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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1893)
1 7 It re sioux hoot jouikal t . BIM If OJIS. Prprt s. hA RB1SON, NEBRASKA. A Sraftt CeltknllWi Sow ATA, I. T A dr. 7. Tho peat annual cIf Oration of th freed men of the Cherokee nation is now in session at Gooseneck Bend, twelve miles north of this city. The celebration began July 28 and will close today. About 2,010 people, white, colored and Indians are on the grounds. August 4, was jthe hi? day at the celebration, it being the anniversary of the liberation of the laves of tiie West Indies. A bunt 11 O'clock teday Leo Singleton accom panied by his eighteen-year-old son John, reached the grounds, and In a abort time a quarrel was siarted, the foundation of wh:ch was an old feud. A few months since Singleton, a white fanner living on the Snow creek, south f Coffeyville, had caused the arrest of John Van n, a colored deputy United States marshal fur stealing meat, an i Yaun was rvleksed on bond. Today the trouble was revived. Hot words passed, and soon Marshal Vann struck Singleton over the head wiih a heavy Six-shooter, inflicting an ugly wound. By this time the crowd which had col lected, stepped back, the revolver wks again raised, and this time, by accident or otherwise, was discharged. John Singleton now appeared and began shooting at Vann with a 38-calibre re volver. The excited witnesses formed a circle at the second excbarge of bets. Vann tbeu fell mortally wounded, a ball entering the lower part of the chest, lie died in an hour, Boone else was hurt, though several talis had passed through the crowd. Young Singleton atlempteJ to escape, but be was captured and placed under a strong guard. When Vann died the negroes urged the colored nnvn to mob i-ingle en. The men moved np the street to wiiere the boy prisoner was, but tbe Winchesters and revolvers of the ten or twelve marshals looked so formidable that the crowd dispersed. Tbe negroes have formed an idea that the whites are trying to ili: them out, as this is tbe second colored roan killed since the celebration began. The other was a colored guard, who was shot by a Cherokee deputy sheriff. Deputy Marshals Mack, Uruner and Oopeland passed through here enroute for Fort Smith this evening with John Singleton in custody. He is line look ing and a mere boy. The nerve be displayed during the shooting, tbe way lie protected;his father and former clean history has made him mends and sympathizers in this section. The elder Singleton will recover. He is a highly respected man, this being bis rst difficulty during bis residence here. Lmte in tbe evening reports tame to this city that another man had been shot at Gooseneck and that Ere water is plentiful. Fixed a Hero. Kansas City, Mo., Aug 7. That there- was no real attempt at train wrecking or robbery near Atlanta Thursday night now seems certain and it is believed that the rail was removed jby yoang N. Johns and the train warned because he wsnted to appear las a hero and secure money or pro motion for it. It is probable that be will be arrested. Johns and Sim Reynolds, a news agent were at tbe Atlanta hotel np to 10 o'clock that night and then for two boors were knocKlng about the business portion of tbe town. At midnight they Started home, young Johns going to-' Ward his father's house on the east side of the depot out of the business portkin of the town. This is young Johns' statement and It was there he says he overheard the jdesperadops making their plans to wreck and rod the train. Be is an kpaiator and oan use the telegraph in struments io the office but did not. notify any of tbe railroad officers at Moberly, but simply, he said, askeJ the operator up north if the train was on time. He learned that it was and then , with his red lantern struck oat to flag the train which was due at Atlanta about 1 o'clock. rorgary ttroafflat Him Trouble, Paris, Aug. 7. In the trial of Dn cret, the editor of the Concorde, for complicity in the forging of documents Alleged to have been stoled from the firttifth embasory ia which it appeared everal prominent Frenchmen had urued traitors on the charge of doing he forging, the latter testified that he had been offered a position on i bee able of the Petit Journal, if the conspiracy succeeded . Sucre denied the truth of Norton's Statements. A sensation was cansed by" Marquis De Mores, a witness for Uocret, shouting to M. Clemencau, 'You have been for two years a secret igent of England!" "Prove it," replied M. Clemenceao. 'Nothing ia easier," retorted the witness. The president of lbs court refused to permit the Marquis De Mores to continue and the witness ft tb stand saying; Kvery where I neat you, Clenvncao, I shall say you sst a secret agent of England." M Dlemeneeaa the took the witness and prre a detailed aeeoaat of the con MfsMT. , The) advocate saner id uf tM govern meat's oass. sIfUMMtoMJrlltslsIrt f Ka 'liams! TThy a a flirt si . in. , isw-Cfcsj. -wfcsf t Will ! iMtaatr !. LocievrLLE, Kr., Ang. 8. A special from Corydon, lnd, brings the startling news of the slaughter of a lyvhing party by two men whom they were Irv ing to lynch far the murder of their fattier. The fearful affray look place near Lacouia, about sixteen miles from this place, on Saturday night. Fojr men were instantly killed, une fatally wounded and several others more or less injured. William and Sam Conrad were the murderers whom the mob intended to string up. Several weeks ago the fa' her of these ra n was foully murdered, ilia dead body was found m a woo J, with the skull crushed. Suspicion at once ten on the sons, who were des perate characters, i'hey were arreslei', but on the preliminary hearing were discharged lor want of evidence. In dignation ran high among the people and las', night a mob gathered lor tie purpote of lynching the Conrads. The house where the men live was attacked but tlie Conrads had been warned and were prepared As the mob advanced on the house they poured a deadly volley into its ranks. Four men drop ped dead in their tracks and several e.l wounded. The Conrads then fled while the unharmed were caring for he dead and dying. Will May is fatally wounded. Kx- eitement runs high. Armed bands i r couriiu the country for the Oonratts. If caught they will be killed instantly. DKATIT OF TIIE KLDEK CONIIAD. At the preliminary trial of Conrad )rot ers for murdering their father it was claimed that while out in the woods hopping wood a dispute arose among .hem in which the old mau was killed ay his sons. 'I he brothers claimed at lib trial that tlie old man fell against .lie stove in their house and sustained ii juries which caused his death. Mrs. Conrad's testimony was in favor of the Hoys' story, and while it was generally lupposed that they were guilty, thejus- Jce could do nothing under Ihecircum itances but discharge them. Since :hat lime the feeling against the Con rads has been crowing stronger and they had received several let ers from srbilecaps warning them to leave Jthe neighborhood or suffer the coiisequen- ses .They did not obey tbe request, but u the contrary said they would be pre prepared for any visitation from the "iglit riders. Several days ago a barn and its con tents belonging to a man named Frank residing near the Conrad's was burned and the Courad's were accused of the set, ' This they denied. Last week they made a trip to Elizabeth, Harrison Bounty, and purchased u large supply of buck shot in anticipation of a visit from wbitecaps, us they had just re ceived another notice, couched in She strongest terms, in which it was threat ened that in addition to beingswiiched ou the bare back lliey would be hanged. Another Frighirul Wreck. Cleveland, 0 Aug. 8. Train No. 9 sf the Lake Shore railroad left here for Chicago on time. The train was com posed of three coaches, three baggage cars and five sleepers. It left Fremont, O., ten miuu es late and Tvaa running at a high rate of speed for Toledo. When the train was about ten miles out of Fremont,i at a small station called Lindsey. the sleeping cars left the track and crushed into a freight train that was waiting on a sidetrack for the passenger train to pass. Tbe first part of the train g it by in safety, but the sleepers rolled over the ties for some distance, iinally swerving from their course and hitting the engine of the freight train with tremendous lorce. 1 he noise of tbe collision aroused the people in the little town and I hey soon surrounded the wreck, ready to a d the unfortuante passengers, whose groans could be heard amid the noise of escaping stenm and the pande monium caused by the destruction of of o locomotive. The sleeping cars were practically re duced to kindling wood, and that any one escape alive is a miracle. Ti legrarns were at once sent to Fre mont for medical aid and a coach left that city within half an hour bearing physicians to the scene of disaster. In the meantime the train crew, aided by the citizens of the little town, began to remove tbe debris and ruins that cov ered the track. Underneath tbe wreck age could be seen the victims of the ao- emetic, ana tne groans of the more se riously hurt were pitiful. Here and there an arm or a leg protruded' and little pools or blond that oozed irom underneath the shattered timbers told the sad tale of suffering to the anxious workers. Many people west buried In tbe wreck and were seriously injured. Their injuries consisted principally of bruises and scratches and it was not a hard task to free them from the heavy beams that held them to the earth. I'hey were taken care of by tbe town physicians and were ready to resume their journey by the time the train started ou its way again to Toledo. Per haps ten or twenty vera more or less injured in that way whose passes were uot given to t he local aut horities. A SrM HiMri .lt Barak. Portland, Me., Ang. 8. -The great reservoir oi ne ruriiane aier compa ny, on thi eastern promenade, burst Ntinrday morning, letting loose Us ).(J00,000 gallon of water ii the short pace of about lifteon mlnate. Tbe Im umom miss of water dashed with ilgiit y power upon tne two bouses oc cupied by the tamUies of Michael Lap Bin sod 1 otmis M. Cowley. Tlie build ing were crushed and four persons set their lives. They ware: Mrs. Dennis M. Oonlev, Miss A twee Coal Kim Masxie Uoo.ty, and Jasxes Uoooly. Iiaprlul ln it a4ia.. Sakta Fe, N. M, Au. .-TIm United Stales court of private lain claims announced a decision by ; divided court in the Xicoias-Durai I )e Chaves grant in Valencia county iuvolving 00,000 acres. The facts f.r as folluws: A grant has been made and alleged to be perfect, wiiieh tin court allowed. Tbe l ulled Mates has however, patented to various Indi viduals vaiious tracts of laud v it In r the giant The question therefoit arose whether, under the statue crea -ing the court, confirmations could t granted withoutreference to the L'niteo States patents. Justices Keed. Fuller :ind Sluss held that these patented rights must be respected aud under a majority opinion confirming the grant, but reserving from its operation tin patented lands. 'J hey also held tin granljto be a perfect oup. Justice Murray and Stone held that when the: e is a pt- e-t grant it is finality, and that the Uui ed States cannot exempt from the operation of continuation lauds which had been patented to in Hviuuai8 undef the laws of the United Mates, as this country never had power over the land and congress hd never undertaken to oJaim it, but the provi ion of the statute exampling lands which had been patented from the operation of confir'nruion related only to itn)erfect grants, which were only equitable claims in the h inds of the grantees. This provision did not ap ply at all to perfect grants, they held. The Ciild ICecord llioken. Dexv:is, Aug. . The gold pur chased at the Denver mint for tin month of July was .220, 000 greater ' ban any previous monlh'a business in t.'ie history of the mint. '1 he govern unit deposits in the Denver banks fin :he use of the mint wera wholly ex hausted during the month and a ral: for 550.000 had to be made in order that the mint might purchase till tin told pr seated. In view of tlie great increase in the working of gold prop erties, it became necessary for the gov ernment to increase the purchase fund it this point. Chief Clerk Leech stale hat the greatest increase comes from Cripple creek, a very large per cent, f last month's purchases being from 'he camp. Gilpin and 1'oulder coun liesandthe San Juan county nlso in creased the amount of goll offered at the mint for purchase. The Denver m-iot shipped $00,000 wortli of gold to Philadelphia mint for :oinage last Saturday and other large shipments will soon be made. No si -ver purchases are made at tlie Denver mint excepting where the gold and silver is in xe.t and 20 per cent or over of the metal presented i ; g d. Tueti the bullion ia purchased and the silver paid far at tlie government price at W shing'.on. Til is silver is sent with the gold to the conn ge mint, wlvere he separation is m tde. Thus fir this month the gold purvhase show a large increase and it is expected at the in ni that tbe volume of business done in July will be surpassed this month. Society uf Colorod Mpi. Atcihson, Kan., Aug. 9. A colored society, known as the True Kleven. which is destined to become a big na tional lodee has been organized here. The lodge has already 250 members in this city and a great many more have applied for membership. The object of the lodge is to advance the colored race and there is also a benelit clause in the constitution. Dr. W. II. Hudson of tli is city is the originator of the lodge and was elected surpreme chief, the highest office In the grand lodge. A national charter has beei. secured and the organization of lodges in all the larger cities has beeu commenced. Grant Hrown was elected grand (iua. cial clurogropher. A meeting of the members of the i ew organiz ittou will be bed in Atchison on September 21 ana 22 and I lie local society is pre paring for a big celebration. KuuaMM Imjft.lua. Great Bexii. Kan., Aug. 9. A mass convention of Kansans interested in ir rigatiou was held here. Kesohiiious were adopted declaring it to be On- duty of federal and state govern me itc unbraced within the arid regions oi the west to ren.er substantial aid In l he construction of pruper systems ! irrigauoii. a can was also issued for an intersta e convemiou, l be com posed irotn the DakoUs. Nebrakt, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma I exas and New Mexico, to be held in Salina, Kan, J bursday, .September 28 hve,y county m the slates named will be entitled to three delegates. Will lion Mow Traloi. Topeka, Aug. 9. The freight de partment oi tue uock island ami Sai.tu re railroads last waek received ap plications to char.er special trains oi siock cars, which the applicants de sire to loan witn "home seekers' ana run Into the Cherokee Strip at th sound of the gun o i open itig day. Ii this way men on Imrseback could lie easily outstripped in the race and the lest town lots and quarter -sections picked np. fho companies refusal to be a party to the scheme. The onlt special trains which will run into ihV 1 trip lint dat will be excursion trainr n altilrw tptciators, and they win i move so siowiy as to be or no advaut (age to the passengers on board. Ttrm Pr4i Commmttttf, Topeka, Aug., 9. -Governor Lewell dig has appointed Silas ttu Hedge, lien bimin Heilbrnm W. J. Wilson am Thycre Sogard, the Danish vie -coiisu at Kansas City, commissioner t Chicago to confer with representative of foreign governments attending tn world's fair In the interests of steam hip transportation to Euroie via tb O df or mexleo. The governor tt llnnec to receive letters frooia!! nan of the west evtnaieoding bit project A Brat si Tnaip Sr. Joseph, Mo, Aug. 10. A brutal tramp appeared at the farm house of Edward Mann, fifteen miles north ol th:"s city, near Savannah, early yester day morning, and finding that Mrs Mann and her littte daughter were the only persons at home, demanded his breakfast, which Mrs. Maim gave him. After eating he made an insulting pro position to the wom in, which she re pelled, when ha drew a revol ver and grasping her by the throat, pointed tlie weapon at her head and threatened to shoot. Urs. Mann fought so des perately that he knocked her down and tbea kicked and beat her in a brutal manner, also dragging her arouaJ by the hair. He failed iu his object and io snence me .him pin, who was creaming threw her outof tlie w.ndcw, breaking her arm. The screams o the child attracted a party of men who were in a field not far away avd th irarnp, seeing them approaching, lied. Two hundred men are now searching for him and if causht, wnicii U ex pected before morniiiL', lie will be lynched. Mrs. Maim ii iu a caitical condition. Tlie Ni'hrnakii Maximum Freight I-ar. Chicago, Aug. IdThe Nebraska maximum freight law is responsible for tlie failure of tne western freight asso ciation to equalize Omaha aud Council Wnffj commodity rates today. At pre sent Council Hlnlls gets the rami rates o points in Nebraska aud elsewhere west of tlie Missouri river as are in enect from Omaha, while Omaha has to p; y the bridge ;olla on any shipment it may m ake to points in Iowa or else where east of the river. This condition of affairs tended to develon Council Hlnffs industries and Omaha demanded Unit tie discrimination against it should cease. The roads had under taken to consider the matter, but the injunctions secured by wholearle mer chants in Lincoln and other interior towns agaiust the railroad commissions prohibiting them from compelling the roads to make through rates on the same basis as local rates, has convinced the roads that they must settle the complications before attempting equal ization. Consequently the matter was laid over. I'tnii I'lkn'n Penk. Colokado Spkinos, Col., Aug. 10. Richard Wood, a man named King and another man, whose name is unknown, undertook to break the record in sliding down from the top of Pike's Peak yes erday on a rough board cou rivanco called a toboggan. The nine miles has been covered in sixteen minutes. Their brake became useless when about half way down, and while running at a frightful speed the tobog gan jumped tu track, throwing the men down the mountain side among i he rocks fifty to seventy-five feet be low. Wood's leg was broken below the knee and hardly an inch of flesh remained unbrulsed anywhere on his 'iody. The other two were cut up ter ribly, great gashes being cut in their u.'ads, arms tuid bodies. One cf the men had an ear entirely torn off Wood was Drougtit down on a special train sent up by the cog-road. King is at MBaitoti. The other man, whose name oannot be learned is still at the section house. All three mav din although it is now thought they may ecover. Tbe WltUky Triat. 1'F.oniA. JU Aug. iu mere are ue new developments in the wuisky irust natter today. The local revenue office since last. Friday has demanded cur reucy in the payment of all taxes on .uipmeuts of spirits. The whisky rafts as heretofore drawn on New 1'ork- The local ofiico stands by the I rst proposition and as a oouscqueuce here aie no shipments of Bpirits. Th i ust officials havw taken an appeal to Ue department u Washington, which s still pending. It is the thought that ue matter will be settled within a week ud that then business will go on as sual. either on a cash basis or by raits on A'ew York. Trust officials af use to talk. Fur Hi it Yuceitt Scat. Cuhvksnb, Wyo., Aug 10. Govern r Osborne has decided not to appoint any one to iheseuaiorshlp made vacant jt the resignation of A. C. lleckwith, until tho senate shall have decided the iiestiou whether or not a senator ap- lointed after the failure of the state egislature to elect is entitled to a seat, i f the decision is favorable to seating lie appointees it Is definitely settled hat the governor will immediately on me Kevenue Collector A. L. Kew, of the district of Colorado and Wyom mg, to till tlie vacancy. Credentials will be forwarded to Mr. New, who is now in Washington, as soon as the de termination of the question is announc ed. Should the decision of the senate be adverse to seating the appointed senators, it is expected that Governor Osborne will at once convene a special sessiou of the legislature to elect a senator for Wyoming. Xtota tll Lnvu. Nbw Youk, Aug 10. Wail street re ceived a disagreeable surprise yester day mornlsg In the shape ef a notice from the associated national bonk that they unanimously decided to in crease the rates on call loan of recent date to 12 per cent, and those of lotig standing to 10 per cent. I'hey say the reason foe Ufa is ao many borrow! '- laid down oa them that tt It far self protection. a &i rw Vn.;K An. lL-The cordage manufacturers of the United States outside of the National Cord ige com pany are in session in theoffi-e of John Good company for the purpose of forming a trust. Twenty companies are repmented. The National Cor dage company was invited but di 1 not accept. Tubbs of San Franc.sco is annni those represent i. J. u G od ad res-ed the meeting on the le&tiou of lortuing a 'combine," to .ose interest it was to buy the raw material at as low a price as p s sible aud dispute of the manufacture! article at a gotd profit, to If e makers, tie sujgested a plan to form a mutual protective anl incorporated association each member being p aced under bo.id uui required to deposit stock of his t,m:.ai y as a ft rftlt. A board of con t'd will regula e prices and manage the purchase of all fibTe, cut'ing of prices and giviug of rebate, aud in fact wii. have general supervision ef the affairs of the tr.ist. The board, however, will have no power to limit the product be yond fixing prices and classify. ng the oods. 1 lie I Ire Bi-oord. Da.vviu.k, III.. Aug. Il.-Fire at Sl dell. twenty-three miles ronth of this ci y in this county, destroyed SW.OOO worth of property. Tlie lire started from boys playing with matches. The main business portion of the town was swept away. Mayview, Mo, Aug. II. The dry ?oods store of Sehooley liros., the May view Drug company's store and the store of Mrs. M. E. Mays wire burned to tlie ground early Wedi esday morn ing aud the lumber yard of T 11. Ii'-n nirr was damaged. The loss is ubuta S'iO.OOO; two-thirds insured. I!AltN'AItD, Mo., Aug. 11. Fire broke out in tlie business portion of this town Wednesday nittht, in the back room of Hubbard & Ca's grocery store and swept away eitrht business house? itud several small shops. Several peo ple were slightly injured, L. F. litib oard and A. Miller being the mosi eriously hurt The loss aggregates be tween 20,000 and 10,000; about hill insured. Kansas Citt, Mo., Aug. 11. Kan as City lost her second i m piemen muse within a week by lire when lln our-story aud basement structure at loy and Hickory street, occupiel by lie Nichols & Shepard corapauy ol Ha' tie Creek, Mich., burned with a los: if $00,000 This is cove-ed by insurance it is thought the policies being in Dat le Creek The busy season was ab tit iver, or the loss would have been mtici heavier. 1 lie building was only falrh well stacked with seperators, engines mowers and other implement. The Great Milllicfur Colorado. Denver, Aug.ll. Action was taken by the state authorities which means n great deal for Colorado, both now am' in the future. The contract was let by the state board of control of Canal No 1, to build that canal, to D. G. Kirsh- uaum & Co. r Denver, for 81.023 000 Ihe contract requires that the canal must be completed within eighieei months and will be paid for in Sl.OJt certificates of indebtedness, payable ii live, ten, fifteen and twenty years, to bt issued as eacu live miles or the canal have been completed. It is said tha t hirje number of sub-contracts wi.l bt let, that five thousand men will be em ployed, and it is expected work will commence in thirty days. The caim) will be eighty-six miles long, startinc aw a point, near uanon Uity ami running eastward to a point just below Colorado Spriugs. Already about $130. )J0 in surveys and rockwork litis been done by couvict labor at Canon City. About 3 0,000 acres of arid lands wii) be reclaimed by this great canal scheme. Anlatlc Cholorn. Quarantine, S. 1, Aug. -The fol lowing bulletin has been issued by Dr. Jenkins: Vinceneza Cagliostro, ngid twenty three years, a passeuger of the steamei Kamarauia, was removed from Hoff man island to the hospital atSwmburn fdand, suffering with a slight dlarrhcea. The bacteriological examination re veals the presence of spirillum of Asia tic cholera. Dominion Barata, aged twenty-two years, another passenger, was removed from Huffman island to the hospital suffering with choleraic symptoms, but the bacteriological ex amination proves negative. The case was not Asiatic cholera. He recovered and was returned to Hoffman islaud. Lormzo W. Moracio, the first patient removed, is convalescing. The steamer Messilials undergoing the customarv disinfection. An excellent steam dis infecting chamber is a part of the stermers equipment, through which the baggage of the passengers Is now being passed. Gold Fur tlis United .State. London, Aug. 11. The sum of 4si5 000 ia gold was withdrawn from the bank of fcnglund for shipment to the United States. Tlie bank of Ens-land is charging a premium on eagles and Is h'MdiiiK bar gold at a hither rum 'l'i, sum ol ; 30.000 wan shipped today for New York on the North (ierman Lloyd samer Latin and White starliiier Unttanio. Ueldfer High ay BibOerj. BEXTON, Mo. Aug.ll. Sheriff Hind man of Douglas county, Kansas, with the aid of a United States deputy mar shal, captured lllcbard Katie, alias John Lasalle, wanted at Eudora, Kas. for highway robbery. LasaJle and ' pal uaraed Hall attacked a farmer of Eudora, November 211, broke bis skul with tLCousUng pin aud. after rnhi.i.... mm, rtft him for dead. The farmer whose usme Is Miller. reoovri i,' ever, aud has Identified both of his as- Winnie, XEBKASKA NEWS. A hail storm in Cneyenne county did wuie damage to growing crops. The armr worm is earring desolation hrouh graiu fields uear Hershey. It was twelve hours after the ex Mo don of dynamite iu Lincoln county fore the rain. Two editors of Wayne have taken to jailing each other names that do not ook well in print. The village board of Lyons is taking lieroic measures to crush out the illicit jaie of intoxicating liquors. ihe Methodist church at Walnut Crove organized an Kpworh League with a membership of twenty-one. A lllootnfield paper r"Mi,nii1s a 'swift kick" as the projr medicine for all men who peddle lightning rods. The hay crjp in northern Nebraska is reported much better than usual, and farmers are making full ue of it. Chicken raisers in Nebraska City complain that night prowlers are bar vesting the crop before it is fairly ripe. The editor of the ltedington llecord went fishing and caught a ca?e of ivy poisoning more distressing than dan gerous. Lightning killed three head of cattle for -Mark Uuiler of Filmore county, The insurance expired three days pre viously. 1 King Corn, says the Wisner ChrouieJe, is proudly sitting upon his Nebraska throne with a tasseled crown aud a ,silken girdle. All available hay land in the Platte valley is being utilized this year by the thrifty Bettlers who expect a ready 'market at prices above the average, j Feter Martinson of Hurt county was 'returning home with his corn shellei Iwhen tlie team ran away and he fell 'under the machine and was crushed o death. Speaking of a measly contemporary. i he Garfield Kntei prise says: lie won I fiast long. The law relating lodilTnsion of gases will optrate to dissolve him in itie time. The Fierce State batik has a sample if corn "that takes the caie." Hii I ourieen feet high and strong and '.-iigced; the corn was raised ou tin farm of Carl Hoffmun. Tlie nine-year-old daughter of J. Strowbridge, living on the Ft. Mc fherson reservation was killed by light ing. Two other children were sen lered insensible, but soon recirvereu. John Lemasters, who left North .-'latte between two days for the pur ose assom thought of beating numer nis creditors, has telegraphed from In liana that he will return this mouth. It seems there is plenty of money in the country to loan at low rates of in- erest on real estate security. It is inly the city borrower who is discrimi mted against it these troublesoms imes. Charles Wade, the fellow who stole a (old watch of Mr. Eaton of I'latis- mouth, and gave it up under duress as the lawyers say, has been held to the iistrict court on the cliarge of magulii. 'cent larceny. W. II. Artman of West Point, has Jbegun the collection of Cuming county products to exhibit lit the state fair, land desires the co-operation ut the farmers, as he is making a special el jiort to secure first prize. I Hastings is soon to bo connected telephonicaliy witli the rest of the ptato, tlie line now bein4- under eon. ruction betwo. n there and Sutton, tlie western limit of the present line, lit will be quite an advantage to the rtitn nnA l.n . - 1 i: po.j mu boo tuuun iiiinig iiie line, i I lit t n a - , i,. liioce seui, a telegram to friends at Ciclghton from Port Town send, Wash., saying lie was ou his way east with a party of Esquimaux. Mr. Bruce has been in Alaska for some mom lis in charge of the reindeer tarm under the government. , Mrs. Samuel Sapp of Smyrna, was killed by lightning while lying iu bed. I lie in Ian t at her Hide was uninjured. Mr. Sapp had just arisen to answer the call of parlies who were seeking shelter trom the storm and was several feet away when the Hash came. The Grant Sentinel bas been reduced in size from a live column quarto to a seven column folio. The reason for the change is set forth by the editor as lollows: 'We are here to make a livins. and when the expenses are greater than the income, the former must bfl reduced.' 'ihe Sentinel has the right idea of business. E. K Uishop, a farmer of Custer eounty, had on altercation with one of his hands, named Short, which ended in a personal encounter, and Bishop received five distinct wounds from a knife in the hands of Mr. Short. Tlio assailant then skipped the oountrv. It is thought Uishop will recover. Hie body of Henry Anderson, who met his death by being burled alive ia a well at the depth of over one hundred feet on the Rams ottom place south of uarrisburg. was finally recovered after having been in the ground nearly three weeks. The remains were in a very badly decomposed condition, but weia enca-ed at once In a metallic coffin aud sent to Illinois for interment. On the 0th of April, A. II, Smith of this place, planted corn. 8 on there after the surface of the ground bee i me frozen, snow came, Hie weather ro maiued cold and the corn did not come up for more than a month. On last Sunday, the 10. h lnt just 101 days from he date of pluming, bis family feasted at dinner on the new corn, hi aboui seventy days from tha Unto lh tern sprout emerged Irom tho ground. -Lyons Mirror. ... , ; i i i 1 tn i JLL