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Chicago, Sept. 30. Ar shooting
ud seriously wound ing three meo,
. a McGrath a notorious West Side
rhwraeter, was shot twice and killed io
exantly by Maxwell street police officers
this afternoon. The injured are:
Officer Mitrhael Fiemmiog, of the
Maxwell street station; shot in the calf
f the left leg.
Thomas Bee nan, 33 Henry street,
hot shot through the head by MeGrath,
diea later.
Edward Jackson, 164 West Elgh
teeoth street, shot is the bridge of the
The first shooting was the result of s
quarrel between McOratb and Beeman.
The latter was taken to the hospital
and only regained consciousness long
enough to give the name of his assail
ant. Officers Fleming and Butler
found McGrath on Caaal street and
accosted him. McGrath turned with
an oath and fired point blank at Officer
Butler's head. The bullet, however,
want wide of its mark and struck Ed
ward Jackson, who was walking on
(he opposite side of the street, on the
ridge of the nose, breaking the boue.
McGrath again levelled his revolver
and directed it toward Officer Fleming.
Am tea fired the second shot both of the
edtoers discharged their weapons at
aim atd both shots from the officers'
revolvers took effect. One of them
paeeed through the desperado's heart,
whim the other found lodgment under
the right armpit. The dead body of
IfcOrath was removed to the county
morgue, while Officer Fleming and Ed
ward Jaekioa were taktn to theeouoty
hospital.
MeGrath was a well known charac
ter throughout the West Side. He is a
brother of the notorious Jack McGrath,
who is now serving a twenty-five-year
Sentence in the penitentiary at Joliet
for a burglary which he commlted last
July.
Am Anted Crowd mi the War Path.
Brazil, Ind., 30. St Louis and
Illinois Central detectives, leading a
posse of armed men, scoured the little
hamlet of Staunton and the surround
ing country last night is search for
Joseph Harden, one of the bandits who
held up an express train at Centralis,
HL, recently. Thiy surrounded the
house of Widow King, where Harden
Is said to have been stopping. While
ryfig it wait Harden appeared but saw
his danger and rVsd. The officers pur
sued and a number of shots were ex
changed, but Harden escaped. He was
tracked to this city and was seen in a
saloon, but again escaped. He was
tracked to his father's house, but bad
taken to the swamps, which are now
anaer guard, and they are preparing to
Starve him out. It is believed that
Harden is the planner and executor of
the job at Stan n ton night before last,
when an attempt was made to wreck
the fast westbound passenger train on
the Yandalia.
Harden is unmarried, twenty-five
fearj of age and of good parentage.
He was the black sheep of the . family
from early boyhood. He wonld fight
at the drop of the hat and use any
weapon be could secure. As he grew
Bp he became incorrigible and was
lent to the house of correction at Plain
laid, but be escaped. He committed
erne crisis and was sentanced to the
penitentiary for several years. He Is
barged with many crimes and should
hebebaptured alive no doubt he will
Spend the remainder of his days be
hind iron bars.
ClNOTNNA'.n, Sept. 39. Atl o'ciock
this morning Joseph & Harden, be
ttered to be one of the Centraiia train
robbers was arrested here.
A Narrow Eaeape. a
Akdalia, Mo, 8ept. 30. Tbe incom
ag tram on the Lexington branch had
I narrow escape from total destruction
tt a point cloven and a half miles
(roes Sedalia at 10 o'clock last night
West of Hughesvilie half a mile is a
trestle sixteen feet in length and five
high. Between the ties on the east end
sf the trestle someone had placed a tie
that it projected above the rails
feearly three feet The engine struck
the tie demolishing the pilot aaddoub
Bng it beneath the engine, which was
railed and rolled down an embank
sent eight feet high, landing on Rk
tide, the tender and express car accom
panying It, and also the engineer and
reman. The rear cars were not dam
fled in the least.
Wajuaw, Sept. 30. A false alarm
of fire was given today in the synago
gue at Calwayra, ReansunwulkL The
building was crowded with Jews at
worship. An started a t once for the
tww exits and despite the shouts of the
Mtfct that there was no fire, sought t
get et. After a struggle of fifteen
asbrates two-thirds of the congregation
wereeUU in the synagogue. As no fire
lad Efpsarsd they became calmer, and
artelr tha aid nf tha Mara takava tha
eventually restored quiet. Hint
Cxbediti were found near the exit
nf twenty persons lay nnconsetoes
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Washington, Oct, 2. Representa
tive S. B. Cooper of Texas, presented
the following resolution, which was
referred to the ways and means com
mittee: Whereas, In the enactment of all
laws, the will of the majority should
control, and
Whereas, There is divided opinion
among the congressmen of the United
States now assembled in legislative ses
sion as to the will of the people upon
the question of the coinage of money
by the United States; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the governors of the
several states are respectfully requested
to request or cause to be held an elec
tion in their respective states on the
first Tuesday in November next for the
purpose of ascertaining the will of the
people upon the question of the coin
age of money by the United States,
and at such election those in favor of
tree coinage of both gold and silver,
without discrimination against either
metal, shall have printed or written
upon their tickets, "For free comaee4"
and those opposed to free coinage of
both gold and silver, without discrim
ination against either metal, shall hare
written or printed on their tickets.
"Against free coinage," and said elec
tion shall be held, and the returns
thereof made in accordance with the
laws of the respective states, governing
the election of representatives to the
legislature of said states, and there
turns and result of said election shall
be submitted to the congress of the
United States by the governors of the
several states.
It Wu a Oeatfc-trap.
Obtstal Fall, Mich. Oct. 8 It
is probable that the twenty-eight bodies
of the victims of the Mansfield mine
disaster Thursday night will never be
recovered. There has been talk of
turning ttte channel of the Michigamme
river, as this is the only way the bodies
could be recovered, but it would cost
thousands of dollars to do this, and the
residents of Iron county are not in
flnanfiaj condition to stand the ex
pense. As the facts appertaining to the con
dition of the mine become known,
great indignation is manifested against
the mine owners for permitting the
men to venture into toe deathtrap,
and against the mine inspector for not
having caused a suspension of opera
tions. The upper levels had been in a
dangerous condition for months. No
mining engineer had been employed
for over a year and the miners have
been digging away blindly aud with
out direction in the bowels of the earth.
Erickson, the superintendent of the
Mansfield mine, arrived yesterday from
Chicago. He is not a practical miner,
however, and only a short time ago
was driver of a delivery wagon in this
town. There will be a rigid investiga
tion and a large number of damage
suits will follow.
A Strange Acoldent.
Ripok, Wis., Oct. 2. An accident
occurred at Kingston which resulted in
the injury of a score of persons, at 1 east
one of whom will die. The funeral of
Mrs. Bow, wife ot Assemblyman Bow,
who died Thuradav. occurred here. The
services took place at the family resi
dence and were attended by a large
number of friends and neighbors. The
house was crowded. The services had
hardly been begun when there was a
cracking of timber, followed by a crash
and the floor of the building collapsed.
Under the main department, in which
nearly all the congregation were as
sembled, was a cellar, and into this fully
100 persons were precipitated. When
the rescuers had assisted all from the
cellar it was found that fully one-third
of the number who went down with
the floor were hurt twenty receiving
severe bruises and cuts. Mrs. Van
Berg, who was badly crushed and in
jured internally will die.
etaras af Lake Mkmesea.
CnicAOdi'Oetrs. The southeast gale
Which began Friday evening and con
tinued with' increasing violence through
the night and Saturday, resulting in a
long series of wrecks being addea to
the remarxable heavy roll of marine
losses for the present season of naviga
tion on the lakes. The storm seems to
have been most severe -on tbe west
shore of Lake Michigan, from Racine
nonh to Green Bay. The aggregate of
the losses so tar reported is about 965,
000. The crews of all the wrecked
vessels were rescued without loss of
life. Many more crafts suffered m'lor
losses. In fact few of the vessels in the
(lumber fleet on tbe lake escaped with
out dropping deck loads or parting
with rigging and canvas.
Look las to Reeanptloa or Work
Dkkveb, Oct. 2. The silver mine
ewneis at Aspen have made apropos!
Uon to the miners looking to the
resumption of work in all tbe Idle pro
perties. When silver is less that 80
cents an ounce for a month tbe men
will receive from $2.50 to 4.50 per day,
according to the class of work: when
silver is cents, 25 cents a day will
be added when silver is &X cents;
then 60 cents a day will be added. Tbe
acceptance of this proposition will give
work to 700 men. Over 1,000 returned
to work In the Lead ville mines recently
on the same scale.
Will Stoslat Cos.
DaaiTti,Gol.,Oct 2. -Upon the sr.
rival today of tbe proper representa
tives of the different railroad employes'
organisations interested In the fedora
tton of the Denver c Grande. rail
reej amBlapea, tboo,Botmn of a general
semcOen fa wages to beseCUl
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A Ueucral UurUtefr.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 3. There
are indications all over the country, es
pecially in the middle states an J along
the main branch lines of the L. & X.
railroad, that a general uprising
against P. M. Arthur, chief of tbe
brotherhood of locomotive engines!,
is about t? take place. In fact the bit
terest feeling is being aroused against
him, and after thirteen years in the ex
ecutive chair his bead may b chopped
off at the annual meeting next winter.
So far as tbe L. A N. railroad employes
are concerned, some boldly claim that
Arthur and the chief of the trainmen
did not give them a fair deal in the re
cent conference with tbe L. & N. man
agement They say that the chief of
the trainmen declares that the vote
against the cut was not taken accord
ing to the provisions of the constitu
tion and that he would refute to
call out his man in case the officials in
sisted on the cut. It is claimed that
Arthur joined him in this action. Af
ter the members had held several meet
ings Arthur and other chiefs, it is also
claimed, suggested that the matter
of treating with the officials should be
left to them. The request was finally
granted and tbe existing agreement
followed, although in fact every branch
of the service had voted against ac -eepting
the reduction. This is one
ground of the complaint against Ar
thur and tt is also alleged that he has
not acted for the best interests of the
men on several occasions.
ArouMd a Nob.
Pittsburg, Kas Oct. 3. Every
since the importation of negroes from
Alabama for tbe mines the negroes
have been in the habit of hiring livery
rigs and riding about tbe country.
This afternoon several were pursuing
the practice and when riding through
Ohicopee a mining camp, opened fire
on nineteen-year-old James Harrison
and shot him four times. Marshal
Memaster and a posse caught the fugi
tives and lodged them in jail Large
revolvers were taken from them. It is
said the attack on the boy was with
out cause and that the negroes shot as
if they enjoyed it. 'When it" was
known that tbe criminals were being
brought to Pittsburg a large crowd
gathered and it whs difficult for the
Officers to get them to jail. 'Cries of
"Hang them" "String them up," etc.,
were heard on all sides, and only the
coolness of the officers prevented a
lynching. The feeling against the im
portation of negro miners is greatly
intensified by the shooting and there
may be trouble before morning, it is
reported that the Chicopee miners are
coming tonight to lynch the negroes.
The jail is being guarded by officers
with Winchesters.
Dispute Between Franca and Slam Ended
Bangkok, Oct. 3. The final settle
ment of the questions in dispute be
tween France and Slam were conclud
ed today. The agreement will be
signed on Tuesday morning and in the
afternoon Le Myre De Vilers, France's
special envoy, will leave the city pro
bably for Saigon.
London, Oct. 3. The Times corres
pondent in Bangkok says: The draft
for the treaty is comparatively satis
factory and embodies the ultiuatum,
but the convention attached in entirely
unsatisfactory. The latter contains
terms exceeding and contrary to the
ultimatum stipulating that France
shall occupy Chantaboom after the
original stipulations shall have been
.carried out and until tbe left bank of
the Mekong and reserved zone shall
have been completely evacuated and
pacified. Unless France faithfully ful
fills the pledges given by M. De Tilers
Chantaboon will long remain in the
'possession of tbe French. The process
jVerbal accompanying the convention
reiterates that francs win evecuate
Chantaboon as early as possible under
the agreement Siam has agreed to all
largely owing to tbe king's resolve not
to sacrifice the Danish officers.
" A Terrible Htona.
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 3. A
special from Querretaro, Mexico, says
the town of Japlan, situated in tbe
northern part of the state, was visited
by a tereible storm a few days ago, the
particulars ot which have just reached
here. Scores of houses were completely
demolished and many people killed and
injured. The crops in the. pathway of
the storm were destroyed and there is
much suffering among the people.
Dlstlngalehed Foreigner at Beaver.
Denver, Oct 3. A distinguished
party of foreigners are occupying a
private car at the Rio Grande depot to
night They consist of Franz, arch
duke of Austria and successor to the
Austrian throne, Count Wurmbrund,
two officers and two friend.s They
landed at Vancouver several weeks
since, and have been hunting and fish
ing in the northwest. They came
down through Yellowstone park, then
to Salt Lake, then to this city. They
will spend tomorrow seeing the city
and on Tuesday resume their journey
over tbe Burlington.
Felt mat HUMWIadow.
Btjda-Pesth, Oct, 3. A sensation
was caused here by the strange death
Of the vice president of tbe lower house
af tha Hungarian Diet, County And-
Bokros. In some manner, a
yet anexplained to the pabllo, Count
Eotes wm found dead on the pave
mens below his residence. A second
awry wiimow w een. and the potion
Pi of the t ) that he ovortolenBea
rvt looking out of Urn window
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Great Aim.cblet Smmtloai
Uaixki.ona, Oct. 4. Another great
iriHTchist sensation was created hers
todav by the publication of a circular
emanating from the anarchists of Cal
annia,of which province this city is the
capital. The circulars in the most
heated terms incite the people to rise
up and revenge themselves upon the
upper and middle classes if the death
sentence is carried into effect. The
writers call upon the people to use all
means to wreak vengeance, and declare
that dynamite, petroleum, the dagger
and poison should be used, claiming
that when the government employs
rides and produces a famine, the an
archists should resort to dynamite and
the torch.
In addition to the dynamite bomb
found under the palace walls the police
have discovered and taken possession
of ten dynamite bombs, unexploded,
near and In the most prominent build
ings of Villa Xeuva. These bombs
had been lighted and only failed to ex
plode owing to the fact that the fuses
were defective.
Madrid, Oct. 4. It is stated that
the supreme council has bean notified
of the sentence of Pallas and that he
jwill be executed at an early hour Tues
day. Tke Valkjrla le Dock.
New York, Oct. 4. Fully 5,000 peo
pie took a look at the Valkyrie in the
dry dock today, after the water was all
pumped out' Designer Vreelsnd said:
:She s the slickest thing that ever came
over hare to race, and she will give the
Vigilant a great race for the cup.
There's nothing to stop her anywhere
In her lines and she goes in very fine.
But she's an American though, and a
good American at that."
There is a great resemblence in het
to the Herreehoff models, especially in
the shovel-nosed bow. No adverse
comment was heard during the day,
'but on the contrary, her lines provoked
'universal admiration.
The Vigilant had a trial with her
new hollow boom this afternoon and
,'the result was satisfactory. Both of
the crafts will be measured Wednes
day, and it is estimated that the Vigi
lant will have to allow' the Valkyrie
over a minute on a thirty mile course.
Ex-Commodore Smith, chairman of
the American cup committee, tonight
gave a dinner to Lord Dunraven, at
which membeis of the New York yacht
club were present.
In the Treasury.
Washington. Oct 4. The public
debt statement shows a net increase,
less cash in the treasury, during the
month of Septemberof 4834,793. There
was a reduction of 9408,277 in the cash
balance. The interest bearing debt is
$585,037,740, the debt on which interest
has ceased is $1,984,770, and the debt
bearing no interest is $374,374,264, a
total of 961,386,775. The certificates
and treasury notes offset by an equal
amount of cash in the treasury show
an increase during the monih of $4,610,
482. Tbe gold reserve stands at $93,
582,172. The total receipts of the
government since July 1 have been
$79,379,417, and the expenditures $98,
459,127. In the same time the receipts
from customs fell off over $13,000,' 00
compared with the corresponding
period of 1892, and .the internal re
venue receipts nearly $6,000,000. The
expenditures for pensions in these
three months were about $350,000,
000 less than the same time last year.
The total increase in the circulation of
notional bank notes the past year has
been $35,911,254.
iBTeetlg-atlng Affaire.
Alexandria, Va., Oct. 4. There
Were two strangers here during the
last week presenting themselves as
newspaper men. Their business seem
ed to be to learn something of the Bur
son family, of whom they inquired very
Closely. Tbey visited the Burson home,
which isaspacioua old-style brick man
sion, two stories high, with a broad hall
running through the center, and sur
rounded by a half square of large shade
trees and shrubbery, all inclosed by a
high brick wall. They toox a good
ilook at the residence and Its surround
ings. They talked with a number of
persons in the vicinity and referred to
the affair in Chicago, remarking to one
man that they were acquainted with
Banker Gage and that he would not
hesitate" to spend $10.000 ' In defending
himself against the charges preferred
against him by Miss Anna Burson.
A Oaetljr rind.
Iwdianapolis, Oct. 4. Patrolman
Beacon made a ghastly find about 2
o'clock this morning In an alley back
of a saloon at 33 East Market street
It was tbe body of a man about 86
years old, who had evidently been
murdered after midnight The skull
was crushed and the face was covered
with blood. The police think the
weapon was a sanubag. The dead man
Is as yet unidentiiled. On the body
was found a receipt Issued by the Oer
mania lodge U. A. O. D. to Christian
Leer, and on a Ay leaf of a book was
printed the name of Taylor Oweus.
Xbe body was removed to the morgue.
To Iaveetltate tha Sag ar Treat.
Washington, Oct 4. Henderson uf
Iowa Introduced in the house a resolu
tion for the appointment of a special
committee of five to investigate and
report, en the transactions of the sugar
trust, with power to sit daring sessions
of eeogress, send for persons sod papen
and toseoare tbeaid of tbe department
JawtiBOaad, If the facts warrant, to re
pert a bill to anawl Its oorporate exist-
Kiel From tha Coaeiet.
Madrid, Oct. 5. Further particulars
of tbe fight between Moors and Spanish
troops who were engaged in erecting a
fort near Mellilla, Morocco, show the
fight was of the most desperate char
acter. Three hundred Spanish troops
were attacked by 5,000 Moors, armed
nith Winchester repeating riflss. The
Spaniards withstood their charges re
peatedly, lighting with the utmost dis
cipline and bravery until their am
munition was nearly exhausted, when
they were forced to retreat and at the
same time protect the laborers at work
on the farm. Again on the retreat on
Millilla the little body of troops seemed
about to ba overwhelmed by the force
of superior number and the fanatical
bravery of the Moors, but forming
back to back, they fought off their ur
tuers. They were finally reinforced by
a smill squadron of cavalry from
Mellilla and the most desperate fighting
was continued up to the very walls of
Mellilla fort, from the ram part of which
a contiiuous fire from rapid fireing
guns was poured into the pursuing
Moors, relieving the stress upon tbe
small body of retreating Spaniards and
allowing them to finally get safety in
side the fort.
The suffering of the Spanish troops
throughout the whole day's fighting,
under a blazing sun, without food or
water was most agonizing. A number
of Spaniards, wounded, whom their
companions were unable to protect,
were mercilessly butchered by the
Moors. It is not known, how many of
the Moors were slain as they carried off
their dead, but tbe number must have
been great Eighteen of the Spaniards
were killed and thirty-five wounded,
some fatally.
The troops at Mellilla are in a pre
carious condition. As this dispatch is
being sent reinforcements are being
forwarded from here. Warships will
also be sent to Tangiers to demand
satisfaction from tbe sultan of Mo
rocco. The council of ministers held a long
sitting today to discuss the Moorish
question. It was decided unanimously
that the Moors must be severely chas
tised for the attack on the Spanish
troops. The gunboat Cuero was dis
patched to Mellilla. Tbe ship Lelaspi
also sailed with troops to reinforce the
Mellilia garrison.' The latest reports
received of the battle say that 100
Spaniards, or about one-third of the
force engaged, were hors de combat.
From the Storm.
St. Louis, Oct. 5. A special from
New Orleans says: Reports are coming
from Plaquemines and Jefferson par
ishes of damage by the storm of a most
alarming character. It is impossible
to verify the loss of life reported, but
there is no reason to doubt tint it is
very heavy and that tbe st rm was
much worse than around New Orleans.
The worst news is from Bayou Co ok
whence New Orleans gets its supply of
oysters. This is midway between the
Uarataria bay and the. mouth, of. the
Mississippi. Here a colony of oyster
fishers numbering 150 is reported to have
been totally anihilated, with nearly the
entire population killed or drowned.
Boats have gone down from Xew Or
leans to, the settlement, but it will be
irr possible to gel any news from the
relief party before tomorrow.
Later The following is a summary of
the lives lost, so far as known, up to
midnight: Below Burataria bay, 150:
at Pointe-al-Hache, i; Empire Mill, 3,
Hingles, 2; Daisy postoflice, 5; Points
Pleasant, 2; Fort St. Phillip, 1; Casper
Smith's 1; Nichol's putoflice, 3; Foster
ling, 4; Grand Bayou -ind Bayou Shute,
25; St. James, l;P; ;neola, 1; Grand
Prairie, 4. Total, 20ii.
Nearly Within Retch ftlie North P ale.
OSan Francisco, Oet. 5. The United
States ship Ranger, which has arrived
from Ounalaska, b ought the news
that Harrison R. Thornton, in charge
of the government Indian school at
Cape Prince of Wales, was murdered
by Jssqumaux. It is supposed tbe
murder was committed by drunken Es
quimaux, as Thornton has been waging
a determined war against the liquor
traffic.
Tbe steamer Jean ie, the tender of tbe
Arctic whaling fleet, which arrived
from the Herschel islands yesterday,
brings the news that Captain Porter of
tbe steam whaier Newport reached 84
negroes norm latitude, we most north- '
o.ci .OOV..OU uf uiau.
Newport wintered at the Herschel is
lands and this summer, aided by the
opeii sea, worked her way riorth While
in pursuit of whales to 84 degrees,
within six degrees., of the north pole.
There the'ship was stopped,"6ut' it is
the opinion that had the Newport been
supplied with dogs and sledges the
north pole could easily have teea
reached by travelling over the ice.
Hantlns O' Brian's Murderer.
Mason City, Oct. Neither of the
three men now under arrest, suspectei
of the murder of Policeman O'Brien,
Is the party wanted. The chief of tbe
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road
and two special detectives from Chica
go arrived this morning and the case
has been given over to them. The
murderer was about six feet tall, slim,
dark mustache, with beard about two
weeks old.
lows and Mlaeonrl Connected.
Kansas City, Mo, Oct 5. The
Missouri and Kansas Telephone oom
pany began yesterday to operate a new
longdistance line which gives Kansa
City direct oommunloation with anoth
er cirouit owned by the company in
Southwestern Iowa. Fitty-six cities
and towns are connected by tbe clretrit,
offering one fourth of the states The
pine U to be extended to Omaha and
Dea Moines bsfoveUhfismas and work
know bpig done In both direotiew.
NEBRASKA NEWS.
Host wick has a number of cases of
scarlet fever.
A new elevator is going up at the
prightly town of Brarton.
Tne Lincoln News is twelve years
old. It grows belter with age.
Graflon's new paper, the Courier, is
receiving a liberal support and deserves
it
A volunteer fire company lias been
formed at-Gordon with thirty mem
bers. The farmers of Nuckolls county are
sowing bushels and bushels of winter
wheat.
The Methodist brethren at Cowles
have set about to build a home for
their pastor.
North Platte claims to have more
secret societies than any city of its size
in the world.
The new water works st Gordon have
been accepted by the city council after
a satisfactory test
The comoanions of Harding, the
Nuckolls couuty horse thief, hav
made good their escape.
Sneak thieves are doing a rushing
business in a small way at tbe pros
perous town of Uioom field.
The Custer County association will
meet soon to devise plans to mitigate
the evils of the hard times. ) ,1
The residence of Ellis Sban at Den'-,
ton was entirely destroyed by 'lire, but
tu iiuueeiiuiu kuvub- wvio mjn,
Arcadia boasts of hrving the largest
stork bog in the stale. It weights 800
pounds and belongs to the great Berk
sbier family.
The Methodist and Presbyterian of
Stamford have joined forces and ee-j
tablished uiiion Sunday school. This
s comity of the standard brand.
A. J. Arnold, who has been a resi
dent of Columbus more than thirty
years, left '1 uesday with bis family for
tbe PacJfic coast. He will settle at
Carlsbad, Cal.
3. J. Side!, from Illinois, has pur
chased a ranch cf 800 acres near Cul
bertson and will make Nebraska his
home hereafter. He was driven from
Illinois by the dry weather.
While J. R. George "of She! ton was
cutting wood in his back yard the ax
struck the clothes line and rebounded
against his face, cutting a gash that
required several stitches.
Eagle has a flourishing lodge of
Good Templars composed of people'
who are total abstainers. In some
parts of the world (iood Templarshave
been known to mix a little in the wait r
they drank.
The towu of Gaudy, Logan countv,
is without a physician, and in case of
sickness must send twenty-five miles
for medical assistance or run tin
chance of getting well on thorough wai t
tea and such stuff.
" The Fremont Tribune offers a Web
ster's unabridged to the school in
Dodge county showing the highest at -tendance
and punctuality for the tern1,
and the teacher will be given a set if
Waverly's novels.
Hen Harding, tough character, wlio
tiaa rflarln his tiaar1inai(urs at Qiinapir'
una uiauv mo ucnuijuui icig o v uuj'vji ivt
is in jail at Red Cloud and has con-
tessea the stealing ot ahorse belonging
to Mr. Jones of Guide Rock. As other ,
horses are missing in Hie neighborhood
he is thought to be one of a gang and
the authorities are after the other fel
lows. H. Hartley, a farmer living seven
miles southwest of Pawnee City, hap
just received notice of his mother's
death in Bolton, England, and that a
legacy of which the first payment is
500 sterling, has been left to him. He
left for England to see to tbe settlement
of the citate. There are eight children
in the fan ily.
Lst winter the members of the Mi -
r.hnriiet nhnrAh of P .1 ... nit.
given a dime savings bank, this means
being taken to raise the debt of the
ehurch. Tbe other nisht a social was
held at the church and the banks were
opened and found to contain over
KAA 1 1 t. J! r.-i - ..
jewu, u 111 uiwes. xuis enanies me
new pastor, J. H. Preston, to step In- !
to the church free of debt.
Tha (Allans nf 1-bt )
the Bute University, opened on Satur-
a,s V4 tmn WUUKWU W 1 III
dT with hmnkl. .,tWb
Hon. W.8. Strawnd delivered an in-
teresting address on "Students and
Lawyer," in the chapel, before a large
assembly of students, On Monday
mornine tbe several classes took up
their work. The attendance is con
stantly increasing, and the outlook is
very encouraging.
John McDonald, who returned from
Mullen last wesk, informs us that the
gray wolves in the vicinity of Mullen1
are giving the farmers and ranchmen
considerable trouble by killing their
cattle, says the Broken Bow republi
can. One ranchman by the name of
Smith, within a few miles of Mullen,
had seven cows killed iin i.
ine woives, ana a number of others
lhad lost cattle tbe same way. The
Iwolves have become very numerous
and bold, and instances are related of
inem attacking horses. The stockmen
are offering $10 reward for a rrsv wolf
laoalp.
One of tbe richest watermelon jokes
we have heard this year emadates from'
tbe vicinity of Row. A fellow neaxi
that unlucky town was guarding his
watermelon patch by day and night
and one evening be thought he aaw!
mlem thief moving about fa the
patch and he ratted his tramp (hot gua
and fired upon the Utnder. When
ibesmekeeteeredaway and the fel-i
i T00 0! - 13et he
found the-Ufiahfta body of- ' eatt he
roagmg in lb buuyard.
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