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The Sioux County Journal HARRISO.V. NEHASiiA. A policeman's lot U not a happy one perhaps, but In New York It is apt to be worth considerable by the front foot New York polieeme u haven't even a pull on street earn any mure. They roust be bullied by the conductor, just like common mortals. This Is the last drop. We suspect that the editor of the Atlantic Mouthly never spends more than ten minuted a day reading the newspapers, lie says no one should do otherwise. The medical service of the late Rus sian Czar during his fatal Illness In said to have cost tV ),I0 rubles. A poor man In America can be sick aDd get well cheaper than that New York State officials have been getting $500,000 worth of free passes annually from one railroad. It is Idle to suppose that the railroad got noth ing In return for all this. A New York policeman who killed a mad dog with a single revolver shot the other day has been promoted. It would be interesting to know just what he was firing at when the dog was struck. A New York professional cooking school teacher ran out to Passaic. N. .1., the other night and showed twenty young wives how to nmke a salnJ which has kept the entire medical corps of Passaic busy ever since. Anna Gould ftSu?e the close of the summer campaign has been engaged to three princes, one count, one marquis, one Judge, one railway man and one actor. Before closing the entries she ought to try one plain man. Dean Hole lectured In Boston for the benefit of charity. The receipts were $420 and the Dean pocketed $400, leaving the "beneficiaries" in debt. In other words they were "put In a hole" and even the Hole left them. The banditti of Southern Italy are made to appear respectable when com pared with the train robbers, the bank looters, the cut-throats, and the despwr adoes who make their raids from thj Indian Territory and return to It as n place of safety. The weather department does not lay claim to perfection, but a statistician figures out to his own satisfaction th'it $36,000,0i0 worth of vessel property was saved during the two recent severe storms, by being warned to remain In gulf or ocean harbors. When Fred Gebhard and Mrs. Lang try chanced to meet at Delmonlco's the other night they both blushi-d and said nothing. New York Press. We don't believe it Perhaps they may have Bald nothing, but it will take an affidavit or two to substantiate that blushing yarn. Mrs. Kendal thinks the newspapers of San Francisco Just horrid so, there, now because they criticised her Judg ment in impersonating a l-y ear-old girl In one of her plays. Mrs. Kendal I right Her attack on the press shows that she sometimes impersonates a 16-year-old girl off the stage: why should n't she behind the footlights? ' Johann Strauss, the great composer. Is at a loss to know what to do with the two giraffes presented to him on the oc casion of the recent jubilee in his honor. Let him teach them to waltz. We can imagine no more Interesting and in structive spedacle than that of tw docile and well-trained giraffes, gliding gracefully through the mazes of an in tricate waltz. - , : It's a horrible tale that Is lofd about the barbarities of "the onvpi akahle Turk". In Armenia. A very horrible tale. It has all the harrowing details of savage cruelty, licensed rapine-, and official barbarism that we have read so often in connection with Bulgarian up risings, Montenegrin revolts and other incidents of life In the East. ' As the Armenians are Christians of the Greek rite It will be strange Indeed If the story d's not stir up tbe mighty head of the church, the new Czar Nicholas, to take extreme measures for the pro tection of his outraged children. General William Booth, In Chicago on a tour of Inspection, found the Sal vation army strong In their faith and lusty In their works. Every Sunday West Madison street and its dark side ways are alive with their praying bands, and we suppose many forlorn waifs are netted from tbe maelstrom of rice by their prayers, and hymns. The Salvation army has never been ns powerful In America as It Is In England and never aa powerful In Chicago, jer haps, aa It is In New York. Bnt here It has won respect and even love. The very rowdies of the streets have been softened to amiability by these hearty, generous people, the gentlest folk, the world ever aaw. They could hardly be pared from tbe bard life of the city. In which, bating .their drums and horns, they are constant examples of courtesy, patience and good will. It Is a remarkable but puzzling tale that cornea from St Joseph, Mo. Ac cording to It, "three highwaymen led by a man 6 feet 4 Inches in height held up several people and took every thing torn tbe pockets of the victims, even tabacco. All three robbers used navy ravolvan and aa abundance of ytwfawtty." Thla wrtnralTr 'Wl everts! c,u-tlous to mm mldd of tie reaier. WLtch uue of lh men who were held up took tie tliae to measure the toll Llgbwaymua? Then Is noth ing uncertain. u.,thtiig approximate in the statement as to bis height. Had It Is not to be supposed that he fur nished the details himself: Then an other Question arises: Did the robbers use the navy revolvers or tie profanity to the better advantage? Which was the more effective weaiou'' These questions really .call for an answer be fore the Item can be put In its proper class. A dozen fortunes of from twelve to twenty millions each have been made by men who have managed the Pacific railroads. Cliques, combinations, in side rings and sioliators have diverted the earnings of the companies and filled their own iockets. Congressional cor ruption and lethargy huve permitted this to be done, while the government has been robbed of tbe money which it has paid year after year as Interest and of the money which was not paid into a siukiug fund for the redemption of its iKjuds. It Is now $135.0" Ki.tnw "la the hole," with the tirst mortgage debt of $ifc.oa,tni more than the whole property is worth-cutting off its lieu under the second mortgage. The Ix-land Stanford. Huntington and other fortunes absolutely ueiimuluted by the manipulation of the roads for private gain, instead of for revenue to pay the debts, amount to enough to repay the government and to leave a comfortable competence for the family of each of the millionaires Included in the Paclllc railn-ad rings. Ideal justice would vin dicate schemes of confiscation Ui the case. " Ciaus Spreckels, a refined sugar gen tleman, is now posing as an antl-mon-opoliat. He declares that he wishes to free California from railroad domlna: tioii by building a competing line, and he lias i.ffered to subscribe half a mill ion toward this end. The occult inllk of this philanthropic cocoanut seems to he that the Southern I'acttic, which hus iH'i'ii charging Claus a freight rate of $7 per ton on sugar to all Eastern points, intends, wheu bis present con tract expires, to charge $10. What better way to call that raise down than to make a bluff at building a rival line could Mr. Spreckels find? And very likely he only means his grand offer for a bluff. But other California mer chants who have suffered from the exactions of what is picturesquely termed "the railroad octopus" In that State are eager to turn this fencing play of money giants Into a real duel. If they can succeed .u so doing they will do well; for it Is only when mon opolist like C. S. and the S. V. fall out that smaller merchants have a chance to prosper, and the people set life necessaries at reasonable figures. An other railroad through the, Sierras would be a boon Indeed in more ways than oue. The appalling chaster to the steam ship Elite adds another to the list of ocean catastrophes due to a cause which modern science seems powerless to prevent The Elbe with her freight of human lives was steaming along off Lowestoft in the durk of an early win ter morning. According to the stories of those of the crew who were on deck and were saved the first intimation of jM-ril came when the lights of another vessel showed suddenly Immediately In front of the doomed vessel. There was no time for escape or for warning. An instant after the lights were seen the sharp prow of the stranger crashed into the Elbe. Twenty minutes later the vessel had gone down. It Is be lieved that between 37D and 40 per sons .were aloard, and of these but nineteen were rescued, Jn some re Kpect the catastrophe is unique in its horror. The sinking of the warship Victoria in 1S'.i was a tragedy of sim ilar proportions, but the men on the Victoria were by profession commis sioned to risk. and meet death. The Elle's passengers, traveling for Ems! uess or for pleasure,, were scut dowr without a forethought of imiH-ndiuj; disaster. In that. one brief half-hour when the great 'esnel settled heavily Into th water- ami her passenger awoke from sonnfl sleep to the horror and confusion ''fit panic at sea the whole tragedy was completed. The re reports of those rescued are necessar ily confused, but tbure Is enough of fact and enough of silence to Indicate that the fate of the Elbe is to be an other of the great stories of the annals of the sea stories In which only the bare main facts are ever told. The collision at sea has come to be recog nized as the one accident against which neither seamanship nor water tight compartments nor any other ma rine equipment can afford entire pro tection. - Cost of a Goat's Hiram, Among the various things for which there Is an Increased demand In spring might be mentioned goat harness. You can buy a single goat harness at almost any price, from one dollar to fifteen. The harness for one dollar Includes bridle and reins, breast collar ami traces. It Is of russet leather, the sad dle bound with rWl. A single goat har ness costing from ten to fifteen dollars has the same kind of a saddle as that of a light buggy harness, only smaller. It Is made In rtisset, red or black leatlier, more finely stitched, and with trimmings of solid nickel, solid 'brass, or stiver plated. Double goat harness ranges In price from ten to twenty-five dollars. It is made the same ns a very light double road harness, and In black, red, Or russet, with nickel, brass, or silver mountings. ''.,'. There Is. more or leas demand tor goat harness, from alt over the, United States, but he greater number of fine goat barneasea am aoM In the country and tbe sabsrtaa towns stmt 'Kaw Wa.mumjto.v, Feb. 21. Frederics Douglas dropped dead in the hallwa) ot his residence on Anacosta height last eveuin at 7 o'cloe. lie bad been in the highest spirits aud apparently In the best of hea.tli, despite bis seven-ty-eight years, wheu death overtook bim. In tie morning be was drweu to Washington, accompanied by bu wife. She left him at the congres sional library aad be continued to Met zerolt hall, where he attended tbe ses sions of the women's council in the forenoon and la the afleruoou returned to Cedar Hill, the name of bis resi dence, between a aud o o'clock. Aftei dining be had a chat in the hallwaj with his wife about the doings of the council, lb) grew very enthusiastic in bis explanation of oue of the events ot the day, wheu he fell upon his knees with hands clasped. Mrs. Douglas, thinking this part of his description, was not alarmed, but a she looted he sank lower and lower and finally lay stretched upon the floor, breathing his last. Realizing that be was 111, she raised his bead aud then understood that be wis dying. She was alone In the house aud rushed to the front doot with cries for help. Some men whe were near by quickly responded and attempted to restore the dying man. One of tliem called Dr. J. Stewart ilar rison and while he was injecting a re storative into the patient's arm, Mr. Douglas passed away, seemingly with out pain. Mr. Douglas had lived for some time at Cedar Hill with his wife and one servant. He has two soni and a daughter, the culldreu of hu first wife, living here. They are Louis H. and Charles Douglas and Mrs, Sprague. Mr. Douglas was to deliver a lecture that evening at Hillsdale African church, near bis home, and was waiting for a carriage when talking tc his wife. The carriage arrived just at he died. Mrs, Douglas said that her husband had appereutly been in the best ol health lately and had shown unusual vigor for one of his years. No arrange ment, she said, bad been made for Ills funeral until his children could be con sulted. Frederick Douglas, who has been for half a century assuredly in the toremost ranks of the orators of hisrace, bad just completed his seveoty-elglith year, and after his many vicissitudes died seemingly in excellent health not many miles distant from ttie coun.y m the eastern shore of Maryland vwiere he was born a slave in Februarj, 1817. His early mastering of the ship car penters' trade, In which he worked for the benefit of his owner, Colonel Lloyd, whose name the slave originally bore; i his escape from slavery in 1H35, assisted therein by William Lloyd Garrison and other noted abolitionists of that day, together with his stalwart crusade against slavery and his later lecturing tours in Europe and subsequent events before and since the emancipation ol slaves, gave him an actual world wide prominence that tew of his race have enjoyed. These, which may be said to be a feature of the biographical history ol the country, are of course widely known The latter Incidents of his lite, includ ing the official positions he has held as United States minister and afterward recorder of deeds of this district, hit foreign missions to Hayti and ' San Domingo and his editorial labors in this city made him personally kuown to thousands of citizens of the district. In 1872 Frederick Douglss was elected presidential elector at large for the state of New York, where he was then residing, and was appointed to carfy the vote of the state to Washington. Of recent years h has always been prominent in ail movements having in view the social and permanent advance ment of women, and no later than September wai an attendant at the session of the women's national council where hi was honored with a seat, on the platform. . , Douglss was married twice, his second wile being Miss Puts, a white woman from New York s'ate, who was a clerk in the records office while be held that position. This for a time lost hi ra some caste among the people of bis own race, but his personal stand, ing overpowering intellectuality quickly dissipated the sentitueut that some sought to Originate to his diner dit He was one of the most distinguished looking men that appeared on the thoroughfares of the capital. He wai kindly disposed to all, courteous and ol gentle bearing and by all alike, white aud black, of whatever creed, religion or race, the news of bis death will be met ith only genuine regret lummnrlf Jftsloiia. Pmr.ADKl.l'lilA, reo. 21. Georgi Gentry, who murdered the actress Miss Vorke, made a statement yester day that he was insanely jnalous and when lie met her in the room in Zeiss hotel shs declined to say she was glarj to see him. Then he asked the woman to kits him, but she refused and In shot her. lfe had no intention of kill ug her when he left Boston. Tlia rirat Conviction. Chicaoo, Feb. 21. Tbe Internationa' Sunday observance league has started a crusade for the purpose of closing saloons on Sunday. For the first timi in the history of this city a cooTictioi waa secured under the Sunday closin law. John Kostezeskl, a saloonkeepei at lty weet Madlaon street waa floM I3b aua costs by Justice Uoagbjmd foi kaaptaf open Sunday. . 7 ha. aflUaacs oft wMch ha waa oetirieUNl was sacorad y an offiet tba laaflva. MlNNKSPOLH, Mitie.. I 1) defense in tlie 11 T ar l c tse is work ing the "third man" theory hard a il can and is putting )u testimony to show that it was some other uiu than Harry Hayward who planned the mur der. Jul a E. Walker of M. Paul testi fied yesterday afterno. n to having seen Miss Ging several times in M. Paul with a middle-aged man ho wore an iron-gay moustache. Here is the third mn again. The descrip tion given bv t iis witness dots not tally with either that of Wilson or Griudall The defense seems to expect to corrob-o-ate the testimony of George A. Gr.ndail in every particul.tr. Grmdali u-stilied that he saw a man enter the buggy In which Miss Ging was riding, alter she had driven a block from the West hotel. Tnt-re was a terrific row over the at tempts of Mr. Krwm to draw from this witness a description of the abuse to which he had been subjected by a de tective name 1 Hoy and by police-offi cers in thd py of Hi city. Mr. Nye made au objection every tune a ques tion was asked as to Grindall's being persecuted. The c urt susttine 1 every objection to teatiwrny of this kind, but Mr. Erwin persisted in an effort to get the evidence on record. Judge Smith reported the attoruer for the de lens", remarking that Mr. Krwm knew very well such questions were not pro per. Grindall swore that an effort had been mle to corrupt his testimony by an attorney, Charles Ebert. Ebert, he ays, had b-en reprej-nting him-self as one of Erwin's men. 1 he witness said he did not find out until last Saturday that Ebert was working for the state's side of the case. Several other wit nesses testified concerning the shooting, but while t tie i r testimony may have some bearing upou the ce later lu the proceeding, it did not appear ma terial at the present time. The defense wanted to recall Livery man Wilsou, who was so positive that he saw Miss Ging aud Harry Hayward riding together on the niiiht of the murder, but found he had taken a hasty trip to Missouri. Rti m Mniim for Klopiog. IJ.NFf ALO, N. Y., Feb. 20 An action was brought in the supreme court yesterday by Mrs. Nann'e limes, who alleges that her husband, WU.iatn II. limes, has a passion for elopin, wliicD he has gratilled no less than three times during the period of their marriage. Mrs (lines is only twenty-one years old and was married three years ago, against the wishes of her parents. They went to St. l'aul, Minn., to live, limes, it is alleged, eloped with Miss Lilliam liurliugton, au sclress, in 18'.'3 snd went to Cincinnati. Miss liurllng lou aud Hines did not agree and she left hirn to go back to tiis stae. Mrs. Hines received herhushao i back again but in a few months he eloped with a Mrs. Kudolph of St. Paul und went to Portland, Ore. Mrs. Hines aud Mr. Rudolph tollowed the eloping couple ind found them registered as Mr. and Mrs. Montgom-rj at the Portland bouse. All parties Uuallv became re conciled and returned to t. Paul. In February, WM, bUNine3 called ilinet to Superior City, Wis., and there he met Miss Blanche King, whom he made love to and perauaded to leave' her family and go to Chicago. He deserted her there. Mrs. Hines became tired of her husband's freaks arid returned to her home in Salamanca N. YM and began proceedings for divorce. Jua'ice Ward yesterday made an order to be served on (lines, us Ins whereabouts are at present upknewu. Hie VViir Immlttcml. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 2o. -A race war is imminent in Wnvjrty Hall district, in Hanis county. The negroes of that section have recently aroused the suspi cion of the white people by secret gath erings late at night and later by making open threats. Tuesday Governor Atk inson received a letter from T. H. Kim urough, chairman of the executive committee of the Fourth congressional district. This letter states that the only thing which has seemed to deter the negroes so far lias been the fear of the military companies of Harris, the OorJon troop. The preconcerted ar rangement was mar'e to destroy the effectiveness of this mlitlary company, Mr. Kimbrough says, is evinced by the fact that during the early morning hours of February 14, the house of Capt J. S. Clark, tbe commander of the Gor do u troop, the place where the arms, sabres and ammunition of this com pany were stored, was set on fire and together with Its entire contents were destroyed. To bring the incendiaries to justice the governor is appealed to offer rewards for their capture. Ureal Low ot Slock. Milks City, Mont, Feb. 20. Re. ports here from different portions of the state Indicate that the loss of live stock because of the excessively cold weather has been very large. The num ber of sheep that have died will reach 5,000. A dispatch from Livingston says the severe weather that has pre vailed throughout this part of Montana has caused much uneasiness among stock men who feared It would result in heavy loss to range cattle. Mr KaflBB. Porrsvit.Lr, Pa., Feb, 20. The fire in West Bear Uldge colliery, where yes terday's explosion occured, Is still burn ing, though there are no fears of 'It spreading or doing any - great amount of damage. The man way . is being driven, and water it still being pourod on the place where the lira ia supposed to ba iocs lad. Anthony Mayan, ana of tba victims who wm reported dead, ia atiU Uvtaf. Hs aad thrf otaara are at tba mlMrVhoapttaJ ut Mmtt Injaflai aratartoas. - -, A r,. w m 1" 15KOOKLVN. -', V. Ie . -'-'. "I : r.it Ul ill A'ttiici.1. C' 't!f "' uoii.il J u an J .' "- st - ". !' lue l.ver, : t 4.:u p III. J Mef-la' '''' was not Utlta V3i that it was :' control. A nuin'jer of ineti a id ' ' employed iu tiie tniiii hiti narrow es capes. Half a dozen sustained burn and injuries from jumping, but then a as no bs of life. The fire started n the largest of the three b,i;idius occu pird by the tire. It was an eittlil-ntor? building and ahou: on the river. I he lire was discovered by foremin W'aU-ttfe on the seventh iloor. He immediately guve the alarm and a 1 tbe work nun ou tha- !lor made a hasty exit, a-imtng those on the lower doors as th- y na-seJ out. Nearly i'lO girls were, einidoved in the building aud there were Z' l-o-de, all told. In the s' rod ore when the lire began. 1 he Hani" s si. tit nil Uie re treat ut eight men who were at work on the eighth lloor. T.itt Udders were put up, but would only reach to the seventh tl ior. Six of the men who wr ou the eighth lloor procured rope, down which the,' slid to the top of Ute ladder and the.i iu.id) their way to the ground, ihe other two men ran to the roof, and finding all other means of escape cut off jumped down two stories to the roof ol an adjoining building. They were Josli Minth ami D. U. Carr. Both men fractured bone in the ankles. They were tanen to tin street by liremoii and sent to the eny hospital. Foremen Wallace, who gave the alarm was badly burned about t.'.e face aud hands. -None of the gins were at work ou the upper floors About half of them got out the front way into the street, while. nboiiC forty escaped at the rear mi d were unveil tc the end of the dock by the heat and flying embers. They were terror stricken when they found themelv I penned in by the Haines. Finally a steam lighter caina to their rescue and they were taken to a near dock from which they reached the street. The height of tlie buildings made it bard work for the firemen to put out the fire and the three upjier lloors ol the eight- tory building were burned out befi re the (ire was under control. During the progress of the lira ceviral big cylinders used for roasting coffee exploded. The other buildings occu pied by the firm are six arid tour story structures, used mainly for storage. The contents was considerably dam aged by water. Superintendent Kell stated that the loss, in bis opinion, would be about WOO.OUO. W. W. H.jrw.rd on Th. Slsnd. MlNNKAl'OLl.s, Minn., Feb. 22 W. W. Hayward, father of the defendau', was recalled to the stand yesterday morning. The state uskrd several questions with reference to conversa tions held with Elder Stewart, but ob jections were entered and sustained. He bad kept the dollar bills in his sate for oliarge. Some immaterial testl mouy was introduced about the rail. William Yale, a gunsmith, was then placed on the siand and the revolver and box of cartridges produced. Bilxt testified that tbe bullet was a HH-long and the cartridge in evidence as the onethat killed Miss Ging was a 'Sri short. Witness confessed he did not know the effect of buliets on a skull. In the absence of other expert Mr. Erwin called Harry Hayward, the de fendant, to the stand. After the usual pelluiitiary questions, Mr. Erwiu earn SAIIJ IliS ilKOTIIKIt 1.IKI). "Mr. Blixt aud Adry Haward have both lestilied against you. Have the) test'lled truthfully?" 'Tiiey have not." "Has the testimony of Adry been false or true? ' "Almost wholly false. (f tenuous relative lo trouble between Ihe brothers was objected to and sus tained. Hayward' testified that Adry hud seen Miss Ging. Tiiey Were in a buggy together one night with another young lauy. Another row occured be tween Judge Smith and Mr. Krwln over the admission of certain testimony Hayward then proceeded to tell of his relations with Miss Ging. He denied than any Improper rela tions existed between them. His at tentions were those that existed be tween any man aud woman. He ad mitted playing faro and roulette in every city of any size in this country. Miss Ging had given him money with which to gamble. She used to dis suade him from gambling, but she pei sisled in bis taking her money to pay. Letters were read bearing out this statement. WKRK PAKTNKUS IX (4 AM BLIN't. Hay ward's whole story consisted of a history of his acquaintance with Miss Ging. He also told of attending the theatre with Mist Barlleson. Ourt then adjourned until Monday, when the examination will be continued. Hanrhmao Kill HiiuMir. St. John, Kan., Feb. 22. Otto Ihl, a ranchman, committed suicide at his ranch, nine in lies north or M. John, by blowing one side of Ins head off with a shotgun. He was formerly a hanker In St. John, having come out here from Chicago, where he has been for years connected with a large toy ami notion concern. Despondency was probably the cause. Held np m freight Train. Chilucothk, O., Feb. 22, About midnight Wednesday night a freight train oo tbe Baltimore & Ohio South, western railroad was held up -near Vigo, twelve miles east of Chllllcothe, by three masked men armed with shot sons end the trainmen were relieved of all their valuables. It is the general opinion that tbe bandits mistook th. -tMlfatfaf Ma "Uvaay train,' a fast tvaifMQM aoeuvuat Hro, and which eaMtattpMroar.'-' ' " STATE KV HEM J..un N-i i t"f county has t-n u;iw;"' ' H""e. 1 ire st S :i4 ia uju 1 M '" o . Wilcox. caJ,,ng a loss of ab,il 17 . TIB Vet.raski City Pres. will be prmtel irm ne tyt " ul Weeks. Burglars at Genoa broke into tb residence of J. M. Hutcl luson aud se cured t-J in casu. The levival meetings tat have h-en i-i progre.-s for five weeks at Genoa Lavs closed. Many conversions have resumed. I o'pils n-ar Norfolk held up Farrier J. M. Maclin,u!er and roboed him ot his p. -diet boo a:ter rendering him unroiifcious. The Bancroft creamery is now rnk. ing in-arly l.U J ou i Is of first e'-aasj bu'lereaeh we-k, winch brings the top price In i he New York m irset, w here It IS thl pped. Will Noh of Colfax county hd his left h md drau Into a stai'tculter and before the in idii'ie c ul i b stopoel t;Othin.' was left of thai inetnlitr but the thun.b Fern. us roini'v h n ho cmmty judge. W. -. 11 imii o:i, who was appointed to act during me aixen 'e o' Judge Lillie lieiJ. has r. moved to OaialU and left the office vacant. A Voting Men's Christian association has been orn.uiiJ!-il at Xorlolk and a free realm toooi will he opened It stiffi-ient amount o? in iuey can be raised to keep the enterprise going. A. B. Fuller, one of the oldest and m mi respected ciiins of Hurt connty died at his home :n Decatur yeslerJay, M . Ful.er came to Burl county w hen D catur and Omalia were rival towns. The commissioners of lied Willow county met 10 consider the qu-stion of calling au election to vote bonds for seed and feed. The petition lacked two votes of the legal requirement aud no election conic; he ca.led. A young woman, daughter of Ben Ayers, of Norfolk opened a letter In the postollice containing money. Oa going home she was followed and when near Ihe t relghton depot was sei.ed and the money, a 12 bill, was takets from her. Chief of Police Wanzer of Hustings captured a sneak thief who was trying todlposeof a suit of clothes tak.eu from tho room of W. A. McKey iu the Dutlou block and next to the police judge's office. The fellow cams from Grand Island and ha i a big bunch ut skeleton keys William Green, a prominent citizen of Dlller and formeny a county com missioner of Jefferson county, Is lying at the point of death as the result ot a runaway accident, lis was jasf re covering from injuries received In runaway when the same team ran away with him a second time aud caused the injuries which may prove fatal. Fire was discovered in the store of R. J. Dwyer, one of Greeley's leading merchants. It was evidently the work of an incendiary who had gained an en trance Into the store from the rear door. Fortunately but little damage was done owing to the early discovery of the lire by the s'teriff, who t appetied to be passing the building and discov ered it. Sheriff Parker returned from Omaha with Attorney J. M. Miller; who le charged with obtaining money under false pre'eiiHew. At the preliminary hearing Miller waive I examination and was bound over to the district court utuier too bonus. .Mr M'lier was formerly a young attorney Va.eutine but since last Juiv he has b en located in Omaha. A serious stabbing affray t oij placs at a school house about four miles northwest of Ashland between tw boyR, Patrick Dalton and Fra l Calvert who are about 11 years of ago. Dillon, received a cut about two inches long and the full depth of the blale in hi !eft arm. It severed an artery and came near costing DaUou his lite from loss of blood. The trouble had Iwi of long standing and was on uccoum of a girl. Eire was discovered about 1 o'clock lu the morning in the middle room ol Charles H. Johnson's furniture e.tab. llsh merit at Norfolk. Many of th goods were burned or ruined by tht heat, smoke and water. There wt 'over 7,OJ0 in stock besides tooI, tl. tures and a job printing outlit Th, stock was Insured for o,0Xj and other Insurances would carry the aruouut t 17,000. It Is not known how the flrs originated. At a special election at llmt held oi the 19th Inst, for ih e purpose of votini bonds in the amoi.nt of eiO.OKj u' proposition earned by a two-thlrdi vote. Ihe voting of bonds was niadi necessary by tl. condium, of ti count,'. Unance, Ullt wll u & here was, was very outer. Nm, weeks ago a county ,i(.e received ., auuoymou. letter ieli,uf h.m to ceaj hi-, to have t,,., h.ids voted 7, he would meet the ,, Uu 01 Harrett Njott of Holt county. The sheriff of Cass county l deluged with application, for ticketi frou, Who have a morbid curiosity l Z fellow mortal strangled to death The qusstioti of voting co.ir.ty 'bond, to exchange for fws1 M(J with strong opposition i ra, 0 counties that need w,Unce''T f l, Three Indian boy,, runaway, froni Oano., war, captured Mv T