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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1895)
Ihe Sioux County Journal L J. slatMOSs, Frsarlstsr- HARRISOX, NEBRASKA. The Sultan of Turkey seems to be In eed of a good, thoroughgoing Lexow committee. The good Queen Victoria, an we see by her latest portraits, still refuses to make any concession to the fashion of banging the hair. We understand that the name of Mr. BowelL the new Canadian premier, does not have the real peritoneal pro nunciation. A Berlin scientist claims to he able to produce nutritious bread from saw dust and flour. A man can't be too careful about his board nowadays. Extra postage should be charged for ending kisses by mail. 8L Paul Globe. Postage has nothing to do with It Kisses should be delivered by male, but never sent anywhere. Lorillard Kip, according to the New York World, Is Gotham's best-dressed man, but It requires forty pairs of trousers to keep him so. Greatness In evitably brings its penalties. The announcement of a movement to "exclude from the House of Lords peers of bud character" indicates that those who favor the abolition of the House of Lords have taken a new tack. . The Kentucky murderer who shot at the Judge before whom he was ar raigned might have been pronounced guilty of contempt of court, and con- tempt of court is a serious matter. The Sultan of Morocco Is said to be having serious trouble with the Gharb tribes. Our garb tribes In this country mlHlners, dressmakers, ami tailors cause more trouble than any others, - The Massachusetts girl who shot a ultor upon his proposal that they die together deserves a suitor too good to kUL The "dying together" scheme is not only apt to be disagreeable to one person concerned, but It is a chestnut. jyheu"88 persons "at tn 5laapo7l most of then)jtrangers to the little suf fererbare their arms, and contribute tieces of skin to graft upon the body of a burned child, one is impressed with the thought that there is a good, stock of human sympathy yet feft in "the world. . ... . General Cassius Si. ClayWrltes to a Louisville paper to gay: "My experi ence goes to show that it is possible for a very young girl to love an old man Tery intensely." And the job is much easier if the man is In bis dotage and rery rTcLT"-"1 '. ; - ""TV-- , Sarah Bernhardt, who has long been one of the newest of the new women, ays a noble dog is much more worthy of love than a man. Sarah has to kill and be killed on the stage so frequently on account dT romantic love and unsat isfactory heroes that she may be a bit prejudiced. To determine the age of eggs dissolve about four ounces of common salt In a quart of water, and Immerse the eggs. If one day old an egg will descend to the bottom; if three days old It will float; if over five days old It will project above the surface, and it floats high In proportion to Its age. So says the Lon don Live 8tock Journal. The Secretary of War reports the strength of the State militia at 117.533. Including an artillery force of nearly 8,000 and cavalry numberlug over 5.000. The government. In short order, could concentrate more trained troops at a given point than either side had at Get tysburg, and a-s long as this is the case the need of a larger regular army Is not apparent. It Is a somewhat singular fact that the diseased secretion of a sick sperm whale sells for $100 a pound, and is found useful by perfume manufactur ers. It Is a waxy, greasy substance called ambergris, and when warmed gives a pungent odor. Big tales are told of these pathological, deep-sen mines of wealth of twenty thousand dollars worth of this sort of "richness" found 1(1 one big strike. Robert Imls Stevenson Is dead, and the critics will undertake to give him a place In literature. To a vast num ber of people, the efforts of the critic are as naught; they are not made to drink however near they may be led to the stream by literary hostlers. To this number Mr. Stevenson's works will not need the commendation of critique or essay; they will stand for them selves, as the best of the last decade's productions. There was about Steven son's personality something of the ro mantic, which gave to his hook an added Interest, and no one ever looked on the strange face, that baffled ana lysis, of the writer, without desiring to know of what he wrote. It Is odd th.lt the Japanese cruelty at I'ort Arthur should excite such horror here. It is but thirty years since Japan ctuergfM from the feudal condition that was occupied by our ancestors (Ire hundred years ago. Was nor IOui-ojh cruel In femlul times' Coming down to more recent days, is war among Western nation ever very htiiy like? The Prussian anulew used to slcmf tile french "frajies tireurs" whenever they frr captured.' instead of treating them M yrlsoMers of war. The French, pena- MMtXJ .. nftftu- rriMllsftl by binning FMatf i death. ts death. Th Irish peasantry I ."1 , il'-i." . . , , j J; ra'es starred I'Lion prUouers to death at Libby Prluon was not hu mane. When Edwin M. Stanton re fused to exchange prisoners, because the Confederate prisoners were fat and well fed. while the I'nion men returned were living skeletons, he was perhajm cruel, but he was secretary of war. It has never been disproved that attempts were made to ship Hiiiall-xn Infected clothing Into the North from Canada during the civil war. Last year the people of the I'nited States strangled extrajudicially two huudred and six men. and burned alive several negroes. Perhaps there is a beam In the Occi dental eye. Concerning the question of the In vention of cable railways, a correspon dent writes to one of the San Francisco dailies that he remembers having seen a cable railway in operation In London in 142, called "The Minories and Blackwall Railway." He describes It at some length according to his recol lection, and concludes by saying that he has searched vainly in the encyclo pedias for any mention of it. This cor respondent is correct. The cable rail way to which he refers Is doubtless the one constructed by the once famous engineer. Marc Isambard Brunei, he who built the old Bowery Theater early in the century, who drew plans for the first Capitol at Washington, and who constructed the Thames TunneL It is scarcely credible, but Brunei thought It netvssary to have two cables, one run ning east, the other beside It running west, so the return rope of each was useless power. It Is needless to state that with such a waste Bninel's road was a financial failure, and the cable railway, like many another Invention, was laid aside aud forgotten, to be In vented all over again when Its proper time came. That time came In Pan Francisco, in 1873. A GORILLA DISSECTED. The I'ouch Next the Lungs that Pro duces the Great Roar. An autopsy was held on the body of Gumbo, the gorilla which died recently at Boston. Professor Franklin Dexter, of the Harvard Medical School, and Trof. Councilman, formerly of Johns Hopkins I'niverslry of Baltimore, now professor of pathology at Harvard, cori' ducted the examination, says the Hart- JordTImes Consumption was found to uate oeen ine cause oi ueaiu. i ne aoc tors decided that Gumbo was about 40 Tears old, and thai be hail Lad the germs of tubercular consumption of the slow variety, which Is a disease the fclmla are particularly subject to in this climate. -ij.arClAev,(u, One discovery was that of a sort of pouch or bug in the chest. In front of" ttk Jungs, and connected by "means Ji an Independent valve with the trachea or windpipe. This Is undoubtedly the organ employed by the gorillas In mak ing their peculiar roar. f Jtie brain weighed seventeen ounces. Iu its structure It bears a striking re- li'ulJance to tjie human brain. besfijF, . ... t- . , however, broader at the bJlse and nar rower at the top. and exhibiting a far lees number of convolutions. The brain will be subjected to a variety of deli cate tests, anil a minute microscopic scrutiny. The doctors found a lot of minor points to Interest them, and It will be a foitnight before they get through. Pro fessor Dexter and his assistants Intend to make an exhaustive comparison be-twee- the gorilla and a human being. In life Gumbo measured five feet six Inches in height and In health weighed 2W pounds. His arms were four feet In length and his muscles of the tex ture of wire rope. Couldn't Part with HI Oe'll. Iu S. It. Crockett's last book there Is glveu a discussion by some Galloway shepherds ou the death of the devil. "The minister was sayln'," remarked one, "that the new moderates threep that theie's nae de'll at a'. He dee'd some time since."' "They say," said John Scott, pulling meditatively at his cutty, "that the pooer is vested noo In a kind o' comy teeT "1 dmua hand wi" eomy-tees my sel'," replied -Meg, "It's Julst haeln" mony maisters. iika ane niair canker some and thrawn than anither!" "Weel. gin this news tie true, an' the auld de'il's deed at last, there's a heap o' fowk In this parish should be men tioned In his wull," said Jock Gordon, significantly. But the herd was a stanch Marrow man. He was not l,.d sway by any hu man criticism, nor yet by the new the ology. New lieht here, new llcbt there." he said; "I canna' palrt wl' ma de'll. Na, ua. that's ower muckle to expect o' a man o' ma age!" Ilnk) Old Fellows. In a prehistoric cemetery recently un covered at Motitpeller, France, while workmen were excavating a water works reservoir, human skulls were found measuring 8, 31 aud 32 inches In circumference. The bones which were found with the skulls were also of gigantic proportions. These relics were sent to the Paris Academy, and a learned "savant" who lectured on the find says that they belonged to a race of men between ten and tlfteen feet in height. Can the l.eopsr.l Change His fcpoia' in Clmiiilers County. Alabama, thers resides a ld-year-old girl whose skin is a white and smooth as that of an Albino. Nine years ago she was m black as the regulation Southeiiici-; tlw change is the result of a skin disease culled lucojiathia. . ,.i ... ... .... lob V a Comparison. . 'A Georgia troy thought to be lost wis found on flic bank of if) river, whim lie had been 'Bailing steadily for thiiHf I ' . - ..u, - u ,. 1t, NEBRASKA CONG HE: DOINGS IN BOTH HOUSE A NT SENATE. Senator Wright Iutt o.lur. 'Bj It4quMt,' Mjt Shamefully llra-tltss Hill Irri gation s Subjrct fur Legislation. The .-eprupriailoo Kill lailfi.r S5,OOl fur .Xeae. Legislative Comment. TLere is no use of ot-guiising the fact that the people of the state are greatly incensed at Lincoln for its manifest hi .'gishness in the matter of legislative a ointments, and ti.e first fruits have rij ened in the loes of the state fair. Three weeks ago, had the vote on lo cation been taken, ti c fair would have remained at Lineo. ., but a feeling of disgust and anger lias swept over the state and Lincoln will feel the effect of it for a very long ti.. c. It was a very small thing to the ipital city to get a few minor appointu.ents, more or lees, in the legislature. There were much larger interests at Make. Hut the of a man's aspirations is frequently a good indication of his calibre, and the statesmen who represent Lancaster county in the state senate chose to pick op a few cheap apiuintments even at the rifk of losing the ftate fair, hamper ing their state institutions and blighting the prutpects of their aspiring poli ticians. line of the most cruel and shamefully heartless bills the' ever was brought before 'a state legislature, was intro duced a few days ajo by Senator Wright, of Lancaster coun.y, "by request." It makes insanity a ground for divorce, and not only breaks the sacred tie that should be made etiongi-r bv misfortune, but robs the unfortunate one of her 05 hie property. hen eicki.eM, disease and misfortune become grounds for eev ering the sacred tie, and when the law undertakes to bold the defeuselees vic tim while her natural protector robs her, it will be high time to move out of Nebraska. Who can tell when ineanify may overtake them? Senator Akers lias charge of the irri gation bill, which he introduced in the senate. It ih senate file No. 50, and is to be supplements by ano'her, and together they are r. '.posed to cover the entire grounds, a uator Akers hn given the subject a great dea! of study and has hail considerable practical ex perience and his judgment w ill be large ly relied upon by the legislature. Several bills to regulate elections have been introduced. Senf? ?"!e No. 106, by Senator Saumlert !. ;rhape, the moetjnclusivv. There w jll probably be some legislation in that direction. There was a disposition on the part of some member of the House to give Speaker Richards the wort-t of it, 011 questions of parliamentary practice, but for a new man, lie got through very creditably. The entire resist. .-.bility of appointing committees devolve- upon him, and the tak is not an eacy inc. In the Senate a committee of five was selected to nominate the committees, and the work was quite satisfactory. Senator Pope was chairman, and the other members were Senators Hohn, Stueffer, lir'seeer and McKesson. They were several days in completing the arduous work, anil the com 111 1" cs were re-cast several times before tbey wera satisfactory. Senator Gray, who has only been able to be in the senate chain!- twice, is reported some better, and will probably be in bis place in a few days. He has bad a very serious time, ami the opinion was quite prevalent that be would never recover. There are four members of the House who are "straight" democrats and they are ably led by Kdgar Howard, of Sarpy county. Ilis three supporters are FriU, of Thurston, Van Houat-n of C -Has ana MoVkken of Dodge. The populists in the House are ably led by Messrs. P,arry and Rhodes., who are supported by some quite strong men. The appropriation bill has passed the House and will soon pa8 the Senate It appropriates f 4S,000 for the expenses of the legislature. Until this bill be comes a law none of the memliers nor employes tan draw any salary, and there are a numlter of them who need their money quite badly. A good many of the employes have very little urplua cash and will be compelled to practice very strict economy until they draw their first ins' ailment of salary. lilackraore, the novelist, was fond of gardening, and spent in that amuse ment all he, made by writing. Like every other business, poultry keeping must begin in a modest way and increase as circumstances warrant. There is no better work for children than to make them feel the resjonsi bility of capng for the poultry on the farm. If we are to keep poultry through the cold season cheaply, food sutlicleut for the time must be purchased In bulk when it is cheapest. Keep a book in which to enter reel pes or useful hints 011 housekeeping, l'uge an index It for easy reference. A living, loving Christian! there is no stronger power on earth, 110 power can withstand him. Our God is a household God, as well as a heavenly one. He has an altar in every man's dwelling. John Ituskin, They must be clean who would serve the 'Lord. A pure and holy God, caa dwell only in a pure and holy temple.". Occasion may be the bugle call that (umaions so army to- battle, but the Must of a bugle can t ever make lot i, Hi win vir sr. .r. Victories. ' " '..',- lit 'j i.-, ii. iit , J.i i. Is. j lie deao -- te l as the resu t of Tues.'ay 'j 't 4.;ploe:o!if nu utier forty-nin wi !.e Injured gixt-ive. The bodieJ vi lour of the fi r emeu have not been reore-l. 'i'hey are Samuel A. Ash, J'.ive iloss-, Ld S.oau aLd P. J. Nor 1 1. id. The me undoubtedly wert blown into fragments. The investiga ioo will be hTou?h and searching. :'l.e final. c;; 3 lost by the fire and the 1 expi'-uiou in t.iu immediate vicinity oi I lue oisaster is about 2'W2 0; appor te tied as foilows: Kenyon-( onnel iUr iw.'ire compauy, c J,t 0, insiiranc WW; IJutte Hardware compauy, 3J, AW, iiO insurance; 11 ival Milling com "any, fl5,0jt), no insurance; Capiiee A ilranuagan, wholesale merchants. U,2UJ, no iuaii'aiice; II. L. Frank, dam age to warehouse by explosion, $-j.(XX), uo insurance; Montana Central railway, wrecked freight house, burned cars, etc., t2'J,000 covered by insurance; Northern Pacific, burned cars, ?5,(XXH Insured: I'archen d'Acheul Drug com pany, t42("0, no insurance. Othei los es all over town caused by the ex plosion can only Oe estimated, but wil aKgftg'l '23,0u0. LIT K UKAD MtDKl) TO. The list of deal has risen to a tola of fifty-three. 1 here are four men in the hospital, W. L. Mil s, Charles Als ton. William llow and Johu Sloan, wht cannot recover. The list of injured hai also reached an dppahing proportion There are fifty-five in the hospital and some thirty have tsen reported frorx different parts of the city. To this list of missing was added the name ol Charles Hoffbauer. On the night ol the explosion he bought a pair of new ihoes and had them under his arm while standing among the spectators around the burning warehouse. One of the shoes: badly torn, was found, but not even a fragment of the ownei has yet been discovered. So trace o( Fireman Charles Ash or J. Noollng Ed Sloan and Dave Moses has been found. This evening part of a human body was found at Meaderville, twe miles from the scene of the explosion. INVESTIGATION TO BE TIIOHOLOII. The investigation by the corner hat again been postponed to give time to gather evidence. 'I he owners of the burned warehouse claim that there was Dot over six hundred pounds of giant powder in the building, but men familiar with explosions say at least twenty tons exploded. The law limits the amount to be stored with'!; a mile of any city at 160 pounds. The con cussion ihook hjgjes n Belgrade, Bg!ity-touf milfei ast of TluU Te investigation into th ;aue of trie ex ib'sipn andhe responsibility will e thorough. The penalty for the evssiog of the law, however, is only a nominal fine. The funerals of the eight dead firemen took place todiy ail business In the city whs suspended for the day. The relief committee received Qbacriptions amounting to 8-.000. '1 ne Strike Mill On. Iinof.Ki.YN, X. Y., Jan. 18. The great trolley strike is still on, but there are indications that it will be soon ended. One company, that which ope rates the DeKaib avenue line, came to terms with lis men and its cars were in full operation yesterday. Another company, that which operates the Williamsburg lines, opened negotiation with its employes through the state board of arbitration and an early settle ment is expected. This much the men bave gained. On the other hand, the other companies have operated the three lines which were opened yester day, the rlatbush, rifty avenue and the Court street lines and added the Putnam avenue, and ilalsey street line to the list. Cars were 'uu 011 the last named line under great dldiculties from 12:30 p. m. uutil 5 o'clock, when it was ttiought best to stop them, as a mob of over 1,000 persons had sur rounded the company's stables. Xot a car was moved in the eastern or south ern part of the city. Some forty Hues are still tied up. lender Arrsat. Wa(.o.ek, I. T., Jau. 18. At Tale quah Marshal Lamb and posse arrested two men, supposed to be James and (Jeorge Pierce, on the charge of having murdered their travelling companion, W. J. Vandexer, last Monday while in camp on the Grand river, near here. VaiiQever's body was found in the Grand river on Tuesday. He had been shot and his skull was crushed iu witti a harumar; an 1 the body tbeu thrown into the river. When the men were arrested they refused to say who they were or where from. A letter dated at Gravel Point. Mo., was found on one of them addressed to James and George Pierce. It is supposed they murdered Vandever to obtain the horses and wagon which they used in travelling. They will be taken to Ft, Smith tomorrow morning. Charged WitH liurgiarj. PlTTSHi KU, Kan., Jan. IH. Jesse Karl and a companion giving the sim ple name ot "J';" were arrested last night by Special Policeman Clint Webb in the act of burglariously entering the property of W. H. R. liubois, vice prrsident o' the Pittsburg and ,t Louis Zinc company. Url'tnil N' Otltci-rl I)KTlt"l I , Mich., Jan. Iv The ses sions ot the grand lodge of shipmasters came to a close. OlliceM elected were: 'resident, K. S. lleiiliaiu, ( levelauu; first vice-president, George McCul loughy, Detroit; second vice-president, W. S. Mack Cleveland; treasurer, Ly man Hunt, JliifTalo; secretary, W, A, Collier, Cleveland; chaplain, (ieorge A, Shaw, Marine City, Mich., marshal, F. I). Welsomtv Buffalo; warden, Rottfir Vomug, Chicago; sentinel, W, K. Rice, JJ'ort Huron.., . , 1 b . ' r 1 em r s 1 All 8, J 1'J lb City lias been intensely excited tlnouglioul tin day over the resignation 1 f th president of the i-reiicli republic. M. Cassimir I'erier, after a term of servica cover ng a little more than six mouths, and ihe prepnratious for theeiection of his suc cessor. A. meeting of the ministers w a held at 1 o'clock for the purpose of discussing the charged situation in view of ttie resignatiou of the president. There was a full attendance of mem bers of the cabinet and the gravity of the situation was fully takeu into con sideration. Although the regulations forbiu street venders from starting out with their wares before 8 o'clock in the morning, an ordinance which includes the prohibition of the sale of news paptra by criers, the newsboys were al lowed yesterday morning to begin their sales before daybreak. The streets were early fided with yelling boys, wtiose cries informed many persons for the first time of the resignation of the president. The aim outicemeut came like a thunderbolt o thousands of persons, aud every one was asking the reason for the president's sudden and seemingly unnecessary action. Vari ous reamn were given by the news papers, but none of them seemed to satisfy any great number of the peoph. I ALL IT AN ACT OF t.'OWARDK.'K. The action of M. tasimir Perier in abandoning his office in the face of the enemy was vigorously denounced by the newspapers, which regard his with drawal at this time as an act of cowar J ice. Commending upon his resignation the Juurnal Des Debats, which is ex. trameiy mild in its criticism in com patson with many other journals, said: "History will explain the retirement of M. Ca-imir-rerler, but it remains to be seen whether the act will be justified." The Figaro said; ,-If the president persists in bis deplorable resolution to retire from office at this tlraeall Europe will judge him as severely as France does." Some newspapers declared that M. Casi mir-Perier had become physically unable to resist the Impulse to resign, He had, it was Hlleged, been subjected to the most extreme nervous tension ever since he first became prominent as a candidate for president, and it wai asserted that after bis election he flung himself upon a couch, where he re mained completely prostrated for put upon him. when M. liordi-ax, the president ol the cham ber cf deputies, died M. Caslmtr-Perier was deeply affected, and it is said that be has not since recovered from the shoc which the announcement of hit friend's death irave him. fKNl. A M1SA(.E. The chamber of deputies was c;tl!ed to order by the president, M. Brisson, who announced trie receipt of a mess age from the president, which he read as follows. 1 have never concealed from mysell the dilliculties of the task which the national assembly imposed upon me. I had forseen them, but although one does not refuse the post in a moment of danger, one only retains the posi tion with dignity under the conviction that he Is serving the country. The president who is deprived of the means of action cau only find confidence in reliance upon the nation. Without this his situation Is powerless. I do not doubt tne gool sense and justice of France, but public opinion has been misled. Neither my twenty years' de votion to democracy, uor my deep at tachment to the republic has sufficed to convince all republicans of the sin cerity and ardor of my political faith, nor to disabuse my adversaries, who believe, or affect to believe, that I will make myself an instrument of their passioi.s and their hopes. During the past six months a cam paign has been conducted of defama tion aud insults against the army, the magistrate, parliament and responsible chief of state. Tins liberty of foment ing social hatred continues to be called liberty of tho-ight. The respect and ambition I have tor vou will not per mit roe to allow that certain men may every day inult the b-st servants ol tlw fatherland, and he who represent France in the eyvi of foreign nations. 1 cannot retign mycelf to compare the weight of moral responsibility resting upon me with the impotence to which I am condemned. Perhaps I shall I understood if I mlirm that coi.stitu. tlottal functions and not silence are the demands of political conscience. Per haps by ahanilo:.ing uiy functions I shall have 1 raced their duty to those who are still pre-occupied with the digtiityof ollice and who have a care for the good name of France before the world. I'liehangiiily faithful tu myself I remain convinced that re forms cannot be carried out without the active coneurrefiCH of a govern, nietit which is rts iived to assure re spect for the laws and determined to itisuie the obedience of their subordi nates and grout) them all In common tction for the common aim. Itaiutlia Aliroal. Ml -hiM.i t, I. T., J111. IT. Tuesday tilght French and Mc'A'iiliams, the lwi bandits who robbed N.mhe's store at Ft. (iibson Monday night, rode up to Joe Giadd's house and culled Gl.ulil to the door. Recognizing 1 'ranch and McWilliams he locked the door, Tlun the bandits began to fiwllaiio. Gladd was shot In the left (oresrm, his wife In the right ellww ami his daughter in tha forearm, uafcf vt the leg and ilsshy part of the thigh.. , . , , rSYtial boius. Since then lie bad jj Waled,!? ITTeOray d "the liJeti-' a - . . m -r-a-a. - r-r - r. . . bervous strain STATE KIMS ITEMS. Nebraska Crop Report. lst',9 to 1'4 inclusive compiled from reliable sources: 1V1, big crop; 18"0r failure; Is71, good crop; l"s7i good crop; i,.l, short crop; 1874, failure; 1870, good crop; 1870, good crop; 1877, good crop; good crop; 187'., good crop; 1880, hort crop; 1881, good crop; 1882, good crop; 1S83, goodjerop; 1881, good crop; l58.j, good crop; 188i, good crop; 1887, short crop; I8S8, good crop; 188, bif crop; 1.J, failure; 18'Jl, good crop; 18V2, good crop; 18U3, short crop; I8'.u, failure.. Population of Nebraska. 1850. 28.840; 187,), 122.VJ3; 1S75, 2U5.230; 1880, 4:2; 1880, 700,000; 18W, 1,168,910 The damage by the late Ore at Ponca foots up over !10,000. In Fuik rton the small loys are aQlicted with the railling craze. Dawes county ninrods are having great sport hunting jack rabbits. Chase county has snow enough for very good sleighing. I'apil.tjn sent a carload of wheat, flour, meat, oatmeal r-nd clothing to OgalalJa, The riattsrooaih News and Herald is ihe way it reis since the twopepera were consolidated. Co uiiilms policemen now wear the regulation blue uuiform with brass buttons and a club. II. A. HoUria of Albion was badly cut ou the head while attempting to oil a windmill in motion. Miss Llla Culiovin, a prominent young lauy of t'hadron, died after a brief illness of pneumonia. .Sinners recently entered the Congre gational church at Crete and carried, off contributions intended for relief. Kcv. John H. Frazer of Coleridge has been called to the pastorate of tha Presbyterian church at blue Springs, J. b. Holmes, formerly bookkeeper in a Wymore saloon, was recently ad judged Insane and taken to the asylum. The Nebraska Starch company has oeen reorganized with a capital stock, of 13)0,000, of which 8U0.0J0 is paid up. A 3 year-old child of A. Krumen acher of Humboldt tried to light a file with kerosene, and was fatally burned. A 200 pound chunk 01' Ice fell and struck Frank Mansfield of Albion and gendered him unconscious, lie will recover. A little son of L J. F. Jaeger of Chadron wag badly scalded about the face ajvl neck, by the careless overturn ing of a leap, .t Dixon county's poor bouse has bur one inmate and the Ponca Journal wants the building transformed into a canning factory. It is said that at Genoa a man 00-t taiiied credit lor a ton of coal aud sold enough ot it to buy a ticket to tha the Wind lloone entertainment. The Democrat wants the state falr located at Kearney, but is willing to wait, for it until the opening of the Twentieth century, live years. While alig tiling from a wagon Mrs. Joe Johnson of Blair caught her dress and fell, severely cutting her head. The injury Is not thought to be fatal. Congressman McKeighan is still sorely alTticled with neuralgia, aud It is feared will not he able to get to Washington before his terra expires. Judge Hudson, the efficient poltcs magistrate of Columbus, gives the dis orderly who are brought before him a second time a jail sentence that in cludes a diet of dry bread and wet water. In twenty-five years Nebraska bas raised seven'eeu good crops, four short ones and bas had four very substantial failures. The grand average is a re cord to bs proud of and to inspire the greatest hope for the future. After cutting a hole through the lc with a borrowed saw, Hev. Jamss Hiatt baptized six Nebraska City people who had been converted at his revival meet ings. There were four mrn and two women iu the baud who defied Xhjt cold water w ih the thermometer standing only two degrees above zero. Nearly everyone In and around Graf ton is niinir wood for fuel. It is all cut from home grown torests and a yet has hardly made a noticeable itn pression One man has cleared fivs acres of aih and box elder and has posts enough to fence his farm and sutlicleut wood to last two years. Twenty years ago the region was a treeless waste. J. M. AValker, post commander of Hunter post G. A . It., at Ohiowa, writes an interest ing letter ot Lis com rads throne-bout the state, urging that CaptC, K. Adams, next in line oC promotion, be made department com mander for Nebraska at the annual meeting this winter. He is proud o( the record make bv Com-n iu,r (lunch Howe, but thinks iu view of the rapidly thinning ranks 01 an army that will soon disappear I rom mortal view, the honors in store f ir in, i, i) Hi .n-serv-ing should be in.. around, mid u one hold the highest office more than one term. 0 Fire in the I'.pistopal church at ilrokeii How destroyed the chancel carpet and the alter cloth, but was et tinguislied without doing moie harm, A number of young men at Geneva) mane a prctlce of disturbing ihe revival meeting in progress at the Methodist church, and the officers are after them. William Oibbonajr. of Buffalo county "iwnu uiirn oi ousr- ous Jail sartlce for carrying concealed weapons and sporting a jag .imultana- wu iMiiiiitii-Mii I,, , . r ..... .. ...... . , - - "7. ., ..... ' 4.