative) non -society man. Werl was dragged part way down stairs nnd received severe treatment. In the police court this morning Henry F. Arnold und D. McKee of Washington and Philip Sand of Medford, Mass, were discharged, but Arnold and Mc Kee were lined $20 and costs II.! i:inbcyy.!iul Si:',0 OOO. Chicago, Uct, A the Home ljiie Insurance company of Brooklyn has begun suit in the federal court against Edgar II. Kellog, who for a series of years prior to last February acted as general ugent for the northwest, The bill alleges that i.n examination of his accounts in January lart nhowed that he embezzled over ?30,0X. When the discovery was made Kellogg gave notes nnd mortgages to indeti.cify the com pany and it is for an accounting and the collection of the sums duo on tho notes that this action is begun. llope'lilof Capturing the Kobbor. Utica, N. Y, Oct. 3. The Pinkerton men, ruilroad and express officials mat here and carefully examined lxpres3 Agent Moore and the conductor and trainmen who were on the train which was robbed between this city nnd Littlo Falls Wednesday. Nothing was givoi out for publication except that tho detectives were hopeful of enpturiog tho robbor soon, and thut it was their belief that he was ws. old hand at the busiue.w. $15,000,000 Fcft or Lumber Ieslroycd. Old MtLi.R Lac Reservation, Minn., Ot. 3, The resent fires on the reserva tion burned out two townships and destroyed 15,000,000 feet of timber, a large amount of hay, grain and the settlers' houses. It is generally be lieved by the Bettlers that the Indians sot the fires. The Millo Lac Indians eay they will not go to White Enrth un less the president makes thoin a personal visit and adjutts their grievances for the last 100 years. Churl," 1 Willi Libel Montreal, O-.t. 3. It. N. O'Brein, a newsparer correspondent, who has been on trial tha past five days on the charge of libelling Prince Otorgo of Wales by means of a "fake" dispatjh representing that the prince had gone out on a debauch while in Montreal, was found guilty by a jury Wed nesday, with a recommendation of mtrcy Counsel for the prose cution then announced that as public justice had been vindicated, tho crown would agree to a suspension of the sentence and the court suspended sen tence. General MMtinger Abo-Uuhed. Chicago, Oct. 3. President Fish of the Illinois Central issued a a rculur Wednesduy announcing that the oliice of general mnnager of that road is abolished. C. A. Beck, who served in that capacity since the rotiremont of E. Jeffray, will continue to perform the duties of the office with the title of assiitant second vice-president. It is said there in no doubt that C. Jrffrey has hen appointed president of the Tvio Grande railroad. He is not in the city at presont. Alwiut. Klmtroeution. A.BAKy, N. J'., Oct. 3. Dr. Carlos F. McDonald, who superintended the exe cutions at Sing Sing of four criminals some time simca, in very particular verifies the report of the L'nited press sent out on the day of the execution: In all these cases one electrode was 60 ipplied as to cover the forehead and the other a larger one the calf of the right leg, ex ept in the case of Joseph Wood, in which it was applied to ihe left leg in consequence of the existence of an u!esr on the right one. The elec trades were thoroughly wet with a solution of salt and water before the current was turned rc, and A'ero moist ened at intervals, when the current was interrupted, with the same solution, thrown on them with a tyrinire. James J. Slocuoi entered the execu tion room at 4: J! a. m. and paessd around to the chair, accompaoie I by iiis priest and occupied with bis devotions. The restraining straps aud electrodes were adjusted expeditiously and without re sistance, anil the electric current was compleUd the first time at 4:C5 a. m. The tirst contract lasted 27 seconds, at the end of which time it was broken, Out the pulse was still found to be beat ing strongly, and between one and two minutes a respiration became estab lished, with considerable regularity. The current was immediately reapplied and jontinued for 20 '4 seconds, aud was finally broken ut 4:3J. Inspiration had then ceased entirely and permanently, and auECultatioii showed thut the heart beat had ako cea-ied. The body was removed to tho duud bouse ut 5 a. m. Four minutes later rigor mortis was found to be markedly developed in the right leg aud rapidly extended to all the muscles of the neck and trunk, appear ing lust in the arms. Professor L. H. Laudy reports that the pressure in this case amounted to 1,458 volts. Aftei the removal of Slocum's body a consultation among the medicul gentlemen present seemed to point to the unanimous feeling thut it was quite possible that the long continu ance of the current was not bo impor tant a factor in producing rapid cessa tion of heart beats, as the sudden impact of making and breaking the contract, and for that reason the next execution was conducted differently. Joseph Wood entered the room at 5:32 and the electric current waa com pleted at 5:34:40. Three contracts of 20 seconds each were made at the end of which time respiration had ceused permanently, no pulse could be felt at tho wrist, and no heart beat wai heard on auscultation, though it was listened for by Drs. Wood, McDonald, Rockwell, Southwick, Daniels. Allison and Barber. An extremely fine, faint crepitation could be heard, but nothing else. At 5:58 the body was removed from the room. Professor Laudy reported in this case a pressure of 1,485 volts. Feel ing that the contracts had bean unnec essarily prolonged, it was determined to make them a little shorter in the next case. Schihick Jugigo entered the room at 0:00.30 a. ra. At 0:02.15 a. m. the circuit was closed for the first time aud three contacts of fifteen eoconds each followed with two intermissions of 20 seconds each. When the current was finally broken a very slight fluttering was felt at the wrist, which observation was confirmed by Drs. Ward, Daniels, Rock well, Wilson and Townsend and by Ward a socond time. In this caue ex treme heat was noticed in the region of the knee above the point where the lower electrode had been applied, nnd a thermometer held against the skin for only 15 seconds run up to 112 degrees, the highest point it registered, while the sensation conveyed to the hand was such as to randor it probable that the temperature had run up to the boiling point of water, if not higher. At 0:17 the chest was bared and cessation of the heat action was noticed by Drs. Ward, McDonald, Allison, Wilson and Barber. The body was removed from the room at 0:2-4. The pressure reported by Professor Laudy in this case was 1,485-volts. From the experience in these caees, we are led to believe that while unconsciousness was instantaneous and contisued from the first moment of contact in each case, yet in order to in sure that death supervene as rapidly as possible, it is necessary to oontinue a current of the voltage employed in these cases for from 50 to GO seconds. In each case the temperatuie of the water near to nnd at the edges of the electrodes was raised, nearly, if not quite, to the boiling point, so as to blister the skin more or loss extensively, There was absolutely nowhere any smoking charr ing or burning. Will Nut Afl'ct Polities. Pak:s, Oct. 3. 4.11 the Paris papers agree in expressing the opinion that tho death of Boulanger will not affect the political situation. Una Been Solil. Chattanooga. Tenn., Ojt. 3. It is report! that the Chattanooga South ern railroad Las been sold to the Louis villoA Niulille. The road is built as far ns Gidsen, Ala, where it connects with a division of the Louisville & Nash ville, with which it has close traffic connections, nnd to which it would be a good feoder, starting here and run ning through a bection rich with min ora is. EBRASKA STATE NEWS. Folk county's br iu corn is reported v.ry l.i avy and in t-iti-Ueiit conuitiou The 1 'helps couu'y broom corn cr'.p is reported to bo ry heavy aud of good quality. Mr. M. Vi'. Diiifva cf Milligaa was, probably fatally burned by the explo sion of a gaso.ine otove. James Mcintosh of Money left for Aim Arbor to commence a coarse cf study hi the new sctiouL Burglars entered Biase & Co's store at Bryan and got away with S200 iu ash and 100 worth of goods. A camp of llodejii Woodmen was organized at Falls City, beginning its career with a membership of thirty-five. The new station of mitblield be tween Elwiod and Bcrtrand was opened for business last week by the Burlington & Missiouri. Yall y county will hold a special election October i to vote joO.OiX) bonds to the 1 ut-Lio v-; i,'ul;th railroad company. The i.rinking- of too much 1 -1 water caused the death of C. 1'. . :..va at Table Hock last week, lie leii a wife and six children. The Falls City Baptist church has riused 81,000 by subscription and will receive a like amount from the assem bly for the purpose of erecting a house .of worship. While .;. W. lioby was driving a nail to its place at (J aide Kock a spike head sprang off and struck Uoty in the fore head, knocking him down and cutting a gash clear to the bone. 'the 'Jecumseh canning factory is still at work ou tomatoes. Frcst lias held oil so remarkably that the late plants are producing an abundance of Last week'i. ibsue of the Nebraska Xugget contained an elaborate write up of Iloklridge, ' The Magic City" and was a most creditable piece of enter prise ou the part of the paper. ; The sixth annual meeting of the Nebraska Association of Trotting Horse Breeders, will be held at David City October 1 i to 10. The first pay ment has been made ou over 300 nom inations. tt. James Guild of Fremont was re organized last week with a future rec tor of the church as president, JJrs. Fred Draeniei vice-president, Mrs. C. L. West secretary and Miss Josephine Hichrads treasurer. Mrs. Fred Altensee of Eustis was awakened the other morning by feeling something cold against her which, up on investigation, proved to be a garter snake about 2 feet long which had crawled into tho bed. George Bennett of Brownvilie, who married Minnie Sears, aged 13, was arrested on complaint of the father or the girl, but was released when it was found that the couple had not lived to gether as man and wife. A quilt, the work of Miss Viola S: wails of Geneva was awarded the first premium for needle work at the Fil niore county lair. It was made by Miss Swaila while she was confined to her bed by a terrible burn 011 both her arni3. AVhile Mr. "Wilkinson was doing some threshing for John Wood o-f Crab, Or chard the stermer set fire to the straw as they were cleaning up the job, and burned the whole stack, which con tained all the straw irom 00 acres of grai.i. Mrs. Sarah Harlan, living east of Beatrice, was bitten by a rattlesnake. She was out picking grapes, and in reaching down to 1 lack a clusier tho snake jumped from underneath the vine and struck her on tho thumb of the left hand. Josh Brown a farmer living near lhappell raised a watermelon that, weighed 45 pounds. Mr. T. A. Uall living near the water works in Superior raised one that measured 3 feet in cir cumference one way and 4 feet the otiier and weighed 43 pounds. Next. A day or two ago a 2 year-old sou of Boyd Sanders of Saunders county by mistake swallowed a large dose of eye water which he found in a small bottle. Ho was soon taken very ill, and his con dition for some hours was dangerously critical, lie is now, however, out of danger. Charley Lyon, of Unaailla, while handling hay with u bull iake, raked up a rattlesnake which bit him in the calf of the leg while he was on top of the hay. He drove his team us fast as they could go to town and bad applied t'jtidotes which subdued the swelling and made hiin safe from the injury. The M. E. folks of the Pleasant mil neighborhood, Hamilton cpunty, are contemplating building a church, and tfie encouragement and Eiieeess they are having with their subscription, makes it assured. The Presbyterians of Bromfield are also contemplating building a church in the near future. The union of Grand Island clerks has induced the merchants to close their stores at 0:30 p. in. except on Saturday, This is unanimous nmoug all dry goods, clothing, hardware, furniture and mill inery establishments. The grocery houses will closo one hour later and drug stores at 8:3 All barber shops will close on Sunday after October 4th. V