tla Stoux County Journal
BABEBOV, VKBRABKA.
Spain ptodWM 8,000,000,000 corks a
year and the otber countries pall tbetn.
A CtneiBJiad suspender company hu
atjepeoded; bat the, that's la regular
of
BIO DsJton, dead; BUI Cook. Jailed;
BUI Dooiin, dead. Indian Territory Is
passing bad btlla with commendable
The Philadelphia Record says that la
Japan the date la played only by men of
rank. In this country it la chiefly
played by those who are rank.
In sober earnestness, John L. Sulli
van la not an actor. Perbapa that la
why he never permits himself to be
caught in such a condition on the stage.
y,fc motional Minneapolis girls are
fending violets to Murderer Blixt the
Jbelf-confeseed slayer of Miss Ulng. The
Hewers would look better on bis vic
tim's grave or oo his own.
A Boston paper says that "In the pret
ty little Russian word, zasvldyetelstvo
vanlyve, Latin, Greek and Sanscrit
may all be traced." Also neurasthenia,
paresis and lockjaw.
It Is said that Col. Breckinridge
wants to go to the Sandwich Islands as
Minister to Hawaii. If the Colonel will
make It Patagonia we believe the mat
ter can be arranged without any opio
sltlon whatever.
Still another peaceable citizen slabbed
In the north end. Brooklyn Citizen.
Horrible! A stab wound in the north
end of a peaceable citizen nearly al
ways proves fatal. Wtere were the
police?
Chief Thunder Hawk cheated the
gallows by hanging himself with a
toweL The Eastern papers claim this
"is the first Instance of modern years
In which an Indian has committed sui
cide, " Or used a towel.
If Russell Sage is to be worried by
lawyers and damage suits for the rent
of bis natural life he probably regrets
that he did not face N'oreross' bomb at
once and be done with It
Eight San Francisco victims of a
gold brick swindler vUited together In
Jail the man who had defrauded them.
Seldom outiade of aD asylum Is so much
peculiar Intelligence collected. Each
of the eight must have been proud to
make the others' abualutance.
A Tennessee editor believes that If
whisky were not taxed It would become
so cheap that Its salt would give little
or no profit, hence the great majority
of the saloons would disappear. There
may be something of truth In thin, but
the idea originating with a Tennessee
editor makes tbe whole scheme look
"gnaky."
The court charged the jury In the
Russell Sage-Laldlaw damage suit that
If Sage grabbed I.aidlaw deliberately,
to use him for a shield from Norcross'
bomb, a verdict must be rendered in
favor of Laldlaw; but If Sage grabbed
the clerk Instinctively the latter could
not recover. The verdict shows that
the Jury decided that t.'ucle Ku swell
grabbed Instinctively, as usual.
The loss of tbe steamer Chlcnra In
only another proof of the risk run liy
boats upon the inland seas after the
storms of winter have set In. For win
ter navigation they need to be 11s
stanch as ocean vessels to resist wind
and water; as strong and almost as well
equipped and provisioned as Arctic x
ploring craft. The quickly formed ice,
the narrow waters that limit sea room,
and the shallow shore are a coujtaut
menace to winter navigation. Never
theless the profit and uscfulm-SM of it,
will undoubtedly Increase rather than
diminish Its extent and the necessary
precautions for safety from the ever
present perils.
Are you descended from a rich Eng
lish family, whose youngest son. not
knowing he was the heir, came to
America, in order to lx-come one of
your great-grandfathers, and whose de
scendants nre entitled each to an equal
share in $l."UO,(jui,iKt. which luis ac
cumulated in the Hank of England
since his death?. You probably are,
and if you are, you uo doubt lielong to
a society or .have, contributed to a
fund for conducting a suit for the re
covery of this money, .Tliere are about
five hundred such organizations In the
country, and It is easy enough to lie
long to one, eveu though you are not
descended from a famous family. But
an association of this sort will enable
you to sympathize with the two Phila
delphia ns who have such an estate to
recover, and who have Just been sued
as swindlers by a narrow-minded man
In Minnesota. There are swindlers of
this sort, perhaps, but of course your
company Is all right
In some of the States the courts con
strue the naturalization laws most llb
erally liberally toward undeserving
foreigners, harshly toward the long
suffering people who are compelled to
accept them as fellow-citizens, per
bapa the title baa turned... The Court of
Common Pleas at Pittsburg, Penu., has
twesatlr adopted rules to cover as tor
attaatioa eases which will greatly dl
cfalntutat gait of Uw basin of the
a art Tke asw miss require the sp
jpeaat far sauaraUaaooa to firs pub
lic in Aii e l'l a ueirp:iier twu we4!
before the Uuie act lur a bearing of his
ma.t Jii rlihM P, Ttr TtTlltl III Ifltiaf lift
abie 10 suaak aud real tLe Engli'h'
language; and in bu petition he must
nectar under oath that the expense
of bis application are not paid, or to be
paid, by any political party or commit
tee, or any persoa representing or act
lag for tbe same. After that It will re
main to be determined whether the ap
plicant Is "attached to tbe principles of
tbe Cooatitutloa of (ha United States
and well -disposed to the good order
and happiness of the same." A rigid
enforcement of the naturalisation laws
of tbe United 8tates would. Indeed, de
bar unworthy persons from complete
citizenship. Unfortunately, such an
enforcement of the law has been tbe
exception and not tbe nils. It Is further
misfortune that. In many of tbe States,
naturalisation Is not required as a con
dition for voting.
One Drew, a down East Judge, has
decided that. If a person stopped on
the road gives his or her money up on
demand in fear of bodily peril. It Is not
highway robbery. All thoroughly sea
soned old highwaymen expected no
less of him. Upon a certain the late
lamented Oil Bias, walking upon th
highway In Spain, heard himself called
upon in a very plaintive tone to bestow
a coin Into the bat of a beggar, and
there beside the road, sure enough, was
the bat and a goodly assortment f
coins, even gold oaea, already In it.
But Gil did not Immediately see the
beggar, who was partly concealed In
the brush. Looking around blm, bow
ever. Gil did Immediately see tbe mus
cle of a gun In a most unpleasant prox
imity to his own person. His eye, with
the rapidity with which eyes will do
such things, ran along the barrel of the
piece, and there at the otber end of It
was the face of the beggar, with bis
bead cocked on one side and bis right
eye opposite to the lower sight At this
moment tbe plaintive appeal was re
peated, and Gil, feeling suddenly char
itable, dropped a coin Into the hat and
hurried on. This, of course, wss not
highway robbery. Neither was tbe
case that Judge Drew has decided
upon.
MAY GET RID OF THE PEST,
Australian Considering tbe Market
able Value of Bwaraiing Babbits.
The time seems rapidly approach
ing when the rabbit of Australia will
cease to be regarded as a nuisance,
says the Melbourne Leader. What can
be done with tbe rabbit as a market
able commodity In the way of preserv
ing tbe meat in tins aud utilizing the
skin has been proved, and a Sydney
firm is reported as having dispatched
un agent to London whose mission Is to
extend a trade in exporting rabbits as
frozen meat He Is to' do bis best to
push markets for the millions of super
fluous game of the colony of New South
Wales now being treated as vermin,
and on the extermination of which
Urge amounts of money are annually
expended. Hares and rabbits are to be
the first consideration, and other game,
such as w allaby, the choice parts of the
kangaroo, wild birds, etc., will follow.
Accordiug to the manager of the com
pany, a great part of the proposed ex
Iort of ra"bbits will go to the northern
parts of England, the people in those
districts having already favored the
trade. I-ast year the company export
ed between ,Mi and" 7,000 rabbits and
about 10.000 hares. It Is expected that
tbe consignments of frozen rabbits will
reach annually not less than 250,000.
Up ft the present the rabbits have been
forwarded In bags, but for the future
It Is intended to pack them In battened
cases, fifty labbit in a case. Instruc
tions will be issued to those who enter
into tbe business of procuring the ani
mals bow tbey are to be killed. No
shot rabbits will be taken. They roust
be dispatched in such a manner that no
blood is allowed to get on their skins,
aud so Interfere with the process of
freezing. The railway commissioners
are offering every facility for the devel
opment of the trade, which Is likely to
benefit the colony in more ways than
one. In all there Is a hint to Victoria
as to how a little of the government
money now wastefully expended In
poisoning might be Judiciously used In
the direction of subsidies toward mak
ing the rabbits a source of profit.
Choking in Cattle.
Somewhere In the past few months I
have read of this remedy for a choked
animal: Take a rouud stick. In diam
eter, perhaps. 1 or 2 Inches, aud In
length tt or Inches; tie a cord on each
cml, and put It in the animal's mouth,
the same as a bit lu a horse's mouth,
tying the cord back of the horns. I.ast
eiening I found a nice heifer with an
apple In her throat She was quite
badly Moated In fact, In a condition
where something must be done for re
lief soon or I should be minus a heifer.
Being alone. I could not push it down,
and to snap It out with my thumbs was
iui)Hsll)le: so 1 tried the silck-in-the-mouth
remedy. It worked like a
charm, aud in forty minutes from the
time the stick was put In her mouth the
apple had become soft and gone into
her sioiuuch.
As I remember tbe Idea given, It wag
that the keeping the mouth oen pre
vented attempting to swallow, and that
would prevent the bloating, and the
working of the tongue would create
saliva, which would digest the apple or
potato, or whatever might be the cause
but It does not matter what the the
ory was; practically, It is a success,
aud the remedy Is worth putting In your
hat, where you will not forget It. This
one Instance has saved me enough to
pay the cost for the year of every agri
cultural paper I take, aud I wish to
present It to others through your paper.
-Country Gentleman.
Vben you lose a hundred dollars,
and your friend says bs Is sorry, It la
naturally . Impossible far aim to be as
sorry as yo are.
Left Mwj KfcOTtef.
Cimcao'i, Fsb. 13. Hut as Rai
iais irs 5urr u. iiunois, wuu u.au
offlc, Wit s large thortaye, rt!aac4
stover rMi.tr", uf fcts benrtsnsen ,
hsve berun suit against his estate.
When Henry Wn'ff succeeded tua dead
man bs found a shortage of 3oJ,53'J.5S,
.which he communicated to his bonds
men, who bars so far suppressed it In
ins hops of reimbursement out of the
estate of she daad man. Xow, F. M.
Blount, cashier of the Chicago Nat
ional hank of which John K. Walsh,
a bondsman, Is president and Carl Moil
cashier of the Illinois Natloual bnk
of Chicago, of wbieii John J. Mitchell
another bondsman, is president, have
tied in the county oourt claims for the
full amount of the shortage.
Carl Moll, cashier of the National
bank of Illinois, one of tbe sureties
the bond of the lata stats treasurer, and
an appointee of Uoveruor Altgeid, as s
Watt park commissioner, said tonight
to a United press reporter lu regard to
las claim of tba bondsmen against the
Ramsay estate and the reported defalca
tion af $,000. . . x
Whan Mc Ramsay died suddenly
at his home in Carlisls early last Nov.
smber Governor Altgeld appointed
Elijah, the ton of the ososassd, to serve
the rest of tba term. The law requires
tba presenos of tbe bondsmen wbsn
any trans for of tba treasurer's oflice is
to bs ibbIs, to P. M, Blont, cashier of
tba Chicago National bank, and my
self, representing tba bondsmen, wars
present in Springfield wbsn tba ac
soaats wars sxaatinsd and tba fundi
itrned oyer.
THE SHOBTAOE DISCOVERED.
Toe startling discovery was mads a
that time the $360,000 of ths stats
funds had beau misappropriated. We
found notes of Henry Zeitsr, a banker
of Lebanon and of Otallon, 111., aggre
gating t24,000. Tba oily security
attached to tie notes waa stock In the
Illinois. We also found due bl Us of
Ramsay for 1115,000. lis had simply
taken that amount of money from tba
treasury and left due bills to show for
it Henry Zeitsr, wbo evidently began
borrowing from tba state treasury as
toon as Mr. Ramsay took charge of
tbe funds, was a former paitusr of ths
lata treasurer In the banking business.
We made blm turn ovsr tba bonds
sasn BOO acres of land which waa In bit
own name. Ha mads an assignment
last Monday. Tba bondsmsn bavs
2,000 acres of land nsar Mitchell, 111.,
to realize on. Ws our gt altogether
from tba farm lands and ths Ramsey
estate from 9200,000 to 225,000, which
would leave ut iossn 135,000, 1 be
Iwvs Ramsey, although repuio l to be
wealthy; eutered tbe office not only
poor, but in debt, and used the 1115,000
to pay bit debts with. An for Zeltcr, I
think be used tbe 1240,000 to buy the
land we now bold and maybe to bolster
up his banks during tbe financial
panic."
"Did you besr any intimation as to
tbe sadden death of Mr. Ramsay being
due to his own act?"
' "I don't believe he committed sui
cide. He was subject to heart trouble,
and tbe worry over his shortage
coupled with the knowledge that hit
successor bad been elected, a republi
canand that exposure would soon fol
low, hastened his end. ills sou was
present when he died.
Tha Hayward 1 rial.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 13. -Th.
flay ward family tkeleton made its ap
pearance. It was made evident from
Adry Howard's testimony that for a
long time tl.e two brothers havebeen at
vananco with each otber.aud yesterday
Adry wss questioned concerning nura
erouj quarrels. The Hay ward family,
it seems, Is now trying to save Harry's
neck at tbe expense of the reputation
of bis elder brother. Thorougbout
the examination Mrs. W. W. Hay ward,
mother of Adry and Harry, sat bexids
Mr. Erwin and prompted him during
the cross exsmluation. It wss the who
put in the attorney's mouth the ques
tions as to the dilliculties the witness
had been in with nis father and Harry,
she told of threats Adry basiiade
against his brother's life. Adry saw
the situation in a moment, and. from
the instant that tbe inspiration of
Krwia's qut-gtioumj was recognized lie
assumed a drtUut and hardened man
ner, as though the last vestige of sj ra
paliiy for tbe accused had been wrung
Irorn him by thin latent turn of events,
and he would now even tell more than
WoS called for In the attorney's ques
tions. Mr. Krwin expects to show that
Adry Hay ward is iusano and also pro
poses to use his brother, Dr. ThadUeus
Hay ward, as a witness.
Flocking luttbn foo.
London, Feb. 13. A Central N"ew
dispiticli from Hhanghal says that
eleven foreigners and a large number
of Chinese have arrived there from Che
l oo. A German st-uioer from Cbe
Foo, which arrived Oiere wai boarded
bp Chinese oIIItuIk, wiio searched the
vessel in an endeavor to find two naval
officers who had deserted. The officers
were not found. Wounded Chinese
soldiers are Hocking into Che Foo for,
the purpose of being attended by the
doctors and nurses of the Red Cross
society.
Will Bring Sail tar Danagaa.
Cleveland, O., Fsb. 13, John V
vera, oue of tba four survivors of tha
Elba, arrived at his home yesterday
"My superior strength was all that
saved me that night," said Vevara," Tba
North German Lloyd company 1 fur
aawbad ate with ticks on tba Umbrla
SAW gave sta 110 In stonay." Mr: Va
vstsa lawyer baa Inforuisd hint that
taera la no reason to deubt that ba eao
recover damages) from tba steassahlp
easopany, and a tu it for damages will
ba begun.
la Ike Beasts.
WAsnnrarox. Feb. 14. The annate
spent most yesterday la farther dlscna-
si. a of the aoasndmeut to thepoetontae
spvoprutiou bUi, looking toioereaue-
Uon of ths rates now paid to railroad
compauias for the t ransportatloo of ths
mails of tbe United States. A avidin
eation U tba amendment reported from
ths committee on appropriations re
quires a rrd action of at least 10 per
cent and another proposition will be
offered by Vilas Woking to tfca pur
chase, ownership and man age moot of
the railway postal ears by tba govern
ment In view of Mr. Vilas' experi
ence as postmaster-general In 1 resl-
leut Cleveland', first sd ministration,
bis statements and arguments were of
much interest. However, It went over
without any action, except an agree
ment that a vote will be taken on It at
p. m. tomorrow. Mr. Vllas also
took a prominent part in tba earlier
proceedings of the dsy. lis Introduced
s bill with the title "to save the people
of the United states 116,170,770.' and
which proposes the issue of 3 per cant
bonds, ratable in gold coin. It opened
the way to some discussion and was
thea placed on the calendar from which
it can bs taken, on motion, for action
by the senate, and without a prelimin
ary reference to the finance committee.
Sherman also reintroduced bis bill
for the Issue of S per cent gold bonds
and certificates of Indebted naes pay
able in "lawful money" and tba bill
laid on tba table to be called up
for discussion in ths morning hour.
The ssnate at 8 p. m. adjournsd.
VILAS GIVES riGUHES.
In the course of bis speech Vllas
its ted that when ha was at the bead of
tbe postoffice department bs bad caused
careful Inquiries to be made and had
learned that tbe than total value of tba
railway postal cart wss only 11,600,000,
while 12,000,000 a year was then paid
by the government for tt.eir rent, be
tides psylng by weight for the malls
tbey carried. Figures Jutt prepared by
the railway mall bureau showed a total
of 740 railway postal cart, worth about
13,500 each, maklog a total investment
of 2,5W,000. The maintenance , of
Lbee cars would cost $822,360. Ha
Illustrated his argument by showing
that on the Pennsylvania Central rail
road thsre was paid for the year over
2.000.000 for transportation of the
mail and 9575,000 for lbs use of sixty
nins postal cars, and to tba New York
Central K.OSO.OOO for transportation
and 1485,000 for ths use of filly postal
ears, the rent of the postal cars being
about double their value.
Allison antagonized Mr. Vilas' views
and showed that this use of postal cars
WoS not property to be regarded
rent, but s part of the compensation
of the railroad companies for transpor
tation of the mails, if congress were
to arrange tbat compensation it should
do so after due investigation of the
whole subject instead of injecting it
into an appropriation bill in tbe ex
piring hour ot congress. The pre out
able postmas'er-geueral, be added, had
made no complaint that the conpensa
tion to the railroad companies was too
great, but bad complsiued that the loss
to the government from tin curriage of
second class mall matter, newspapers
and the like, was tlo.OOJ.uou a year
Allison, therefore, wanted to impress
on the chairmsn of the postoffice com
mtttee, Mr. Vilas, that instead of deal'
ing with "leather and prunelle, as to
the question of railway compensation,
therrby saving perhaps one or two or
three hundred dollars, he and his com
mittee and the senate should deal with
tbe question of much larger proportions
which showed an annual cost of 16
000,000 to the government
A loial l.owa
Lynn, Mass., Feb. 14. At 8 o'clock
last night fire was discovered in the
basement of the hardware store of
William Henry Hutchinson, on Monroe
street, a wooden structure four stones
high. The building soon collapsed. A
few minutes later thnte bodies were
pulled out, placed in tbe police am
bulance and taken to the hospital.
Then a hose wagon backed up aud an
other fireman was placed inside and
taken to the hospital. The work of
rescue went on rapidly for an hour or
more, eleven firemen being taken out.
Three of thera were dead, or died in a
few minutes after being taken out.
The Injured, as far as known, are '.
Moody of hose No. 3, shoulder disloca
ted and internally injured; Ieonard
Hiller of hose No. 4, shoulder dislocated
and otherwise injured: George M. Mid
diet on of steamer So. 3, back injured
and severely bruised; Wlllism Miutoii
of chemical Xo. 1, badly crushed;
Nicholas Weaer jr.; of steamer No. 3,
sprained ankle and Internal Injuries;
William R. Hunt of hose No. 4, back
injured : Charles Corson of engine No.
4, back injured aud badly crushed.
AniajtiHffl a Fortune.
Sc-kantos, Fa., Feb. 14. Dr. Allan
M. Leets, of this city, has been in
formed tiiat Henry 11. Carey, late of
Lis Angeles. Cat., has bequeathed him
s.VJ.OOO. The bequest was ot. account
of a loan of 100 which Dr. LseU made
to Carey at Newark, N J in 152.
Carey went west and amassed a for
Miue. A 11 Caae.
fci'iUNOHKi.n, 111., Feb. 14. In the
circuit court fir. J. Hlckson, a well
known physician, was called to testify
ss a witness in a damage t uit. Tha
physician had beau called as au expert
by the city aud lie wauled a lea or io,
Ila declared that ba would not testify
because it had not been paid, and Judge
Crsigblon fined bin $25 for contempt
of oourt. Ho gavs notlea of an appeal
to lbs appellate court and will make a
of It
Dafaaaa.
MufMEaroLU, Mian., Fab. 15. The
defease In tbe Hay ward cass opened
yssurday. John Day Sstith, of dale-
deal's counsel, sailed toe attention of
las Jury to a number of things ths state
bad promiaad at las outsat to prove
aoC which it had not deoe. It had not
shows that Haywsrd had secured all
of Mist G leg's money, as she bad a bal
ance in tba bank at her death; it bad
not shown tbat ha had gone riling with
her tbe Wednesday and honday even
ings before the murder as promiaad.
Tbe sweat box method ot wringing so-
called confessions from Blixt and Adry
Haywsrd were adverted to, in deuanci
catory terms.
"Xow, gentlemen, taid Mr. Smith,
"you will naturally ask: "What is the
theory of tba defense?" Gentlemen,
the defense has no theory. We are not
compelled to' brink in here the guilty
party. Tbat is tbe duty of the state
and tbey are paid for it. We shall
prove an absolute alibi :or that allsged
meeting between Blixt snd this defen
dant on Hennepin boulevard from 130
to 8 o'clock."
Evidence, bs said, would be produced
to shatter Blixt't testimony in several
material points, and it would ba shown
that Adry Hayward't motive for testi
fying against his brother wss one of
insane jealousy, which means tbat
there will bs another airing of the Hay
wsrd family skeleton. Evidaos un
used bv tbe prosecution would ba pre
sent 1 and a little light thrown upon
tbe mayor's sweat box proceedings.
Several witneaass were examined rela
tive to Hint's movements in another
part of tbe town on tbe night of tba
shooting, but nothing material was
brought out. Keyword's presence at
the theatre on the night of the murder
was proved by ushers at the Orand
opera bouse.
Suftrag Among tha Sattlara.
Galveston, Texas., Feb. 15. A
furious snow storm Is raging over tbe
western half ot Texas. At Houston
snow has fallen since midnight and at
noon was twelve inches deep. Galvest
on Is experiencing the second suow
fall ot its history. At Austin the snow
is drifting sod trsvel will soon bs
blocked. Stock is dying by the bun
dreds on the snow-covered ranges, and
there it considerable suffering among
the poorer settlers. At .St Joseph a
coal famine exists. C. M. Badger, s
farmer near St. Joseph, was fouud froz
en to death in his pasture this morning.
Denvek Feb. 15. Reports of suffer
ing among settlers in ths eastern par
of tbe state have been received since
the extremely cold westher, which has
been prevalent for the last twenty days.
Man; settlers are destitute of fuel and
food. Much stock has already perished
on the ranges. At Juletburg the tem
perature has ranged from 10 to 30 de
grees below zero. The cold teems to be
backing against the Rockies from El
Paso to Cheyenne. Millions of tr.ow
birds and rabbits have been frozen.
New Orleans, Feb. 10. A dispatch
from Ban Antonio. Tex., says: "The
heaviest snowfall ever known here be
gan today, and there is four and two
hundredths inches recorded and it is
still mowing. In New Orleans tbit
morning roofs and gables and window
sills and fences and lawns were covered
with a thin coaling of snow, but the
fail altogether did not average more
than half an inch. Advices from Lou
isiana and Mississippi were to tht ef
fect that snow had fallen all around
and the early morning trains came in
with their tops fairly covered with tbe
white garment.
Tha Horrult Oft.
Dknvkk, Feb. 15. The L'nion Paci
fic boycott was declared off aud once
more the trans-com nental lines will
swear allegiance to the western pas
senger association. At a meeting of
passenger agents held at the Brown
liotel Mr. Lomax argued that the Rio
Grxnde Western, the principal objector,
has live great lines as feeders, and its
management ought to bf satisfied. He
declined to change the gateway from
the Missouri river. It was finally de
cided that business from the east des
tined for points on the Union Pacific
at the Missouri river. Tbe rates will
go into effect tomorrow. A person buy
ing a rouud trip for the coast may now
hold It sixty days before starting, as
the ticket lias a sixty-day limit one
way. A committee consisting of
Chairman Caldwell, J. H. Bennett and
A. 15. Smith were appointed and will
report, stating the terms of the com
prom use.
lu Grrat Peril.
London. Feb. 15. The Swedish bark
Caltioch, while being towed up the
Firth of Clyde stranded at Kildoiiiun,
together with the tug which was tow-
ing her. The crew of the tug succeeded
in landing, but the Caitlwh's life boat
was driven ashore and smashed, pre-
venting the landing of the crew of the
bark. The deck of the Cailloch is,
submerged and the crew are drowning.
Great anxiety is felt for their safety.
Several rockets have been II red on tue
hope ot getting a line to her, but all
efforts to do so have thus far been
fruitless. It it probable that both
bark and tug will be a total wreck.
A l-atlar of Coadolanra,
Reklin, Feb. 15. The crown princ
ess of Sweden has written a letter of
condolence and sympathy to Fran von
Goestel, whose husband commanded
tbe Elbe, She and the crown prince
once sailed on tbe steamship Sacbren
under Captain von Goeesel't command
iron uwoew w mi 1 ;rom the cold had probably caused Ita
oryoflhe voyage the king of Sweden death from euffocatlon. Tbe anguish
conferred upon Goaaasl the order of 0t tn motbar caused the entire audi
Vssa. sues to ibed teen.
BTATE NEWS
According to tba Republic'! thera
la not a vaaant bouse lu Wskefielu.
The nsw school building at Laurel
waa completed recently and It now full
of scholars.
Tba Baptist society at Hartlngtot
will build a parsonage ss soon at tba
ground thaws.
Tbe farmers of Buffalo county are
quits generally opposed to bonding to
secure seed grain.
An effort will be made to organize
lodge ot the order of the American
Benators at Tilden.
A great deal of sickness la reported
in tho state, la grippe and pneumonia
ars ths lsading maladies.
The next meeting of the schoolmas
ters' club of uortheast Nebraska will ba
bald at Wayue, March 15 and 16.
The farmers in two townships or
Oresley county are negotiating their
own paper tor all needed supplies. (
A Greeley county man too poor to
have mittens had bis hands badly fro
zen while driving to town tbe day after
the blizzard.
James Otis McNurlan, a young farm
er of Murray, lass couuty, wants s
wife, but is too busy to gathei one
where they grow.
A little son of George W. Smith ot
North Loup, while attempting to climb
into a chair, fell and sustained a broken
arm and a dislocated elbow.
Claude Falls Wright gsvs tbe peo
ple of 1J or ting ton three lectures oa
tbeosopby, aud organize a club that
will givs lbs subject a few years of
candid research.
The L O. O. T. lodge of Greeley hsa
organized a "legislature" where all
kinds of lawt are debated, committed,
recommitted, amended and finally
passed.
A county teacbert' convention will
be held at David City, lasting two days,
March 8 and 9. Teachers and speak
en from abroad will help enliven the
occasion.
Samuel htepbens, a veteran of tba
war, who formerly lived at McCook,
difd at tbe soldiers' home lu his
seventy-seventh year. He was a mem
ber of company A, Illinois Infantry.
Tbe farm residence of J. M. ReexL
three miles southwest of Madison, waa
destroyed by fire. Everything inside
the building went up in smoke. A
small amount of Insurance was carried.
Wells & Neiraan have closed their
grist mill at Schuyler. Unless Colfax
county people encourage borne patron
age by using tbe products of their own
mill, (he plant will remain closed an
indefinite period.
'1 he couuty board of Knox county
has ordered a poll tax assessed .against
all Indian" r-s. The action waa
taken in order that the Inuians should
be compelled to aid in keeping up tbe
public highways.
The treasurer of Logan county left
his keys in tbe safe, and had to enlist
tbe services of an expert to open tbe
Ipoer doors and rescue the receipt
books and other fixtures from a very
embarrassing position.
All offers of financial assistance from
friends have been relused by E. A.
BrowD, of the Nebraska City Pre-a.
who proposes to rise from the sabeu a
la Prometheus or be buried where he
was burned Brown is a brick snd his
example is worthy of emulation.
Sam Kurpgeweit, a young mao living'
near Madison, accideolly got his right
hand caught in the cog wheels of a
horse power the other evening and in
jured to such an extent that Dr. Long
found it necessary to amputate the en
tire thumb ai d part ot the second fin
ger. The relief committee of Sherman
county complaint that while there are
cart ot syrup on track in Lincoln do
ing nobody any good, many familiet in
tbe region of Loup City are subsisting
on bread alone, and they would feel
grateful to receive a faw kegs for dis
tribution. The entire population of Harrisburg
was called out the day of the blizzard
to search for the six-year-old son of
Mr. Campbell, who lost his way return
ing borne from school. While the
search was in progress the little fellow
dropped exhausted upon the doorstep,
and was speedily gathered to the bos
som of his almont frantic mother. He
was considerably frost-bitten, but
nothing serious. The vigorous ringing
of the school bell called the searchers
home.
The editor of I he Callaway Tribune
is supposed to be the iuttior of the fol-
J lowing, which appeared In the St. Paul
Pioneer i ress : "Aid is arriving for
farmers and others, but what Is a prin
ter to do? Iam Issuing a half-sheet
on wrapping paper most of the time
iters are no 'ads' and consequently no
money; so teeing that jolt city is so
liberal with food and clothing, 1 write
to you to see If the printers won't give
a lew hours work e.nh to heln a brother
craf'smau get paper and Ink and lood
lor his wife. 1 ex pert sickness in my
family next month nd am without a
dollar for medicine .,r doctor's bills. If
j the printers will only aonalo run a few
dollars to help me in my dire distress,
I will ever bu gratelul.
A heart-rending scene occurred at
trie i aihoitc church at Wlsner. Mrs.
( Patrick McDermotl, who had coma
1 with her little four-weeks-old infant in
her arms from her home about four
i miles northeast of town, to have the
tehlld christened, upon removing lu
wrens discovered that it .. a a
Her anxious solicitude to protect It