Tfc Sioux County Journal
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ARRISOy.
NEBRASKA.
FartJ's awe throat U saving other
Mki $1,000 a day.
That is a bright "Golden Rule" prov
erb: The bluest cackle may go with
the smallest egg.
Pittsburg reports tbe formation of
a h j trast, Grass widows ami btra w
bailers, we bope, are Ineligible to mem
bership. Tbe fact that Turkish rugs are made
In Belgium Is no mure surprUiug than
that French wines are made in this
country.
It la charged that several dances
hare been held recently iu tlie Milwau
kee pesthouse. That I either a good
11 or a new way to stamp out small
pox. If our sister republics will persist In
fighting the United States is ready to
feed both combatants anil furulsb
arms, ammunition aud eqilpiu.;nt
for cash.
The South Is making strenuous ef
forts to get new mills. Florida has
bid 40,0u0 for one to be put up by
Corbett and Fitzsimmona which will
employ only four bauds.
The Salvation Army in New York
has sentenced the devil "to le confined
in chains for a thousand years." This
punishment Is too severe if it is to be
meted out In New York; even the devil
doesn't deserve such treatment.
William Sumner Wise, of New York
has brought suit for f l.Vt.i h x agalu.st
his wife, alleging that hbe hypnotized
him into marrying her. Hypnotism
should not be accepted as a valid ex
cuse for matrimony or murder.
The distinction of leading the world
In the matter of red tape lias been
wrested from the Government of the
United States. A Canadian Indian
agent has permitted one of his wards
to starve to death while he awaited
official permission to buy bread.
Chicago can now claim to have a
good hold on the new administration
in France. Tbe wife of the new Pre
mier, M. Ribot, was formerly Miss
Minnie Burch, of Chicago. In Just
what manner Chicago will utilise this
advantage has not jet been decided
upon, but undoubtedly Chicago will
make the most of the eireiimstauces
Hetty Green. 'Hue richest woman In
America." claims that she Is n much
misunderstood creature. Instead of
crossing the street in order to avoid
giving a cent to a beggar, she says
she Is only too ready to help anybody
who needs help, and to prove her sin
cerity she ottered then and there to
assist the reporters who were "down
on their luck." It may be a satisfac
tion to the public to know that none
of the bright young men of the press
who beard her taok advantage of her
generous mood.
And dow come the Itean-eaters and
demand a "Greater Boston." Not In
tellectually lhat. they admit, would
be Impossible. But they want more
territory and a more numerous popu
lation. Boston at present contains
460,000 Inhabitants. They might gob
ble up 200,000 more by annexing fif
teen or twenty suburbs, Boston is
now the alxth American city In popu
lation. Tbe cities ahead of Boston are
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Brooklyn, and 8t. Louis, with Boston
close to St. touls.
Portugal proposes to obtain a mod
ern navy In a novel manner. First
class ship builders are to he asked how
many vessels of specified types they
will supply a year, for twenty years
or leas. In consideration of fire hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars a
year and certain monopolies. The
award will go to the firm that offers
tbe moat In tbe least time and for the
shortest period of monopoly. The gov-
, eminent ship-yards will be closed and
one yard established at Lisbon, to
which all the existing machinery and
operatives will be sent The plant,
material, and fuel will be free from
"duty; all repairing work for the gov
ernment, both In Europe and the colo
nies, will go to the new establishment"
A wicked 8uuday-school superin
tendent In tbe 1'nlversallst Oiurch at
Reading, Pa., was denounced from the
pulpit on Sunday for a long series of
offenses which culminated in the pur
chase by him of a copy of "Trilby" for
the Sunday-school library. The pastor
remarked that .he had kept silence
about the superintendent's habit of
lying, that be had thrown the mantle
of charity over the superintendent's
general Immorality and corruption,
that he bad been dumb as to tbe super
intendent's dishonesty, but when that
superintendent tried to make the poor,
confiding Innocents under bis charge
read "Trilby" he drew the Hue aud
had made up his mind to speak out.
Th horror-stricken parishioners, one
may well believe, drew nway In dis
gust and loathing from that wicked
superintendent, aud tbe enterprising
local book-dealers have orders In for
all tbe copies of "Trilby" that can be
found In New York. It Is an 111 ser
mon that does not blow good to some
OM.
All bosor to tbe salt sea porker of
New York! He has proved himself
wortay af a Humane Society inedaL
Ha has developed a new trait that
fw hta abort the level of la . ,
moo MiiHit, for be has save J a II f.
This particular pig was on board a boa
in New York harbor, accord! OK to tUe
veracious correspondent, wheu a wom
an fell Into the water. Did be lose bis
head when he heard the plab? Not
a bit of It lie was a pig of sense and
discretion, and he knew what to do In
an lustant He threw no life-line over
board, for If It was a case of attempted
suicide the woman might refuse to take
It He did uot even try to lower a
boat Instead, be raised his voice in
one long, doleful, hair raising squeal
and brought some of tbe crew on deck
In less than a minute. They were afraid
some one might be trying to steal the
pig. Then this wise pig pointed his
nose toward the woman, aud knew that
his duty was done. Tbe crew pulled
her out of the water. Never scorn the
pig again, especially the New York set
going pig. He belongs in the gallery of
heroes.
The story that Dupuy, Premier un
der CasJmir-Perier, played the part
of a political Iago to precipitate the
fall of that weak politician, indicates
either a general conspiracy ou the
part of tbe press and tbe politicians of
Paris to carry out the base design of
Dupuy or a tardy Invention to cover
up seeming lack, of adequate motive.
Dupuy is charged with resorting even
to baseless charges against tbe wife
of Caslmir-Perier to accomplish his
malignant purpose. Dupuy was the
formidable antagonist of Casliulr
Perier for the Presidency after tbe as
sassination of Carnot He has shown
so great ability In various posts that
the accusatlous made against him.
now that ne Is out of power, ought to
be taken with doubt until proof is
forthcoming. Intrigue and slander
are. if possible, more common In
Fram-e than in any other country; and
where no Intrigue exists its existence
is assumed for dramatic purposes. If
the persoual meanness attributed to
Dupuy lie well founded. It Is uot, on
the other hand, the practice In France
to Ignore It.
Mrs. Kennedy, of St Paul, said in
tbe presence of her husband that
Mr. Morgan, who was also present,
was "drunk throughout Thanksgiving
week." Thereupon Mr. Morgan bro.ight
suit for slander against husband and
wife for $5.110. The husb-t id asked
to have Hie suit dismissed .is to him.
The Judge refused, saying: "I am re
luctantly forced to the conclusion that
in this State husbands must respond
In damages for their wives' unruly
tongues, and If they would be relieved
from such thrallilom they must appeal
to the legislature and not to tbe
courts." This may be good law, but
It is very cruel law. St James says:
"The tongue can no man tame." mean
ing, of course, that no man is able to
keep his wife from saying what she
ought not to, even at the most Inop
portune times. A woman with a turn
for making harsh remarks might ruin
her husband, aud yet the law does not
make the practice of involving a bus
band In slander suits a cause for di
vorce. Happily the legislation of this
State la more advance than that of
Minnesota. The laws which have
emancipated married women have
emancipated their husbands also to
some extent The wife can manage
her own property. Bbe Is ,'ntltled to
her own earnings. She can carry on
business and sue and be sued, but
tbe husband Is no longer responsible
for her debts contracted before mar
riage, and when civil suits for dam
ages are brought against tbe wife tbe
husband can look on serenely. As
long as he doe not Join with his wife
In slandering some one he cannot be
joined with ber in the action. That Is
the kind of law tbey should have In
Minnesota. If a man's purse there Is
to be at the mercy of his wife's tongue
and If he Is to be called on to pay I5.0O0
every time she says In ber exaggerat
ing way that a neighbor his been
drunk for a week, only meaning there
by that she thinks he drank a little too
much one day Jhe Minnesota husbands
ought to move here.
A Rich Mine In Mexico.
Walter M. Brodie. the chief engineer
of the Batopelas Mining Company -it
Chihuahua. Mexico. Is making a short
visit to California. Mr. Brodie Is a sou
lu law of Alexander Shepard. formerly
of Washington, who is the chief stock
holder In the company. Some years ago
"Boss" Sliepard organized a number of
mining companies In various cities of
the East to work these Mexican proper
ties, and all of them were subseouenr.
ly consolidated Into the present com
pany, iir. Krotlle says they have Just
completed an aqueduct, npon widen
work has been going on for ten years,
and which Is in the main cut Into solid
rock. The silver which these mine tiro.
duce, he says, is the purest in the world.
ana tne ore is sometimes so rich that tt
is cut out with a chisel and wedge.
Bodies of ore weighing from 800 to
LOiK) pounds, from 80 to 8T per cent,
pure sliver, have been taken from ihu
mines. The largest body of silver ever
taken out weighed 1.400 pounds, was
an isolated chunk, and was cut inm
three pieces when mined.
The Languages of Humanity.
Almost one-third of all hiimanitv or
about 400,000,000 people, speak the Chi
nese language. The Hindoo language
and Its various dialects are stK.ken by
perhaps 125,000,000. the third place be
ing accorded the English langtig,
which Is now used by not less than 1 12,-
000,000 people. The Russian language
comes fourth, 80,000,0f0 person daily
using It to the exclusion of all others
The German language Is the audible
expression of 57,000.000 human lieln.'s,
and the Spanish of about 48,110,000.
Among European languages French
now takes fifth place, and when the
anguagee of the world are considered
it l the seventh la the category.
e tn aaoaa.
Philadelphia, March 1. Marcus
Morales, president of the united Cuban
clubs of this city, when asked as to the
size of the outbreak on the Island, an
swered: "Tnat H is large is proven by the fact
that the Spanish governor general has
declared two provinces of the island In
a state of siege and bag proclaimed
martial law. The two point are at op
posite ends of tbe island, M stanzas
and Santiago de Cuba. Were it only
the effort ot L few companle of ban
dits carrying 9n a guerilla warfare,
such strong greps would have been un
necessary and a few bat tilions of sol
diers would have been sent against
bem and very little said. We are
well prepared in every way, well or
ganized and it will be a bloody war.
One great improvement in the condi
tion of affairs is that we Cubans kirow
each other better. Thirty years ago
we were not so well acquainted as to
day. Of course at present it would be
impossible to state the number of rev
olutionist in tbe field, but no matter
what their cumbers are hey are this
time well organized sod have experi
enced and trained leaders. Jn tut, last
revolt the parly was greatly hampered
by the lack of good arms. Now all
that is changed and we have on the Is
land now sutlicietit stores . (o fully arm
and equip 8J,0uO men. During all the
apparent peace since the last attempt
we have been working. ..Not for an in
itant bavrt we relaxed our faith and
hopes and work and now everything Is
in readiness. The whole island is no
doubt at present in a state of revolt.
The whole trouble in the j revinus re
volts was the lack of unity of organ
ization, which reduced the efforts to a
scattered guerilla warfare."
"Have there been any large engage
menu?" "How can we tell at present! The
Spanish government would allow no
telegraphic reports of a character unfa
vorable to Itself to leave the Island.
We will get news, as we did In former
revolutions, m cipher through Key
West and until new cornea through in
that manner we cannot be sure of the
natus of affairs."
REI'OKTS FKOM THE SKAT OK WAR.
Havana, March 1 The committee
lent to Santiago City by the Uaire, in
lurgents arrived there Wednesday
night. They did not see Governor Ca
prilos, but they had a long conference
with (general Lachauibre, commander
of the troops ordered out to suppress
the revolt. They defined the attitude
of the insurgents to tbe authorities
and explained to him the reforms that
toey desired. Tb.3 committee u now
returning to Biaco, accompanied by a
lelegation from the autonomist party
in .Santiago.
Irregular troops overtook the Guana-
tan mo insurgents Wednesday evening
and opened fire upon them, Tbe In
surgents stood their ground after they
saw further flight would be useless.
ftie result of the fight is not known
here. Marcos Uarzla. formerly a revo
lutionary leader, but now the mayor of
Sancti Splrltua, has issued a proclama
tion strongly condemning the insur
gent leaders and exhorting all Cuban
pair Iota, whatever their party affilia
tions may be, to discouraged the pres
ent revolt, which be says cannot sue
oeed and will result only In harm to
tbe island.
The insurgent band led by Marrero,
near Jaguey Grand, In th province
of Mantanzas, has been dispersed by
regular troops. A few of Its members
have been arrested and others have
been driven to seek refuge far from
town. There Is as little sympathy with
the in. urgent in Ma'anias as In Ha
vana and Santiago. '1 he revolt is con
demned generally as hopeless and In
jurious to all the best interests of tbe
island.
The warship Infanta Isabel sailed
for Santiano. Tbe Francisco snd Ur
baho Sanchez, which left Santiago on
account of tbe insurrection, arrived
Wednesday night and sailed Thursday
for Mexico. Dr. Pedro BeUncourt,
who was active in tbe insurrection at
Ybarra, tried to sail for bpaln today,
bat was prevented by tbe authorities.
tlra oti skip.
Colon, Colombia, March 1. Tbe
Faith, a coasting sloop which has ar
rived here from Bocae del Toro, brings
the news of a fresh conflict at Blue
fields. Tbe Faith met two British
schooners, tbe Dauntless and the
Brothers, at Boca del Toro. The mas
ters of tbe schooners reported that
while they were at Bluetields about
two weeks before, an American ship,
whose name tbey did not kiow, ar
rived there. The British consul al
Bluefields was informed she had or
board arms imported by Samuel Well
The American ship left Bluefields foi
Cape Cracls a Dios, north of Blue
fields A British man-of-war followed
bere there aud found her landing two
boat loads of arms. The British ship
fired on her, carrying away her mast.
No continuation of the rumor bar
reached here vet.
Two InchM of Rin.
Rxssei.l, Kan., March I. Two In
ches ot rain fell Monday night and
'1 uesday. It will do Immense good to
wheat aud put the ground in tine cod
dition for spring work.
Moved (or a New TrlaL
Stafford, Vs., March 1. It was
4 o'clock when the prosecuting attorney
dosed his two boars' argument in
winding up the Aquia Creek train
robbery ease and tea minutes later tbe
Jury returned with the verdict Charles
Morgan, alias Charles Augustus Mor
ganthal, was found guilty and sentaon
ed to confinement In tha penitentiary
for eighteen years. The prisoner's
counsel at ones moved for a new trial
The case of Morgan i accomplice was
continued.
lit I ftO.tUM.
ALBLvvtKyiK, X. M , Feb. 28,-At
Hit) yeiteruay morn nz a ternue ex
plosion of gas occurr. d in tbe Whits
Ash mine of the auta Fe Railway
company, three miles from Cerillo, N.
M. Th first intimation of the disas
ter was a mutflid roa- and clouds of
smoke anl dust rolling from the mouth
of tbe mine. Nearly 3tJ men are em
ployed iu the mine, but fortuuateiy
but fifty men were at work when the
explosion occurred. Only eleven of
tiitse escape J alive, aud some of them'
may yet die. Twenty-one dead have l
beer, taken from the mine and it is,
bouWfuj if those remaining are alive.
Relays of men have been working like
Trojans all day to irv a id reach those
who are still imprisoned, but little pro
gress can be made on recount of tbe
gas which permeates every shaft and
overpowers the workers in a short time.
Up to 4 o'clock those on the inside
cotld be heard trying to work their
way out from tbe cave-in in.ue, but as
nothing has beau heard since then the
Imprisoned men in all probability have
succumbed to tbe deadly gai.,
Tbe scene around the mouth of the
haft after the explosion was heart
rending. One women, supposing her
husband to have been killed, tried to'
commit suicide by throwing herself in
front of a moving train Her husband
was afterwards rescued alive and tbe
reaction from Intense grief was nearly
fatal. The mine works were full of
bad air aud gas and a catastrophe of
this kind has been frequently predicted.
A bill was introduced in the New Mex
ican legislature yesterday afternoon to
appropriate So.OOO for the relief of the
widows aud orphans, it will probably
pass.
The cause of the explosiou Is not yet
known. Facts are hard to get All
efforts of men In the v.cinity are being
put forth to liberate those imprisoned.
K-Mhed Kw Orla.
Nf.w Oklf.ans, Feb. -' The Mexi
can man-of-war La Libertad, which
was believed to have been lost during
the recent northers in the gulf, is now
anchored off the jetty channel, out ot
coal and her sails split. rhe will be
towed to the city. Libertad sailed
from Vera Cruz February 9 for New
Orleans, where she was to be docked,
ropairrd and painted. She was more
than ten days overdue, and great fears
had been entertains i that the steamer
bad foundered in the gulf during the
heavy norther which prevailed from
the lOlb. to the 13ih. Her crew con
sists of fifty oilicerg and men. The
vessel is under tbe command of P. H.
Salva, and her ofilcers are as follows;
First engineer, Jose Kenedos; second
engineer, Theopbilo Remes; paymaster,
Pedfo Ilondero; first officer; Enrique
Beltram; second officer, Pedro 11.
Euotea.
La Libertad was built in 1875 or 1376
at Birkenhead, near Liverpool, and
went into comtuirsion immediately
afterwards, bbe is equipped with two
mast, square rigged anl relied to a
large extent on her sails in au ordinary
voyage. She is also tilted with fine,
made engines, and could develop a
speed of about tifteen knots. La
Libertad' armament consists of seven
teen guns, two of them heavy rifles,
two rapid firing guns and the remainder
of small calibre.
Ba4IU Cautared.
Mcskooek, I. T, Feb. 28. The
Hughes gang of bandits, that held up
th Texas Pacific express In daylight
about six weeks ago and got 1100,000 1
bava just began to operate in the In-'
dian Territory. 1 uesday tbe marshal's
office received a telegram from Cnav.
eotah stating the whereabouts of the'
gang and that tbey bad planned to hold
up tb Missouri Kansas & Texas, at
8:30 o'clock. Five marshals were
ordered to the Cbecotah at once. Thy
trailed tbe gang all night and about
daylight yesterday morning located
them In an old bouse eight miles west
of Cbecotan. Tbe marshals rode up to
tbe house and callel to the bandits to
surrender. There was no response and
Jamas Naked Head, a full-blood Chero
kee officer, broke In the door and shot
Hughes, tbe leader of the ganr. The
fire was returned and Naked Head fell
dead. Hughes and anotlier ot the
bandits were captured and tbe re
mainder of the gang took to the woods.
Naked Head's remains and the two
outlaws will be brought to Muskogee.
Shot HI Sistor-la-lww.
St. Joseph, Feb. 28. Mrs, Robert
Craig was awakened early yesterday
morning by strange noises in the house
and screamed at tbe top of ber voice,
telling her husband there were burg
lars in tbe house. Mr. Craig caught
sight of a human figure In the hallway
and fired. The person proved to be
Mrs. Craig's sister and she is danger
ously wounded, the balllrom the re
volver striking ber in tbe side. .She
bad been awakened by her sister's
p -ams and was going to her room.
..ere were burglars In the house, but
they escaped during the excitement,
Tbe young lady will probably re
cover. it loa by Slra. 1
Broo LYN, N. Y., Feb. 2S.-The
entire business district of Bath Beach,
a summer resort on (iiavesend lay.
consisting of two blocks of frame build
ings, was burned early yesterday mom
Ing. The fire, which started at 12:25
o'clock, swspt away sirhteen buildings,
and, fanned by the strong winds that
cam across Oravrsend bay, raged till
S o'clock this morning, whan It was
pot out. All the houses destroyed wer (
trans and burned raptoiy.
Minneapolis, Feu. 27. I'ne cros
naniiriatioo of Harry Havward ws
finished yesterday afternoon and then
the defense started in to impeach M.
D. Wilson, the liveryman, one of the
state's witnesses, who had testified to
having seen lUrry riding with Miss
Ging on tbe faul uight.
Hiring the examination Hayward
was asked why he did not keep bis
money iu the bank, and be explained
that the was afraid that "Elder" L. M.
Stewart would attach it, as he had ha 1
some business with that gentleman, in
which each had tried to beat tbe other,
and Mr. Stewart had gotten the wort
of it He owed Mr. Stewart some in
terest money and he did not want him
to get it Mr. Hall showed that lie did
not owe Mr. Stewart any mouey after
H arry sold hi property to hiru, and
the witness explained that he had been
In tbe habit of keeping his mouey out
M the bank to escape Mr. Stewart be
fore thnt, aud therefore it had become
K habit with hlra. Mr. Hall also tried
to show that the loans Hay ward clat rai
to have ma 'e to Miss Olng were ficti
tious, but he met with slight success.
Hayward had all the best of it with the
assistant prosecutor. It seems at times
.Mi. Hall did not know that he hi in self
was driving at and Hayward quickly
recognized that he could match his op
ponent and give odds in the game ot
repartee. I hat the accused took a keen
dtlight in this war of words was appar
ent His answers were giveu for the
most part with a sort of whimsical,
wr.ly nonchalance, aud from the criti
cal way in winch lie surveyed his in
quisitor the man might have beeu try
ing to d ctde. a question of spelcs.
Ella Vedder, one of tbe trio that was
robbed on the night of tbe now famous
holdup, is said to have gone to Mis
souri. There was a rumor yesterday
that tit state intened to summon
Miss Vedder for the purpose of bring
Ing out facts abo;it the highway rob
bery incident, and It was believed that
she would tell a different story of the
affair entirely to that, told by Harry
Hayward. Nothing is known as to the
cause of Miss Vedder's absence, but
Inquires among the young woman'.-,
'riends elicited nothing to Indicate
when she. will return.
lnqtient t'pun HmllMof Kll Victim.
London, Feb. 27 The comer's in
quest Upon the bodies oi the Elbe
Victims, brought aah"re by fishing
boats, was resumed at Iiwesto't yester
day morning, illss Anna Hoecker, the
only woinln survivor of the Elbe, and
I'ilot Greenbam of the steamer Cratele
were present Captain Donner was in
attendance on behalf of the German
government, and lawyers were present
representing the owners of the Kibe and
Crathie. Captain (iordon of the Cralhie
was also present. It lias been decided
to limit the inquiry to the collision.
No investigation will be made into th
cause of tbe disaster In view of the
proceedings in the direction which are
proceedings in Rotterdam. Miss ISoecker
was called to the witness stand and
confirmed her previous statements.
She was unable to say whether the
Elbe's engine had stopped when she
went on deck.
I'ilot Greeoham testified that after
tbe crash he saw attempt made to
close the water-tight doors of th Elbe.
When he got to tbe deck he saw that
the Elbe bad lost her port rockets, but
ber blue lights burned and her sirsn
was blowing. Cad tain von (ioasel was
on th bridge until the last.
Both the captain and the chief engi
neer of the Crathie staled that the
steamer's telegr apli was froien at the
time of the collision. Orders were
given to tie) outlook man, who shouted
them to the engine room The engineer
admitted he had not looked to see
whether the telegraph was all right
when the vessel aaiied from Rotterdam.
On the conclusion of the engineer'
testimony the corner Intimated that
the inquest would be adjourned until
March 26. The solicitor lor the cap.
tain of the Cralhie objected to this
proposal and asked that the jury ren
der a verdict It would be cruel, he
sail, to let tbe matter hang fire over the
captain's hsad for a month. The corouer
opposed the rendering of a verdict at
the present time, and the inquest was
adjourned. -
A Comraiailua to h pi,
Ciiicaoo. Feb. 27.-Tlie Union
Pacific yesterdsy gsve notice that It Is
going to put effect shortly the payment
of a 5 commission from San Francisco
to Missouri river points. Tbe claim is
mads that the payment of a commission
has become necessary in order to secure
the business which is now going largely
via the Rio Grande Western, that line,
it is said, paying a commission to
ticket brokers on all business out of
California to the Missouri river. As
the liio Graude Western is not a mem
ber of tne new western committee It
cannot be disciplined lor starting what
will probably prove an extensive de
moralization of rates. Coming on top
of this is the notice of the Santa Fe
that such action of the Union Pacific
makes the existance of the western
trunk line committee an exceedingly
doubtful one and all the work of
month may be undone. The com
mittee meeis tomorrow to consider the
situation.
Builar aad I h.m AMoelatloa.
Rockfojuj, 111,, Feb. 27.The third
annual convention of the National
Butter and Cheese Makers' Association
began in this city Tuesday and will con
tinue three days, concluding with
banquet at the Nelson Hotel Thursday
evening, fecretary fc. I, Burridgs, of
Chicago, who Is now here completing
arrangements, aays the attendance will
be tbe largest in the history of the as
sociation. Tbe hotels are fast tilling
up. About 1,000 visitors are expected.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Chadron hs organized a business
men' association.
Siarlet fever is still pe'terlni liltl
people in and around Columbus.
Kushviile contributed IVJ in cash to
the Methodist hospital at Ouiaha.
The little town of Wausa ha two
.......iwri winch is one too many.
Karl Ko u succeeds his father I. P.,
in the mercantile business at Uurchnrd.
Seversl country schools In Cheyenne
county have beeu closl for want of
fuujs.
Mrs. J. 1$. Stark, au ol I lady of Eus
tis was seriously injured by the kick of
a cow.
Eighteen years ai;o on the l'Jtb of
February Madison county farmers
were sowing wheat.
Several parlies from western Ne
braska ar iu Illinois soliciting dona
tions of seed gram.
The family of A. It. Riterson of
Dorchester were made very sick from,
eating canned salmon.
Citizens of Lincoln county think
that loO.iJJU will be needed to foot the
bill for seed and feed.
The Columbiii Journal thinks that
the law demanding inspection of illum
inating oils should b abolished.
Frontier county nee Is seed gralr
badly, but is not eiitluHiastlcally in
favor of voting bonds to procure it.
Wild ducks have put In an appear
anw'e in the i'latta valley, by which.
token it is beiieved thai sp;ln is here.
Funding bonds carrieJ iu B -yd
county by a lare majority and war
rants are no longer a drug in the mar
ket About a doen Lincoln county
farmers will go to Grand Junction,
Col., Ihe early ,art of March and rent
land.
Cancer of the utoiinrh cailsel the
death of S. P. Gorby, an old snd hon
ored citl.eu of Vance c muty and a vt
iran of the late war.
A cancer In the throat caml the
death of Henry lleudricksoti of Sar
gent, lie lexves a large family iu com
fortable circumntanc.es
Johnnv Sheereger of II f lie ( reek
tumbled out of the hay loft to the fro.
'.eu earth and received a breKeri arm
with oilier painful bruUes.
The Methodist revival at Hebron,
lust closed, resulted in ttie conversion
of seventy people, liny of whom united,
with the church on probation.
A man who had refused to chop-wo-k!
on shares applied for relief coal at
Superior and get it. and with it a justly
leserved roasting for Ins laziness,
While cutting kindling a son of J. E.
MoMer ot ht l'aul slashed two fingers
from the hand of his little brother,
who was holding sticks for him to chop.
Editor E. M. Correll of the Hebron
Journal Is slowly recovering his health,
ind hopes, by a change of clinvtte, to
be fudy restored. He will spend a few
months in the sunny south.
Mrs. Mary Bently, living in l'awnee
ionnty, donated M2 acres of land U
B s'iod Bonacum of Lincoln, one-half
to go toward the erection of an orphan
age soon to be erected in that city.
Cha iron held a big jubilation meet
'ng when news csrne from Chicago
Jhat Dr. Hlrsh was coming with
mouth money In In vest to build a
combined sugar, starch, glucose and
cnicory factory.
Mrs. J. A. Force of 8t. l'aul a fr
day ago recelvad the gratifying In
telligence that a pension of H a month
for herself aud 12 for each of hr four
children had been allowed, dating from
the death of Mr. Force.
The youug la lie of Benedict hava
organized a liter arv club, with Mm
Litcbtenwetryreidnt, Minnie lies
vice-president, hiUlla Lett secretary,
Mollle Tipton treasurer. Fsnnia Ad
sms chaplain, Edith Lett dirsctores.
Tbe club meets Tuesday svenlns- of
ach week.
The Christian church at Gretna wa
given over a few night ago to tha
Aollrs people for revival purposes,
snd they turned in and roasted tha
lenominaition that extended th cour.
tear, and prayed that the Lord would
uncork .he bottle of divine wrath and
give the whole community the worst of
It seems that eUrn Bovd is to ha
cut off from communication with tha
outside world as soon aa the Ice breaks
u; in the rivers The bridie at Vi-
b.ara will not be in condition to cross
until May 1, and there is talk of re
pairing the Whit ng bridge soon .nrf
It cannot be crossed while repairs are
or in ( III aue,
The Stanton Picket Informs th. ...,n
that SUntou cnuiu i can take care of
Its own deatitute. aud advises the well
meaning people who recently shipped
several boxes of relief supplies toMun.
ton for distribution to disi, r
goods elsewhere. -Stanton count.-
tbe Picket claims, "l not only Hbl,. and
willing to take cars ,f u lit
within her burden-, but has sent aws
goods to thercou..'!- where destitu-
w acuiaiiy prevails.
The Free Methodist.
Vivat meetings thre an 1 oi.a.i.uiv 1..-
nortbwestof Arborvlll,. Eight minis
ters have united their afTon. i
JH'!,n"- ?f U'lr blend
""'""" 1 "'". ""Kg and Twodge
George Small of V.m .
- v., wri water, where u WM
ten feel deep. Hi inn
the.hnmeadhema,l.ne:ongdlv.
to recover them, but f.,B "J
out, noua tbe worst for his bath.