ICE SIOUX C3UJITT JOURNAL
I. J. 8IVMOmi, Proprietor
Harrison, Nebraska,
Fin Fiend la Kaar Jersey Foraata.
ItrLLViLEE, N. J. April 4.-The big
treat Are south of this city, which
Urted Saturday, burned fiercely all
lif ht, but is reported to be under con
fcoL A special train, with a large
jang of section hands, left this city
trer the West Jersey railroad for the
eeneofthe fire about 11 o'clock Sun
iay night, and by back-firing kept the
lames from crossing the railroad
racks, but did not succeed in putting
he main fire out. Tae principal
Deer by the fire is John Fries, of this
lity.
Th fire in the vicinity of CarmeL
rhich started Thureday and was sup
ioaed to have been extinguished started
ip again today, and the high wind has
tided in spreading it. This afternooon
t was within two miles of the city and
lie burning timber sent up great clouds
f smoke, obscuring the sun. A house
m a farm belonging to the Loder es
ate was completely hemmed in by the
Ire for a while and was only saved by
tack-firing. The fire has burned sev
ral hundred cords of wood owned by
rohn Pike and a lot of standing Umber
inlands owned by him, the Loder
Utate and others.
Pleasant ville, N. J., April 4.
Forest fires haw been burning in this
teighberbood since Friday among tbe
(he pines. At 2 o'clock yesterday it
Doked as if part of this borough would
te destroyed. On the west side of tbe
town the dwellings were saved by tbe
vomen and children pouring water ou
the walls and roofs of tbe houses while
the men fought the flames. Large
tinders fell in the very heart of the
iorough. In West Pleasantville two
looses were destroyed . Another fire is
laid to be approaching from the direc
tion of Absecon. No estimate of tbe
loss has been made.
LARGE TRACTS OF TIMBER ABLAZE.
Waterford, N. J. April 4. Three
f the seven forest fires in this vicinity
ire still raging and it is estimated that
luring the past thirty hours t'25,000
worth of property has been destroyed,
rbus far only two cabins aud a build
ing used to store fertilizers has been
burned.
At Pestleton the fire spread in two
branches, but it is hoped the people will
lave the most valuable property by
back-firing, Brodderick's cranberry
bog was partially burned and valuable
timber lands were destroyed at Iron
Mills. At Ancora the names are
spreading toward Elm, which will be
saved by back-firing. A serious fire is
raging at Cbesilhurst, many firs and
fruit trees having been burned. Sev
eral houses were saved by the efforts
of the inhabitants.
May's landing, X. J., April 4.
Three destructive forest tires are rag
ing within ten miles of this town. Tbe
largest is at the valuable timber tract
between here and Absecon, about eight
miles distant. Another is on tbo
Millville road near Doughty's tavern,
in a valuable timber tract. A third is
burning near English meadow. High
winds are prevailing. The damage
has not been estimated.
l,on ; Horseback Journey.
San Antonio, Tex ., Aprii 4. J ohn
Keed Wipple of Boston and William
II. Sellers of Haverhill, Mass., aged
twenty-two and twenty years, respec
tively, reached San Antonio on horse
back, having made the entire journey
from Boston in that manner. They
left the Hub October 10, 1892, and came
by way of Mobile, Ala. Mr. Whipple's
horse made the entire distance. The
young men made the journey for the
benefit of their health. They are now
rugged and strong. They will return
from here Boston to by train.
A Sew EapKalve.
Berlix, April, 4 A commission of
artillery experts has been testing for
several days at the jueterborga new
explosive which is intended to ulti
mately replace gunpowder in tbe
German army. The explosive is a
brown fatty substance of the con
sistency of frozen oil when exposed in
ordinary temperature. It retains this
consistency up to 112 degrees
Fahrenheit. A shock or a spark does
not set it off. When used in gnn
the explosion Is , obtained through
contact with another chemical com
pound. The explosion is almost un
,0companled by smoke and the deton
adafeis inconsiderable. The recoil is
very alight, even when the heaviest
cfcarges have been lued. The explo
sive does not beat weapons sufficiently
to cause difficulty in the way of rapid
firing, and cartridges once used are
Mil refilled. For the present rifle,
the model of 1886, tbe new compound
ia not available, but if future tests be
as satisfactory as the recent ones it
will be introduced generally in th
artillery bran oh of the service. Four
Models of new army rifles, having
many advantages over the rifle now in
use, have passed successfully the trials
of the small arms inspectors. Tbe
inventor of all four is Mr. Weiss, of
the Jeua dynamite.
Cewlaa; to Chicago.
gApMO, April 4. -The Duke aud
EzZzm f Verague aud their children
1-31 Cad rid yesterday for Chicago.
J tSf will proceed via Paris aca
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Between Carter and Bauell. ,
Paris, April 8. The arguments were '
eontinued before the Bering sea court j
by Sir Charles Russell, on behalf of
Great Britain, and Commissioner Carter
on behalf of the United States.
In closing his answer to Phelp's pro
posal to exclude the supplementary re:
port of i he British Bering sea commis
sioners. Sir Charles Hussell contended
that the objections of the United States
to the report on the ground that it was
not subject to control or cross-examination
applied equally to the mass of
evidence in the United States' counter
case. In conclusion Sir Charles urged
npon the arbitrators the necessity of
determining the question right before
dealing with the regulation of the seal
fisheries.
In reply Carter remarked that it was
not the custom of the American bar for
counsel to introduce their own person
ality in a case so as to lend weight to
his arguments. Therefore he himself
would not follow tiie example set sever
al times by the counsel for Great
b'itain. He pointed out that when the
United States delegates arrived in Paris
the case, as far as the arguement was
concerned, was finished, and both the
cases and coun'er case bad long been
closed. Tbe United States govern
ment was of opinion that it had much
reason to complain of Great Britian's
conduct in the case, but this bad been
passed over. They believed that the
only thing to be done was to return
the documents, as the time for submit
ting new evidence was long past. "We
would not impute bad taith to the
British government," said Carter, "but
at the sa me time we hold that our
opponents proceeded on an erroneous
interpretation of the treaty of arbitra
tion. Sacked by a Mob.
Washington, April 8. As Chile
during the last administration, and
maybe its neighbor, Peru, during this,
it appears the United States consulate
at one of the Peruvian ports has been
sacked by a mob, with apparent police
sanction. The officer acting as con
sular agent for the United States was
iired upon and wounded in the foot.
The news comes in a brief telegram
through the United States minister to
Peru. He omitted such essential de
tails as the name of the place and the
name of the wounded officer, or the
were dropped from his dispatch ii.
telegraphic transmission. The telegram
is as follows:
Lima, April 5. Gresham, Washing
on. D. C: At (place omitted) a mob
attacked the Masonic lodge, sacked the
building aud burned the fixtures in the
st est. lacidema ly the United State
consulate was invaded, the furnishing)
destroyed and the acting consular agent
shot in the foot. The archives wer.
saved intact. A squad of Peruvian
police looked on while the mob per
formed the work, without interference
The mail brines particulars. Hicks.
Secretary Gresham conferred wit)
the president on the subject, and sen
the following telegram:
To Minister Hicks, Lima: Prote-
against the failure of the authorities i
afford protection to the consulate, an
if the tacts are well established ask i
expression of regret, the prompt prose
cution of the guilty parties and repara
tion for injuries to American propem
or person. Gresham.
Killed Hia Wivea.
Bombay. April 8. Further inf..i
matiou in regard to the atrociiies com
mitted by Mr. Khudadad Khan, th
ruler of Kheiat, is to the) effect that
having suspected five of his numeroif
wives to be guilty of infidelity, ii
caused itiem to be cruelly'put to deati
In answer to the denjand of th
British Indian government that tl.
khan should liberate lis survivin
prisoners and should five an e
planatioi of his course, Hie khan h..
agreed t ) deliver up his prisoners t
the British agent. Tbe cruelties o
which t ie khan had been guil
appearing indefensible, the Brius
agent hm imposed upon the khan .
fine of 40,000 rupees, the money to b
devoted to the benefit of the familie
of those who have been unjust!?
executed. This will mean a reductioi
of the annual subsidy paid to the khai
by the British government frui.
100,000 rupees to 60,000 for the curreiu
year. The khar of Kheiat, who
himself at the '.ead of the confedrac
of chiefs, ismenable to the advice
the agent of the governor-general n
liloochistun, who arbitrates in matter
between the khan and his subordinate;
The" conduct of the khan is all the
more surprising, for the reason that he
is about fifty-two years of age am.
has been on the throne since 1857, ami
has hereto-fore been generally wet.
behavedj
A New Capital.
St. Paul, Minn., April 8. Mtune
sota Is to have a new capitoL A
: measure providing for one passed the
; house last week and was sent to the
governor by the senate by a rote of 34
i to 18. The bill provides that the new
structure shall cost 82,000,000 and
that it shall be constructed on the
, block on which the capltol how stands
and the block to the north of It. The
j bill provides that the building must
ue cviupieiea in ku yeara.
I.e. Smith Kaowa Nothing.
Washington, April 8. Dr. Mott
Smith, the lawailan minister to the
United States, called at the state
department and had an Interview with
Secretary Gresham, He informed the
M-civtary that he had received no in
timatlon that ho would be recalled by
She provisional government, as stated
n a San Francisco dispatch yesterday
morning. Neither Thurston or
Carter, of tbe Hawaiian annexation
eommkieloo, is In tin city at protest
Cannot Houieatead,
Washington", April 5. The supreme
court announced its constuction of the
proclamation by the president and the
act of congress in 189 opening to set
tlement the Creek Indian reservation
in Oklahoma. The contained provi
sions that "any person who may enter
upon any part of said lands prior to
the time the same were opened to set
tlement shall not be permitted to oc
cupy or make entry of such lands or
lay any claim thereto." Alexander F.
Smith, a railroad employe, Jiving at
Edmond station at the time the lands
opened, entered a quarter section. Irs
right of entry was contested by Eddie
B. Townsend and decided in his favor
by the local land officer, but, on appeal,
tne commissioner of the general land
office, secretary of the interior and the
district court and supreme court of
Oklahoma suces3ively sustained Towu-
tend's entry, and Smith appeal to the
supreme court. United states Justice
Brewer announced the decision of the
court in an opinion reviewing the facts
and law in the case, concluding with
the statement, that "any one who was
within the territorial limits at the hour
of noon, April 22, was within both the
letter and spirit of the statute disquali
led to take a homestead there, u."
Will not Hare Peace.
Paris, Texas, April 5 -It looks as if
all the agreements to have peace be
tween the Choctaw factions had been
disregarded. The militia agreed to
disband and go home. They are drink
ing and declaring they will move
Locke. If they continue in thiir pre
sent mood a fight will come off soon.
Locke has sufficient food for a one hun
dred days' siege. Both sides are about
equal in numbers. The Choctaw gov
ernment is issuing scrip to meet ex
penses, and that is now bringing eighty
cents on the dollar. It seems now that
martial law Is inevitable, as the milita
has broken faith with Bennett. That
is what Locke desires as he will then
feel secure.
A New Combine.
New York, April 5. Tbe Union
Typewriter company, organized under
the laws of New Jersey, has purchased
the plant factories, good will, etc., of
the AVyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
American Writing Machine company,
the Yost Typewriter company, the
Smith Premier Typewriter company,
and the Densmore Typewriter com
pany. Clarence E. Seamans, of
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, is men
tioned as the probable president,
Charles N. Fowler, president of tbe
Equitable Mortgage company, vice pre
sident, and E. II. Benedict, of Wyckoff,
Seamans & Benedict, treasurer. Each
of the old companies will retain their
former method of doing business under
the direction of the new officers and a
general board.
Bering Sea Commission.
Wasaington, April 5. An official
of the state department in the con
fidence of Secretary Gresham, in con
versation regarding the Bering sea
commission, said that while the
secretary may incline to the opinion
that the allowances of some of j the
members are excessive, he is not dis
posed to interfere while arbitration is
in progress, and has no thought of re
calling any attaches of the commission
or making any changes in its per
sonnel. ENGLISH PRESS COMMENTS.
London, April 5. Newspapers
general comment upon the intro
duction before the court of arbitration
on the Bering sea of the British
connter case, exposing the use of mis
translations of Russian documents in
the case presented by the United
States. The London Standard said
sometimes the translator seems to
have blundered out of sheer careless
ness, and in other places to have been
mistaken, while some errors of omis
sion and commission show deliberate
falsifications in favur of the conten
lentions of the United S ates. As the
agent of the United States had put in
amended versions oi the mistranslated
documents, most people, the Standard
continues, would suppose no more
need be said; but ii ic surprising to
find after; practically admitting some
documents to be more reliable than
the Mormon scriptures, tbe United
States has refrained from modifying or
withdrawing the arguments based on
these garbled translations. The
British contention,, he Standard adds,
is that when the spurious passages are
expunged, there does not remain an
atbm of evidence supporting the chief
American allegations. In closing the
Standard remarks Hint it would per
haps be futile to sk whether any
responsible politician in Washington
really thought the device could be
guile the representative, of Great
Britain. ;
The St. James Gazette says it does
not suspect the Unied States of con
niving in the . concocted passages
government and, sa s the American
people will repudiate a trick so dirty
and so silly. Yet adds the Gazette,
the argument! founded an tbe forgers
are uncancelled.
Karon te to America.
. Madrid, April 5. The duke and
dnches of Peragua and their children
left Madrid yesterday for Chicago.
Uhlneae Kegiatrjr Law,
Washington, April 5. The treas
ury department bat received no Infor
mation official or otherwise, of tbe
alleged action of ths Six eompaniee in
recommending legal resistance to tbo
provisions of th Geary Chinese law
requiring registration. Preparations
have been perfected for registering all
Chinese who may apply to the Internal
revenue officers before May 5, but be
yond this no action has been taken by
the department.
Serine; Sea Arbitral ion.
Paris, April a. The Bering sea court
of arbitration assembled today. Many
American ladies were among the audi
ence. Sir Charles Russell, of counsel
for Great Britain, moved that Campbell
iurnish the court a copy of the report
of Sir Henry Elliott on the Bering sea
question. Tbe motion was supported
by Webster, also of the British ccunseL
and opposed by Phelps and Carter of
the counsel for the United States, after
which the court took a recess.
Sir Charles Russell demanded the pro
duction of the Elliott report, basing his
application on article four of the treaty
of arbitration.
. Mr. Phelps, in behalf of the United
States, denied that the report was re
ferred to in the American case. He
said that it was simply referred to in
the counter cae, to which article four
oi the treaty did not refer. Mr. Phelps
further denied thai it was adaiisaable in
law that one party should have tbe
power to force an adversary to produce
any document, simply because the adv
ersary desired to use it in evidence.
The refusal of the I nited States to pro
duce the document was not due to any
desire to suppress the report, but to the
fact that it was applied for too late for
ihe American government to prepare
ts answers to the argument that might !
possibly be based upon it. Nevertheless
hm urnulfl nr.-tliif-a tha rannrf lift liid
not wish to engender the suspicion of a
lesire to suppress evidence, but after j
this concession lie would decline to
produce any further evidence.
Sir Charles Russell, briefly contented
that the report was referred to in the
ppendix,and the appendix was referred
to in the case sufficiently to invoke
article four of the treaty.
insinuations unfounded.
Ex-,ecretary of StaU John W. Fost
er, American agent before the Bering
sea court of arbitration, was questioned
today in regard to the erroneous trans
lation of certain Russian documents
represented to have been used to uphold
the American case. Mr. Foster said
ilia, the errors of the translation had
been discovered by the United States
government and the erroneously trans
lated documents had been withdrawn,
along with the arguments based upon
ihem, and the British government had
been informed of the facts. The in
sinuations of the British newspapers
were, therefore, Mr. Foster added, utter
y unfounded and unworthy of attcn
uon. Tendered His Resignation.
Philadelphia, Pa, April ft Mr. A.
A. McLeod, president of the Philadel
phia and Reading road and coal and
iron companies, has tendered his re
signation, to take effect JJay 1. He
will also resign the receivership.
Following is his letter to the board of
'nanagers:
Philadelphia, Pa., April 2, 18U3.
To the board of Managers of the Phil
adelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany: Gentlemen I hereby resigned
my position as president of your com
liiny, to take effect on the first day of
May next. On that day it is my inlen
nun to resigti my position as receiver
of your company.
My reason for thus resigning is my
belief that needed financial assistance
will not be accorded to the company so
long as I shall continue to occupy the
positions of president and receiver.
Yours Truly.
A. A. McLeod.
A similar letter was also sent to the
board of managers of the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron company.
The Koyal Family Quarrel.
Paris, Aprilft A quarrel has broken
out in the royal.family in Spain, owing
to the conduct of the yonng king's
grandmother, ex-(2ueeii Isabella the
second. Queen Isabella, who is about
3ixty-three years of age, has taken as
her favorite a young Hungarian, who
for the present exercises immense influ
ence over the aged ex-queen. Presuming
on this influence, the youthful favorite
has dared to insult the Infanta Eulalie
and other members of the royal family
of Spain and the result is a bitter dis
pute between the ex-Queen Isabella,who
resides in Paris, and the of her members
of the royal family.
Invenliicaliiis; the Muriler.
Jonesboro, Ark., April 6. The cor
oner's jury which has been investigat
ing the murder of Georne Black, an
inoffensive Spaniard, and the killing of
W. J. Metcalf, the leader of a band of
white caps, reported that Black was
justified in shooting Metcalf. The jury
also ordered the arrest of Captain Leo.
S. Ware, Charles Henson, Ben. Hay,
Albert Counts, George Counts, James
Ballintine, John liurrows and K.
Pyne. All of the parties were re
manded to jail without bail. The ar
rest of these parties has caused a
tremendous sensation. Captain Leo.
J. Ware is one of tbe most prominent
lawyers in Arkansas, being a candidate
for United states district attorney. He
is a pillar of the Methodist church, and
has heretofore borne a character above
reproach. Charles Henson, one of the
accused, lias made a full confession to
the authorities, giving tbe names of
the members of the white-cappers and
a list of their former outrages.
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Mormon Conference.
Salt Lake City, April 6. The
semi-annual conference of the Mormon
church began last Tuesday. Dedicatory
ceremonies of the temple begin April
6, and run to April 18 Inclusive. T wo dagaeounty retort, between Joe Dunfee
sessions will be held daily and sections of this city und Dan Donovan of Cieve-
ot mormondom from which persons land, Ohio. In the seventh round the
will be admitted at each sesesioa bare fight was abruptly terminate i by a
been arranged so that only so many as knock out blow delivered by (lie
at anyUme. TheUmple holds some- noon DMft Md lh, rfwee Ut
thingoTer 2,000. x ' boon wrested ,
Mlulif Boat Foaad.
Redoxdo Beach, Cal, April -.
Purser Stanley, just landed from
the steamer Los Angles, reports pick
ing up a boat about forty miles north
cf Redondo which proved to be the
misting one of the ill-fated ship King
James. The boat 16ft the B'up's side
wben tbe fire drove them from the
vessel, about 200 miles off Point Con
ception. They left the ship at mid
night of March 13 and laid by the ship
until 4 o'clock the following morning.
At six p. m. of the 31st, the boat
capsized and four men were drowned.
The captain, his boy and the re
mainder of the crew climbed upon the
keel of tbe boat and succeed in
righting her, but the boat was full of
water, and they remained to their
waists in water fourteen hours, wben
the men, worn out, exhausted and
chilled, began dying and one after an
other passed away until eight, inclu
ding the captain's son, were dead.
The dead were passed overboard and
the boat was so releaved by this means
that those living were enabled to bail
her out.
All provisions, oars and rigging of
every kind, excepting a small piece of
sail, were lost at the upsetting of the
hoar and it was onlv through the in-
genious contrivance of making the
grating and boat lining into a rudder
and the use of the scrap of sail that
they were enabled to make any head
way whatever. When picked up by i
the Los Angles the captain and three
remaining members of his crew had
been live days without food or water.
They were so weak as to be unable to
stand or walk, and had to be lifted
from the boat.
In the Chamber of Deputies.
Paris, April 7. M. Dupuy, the new
premier, will emphasize in tbe
chamber of deputtes that the Panama
canal scandals must not prevent
parliament from fnllilling its duties to
the people, lie will also impress upon
the chamber that the cabinet will un
dertake to insuro everybody full
liberty of action in the coming election.
1 he chamber of deputies will ask to
assent to the separation of the liquor
reform bill from the budget, on con
dition that the senate will discuss the
measure speedily as a special bill. The
senate will be asked to pass the bill
taxing bourse transactions. The
coulisse, or unauthorized brokerage
system, will not be suppressed, but
provis on will be made to better regu
late outside dealings, and fresh con
ditions will be imposed upon foreign
spaculators, with a view to suppressing
unauthorized transactions;,
It is believed that the chamber o(
deputies will pass the budget by
Saturday, in which case the legislature
will adjourn until the 24th inst. The
senate will then discuss the budget,'
which, it is to be hoped, will be ' passed
by the end of the mouth.
There is no prounced hostility
toward the new ministry, but a gen
eral feeling of indifference in the
lobbies and elsewhere.
A Terrible I'ragetly.
MouoANFiELD, Ky., April 7. Miss
Abbie Oliver, of Sturgis, Union county
Ky., was betwiyed by Henry Delaney, a
young drug clerk, about eight months
ago. Delaney denied the charge, and
refused to marry the girl. At 9 o'clock
Tuesday night the girl's mother en
tered Delauey's place of business and
at the point of a pistol compelled him
to go with her to a carriage outside, in
which her husband and daughter were
seated. The quaiteite drove rapidly
to Morganlield,N fifteen miles distant
and at 3 o'clock in the morning ;i
license was procured and Delaney was
forced to marry the girl. The party
started home in the carriage, but wben
they had driven about three miles foul
men surrounded the vehicle and began
firing into it Tne newly wedded
woman was shot through the head and
died soon afterwards. It was dis
covered that she was about to give
birth to a child. Iter father was shot
through the face and in the right arm.
At the first shot Delaney jumped from
the carriage and joined the attacking
party. Mrs. Oliver recognized the as
sailants and warrants for their arrest
have been issued. The county is
greatly excited and lynching is ex
pected. The indications are that Mr. Oliver
will not live through to night The
physicians say that his injuries are
necessarily fatal.
ARRESTED AND IDENTIFIED.
Geo. Henry and Frank Holt were ar.
rested by the sheriff of Uuion county
and identified by Mrs. Oliver. Seven
other were also arrested, but, not being
recognized, were released. A brothei
of Henry it still at large. The Henry
boys are cousins of the unwilling bride
groom. It is reported that just before she,
died Mrs. Delaney gave birth to a child.
The excitement in Morganfield, Sturgis
and Uniontown runs high, and there ii
strong talk of lynching. Delaney is ol
a most respectable family, but the
sympathy of the community it largely
With tne unvers.
lrourth-01M Poatmaatara.
AVashinoton, April 7. Fourth As
kistant Postmaster-General Maxwell
appointed 134 fourth-class postmasters
Dan Donovan, a Cleveland PugliUt
Knocked Out for all Time.
Syracuse, Jf. Y April 7. Several
hundredlsportt witnessed a sensational
Move contest at Maple Bay, an Onona
NEBRASKA NEWS.
Burglars broke into the depot at Dak
ota City and secured several less than a
dollar.
T. D. Connel is the newest postmaster
at Greeley or will be when his commis
sion arrives.
The Dodge county Sunday school
convention will be held at Jamestown
May 24 and 25.
Emma Swanson, of West Ponit, ad
judged insane, has been taken to the
Norfolk asylum.
Mell C. Jay, of Dakota City, has been
appointed general attorney of the
Pacific Short Line.
A canal company has been organized
at York aud duly incorporated. Its
capital stock is $50,000.
Kearney police officers are putting in
iheir spare time killing canines suppos
ed to have hydrophobia.
It is definitely announced that work
will be commenced at once upon the
enlargement of the Kearney canal.
The Table Rock Brick and Tile com
pany has been incorporated with an
authorized capital stock of $1,000,000.
C. H. Fields has resigned as treasurer
of Garfield county, and E. H Sawyer
has been appointed to fill tbe vacancy.
As soon as the weather will permit, a
tract of 200 acres just east of Pierce will
be prepared for this jear's crop of beets.
Congressman Kern is employing We
spare time between sessions in remodel
ing and enlarging his house at Broken
Bow.
The sale of the North Nebraska Fair
Driving Park association grounds at
Norfolk. by the sheriff has besn con
firmed. At the Grand Island oratorical con
test, Miss Etta Linch of York won the
first prize and medal in t he humorous
class.
Rev. Geo. Tompkins, of New York
city, has accepted a call to the pastorate
of the First Baptist church at Broken
Bow.
Ten thousand bushels of corn burned
at Weslern in the cribs of the Western
Elevator company, causing a loss of
83,000.
Pierce papers claim that immigrants
are arriving in Pierce county at the
rate of from one to a dozen families
each week.
I. D. Clark proposes to put in a can
nery at Papillion if the farme-s will
only agree to raise the necessary veget
ables to can.
The Old Settlers' association foi
Ante'ope county has decided to hold
the annual encampment In Neligh, the
time to be fixed later.
W. M. Cowell of York is under bond?
of $1,000 for appearance at United
States cirewtjwurt to answejhtveharg'
of using the mlllL' 'laJafTaduIent pur
poses. Unknown parties in Dodge countj
caught a horse that was running ai
large, tied a bush to its tail and turned ii
loose. The animal ran until exhausted
and will die.
The Plattsmouth Herald is thirty
years old, and if one counts from flit
day the Citizen was started, out o,
which the Hera'd grew,, the paper i-th'irty-eight
years of age.
Samuel Castel commenced suit
against the city of Kearney to recovn
; lie worth of a horse which fell into i.
cellar hole and died. He claimed SoO.bni
compromised for $20, and experts claiir
Mint the horse was worth less than hah
lie amount recovered, having sunivec
lie allotted age of three score and lei..
Five years ago a Greeley county m.n
borrowed of a local bank the sum o
100. A short time aao the haul-
Drought suit for the recovery of th
"100, which, they allege, is long si tit
.ast due and yet unpaid. The defend
eut alleges in answer to the plaintiff ;
petition, that he has paid in interest on
the sum borrowed the sum of $1,3)0.15.
West Point people are already begin
ning to prepare for the coming field en
carapmeut of the Nebraska Sons o:
Veterans. This encampment taker
place June 12, 13, 14 and 15 and it i;
expected that there will be fully 3,00(
visitors at West Point during the four
days of the exercises. Six hundret
uniformed and well drilled Sons of
Veterans will take part in the prize
drill contests, for which $100 in specia
prizes are offered.
Too much confidence in a strangt
hired man caused Thomas Stretch, ;i
Saunders county farmer, lots of troubU
and the loss of considerable cash, lit
sent his farm hand to Weston with t
load of hogs to sell and he sold them.
But instead of taking the proceeds t
his employer the hired hand put Hit
money in hia pocket and headed the
team for Wahoo. At a bridge near the
Saunders county capital the team wa
lied up and the driver hit the road for
railway connection. On his way he met
some of the boys who were out hunting
and informed them that some mau had
tied a team near the bridge up the creek
and had evidently committed suicide.
This news reaching Wahoo c luted
great deal of excitement and several
parties went out to search for the dead
body which they failed to find. The
hired man is still at large. j
Work is at last in progress on the new
Fremont postofTice, and Ex-Congresa-man
Dorsey has someihlng to show for
the six years' labor at Washington be
sides an excavation consisting of a foot
of bilge water.
A man who comes when the nam of
"James Sullivan" is called, hahhiaa in
to Kushville the other day with both
feet in a sling. He was ought in a
blizzard near Pine Hidg aod found no
shelter until after his feet and hands
wen badly frozen. SbaridM eettaty
will ear for him until be reeorets.