Nebraska Newspapers

    the Sioux County Journal
HARRISON.
XEBRASKA
A cablegram Kay Itiat in I'aris lat
year 03,4j2 wedding rings were
pawned. It will surprise many to
learn that such things ever are used
In I'aris.
A Boston girl 10 year old has run
away from home "to Join a ballet." He
fore doing that .he ought to think the
matter over very carefully for about
forty-four years.
With Atithouy Comstock charged
with accepting bribes for the protec
tion of crime, it would s.-cm that the
pillars of the church are indeed fulling.
Are there any honest ulea left in Xev
York?
If Chief Johnson, of the ltureau of
Engraving and Printing, knows what
he is talking about the new silver cer
tliicates are going to t transcendent
works of art. Almost any old kind of a
$10 bill, though, looks beautiful to us.
A woman preacher in a Boston Chris
tian science church copyrights her ser
mons and warns all uewspupers not to
use them without her permission. We
shall next hear of some Connecticut
jiarson taking out letters patent ou
salvation.
Boston is trying to solve the ques
tion. "How long should a matrimonial
engagement last?" Breuchof promise
authorities are practically agreed that
matrimonial engagements should last
until marriage. Variations from this
rule are dangerous.
The relatives of General Clay, who
at the age of S'J has married a girl !"
years old. may let their anger cool
against the gentle groom, if that 15-year-old
la.ss does not make the few re
maining years of the Generals life
very sad and sorrowful, we don't
know anything alout the ellVc: of a
spring shower on a bank of snow.
The fate of Louis Pl.skulich, propri
etor of the Slavjauska Sloga. at San
Francisco, should prove a warning to
some other "journalists." He engaged
an editor, who took occasion to "wast"
him In his own paper, calling him some
very hard names. A humorous fea
ture of the matter Is that the proprie
tor has had the editor arrested for
libel, and the pretty point of law will
be raised: Can a man le libeled In his
own paper? It may be well to note
here that a Journalist is a man who
owns a paper, but can't write, and Mr.
riskulieh is said to be that kiud of a
Journalist
' Mechanical science will have to come
to the aid of the costly plate glass show
window. The latest device of the ma
tutinal burglar is to wait for the witch
ing hour when inside watchers have
gone home and policemen are nodding
on their beats. Then with as little noise
as possible he smashes show windows
containing articles of value and gets
away with at least some of the plunder,
either with the help of the crowd that
gathers or before any can gather. It
has become the practice of shopkeepers
In this country, as it has long been the
custom In Paris and Brussels, to put a
good part of a stock into the window
and let It be seen by the flare of elec
tric light all night Now, unless the
plate glass illuminated show window
is not to be left Blled with valuables. It
will be necessary to provide an auto
matic Iron curtain which, the moment
the glass Is shattered, will fly up or fall
down, making noise enough to assure
capture of the burglars before tbey
have time to steal or to escape.
Massachusetts Ploughman: Is It best
to pay children for work done on the
farm? Yes, decidedly ft Is best Unpaid
drudgery Is almost sure to drive the
young people away from the farm.
Nothing will put business into a boy
like earning a little money. We have
seen the plan tried in several families
and nothing but good has resulted.
Children should be paid by the Job,
never bj the hour. Do not oblige them
to save their money; they will soon
learn to do so of their own accord.
Offer them good Interest as an encour
agement to save. If they are paid at
all liberally tbey should be expected to
provide their own clothing and inciden
tal e..:euses, but not until the sum
earned Is considerably more than suffi
cient for such purposes. The boy who
is thus gradually taught to manage his
own affairs and to provide for himself
will probably stick to the farm, but If
he doesn't he will be a success at any
business; and the girl who is thus train
ed will become the sort of a wife whose
husband prefers to entrust her with the
family pocketbook.
The record of the last year with ref
erence to mercantile failures !s worthy
of emphasis. The total number of
such failures in the I'nited States was
12,721. against a total of 13.5) In ISM
difference in number of 18 per cent.
In favor of 1894. The number of mer
cantile failures In 18(0 was u little
more than doable the Dumber in IMP.
The liabilities of the failed flroia lart
year were In the aggregate 03 per cent.
Ia than daring 1888. There was a re
daction of the number of firms and
persons engaged In mercantile poi
vita, a commercially reported, bat
Berertheleaa the proportion of failures
to total number la boajneas was mota
tan tfeaa ta UA The tank record to
area Bora farorabl than the msrc&sv
tOe rooord. Darn toot year only 7",
galoot BM daring
total Babillttea wen only
tSijdfin, agatat lTO,00Xuno doi
feS Taaat rmiaq raaatt from
reliable report of the iiiiiturctai
agencies of recognized etandiuj; in tbo
business world.
The chairman of the meat and cattle
section of the loudou Chamber of Com
merce is credited with the making of
two statements which coutradirt each
other. He says Americans have sent
meat to the English markets perfectly
regardless of the price at which it was
sold, and then claims the said Ameri
cans say the British salesman shall be
deprived of the pounil and a quurtir
allowance in every quarter of meat
hitherto allowed to coIupeUKlte for the
loss by shriLkage in transit and cut
ting up, and that the salesman must
not make such allowances to his cus
tomers. The Americans would seem
to be insisting on the full prW-e of the
mtytt without regard to distinction,
hence cannot ! careless in regard to
the amount of money they receive for
the property. One would thiiik the
matter of deduction is a thing that will
regulate Itself, the buyer being unwill
ing to pay the same price per pound
where no allowance is made for shrink
ag. Surely the American beef men do
not control the English markets for
meat to such an extent as to rentier
this Impossible. Apparently the real
trouble is that uatlve grown beef is un
dersold by that which Is imported
from the I'nited States, this fact being
favored by cheap rates of transporta
tion Inland as well as across the At
lantic. Anyway It is absurd to Insinu
ate that the American exporters of
meat willingly arrange to have the
stuff sold at a loss to themselves. They
do not do business on that plan If they
can help It
JAPANESE PATRIOTISM.
Homely Incident Showing Love for
Their Country.
A homely Incident Is related In one of
the provincial Journals of Japan which
is not without a touch of pattioH. Kurol
s, is the name of one of the lesser sta
tions ou the northern route, the nearest
village of any Importance being known
as Hlgashl Nasuno-uiura, a little pl.nv
of less than IV m Inhabitants. As many
trains have lately been bringing sol
diers down from the northern prov-lnit-s,
and as these trains have Invari
ably to stop awhile at Kuroiso, the peo
ple of the atove-nanied village thought
this an excellent opportunity to turn
an honest penny by selling articles of
food, tobacco, etc., to the soldiers en
route.
There was an old woman, however,
who had a bigger conception of her
duty and what was owing to the de
fenders of her country than any of her
fellow villagers. Parting with every
thing she could spare she spent all the
result in buying a large quantity of
chestnuts. These were then made into
that kind of cake known as kachikuri.
This done, the old w-oman carried the
cakes to the trains whenever they bore
soldiers southward and presented each
man with some of the sweets she had
sacrificed so much to procure.
She accompanied each little gift with
a lsw and the wish: "Conquer In battle
and come buck to Japan victorious an
unwounded.'' The soldiers were touched
by her simple words and artles de
meanor and would have given her
money, but she positively refused to
receive anything In return for the loyal
offerings.
"This," says onr provincial contem
porary, "Is the old chivalrous spirit of
Japan, not that mercantile and sordid
disposition that has so largely usurped
the place held by Yamatodamaabl of
yore."
Beautiful Sight.
In "Trans-Siberian Savages" the au
thor elves a description of a beautiful
and unique phenomenon which be wit
nessed off the shore of Sakhalin Isl
and. The bright blue water was so
clear that for a long distance from the
shore he could see the bottom, and even
the fishes, shoals of which were moving
gently hither and thither.
Above the swimming fish was a
strange phenomenon; the surface of
the water was like dazzling snow.
This brlllant white surface, which ex
tended over an area of nearly a square
mile, was not sea-foam, for with the
exception of the ocean swell, the water
was placid as a lake.
My friend, seeing my delight, mo
tioned me to hand him one of the rifles.
He took no aim. but simply fired.
Instantly the air was full of skim
ming snow-flakes, scintillating in the
bright sunshine against the deep blue
sky across the horizon, w hile the sur
face of the water ceased to be white,
and became uniform In Its hlueness.
This Is the most beautiful sight that
this latitude has to offer, and most for
tunate was I in getting It Just at
that season, millions upon millions of
exquisitely white birds migrate to that
spot They are whiter than the whitest
of gulls, and their plumage is much
more brilliant so as to be quite daz
zling In the sunshine. What these
birds are I had no opportunity of de
termining. First Letter Carrier.
It is not clear that the letter carriers
were regularly employed before 1733.
when tradition tells us that Benjamin
Franklin, the new Postmaster General,
employed them In Philadelphia, and
porslbly In New York. The earliest evi
dence 1 have la of 1702, when the Phil
adelphia postmaster advertised that hU
"hoy" bad ran away, and that patron
must call for their letters at the post
offlce. The Postal Journal ef Hugh Fin
toy, a storehouse of aoand Information,
tella aa that Boston had no letter car
rier In 1773. Of Now Tort, bo aayi
that "soon after the arrival of the mall
the letters are quickly delivered by a
runner," which mean messenger or
letter carrier. The Postal Becord.
la tho HoerM Proat of War.
Cannon-bail mads of mod Instead of
Iron, aad oalntsd. aooear to bo nartlal-
ry reapnnsipn ror as unison
fata'a-l la tha t auri K'oim .
Minneapolis. Minn, Feb. 1. Yes
terday af'rruooti's proceedings at tlu
trial of Harry Hay ward for the mur
der of CathkMie Ging were brougb U
an abrupt termination by the faintinf
of one, of the Jurors, S. H. Dyer of El
celeiur. The doctor who c-iaminK
him expressed the opinion that he wu
overcome by the foul atmosphere o
the court room, but later they txpresst
a fear that he might die.
Xew details were brought out at the
trial of Hay ward concerning hu
knowledge ot the crime before anyont
su-pected that a murder had beeri com
mitted. Polcemau Moore heard Hay
ward deelare that Miss G.ng was mur
dered for her money. It was brou.'ht
out very piaiulv that Haywari tnade
this charge of murder before the police
were aware Cist the alta.r had been
other than accidental, ami his minuu
description of ti.e young wuiuan't
nothing ou the fatal night when lit
had, according to his own statement
ni.ee, no means of knowing what she
would wear, made a strong impression
ou tveryoue who heard the evidence
When the otlloers insisted that Mi-is
Ging had most likely mat with an acci
dent Ilayward replied excitedly: "II
was no accident. They were not after
any she had with her; it was fot mouey
outs'de of that."
HAYWAKD WAS ISPIKFEKENT.
Hairy Gog-man's testimony was of a
rather startling character. It showed,
If Dotning else, the utter indifference ol
Hayward to MihS Ging's fate, and the
intense solicitude he felt as to the va
lidity of the insurance he held ou her
life. Gossmau testified that Mm Ging
had cautioned him to say nothing tc
Hayward about going out that night,
and when he did teil Hay ward the lat
ter' coudiic. suggested the idea that he
was Jeaious of M.ai Ging and suspected
her of preferring the company of a
man uhKlowii to him. The defense
very evidently Intends to make this
theory count for all it is worth. It will
attempt to show that Hayward's fear
of beiug supplanted in Miss Gmg's con
fidence was sincere; that he loved the
woman and was insanely jealous of
her.
It is entirely possible that the deposi
tions and witnesses to be secured by
the defense trom Illinois and Indiana
will testify that there had been insanity
in Hayward's family. The defense
practically admits that it will charge
his brother Adrey of belu? of unsound
mind, and the demeanor of of the wit
ness as he described his relations with
Harry will, in the opinion of the de
fense, corroborate this theory. D iring
the recital of his story Adrcy j.ward
becomes much excited aud :l is said
that his entire demeanor when referr
ing to the crime is terror-stricken.
Hare la Fce a w Trouble.
Chicago Feb. 1. If the Union
Pacific road is humored in its request
to have the I'uget sound rate shown in
the trans-Missouri rate sheets, it will
probably sign the agreement of the new
western passenger trunk line committee
at tomorrow's meeting. This will com
plete the list of western and trans con
tinental lines, but it is feared that If
the Union Pacific's Puget sound rates
are shown in the trans-Missouri sheet
the 'ortbrn Pacific will resign from
the association, which it joined on the
express stipulation that this should not
be done. There is a chance, however,
that this dilliculiy may be compromised
and in that case the Union Pacific
would one more open its Denver and
Ogden gateways and the boycott which
has been in effect against it so long by
other California lines would be lifted.
A local agreement for California busi
ness has beeu completed by the sub
committee appointed by the western
trunk line committee for that purpose.
The local association will be called the
6an Francisco and Oakland local pass
enger association and will hare but
limited privileges. Its agents will not
be permitted to meet competition and
ail disputes which come within its
territory will be referred to the general
association for setrlement The pay
ment of commissions is strictly for
bidden. t bar .d Wltu N(ilnea.
Butte, Mont FeU 1.- The coroner.s
investigation into the terrible explosion
ot January 10, Dy which Blty-elght men
were killed, was concluded this even
ing aud the Verdict fixes the responsi
bility on the Kenyoti-Connell Hard
ware company, in whose warehouses
the explosions occurred. The members
of the companies are charged with
criminal negligence in etoru.g larue
quantities ol powder within the city
limits contrary to law.
Struck Oil In WUmndn.
PaLMTKa, Wis., Feb. 1. Oil was
struck at a depth of about 2U) itel by
men boring an artesian well ou the
Weis dairy farm. The How is large,
with a mixture of water. Though the
quantity of oil seems to be large, there
can be little hope that It will last long
enough to be of any commercial value.
A Oraat Uaal of Mali Loat.
Washington, Feb, 1. Captain
Brooks, superintendent of the foreign
mail service, received a cab eg ram from
tbs director-general of the German
postoffios department stating that 2S0
sacks of mail matter dsstlnsd for tbs
United States wars lost in the disaster
and that nothing aad bean heard of tbs
missing mall clerk.
Maklaa a Mllianl,
Washington, Fab. 1. atexloo and
Guatemala, according to ths Impression
of state dspartaisni officials, ars pro
ceeding aattofaetorUy toward an anle
abto settle aasct of their alfflealttos at
a rasfalt of , tas eon f ores os botwsen
atlnlststi Romero aad Arlmago,
brought aboat by Caafilary Qraaham
of mataai oottos.
stoM. It to aaaatalood that Ovate
mala bag fabitot oonesdsd tas main
portloa sf ta booadary lias ss laid
ww ay
A lanlbla ll.ut r at
Lonix.. Jan. 31. Tne North Ger
nan Lloyd steamship E.be, bound from
Bremen for New Yon. was sunk in I
collision With a smtil steamer lift)
miles off Lowestoft e trlv in the morn
ing. She carried Sv) souls, hu
twenty-one survivor- hwve been land-c
but a few others mar i-tiU be adoal it
one of the ship's small boats.
At 10 o'clock yesterd iy evening thi
number ol lives lost was g.ven out a
3.VJ. The surv.vurs ot th wreck weit
landed at Lowestoft by the fishing
smack ildfiower at 5:40 yesterui
evening.
KKBKASKAVS AMnNo THE l.(T.
Hoffman Lugen, hchligel and V.Vera
of Cleveland () , were saloon passengers
and lioltheii and MihS Huecker f-teer-age
passengers. HnHi'ian's home is ir
Grand Island, Neb. Iln wife and boj
went down with the snip. All of tht
rescued were in a pitiable condition
The passengers were but half clothed
The.r garments were frozen stiff, then
lnir coated with ice, and anxiety and
efforts had exhausted them so com
pletely that they had to be helped
ashore.
The officers and sailors were ful.y
dreaied, but their clothes bad beeu
drenched and frozen
TORE A HOI.K IX I1KK SIKK.
The Kibe whs hit i.baft her engin
room. S'hen the small s'eamer w rench
ed away an enormous hole was left In
the Kibe's side. The- water poursl
through and down intothe engine rot ;n
in a cataract. The room filled almost
instant, y. The engines were still and
the big bulk began to settle. The
pasfengers were in bed. The bitter
cold aud rough sea had prevented any
eariy rising, and none except the
officers and crew on duty were on deck
when the ship wai struck. The shock
and crash routed everybody. Tht
steerage was in a panic in a moment
and men, women and children, hull
dressed or in their night cloths, came
crowding up the companion ways.
They had heard the sound of rushing
w ater as the other steamer backed off
and had felt the Klht lunch and settle,
MANY COATS 511SMNO.
One boat carrying twenty-one persons
who were landed at Lowestoft put off
in such iaste from the sinking steamer
that nobody in it noticed what became
of the other boats. The survivors be
lieve, however, that they got away
safely. They say that they tossed
about in the heavy seas for several
hours before they sighted the V ild
fiower. The little smack bore down ou
them at once and took them aboard.
They were exausted lrom excitement
aud exposure. Several of them were
in a state of collapse and had to be
carried or dragged from one boat to
the other. Miss Anna Bnecker, the
only woman in the party, was pro
strated as soon as they get clear of the
Kibe, bhe lay in the bottom of the
boat for five hours, with the seas brerk
ing ovor her, and the water that had
been shipped half covered her body.
Although her physical strength was
guae she showed true pluck, however,
and did not utter a word of complaint,
and repeatedly urged her companions
not to mind her. but look after thetn
eles. Hoffman's leg was hurt
severely while he was chagitig boau.
The survivors cannol say too mucli
In praise of the Wild (lower's crew, who
gave them every poigibie attention.
Th Car r Kuuolng,
Bsooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 31. Every
trolley In the city was In operation
Wednesday morning except one. That
was on the Third avenue line to Ft.
Hamilton. The strikers cut the wires
of that line at Bay Kidge during the
night and cars could not run until line
men made repairs. Wires were cut in
Dine places in ail last night.
The 6,000 men who went out in a
body are still holding out. They were
prepared for a long siege and say they
have plenty of money coming in daily
in contributions, aside from what they
had laid away from their wages. One
reason why the strikers hold together
so well is that one whole system, the
Atlantic avenue, President Norton, has
positively refused to give work to any
av-n who struck, and on the other lines
other applicants are gifeu the prefer
ence. The line now have enough men to
operate all cars which are in condition
to run, but aoout one-third of the cars
have broken windows, disabled motors,
or are otherwise incapacitated by the
scrimmages they have been through
during the last sixteen day. The strik
ers are now directing all their atten
tion to court proceedings.
The second brigade of nearly three
thousand men is still on' the scene. The
six hundred special policeman are re
tained and some degree of peace and
quiet is restored.
Elgttty-Saven Wads Havaatr-Savan.
Norwalk, Oonn Jao. 31. The Iter.
Frank Kobbtns, pastor of the Nor walk
jiapslat church, received a visit from
Harvey L. Brewer and Mrs. Martin H.
Straw, who asked him to marry them.
Mr. Kobbim was uaprised, as Mr.
Shaw's husband died but four monthi
sbo, bnt complied with the request
Mr. Brewer is 87 years old sod this li
his third matrimonial venture. Mr.
Htraw i 77, has outlived fournusbsndi
and says the will outlive this on.
family Hara la tlaath.
Jamestown, N. D Jan. 31. Petei
Olson, bis wlf and three children, Hy
ing two mils from Sterling, itarletgt
county, were burned to death at mi
sarly boor Wednesday morning. Theli
nearest neighbor (Its two miles away
and ths Or was not notlosd until tot
lata to assist Th body of Olson 'i
hired man, Theodore liatblsy, baa nol
bsso found, but it is supposed ta bs Ir
ths ruins. Tbs bodiss ars all bur nod
unrseognlably.
flura.lr'WlU SUiiru
San Fkani is o. C.d. Jan. 3d.
will of the late ex-seuator Jan. G.
Fair baa b-en stolen from the o.lice of
the county clerk of this city, a lot of
i worthless papers being substituted.
No trace of the missing testament has
been discovered. The affair has cauei
1 a great sensation, over 5-being
at stake.
The discovery of the theft was made
about half an hour Iwfore the usual
time for closing the ol!ic. Some one
had come in and asked permission to
see the document. A will tiled for pro-
bate is a public docume it a-il like all
! papers In c vil actions and proh i'e pro
ceedings is suppose 1 to be open for the
inspection of any one who is interest 1
in the case and des res to see it The
clerk who was akei to produce the
will went to the pigeon hoie w here it
; had been placed. He took the bulky
1 envelope on w hich w as inscribed ,-La.st
i will and testament of .lames G. Fair,"
1 and carried it to the desk where the
visilor was watmg.
hen he opened it he was staggered
at tiie consents. 1 he precious docu
j ment was n t there. In Its place was
, a lot of worthl-M paper, which had
' been carefully folded an 1 inserted in
the envelope in an attempt to delay the
discovery as long as possible. A
' thorough search of the euttrn otliee. so
sar as practicable, was made but proved
fruitless. Tli will was gone, but the
' investigation was not given up until
long after clerk's ollice is supposed to
be deserted.
When the chief deputy and the other
' clerks who had been apprised of the
i theft left the clerk's ollio) last evening
' there was not the shadow of doubt in
their minds but that the w ill had b-en
stolen. The disappearance of such a
will is a tar more serious matter than
j would be the di9; trance of a will
in any ordinary case. 1 he great length
and peculiar verbiags o the. document
render it almost it ipossihle to prove
the exact la.iguage, which is important
even should there b no contest.
Copies are in possession of the attor
neys, but if there is to be a contect the
Bccurticy of copies would be at once
questioned. What is more, the signa
ture of the dead millionaire is gone. It
cannot be produced for the scrutiny of
experts or for identification by the at
testing witnesses whose testimony is to
be offered in support of the will on the
hearing of the executor's petition for
the admission of the testament to pro
bale. Up to yesterday the abstracted doc
jment has not been recovered and its
hereabouts is a mystery.
In the Hand of Kcelver.
Chioahu, 111., Jan. 3(J. A grand
coup was sprung by Joseph Green-
hut and his friends, and the big organ
ization known as the Distillers aud
Cattle Feeders' company is in the
hands of two receivers appointed
by Peter S. Grosscup, judge of the
United States district court Yes
terday alteruoon the receivers, E. F.
Lawrence, a director of the First Na
tional bank of Chicago, and Joseph H.
Greenhut of Peoria, filed their bonds
ror 83u0,000 each before the court aud
were duly qualified to act. On Mr.
Greenhut's bond are Messrs. Lynch
and Ilothschild of the .National bank
of the Republic of Chicago.
Bo secretly was the bill filed and the
argument made that the exact time
and place is not known, hut It is sup
posed to have ben heard la the Judge's
private chambers at 8 o'clock at night.
Messrs. John S. Huunells and William
Burry represented a large block of
stock in the whisky trust Among
the foremost names which appear In
the bill are those of Wormser & Olm
sted. John Steveus of IVona, the
regular attorney of the whisky trust,
was present at the time of the argu
ment, and Levi Mayer was on hand for
the occasion. The argument was briet
and resulted In the filing of the bill and
the appointment of the two receivers.
A Long Litigation.
London, Jan. 30. The Manitoba
school case, which was ruled upn by
the privy council has Involved long
litigation and fostered much religious
animosity. The first legislature of
Manitoba passed a law providing for
protectant and Catholic schools. In
1SJ0 the government, under the Green
way administration, passed a law re
quiring the application of all school
taxes to the support of a common sys
tem. The Homan Catholics refused to
pay the lax and sought to test the con
stitutionality of the act in the courts.
The courts decided against them and
supreme court was upset by the im
perial privy council, which upheld the
provincial government This virtually
wiped out parochial schools in Manito
ba. The Catholics petitioned for re
medial legislation, but the government
refused to consider the petition. They
then appealed to the privacy council
whose Judgment, rendered, permit the
ease to be re-opened.
mallpos at St. Loan.
ST. Louis, Jan. 30. There are sev
eral case of mailpox at the city hos
pital and three at quatantloe. All are
traced to ths Madison, III., race track.
Free vacclnatiou la done by all the city
physicians.
ArraataS tor Flghtta.
Philadelphia, Jan. 30. Jack Fo
gerty, who officiated aa refers at ths
Loads McKeerer bout on Saturday
nlgbt, aud was arretted on the charge
of participating in an "unlawful fight
with gloves," was given a bearing be
fore Magistrate Pole. He wa held In
M00 ball for a further hearing on
Thursday, when otnsr participants
willbs arraigned. Mayor btuart re
fused to row th theatrical lieens of
ths winter clreoa building wbaro ta
nght took placa.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Norfolk has a man named Harnsclo.
Hartington has ooiiVed l,andonie.y
to the western nlief fund.
The Madiaou county fa r wni be held
SepwmU-r IT to 0, mc.usive.
Two hwedlf.il lady Ui'MionarieS Ire
doing revival work nt Osk'and.
Tne assess valuation ol Id Willow
county for la-l year was l,.'ii",lvi.
The lioone county f.irimr' institute
will be heid at Albion February 7 and 1.
Kearney coutty will endeavor to care
for its own poor without tailing lor
outsiue id.
lU-al estate transfers to the amount
of over tfJlJMi took place in -Nance
County last weeK.
The diphtheria scourge at Mmden is
rapidl) ..batn.g and the little lo.ks now
ill are getting better.
The western .Nebraska educational
association will meet at ;dney, Neb.,
April 2i and 2", IvC
John Gray of i; air has nursed the
mo.-t ol Ins laioily through a sever
seige of typhoid lever.
North Bend is rushing right a.ong
in its woik ot ra.smg a large enough
boi.us to seem? ' ugar factor)'.
Hie people ol llarm-jtoti arj deter
mined to have a Mate normal school if
the legislature has one to give nut.
The Harrisburg News congratulates
itse,f that it Uitrt pui.ed through tiiree
years of tough times without, running
in debt.
The Fust is llecord is very mucl
afraid the present legislature U bentoi
robbing the stale ol the last dollar and
then some.
The weather in Holt county is rather
sultry for an editor by the name of
ivautman. He taiks too much with
his mouth.
John .-there ag'-d eighty-three years,
Jied Wednesday at l edar Binds. lis
had resided in .Saunders county twenty
bight years.
11. K". Weston of Dorchester diedl
very suddenly of angina peciorls. He
was sixty years of age and leaves a
wife and three children.
John Wolf of Miuden died from the
effects of having a too:h extracted
loiiie mouths ago. The wound de
veloped into a cancer.
Mrs. Marthii son of Knox county, a
young and apparently vigorous woman
fed deal from apoplexy while attend
ing her to household duties.
Ed A. Fry of the Niobrara lloneer is
very active in the relief work going on
in that part of the state. F.d has a
heart that was built for an elephant.
The man, says the Ktuart Ledger,
whose name is rewarded in the aitjer
Using columns is Hie iiimi who holds a
first mortgage on the tidal wave of
prosperity.
While William Schoenrick, livii.g
near hcribner, lay nek of typhoid fever
some unregenerate cu-s stole a rick of
hay from him, and the News thinks thu
man ought to be hung.
It is the sams old story. A stranger
secured u team at the livery barn of
Charity Cole in Arlington to ride out
out In the country a lew miles to see a
friend. "And he never came hack"
Mrs. Bygreu of Mercerlown under
went an operation for dropsy of the
pericardium (heart case and threw
quarts ot fluid were removed. She is
resting easier, but permanent relief la
mcb cases is very rare.
The supervisors of ,'aoce count" de
ridid to let the printing to the paper
making tne lowest bid, but the shrewd
pup chairman secured an adjournment
belore the matwr was selt.ed and the
organ of the party wlil harvest per
quisites under the old contract till tho
roses bloom In the glad month of June.
A stock company is being organized
at DeWitt that propos s to build a
lo.OUO opera house, with a stage that
will accommodate the best shows on
the road. It is proposed to open a local
brick yard and have part of the
material for its construction rnanu
lactured at home. Good for HeWlttf
Milton Bubkliu, the young man em
ployed as news gatherer on the Colum
bus Telegram is very versatile. He
sets tpye, gathers news, collects bills,
writes good poetry and occasionally
accepts a call to preach a srmon. A
Baptist by fanh, he believes a person
must be souM-d in all over to be bap
tized at all.
When O. D. Crane left Arcadia for
Oregon on account of tough times, hi
paper, the Courier. ws left in ch'arg
of his faithful wife, who had also the
duty of caring for their five little cull
dren and could not be expected to get
out a perfect paper with all her olbe
cares. A preacher of the town namsd
Thing noticed a few grammatical
errors In a lau Issue of the Courier and
took occasion in church to hold the
lady and her work up to public ridi
cule, aud th people are justly indig
nant that such a thing as Thing should
do such a thing and there Is strong
telk of InTitlng him -o Inflict his pres
ence upon a more forbearing commun
ity. He ought to go without wailing
for an invitation. .
From hi artificial lake, which has
bean Oiled up with pure water, I. H
Clark of Sutton put up 5oo ton of pur
lo for the boms market next ummar.
He also furuiabed Bfty tons to tba
creamery oompany and sou raalkw
lot to other parties. 'wuH
las naiigb Leader aatm th..
for lb past faw dare a
of eountarfslt com, muotly nick
hv bam not in i, ..i.h.. . ..
city. Apparently tby are fresh ftarl
private mint, and ta uSasa-i