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Tt Sioux County Journal
ARBISOir,
NEBRASKA.
Bill Nye baa tu m i ' i i ; i tbat
was not fuuuy. It was the wreck of
tbe Cienfuegu. Hill was a passc-nger.
The Sioux Indians are close to civili
sation; they opeucd a subscription list
for a monument to one of their great
men.
Governor Slu-aklcy of Alaska says
the ss-aling lnisine is pr:n"iMil!y dead.
One subject to quarrel o.tr with
foreign nations.
A iiiano pounder went insane while
playing in a concert in New York the
other uighi. This is better; Hitherto
be has been driving others insane.
"Hetty Greeu has .',ii.ii mio and
lives on $7 a week." says a New York
exchange. Well, if she had only $7 she
probably would live on J'jO a week.
Frank H. Trucsdell, who has been
arrested for trying to swindle an Kui
poria bank, saye he is a journalist.
Thank heaven, he is not a newspaper
man;
Down In Teias the railwayr Kraut
excursion rates to prize-fights and
chaise full fare to Brother Moody's big
meetings. The K"Sel doesn't get a fair
chance iu Texas.
If your religion is based on knowl
edge as well as feeling, on conviction
as well as emotiou. you are beyond the
reach of harm in this world and close
to the Joys of heaven.
All white men will understand the
feelings of the old ei -slave who won't
sell his little farm near Mr. Vauder
bilt's grand North Cardiua estate lie
cause he did always want to live near
a rich man.
Miss Drlscoll, a typewriter, has re
signed from the sheriff's olfice In New
York because she says the sheriff used
to swear at her iu Holland Dutch. She
did right. English Is none too good for
uch purposes.
Queen Victoria Is about to make ,roo
new baronets out of journalists, ar
tists and actors. The "journalists"
deserve it. but there is dauber that an
Injustice may be clone to some really
deserving artists aud actors.
A St. Paul man who eloped with his
wife four years ago has eloped with
three other women since then. Wives
cannot be too careful about leading
their spouses Into temptation, as a bad
habit once formed can be broken off
with difficulty.
We take great pleasure Iu being the
first to announce to the people of New
Portage and vicinity that we confident
ly expect to have electric street curs
running through our midst within the
next sixty days. New Portage (Ohio)
Gazette.
Horrible!
Ex-Govenior Feck, of Wisconsin, in
embarking in a private business ven
ture,, says to an Interviewer: "We shall
advertise liberally In the uewspapers
and we will have our bauds full of
business." The "Had Boy" still has a
full appreciation of the value of prin
ter's Ink.
At a banquet of lawyers In Edinburgh
not long ago a toast was drunk to "The
greatest benefactor of the profession
the man who make his own will."
This seems to imply that wills drawn
by lawyers are not successfully con
tested in Scotland. A better toast would
be to the man who wants to lie a bene
factor ami executes his owu will.
The Boston Transcript says that "a
newspaper man is a person who can
sharpen his pencil witli a pair of scis
sors, while a Journalist tins to have his
pencil sharpened for him. Again, a
newspaper man walks over to the sub
sidewalk restaurant for a lo-ceut lunch
while a Journalist takes a cab for din
ner at the club." A tiewspaier man
throws into the waste basket what the
Journalist writes.
William T. Adams, who Is practical
ly unknown by that name outside a
limited circle, says he soon tired of his
nom de plume of "Oliver Optic" under
which he lias written 12H books and
1.IXKI newspaper stories - and endeav
ored tc change If, but his publishers
wouldn't listen to the proisiiioii, as
the name had too big a start of him.
He is 7.'! years old, and lives in Dor
chester, Mass.
If the South is to thrive she must
raise less cotton and more corn and
other things that cau be marketed to
better ailvnnge. The fact that she can
do so if she will has been Indisputably
established. She Is at the beginning of
a new era in her prosperity, provided
she does not, neglect to Improve the op
ponujiity Rtid to heed the lessons of
practical experience. It is simply a
question of making proper use of her
extensive nnd valuable resources, and
ceasing to follow the one-crop policy.
That Is a fenrful church row that has
broken out t .tmcsvllle, Ohio. Stories
have been circulated about the- pastor
f the Presbyterian Church, and the
postor has turned Wise a flood of sar
flsm in reply. The charges made are
nnanal, too. The sin, according to
I, is not one of commission, but
N Immoralities are alleged,
It la admitted that the pastor is a
tt toclaa and scholar. liut he
ha Dcvcr Kkeii a kind word to a
rhlliL lie doea not say "(imtwy woot
ey" to til- babies of bis flock, tlor docs
he pat the heads of the children an 1
call the In.- who threw a brick thr-uic'i
the church window an "amrel " Hence
the row and the ai-companying sar
casm. The w hole uiattcr is to be taken
up at a church meeting, too. aud no
one can foresee the end. Possibly it
would lie well in the future to have
soine stipulation made an to the quan
tity and quality of kind words that are
due to children from a minister, and
then hold him to strict accountability
under whatever agreement may be
made.
It would !e a matter of nauseating
Interest to examine under the mlcros
(iil the fruit, the caj'ly and the bread
handled by unclean fin; ; crs on all the
streets of the great cities. The grocery
clerk as well as ihe baker should be
required to handle with dean gloves
bread and all other food substances
that cannot le washed Is forc eating.
The unwashed brigade that sells fruit
and candy esjievially, should cither 1
made to wear clean gloves or wash.
Where is the Parkhurst that will bring
about this reform?
A New Y'ork clergyman enlivened
his sermon Sunday by sharpening a
carving knife In the pulpit with a
steel iu order to illustrate to the as
sembled congregation how ns steel
shariens steel minds are enlightened
b contact with kindred minds. He
might continue his picturesque pulpit
methods and at the same time show
how easy it is for a good man to re
frain from profanity by utilizing his
newly sharpened carver next Sunday
to carve a duck In the pulpit.
Mobs have of late years !een so fre
quent In the South that they can be in
cited by almost any plausible cause.
The attempt to throw the City of Sa
vannah Into disorder and violence on
iH-couut of the opiienrance of an ote
noxloiis religious setisattontst is a nat
ural outcome of the toleration of mob
outbreaks on other pretexts. What
ever may be thought of sectarian
tiamps who go about inflaming bigotry,
the principle of freedom of speech must
bo maintained at all hazards in every
part of the 1'nlted States. That It
should be used by the unworthy, or that
Its use by the unworthy should tend to
exasperate others, is not a valid argu
ment for the violation of the principle.
The country will applaud the firmness
and patriotism of the Mayor of Savan
nah, who neither parleyed with a com
mittee assuming to speak for a mob,
nor hesitated to call out the militia to
pteserve the principle of freedom of
speech even when morally abused. It
wonld be well for the South if every
time constitutional doctrines were as
sailed by violence public officers should
have the nerve and the Independence of
the Mayor of Savannah. The Savan
nah mob, like every other mob, re
fused to listen to the counsels of even
those representing authoritatively the
doctrines the rnob itself professed to lie
defending against blackguard assault.
No mob can lie reasoned with. It makes
no difference what Its avowed purpose,
or on what motive it professes to act.
It la to be dealt with as a lawless
horde and subjected to tbe rigorous
treatment which civilization demand!
against unreason and fury. It Is a
w holesome thing for the So-nth, and the
lesson should be taken home In every
part of the United 8tatea that the
peace of communities must be held
paramount to auy factional, sectarian
or political Interest
LIGHTNING'S WORK.
The Damage from Electric Htorma
Constantly Increasing.
Statistics prove beyond question that
damage by lightning Is increasing at a
startling rate both In America and
abroad. Scientists are divided In opin
ion as to the cause of this phenomenon,
some holding with much plausibility
that It Is due to the vast quantity of
artificially produced electricity employ
ed for lighting and other purposes,
which establishes a connection with
the reservoirs of the fluid in the at
mosphere. Others hold that the cutting
down of forests and altering the natural
balance of air currents is to blame,
others, again, assort that the trouble
lies in the immense amount of coal ash
aud other tinely divided solid matter
suspended in the air from burning coal,
which, saturated with atmospheric
moisture, serves as a good conductor.
The number of fires actually known
to have been caused by lightning has
been quadrupled in twenty years, while
deaths from the same source have in
cteased in alarming proportion during
a single di-cade. The attention of sa
vants and electrical engineers has lieen
called to the subject, and various prop
ositioiis looking to some means of
averting the danger to life and proper
ty have been made, but thus far none
appear to be of practical value.
Cotton Condnctors.
Haotil Picket has been exjierlmentlng
with cotton, wool and other bad con
ductors at very low temperatures to
fpst their power to prevent radiation.
Copiier cylinders were called down to
170 degrees below zero centigrade ami
packed in layers of colton wool of vari
ous thicknesses. The cylinders rose to
SO degrees below zero very quickly,
whether naked or packed In cotton
wool twenty inches thick, the cotton
wool acting like a perfect conductor of
heat Above HO degrees, however, the
Influence of the packing made Itself
felt, the rate of warmlng'varylng with
the thickness of the layer.
When you think how many cburtli
socials It took to build and pay for n
church, you must wonder ttat peopU
are not better acquilnteu.
Mf;r lruah- .titn i a .
Wsmhvotun. March 20. At th
state depiitnieut, us well as it the cab.
1 1. iet meeting, toe Nicarag ua aiiu
j Venezuelan matters have suuied the
lead over the panuu incident An ex
pression of indignation was cailed
(forth from the fact that (treat Britain
tipulates that one oi the com mm
Hotter to adjrd c ite damage mould
not be a citieu of the Ui-ited States.
I The report that a British warship is on
its way to Bliietields to enforce British
demands nu ay csli lor some, further
action on the part of the United Mates.
It is regarded as particularly fortunate
I for the interests of both Nicaragua and
the United Sta'es, that .-nor B irri -s.
who, was arut to England to endeavor
to arrange the Mosquno troubles, lias
been in Washington. He had Beveral
interviews on the subject with Secre
.ary Gresham ai'd the fact that he left
Washington yesterday morning and
will sail immediately for Colon is tak
ar. as good evidence that he has
Leached a satisfactory uuuerstanding
with the sti.te departmmt. 1'roi.er
'precautions have been taken in regard
to the Yenezulau situation. Admiral
j Meade's licet is distributed in aud
! wound Coion, not far from the Yeue
1 tuelan coast. It is noted that the coat
Mug station for American stilus has
! ben changed from Colon to Cartha
j ,5na, wnich is twenty-lour hours neaier
j to Venezuelan territory than Colon,
l'lie naval department has information
that France U about to send a cruiser
:o Vei ezuela, ostensibly for the pur
pose of taking away the French minis
ter to that country, who whs recently
requested to w ithdraw, and Germany
i is also contenipi.xt ug the dispatch of
warships to tnloree tiie payment of a
uarantee to the German builders of
, Am Central Vnezulau railroad. The
; reported intention of Great Britain with
feftreuce to Venezuian territory has
jtiotbeen overlooked by this goveru
; ment, and if British, French and Ger
man warships appear at Venez llau
I ports they will probably find some of
the ad miral's fleets there before tbem.
M A1E NO IlKN'lAL.
Sew York. March 20. The iler
lld's Key West special gays: No for
Iher pnriicuiars have been learned
about the American schooner reported
to have been sunk off l'uertadel I'adre,
Cuba, by the Spanish cruiser Asredo.
No denial is made here by the .Spanish
agents aa to the correctness of the re
port, but it is said the vessel was not
(lying the American flag. The mason
advanced for the sinking was that she,
would not answer signals. Diligent in
quiry among ship owners fails to show
any vessel belonging to this port miss
ing. No further news has been heard of
the schooner sighted by the Mallory
iteamer Concho off tbe Torgtugar last
Friday. It is beloved that he mistook
the Concho for the steamer on which
the passengers were to be tranBfered.
The federal authorities and also tbe
Spanish consul express deep interest In
tbe schooner, but do not believe any
expedition left this port, although sev
eral vessel lately uuder surveillance
bave mysteriously disappeared.
CKObSMAN'8 STORY 18 :OKKECT.
Washington, March 20. Official
advices received yesterday morning
fully corroborate tbe United press dis
patches from Havana, which contains
the substance of report made by the
captain of the Spanish cruiser Conde
Venadito, which Tired on the Afiiaaca.
Tbe captain of the Conde Vendho in.
liata that the Teasel he attempted to In
tercept was flying the English flag at
her masthead, lie says the vessel was
one and a half miles from the eastern
promontory of Cuba, Cape Maysi. Ke
was within half a mile when the two
wild ihou were fired. He asserted,
however, that these shots were fired
wide of thet? mark in order not to strike
the Teasel and for the purpose of brlng-
1 r rw I,., ts. l ' I . I . 1 J
k uci w. " iiqii mo Tcnsri ureu upou
had passed outside the three-mile limit
the Spanish cruiser gave up the chase,
inasmuch as she hao then left the
jurisdictional waters of Cuba.
New Yohk, March 20 (Japtaiu Cross
man of the steamship Allianca, when
(eeti on board the steamer Monday
morning iu refrence to the dispatch
from Havana stating that he was with
in a mile and a half ot the coast of
Cuba when tired upon, and that he had
hoisted the Kngiisu ensign, said: "It is
nuipiy a lie. I uid not hoisi tiie En
glish ensign, and had 1 done so the
Spaniards would not have dared to lire
upou it. 1 was not within a n.lle and
half of the coast of Cuba, and accord
ing to the course I pursued could not
have gone withm tour miles of the
coast."
Oimg-laM Will Coutrat.
Washington, March &). The poi
sons mostly interested iu the settle
ment of the estate of the late Frederick
Douglass, the widow and children and
their legal aoviBers, it is staled, have
agreed that they will say nothing for
publication respecting the course of
action to be taken by lliern. 1 he law
ot the district requires that the will
shall be offered for probate within
ninety davs after the death of the
maker if the document is In the hands
of any person not directiy interested
In its execution, but. If it is iu posses
sion of one of the heirs, a legatee, a
trustee, executor or other person inter
ested it may be withheld for six
months. Mr. Douglass has beeu dead
less than thirty days.
Hrk Faliiid Katvr.
Wichita, Kan., March 30-Henry
Cherry, hit wife and two sons, Ray
mond, aged ten and Henry, aged three
were poisoned by drinking water from
a well near a Tacint house adjoining
(heir home on yorth Fifth avenue
Monday. It ia believed that arsenic
had been thrown into the well. Cherry
and hit wife may die. Their faces art
trig-htfully swollen And 'three doctors
are working with thetn. The children
will lire.
Wa-ihnoton, March Jl. -.Sentoi
Frye, li is a leading member of tb
st-uate com matte on foreign reUtiins
remarked yesterday th it h- was almost
sorry lbie eemed a proi ability oi
Spain apologizi! g for the Alllauca in
cmeut. -I had a.moi hoped" b
aid, "tha! Spain wouid assume sucL
an arrogant and beligerent tone that l
would be necessary ior the United
States to go over and lake possessior
of Cuba. We certan.;y ought to hav
tbat island ia order to round out oui
possessions as they would be, and if we
cauot buy It, I, for oiie, should like tc
have an opportunity to acquire it Ly
conquest.'
It is unofliciallT Mate. here, the in
formation coming from entirely relia
ble sources, that the pati,sti ministry
will not be liberal in policy. The bud
get for the next fiscal vear has not yet
been voted and if the chamber was dis
solved no operations cmld lie made for
that period. There is ;.i parentiy no
doubt that Gen. Martioez Campos will
be selected to f irm tiie ministry in
view of the fact that a strong mar is
needed at the present tttio , and in him
the people have great coiMideuce. Late
topies of Spanish papers wh.ch reached
here yesterday contain the information
that five of the six provii.;-es of Cuba
are in a jaceful condition. , The in
surgents are located in toe sixth pro
vince, Santiago de Cuba. The papers
state that the insurgents do not ex
ceed "00 in number aud Hint they aie
divided into small bands, who are
carrying on a guerilla wariare, without
FUtiicent effective force to conduct an
aggressive campaign. It is authorita
tively stated that there is no founda
tion for the report that Seiior Muruaga
will be recalled by his government up
on the suggestion of Secretary Gres
aiu. Minister Muruaga, it Is said, lias
beea guilty of no imprudences which
would make tiirn persona nou grata to
the government of the I'tuteii Stales.
While he has spoken his mind Ireely
his friencs say he has not violated any
of the ollicial proprieties. That Miuis
ter Muruaga may before many weeks
Toluntanly retire from Washington Is
not doubted in ollicial circles. Should
he do so, however, It will not be be
came of fricton between himself and
tiie secretary of state, but for purely
personal reasons.
Ila KtroQf (IpiMiiOHori.
Washington, Marcu 'Jl. In the
Venezuleau affair the ("nited Mates
government finds itself opposed to such
strong adversaries as Great Britain,
France aud Germany, with Belgium as
an Incidental factor. 1 he settlement
of the claim of Great Britain to certain
Venezuleau territory is the main cause
for alarms, and to to tins is al''ed the
prospect that Germany w ill send war
ships to collect a 'large amount of
money guar anteed German contractors.
France and Belgium have a common
grievance for action disturbing to the
peace of the little South American re
public, namely, the expulsion of the
French aud lielgian ministers from that
country. Both governinents have pro
tested against theexpulsion and France
will send a naval vessel to take their
envoys home. The Monroe doctrine
and its ramifications contain ample
authority, ills said, for the I'nited
States to display an active interest in
the threatening attitude ot Great Bri
tain and Germany, and while the pro
bable action of France and Belgium
does not seemingly come within the
scope of tbe doctrine, it is said to be
the belief of this government that all
foreign power involved will join issue
against the United States to to secure
their several ends, and such amalga
mation is likely to beget a des.re on
the part of ail to extend their domin
ions. Tbe conference at the White house
yesterday was necessarily of a strictly
secret character, but it is learned on
good authority that no de Unite action
was agreed to,
Tim Lun.t Kvanhrd.
Washington, March 21. Accoru
ing to Commissioner Lochren's figures
pension appropriations are likely to re
main at about the present rate for at
least three years to come. The reason
for the absence of any preemptible de
crease is that the falling off, owing to
deaths and other causes, is about coun
terbalanced by first payments on new
pensions allowed. There are usually
large arrears dating from the time ll.e
application was liled to be paid on all
new pensions. After three years It is
expected the majority of claims will be
adjusted and there will be few remain
ing first payments. The pension ap
propriation for the fiscal year IH'Xt was
8100,OOO,OO; for the (iscal year 1MWS it
is HU.0O0,UOO, which will probably
have to tie supplemented, as usual, by
8H,00u,0o0 or IIO.OixyM) deficiency ap
propriation. After IV.tV, Commissioner
Lochren thinks, the pel sion eppropn
atiou will dinish rapuiiy.
Kv Howard ben,.
Nash vn. I. k, March 21. Kev. H. It.
Howard, D. D., of Tullahoma, died re
cently. He was a distinguished mem
ber of the Knights of l'ythlas, Masons
and Odd Fellows, and had held high
ollicial positions in the grand bodies of
these orders in tins slate. His remains
were taken to Portland, Me ior burial.
nt Mil Throat
I'll A it LOT j.k, N. C, March 20, At
Blacksburg, !S. C. yesterday n.ornlug
about 2 o'clock while Night Operator
W. A. Stewart of Ilia Southern railway
telegraph office was lying down on his
desk asleep, Ills throat was cut by rob
bers. They secured only I0 from the
ticket case drawer, however. The
operator was unconscious for half an
iioiir, when lie dragged himself to tbe
hotel and" notified the authorities.
There it do clue
Washington. Mre 22. - Tt.e a esi
development iu the N' ictr4i.ua I q ies
tien are of a cliaaracu-r th tt at leasi
temporarily sets at rest any pitietu
iruprsaious that may have i-n created
bv the strong ground Kngland had
taken ia the demands made by het
upon the S ulh Americ tti republic.
! The government is not oil the Terge of
trouble with England, inasmuch a
dispatches fr.ra Ambassador Bayard
at London, in response lo telegrams
from this government requiring him to
i ascertain tne atir.ude of Great Britain
in case Nicaragua n mid refuse to pay
the indemnity detnndel, in licate very
clearly that wintevereise tnijht happen
Kngland will not seek to acquire
American territory. The telegram to
Mr. Bayard was tne result of the cabi
net council and the reply received
yesterday was regarded m very satis
factory. ThefuU import of the dis
patch is not forthcoming, but its pur
port is suilicientlv indicated in the
statement herein mentioned. This
particular subect has ben pressed by
the American ambassador lor some
tune and is not reguarded as having
reached a position entirely satisfactory
to him, and as a matter of course one
t lint meets with the approval of the
government.
No less agreeable to the government
here is the latest phase of the Venezue
lan questions, as the Kngllsh govern
ment seems disposed to arbitrate the
mutters at issue. Secretary Gresham
and the British minister ha l an inter
view yes'erday which is said to have
been Satisfactory. Undoubtedly there
is a better showing lor the continuance
uf the long existing friendly relations
between the United States and Kngland
llt Nothing t ay.
Washington, March 22. When a
copy of the Madrid dispatch stating
that he had tendered his resignation
and that it had not badi accepted wa
shown to Minister Maragua last night,
he shook his heaJ d sapprovingly.
'I shall neither affirm nor deny its
correctness," lie said. "I have nothing
to say lor publication."
Notwithstanding the minister's reti
cence it is officially known that ttie
statement contained in these dispatches
is true. About a week ago a daily
paper published at Havana contained
a statement that the Spanish govern
ment was not satisfied with Minister
Maragua. The paper went on to say
that it was proposed by the Spanish
minister at Brussels here to succeed
turn and should this not be practicable
he would be relieved by an admiral of
the Spanish uavy. Minister Maragua,
it is understood, at once cabled the sub
lance of this article to Madrid, coupled
with the declaration that if it were
true he would telegraph his resigna
tion immediately. On the following
lay a reply from the foreign office , at
Madrid was received by the minister,
which denied the correctness of the re
port and which is to be taken, there
fore as an indorsement of tbe course
pursued by him here.
llorrllila Mtna Esploalou.
Al.wy, Wyo., March 22. The detain,
of an explosion at the Kociy Mountain
Coal and Iron company's mine at lied
Canon at 5 :45 Thursday evening mark
it is one of the most horrible in the his-'
lory of coal milling in the west. There
are nearly forty men lying dead at the
bottom ot the mine at this writing;
covered with debris, aud as many men
hi can are working lo recover their
bodies.
The bodies of nineteen have been re
covered. Fifty of the dead men were
married and nine single. There are
fifty widows and -M orphaned children
as a result.
About thirty of the men killed be
longed to the A.O. U. W. and were
insured lor S2.0UU each.
The latest of the number of dead
t iows that lifty-uine or sixty were
killed.
War 1 hrratetiad.
Sas Fkancisi o, March 22. A pr.
vale letter lrom Potosi, I'eru, just re
ceived in this city, contains the follow
ing: "War is threatened between Chile
Biitl the Argentine republic, which if it
results, will draw in Bolivia, I'eru snd
Ecuador as allies with Argentine
against Chile. One thing feared by
the people here Ib that 'bile's first, step
will lie to pul a heavy body of troops
into the centre of llollvia, which can
easily be done by the railroad and thus
step in betweeu all allies and chase
each one separately at her leisure. No
body here knows just what will happen,
but the ouliook just now Is cloudy."
1 Ur KiMi Mar ha Sol. I.
San liKitNAiiiHNO. Cat., March 22
Liens amounting to ii ),() were fiied
here ajainst ihe Nevada Southern rail
read by twenty-four claimants. Other
liens aggregating ;40.Q'ft will tie flied
by mechanics an 1 contractors on the
construction of the road. A sale of
the road is expected to follow the
suits.
lohiiaon to Har in r rnncn.
Toitovro, Out., March 22. John S.
Johnson, the champion bicyclist, will
leave New York on Wednesday Tor
Havre. He will race in France during
the coining season.
A Thin Hay M(lit
Washington, March 22 Mr. Mc
Keu.le, the United Mates minister tc
Peru, telegraphed the state department
that after three days' fighting an ar
mistic had been arranged between Hip
insurgents and the government troop
and that over a thousand (lead anu
weiiiided were left lying In the streets
of Lima. Later some sort of agree
ment was reached br the belligerents
and peace was restored. A provisional
govt rn men I now teems to be in power
LSTATK hums.
Dave Sherman has urchared fat
in.ertsf iu the New in at Wahoo.
TheGenol Sta' - ' mk r
organ. zed with a v 'muii president.
A teacher of Christian science ha
Started a private mystery clans at Nor
folk. M. V. Mouday, attorney f"r Nance
county, is dangerois!y ill from kidney
trouble.
The only way to beat a poker game,
say si the Schuyler HeralJ, w to keep
out of it.
The relations between the mayor of
Columbus and his legisialu.e a-e some
what striiued.
D. W. Waubamtl of llemmgford
has taken editorial control of the
Alliance Times.
A horse belonging to Frank Dailey of
Brewster broke its leg lasl we. k and
had to be shut.
Dr. Kirliy of M adison stood trial on
a charge of malpractice, and won the
case bauds down.
The Free Homctead Colony associa
tion of Gibbon w.il hold its annual
reunion A pril
The Syracuse roller mills have been
sold under mortgage forclosure to A.
P. Sluart of Lincoln.
The Buffalo County Horticultural
Society and Farmers' Institute will be
held at Gibbon Ma-ch 23.
Norfolk has much to conteti i w ith.
A bicycle club is the latest trouble from
which there is no ecap.
A. J. McK'iight of Box Butte pre
cinct was thrown from bis horse re
cently, dislocating his fchoulder.
Several schools in Dodge county have
been closed on account of scanet fever.
A number of deaths are reported.
Smith Bros, druggists, and Clark.
I Mwilhg, shoe dealer, of Beatrice,
were closed yesterday by creditors.
For forcing Bti entrance into John
Anderson's store at N'uper, J. T. sharp
is spending ten days in jail at llutte.
Smith and Norton, two house break
ers, have been found guilty at Aurora
snd will spend a season in the peniten
tiary. Charles Todd of Sutton who was
nearly killed in a runaway several
weeks ago Is able to be about on
crutches.
Trust in providence and plow deep
ihould be the farmers' slogan this
spring, says the Weeping Water Re
publican. Leigh business men are making aa
effort to raise enough funds to seeure
the building of a lilty-barrel flour mill
at that place.
Judge Sullivan will take Judge Rob
inson's place on the bench next wett
and try cases in which the latter is in
teretted as an attorney.
Little Vilas Loune of Milford waa
leverely bitten on the hand by a dog.
The beast for a wonder, waa not aillict
d with hydrophobia.
Weeping Water Is Weeping for a
clothing store. The Republican sayt
there is a grand opening for someone
to move in and get rich.
V. G. Lyman of Kearney will leav
In a few days for Shanghai, China,
here he will become the agent of th
American Bible society.
Charlie Benjamio. living near Al
iance, bad bis leg broken recently. He
was trying to drive an unbroken colt
and was thrown from the cart.
Su'ton is having a hydrophobia scare.
Many dogs bavis been bitten by animals
inown to be rahl l, and all are beiug
watched and kept muzzled. j
Machinery for the manufacture of
brick on a large scale has arrived at
Cbadron, and work will commence soon
an mate- ial for the new factories.
Thieves broke into a carload of relief
roods standing on a sidetrack at Law
rence and carried away several sacks of
flour, some tea and other articles. i
Two strange burglars w ere 'captured
Tuesday morning about 4 o'clock In the
store of James Statider at Louisville'
They were taken to PJattsmouth aud"
jailed.
J. B. Jones, ex-sheriff of Custer
county, has been tendered the position
uf deputy warden of ihe state peniten
tiary. He was a candidate for the
wardenship, and was strongly recom
mended for the position. '
Mrs. Martha A. Janney, one of the
pioneers of Nebraska, died at her home
near Beeiner, in the 82d year of her
age. She was the widow of Rev'
IwIb Janney, who came to Nebraska
from Massachusetts in ih;i.
Vandals broke into the Bchool house,
at Holbrook, destroyed the furniture,'
tore up the books and pal. ted the
blackboard and woodwork a brilliant
red. The directors are making a vig
orous search for thy miscreants.
Aa the result of a n-ighboihood
quarrel, George Wilcox an Anielopa
county larmer, shot, some horses be.
longing to Cornliiie 'l avior A justice
of the peace, flne i him r , (ul)
hut this was not saiiNlat-iory to Taylor ';
and the case has been appealed to the
district court.
At 2 o'clock the other night Watch
man 1'hUHt.s of the Crete mills suprisedi
a man who was long on "shorts' having
appropriated a wagon load of them.
In F'ranklin county a married woman
and her married daughter each iravt
birth to a baby the aro ()ln
were boys, tame complexion, size and
weight. When the neigh bora came in
the of course took Hit bablB. and la
tow way got them mixed. Sow
neither mother can tell which i.ai..
longttoher.
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