Tfca Sioux County Journal
L . buuioks, rnrrWMr.
RBisoy,
NEBRASKA.
Tiiey sell qh.si. wri'jftirtieit!0-L.
And why not?
A true advertisement is the echo
of actions behind the counter
Many of the things we call calam
ities are ble.-ings in disguise.
PEO'le who can be spoiled by hon
est praise are or wcount to beg. a
with.
Hj easy it is to blauie some peo
ple for do ng tilings we scarcely
notice in Gibers.
Cardinal Giiii:oN3 has thrown
down the gauntlet to the women
voters. Now he would letter dodge.
The new $" stiver certificate is to
have a picture of an angel on it.
Money flies sufficiently fast, however.
Without giving it additional wings.
Tue Idea of a Chicago man's set
ting forth to Und the. north title
seems to bav aroused hostile east
ern critics to the notion that Chicago
means to annex it.
Farmers in ( klahoma have ;ust
banged a horsethief. The sturdy
Rons of toil couid not tolerate the
crime of dishonesty, Besides, the
stolen horses were theirs.
Signal olllcers have succeded in
ending mes-ag s by tlasi.es of light
a distance of I8: miles The achieve
ment Is certainly remarkable. l-till
183 ruiles falls tar short of Mars.
Whktheu we really enjoy any lot
in life depends ui on tde disposition
we carry into it The kind ot eyes
with which we ee, the kind of tem
per with v hlch we act, will make
much of I. tile, or little of much.
Kvkhsb Uav e uo.iE has s cure 1 an
al)coiute divorct! from Charles ( ogh-:
Ian. (Milv one w.iness was fxami: ed, :
a y ung woman named Carina Jaggs. !
As we understand it, Mr. ogh an's
troubles always has tieen mainly al-
tribu table ta careeny jags. ;
Sweden has a sea serpent, and a joint
took company organized to catch it J
Said serpent was seen for a whole ;
day, l.Ung in the sea in frout of a !
fishing vil age and a boat from J-in- j
mark was within twenty-four feet of ;
it Estimated to be HO leet long,
and went through the water in true
serpentine style.
Afi Y'KIan, Illustrating the evil
custom of talking to an invalid about
his pains, says that once he requested
ft mother to mark a stroke upon a
paper each time that she asked a sick
daughter how she was. The next
day, to her astonishment, she made
one hundred and nine strokes. A
three-months visit away from home
was prescribed.
Here is the manner in wh'ch the
Cleveland Leader heads its news:
With an Ax. He .Slaughters His
Wife. After Committing the Murder
Me Cuts His ( wn Throat. A Hot
Tempered Man." If the felon had
killed off a few or h s chi.dren and
assassinated a neighbor or two ihe
Leader would have doubtless ref, rred
to him by the real harsh term of "a
petulant person."
The race horse still leads the bi-
cycle a few seconds, but an Italian !
mechanic has invented'a wheel which ;
he says will carry a man a mile and 1
a half a minute w th one-twentieth '
of the exertion now required in '
cycliDg. A I hode Island inventor j
claims to have au aluminum wheel j
weighing three pounds which will go I
at dou: le the speed of the present
machines. It is in order, apparently,
to say that the bicycle is in its in
fancy. It is funny how thev do it, but
they do! Here is what one boy did
(or himself: "A boy 15 years of age,
living in London, spent his Easter
holiday In Blackheath, where he ate
thirty oranges, a whole cocoanut, and
mince pie. In the evening be bad
several cups of tea, and later some
cftke and lemonade, Before the dawn
cf the following day he was dead,
and the Coroner's Jury brought In a
verdict of deatb from natural
ekoses.
Never wis Impertinence more of
fensive than tiftt of 11 1 erklns,wbv
takes occasion in a New York paper,
that ourtt to have bad better taste,
to print stories about the late Prof.
Swing and try to palm tbem off as
erlttr of characteristic. Perkins
ucribee to Prof. Swing a spurious
KttatUt Jargon of which the la
peited preeer was constitutionally
fccrxUe as4 gailUes. He also
I"" W ttat a man noted
(y CPxCnmtmi kladnees was eapa
t:jd tjrrrj jcieaat taeeoat of
-Si fcSwW PWklawlea
blot upon Amer.caa Journalism
denies wbau-ver be louche-.
Great danger awaits the Ameri
can shippers of apples to the English
markets. Our packing is often t'o
carelessly done, and the chetip trick
of faeiug" the barrels with good
stock and flllicg in the rest wiib In
ferior stuff wi:l not work. Tncle
John Hull buys apples it they please
hiui alter dumping a lew barrels on
the floor to see how t eysize up with
the brands. If he is disappointed be
swaggers away and very appropriate
ly damns the "blawsted Hameri
cans" f r so transparent a fraud.
Pack good fruit honestly or don't at- giaueeof Nicholas 11 was then aJnrnn
temot to send it to t; e Log ish mar- istered to the whole family, and at
ket or
matter.
any other market for that
1 AiKitr -harming illust atVm of
the triurnps .' Christian civilization
isgiveu in lii s Hem lioai the Lon
don Times: 'Maiin guns were used
aUarlour ironciads during the re
cent naval maneuvers. A corres
pondent describes ther us as fol
lows: The storm of bullets lromthem
cut the water like rain on the ad
vancing e 'ge of a tropi al squall.
With one of these guns a gunner of
very moderate skill can at ."00 yards
range rut down an ordinary park
paling almost as well as a workman
can do the huslnes-on the spot with
an ax, and it is. therefore, not a
tonNh ng that most of the targets
recently small as they are. quickly
disappeared." The untutored sav
ages of south Africa have no Maxim
guns. It was le-erved for a Chr s-
la n nation to perfect tins admirable
weapon of murier, the acquaintance
ot wh ch the savages made about th.s
time Christian missionaries came
iimong them to preach, the gospel of
peace on earth, good will to men.
W m s a man works all week and
then g; es to the window and weis his
salary in an envelope he is reasonably
hapi y over the possession of the
money, but there is no particular
elation, ::s he had known all week
that it was coming. When a man
picks up a quarter from the sidewalk
he experiences a thrill of sip prised
pleasure, but there is an immediate
revulsion and a -enseof o,ui -t. I'rob
ably that cijin was diopped by son.e
poor widow who had gone out to do
a day's shopping. When a man
meets a friend arid the friend says,
' Ilv the way, here's that Ihe jou
loaned me that day at the World's
Fair," the soul exuits for a moment.
I!ut there comes a decpsuspiclon that
next time he will ask for ten and
then lose his memory. liut when a
man in the act of overhauling last
winter's garments to see if they will
' do'' for another season carelessly
slips his hand Into a trousers pocket
and draws out a half-dollar then Is
there a surging emotion of unal oyed
bliss. To all intents and purpos s
that h;ilf dollar had lieen expended,
wasted, dissipated many months be
fore. It had been rtmittd from all
small calculations of dally expenses.
Through all the summer months it
had lain there In the dark closet
planning this pleasant surprise for
October. How large and valuable
it seems as it is brought. Into the
linht: The owner wouldn't trade
that half-dollar fo." any 2 bid that
he ever earned. He tdls everyone
the story, and seems to take credit
j for much cleverness in making the dis
1 C(,very. Furthermore, he.ontinues
. the search through ;11 of last year's
clothes, and every lime his lingers
touch a soft wad of lining or acrt.m-
plfid play bill he catches his breath
i and wonders if this can be a roll o(
: paper money, hidden there by the
j same good fairy that brought back to
i him his be oved half-dollar. That
half-dollar incident puts him in such
a gooa numor and increases li is as
sets to such an extent that he
.ustified In spending at luast
by way of c. lebratioa
The (Students Won,
In t'je days of the V rt Km pirn,
the Paris students formed a cabal
against the dramatist Lemercier.
i. ne Hist night the disturbance was
reported to Napoleon, who gave or
aers for a second reoentation.
The student still hissed. The lun
peror got excited. "1 liy It again,"
he said, "and I will go and see It."
This time all seemed well. In the
third act it struck Ills Majesty to
look out of his box, and the quiet
was explained. Every head 1l the
audience was covered with an Im
mense night-cap drawn over the ear,
and ca h head was nodding. Na
poleon burst out laughing. The
piece was not played again.
Kxcuaable.
Some years ago there was a case on
trial in Bangor, Maine, in which a
certain horse doctor was a witness.
The doctor answered the questions
addressed to him In a very low, iu
distinct voice, much to the annoyance
of the examining counsel, whose re
peated requests that be would "apeak
up" produced no result
At last when the lawyer bad begun
to lose his temper, the Judge Inter
posed, saying, in a soothing tooe,
"Yoo most exeuse the doctor. His
long experience In the sick-room has
nndonMedly made It second nature
to? his to sneak low." '
Deal, of Ihe f car.
St. I'trTEim it Nov. 2. The cz u
( died 2:13 yesterd ly after p n. He was
fully emici m. When he felt that h a
Lift hour was approaching he asked fr
extreme uo.ict.o i. Tuis w s adminis
tered by Father Iran, wipj afterward
conversed with the dying tn m fur om
time. Theezur tuea askel that
f 'tui. should gather rouui bun.
bis
ir
spoke with (hem ail separately, but at
tlie greatest let) 10, with tiie czariaa.
Lie then gave ad ins blessing. Finally
ae bade all farewell. Little by little
he grew weakei. li is voice at last be
came hardly audible. Soon after he
passed quietly away. Tim oath of alle-
4:30 a cauou was tired to announce the
i tact to the world.
J The entire Seventh army corps will
pay milirary honors to tue dtad em-p-ror
when t.'ie boty shall be embarled
Mi Valla. The tram from Odessa to
St. Petersburg will stop at every im
portant station where the loca garn-
( son will be drawn opto render military
honor to their Uead commander.
j The czarina is quite broken down
and the doctors are aga.n fearful tiiat
her health may njl withstand tho
i weight of Iter grief.
Alexander III, was born Maich 10
1 11. His coronation rook pi ice at
Moscow, May 27, 1S;U. He married in
Mary PeuJorovna (formerly Mary
Snpnia Fiedenc i Dammar), daughter of
Christian IV., king of Deiimirk and
sister of the l'rincess of Wai and tiie
king of (iree.ee. The principal concern
of the cz ir was to put put down nihil
ism ; to develop the military povvr of
Utissia, to organ. za lo r Asiatic and
Caucasian provinces, and to keep a
9 e idy eye upon Constantinople.
From tiie beginning of his reiga
periodical ai tempts up.iu his life were
made by inhpisls. i w:ce oilicers in Ins
own army tried to sho.it him. In Hs,
lie and his family narrowiy escape!
deal h in a raiiro 1 1 accident near 11 rki.
The train was taroivu fro.u the track
and many passeng4r3 were kiiled, but
the imperial party wag tiarJiy injured.
Last j. ring a plot was lormed in Fin
land to blow up the ctslle which tht)
'czir was expected to occupy during the
fail mano'jvies around S.u-jiemtk. Tiej
czar was deeply reiig.ous. Ho was un
i uer the Inllueiice ot s.icli bigots as
j I'obodoiiozrg, proetira'or of the holy
; synod, and ins gro ip, was prosecute i
tue Jews, Catholics ana German Lu
therans in KuHsia without cesiauon or
: mercy. Trie czar left live children
the Crown I'nncj Nicholas, twenty.
seven years old; the Grand Duke
George, now ill in the south of Kussia;
the Grand Duchesses Xema and Oiga,
and the Grand Duke M-cliael, a boy iu
h.s leeuj.
.
Hidnky, X. S. W., Nov. 2. Further
particulars of the wreck of the steamer
Wairapa on Barrier island hunday
night have been received here. The
vessel struck on the ro:ks at midnight.
The sea was very rough and the night
very dark. All the passengers were in
bed. Assocnasthe ship struck the
lifebelts were served out to the passen
gers, among whom, although fully
aware of their da-iger, there was no
panic. An attempt was made to launch
tiie lifeboats, but the sea wai bo heavy
that several of the boats were capsize!
and many passengers were drowned,
borne succeejed iu getting ashore by
means of lines sent to the main land
and attached to the rafts.
Setts broke over tlie ship sweeping a
great many passengers fioiaihe bridge
upon which they had crowded.
Other passengers'and some of the crew
took refuge iu the ringing. Atdayiigt.t
two men swam ashore wi ll line and
the survivors were landed.
by j
Two passengers were drowned
losing their hoid upon the line. The
survivors were very scantily clothed
and remained upon the rocks thirty
hours, subsisting upon oranges that had
been washed from the wreck, which
was rapiuly going lo pieces. The un
fortunates were liually discovered by
Maori boats and with the aid of assist
ance obtained from I'ort Filzroy they
wert rescued and made comfortable.
One account says the Captain Mc-
feels 1 Intosh, with twenty-three of his crew
ll.;0;an(1 111 passengers were drowned,
wniie anotnar says eigtity-oue passen
gers and forty of the crew were saved
and lauded at Aucklind, and that
twenty of the crew and tifty-eiglit pas
sengers were drowned.
There is no doubt that many m ne
passengers would have been drowi.ed
had it not been for the gallantry of two
seamen who swarn ashore with a line,
by means of which a stout rope, whicfc
was used later on in the rescue, was
hauled ashore in the scantiest clothing.
Some of them remained on tlie rocks
for thirty hours, subsisting on oranges,
which were washed ashore from the
wreck.
When the disaster became known to
the Maoris on land, these natives
launched their small boats and suc
ceeded in rescuing a number of psople.
Assistance was fiuanllr obtained from
I'ort Fitzroy and the survivors of the
Wairapa were taken to Auckland.
Shot Through tha lloart.
Jolikt, 111., Nov. 2. Gallui Muellgr
committed suicide by shooting himsell
through the heart. For twenty-flvi
years he has been chief clerk at the
Northern Illinois state prison In this
city, and he introduced Into the prison
the Bertillon system of measurements
of convicts. He had foil charge of the
business office of the prison and a4
xaoiaaUoa la being saade ol the nJ
eooata. Do far every thing is foaod1
ttntght.
la tntiral C onditio i.
VlKSNA, Nov. 1. The sf. Petesbutg
corn-BiKJiiUent of the Neu Freie Presse
says in a dspatcli pub'ished in the
evening editions: "Dr. Zacharin ai.d
IWivsor Leyden have had violent
qm.rrels. each accusing the o'her of
giting ttie czr improper treatment.
When Prof. Leyden's opinions were
! accepted Ztcbann declared tint he
i would reiuru at once to Moreow.
General Tictierevin forba le his leaving
Livtidia, threatening to detoin him by
( force if necessary. Professor Wywod
, z ff, a specialist in embalming has been
I summoned to Livadia.''
i Today dispvehes from St. I'eters
( burg say that the czar has grown worse
steadily; that bis heart is weaker than
i at any previous time, and that he is
hardly able to reeogn.z"d his relatives.
This bulletin was issued from Liva
' dia at "S o'clock Wednesday night; "The
emperor took very I ttle nourishment
I Wednesday. The inflammation of one
, lobe ot the left lung continues. The
emperor's breailnnj is imiieded, his
pulse is weak and the general weakness
is greatly increasing. Tiie czar's cough
has grown worse rapidly and the d:s
j charge is said to contain small particles
of the lung.
what cu m ii the (pai:i:!:i..
The quarrel between the czar's
doctors is reported to be due to Zach
Hrns brutal frankness in telling the
czar of his condition. Leyden re
proached Zacharin with discouraging
tiie patient. Zacharin replied angrily,
with a fling as to foreign interference,
and an open rupiure was the result.
I;i:i:i.in, Oct. 81. Tiie LoUal All
zeiger publishes a dispatch from Liva
dia exdressing the opinion of I)r.
Zacharin that the spi'tinz of blood by
the czar is caused by coagniated blood
I which has entered the lungs and pro
duced iiillainuiiitiou. The only hope is
in the absorbtion of the blood coagula.
tion. The blood spitting had de
creased S e'ines lay morning, and the
patient was altogether better than
could have been hoped.
CoitiiMlAOKN, Nov. 1, The death
of the czar is hourly expected by the
king and the members of ins court.
The ttrlil- ,.r Urnta,
Nkw VohK, Nov. 1 That sorrow
and joy frequently march arm in arm
to,the same alter was never more sadly
illustrated than m lh deatu of Miss
Ida Ji. i'rentice, whc.se funeral took
place yesterday trom her widowed
mother's rooms in this city. Mis
I'rentice was tu have been married to
Jiobert lieade, of Columbus, Ga. In
stead, tiie young woman was buried in
her wedding dress, and the friends who
had been invited to participate in the
wedding festivities were present at
! IJer 'lnMali woo had been
. 6t'!'cteJ as ushers served as pall bearers
i iff'-ead.
j iir. Keade first met Miss I'rentice
a
year ago at a summer resort on tlie
Jersey coait, and later they became
allianced lovers. The ceremouy was
to have been performed in the Presby
terian Church in West Fifty-Ninth
street, immediately after which the
couple were to take a trip to tlie
groom's home In the South. Miss
Prentice was taken suddenly ill early
last week . She became rapidly worse,
ana when a doctor was sent for he
pronounced the case one of heart dis
ease. Mr. Iteade was at once notified,
ot the precarious condition of his
sweetheart and left at once for New'
York, but when he reached here he was 1
confronted with the sad news of Ins
allianced's death. i
Charged Willi Hii .rwhlpplnj ,a Mather
Annus', Mich., Nov. 1. William
Wilson, a tarmer of Franklin township
and his wife, were arrested charged
Willi horsewhipping Wilson's mother,
who is SW years of age. They gave
bail, and their trial is set for Nov. 8.
'The offense was c immit'ed two weeks
ago, but the o:d woman refused to
make coinpiaint, although the marks
on ner uacs are easily distinguishable
yet. Neighbors made a great fuss over
the incident mid threatened to tar and
feather Wilson. ' A grandson Unally
made complaint. Neighbors say the
old lady, who Jived with the couple,
was neglected and badly treated for a
long time. Witson acknowledges the
assault, it is claimed, and Bays he
would do it again because his mother
called his wifa vile names.
Ei-Premlr Mcrt li-r Dead.
Montreal, Que., Nov. L Ex-l're.
mier Mercier died at 'J o'clock yester
day morning.
(Ilonore Mercier was born at St.
Athanase, Quebec, Oct. 15, 1S10. He
studied law and was adni'tted to the
bar of Lower Canada in 1S07. Jde was
editor of Le. Courrier de St. lluucinthe
from M.t rill 154, ai.d also In lTU, and
also in m. and after sitting in the
Dominion Parliament of Kouyille from
IkTO till ..,.,r.A .i... r -i-
... i,., ui uw mkii-
sWg i
1B7, and held this portfolio till the
resignation of the government in Octo- !
ber of the same year. II was re-elect-
ed in 1HH by acclamation and again in
ijecemoer, iwo and, on tiie resignation
of the Talllon Administration, formed
an administration and became Attorney
General In January, 1887. During his
term of office he became involved Iu the
scandal caused by the Quebec harbor
improvements, and was i.upeached for
malfeasance in olllce. He was HcouittMi
hovever though several of bis intimate
associates were found guilty and heavily
punished. Since that time he has re-
malned out of politics.
Should Hare Barn Impeached.
Seattle, Wash, Nov. I. The police
commissioner exonerated Chief of Po
lice Itogers of the charge of receiving
onoe money irom gamoiers. The trial
exposed the fact that ex-Mayor Harry
White resigned to avoid publication of
the charges that he was interested in a
rambling den and that he had received
protection money from ramblers.
wnno eonreesea on the stead that be
emitted the laws to be violated and
A Vtelorjr for Japan,
Wasihm.ion-. Oct. 30.--Secretary
Gr-sharu received the following cable
ram from Minister I'enby at I'ekiu:
"Chinese forces iiavu teen defeated at
Climlif.i Cheng. Have retreated to
Moukden. Japanese have taken one
lort at I'ort Arthur."
A copy of Minister Derby's ditpatch
was sent Tuesday afternoon to the
Japanese legation, 'i he legation has
received additional information that
some other forts are exp-cted to fail
into the bauds of ilia Victorious Jap
anese tomorrow. Miniate! Kuriuo lias
also received a report mat upon the
landing of the Japanese troops at Ta-Len-Wai
Saturday last, the Ciiinese
war vessels at Port Arthurimmed.ateiy
took llignt and did not stop until they
had arrived at Wei- iai-Hel, aiiotti-tr
Strong point, which like I'ort Arthur
guards the entrance to Hit Guif of
1'echili. The report stitea that this
suddeu departure of the C'nniee vessels
was made without the liniig of a
gun and at a tune wueu the Jap
anese army, under .Marshal 0 ama,
was still a n ii in u r of unies dnUnt,
Minister Kunno is careiu! to charac
terize this informal ion "as a report
only" and wili not dignity :t a coming
I from an olliclal source, lie thinks it
; not improbable, however, that it is well
founded.
j The Japanese minister is gratihVd at
, tlie receipt of the Den by dispatcli,
, winch seems to foieili.idow the early
j capitulation of 1'oit Arlliur. Jim
capture ot tins place, for a military
and stragetic slanupnipt, lie says, can
j hardly be overestimate j. The capture
j of I'm t Arthur is a art of the Jap oiese.
, movement upon l'ekui, mid when
( etiec.ed will make the march to the
Chinese capital a matter inoie easy of
' accomplishment.
A Iniihtlill '.Vivik.
Wir.l.lAM-iditr, Pa., Oct. 111. A
frightful coa. lr.it ;i -.vre.-k, in winch
three unknown men wire killed, and
Lewis E. Trump of Wiliiamsport was
badly injured, occurred about tlnei
quarlers ol a mile east of Viaduct, a
s-ation near 1'eale, on the line uf the
Beech ( reeK railroad at an early hour
tins morning.
A coal l r ai n was moving past Via
duct when one of ihe hrakebetuns
dropped down and the renn.t was a had
wreck, lifteen car being piled up in a
confused mass. Tie. li. st Uead intri
found had his head entirety severed
trom ins body. Tiie other two who
were killed were not discovered by the
trainmen until liny had t .e tracks
about cleared, and then they were
found under a coal car. There was
nothing about either of the dead men
by which they could be idetililied, but
It is supposed that they were' either
tramps or burglars, as in their clothes
were found a lot of burglars' tools,
seven musks, three revolvers and a
number ot cartridges. Lewis Trump,
tiie Williamsport man. who was on the
same train and was badly injured, had
his skull fractured and was otherwise
hurt. The physicians thought he
would die at the scene of the wreck,
but he grew better on reaching the
hospital at Pbillipsburg, but it is
' yet known if he will pull through.
not
IlKtai. tlj Ktlli'd.
Nevada City, Ca!., Oct. 31.
Arthur Meyer, one of the proprietors
of the North 1$ oomlield stage line, was
shot and Instantly killed by a robber
while on the down trip yesterday after
noon. The n.urder occurred three
miles above this city and within a
qnarlbr of a mile of where a highway
man murdered Banker Cummings in
187'J. Meyer was driving and the only
pa8r.epgerwiisC.il. Uovee of Sierra
county, who was on the box with him.
Mr. Meyer stopped tlie four-horse team
a: first sight of the robber, who com
manded him to dismount. He refused,
when the robber hred twice with a
pistol. Tlierecond shut passed through
iie)er's body. Meyer fell dead, his
boot on the reins preventing tlie horses
from running olT. Bovee jumped from
the stage at the iirst shot and ran into
the forest, three bullets being sentafter
him. The robber is not known to have
stolen anything,
A Woman 111 .Mnn'i . lot hi
Ciik'aoo, Oct. 31. The peculiar
actions of a person about sixty years
old attracted the attention of a police
oflicer in the Lake Shore depot. Upon
close examination Die ollicer found that
the odd character was a woman in dis
guise as a man. Taken' to the police
station the woman confessed that hr
name was May F. Alford of St. Joseph
. ,.. . . .. " 1 '
40, tue uaied that she came to
est skrapIy lo 8r ar fro,n,every
l' y mer ho,ne'
w0 yer.rs ago she secured a divorce
rom her husband. The police are not
incliued to believe that the woman i.
Sue
insane and Intend detaining her until
the St. Josepii authorities can be com
municated with.
Whael Work llarnail.
Davenport, la., Oct 31. The BeU
tendorf wheel works were almost
totally destroyed by fire last night
L,mu, no.ow. insurance. siH.uou.
ri.
establishment was owned and operated
bv the Eagio Iron works of this riiv
A boy was killed br
a liorsecart pass-
ing over his neck.
Killed Mini luatenllr.
BiRMiSoiUM, Ala.. Oct. 31. S. A-
Carnerou, a prominent cotton dealer,
na f . auisoo, a wealthy lumber
merchant, got into dlffloulUes over a
business transaction yesterday and
bow followed words. Town lfarsbal
J. w- Thompson undertook to put ?
tP to a fight, when a pUUa of ene of
ootnDataots went off
Bis heart, klBtef his tastantlf. 8ew
ASUmm being tamfwmmSSST
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
The Blair Pilot fights the republican
ticket toBplte Oil Inspector Hilton.
I Several families have left ' Tekaman
! to avo.d the contagion of scarlet
! fever.
I Successful revival raeetinjs are be'ng
held at Plymouth to counteract the evil
influence of too much politics.
More deaths lrom typhoid fever have
occurred In Nebraska this fall than
ever before during the same period.
Charles Zidley, living near Sand.
Creek, was kicked in the face by a
j horse and may lose the sight of one
tve,
Seyeral literary societies have been
organized in Hitchcock county to fur-
. uisli instruction to tiie young and en-
tertainment to tlie o, I.
i The Chadron Journal celebrated its
tenth birthday lost Week. It was
itarted before the town had a dozen
! iuiiauiiaiiis and did very much to make
'the city what it is today.
The store of M. J. Coiiboy ,f Rogers
J was robbed. While he w is at supper
tha money drawer was broken open
and i15 taken. The store was en
jtered throga the window
The snort of an engine frightened a
hori-e driven by Mrs. li Potter of Ka
zan and the beast didn't stop running
jtili the bu'y was upset and tlie occu
; pants temporarily crippled. No one
dangt ruuily hurt.
It is rumored that N. L. Brush a
former jewedur of Crete and brother-in-law
of Messers. Nc' l.nber X Pauley, is
about to receive a handsome fortune
winch has been bequeathed bun by an
tas em aunt recently deceased.
Same sneak thief stole a shawl and
lap robe, fro.u the buggy of Thomas
Edwards, at Broken Bow last Miriday
i night, while li and ins wife were at
tending church. Tlie articles wera
highly prized by Mrs. lid.vards, as tlie
: shawl came from Scotland and the lap
; robe from England.
j A good deal of etciteupiit was
caused at Betlevua by a warrant U-ing
Srtoru out before Justice B'-tz by
i Tiiomai liurke mil Dan Lavirei.co
a-.ninst Mrs. Sarah Patrick tor nt
ilempiel poisoning. Mrs. Patrick
pleaded not guilty and gave bonds to
: appear for pieiiminary trial on Novem
ber '..
Sunday night during the heavy snow
storm, thieves broke into a car which
v as standing on tlie sidetrack at Val
:ey and stole about forty bushels of
potatoes, which were carried away in
wagons. A Union Pacifli! detective
was in the city trying to liud soma
trace of the thieves, but no clew was
obtained.
The preliminary hearing of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Harris of Geneva charged
with shooting with Intent to kill, waa
had before Justice J. 1). Hamilton.
They wern both bound over to the next
term of the district court under 12,000.
This is the case resulting from the
shooting of Dr. G. W. Gorman by
Harris some time ago.
It is reported, says the Shelton
Clipper, that W. L. Greene of Kearney
has become so wildly insane from liq
uor lliat he is now confined in one of
the state Insane asylums. Mr, Greene
took the Keeley cure, some time ago,
but lie hail returned to drinking and
his present condition is no doubt the
result, and ail will regret this mis
fortune. Tlie large farm residence of A.
Biauser, thretf miles northwest of Diller
bui tied to the ground at o o'clock Wed
nesday morning. The fire is supposed
to have been started by mice chewing
matches winch had fallen into the
woodbox, where the blaze was lirst dis
covered. The occupants of the house
were entirely suffocated by the smoke
and narrowly escaped with their lives.
Only a small portion of the household
goods was saved. Loss about g.'l.oJO;
insured for 81,5X1.
At 0 o'clock in tlie morning the house
on a farm three tciies southeast of
bcotia owned by Tom May, whose
home is In Indiana, was entirely con
sumed by lire. This house, a very
'handsome one, has long been a land
mark in this part of the country. It.
was rented to John Carleston, who a
few days ago went to Holt county on
business. The house wai Insured in
the PlKi.'inx for $1,3000, but the furni
ture was not Insured, nor the contents,;
of which nothing waa saved.
It. Walther of Liberty was made the,
victim of misplaced conlldenca. A
fellow giving the name of D. B. Itogersi
and Introducing himself as the repre-,
aentativeof the Glldden Felt Man-I
facturiug company of DeKalb, 111.,'
sold blru a bill of goods and afterwards
asked his customer to Indorse a
small check for him, drawn out on the
company. This Mr. Walther did.
feeveral days later the bank here waa
advised that Kogers was not a reprsen
tative of the above firm and that tha
'draft had been protested. Mr. Walther
is now very anxious to locate his man.;
Mayor F. II. Trowbridge and wife of;
Nellgh were given a gulden wedding;
banquet at the opera house. Two,
hundred guests were present. Man
ftoasta were presented and all paid hom,
age to Uncle Frank and Mrs. Trow,
bridge. Twenty0 ve dollars In gold re ,
presented only, part of the presents
given. The mayor la not yet seventy,
while bis wife it only sixty-Ore year
old. They are the psweou of a larga
nd moon rsspeeted family, lactodlur
creel aTanrtstl.Jro. - .