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The Sioux County Journal
1. J. SIMMONS, Proprietor
HARE1SOX,
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 26. The
Knight of Labor of the United Sta.es
are about to embark upon a campaign
having for ita design the removal of
the negroes from the United Slates,
and their colonization in the Congo
ba&, Liberia, or some other part of
Africa. The first substantial step look-
inir in that direction was
MemDhig Saturday, when the
council was called to meet to make ar
rangemeuts to entertain Grand Master
J. R. Sovereign of the Luighta of
Labor, who will make a tour of the
aouth during March and lecture in the
principal cities upon this subject. The
undertaking is not a new oi:e in the
rant.nftha Knitrhts of Labor, for it
Droeressed so far that
the order m
every state in the union had voted on
the question and every state is favor
able to it
Mr. iSovereign is thoroughly imbued
with the spirit of the undertaking and
for some time forward will give it his
unlimited attention. His first slep is
the contemplated lecturing tour of the
aouth, wheu hia sole theme f U be the
deportation and colonization of the
negroes. This tour will begin early in
March and last through the month.
Cue of the first points be will reach is
Memphis, lie will take in every large
city hi the south, including New
Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, Birming
ham, Chattanooga, Montgomery and
many others.
OPINION OF A 80TUUEK.NKK.
J. T. Ilodgers, a member of the ex
ecutive board of the Knights of Labor,
in an interview here said:
"The plan has been widely and well
considered by the Knights of Labor.
We propose that the government shall
meet the expense. We intend to send
a monster petition to congress from all
parts of the country to make an appro
priation to meet the expense.
"A colonization company is in opera
tion at Birmingham, Ala., which has
engaged to transport some 800 negroes
at the cost of about 25 per head. If
it cost this government that much to
transport each of the nine million
negroes in this country the sum total
might oe appalling. But then it must
be understood that the matter of leav
ing will be optional with the negroes
and a great many will elect to remain
in this country. That will dt-crease the
total cost. Then, again, the deporta
tion cannot be accomplished at ouce,
but will run along from year to year.
The government might make a reason
able appropriation for each year and
the work of deportation could be car
ried on each year to the limit of the
appropriation. So you see the cost
need not be exorbitant. The Knights
of Labor do not wish to impose upon
the country a tax btirdeu they them
selves are unable to bear, therefore in
their petition they will propose to pay
by way of tax for this purpose a poll
assessment on their membership."
It l h Hiiim
Washington, March 1. -kq after
; meeting the house went into commit
tee of the whole on the Bland seignior-
! age silver coinage bill. Bowers was the
NEBRASKA. trst speaker. He favored free coinage
of silver because three-fourths of the
people of the Seventh California dis
trict wanted it, and he believed it to be
hia duty to represent their views.
Allen of Mississippi then proceeded
to discuss the features of the bill. He
had no hesitation in allying himself
with those who favored the coinage of
the seigniorage with which to meet t he
joveroment's obligations and not with
those who 'avored the sale of bjnds to
jecure the necessary funds. Af'.er
taken iujBpeaking for some momenta Allen
truA i cha-ieed the topic aua saiu: -j was
pained beyond measure to read a lew
days ago in the public press that the
Hon. Abram S. Hewitt of New York
did not regard me as great as talhoun,
Slidell and gome of the rest of those
men who preceded me. Laughter.
Now that is a revelation to me. I had
never suspected that I was not as great
as those men until Mr. Hewitt said so."
Ltughter.
Bryan: "Maybe he does not know
you personally."
Allen: "That is the trouble; he does
know me perioi.ally. That is where it
stings. Laughter. It is utterly with-
out excuse. The truth is I regard Mr,
Hewitt's remarks assomwhat personal
to me, because I wa3 to have spoken at
thevery dinner at which he delivered
his speed. Laughter. J Now, I have
laid awake many a night trying to
meet Mr. Hewitt's approval and one of
the grea-. obstacles in my meeting the
Wproval of Mr. Hewitt is while Mr.
Hewitt is one of the best of men when
he is asleep he is troubled with insom
nia. Great laughter.J I have one
c insolation when I think of myself and
tha great majority of ray colleagues
from the south having incurred his dis
pleasure, and that consolations grows
out of the fact that, having known Mr.
Hewitt for some years and having
talked with him freely, 1 have never
known any nun or set of men who en
tirely met his approval except Mr.
Hewitt himself. Ltughter.) If he
had lived in the days when common
Deoole were ducked he would have
been drowned long before this.
Laughter.
Devastated by Fire.
Chicago, Feb. 26. The world's fair
grounds have been asain devastated
by flames, the agricultural building go
ing. When the fire was first seen Sat
urday morning a special alarm was
sent in which called engines from
Hyde Park and Wood Lawn. Another
alarm called other engines and a de
termined tight against the progress of
destruction was begun. Running up
the outside of the pillars flames gained
rapid headway in the roof, and spread
rapidly toward the dome in the centre.
Once having a start in the lofty arch,
its destruction was a matter of short
order. Driven by a brisk wind, sparks
from the burning building were car
ried toward adjourning buildings, and
for a time the firemen bad before them
the prospect of an extended conflagra
tion. The firemen were well distributed,
however, and while several companies
were working vigorously in an attempt
to stay the fire in the agricultural
balding, others were detailed to ad
joining structures and volumes of
water were directed toward exposed
parts. An hour after the general alarm
was sounded the fireman had accom
nlished all that was possible and the
hlaza was nraeticallv extinguished.
Before the fireman had succeeded fn
their work, however, the building had
own ruined. As the fire spread tn rough
the dry timbers of the roof burning em
bers soon began dropping to the floor
and the supports, gradually weakened,
at last gave way, carrying with them
connected parts of the roof, and the
dome pitched in ruins to the floor. Its
fall practically put an end to he fire
nan's work. Small patches of flame
ware still risible around the ragged
edges of the rof, but floods of water
directed against them soon drowned
owt all danger of spread of the lire.
Tbe destruction of the dome left the
already partially burned building even
Mora unsightly, and otr bears
tUe resemblance to th ornate struc
ture surmounted of see statue of
which formed a feature of court
A Crui ule
St. Paul Minn., March 1. Judge
John W. Wilson of the St. Paul dist rict
court started a crusade upon the new
papers of St Paul. The judge in
timated to the publishers that he would
hereafter arrest for contempt those who
published facta 1 1 criminal cases. He
said In court yesterday morning:
"Comment calculated to create a pre
judice against either party, in judicial
proceeding, evil or criminal. Is ab
solutely unlawful. The publication of
articles caleuiatedjto sustain one side of
the controversy or disparage another
has been repeatedly adjudicated upon
as contempt of court and punished
as such, both in England and America.
If any observations open to the ob
jections which I have indicated have
been heretofore made upon the trial of
any criminal camte in this county or in
any part of this state, in newspapers or
otherwise. I sincerely hope they will
not occur again. Such comments are
contrary to law, contrary to good
morals and contrary to the high prin
ciples of American citizenship."
Minnesota newspaper have hereto
fore been allowed the widest latitude
in commenting npon trials.
A i Irag-edy.
Ptttsburo, Pa.. March 2. A terrib'-e '
tragedy was enacted at the Hotel E ffel,
at 5u8 Smithfield street, a: 8 o'clock
Wednesday night, from which pitcher
Pete McNabb, of the B tHi more base
ball club, is dead and Louise Kellogg
will likely die from the result of the
wounds received frjm a pistol in the
hands of Me X abb.
Louise Kellogg was a mem-r of t! e
Alvin Jos yn lhf-:tr, it ct-mpany and
rame here from New York, She met
IcNabb a short time before 8:30 on
F.fth avenue and they both went to the
Hotel Eiffel, where a room was en
gaged. A young man named Gillen, a
friend of both McNabb and the Kellogg
woman, went up to their room about
8.30 to call on them. He heard the
woman groaning and called for help.
As it is right across from the city hall,
nspector MeKelvy and several officers
were soon on the scene. The door was
urst open and a bloodv sight met their
ye. On the floor lay the woman with
hree bullet wounds in her head and
nck. McNabb was lying beside her,
wuli two shots through hie head that
d killed him almost instantly. The
woman was taken to tne Homeopathic
spital. Biie can hardly recover. Mc-
Nabb's body was removed to the mor
ue. There was a fire a few doors
auove the hotel at the time Mc
Nabb did the shooting. This caused
much excitement in the vicinity and
the hotel people did not even hear the
shot fired.
McNabb evidently meant murder
when he went to the room, for he waa
only there a short time before he did
the shooting. Louise Kellogg s right
name was Mrs. U. E. Hock well, and
he has a husband living at Seattle,
A" ash. Kellogg was the woman s stage
name. Her parents live at tirauaoca,
iear this city. Lnless she recovers
consciousness the cause of the shooting
may never be known.
McNabb is well known in profei
onal baseball circles. He was at oue
time a member of the Denver club, in
the Western league.
WAS TIRED OF MCNABB.
Lniise Kellogg, or Mrs. W. E. Rock
well, the woman's right name, Is the
wife of the president of the California
baseball league. From what could be
learned from young Gillen after the
shooting Miss Kellogg waa endeavoring
U. break off her relations with McNabb.
X number of letters belonging to Miss
Ktllogg showed that she had been
:eping McNabb supplied with money
or the past few months. The com-
.anv she was with disbanded some
i me ago and she came herewith the
-obable intention of either staying
itfa her parents in Braddock or get
ting monev to tide her over until sue
nroeurea another engagement, Mc-
"
Vabb met her here, and as the worn:
was likely trying to break off her in
timacy with him this probably
prompted McNabb to shoot the woman
and himself,
', Eat one theory was advanced at the
fjrii regarding the origin of tbe
i:V Everyone agreed that aa inden
y WM rwpo-tibte for the
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rto Cm mmbi
familiar
A l)lHtruu Accident.
Memphis, Match L The westbound
I a enger train on the Yazoo & Missis
sippi Valley branch of the Illinois Gen
tral railroad met ith a disastrous ac
cident five miles from Durant, Miss.
loose rail was the cause of the accident,
throwing tne rear coaches from the
track upon their sides, thus entrapping
nearly all the passengers, but luckily
all escaped with their lives. Several
persons sustained serious injuries,
burns, bruises, scratches and cuts. The
Injured are: C. A. Henderson, New
York, bruised; P. T. Wilkersou, Ne
York, internal injuries; Mrs. M. H
Preston, Tchula, Miss., cut on hand and
head, internal injuries; Mrs. J. P. Pres
ton. TcUuIa. Miss., bruised; P. ft. Mont
gomery, Memphis, badly burned; J. M
Jack on, Jackson, Tenn bruised; Mr,
Harvey, Kosciusko, Miss., hand badly
burned; Dr. W. F. Uresham, Uurant, j
Miss., knee sprained; A. Brown,
Memphis, leg and thigh badly hurt.
Accepted the Kealgnatlon.
Topeka, Kas., March I. Governor
Le welling announced that be had ac
cepted the resignation of Adjutant
General Artz, to take effect a soon as
the affairs of the office oould be put in
shape to make the transfer to his suc
cessor. He expressed great con tiaeuoe
in the honesty of Artz, expressing the
opinion that he waa deserving of cen
sure only lor the looseness of his busi
ness methods. L. C. Baker, the man
who it is alleged drew a voucher for 88,
Which Artz raised to 840, made a state
ment in which he said that the voucher
signed by him and which Artz cashed
waa for 88. Artz evidently raised it to
180 and that amount he drew from the
tieasury. No criminal charges have
yet been Died against Artz, but one
probably will be in a few days.
At theiex AeMlaej.
Cokk, March 1. The visit to Ireland
of Right Honorable John Mor ley,
chief secretary of Inland, has caused
a desaonetratlon of the feeling of re
sentment which the home rulers have
cherished against him since hU refusal
to received a deputation of the evicted
s onlstlon Mr. Morwr
hia refusal on the ground
that the govern t intended to uv
i a Ntewteuwat Mil tha Mai
of
A Il-cr. ptucy In th BaUocr.
St. Louis. March 2. For several
weeks the offi -era and directors of the
St. Louis national nan uave oeen
aware that there was a discrepancy in
the balances of their cashier, William
E. Burr. Jr. Being absolutely secure
from loss they quietly proceeded to in
vestigate and found that the shortage
was in round numbers $37,030. Since
the investigation beean Mr. Burr has
released to the bank funds and gilt
edged security amounting to over 50.
000. Late In the afternoon the board
of directors agreed upon the following
communication to the press and public:
"We, the undersigned directors ol
the St Louis National bank, desire to
state that a warrant has been sworn
out by the national uank examiner for
the arrest of the late cashier, W. E.
Burr, jr., for misapplication and em
bezzlemeut of the funds of the bank.
We desire to state that the amount of
the shortage above his bond of $10,000
in the American Surety company does
not exceed $5,000, and the loss of the
bank in the matter will not exceed
more than that."
This was signed by all the directors
present at the meeting. At 4 p. m.,
and subsequent to the issuance of the
above circular $2,500 in eaeh was turned
in on the deficit by Mr. Burr through
an aient. In addition U this there is
on deposit to Mr. Burr's credit some
$3,000 in negotiable paper, leaving the
apparent balance of S2 500 unaccounted
for. The director are in no way
alarmed at the situation.
President L. U. ason when seen
in the afternoon by a reporter declared
that tbe bank would not lose a cent.
Mr. Burr had no vicious habits and has
been regarded as a conservative finau
cier. lie was lniereeiou iu me jyier
Desk company, whose plant was re
cently destroyed by fire, and recently
bought out a large dairy plant.
Impriaoned In a Mine.
Asa 1 a no, Pa., March Z. Five men
are imprisoned iu the Boston Run mine
at this place, the result of a fall of cool
yesterday. There is every reason to
believe the men will be released before
morning, and It is known they are alive
and probably unhurt.
A Hourd of Trade "KptloB Room
Chicago, March 2. -An afternoon
natter nrinU a story U tbe effect that
B. P. Hutchisr, otherwise known
"Old Autch," the erstwhile board of
trade plunger, will open a saloon near
tbe c'aiober of commerce building in a
few days, and there conduct a sort of
board of trade "reception room. Mr,
Hutchison declines to be Interviewed
on tbe subject, bat the men workinnin
i he saloon say that Hatebtoon has taken
lm th ElrrtrM hair. !
Si so ixg, X. Y., Feb, 2.-Matthaw
ithnson, the slayer of fjialle Kuckel-
horn, died in the electric chair at 11:35
a. m. Monaay. n ueu ne was sirsppeu
n the chair be said: T say good-bye.'
His only friend, Kev. Daniel Weisher,
replied "Good-bye."
A few seconds later he was dead.
Johnson showed no signs of breaking
down as the time for the electrocution
approached. He surprised his guards
ud Warden Durston with his marvel
lous cooless. In all their experience
ith condemned murderers they could
not recall a man who seemed so per
fectly free from fear as the West Indian
. . i i
negro, who nao no relative or irieuu
near to cheer his last hours except the
c Uored Baptist preacher who was but
slightly acquainted with the convict
prior to his arrival here.
This morning Johnson said to
Warden Durston: "1 did the deed and
am willing to go. A week ago be had
confessed the crime to Uev. Weisher
Johnson also admitted that he had com
mitted two other murders, for which
he was never tried, nor, so far as he
knew, even suspected. He said that
some twelve years ago he was intimate
with a married woman named Lizzie
Frazer at Key West, Fla., and on one
of his visits to fier house, during tne
absence of her husband, he wished to
get her ten year-old d iuhler out of
the way. He accordingly look her a
few yards away from the house to the
dock and pushed her Into tha water.
The girl was drowned. He left Key
West and went to a place on the west
coast of Florida called Uliokoltska.
While there he worked as a charcoal
burner. He got into a quarrel with a
man nam-d Samuel Kellogg, another
charcoal burner, and killed him. He
then came north and never heard of the
Florida murders again. Johnson said
that his father, Jeremiah Johnson, his
mother, three sisters and his two
brothers live in Key West. He wrote a
iette-tohis father bidding him goud-
bye, and telling him that he had made
his peace with Cod and certain that he
would go straight to heaven.
On December 'J, HV, Johnson mur
dered Emile rTnckiehorn, the engineer
ot the hoisting establishment of Thomas
Wyiie, on Twenty.fourth street, New
York.
To b llanj.-d on Goatl Friday.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 28.-Judge Bren
tano is somewhat annoyed at the inti
mation that his action iu sentencing
Prendergast to be hanged March 23,
Good Friday, might be construed as a
disregard for the traditions of the
Catholic church. Prendergast as is
well known, is a Catholic in his religion,
aid his family has a repugnance to
ward the execution of the sentence
upon one ot the high days of the church,
t say nothing of the natural hostility
on the part of the members to seeing
the seutence carried out at all. Tim
result could be no physical trouble, of
course, but Judge Brentano is not in
clined to pose in the light of heaping
indignity upon a culprit. Besides, the
unfriendly spirit which might be en
gendered by a discussion of the matter,
among the Catholic voters, might not
be inconsiderable when election times
arrive.
There is some difference of opinion
among the attorneys aa to the right
and authority of the judge to change
the date for execution, many insisting
that the power of Judge urentano
ended when he sentenced the man to
death and that the matter is out of his
hands. These attorneys hold that only
the governor or the supreme court has
the authority now to change the date
for the execution, and that if Judge
Breiilano assumes to take the case out
of the hands of these authorities it
may leave a loophole for Prendergast
to escape entirely and certainly will
leave ammunition for a bitter fight and
long delay. The fixing of the day of
sentence, as a matter ot ract, is gener
ally considered as amounting to little,
oSthe appeal to the supreme court,
which will be taken, will surely cause
a postponement of the hanging, and it
is not considered at all probable that
under any circumstances will Prender
gast go to the gallows on March 23.
NEHKASKA NEWS.
gtralton is struggling for waterworks.
Hooper is about to be supplied with
a small electric lieht plant t
i i t i A-irTTS leased tha
build up a trade from the eastern ' . ' Thma. n rn
1 he j 3wuvvl1 -
la Tr-M
Dsmveb, Feb. n. The Colorado
freight assocstion held a meeting and
it is rumored that the meeting broke
up in a row. The trouble appears to be
over the movement of the Gulf line to
markets via the port of Galveston
feeling between freight agents of the
Union Pacific and those of the Guli
line is not of the most pleasant nature
and the competition for business is
waged hourly. The Union Pacific
agents are anxious to preveut the Gulf
from making inducements through the
steamship lines that the overland
routes cannot meet. The point at issue
was an attempt to get the agent of the
Mallory steamship line to join the as
sociation in order to maintain rates.
The Gulf line, under the receivership,
claims to be under no obligations re
garding freight rates made by the
Union Pacific.
Afloat ou the Ice.
Niagara Falls, N. Y Feb. 27. -An
exciting incident occurred on the ice
bridge near here, which came near re
sulting seriously. A party of railroad
officials from Cincinnati were on the
bridge at the time and became separated
in a crowd. General Agent Beeves of
the Big Four railroad endeavored to
reach his party by taking a circuitous
route around the crowd and going close
to the lower end of the bridge. While
at the extreme end a portion of the ice
on which he was standing broke away
from the main bridge, and with Mr.
Reeves on it started down the stream,
is. F. B. Morse, the eastern agent of the
tame road at Buffalo, one of the party,
discovered Mr. R.eeves' danger and
rushed to the point nearest him and
was able to reach him and pull him
across the fast widening gap in time to
sav him. The ice on which Mr.
Reeves stood soon broke up with the
powerful current and disappeared.
I)lrtct to the Popr.,
Xew Yohk, Feb. 27. The Times
says: On the cabin passenger list of
the Cunarder Etruria, which sailed for
Liverpool, appear the names of Ireland
and Griffin. The men who took passage
under those names are really Fathers
M. C. Martin and G. Hallon, two
Roman Catholic priests. They are en
route for Rome with the hope to get a
pardon from the poje, having failed to
obtain an audience with Monseignor
Batollt, the apostolic delegate. Their
grievances are many and not the least
among them is the treatment which
8atolli is said to have accorded them.
They are two of the twenty-five priests
who say that they have been banished
from the diocese of Dauver, Colo., by
Bishop Matz of that city. It is further
claimed that fruitless efforts were made
to gain the intercession of Satolll and
having failed in all, they finally con
cluded to go over the head of the dele
gate, and carry their complaint direct
to the pope.
Charged with Fraudulent Banking.
Atlantic, la, Feb. 26.-A. W,
Dickeison, cashier of the Cass county
bank, is incarcerated in the county
jail, being unable to procure the 89,000
bail necessary to secure his release,
tlis attorney appeared in court and
contrary to tne general expectation
entered a plea of "not guilty" for his
client The court room was thronged
with people who expected to see Dick-
erson brought into court but in this
they were disappointed, as he did not
nppe.ir. The president, J. C. Yetzer,
is still confined at his home by sick
i! ess, but it is slated that he will b
.ible to secure bonds all right. A
deputy sheriff has gone to Oskaloosa,
a,, with a warrant for the arrest of
Vice President Isaac Dickersou, who
lias Interests in Coal mines at that
Dlace and who was In ileted also on t! it-
charge of fraudulent banking.
To StHiede from tha Union.
Geoiioetown, Colo., Feb. 28. A
petition has appeared In this city,
headed by the name of Mayor Henry
Parker, nrging upon the citizens of the
liver camps to take steps to secede
from the United States and become
annexed to Mexico. The' mayor states
that similar petitions will be in circula
tion through out tbe silver-bearing
stataa in a short time. Georgetown, lie
says, baa boon requested to take tbe
iaiUaUv.
I'riitoner Keraiitured,
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 27. Three ot
the prisoners who escaped from jail at
Thomasvilie Thursday afternoon dan
gerously wounding the sheriff, have
been recaptured. One of the men re
captured is Spencer, the murderer. He
drew a pistol and had to be shot be
fore he would surrender. His wounds
are not dangerous. John Williams and
Alexander Glass were made prisoners
after a short, run. A fourth prisoner,
Jim Kennedy, led the posse and dogs a
long chane and was finally surrounded
in a creek. He was trying to swim.
He refused to surrender and was shot
and killed. Another of the fugitives
succeeded in gettina away. The sixth
man who escaped from the jail was not
with the quintette and his whereabouts
are unknown, The IhomasvUle guards
are on duty at the jail to prevent an
expected attempi to lynch the prisoners.
I)i-ntrty-d by Klre.
CiiicaoO, Feb. 27. The First Presby.
terlan church, comer of Chicago avenue
and Lake street, in Evanslon, was to
tally destroyed by fire. The church
waa a frame structure and was erected
mo'e than twenty years ago at a cost
of $25,000. The contents were valued
at about 85,000. The insurance on the
building and contents is 821,700. The
fire was discovered about 9 o'clock and
at the time the congregation was
gathering for the morning service and
many of the members watched the
structure fall in rmns. tireman
Edward Dinsmore was struck on the
bead by falling brick and taken home
unconscious. The cause of the fire is
supposed to have been a defective fur
nace.
from Under thaUallom
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 27. At
Arkadelphia, Willis Holder, who was
convicted of wife murder and sentenced
to be executed March 2, had a rehearing
on a mandate from the supreme court,
entered a plea of involuntary man
slaughter and was sentenced to one
year in state's prison. Tbe supreme
court reversed the decision of the lower
court because of reprehensible language
used by the prosecuting attorney to the
trial jury. The case is a novel one, the
criminal stepping out of the shadow of
the gallows Into a short term of impris
on merit within one week.
John R. I-eis or .Maaison county
lost two fingers in the gearing of a
windmill.
Mrs. John McDanlels of Plattamoutb
has been pronounced iuaane and taken
to the asylum.
Hiram C. Tuttle, an old soldier of
Red Cloud, has lately received a good
sized back pension.
I J. C. Bolster, formerly a hog dealer
of Republian City, is now preaching
the gospel in far oir uregon.
An old gentleman by the name of
Marlin of Kurt county fell off a load
of hay and fractured bis leg.
A horse fell on the foot of Wesley
Slders of Fremont and he can only get
around by the aid of crutches.
Burglars managed to get away with
8100 worth of cigars and tobacco from
Cook Bros restaurant at KJgar.
H. II. Laild of Fontanelle ha come
into a fortune of cliW,a) through the
death of a near relative in Chicago.
Dundy coun'y has but four physi
cians, and they complain that business
in their line is dull and unsatisfactory.
Pallisade people beiieve they have
discovered a vain of coal 5;K) feet be
neath the surface. A shaft is being
sunk.
Tbe proposed enlargement of the
Kearney canal it is thought will fur
nish a power equal to the strength of
9,000 horses.
The citizens of Cedar Valley, Scott's
Bluff county, have organized for the
purpose of bormg for artesian water
for irrigating purposes.
O. D. Goodrich, formerly a well
known business man of Grand Island,
lately died at Colorado Springs, where
he went iu hopes of regaining his
health.
A large polecat walked into a store
at Swanton through the ba:k door. Of
course the proprietor walked out at the
opposite entrance and called for the
police.
Cal West, living near .Syracuse, has
been a reuter of farms for the past
thirteen years and iu that time has laid
by enough to purchase one of the beat
farms in the county.
The jail at David City Is sadly in
need of repairs. The other night a
prisoner clinied to the top of his cell,
kicked a hole through the ceiling and
walked off. He Is wanted for burglary.
Jerry Curmichael, a burly negro of
Fremont who wanted to get a seavm
of rest and board, stole a clothes
wringer and walked into police court
and gave himself up. He got fifteen
days of what he wanted.
Pat Walsh ot David City had his
brother-in-law, Richard Keiley, arrested
on a peace warrant and he was bound
over to appear and show cause why he
should desire to lay violent hands upon
one who claims to have done him no
wrong.
Old Get-Up Jack, president of the
hog thief league of Burt county, has
made frequent raids during the past
few months. Those who have met
with losses at the hands of this league
are A. A. Anderson, Joe Bayer, E. Sen
sing T. Moaeyhan and others.
C 1L Bugbeen of Bloomfield met
with a very serious accident while
building the fire in the church the other
evening. He threw some coal oil in
which took fire with a puff, throwing a
blaz nearly to the ceiling of the church
and burning one side of his head and
face very badly.
The people of this valley are inter
ested In the building of a railroad ana
the time is ripe for action, says the
Bayard Transcript. Every farmer is
in a position to take hold and do good
work, and if they were properly organ
ized could grade a line from North
Platte to the Wyoming line in one sea
son. There would not be as much la
bor In grading as has already been ac
complished In buihiing the numerous
canals now completed. An organiza
tion could be formed, a charter secured
and a push made in this direction at
once, A plan similar to that of the
Gulf & Interstate organization could
be adopted. First organize, secure a
charter and have a survey made. Tbe
r'ghtof way cou'd be secured without
expense, and the grading could be done
without very much cash outlay. By
the time this was done there would
be plenty of capital advanced for iron
and rolling stock. If and orgsnization
was formed upon some plan it would
demonstrate that we were in earnest in'
our desire for a railroad and show to
the world that our people are not clams
shut In their shells. Let our wide
awake, progressive citizens get to-)
gether at once and maka a united effort
in this direction '
Armled for Murder.
Montickllo, N. Y- Feb.?7.-Lloyd
J. Carr of Rushville, a young farmer
residing near the home of Moore and
his housekeeper, Mrs. Raymond,
the aged couple who were mur
dared Thursday night or Friday
morning, is suspected of having com
mitted the crime, and was arrested
A five dollar bill, bearing bloody finger
arks, waa found on bit person.
A son of John Goettsch of Creighton
has just been taken to the asylum at
Norfolk, The manifestation of his In
sanity was in a very unfortunate form,
lie placed poison in the food of bis
grandmother, from the deadly effee'e
of which the old lady died. The family
formerly lived at Fremont. ,
A remarkable suit was filed In dis
trict court at Papiiiion by Bherwln, who
seeks to foreclose a mortgage upon a
half dozen of the wildcat additions to
South Omaha, the property lyinjr In'
Sarphy county. The remarkable feat
ure of the case is that there are more
than two hundred defendants, princi
pally In the new addition.
Tbe Carroll Independent bat been
'tucked Into iu mtle bad. Ita editor
baa takm tbe plant and blad himself to
g reansc pastures in Iowa.
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