Sioux County Journal
L f . UMMOM. rwprtttw.
NEBRASKA.
' Tn American Association fur the
Alt vane -men t ot science i od the
trail of the wate ineion rulerobe.
It is a pretty got! man that can
boast of a much trustworthiness as
to to be found id the wag of a dog's
ail-
The umbrella trust has gone up,
but as non : of the factories will si s
pend they prooably have soujthiiitf
left tor a rainy day.
Tub Georgia rattlesnake is out in
11 his glory, and tin- ri;i W e liars are
lew ng on the inn u.n and rattling
away at a great taie
Tao V'l'N' men arc endeavor ng to
trael round the world without a tent
of money The om petition for the
championship of tie d beats waxing
hot '
When a boy or young man leaves
school or college be should try 10 con
nect himself with a Arm which adver
tises. The business or such a tlrui is
likely to in rease and piosjter.
Only 2,000 Smiths attended the
reunion oi the Smith family in New
Jersey the oilier d.iy, and there is
tome apprehension that the Smith
family tree may have begun to
wither at th roots. ,
, A rivtmiv roi tester must sub
mit to taking a wheelbar-ow ride
through a populous street in payment
of an ele. t on Let. Many preacners
speak against the sin or gambling,
but few are willing thus Ao become
examples
A i"' Guthrie, Oklahoma, srulenls
who desired to express disapproba
tion of one of their numl.r tossed
him lioru a third-story window. The
ob.ectionabie person died. Thus does
the Wild West prog es . The inci
dent is almost advanced enough lor
Cornell.
, An now it is said thai Mr. St.
Gaudeus lat atte ,.pt to diape the
nude igure on the World's Fair
medals does not suit the President,
who is reported as saying that the
rioiion the sculptor ban twined aboiu
it ere tes the appearance of a man
who has had a broken leg bady set.
St. L t is was the first city to
show how rapid transit electric Hoes
could be utilised in improving postal
facilities, an it is again the flr.-t
lty to show how they ' may I util
ized in. improving the ' ambulance
service The electric car ambu.ame
is another St Louis inventiou which
promises good results.
The New York jolice bave been
Diking a very interesting chemical
experiment They soaked a solid
piece of brass in a water bii'-ket for
some hours, the only result leing the
efferveaence of their own excited
feelings. The brass was found iy.ng
about l ussell Sage's door, and was
therefore mistaken for a bomb
Italy is about to deport several
hundred anarchists to a barren island
where tbey will bav- a spletid d
chance to wo k out their iheoiy of
doing without any governmeat at all
The thanks of the other nat ons of
the world are due the government of
King Humbert for not trying to foist
the crowd off on some unsuspecting
foreign lanci
Delaware's ancient law requiring
a bridegroom to give the State an In
demnity bond never causes anv serious
trcuble. and If the penalty was ever
enforced it must have ien a long
while ago. The man going out be I
bridegroom's bond engages that the I
children that may come of the tro- ;
pective union shall not. become a '
charge upon the State.
Thk President of Honduras is in a '
hurry to have the ex-l'resident shot, j
This ha te Is not unnatural. The :
frealdent knows that the whirligig j
of time may see him wearing the fa-
tal 'ex" himself, and the gentleman
now endangered by it placed in a no-1
sltioa Ux.otbe shooting However,
(be oa come Is unimportant. The,
evidence is ample that any man who '
woold be President of Honduras I
xtgbl o he snot
As iaventor has just dtovered
tint tbere It enough latent energy in ,
NM ' foot of air to kilt a regiment, '
Ml tkat till power can 1m- iilrated ;
ty fAnstlna" This is the Keeiv ,
lector principle A air i cmipo-ed ,
tt C3Tt-i Ifltuenta gase , on I text In i
ftt7 sjteomiCoi jmipurtions. it Is i
t" -J Mecaaa rj to prod uoe a v i . ra .
f i cf MSeloat tHienlty lo ttiak a
j dialea) ohi i.ation ani t here
TCJ iff tbe. l a st
V'" f ot oitAoritiuo.
This 1 showo by the fact that First
Lieut uaut James A. ieyden. rouilb
Infantrv. with two Don comm an oned
'officers, two piivate. and a packer,
with six pack mules are directed to
i make a general explorat on of certain
sections of country lying between trie
I Mullen and I olo trails in Central
Idaho. The War Department expects
that the trip w.ll not lake more than
six weeks.
i
j The insuran e ag'Ut at i'h lips,
Wis., who issued policic. when forest
j tire w re raging ciose round the
i town is put down for an id ol or
! worse bv trie exa-t,-rated companies
j who have to pay the lo-ses but if the
tire had skipped the place as x:rnaiis
1 the agent expected he would have
i trained g eat cred t for consummate t
I inil.'iner.t and nerve and wood lime i
liei-n held up as a shining exa'np'.e of
j the st lift successful underwriters are
made of The way a thin' turns out
! iuak; all the di.'erence to the world.
I ' Chicago had anything like our
new I nion Mation. when would we
I hear the end of it? aks ihe t Lnui
Star-Sayings. And the Chicago Trib
une resiMjnds: That is exactly the
IKjint If i hie go had tbit railway
station it would speak of it o casino
all v. It is st Louis' exce-sivc mod
esty in not boasting now and then of
itf Eads bridge, its Veiled Prophets,
its big shoe trade, and the fact that
St Louis is the greatest mule market
in the world that keen that town in
the background. Hold your head up,
St 1 ouis Cany your chin a litt.e
above the level.
H ' Im.kkmii.l !ays he has the
right to kill himself if he w nts to
ike most of lils theories, this is Hot
new However, his friends need not
feci worried. Thoss who philosophise
on the sub ect ra civ rake the plunge.
The otoncl w.ll, undoubtedly goon
en oyiug the cakes and aie of this vale
of teais. varying his law practice
wiih efforts to oviue the world
that Moses was n it as great a man
! as he has leen reported. We vent ure
j to say that even in very hot weather.
when the orator wishes he had a --.uired
the habit of I e-b-redit ing
icethods. he feels in his inmost heart
that it. is not so bad a wor! aHrr all.
LV.e trie rest of us it is the tst tint
the Colonel k nows.
T r cranks may 1 relied unon to
make clean a path 'or their twn d -;
struct ion with their friends, the doc- j
tors cannot obstruct. In the fa eof
the irruption of homicidal "parano J
lacs" that grows instea oi abating,
the uries of th ountry are (juite
apt Jo forget that these troublesome
creatures are poorly developed as to
the lower Jaw. and that their cranial
proportions indicate sad degeneration
from earlier types. A murderous
cratik confronted the May r of Louis
ville in his office and attempted o
slay hitn. In ew ork a wild-eyed
fellow who had been tracking Dr.
l'arkhtirst was arrested. after he had
done his best to 111 a policeman,
r roru other points of the country
come stories of armed 'paranoiacs"
seeking to avenge their grievances by
the prevailing method of taking uu
man life. It may seera inhuman to
say it, but the destruction of the
crank is demanded But for the
good of society he must be abolished.
He has forced the issue.
Titf great tierman author, Ooethe,
make one of his characters say that
the sum of education is to teach the
boys to tie servants and the gins to
fie mothers. These ideas are repug
nant to a large share of the young J
people of to-day. To educate b ys to !
he servants, in other words to servo
faithfully and obediently, does not
mean that tbey shall not i masters
where tbey may. but the Idea is based
on the truth that the best masters
are those who have learned how to
serve. The great men of the time
have almost without except on been .
goKl servants. T. eir sons usua ly
tbink to become g eat by starling at
the top of the ladder. As for the
girls, there is nothing tbey can do
that will so develop the best that Is
in them as to be fitted conscient ous y
and broadly for the duties of mother
hood. Even if a girl is never to en-!
joy the privilege of becoming a I
mother the building of the mind and
character with that end in view tits
her betUr than anything else she
could da The depth and b eadth of
love and wisdow that a mother may
proper y use In the larlog and ear
ing of children Is practically Without
limit.
Hleep Walkers.
A cure for sleep walking, says a
correspondent, can be effected by lay
ing upon the carpet, by the side o
the slr.ep walker's bed, a strip of
sheet metal Iron, zinc, or copper
so w de and long that when he put
his reel out of hod they will rest up
on the metaL The coldness felt will
iiwakeo him thoroughly, and h will
go to bad again. A frwnd. the
writer adds, cheeked the habit, or
sleep walking In bis son by placing a
sir pof wet carpet by the side of his
bed.
f 1 t
IXcath Bava hot one dent
A Hrrv.m of t'utu
Little Hock, Ark, Oct. 5. Never
in the history of Little Hook was there
such a scene of wrecked and ruined
buildings as was prest-n'rd in this city
yesterday uiorn i g. The streets were
almost impassable and great chasms in
brick piles told of the fury ot night be
lore. 1 lie damage will aggregate al
most a muiion dollars. The onlr in
surance held by the sutferers amounts
to about iiSU'. Almost every build
ing between Main and Markharn mid
Third aud Main sti eels was unroofed
and in numerous instance entire
fronis were leveled to the ground.
On east Mark! am street the destruc
tion of properly was greater than else
where. Several iar 'e buddings were
leveled and not Oi.j escaped injury,
mdows ai d doors were blown out,
tin roofs carried away, telephone and
elec'ric light w ires blown to the ground
and poles twisted off tt the curbing.
It was at the insane nsylutc where
the most complete wreck whs to be
The buildings built by the state, at a
cost of t3t.H',u;0, are located on a promi
nence three utiles wt-st of the busine'S
po. tiou of ti.e city and offere t a splen
did target for the ury of the storm.
Thousands of people in buggies, and
on horselMrk thronged the road to the
ruins. 1 be wreck w;is not complete,
but the. damage is estuu tied a'. H'j KKJ
totlOVUO-
To frtven. Fir I
Sr. Tai l, Minn., Oct. 5. The con-j work only twe.ve feet from a large
vetitiou tor the tireeiilion of forest twos ory brick building, bad a miracti
fires held at and under the auspices of lms esi-a) from insiani death. When
the commercial club was very earnest, . th cyclone struck that ouiluing it
but not very largely attended. l'aiers j blew it over on the Western I'ninn
were read by J. O 1! irret, secretary of building and the bricks and timbers
the state forestry association, and On. ! came crashing through the latter. One
C. C. Andrews, and a discussion of
the best vnethods to adopt was had by
lutx.bermeit and others. A memorial
to the legislature was adopted saying
that the state owns !,'2i'.t,txl acres, the
I'mtBt! Cstates 5.0m.,XJ acres, besides
twenty-live millions ot natural forest !
lands need protection. A memorial
to the president asking him to call the
at'entiou of cmsress to the matter
wag a.so adopted. The chairman was
authon.ed to appoint a committee to
prepare protective bills fvr congress
and tlie legislature to pass. Tttis com
mittee will be named later and the con
vention will meet again in December.
lit-mem Knglaud iol Franco.
London, Oct. 5. Ttie Central News
adheres to its assertion that the sum
tunning of the cabinet counpil is due to
trie tact that l-'raiice has made repre
sentations to the British government
concerning England's alleged responsi
bility for the attitude of the gov
ernment in continuing is strenuous
opposition to the treaty rights of
France in Madagascar, It is hIso
claimed that France has protested of
war from England to Madagascar and
the enrollment of British subject ill
the military service of the Hovas. Jt
is known that an ex-cavalry olficer m j
tne rniisri army nas goue out to .na'i
agaacur to act as commander-in-chii f
ot the Hova forces, lie having taken
part In the Hova campaign against the
French iu Madagascar in ISHo. Another!
British oflicer has engaged to serve as
adjutant-general in the Hova array
and hundreds of settlers in south
Africa of all nationalities are prepared
to join the Hovas in the event of war,
they having been offered five- shillings
a day and a plot of land if the Hovas
are successful. The Hova army now
consists of '.wo divisions of infantry
well armed and well drilled, and the
Hova authorities claim that they will
be able before January 1 to lake the
field with 100.000 men.
Foreign diplomat regard the situa
tion as hopeful and believe the dilllcul
tiea will be settled amicably between
England and France.
Mvrrjr Mara Hnrawl.
Minneapolis, Kan., Oct. A livery
banr owned by Israel Markley and oc
cupied by Stewart Bros., with a small
livery stock, burned yesterday morning
about 2 o'clock, with all iu contents,
consisting of nine horses aud three
buggies.
This is the tilth barn that has burned
in this city during the past nine months
and every livery sUble In this city, with
the exception of one, has gone up in
dames, together with thirty -live or
forty heaa of horses. 1 he Ores were
all undoubtedly of incendiary origin
and there is a feeling of anxiety pre
vailing In the city. The tire depart
ment tuts done excellent service in
every case and con fined the fires to the
building where they originated.' The
fire department of this city holds more
tale first pri7.es than any other volun
teer depart ment in the stale and is
proving that it is as efficient for actual
work as for prize winners at tourna
ments. The lues by lire is about $2,&0 with
out a dollar of insurance.
Slot Cimi h!4.
Ottawa. Kan., Oct. il.-llockln-smith
and Pitman, wbo killed Donaliu
itself defeuse, were not convicted at
waa reported. '1 he operator omitted sii
important word in the dispatch, viz,
"Not."
Am Attempt t WrasklBf.
Nohton vibt.K, Kan., Oct., 5. -Til
Ban l a Pe passenger train which is due
tare at 4 o'clock came near being
wreckek Ave ml led weat of here Wed
nesday night. The traia waa crow dec
with persons wbo bad been to Topt-ka
to bear tiovernor MeKlnley speak.
mcm miscreant had placed ilea acrM
the track. Fortunately tlie engineer
aav the ttap In time to prevent a ikI
ona wreck. . So one waa hurt, ad bnt
matt da age done to toe engine.
fcwrpt hf a C-rlaaa.
LrTTi.E liiK'K, Ark,, O t 4. A ter
rihle cyclone swept over tlie buslneM
portion of this city carrying' neath and
oes'ruction in its pv.h.' SLartly after
daik heavy clouds cam from the west,
accompanied by vivid tlames of light
nine and heay crashes of thunder.
1 he sk tes suddenly cleared and the
storm was thought to be over, when
suddenly a heavy pale from the south
1 west appeared and for three minutes
the city was shaken. The wind was
, territic. Treei, telegraph, telephone
and electric lilit poles were uprooted
land carried a distance of 2K) yards,
j The roofs of about thirty f the largest
i buildings in the city wen torn from
the houses and hur ed against build-
ings on the opposite side of the 8'reet,
leaving the occupants tnd property
within to the mercy of the drenching
rain which begaii to fall In torrents
shortly afterward. When the cycione
had ceased It was discovered that the
residence portion of the city had en
tirely escaied, but Mam street to Third
Markhaiu street iroiii Centre to Cuin
lT.auU Second street wcte almost
total wrecks, Tins territory covers
the principle portion ot the town.
MANY NAlUtO'.V tX AI'KS.
The Wes;erti Unou telegraph ollice
located in the centre of tuts district.
1 he building was wrecked beyond re
cognition, the 0ierators who were at
work having-narrow escapes. Opera-
t.nr Colbert, ill nart ic.ular. w ho was at
of the bats struck htm oo the. nip. In
dicting a painfui wound. None of
the oilier operators were Injured. At
11 o'clock that night a meisage s re
ceirtd from the insane isyjtnn, sitn-
ated two miles from the city and the
state peiiltentiary, just, west of the
union depot, calling for a corps of phy-
siciaus and other assistance,
Jumped the Tim k.
Oakland, Cal., Oct. 4. As the local
j train on the tifrow gauge road w;i
j approaching the Webster si reet draw
! bridge the last Car, winch was th
smoker, jumoed the tracK. Ihe en
fcineer slopped the train, but bef re he
was able to do so '.he forward p ri of
the train wis on the draw and the
smoking car was being drag -J on the
ties. The cooping breaking just as
the car re.it lied the groiin.i, il rolled
down the bank and into the water.
Fifteen passengers were in the enr
when it left the track an t f -il tiro the
wa'er beside the track. 1". J. Keley,
employed by the Denver A; lm (ir.tnne
agency here as ticket seller, was killed.
Allot iter body in the cjir has not yet
been recovered. Captain .1. C. A i'soii
of han Francisco is btu tmrt, ev.
era! other passenger were injured, al-
luougu nol eriously.
I'lea.le.l .Nut S.iilllt.
Rax FitAN.Msco, Oct. 1. The
glrlkMg accused of wrecking a Irani
near Sacramento Julv II last, wncn
the engineer and four United Mates
soldiers lost their lives, were arraigned
at Woodland aud pleaded not gnuty,
Worden's trial was e; tor the 17'h iiisi.
while the others will be tried later. A
dispatch from .Sacramento I uesdav
eveniug says tliat William McCullom,
a railroad employe, lias made a con
fession, iu which he implicates two
men now employed in tlie shops there
In the fatal train wreck and exonerates
Worden and the others under arresi at
Woodland.
An loton tluMl Ojinii.iii.
Washington, Oct. ; An inter
national question involving the Tinted
States and tJermany lias been raised by
that feature for the new tariff which
inspire the most trouble of any of the
suiar schedules. 1 lie tier man govern
ment, through its ambassador, Baron
Von Sauerua Jellsch, lias made a
strong protest to the secretary of state
against that clause of the act which
imposes an additional duty of one
tenth of a cent per pound on sugar im
ported from those govern menu which
pay an expor. bounty on the article to
their producers. It is held by the
(iernian government that this feature
of the new tariff act is more oppressive
in Ha action against the sugar pro
ducers of that country than any other,
and violates the spirit of the treaty ar
rangements between the two govern
ments, particularly in view of the con
cession by which the embargo against
A met lean pork for a time enforced by
Germany was raised. . Tlie tier man
embassador said the protest had been
enteied in a friendly spirit.
I'lutil ajr CaralMMHMa.
Masmlo. O., Oct. 4 Passenger
traius No. 3- ana No. on the t leve
land, Lorraine & Wheeling railway col
lided at Pauls, live mile north of here.
Train 3t waa loaded with Knights Tem
plar bound for Cleveland, Careless
ness by Engineer Haell of train M In
mistaking a freight train on a siding
for train 35, which be had orders to
meet, caused the accident.
Vut Him late to rip.
Hi'OKANK,Oct. 4. A special from
Moscow, Idaho, aays: At the couny
jail here John Witte waa cut to pieces
before the jailors could reach him by
Joe Itoberts. an Insane United Mates
prisoner, who was conliiied in the same
cell with htm, Roberta in some way
secured a huge knife and attacaeu bis
companion. It took him but a few
seconds in hia rating madness to ssver
Wltte's head and then eat him Into
tripe
M'Btrbcd IB right.
London, Oct. 3. A British naval
officer attached to the Chinese naval
squadron, which was engaged In the
light off the mo an of the Yalu river,
has written a letter to the Craphic,
w hich is published in that paper. In
his letter the writer gives additional
details of tlie fighting and says:
"Oo board the warship Chen Yuen
the lighting was awful. The dock and
space around the guns were strewn
with human fragments and three of
five men working a four ton guu were
blown tip by a siiell fiom the Japan
ese warsh Naniwa. A fourth gun
ner was slot while trying to escape
from the turret aud tlie tifih stuck to
hi) post. Tins man tired three rounds
at the Naniwa, one 'hell entering the
engine room of the .i -panege ginp and
another smashing le-r forebndge. Tlie
Nat twa then hauled off. I he Chinese
admiral rewarded th surviving gunner
with a present of I.OOd taels. A shell
glanced from the steel deck of the
Chen Yuen and went through iter
lower, shattering everything thetidi!.
A l.euteni. .1 who waa in the act of
speaking ttiroiigh the tuoe leading to
the engine room was blown into atoms
an 1 ins head lell hanging to the pipe.
Huge fragments ot armor and the
backing thereof were carried in-board
by tlie shot, crushing a large number
of sailors uuo a shapeless mass. A
European engineer who was in the act
of groping about in an endeavor to re
p'ttr a steam pijie was Oieiiched from
head to font willi blooi of an assist
ant who was dittembureuU by a shot
from the enemy's ship. The Chen
Yuen arrived at Wet-Hat-Wie the day
alter the light in the same condition
in which she had lett the battle. No
attempt had been made to wash the
blood or remove the corpses which
S'rewed the deck."
The ri'er expresses the opinion that
if the European ruleis could have seen
the decks ot Chen Yuen they would
have i'oresworu war heiicel'orth and
forever.
: I Kl rtlrll tiy a Tornl. t
Wichita., Kan., Oct. 'A. A tornado
struck the northern part of this city
and tore up property in all directions.
Several people were injured, but so far
as heard from no fatalities occurred.
The wind came from the southwest ac
companied by a fierce rain, and dipping
down at Wichita and leuili street, it
took the roof and one side off a street
car bam and turned over a few out
buildings. From there it jumped to
Main aud Twellth streets, where it
tnok the entire roof off the Missouri
Pacific depot and tote up tlie inside,
turned the crossing watch man's liou.se
upside down, without however, hurt
ing Hie occupants beyond a few bruiS'-s
Mid twisted some of tlie neighboring
houses oul of shape. The next place
Struck was another street car barn on
Fifteen! ii street and Fifth avenue, and
this was entirely demolished by the
wind. The debris caught fire and some
cars were consumed by the llames. In
tills vicinity a number of residences
were lifted off their foundaiic ns and
some of tht-in were overturned and a
score of bams and outhouses were
demolished. In front of one residence
a line of old cotton wood trees, fully
two test in diameter were mowed down
but the bouse a few feet off was not
touched. One six-room house was
lifted up and dumped some distance
away, yet no one waa hurt. Telegraph
and telephone wires are down In all
directions. No news has is yet been
received from the surrounding country.
Murtind lijr a KaploMtuii.
Pkkky, Oal., Oct. 3.-Thoiiias
Stewart was a'tled and his wife, tour
children and Mr. and Mrs. Sliule aud
their daughter were terribly burned
Tuesday by the explosion of a package
or guiiK)wder, The par v. which waa
on a Hunting expedition, ,as crossing
a creek near this place when the pow
der in the wagon ignited and blew
btewarl aud Mrs. blade and Miss Made
out of the vehicle, at the same time
setting fire to the clothing of the others.
Stewart fell between the horses and
was badly mangled. By jumping Into
the creek the remainder of ihe party
were saved from immediate death, but
were burned so severely that the major
ity of them eotiuot live.
Prilirl bjr Plain
Kk.nomia, Wis., Oct 3. Four per
sons were roasted alive and two others
were badly burned at the lartn resi
dence of II. It. Pierce, iu the town of
Wilmont, near the slate hue, Saturday
evening. The family consisted of Mr.
and Mrs. Pierce, three sons, aged
tweutv-live, twenty-nine and thirty
four, and a daughter aged eighteen
years. All slept up stairs. One of lbs
young men tirsl noticed the lire aud
leaped down stairs, lie then returned
to rouse the others of the family, but
perished with Is brothers and sister.
The lather and mother escaped with
severe burns but the children all
iertsliel.
Sank la Ihe Bay
I'ltn.AiiKl'illA, Oct S. The British
auk steamer Allenney wis su ik to
Delaware oay In a collision with th
Belgian tank steamer Caucasn. Her
crew of thirty were rescued.
Hair la Many Mllllnai
.. Cim aoo, Oct. 3. -"Ben" Pric, clerk
of tlie Cook comity jail for mure than
fourteen years, It Is said, Itetweeit
a.UUO.OllO, and 90,000,(100 richer than
he was a week ago. This is the
amount of property left to him by
bis father, whose, death occurred re
cently. It ii scstted over America,
Englacd and Australia, and until a
aopcitor can get a complete inventory
of the nro party the value will not be
known,'
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
IUgan people have rev.ved the obso
lete game of croquet.
Several Platte country farmers have
lately hunted for srtesiau water and
found it.
Judge Neville of North Platte baa
giveu industry a little boost by build
iug a large hotel.
Hon. A. L. Towle, who has recently
been located at Portland, Ore., has
changed his location to Los Angeles
Burglars entered the tore of II. J.
Sebrink a' Firth snd gir away with
??o word of goods and 32 in pennies.
A mass nie"tmg will b held at Chap
pell to ascertain how 111 y people in
Deuel county need a-sisiance an i iiow
best to si cure it.
Mrs. Cordelia FairehiH died at her
home near Dorring'-im after a very
brief illness, leaving a husband and
live small children.
Tiie IJultalo County .('iiru.il fays
1 lint. .1. II, llrayton, lornierlv editor of
the Amherst Times, died au accidental
deatti at Scranton, pa.
Key. H. E. Bobbins of Kearney has
been secured to till the pulpit In the
Episcopal church at Broken Bow,
lately vacated by Kev, Knox.
Zeuo E. Briggs of West Point has
passeil the liual examination at Anna
polis, .Vd. and will shortly enter the
United btales naval academy.
Miss Mary slebuer, a res, dent of Col
fax county, dtspondetit over poor
health, ended her life by jumping into
Shell crtek and drowning herself,
. J. A, Medley, a brakeinan on the
Elkliorti running west, from Fremont
lost his pocketbook, containing a snug
sum of money, somewhere between
Fremont and Norfolk.
A brakeman on the Union Pacific,
run west from Lexington, fell between
the ears ai d was Instantly k).l"d. lie
leaves a wife, to whom be had been
niarr.ed but three months.
Hon. A. (!. scott ot Kearney lies in a
helpless condition with his left, side
wasting Irom paralysis. His sp-eeh is
slightly improved, but o'her conditions
tire about as they have been for two
months past.
A Wyoming woinnti with three little
children was Htratnb-d at Crand Is
land for tlte want of funds to take her
to friends in Missouri, and the gener
ous people of that, city chipped iu and
sent her on her way rej i cng.
A big buck on the ranch of J. P.
Latla near lekaiiiiih badiy gored a lad
named Duuiap who had entered the
park. The b y was standing with his
back to the animal and the sharp horns
penetrated so deep that be nearly died
from tiie loss of blood.
Fred Uinne runs a restaurant at
Broken Bow aiiu the other night some
miscreant who didn't like his sand
witches threw three large rocks through
the window, smashing a showcase and
damaging things about 330 worth. He
escaped without being identified.
Charles Clare, a boisterous Fullertoti
boy, drew a knife on ii policeman in
the discharge of his duty, and v-heti
taken before the cadi lor examination
plead for a little time to secure wit
nesses. The time was granted and he
took advantage of it to skip the
couttry.
Laat season eighty acres of land io
Madison county was sown to flax, the
seed coming from Dakota, ami the re
sult is thai this piece of land is literally
covered with Bussian thistles. All the
farmers in i hai victru'y will turn out
and endeavor to arrest the further
spread of the est.
Following are the signal service data
complied from record of observations
at N orth Platie for the mouths of
October during the past twenty years;
Mean or normal temperature, f0 de
grees; warmest October was that of
MV, with an average of U degrees;
the coolest was that of 1H8N, with an
average of 44 degrees: the highest tem
perature was 89 degrees, on Octuber 8,
IH'.ilt; tlie lowest temperature waa il
degrees, ou October 24, Ihs7; averaging
date on which the first, "killing'' frost
occurred in autumn. September the
average preclnilation for the month.
1.1 inches; the a v sage number of days
with .01 of mi inch or more, ti; the
greatest monthly precipitation waa
3 47 inches in ins !; the least monthly
precipitation was ,05 incites, in lltaj;
the greatest amount of precipitation
rectrdedm any 124 consecutive hours
was 1.45 inches, on .October Ijl, l(ij;
average ' number of clear days, 13;
partly cloudy days, 13; cloudy days,' 6;
the prevailing winds h ve been from
the northwest; the hig'ieart velocity of
the wind was miles, from H.e south
on Octoler 15, 1873.
The Standard Cat Me company have
commenced harvesting their sugar
beets at. Ames, of whicl.
eral hundred acres, t
they have sev-
.' ,.: e shinning
se.on all1
iheir lieets
' the acre,
tier ion. Sey-
to tin- oilolk fncior
from present ind ca ,
will average twelve t..
for which they recen
eral analyses have
iii.i'l- huh tiiev
show m sugar peicentage of i ion, i'ii
per cent, to 20 per cent.
A new opera house Is among the Im
provements at llartinglon for this
year. The house la K0x80 feet in size,
with a seating capacity of ft Ml. Every
seat waa full at the formal owning
ihe other night. ,
While Thomas Harrison was driviug
home from Stanton he was stopped by
two men who jumped on bis wagon
and asaaulted him with a club, break
ing bia arm. The men then want
through hit pockets and robbed him of
every cent lie haA ,
