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NEBRASKA
Florida sends word that her straw
berry crop this year will be large. Also
the prices.
We trust Anna Mould's business in
stinct w ill warn her to demand an ab
stract of title.
Will Sweet Marie kindly cuddle up a
little closer to Mangle Murphy and
make room for Trilby V
The published portraits of Dreyfus,
the recreant Frenchman, corroborate
the testimony against hiui.
It turns out Just as we ex-cted;
Seeley, who stole $.'4.ooo from the
Shoe aiid Leather Bank, is well heeled.
An Kastern foot-ball player has gone
crazy. Psychologists are trying to fig
ure out whether this circumstance U
cause or effect
At the Chicago stockyards one day
last week "4.551 hogs arrived. And
yet there are those who dispute the
town's directory claims.
Mr. Pullman's new $10O.0n0 church In
Albion. N. Y, has just been dedicated
It will have to work pretty hard If it
hopes to balance matters for its foun
der. A Chicago girl who eloped from
Mount Holyoke College has returned.
Her name is "Bird" and she explains
that sue merely went out on a lark.
"Bird" should not get too fly.
Southern California escaped the cold
wave and the fruit-growers In that sec
tion who see a small fortune In sight
are not wasting sympathy upon their
unfortunate fellows of Florida.
John Bull will never be able to know
how to win the good opinion of this
country until he takes a New York
editor into his Cabinet and makes a
Boston man Viceroy of Ireland.
A New York paper mourns because
Gotham Is unable to entertain some
distinguished Spanish visitors by show
ing them an American bull fight. What's
the matter with a college foot-ball
game?
"Should we go to bed hungry?" asks
the New York Commercial Advertiser.
We should say not If your deliinment
subscriiiers pay no heed to this pa
thetic appeal strike for the nearest
free lunch
Philadelphia has sent Peter Robey to
Jail for two mouths for creating a pan
ic in a theater by shouting "Fire!" in
order to "have some fun." Such a sen
tence Is an outrage on justice; it should
have beeu doubled.
"My God, how I love that girl!" ex
claimed Actor Gentry to a friend in
New York. Thereupon he visited the
girl and shot her three times, killing
her almost instantly. He must have
loved her very deeply inded.
Amelie Rives Chaulcr has discovered
a hero whose "heart gave a hot leap
along his breast to his throat, leaving a
fiery track behind as of sptirks." It
would be unsafe for that fellow to
drink much whisky, for lie might ex
plode. The New York newspapers ought to
point out to the rash Count CasH-Hane
that if he marries Anna Gould he will
have to pay an income tax of thousands
of dollars annually. The unhappy man
ought not to be allowed to meet this
dire disaster without fair warning.
The willow of Richard Wagner sued
and recovered $'5 from a Berlin news
paper for printing without permission
some original pin-try she had written
and tied about the neck of her pet pug
rlog. We have long suspected that Ger
man poetry was going to the dogs, but
that Berlin paper got off very easily
for its otfense.
No sooner was the engagement of a
Gould to a French nobleman announced
than a Yaudei bllt starts over the ocean
Intent upon landing a husband of equal
rank, but whose price lag has not yet
been displayed. There is some reason
for regret at the tendency to make such
important purchases abroad. It is good
American money that is being spent.
Andrew Shepherd, of Springfield.
Ohio, is the first man arresied under the
new law making "mashing" a felony.
The awkward and unintelligent man
lier in which the man from Ohio makes
his advances to the female of his spe
cies Justifies tiie severest punishment,
and ft Is to be hoped that Mr. Shep
herd's case will be n warning to the
youth of the common wealth.
Rev. Thomas C. Hall, of Chicago, told
the people of that city a truth, which
applies to more cities than one, when
he said: "If we were to awake to-morrow
morning and find that all the Al
dermen in the City Hull are honest men,
il lot of our most respectable citizens
would be found running about town,
like chickens with their heads off, peek
ing to protect the franchises vtfiir-h
their attorneys have plotted and schem
aud bribed to get for them."
Kditor Dun a la against any Interfer
ence with the woman's tint He says:
"Would It uot be uVtler ti aaffer the
Aftcumfart of two noun of Mxbtlma-
ness at a theater rather than, by clip
ping the wings of a ecuiiarlv fa i
Hating and decorating bonnet, to free.c
and perhaps ruin the feminine iinpiiKe
to self adornment?" It would not, i.
les. like Mr. Dana, you never go to t't
theater. But who asks women to dip
anything from their bonnets? I-et then
takeoff their bonnets or wear the fetch-
ing and Inoffensive little creations that
were so fashionable ten years ago.
It is found that the hunters who do
most toward exterminating the noble
game of the North and Northeast are
Englishmen, who at 'ome would be
fined four p'un' six for shooting a rab
bit Yet in some respects the American
elk is fully as valuable as the British
cotton tail. Legislation backed by a
blunderbuss loaded with bird shot
rammed to scatter would be appre
ciated. It seems not Improbable that the
efforts of certain cotton producers to
raise the price of the staple by influ
encing a large decrease In the quanti'y
produced In the States east of the Mis
sissippi may be negatived by a larg.-r
production In Texas. There Is an am
bition to make that the biggest cotton
State in the Union, and to this was due
in great part the enormous cotton crop
of last year. Four and a half cents
per pound Is stated to lie a xssible
cost of production on large plantations
there, and some Southern papers have
printed the balance sheet of a planter i
in Mississippi who claims to have
made a good profit on his cotton at five
cents per pound, his crop being about
300 bales.
. Btale department at Washington that
Tbe other night a Chicago policeman i he lilta ed the sheriff of Huer
in citizen's clothes, having followed ' fttno couuty lo K've "un Particulars
a well known ni.-kiuw let fnr nmp time and prwtect ihe itauau miner from
finally attempted to arrest him. Tie
pickpocket made a stubborn fight mid
a crowd gathered. A couple of poli'--i-men
in uniform were attracted by the
disturbance. As they came up the
pickpocket, who was fast getting the
worst of the struggle, set up a lusty cry
for "Police:" Wieretion the bhi"
coats rushed Into the melee, promptly
seizeil their brother officer, dragged hiiu
away and held him while the nimble
pickpocket escaped. Wouldn't it be a
good plan to hold pound socials or pink
teas or something of that sort occasion
ally lu the jiolice department so that the
officers would get acquainted with each
other?
Jean de Kesr.ke, the tenor of the Ab-
bey-Grau Dolvclot oners 'rot'oe. Is
said to have made the remark In Bos- , 1 hanlber's office of 27 Chancery
ton that he hoped the program of the ! La. London, aud G. F. Gaines, of
week would be changed so that he '' HU Broadway, X. V., would bke to
could go back to New York and t,.ar j know ' baa become of Sir Georgo
the German troupe give "Tristan and Northedge, bart, aud Josie Coiu
Isolde." "To think." remarked the ; pleus, supposedly the common law wile
tenor, "that while 'Tristan' is sung In ! of the knight, wIiosj Chicago residence
New York 1 shall be walking about j three years ago was at. Sta e
The stiiire in P.iikThii Hiri-Mmr ' l-;i twl ' " htreW It. in KOriMOfted that boMl nf
De Reszke, perhaps 'lncons-iouslv,
stated an important fact. It is tiecause
of the constant, tiresome repetition of !
operas written for the Itali in stage, !
to which "Faust" is no exception, that
the performers do scarcely more than
walk about the stage. Thev .anuot
lie expected to have much 1 .ten-st in
their work. It Is no wond'T theref re
that De Reszke was so anxious to hear
"Tristan aud Isolde" an opeia with
so much fire of genius that walking
about in it is Incomprehensible. It i
might give these lazy Italian artists a .
genuine sensation If the managers i
include "Tristan and Isolde" in their '
repertory, provided they ha.e artists
industrious enough to learn the ,,arts
and artistic enough to sing thciu. I
Rome Thievish Ingenuity.
Thieves of I'ppcr India are generally
very smart when It comes to the
sipieeze of capture and the care which
native burglars take in the way of
precaution against surprise is phe
nomenal, writes a correspondent at a
colitenioorarv. Thev are usnnltv newt
painstaking, and a friend of mine one 1 HUt- Ttie Cuicauo legal r preneiitative
morning awoke to find that le-mid be. n ! ot t"etat was.. W. linsdaK Dur
"looted." and at given Intervals the "'8 "e ot NorihKige's visits to tin
places of exit had been laid out with i clt7 1,6 stopped at ll'e Auditorium
bits of broken bottle, so that if the man
hud been disturbed aud pursued th
gluss would have In all probability
brougiit up the pursuers smartly. They
themselves knowing its li.- would have
avoided it ami got away comfortably.
House burglars always carry a vnllot
of fine sand, and a handful of this
thrown over the shoulder into the face
of ii w-ou id-he cnnt'irer is a arrauled
to postpone the purs lit. In the case
above mentioned the highwayman ws
a little extravagaat to part with his
blanket. I hey generally firing the ene
my up with the ample folds of the tur
ban, which rarely fuils if the lassoolng
is done adroitly.-Bombay Gazeil ?.
Fort if el f a r .
To-day Paris, regarded as a fort i fled
center, Is an intrenched camp, upon the
margin of which are numerous new
permanent forts. The circle formed by
the line of these new forts, which are
far outside the forts of 170. is about
s5 miles In circumference, and it con
tains about 5S0 square miles, not more
than one-seventh of that area being
built over. It Is a region nearly ns
large as Monmouthshire, with n popula
tion of 3,000.(i(lrt. The smallest possible
circuit to lie formed around It by mi
investing army Is ioo miles, so that at
least 5oo.imh men actually upon the spot
would be required o undertake, liny se
rious operations for the reduction by
siege of the French capital.
In practice no fewer than l.ooo.ooo
would Im necessary. And fortified Par
Is, although so much more exlenslve
than it whs In lsTo. can. nevertheless,
be defensively held at present by HoO.
000 men, while. If 700,000, or even more,
were called for, they could, without
detriment lo the Held armies, be pro
Tided out of tli 3,700,000 trained (w.I
drt whom Frwr-ce now hs at her ill"
posal. Tbe Natl unl Review.
linhCuIr Kii(ir1.
Dk.nvi.ii, Coio.,Mrci 11 Mob rule
has reign J amon- t!i miners la the
coal camps of Huerfano county since
hun Jay uig'it a.id s vs. of their vie
tin: j, .'1 bat one iuih u., Ud.-s hm n
la a by bull 'i from the mob's Win
chesters. Four of the Italians weib
' kiil--J from arntmsh yesterday while Do
tag taken prisoner in a wagon to the
1 jail at Wataeuburg after a coroner's
i commitment for complicity in tut
murder of Abuer J. llixon, a temper
ance saloon keeper at House. A boy
who was driving the wagon was un
intentionally killed by the fuailade of
1 bullets. Before daylight yesterday
morning a mob of miners ami citizens
: of Watsenburg gathered outside the
jail where t tie two Italians were con
lined, got inside by a pretense and
I killed both the prisoners. It is re
j ported that the same mob, thirsting for
more bloodshed later took out of jail a
Geruiau charged with rape and killed
I him. During the excitement two other
1 prisoners escaiajd.
LIST OF THE SLAIN.
The raames of the dead so far as
known are as follows:
Joseph Welaby, boy driver of pris
oners' wagou.
Lorenzo Dauino, killed in jail. He
beat Hixon to death.
Peter Jacobin!, killed in jail.
Tbe names of tiie four Italians killeu
on the road are unknown. Five other
suspects had been released from custo
dy be lore tne mob arose. All of liiem
lived at House, wheie the Italians far
j outnumbered the Americans.
' Governor Mclntire telegraphed
tlit
I furtiier mob violence, ile slated In bis
1 dispatch that from information he be
! lieved the Italian miners were Ameri
can citizens, but he was not certain.
I lie further stated that the militia
' nearest the scene could be forwarded at
' short notice. Last night he received
! meagre reports from HherifT O'Mallev,
; wlio said two were killed on the road,
1 the others escaping, lie has instructed
the siienll to call for assistance if
uevt oem j m u viu ij i,i j 14 l j ,
Looltlng fur a IMliMtiiig; llrlr.
Chicago, March 14 There ib an es
tate of jii.ixJO Ooo awaiting a claimant
in Wells Sotnertshire, Kugland, euty
miles from ISaih, with a baronial hall
called North Edge. incidentally
; these persons have been murdered aud
i as there are heirs, Norllirdges. in Mon
treal, Wasuuigtjii aud New York, the
police have been active in looKing up
the case. Nor hedge's great-grandfather
died intestate, leaving 3I,77,(XK)
besides the landed estate. His sou
came to this country, where a sou ws
born in Moittretl March i, 1H1I. The
frtther served in the war ol the re
bellion as colonel of the F:fty-nim li
New York volunteers in the lirst b.itai
liou Connecticut cavairy. Alter tlm
war the son came lo Chicago and three
! years ago, after eleven years of searcn
on the part of J. ii. (iilchnst of Tor
onto, the heir to the esia. u loca ed.
. Money was advance i by the attorney
j in the case and Northedge's title w-t-t
! linally proven. He returned to New
' York about two years ago. Out shortly
: alier disappeared as completely a if
lie had been swallowed by the earth,
; and not a trace of hi in li.'S been Un
covered since. The woman witu wtioai
i he lived in tins city has alio disappeared
' and ihe big estate slid awaits a clairn-
h"lel al,u "I"' money I ivishly
nc ui in Smoke.
Kansas City, Marcll 14. A fire
which destroyed over $ij.0! worth
of property in an hour broe out at
yesterday afternoon in the big four
btory building at 410 West Filth street,
occupied ny me E iglisu Supply com
pany, dealers lu engine supplies and
wrought iron materials. The tire spread
with ahiiost lucreuiblerapiJIty througn j
this building acd lu twenty minutes
alter it started the whole interior was
one mass of llames. ihe wind was
blowing a gaie when the lire broke out
and the Haute were carried to the top
oi the lif til sto.y brick building nortu
of the Kngtisii building occupied by
the Western newspaper union and the
Great Western type foundry. At ti:4)
that building was pracuc.illy destroyed
In it was great quantity n" ivpe aud
lype material, uesiies six cylinder
presses. The Western Newip iper com
pany printed ''pittr.ut inaid-s" for '&))
western weeKly newspapers and em
ployed a big force. The los in this
building a'one will exceed Sl75.(J).
The Figllsh building was owned by the
Kersey-Coales estate and the reutruc-
lion of the building and Its couter.18
Involves a I.ss of about 82.7J,OC0. It is
estimated that a little more man
tbe loss is covered by limirauce.
half
Hlw up th Sf.
Ft. Wayne, Ind., March 11. Burg
lars entered the bank at Walteinaih Jt
Son at Roanoke, fourteen miles soutu
westof tbis city, early yesterday morn
ing anil blew tbe sate door open with
dynamite. The noise of the explosion
brought a night watchman and some
citizens lo the scene, and a fierce light
with revolvers ensued. A number of
shots were exchanged, but so far at
learned oo one was injured. Tbe
would be burglars escaped without e
curiae any booty. .
Kir't on nit At-ra Hf.
Vkw YoiiK, March 13 The Colum
bian line steamer Alliance, Captain
Cromaii from Cobtu which arrived
at ( iir.itititie t II:tr, yesterday morn
in, nrou-ib1 a ta-tdng tale of outrage
ai-e. Marc!i 8, at about 7:3) o'clock
in Lhe morning, when tl e steamer chi
ofl the east end of Cuba, s hrigantine
rigged man-of-war, Hying the Spaniso
flag, was passed, steering in the same
direr" ion at a d stance of about a ml e
and half. The Alliance dipped ber
colors in salute, and the courtesy wat
acknowledged and reciproca'ed by the
Spaniard. A few minings l ilerapufT
of smoke apjieared from the man - of -
I...,,, n 1 ,.1 Tl.l.
mniDi', -mniiuAii,iiiwii,, nr'i, i Mil
was fdowed a few mlmitei later bv
acother blank cartridge. Captain
j Crossman did not pay any attention to
me mooting, out co'iuuuei on nu
course northward. Ttie man-of-war
then altered its course to follow the
Ahian.-e, and a' most at once another
gun was fired and a solid shot came
bounding toward the American schoon
er, missing her narrow?. Two other
balls were fired, but both went wide.
The Spat. lard fast dropped astern and
aftr a cae of about twenty-five
miles altered her coure and headed
back. Captain Grossman c-in advance
no theory for the ou'ra'.'eous conduct
of the Spaniard. He declares his in
tention of bringing the matter to tbe
attention of ecretary G'esli im at once.
MAY CAl'SK SKKHifS i riMPLICATIONS.
The firing is Lkely to lead to serious
complications. Th owners of the line
are very indignant at the insult, and
say they will demand a renson for the
attempt to stop an American steamer
on the high seas in time ol peaoe. Tbe
following letter has leeii sent to Secre
tary Gresham-
To the Hon. Walter (J. Gresham .
The American mail steamship Alliance
under my command, while on her
homeward bound voyage from Colon to
New York whs, on the morning of
March 8, off the east end of Cuba.
At 6:3() o'clock a Darkentlne-rigged
Bteamshlp was sighted under the land,
bearing directly for us. t 7:13 she
set her colors, proving to lie a hpanish
gunboat. I Immediately orderei the
American ensign hoisted on the Alli
ance aud saluted the Spaniard, which
salute was duly returned by hT. I
then saluted once more and supposed
the matter was at an end. Hut about
five minutes later the Spaniard fired a
blank cartri :ge and a few moments
later another one, followed shortly
i afterward by three solid fihois, all of
I which fell phort of th- Alliance, but
j showing conclusively that the Span
I iard was firing at us I, being fully
six miles off nhor ar.d on Me high seas
j paid no further attention to the Span-
lards, but kept up iru course. The
i Spaniard kept up the rhas, although
j krH'IUB"y dropping aster-
fullv tweu
tv five milei
I desire to know if i tie Spaniard has
I any right to lire on my ship, with the
j probable course of eed ingeriug the
' lives of the passongern and the crew
j undr my charge, or compel me to
heave to, as he proimbly intended.
I resrt-ctfully ask for inform itlon on
j that subject, as I did not. and do not,
! propose to have to, tliereoy losing time
! on ray voyage, too'olige Spanish gun
boats, except lu caies ot distress
JAMKS A. CikosM av.
Commander.
Opmif(! It. Kntlre Line
Pjioknix. Ariz.. March 13. The
Santa Fe' Present t ,V Phoenix railroad
whs formally opened its entire distance
yeste'day, '1 his city being the capital
of the territory, was madothe center
o' the celebration bv th happy ciuzens
of Arizona, aided bv delegations of
prominent, railroad oiti lain, capitalists,
railroad men, arinv oilic rs and others
from many states. Addresses of wel
come were delivered by Governor
Hughes, the chief jn.fice of the su
preme court, t lie mayor and president
of the chamber of commerce. In the
proci-ssiori were the pupils of the iti-
dustrial i-choois and ltiaians In gay
drea. All tie buildings wer- .-labor-
i atelv decorated. General MeC ok and
his staff !rom army headquarters in
Denver op -i ed the ceremonies, and car
loads of diBtinguisltea citizens came
in from couv'' '"" lines
Me in i' tii-li-nrr.
St. Lol ls. March 13. The stock
holders of the Missouri Pacilic and
l,1u1Si iron Mountain & Southern rail
way company's held their annual meet-
iug yesterday morning. Ihe annual
report of the companies, as presentei
by Vice-President Warner, was read.
1 P. esldent Gouid's report to the direc
tors concludes ai follows: "The dell-
Cieiicies IU tne couipai:j n revt-uun nvr
been me' bv advances by your director.
The Moating debt of the company,
which is clearly suited in the statement
In this report. Mid which has accumu
late, I for a nitmlter of years is entirely
co'iceiurated in the bauds of a few of
our directors
H rlil or Month K 1m llvraolt
Kkmiama'II.I.K, Did., Marcll 13.
f.iz.ie Martin, a brule of a mouth,
commuted suicide yesterday by taking
morphine. The unfortunate
wo III II n
by hci
whs Oi I veil out into the cold
husuand's parents.
I 3t-fjdiii M'tf!enrf1.
Vl t.iiua. B. C, March 3.-Tue-day's
advices from Honolulu confirm
the previous reports that the ex-queen
has Imwii sentenced to live years' Im.
provemen'. Leading royalists are or
ganizing solidly for annexation. The
military company has disposed of all
cases to come before it and there hiii
been a geoerHl n lesse of unconvicted
prisoner". Martial lw been rnleJ
and will looo be declared 'it an cud.
n..-..
Xkw Oklf.a ss, March la. A general
order as issued to tt.e s'ae uc)'
yestraay iroin the lieadq iru a ot t.ie
National guard pi icing tiiem on active
duty untu further orders. At 11 o.cioek
in the morning the Washington artill
ery, commanded by Colonel Richard
son aud consisting of two Holchkiss
gins and abou: one hundred and
twenty men armed with rifles, lett their
armory and proceeded down town.
. When D-catur street was reached the
( troops were s atioued m the Southern
Pacilic freight siied. Colonel Richard -
son then procetMled on the levee to find
1 the beet location fr th guns. In tbe
' muQlillmu il. .1 ,1... ihi,l
. mhuuio uic iiiiii;o IIAU LIIP wuii;
i cleared for them, there was not a
straggler of any kind to be seen..
tverybody was kept moving and only
those who had business on the wtiarl
or going to and from the ferry were
permitted to pass. The freight cars. I
. . .
which offered such formidable breast -
works for the rioters In the recent
bloody affair, were moved away, affjrd
ing a clear field aud an unobstructed
rauge for men and bullets One gun
was trained towards St. Phillips street
and tbe other towards the very end of
the French market, commanding nearly
the whole part of tiie levee as far as
the mint. Upon getting his men into
position Colonel Richardson bad a con
ference with i'olice Sargeant Day, the
result of which was that the police es
tablished a "dead line," beyond which
oo ono was permitted to pHSs.
At first immense crowds congregated
ail around, but by persistent efforts the
levee was sson entirely cleared. Then
tbe police proceeded to clear side streets
around the French market, pushing
the crowd back as far as Decatur street.
There were many colored mea am ng
the crowd, all seeking work, having
been told that work would be started.
They mixed freely among the many
white men present, showing that their
fears had ca; s-kI, and at precisely 1
o'clock went to work on the steamer
Lngineer. There was no demountation
of any kind. Qiiietly the cotton was
rolled off the lloats which hai been
Handing there for two days and the
tarpaulins were lifted from the covers
of batches aud from behin t bal-s from
which a deadly lire was yesterdiy
pouring into ttie blacks. Work quietly
proceeded under protection of the
Boldiers. Beyond the dead line marked
off there were crowds pceung over one
another's should. irs, wathiug the pro
ceedings from a long way off, but no
one making a motion to mterfear or
raise a voice in protest,
(JqIhI KAl(n lu III ItitllHii Colony.
Y ATSKNiH'K'i, Coio., March lo.
Quiet reigns again in the Italian colony
here. While the friends of the mur
dered men t.re still intensely excited
there is little probability that they will
attempt to resort lo violence. Although
loua threats of vengeance are. ma le oo
every hand there is a lask of concerted
action, which Indicates that ihere will
be no serious trouble. Governor Mc-j
Intyre is in readiness to send troops atj
a moment's notice should any necessity
for such action ansa. Only one of the
victims was an American citizen.
The history ot the men who were
killed near Watsenburg is as lohows.
Wellsby was an American well known
in tiiia secHon. He was twenty-three
years of age aud uumarred. Zafetto
had lately come lrom Italy, wuere he
left a wife and four clnlilreu. He ha t
taken out his first papers and wati
about twenty-six years old. Ronchelto
was an Dalian ctien, unmarried, an I
about thrty years old. Vittan had
taken out lint paHrs. He had a wi n
and everal children in Italy ana was
thirty-one year old. Larenzo was an
Italian citizen, unmarried, and twenty,
five years ot ag. Giauobiuo na I uki-ii
out first papers aud has a sou living at
Watsenburg. lie was forty years oi l.
Dr. Cunn, acting coutisul for the
liai an government, will start for Wat
senburg, having receive' instructions
to that effect from Ambassador J5aron
Fava at l.oou yesterday. The message
received from the emba-sador was
worded in Italian and the omy inter
pretation the doctor would give w.is
that he had instructions to start for
Watsenburg at one. "lam ready to
go," lie said, '-anrt will euueavor to
carry out the instructions of mv gov
ernment. 1 anticipate no trouble, lor
the efforts which Governor Mclntyre
has been making since the new ws
received from I he scenw of tin- trounle
is quite assuring that tie has the mat
ter lu complete ontrol."
Rom i', March lo. Several news
papers comment on the Italian mur
ders in Colorado. All deplore tae
slaughter, while refraining from v.u
lent language. The Tribune says that
tiie Washington government ouiit i;
keep the doctrine of htaie rights from
enabling each state from Is-comiug in
turn the asylum for assassins.
Klllnl li? A t r- ii
BltnoKt.VX, March Patrick (ill
en mid Roan .--pin while at wo a
yesterday mriiiug in a sewsr Iweo'.y
leet deep on Sec t:d iiveinm, lieiwe-u
Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eight slre-is,
were aim si Instantly killel by a caw
in, about a ton of e.irth tailing up m
them. The boilie were recover -d
several hours after the accident.
Lying oi .i mu tor fjl-r.
Pour Tampa. Fi. March i.l.-o l(,
of Ptnkertou's detectives is in Havana
waiting the arrival of W. V, Taylor,
the delaulting stale treasurer of South
Dak oh, who was recently rep ir ed to
Imve been arrested in Ver Cru,, Mex
,co. It i IHieved ili.it Taylor, who
,'elt this port on the s. earner il.ihoiu
under the nitine or .Vision wuh ii
'raveling companion named I'helpi, is
returning will! a detective voluntary.
' STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Ufl, , lg uulidiug a new Mctho-"
i
rent
in big demand in
Laud for
Nuckolls county.
Waiioo proposes to have ball teatu
this year that can beat the World.
Theie are thirteen Sheridan county
boys in the reform school at Kearney.
The commercial hotel at sterling a
' iamai?eii bv lire to ttie extent of a).
j jltM busiuess buildings at Alva
' mtfn destroyed by tire, causing a loa
gjiuj
' . thirtv Custer connty
i ' , . .
Citizens are now in the east soliciting
grain.
The Columbus T 'egram declines to
' visit the chief executive unlejs piid fi r
at regular rates.
The south ouix City Democrat caha
I . . i i...-. ,1... l. -i ,n i.inri CI1IIIII Of
, a uw imi r
, Dakota county.
I. I). Newell, formerly
dent of Clav county, died
tiperlnlen
recently at
Manhattan, Kau.
The Blair Telegraph regards the re
tireuidht of McKeighau and Bryan as a
calamity to N'ehranka.
The big circle hunt near Germau
iown. Sjward county, resulted iu lha
llaughter of five wolves.
Hon. C. D. Shradi-r of Logati county
islhinking of going to klahoma lo
jrow up with the cycioi ea.
The M-tlioJists of ilaskius have
jommeuced the erection of a church.
It will cost about iJ.o-D.
The Leftwlch circus, which lias been
wintering at Norfolk, is preparing to
Hart out. on the roa 1 .May 4.
The annual meeting of t lie Nebr.isk a
ionferenre ,f the 1'iiited Hietheru in
Jhrist will be buld at Biui ."-prings,
March 20.
The populist papers in Nance county
are fighting des-ratel? over the quer
.loii of which sliail bd oihcnU organ of
;he party.
Rev. Mr. Fries has terminated bis
pastorate at Germ.- and will go to Al
liance to take charge ot the liapti.it
Church there.
The old 1'iiite l States laud office at
O'Neill has been r.'ut'-i b tin officers
)f the Kpibcopal ciiarcu lo lie use 1 for
religions services
Mr. and Mrs. M.S. t'otterellof North
Bend have been married fifty y-srs and
have celebrated the event with befit
ting ceremonies.
The bread war at Nebraska Ci'y has
been declared off, and no more sales
will Ih made at the ruinous rate o f six
loaves for a dime.
Farmers all over tiie slate have be
come inieieiied itia.ialla, and uofartn
will b-- considered complete without a
lew acres of it.
TIib ( I iz'mis of "lirokenhow" are
dissatisfied with the cotidensa' ion of
the two w irds and ask the restoration
of the old Broken Bow.
.ciiuyler hopes to get a sugar factory
and tue Herald it one of the lew pajiers
hot ave-se 'o giving a bounty to en
courage the industry.
The revolver with whi.-h Harry II. II
''Ot Matt Akerson has bi-en presente d
to the Grand Army musouui In the
:ourt hoims at PlatUmouth.
Mary Burns of Golden .springs In
Burt county una been adjudged Ins a no.
She was once a patient at. the Omaha
D.:af and Diirnb institute.
Two young men near Creighton were
caught ste ilmg hay and the court l!rd
them : apiece and made im-m p. y
double w hat tiie hay v as Worll.
Ther-have beeu sixty-one addi:io::S
to the membership of the Burnt
church at Weeping Water aa the reult
of the Win tor's rev ivai meeting .
Overwork and worry over siclc
children hascHiieed Mrs, Augiis n ,Hie
of Sherman county to loos.) l ermml,
and file has been sent to nu asynim.
W. F. Cody offer a levari for :,
convicUon of the party or partle who
poisioned a few gre) bounds at his
rand. Thedogscoa Inm several i., a
and uollurg.
'i he chief of the ehraska CUv fire
depart merit has asked the city c u il
to purchase a chem.cal etigme. , e
have been too many llrei in town , y.
c n: to suit the ti emen.
About ax) acres will be con r .rted
this year for the purpose ol raising
been lu tne vicinity of Wavne, pr .vu.
big " per ton is paid for the beets
Seventy-live acres have already b. erl
Contracted.
W. K. Lay of Columbin wants the
district court to set aide u,r v,.r,, ,,t
that, he Is morally insane. II piea.i,,
for justice on the spot. Hnd wants upon
Its books the court t say th i' l. t -l(t
hs era.y as he looks.
John Weber and !. RroAn, ciiizein
ol Uaiidolph, iritded horses. ve, ,
oon discovered he had the short e,i of
the bargain, and u.itin n,,, llll!lH
changed horses on his own hook. Tht
doctor had occasion t (o jl(rn
before morning, and ,H-iug w l(t
" irsneti hviiii bv brnak
aU.nj in.
to eters burn,
district court.
D" will stand trial i
April 1 work
will coiniii.i,,.
ii, ' "
. n.x . new opera house. The strctu .
will be 4lx'.M teet, and thirtv-'w,, fe,e
l b' ignt. The seating cHpa-ltv will
b.. TheCallsays.flstoUtf,;"!
est opera hoiue lu the Northeast ,
braika.
The youths of Arlington were fount
the other evening. They str-cheo a
wire across the sidewalk Mho u m,U
falls. The Identity of the young roirne.
waadbicoverel but as yet'no"
