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L . BIMMO-NU, froprtutor.
XEBKASKA.
:
ft la Warned that Mr. Haveuieyercau
Dot sleep night for sheer worry over
tbe misfortunes of his discharged woik
lngrnen. It apiars that the preseut einlgra
tloa from this country U greater thau
the immigration to it. Fortunately St
in the scuiu that is floating buck.
The Ilavenport Democrat thinks that
the Govcruiueut should go out of the
fast freight business. This ha refcr
0 eneo to tile carrying of great quanti
ties of books as ui-wsfpniiers.
Hven Jacksonville. Fla.. lias felt the
Influence of tin- municipal reform wave
that Is swwiiiiit over tin- country. Tin
City Council has by a unanimous vote
reiiealesl the ordinance pstssed a' year
ago permitting prize tights to take
place in Jacksonville.
The number of crimes justly ascribed
of late ti acceptance of life insura,niv
policies as collateral for loans indicates
that such security should be barred by
statute. Conservative finauci.-i-s would
not consent to accept it and in some
States its acceptance is forbidden.
The house of a Louisville police offi
cer who kept three watch dons has
been roblicd of a considerable amount
of money and a uumber of silver
spoon. The thieves were not mean
enough to steal the dogs too, and the
officer Is therefore not utterly cast
down.
Breakfast hominy of to-day Is a very
different food, from the Southern hom
iny traditionally associated with, bog
rjarlier hominy was true "cracked
:orn, hence doubtless com cracker
and "cracker." It was cooked gently
all night, enriched with butter, sea
soned with salt, and served smoking
and snow-white. As thus prepared
the true Southern hominy is a delicious
dish, not especially for breakfast, but
"as a vegetable," mo the phrase goes,
for dinner it Is sweet, rich, beautiful
and wholesome.
Investigation of the practices In sonic
sjchonls and colleges proves more ant1
nNo how greatly efforts again' . ivi
sclA-i.
lire needed. Th
superir.i'ndent
for Oregon stiei
, V
college of ,ryit State wiy choked a cat
to death bef.e his,, ..anient s in order
to let them see n.v it struggled In dy
ing. He also varnished another cat to
prove that the skin wan the third lung.
Having been threatened with arrest,
this person now kills before he muti
lates bis unfortunate subjects, but
starves them first for several days. If
these practices are not checked, chil
dren and young people will be let loose
on the community who will be a curse
to it
Controller Eckels has obtained state
ments from a large number of State
and private banks. In addition to the
official reports which the national banks
furnish. As a result he estimates that
the total number of depositors in all
rlasses of banks reported is 8,l-i:$,t0T,
and the total deposits $.,, 481,230.
According to these figures nearly one
In eight of all the men, women and
children in the United States Is a de
positor in bank, and the average of de
posits is $."5;T per depositor. The num
ber is surprising. If the very numerous
Impecunious colored ieople of the
Southern States, the poor whites In
that section, and the great numbers of
people In rural districts farther North,
who hardl7 know what a bank Is, were
left out of the con tit the depositors
"probably would, amount to not less
than one in six of the rest. Hence con
elderalrty more than one person out
of every two average families is a de
positor of money in bauk and lias a
standing account there. , , . ,
f;
" A Vermont fanner who kept close ac
count of everything he expended, and
also the cost of what he grew, found
that he co'uld produce butter at thirteen
and one-half cents per pound. It is
Just such a calculation, as every farmer
ought to make witli regard to his dairy.
Then he could know whether he was
making; his farming pay. It will also
how him the weak places In his man
agement and enable him to remedy
them. There is altogether too much
routine work In farming. It is this
that stands In the way of progress.
The fanner who gets Into a rut, and
therefore cannot change, is reasonably
certain to go under tbe mire If he con
tinues In the business long enough. It
require active thinking to enable a
fanner to change the character of his
farming so ai to adapt It to changed
conditions, but It Is the necessity which
all farmers In these days must be pre
pared to meet
At last It Is known why so many
men are anxious to get to Washing
ton. The secret has crept out quite ac
cidentally, bnt there can be no doubt
that It explains the extraordinary de
sire of many men to represent the lo
calities In which they lire In Congress.
The Washington Times gives tbe rea
son for Washington's popularity very
Ingeniously as follows: " "It has
remained for the latter part of
the nineteenth century to evolve an
other and wholly different method than
that usually employed for tbe transmis
sion of osculstory favors. This is to
have tbe hintter accomplished by tele
phone. Tbe Invention Is not, however,
patented, and mar upon occasion be
w&5I hi other ctrle than Washing
tak" The telephonic kiss may not be the
::;ot satisfactory In the market, but
it Is only natural Unit the city that
lavenU It should become popular. Now
that the secret Is out, however, the
wives of some of the newly elected
Congressman may have their doubts I
a- to what causes true pollth-al enthu
siasm, and there may be calls for ex
planations. Senator I'effer of Kansas Is right on
the necessity of a Congressional funeral
reform. Live Congressmen isiet the
country a pretty ieuny, but dead one
cost even more. The government once
footed M bill of .i,ihi f-.r the siss ial
train w hich bore a d. -ceased Mutcsinan
to the I'ai ltlc const. Congressmen who
are d - id, but who don't know it, enjoy
no such privilege.' IW-.r- the govern
ment became so libera! an express coin
'.any's frank was utilized io convey a
late member from Wushinglou to Tex
t's. The average cost of a emigres
sioual funeral is Besides this,
the decease of a member during bis
frm involves incidental exp.-iis.-s.
Both houses must adjourn when the
fact Is. announced. Ijin-r they have t-
set aside another day and quit legis
lative Uisiness in order that. eulogies
may In- .pronounced. Speaker Ib-cd'c
M-t roform Is to liave. Ui.-se culogio.
pronounced on Sunday, and be may
some day bring It about l'.ut for the
present the country' will tie gntiotied
with a reform In the matter of funeral
expenses and It w!lMsk hopefully to
Senator PelTers bill. Th measure pro
vldes that when a member dies in the
District of Columbia "the house of
which he was a member shall appoint
a s)ecial committee of Its members to
properly prepare and encase the body
of the di-it-ased and forward it. in
charge of a sergeant at-arms, sMs-ially
aplMilnred. to ihe home of the dis eased
and deliver it to his family of his re!a
lives or friends In case he had no fam
lly." The Senator's bill further pro
vides that the government shall pay no
other expenses attending on the funeral
except that mentioned above, and re
quires that the chairman of the funeral
committee and the Speaker of the
House shall certify to the vouchers.
Her Noblest Inty.
The forms of life are subject to law
.:nd a broken law avenges Itself lo
a aking an end of the law-bn akei
The new woman will not continue loo
!n toe land. Like other fashions, she ir
destined toexciu- Eolieo. to be admired
i-riiiciswt fititl t'or'titten Tile libcrn
I, ,.. in,..,l-.., ,,-m f,,i ,l t,. ),,. j
.'I' otl men's selection of their ninti'S tb.
future depends and they are still, by
force of numbers, able to choose what
likelihood is there that an untamed
Marcella still less the scientific Hvad
tie, and the "savage viper" with chlor
oform on her tullet table-will attract
either Hercules or Apollo?
Who would bind himself to spend hi
days with the anarchist; the athlete,
the blue-stocking, the aggressively
philanthropic, the political, the surgical
weman? And what man would sub
mlt to an alliance which was termlna
hie, not. when be etioee, but when his
comrade was tired of him? Pooh are
not the Ideals to which he has looked
up or the qualities that win his affec
tlons.
The agn of chivalry cannot die s
long as woman keeps her peculiar
grace, which Is neither rugged strength
nor stores of erudition, but a human
nature predestined to motherhood. Sbf
is called ujMin, In the plain language of
Mr. Carpenter, "to bear children, t.
gyard them, to teach them. to. turn
them out strong and healthy citizen of
Ihe great world." Ami she has a di
vine right to all that will fit her for ;
noble a duty. The Quarterly Review:
Cats' Eyes for Clock.
It is common opinion that cats ar
able to see In the dark. That Is an
error. No animal can see la absolutr
darknesa. Some little light there must
oe. lint cats are able to see with a very,
very little. Kverylxsjy must have no
tleed the slit-like form of the pupil ol
a cat's eytfj.
If the animal be placed In broad sun
shine or strong artificial light the pupil
contracts to a mere line, thereby ex
eluding excess of light which would
otherwise be painful. If the animal,
however, be removed to a situation
comparatively dark then the pupil
opens to its full si, and the slit-like
aspect of It ceases.
It Is a point in the comparative anat
omy of cats worthy of remark that tht-sllt-lUe
pupil does not exist In Un;
larger species of the tribe. The lynx
has It, but no cat-like animal of much
larger dimensions.
1 have seen it stated that the pupil of
a cat's eye is so perceptive of variation
in the intensity of lightcontracts and
expands so regularly that a China
man will tell you what the time Is, or
thereabouts, not by looking at a watch
or clock, as we would do, but by look
ing into tbe eye of a cat.
Safety from La;htiiin.
Persons are seldom killed by lightning
In or near large cities. Statistics show
conclusively that the safest place dur
ing a dangerous thunder storm Is In a
large city within balling distance of a
lofty building. It Is believed that this
Immunity from risk results from the
massive Iron and steel frames used In
the construction of very lofty office
buildings. Modern electricity with Its
countless wires has completely driven
out the lightning conductor and demon
strated Its usefulness. Hut twelve, six
teen and twenty-story buildings con
structed ou the Iron-frame plan will
draw lightning from an luimeuse dis
tance. It Is probable these buildings
are struck quite frequently, but the Im
mense area of the conducting surface
and the great depth of the foundations
prevents any damage being done, and
no one Is the wiser.
Anstaal Ctroalallon of Bibles.
The Bible baa an annual circulation
of 10,000,000 copies.
I ufrlulis uf Tbit
Cincinnati. O.. Jan. 4. Alter thine
hours of th shrewdest kind of detec
tive work. Chief of Police IMUcti and
hit detectivoi ramed Frank II. Spurk
to confesi that he wa a liner and thai
bin previous sensational sU'erceuts
were lies. park is assistant eahier of
the postofliee money department.
Am ut 1:3J yesterday afternoou he wa
found lyin ou the marbie floor of hi
oilice, seemingly in an unconscious con
dition, by Janitor Weiiie. Spares was
lying on his face, with his henl in the
direction of the door, aad Weine turned
him over and ASKed wu it wa the mat
ter. "I have teen r bbel," he ex-rlHirned
as he pointed to the ca? a dr iwer of his
ot-sk, in which several hundred dollars
in coin and paper were daily kept for
the payment of money oriers. He vim
then lifted Iron) the their and helped to
a seat, after which Inspector Solomon
was notified. S'psrka had two contu
sions on the right forehead and; as be
sat witii iii pule face, frequently rest
ing tils baud upon the bruised tietd, be
told a most sensikiioual story. He had
retnrnea from lunch and was alone in
t'l- ut!i:e, Caster Tucker having gout
out for diiinr, when two fairly dressed
men euterei, o.e of them asKU2
for change lor ' a live-Jollar bill. ' He
told them io go outsids of the railing
and he would gel the money for them,
but itistead of d ii.g so the fellows
grappled with h'm, one of then) s.rik
mg him in the forehead withsohiething
he could not see, and knocking him to
the floor. Thi j then stole ail the cash
in the drawer, amounting to fVW.Go.
After UiU hasty' account of the alleged
assault a very . uieagre description oi
th men was secured and police head
quarters was notiile,d. .'several detec
tives were at once dispatched to the
ucetl.9 and the police of the cities were
notified to bb ou the lookout for sucli
persona. A carriage was called and
Hparks was escorted to police head
quarters, where he was closely qneg
tinned. lie adhered to the first story,
but as witnesses were from time to
time brought in who told things con
trary to the story he gradually legati
to get worried. The detectives looked
deeply into lus hatita and ai last con
fronted him wiUi tin- proof that he had
been living a fast life unknown to ins
wife. He still held ou t for some time,
but it was all over when he was su 1
denly startled by the question from
Detective While:
'How mucli are you short in tvr ac
counts ?"
'Only a few dollars about 8o.'
be
replied as a pallor overspread his con ,
tence. "Oh, come, now, how much is it?
Its more that that"
"Well, I guees It is about 8150."
'Now, now, tell the truth."
Well, I expect it will be about 1300,"
and with a gasp Sparks sank back in
his chair.
The postmaster was at one notified
by telspnooe and hurried over to head
quartets, where he was apprised of the
fact that Sparks ha4 confessed, having
secreted the money In theoflloe. Sparks
1 1 plained that the bump en his head
bad been produced by him falling pur
posely ou the marble floor at full length
and bumping his head so severely as
to bring blood. After he had made a
fall confession he was escorted to tbe
mociy order office by detectives and in
a lot of art folios, between tbe pages,
was found in paper money, where
It had been secreted by bun. Silver
and gold amounting to fj:f)J was
also found in his possession and in
places where he had secreted it He
was then taken back to police head
quarters sod locked up to await the
action of tbe I'nited Htates authorities.
Kbbl by Newaboys.
St. Louis, Jan. 4. Newspaper
rivalry reached the bloody point last
evening, when Manager James Noma
of the Post-Dispatch as assaulted and
badly beaten by a crowd q newsboys.
Ou January 1 the l'ost-Uispa'.ch re
duced Its street prioe from 2 cents to 1
cent. The Evening Star Hayings sold
for 2 cents and the Evening Chronicle
for I cent, enabling the newsboys to sell
the three papers for a nlckle. The
Post-Dispatch refused papers to tbe
boys who continued the nlckle rate and
a tight boycott was declared against
the paper, so effective that purchasers
could not get the paper for a penny.
The boycott took tbe aggravating form
of a hooting mob of boys in front of
the boycotted newspaper office and
seriously interfered with its business.
Yesterday eyening Manager N'orrii
walked out of the office, when he notic
ed a boy stealing a bundle of papers
from a delivery wagon, lie gave chase
aod tbe boy led him from Sixth and
Olive streets to an alley on Seventh,
near Pine. There be was surrounded
by a mob of lift young savages, who
literally tore off bis clothing. He wu
knocked down, dragged under a wagon
beaten and kicked. This all happened
In five minutes. Mr. Norris was res
cued by policemen and taken to bit
hotel. Three leaders of the crowd of
boys were arrested. Tbe stealing of
papers seems to have been part of a
ruse to get Norris Into the ally for
punishment.
A Trs''7.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 4.United
States Marshall Campbell received
telegram from Deer River which said
Charles Drumbeater, an Indian, killed
James Fishermon, another Indian, at
Ball Club lake. Both Indiaus are well
known to the authorities. Charles
Drumbeater Is the son of old Chief
Drumbeater, who died some years ago.
'11m scene of the tragedy Is on the
Mississippi reservation and la on of
the wont places with which the federal
offloers have to deal.
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T. IaU Mo. Jan. 3 Tue Gloue
1J avrt says: "August Nrhaefer, a
garJeuer iiving at Hel Cloud. N. h.,
want t'.e S . L u s police to arrest
Misj Ltrz e Weidt. lonnt-riy of Xeuia,
ll' who now live at I'll north Eigh
teenth street. He charges in a letter
to the chief that several m inlhs ago h
mad arrangements by m.ul w:th Mi-S
Weidt for her to visit him at H--J Cloud
and if they approve of each other they
siiouid in trrv. lie sent Miss We dt
5-17 mitlt which to buy a ticket last
June. She bought a lickf !, Nut ft was
only to st. Louis, where she vi Pel ic .
relative, M i Crooks, on J It r-o:i an 1
liever avenues. cline:er r'e 'o l.t-r
urging her to etrry out her ;igreei:,eiit
to go to Ued Cloilil, as si,e promi-ed to
do w, lip tent tier a g ild riii Christ
m..s. but ai siie lingered in m. Louis
he lost heart and patience last Sunday
and wrote to the poi:ce. lie wants Ins
money returned or the girl arrested, he
don't care which.
M ii Wenit was seen last evening at
1012 north Kighteeuth gtreet by a re
po ter. she is a iiandsouie voting
w nan, about twtti v-two vears old.
si. i said tint Schaefer's story was true
but incumplete. "My ever kljiiwing
that August schaefer exis -d on the
lace of the ear'.h,'' said she, -t due to
my mother's gret o- sire to find a re.
lative unmed sctiaefer who once lived
in Nebraska. Ab iuti ight months ago
Schaefer wrote my mother a letter s ly
ing he knew that no relationship ex
isted between her family and Ins, but
that he would like to meet her. Fol
lowing this letter came another asking
tny mother if she would marry him.
She answered that she bail grown
children and a husband, and gave
Bchaefer a sound lecture. Scliaeft-r
then wrote asking my mother to send
him a photograph of her daughters,
which she did, and he then proposed
marriage to me. Then I came to ."st.
Louis to stop for awhile with my re
latives and while I was here he wrote
me a number of insulting letters. Once
lie sent me a small piece of candy', and
told me to eat it without telling any
body, I thought it was poison and
threw it awav, I wouldn't marry
Schaefer now for tne world, because of
those let'ers be e;.t to me. I am
going to send Ii i in back bis ring and
money and have iio'liing fur' her to do
wi:.h lutn. Schaefer is abott thirty
seven years old and has spent ail his
life in Hed Cloud."
The Arliltratluli Siiclt ty,
London. Jan 3. The international
arbitration society has sent, to Lord
Kimberly, secretary of the toreigu oilice
a resolution of the committee concern
ing the delay In the settlement in Creat
Britain's dispute with Venezuela as to
the boundaries of British Guiena. The
committee directs atteritio.: o the pre
sident's reference to the subject in his
last message and emphasizes the seri
ousness of Great Britain s responsibil
ity in tbe matter. After speaking of
the society's previous letters on the sub
ject the committee's communication,
contioues:
"We beg the government to state
what Venezuelan claims are unsuited
to arbitratian. We learn that Vene
zuela would willing enter into explan
ations likely to lead to a modification
of such claims. President Cleveland
ni uH have iieeu duly advised when he
deliterately suggested that the subject
as a whole could be fairly compromised
within the terms of amicable arbitra
tion." ' The committee expresses approval of
Mr. Cleveland's suggestion that the
flrf t step toward a settlement, should be
an effort to restore diplomatic relations
b tween the countries, and prays the
government to make friendly advances
to this end.
Awsaiiiifti4l bj n Armnln.
London, Jan. 3. The Morning Post
hears from Vienna that Tahein Pasha,
governor of Bitlls, has been assassin
a'ed by an Armenian, who committed
suicide before l.e could be arrested.
Letters from Armenia say that the
Armeuiai.8 are desperate and ready for
almost any kind of violence. It is
said that the governor of Kzin recently
summoned conspicuous Armenians to
warn them of a threatening Kurdish
attack and to advise them that tbey
must prepare to defend themselves, at
he could do little for them. The Ar
menians tried to obtain arms, as be ad
ised, but found great difficulty In gel
ting them. The attack was made, but
the result is not known. Turkish offi
cials are said to be confiscating letters
right and left, so that it Is hardly pos
sible to gel unbiased accounts of events
in Asia Minor. It was announced of
ficially In Constantinople that acting
upon information trom an Armenian
priest the authorities In Moosti had
seized a great quantity of r volution
ary literature. Three Armenians who
attached tbe informer have been ar
rested. Loot m Jawalry Slur.
El Paso. Tex., Jan. 3. - Experienced
cracksmen entered the jeweiery estab
lishment of lllcox & Hickson last
night, and drilling the safe open ob
tained $!5,0tJ0 worth of diamonds,
watches and jewelrv.
Must llxliini ia lilii
Nk.w YoitK, Jan. 3 Judge Lacom
be, in the I'nited States circuit court
handed down an opinion In the case of
the Chinaman, as Yuen, a laborer,
who, It was claimed, was illegally ad
mitted into the country. Judge La
combe dismisses the writ ol habeas
corpus obtained in behalf of Lee Yuen
by ex-Judge Curtis and sustained the
finding of United States Commissioner
IMiMlds, which wu that Lee Yutu
tut be return! to China.
. ku, ..r li..H'l''
liovHiN, Jan. 2.-L-i'r n- re"
recc.ivd Ly well ktuan parties in this
city lrom reliable sourer 'u lafkry
g-r'i:;; tuil f urhrr lc"ni eiy regarding
ti.e cuiues in e-istern Tury. 'If'1
following letter ccn-s from a city not
a great distance fiutu i tie c'ti of the
outrage. The ariter of this letter i
man In whom the bi.'ite t co fileine
may be placed, wu lias iei.l more
tiia:i a li.ird ol a century In thai region
a id knows the country and peo.ile per
ii ctb. l ias tt-s liiiotiy is tr im a S'urc
wfiicii is etifreiy lim-pri 'd-nl of any
which 'lis been giv-ti b tore. La'er
acfo.i .! Iti.-reis-, If p ss.ble, the
i, r , i a s ol ii n.tt ir is (aiidi pi ice. Ihe
iKU-rjis rec v- l u .-. loiio:
The AnutUla i", nj-ri-iv-. b-- the
l-di and Turk, ra ! they could ii"t
p iv t .e tax. n to both Kuri.'s and ti.e
govt-n nieili. I'lumier-d and .ppiess-u
by I ne urds they resisted theiii. .son.e
ere liillel. Ihe laNe reports ete
ueiit to Constantinople that the Arun-:.-ini.s
w.-re in arms in rebellion aii I or-ii-rs
were sent to the mushire at lir.er
ingaa to exteruiiu iirf the ui, root and
bran;-;i. Thi orli-r read before the
army, called in has'e Ir tin ail tiie chief
cl:ie of eastern Turkey, was: "Who
ever spares man, woman or child is dis
loyal.'' The region was surroiind'-d
by soldiers of" the armv and t' j.i (.
Kurds aiso are sail to have . massed
here. Thenthev tidvanced upon the
centie, driving lu Ihe people like lines:
of sheep, and eonUnn-J thus to advance
for days. No qtnrt.-i as given, no
mercy shown. .Men, women and chil
dren wer shot dow-i and butchered
like sheep. J'robably when tnt-y were
set upon in this way s'ltui tried to save
their lives and resist-? I in self-defence,
while those who could ll -d iti all direc
tions, but the marj irity were slain. .
The most probable estimate is I5,r)
killed, thirty-live villages plundered,
razed and burned. Women were out
raged and then butchered. A- priest
w as taken to the roof of his church and
hacked to pieces and set. on lire, ,
large number of girls and women col
lected in a church were kept for day ,
violated by the brutal soldiers and then
miinletel. His said the number was
SO large that the blood (lowed cut of
thechiitca doors, J ic soldiers 'p -tended
over a beautiful girl. They
wanted to preserve her, hut hhe, too,
was kl.led. Every elloit. is being made
and will be in de to f.iNtfv tin lie '
and pull the wooi over ti.e eye of Eu
ropean governments, liut Hie blood)
tale fill finally be known, thj most
borrib.e, u seems to me, that the Nine
teenth century has kiuwn, As a con
firmation of the report, the other Uay
seeral hundreds soldier were return
ing from the float of war, and at a vil
lage near us one was heard to say t Mat
be alone, with his one baud, had killed
thirty pregnant women, home who
seem to have some shame for their at
toclous deeds say; "What couid we
io; we were under ordtrs."
Wrecked by tiu ,xtlotoii.
Clin; aii), Jan. 2. A building wa.s
wrecked and seven people wr badly
Injured In this city early this evening
by an explosion ol sewer gas. Tbe
cover was biewu olt a manhole at the
corner ef Harrison street and Fifth
avenue and the shock which followed
could be heard several blocks away.
The Lincoln hotel, a lodging house, was
tbe nearest building to the explosion.
Its front walis were badly cra ked,
windows and floors were twisted out
of place and the structure looks as if it
iiad passed through a severeearthquake.
Mr. .Stafford and his wife, who are the
proprietors of the live-story wrecked
building, were sitting In a loom on the
third floor and claim that thny were
thrown four feet from the floor, A
heavy safe was thrown from an impro
vised foundation to the floor.
The following persons were injured
Timothy Garry, Jacob Cohen, John
Clark, Ten y Van Skye, Henry r'orth
ingtou, George Hartley and Patrick
Ryan.
Vloteully KlercUlug tuuvrd Death.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 2. The
dead body of Paul Alexander, a son of
A. M. Alexander, for many years a
member of congress from the Paris,
Mo., district and a member of the law
firm of Stocking & Alexander of this
city, was found iu a pasture one mile
north of Independence about 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoou. It was at first re
ported ttiat Alexander bad been mur
dered, but It was afterwords developed
fTiat be died iroin heart failure. He
had been driving golf stakes, and it Is
supposed that the violeut exercise ag
gravated a heart affection with which
be was afllicted. Mr. Alexander was
thirty-live years old, and leaves a wife
and three little children.
Mrfslilar nu KmIIv.
lEWht KO, N. Y., Jan. 2. Yester
day afternoon a large crowd, including
many sporting men iroui New York,
witnessed the skating races at Orange
lake, which had boen arranged as pre
liminary to the national amateur
skating association races set for Jau
uary 111 and lo come off on tne same
lake. Tbe principal event among
yesterday's contests was the race be
tween James A. Donahue of this city
and Howard Mashler of Storm King,
M ashler won easily, getting the best
two heats out of three In i! yards.
Anullirr Bis Oh Well
FlNDI.AV, O., Jau. 2 Messrs. J. W.
and T. E. Kirkbridge, who have drilled
in the past few weeks two of the larg
est flowing oil wells in this country, if
not in the world, added another big
gusher to their list by drilling in No. 0,
near their other bif wells, lo the Hoi
iertville field. The estimated produc
tion of the new well Is 10,000 barrels
per day, which at the preseut price of
66 cents oer barrel, will bring them an
income from ibis well alone of ft&.Ooo
peraayv t
STATE OTS ITEMS.
Craig wants to be the capital of Burt
county.
The Cortland Herald was eleven
years old last week.
An A. O. I'. W. Mge was orgauuel
at Hsrns'iurg last week.
Out at lJvidere old horses are killed
....... iiu.tf
lo save til" r pen
Krv. Mr. Pai.n'-r of i"heva it
battling an a'.tacK of typhoid level,
The local papers do not r p-'ft
r.is-4 ol turvau ni in the rai d d.s
tucti. P uir cliti lreti it. t:.e family of Editor
1 iirnet a' Coiutnoiis re down with
scarlet fever.
An inv iii I on t, s w iv home from the
w.-sl died wh.l-the ' " 4staali.f
wa'er at Fremont.
Newman Crute h.is a secind news-
paper. The latest Is ea.led tile Oa.ette
ami bus come to stay.
(uti.TrSiiiieiMli-Jirili st.ll lu
Very pnor i.r d'.ii and ni. nle to be ID.
b.s - eat at Washington.
Will M. Man-! :u is serving lime on
the KreiiioM. il-rt. l. - h' 'iSrain
L-aKs" . .ill ai el el'-?1 I
TliCM.-ig .tion ditch at North loup
will suppiy iiioiiiuse to K- acies of
the richest land in the va.lrv.
Votk penp tares p.irilig o givethe
mrmiM r .t tiie Netii iti i i'rrss .s icl
atioii a cord.al receprma this mouth.
Norfols nas a .i irge sk,uu , ruk, ' -'
which Hie tiiys are tiiiditf e dfinji-r-ous
than the ice on the IvKuoru river.
J. I. Nan has sold h.s iti'.erest In the
Blue JU1 Lr-ader to H. ; lliatt. who
promises to make the paper a hummer.
Messrs. L,ld V Murau lire mating
their Daily Arbor Sta'e at W j mure a
great success, linancially and otherwise.
A little child at (iran l Island just
big etunigii to lo Idle felt ag .unit a hot
stove, hurtling lis hands mo it cruelly.
While playing shinny a Idtl : boy of
l-tica received a blow on his dim that
caused hint to bite his tongue almost ll
two. . , ,
1 he Centra: City Co :ri'T has U-eu
ansortied hy the Nnniisri! rtnl the
town wni now do without s 1 cal pro
liihllion paper.
It is thought the at'.-ndauce of
editors at Y..r it ou the i'h aud 2"lll
iiisls. will te the largest n. ihe history
of the association.
Several western cities are promised,
beet sugar lactones nest feasotl 111 ex- ',
change lor gilt-edged bonds and a rea- '
sjuable laud grant
livival meetings at Kearney are
catching a good many ol the lost cheep
of Israal who have heretofore Mt-W
lastly refused to be saved. '
II oi ace elch, a small boy of A sis
ley, had a friendly rough aud-tumble
with bis schoolmates and Caiue out ot
the fracas with a broken leg,
F. M. Clafiin, city editor for some
years of the Fremont Tribune and later
of the Herald, has been forced by IU
health to abaudou the businees.
The Aim Itecord wauls a oeetsugar
factory at that point but thinks II
would not be good policy to give the
whole couutv in exchaoai for il f
On account of diphtheria the home
of Editor Turner of the Columbus
Journal was quarantined during his
absence and he is boarding at a hotel
up town.
At Carletun the Methodist Episcopal
church covered us Christmas tree with
cotton batting, which took lu from ,
the candle, and burned up nearly all
the prettnis.
Chas. lioaner. a farmer living In Jef
ferson county, put In a few days at
Fairuury seeing how much he coald
drink of the wsne that is red and givelh
its color In the cup, and died from the
effects of it.
Dr. I). A. Lewis of Albion, whose
heart Is as they make them, took care
that the children of the poor were re
membered ou Christmas eve. He filled
a tree with toys from his store and
charged the lot to profit and loss
Jonas Christner, the Thayer county
corn thief who was recently located at
Brunswick, Oa., and brought back to
answer for his crime says, lie would
prefer a term in Use penitentiary lu
Nebraska to spending the same time
free in Georgia.
The Hayes Center Times is respon
sible for this choice bit of drollery:
"We understand that a couple of our
young folks, who llvewlthm the radius
of ten miles of this oflice, have about
completed arrangements whereby tbey
will pack their clothes in the same
trunk. We print flue wedding station,
ery at this office."
Lincoln says the Aima Keporter, has
one great advantage over Omaha. Why
it Is or why it should be we cannot tell,
but people generally look upon the city
of Lincoln as a state institution, while
Oraaba Is simply Omaha. We have
always been proud or the capital city,
while teeliug a perfect abhorrence of
Omaha. It may be because Omaha
has no depot. ,
The chairman of the village board of
Desbler has discovered a new mouse
trap. He simply put a lot of thick
molasses where the mice will run in It,
and the Citizen says the poor little mice
just lie down and die a sweet death.
There is trouble between a man
Geoffry aud his wife, who live, near
Ituby, oyer the possession of their little
boy, the two having seperated. Jha
woman had Iter lord aud master ar
rested for assault and battery and the
matter will be adjudicated at Heward
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