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XEBRASfCA.
It H better to avoid many explana
tions lb an to be obliged to make one.
The only light that can show d the
Rtftd to heaven is that which shines
Within us.
Men who look for a Job that la an
ay as rolling off a log generally land
111 the mud.
tnal'is to ! en, but it U Indicate! Iy
the remark of her Captain, who ha ta
ken tweut-two new vessels to n-a,
that he never handled a ship wfcl
worked so perfectly on Her hrt pa
tmtsr. x ue success or me M. lxuis is tt
splendid tribute to American skill and
workmanship.
The mortality among train robbers
thia year Is not large enough to meet
the popular demand.
The nations of Europe would find It
easier to forgive Japan If she would
only give a few polite manifestations of
terror.
A Chicago laborer was discharged by
his employers because be wore dia
monds. The hotel clerks and barkeep
er! should look Into this, and adopt
appropriate resolutions.
A prudent man w ill repair his uoun
while the weather Is fair, and not put
It off till winter, a careful pilot will
take advantage of wind and tide, and
so put out to sea. not stay till a storm
arise; the traveler will take his time
in hU Journey, and mend his pace when
the night eouies on, lest darkness over
take him. The smith strikes the iroa
when hot, lest It grow cool, and so be
lose his labor. So we ought to tke
heed to our day of grace, to make nse
of the present time, that when we come
to die, we may have nothing to do but
to die, for there will be a time wuen
there will be no place for reentane.
when time will be no more, w hen the
dixir will be shut, when there will be
no entrance at all.
The new Yerkes telescope, it Is said.
will bring the moon within fifty mib-s
of Chit-ago. If that is true the moon
may as well prepare herself to become
one of Chicago's additions.
Hugging Is costly in Delaware. A man
was caught recently while attempting
to embrace, on the streets a woman
Whom he did not know. He was fined
$24 for the attempt to embrace.
The subscription of $."0,XX) by
wealthy Chicago citizens for the relief
of Secretary (JreshauTs widow is a
most graceful act. It indicates that
Mr. Gresham possessed personal quali
ties which endeared him to his neigh
bors and friends.
When a fellow has spent
His last red cent
The world looks blue you bet!
But give him a dollar
And you'll hear him bollur:
"There's life in the old laud yet!"
Atlanta Constitution.
The treasurer of a New Jersey sui
cide club drew the lot that denoted the
rrlv&I of his turn, and flunked. He
Seems to be at least two kinds of a fool.
Surely he was one kind for belonging
to such an organization. And then he
neglected an opportunity to leave New
Jersey.
We Delleve in Americanism, and we
like public men who speak right out
for the honor of the United States
Government in its international rela
tions, but there are some grandmother
editors who are puffing every little fel
low who raises his voice for the dag that
he wouldn't fight for.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton say that
"women are riding to suffrage on the
bicycle." That explains the bloomers.
e wondered where woman could be
going in that unbeautiful toggery. Now
that Mrs. Stanton has explained. It
must be admitted that the end and the
means are In entire accord. Hut, after
all, Is this not a little presumptuous
In Mrs. Stanton o arrogate the whole
army of wheelwomeu to hersWf and
her particular brand of politics? Is she
sure that the Increasing use of w heels
is connected with the demand for suf
frage? Is it not possible that the wish
is father of the thought, and that when
she sees this procession of all sorts of
women, old and youag, black and
white, riding somewhere she jumps at
an unwarranted conclusion in declar
ing that they are. all "scorching" to the
goal that she has sought, lo, these fifty
years? It may be a good thing for
women to vote, or it may not. That is
something that can be settled only by
experiment. It may be a good thing for
women to wear bloomers and ride their
wheels Sundays, or It may not. That
Is something for their own consciences
and ethical and artistic tastes to cwttle.
But it is to lie feared that Mrs. Stanton
has missed a link In her reasoning
when she declares so dogmatically that
the two things are connected, and that
the bicycle is in politics.
The sale of the kingdom of Matupla
Is an interesting event. It was bought
for $3,000, and the enterprising pur-
Chasers pay his Majesty 25 ceuts a day
as a pension. While this doesn't seeni
to be a large sum, It Is said the King,
by economizing and allowing his wives
to take In washing for the nobles, will
be able to live In comparative comfort
He that loses his conscience has noth
ing left that Is worth keeping. There
fore, be sure you look at that And in
the next place look to your health, and,
If you have it, praise God, and value it
next to a good conscience; for health
Is the second blessing that we mortals
are capable of a blessing that money
cannot buy, therefore value It, and be
thankful for It
Were men so enlightened and studi
ous of their own good as to act by the
dictates of their reason and reflection,
nonotineopinionor otners, conscience
would be the steady ruler of human
life, and the words of truth, law, rea
son, equity and religion would be f-yii-
onymous terms for that only guide
wuicn manes us pass our days In our
own favor and approbation.
Students of the morbid will find Inter
est in two criminal events In Chicago.
A young man named Krai who had
been living apart from his wife for
several weeks went to her borne at
4 o'clock one uiorung and awoke his
spouse with the cheerful information
that he intended to kill her. He expe
rienced considerable difficulty, bow
ever, in getting his revolver into good
working order, and In the meantime
the woman slipped out of bed and fled
from the room. As soon as he got his
weapon Into shape Krai starteJ in pur
suit The fugitive had taken refuee
n an attic and her pursuer Imagined
she had left the building. Krai there
upon began to hunt for bis wife up and
down the streets and alleys, looking
Into barns and outbuildings. The
search progressed until 10 o'clock. By
this time Krai was thoroughly angry
and disgusted. Ticking op a board he
began to dig a hole beneath a wooden
sidewalk. As soon as the excavation
was large enough he crawled Into It
and shot the top of his head off. The
other case was that of Murderer Wei-
man, who recently shot his sweetheart,
Minnie Pingar. Before the trial the
State's attorney was willing to ngrte
to a ten-year sentence. Weimaii! re
fused to aeeeposuch a settlement, Miy
lng that he wanted to die and hoped
a jury would find him guuty or mur
der in the first degree and hang him.
The court gave him a life sentence.
Elkiiai.t, lud , Juiy 5. A terribl
accident occurred at Bristol, a small
town su in s from this city, late yes
terday afternoon. During the passing
of a boat race on the St. Joe river i
Chants pass, Ore., July 3. The
Southern I u iflc overland northbound
t a n was stopped Monday night at
10:15 by three highway men near Kid
dle, about thirty miles south of Rjs
I. A . V. I : l . I ,
crowd of probably six hundred peopU ' T' . 8 . 7 I . .
i uj uamiic fi piceu uu tue t 'lis.
a hieh disabled the engine br bio' ng
L'p in Idaho a coroner's Jury (so far
as known still UDhanged) brought In a
Terdict of suicide In the case of a fore
man who had been found dead shortly
after the miners had ordered him to
leave. When found an ix was buried
in the back of his head. The difficulty
of Indulging In suicide by this method
Is so apparent as to excite a natural
query as to which juryman owned the
AX.
Killing with neatness and dispatch
appears to be the result fully achieved
by the latest Inventions In fire arms and
ammunition. A Swiss officer named
ilebler Is alleged to have Invented a
bullet which, propelled by 2Vu grammes
of powder (about 40 grains) will pene
trate 9 feet of wood at. a distance of
1,400 yards. At fJ.iXX) yards (nearly 3
miles) It still has force enough to Im
bed itself In a woodeu target. A pretty
big yarn, but possibly-true.
The details of the maiden voyage of
the new American steamer St Louis
aliow that she made a most remarkable
trip. Her captain was ordered not to
reach Southampton until Thursday of
the week following the time when she
left New York. At 1 o'clock Thursday
morning she was off Southampton
ready to enter the harbor. Her engines
"Worked so perfectly that there was not
moment's Interruption on (he voyage.
The days' runs were wonderfully even.
. The first full day of twenty-four hours
jibe ran 443 miles, the second 431, the
third 441, the fourth 433, the fifth 432.
KT erge speed woslS.37 knots. The
Hw Tort, on her first trip, made nn
- aretafe of lo.OO. nnd the I'arl of 17.50.
WhMahe can do ns a -econl-breaker re-
How Far Do Me Write?
Some statistics concerning the length
and number of the marks we make In
writing have been stated by some one
as follows:
A rapid penman can write 32 words
in a minute. To do this he must draw
his pen through the space of a rod, lfi'd
reet in rorry-eignr minutes Ms pen
travels a furlong. We make on an
average of sixteen curves or turns of
the pen In writing each word. Writing
80 words a minute, we must make 4so
turns In each minute; in an honr, 28,
Sis'); in a day of only five hours, 144,
0O0; In a year of 300 such days, 43,'joo..
OOO. The man, therefore, who made
1,000.000 strokes with his pen was not
at all remarkable. Many men news
paper writers, for Instance make 4,-
000,000. Here we have in the aggregate
a mark 300 miles long to be traced on
paper by such a writer in a year.
National Nicknames.
Englishmen have submitted to the
name of John Bull, as suited to the na
tional character. A Scotchman is San
dy; the Irishman derives his name,
I'addy, from his national patron saint;
while an ancient nursery rhyme re
cords the fact that Taffy was a Welsh
man. English sailors call the French
man in contempt, Johnny Crapaud; but
In France he is Jacques Konhomme. or
as a bourgeois, Monsefus Prudhomme.
Cousin Michel is the name by which
the German Is known to the continen
tal nation. Mynheer sums up the Dutch,
while the Swltzer rejoices In the name
of Colin Tampon. Don Wbiskerandos
Is almost a national nickname for the
Spaniards, dating from Elizabethan
times. Italians are known as Lazar-
onl and Danes as Danskers.
were jammed on a three-snan iror
bridge. During the finish of anexcitiug
race, and while the crowd was cheering
tremendously, the bridge gave way and
the mas of humanity was precipitated
into the water forty feet below. At
far as known at present thirty-eight
persons received serious injuries and it
is feared that many of tbem will die.
Physicians from Elkhart, Goshen,
Laporte and neighboring cities were
hastily telephoned for and went to the
scene with all possible tmte. The
accident happened at 6 o'clock. The
trial was the last of a lace that bad
furnished the principal sport of
Fourth of July celebration. When
the unfortunates landed in the water
amidst a miss of iron and wood work
the groans of the men, women audchil
dren arose and spurre t to activity those
who seemed dazed by the magnitude of
the catastrophe. Luckily the water
was but five feet deep, or many would
have undoubtedly been drowned. The
crowd onshore saw many people in the
water fighting with each other for I
place of vantage or some mean of es
cape from what seemed certain death,
It was some time before effective aid
could be given. As goon as possible,
h wever, long planks, la a lers and
ropes were secured and a dozen men
waded out and, helped by those on the
bank, lifted the main girder, which
held several people under the water.
INJfKED RECEIVED ASSISTANCE.
The injured were brought to the
enorrt ana those living at Bristol were
taken care of immediately by their
friends and hurried to their homis
The neighboring stores and houses were
turned into temporary hospluals, and
many wno uvea at a distance were
taken eare of here. Owing to the ex
citement, which amounts to frenzy,
and the rapid scattering to the injured
bv their friends, it will be some time
before a complete list of the injured
can be obtained.
The a day was pleasant one and a
large crowd was in the city witnessing
the festivities. Bristol Is the centre of
I a populous farming country, and the
rural folks were present in large num
bers. Those who could not get on the
bridge lined the banks and other points
where a good view of the sport could
be had. The day's sports were ending
when the accident occurred. Many of
the farmers hastily placed their injured
in wagons without waiting for physi
cians and they were taken to their
homes. It is believed many injured
were taken away in this manner, and
it is thought many of them will die.
A complete list of the dead and injured
win at an events not oe Known lor a
week.
Miny People Injured.
BrrrALO, X. Y., July 5. While ten
thousand people sat in the new grand-
s'f.nd at the Buffalo driving park at
5:30 yesterday afternooi a section of
the stand fell. The cause was a weak
stairway on which w-re forty or lif
people at the time. Undernea'h the
stailway was a wineroom, which had
been crowded with people a raomeut
before. 1 hey w ere climbing back to
their seats in the stand to witness the
itart ol a race when the accident oc
curred. In caving in so suddenly, the
itairway took with it a section from
the grandstand and piled abo-it men,
women aud children in h muss. Then
the immerse crowd stood up in their
seats and rushed toward the stairway
snd then from it again. In the slam
pede women fainted and were I rumpled
upon, men jumped from the stand to
the ground and in other ways con-
trlbuted to the excitement. Alter the
stand had lieen cleared the people were
held back with difficulty while those
who had fallen were extricated Car
riageg were soon at hand and took to
their homes about forty men and
women who were but slightly injured.
The badly injured were taken to the
hospitals.
New Thing.
An English inventor lias devised an
automatic air brake. In which the
weight of the train suirplies the power
to set the brake.
A bust head from rating too much
Is harder to get. rid of than a bust head
from drinking too ui ich.
Accident or Crime.
Den v Kit, Colo., July 5. An accident.
or mysterious assassination, occuned
close to 10 o'clock Wednesday evening
in front of the Webber house, at lVvj
Larimer street. John D. Mannix, an
employe of Keefe's brickyard, was
walking past the lodging bouse in com
pany with John Gray, a young colored
man, when he received a bullet under
the right ear. The next meraent the
wounded man reeled along the side
walk and fell, expiring almost In
stantly. . Frank Ajor, a blacksmith, twenty-six
years of age, in the employ of Peter
Schaefer, had his face and head terri
bly lacerated by the explosion cf a can
non at Thirteenth and Market streets
Thursday morning.
Naiduclo Luciono, and Italian, was
seriously wounded at 6 o'clock yester
day morning by bfdng shot through the
left breast by a stray bullet tired by
some nnkoown person.
Unlet Dejr at WMhlngf on.
Washington, July 6.-Independence
day was mt celebrated here
yesterday In an elaborate manner. Ex
srclses at the Washington monument
in the morning marked the main ob
wrrance of the occasion. The Wash
ington contingent of the sons of the
revolution nd the Washington If.ht
Infantry marched to the monument,
beaded by the. United States marine
bandi and engaged in a patriotic pro
gram. Henry W ilson post, G. A. R
heid a celebration at the National
Soldiers' Home, .
the flanges oh the pony trucks tnd
brought the train to a stop. Taking
the fireman, two of the highwaymen
proceeded to go through the tiain and
every ear, from the express to the rear
I'ullman was searched. Nothing was
obtained from the express car, for there
was no treasure on boar t. In the mail
car be'ter success was nu t with and
Portland, Tacema, Seattle and Victoria
B. C. registered s icks were rifled. The
passengers were slso searched pretty
thoroughly, but just ' 'at success was
met with is not know One highway
man took a hasty si; at Conductor
Kearney, who was i charge of the
train, but no damage .nlted.
Superintendent Fie., of the South
ern Pacific lost no tim and in an hour
after learning of the l..i-up hnd two
parties on the way to lh- eerie of the
robbery. A p se of oh". was hasti
ly made up in Knseburk ud starttd at
once, and other rough ami-ready moun
taineers have started from here. Every
effort will be made to cap' ure the men.
The two men of the party starting from
here are thoroughly familiar with every
foot of ground in the vicinity of the
robbery, and hopes are entertained ol
capturing tire robbers,
WORKINOMKN NOT JIOI.Msrtli.
The train was delayed several hours,
having been compelled to turn the en
gine around and go into koseuerg
backwards. The robbers In going
through the train passed all who had
the appearance of workingmen, nu'
made others hold up their hands while
l hey went through their pockets, stand
ing over them with pistols. The
sheriff of Llamath county was on hoard
with a prisoner. The robbers appro
priated tiie sheriff's pistol. Xone ol
the ladies in the car were molested dur
ing the time the train was held up, one
liournd forty-five minutes being con
fumed. The robbers outside kent fir
ing sticks of dynamite to intimidate
the passengers. After the chief roboei
l.ad secured his booty, he ordered the
engineer to proceed north for one hour.
lie then shot out the headlight, and
tiring live additional slio's, which were
signals to his cornpani ns, disappeared
in the darkness. It catm-t be deUr
mined yet now much the robbers se
cured but U is thought the amount if
small.
F. Fioiner. a A'esterti 1'inoii lineman
had or $C ) in his poeuei. but he
talked the rubber out ot earcliing him.
He describes the robber who went
through the car as a slender man about
six feet tali. I.'e wore a vihi'e nilk
handkerchref in.ifk bbie overalls and
jumper. He hai a lar'e bag slung
over hi? shoulder rid carried common
grain sack im hir baud. His handt
were rough m-d . r ,rk-d. He had a
deep, coarse voice hich could readily
be recognized if hmrd tia n. It wa?
too dark to ee tiie oilc r rol. tiers. Tin
engine was so ba'I.y disable.! that it
took three hours to reacii liiddle, four
miies d;stnt I" pi n i be a rival of the
IrHiu hi re the sheriff and posse left ioi
the scene of the rohbery.
IlKTICTIVIS sent ofT.
l'oirn.A.vi). Or-.. Jmv i - Immedi
ately up-in receipt of tit holdup the
Souther Pacific company -ent fliree
detectives on the scene. I n se. with
the pontes Hint wen- en lr-tp. Ki.se.
berg and (irnl's Pass, in te . rce ol
about thirty tneu in purxm: : the rob
bers. The country is v. ry wild and
rugged, and prospects ot the capture
of the bandits are not very favorable. '
Toe train which was held up arrived i
here at 12:40 yesterday afternoon. At
near as ran ue learnea t iie robber se
cured only about i") K) from Lit passengers.
I'ropoutle for Three New Uamf.
Washington, July 2 The navy de
partment yesterd.-iy Invited prop sals
for the eonstructi n of three s'eel t win
crew sea going torpedo boats for tiie
nary. The boa's are tb be of about
ISO tons displacement. The material
used in their construction is to be of
domestic manutac ure. The vessels
may be c nstructed of steel or other
metal, or of alloy. The contract will
require a speed of not less than an
arereag of twenty-six knots per hour,
maintained auceesively for two con
secutive hours. If they fait to develop
and maintain twenty-six knots, but ex
hibit an average cpeed of not leas than
twenty-fire knots an hour they will be
accepted, so far as speed is concerned,
at a reduced price, the reduction being
at the rate of ? 10,000 a knot. If the
peed falls below an arerage o' twenty
five knots au hour It will be optional
with the secretary of the nary to reject
the vessels or to accept them at a re
duced price to be agreed upon between
the secretary and the contractors. The
act of congress authorizing the vessels
provides that one of them should be
built on or near the coast of the Pacific
ocean, one on the Mississippi rirer, one
on the Gulf of Mexico. The act pro.
vlded further that in case the Teasels
could not be built at these points at a
fair coat they could be built at any
place In the United States.
; Inferring lo this suction of tiie act
the proposal says: "In view of the fact
that the department may not be able
to make a contract for the construc
tion at a fair cost on the Mississippi
river or on the gulf coast, it is desired
that each bidder will sta'e the price
for which he will undertake to build
o e, two or all the said vessels accord
ing to the capacity of his plant, or the
contract may, if necessary, be, awarded
to one bidder for toe construction of
more than one vessel." ,
T Ifreud tiie Government.
Spokane Wash., July 2. The gov
ernment, tnrough Special Acent Schuy
ler of New Vork, hs unearhed a gi
gantic conspiMcy t defraud the gov
ernment through the wholesale issuing
of counterfeited Oinepe registration
certilicates and as a result warrants
were issued by I'nited Stat s Commis
sion Kenyon tor James draliam regis
ter of the lanu ollice at Coeur d' vlene,
Edward liicd and W. Fioyd-Pollard,
engravers of this ciiy, and Henry Tol
ton of Kendrick, Idaho. The first two
were arrested, the former giving bonds
in $4,000 for his appearance at the Sep
tember term of court. Schuyler hat
been at work secretly on the case foi
seerai weeks, and found that govern
ment otticlals and others at points In
Montana, Idaho and Eastern Washing
ton had entered into a conspiracy, Bnd
for months past have issued the bogui
certificates on a large scale, 3(X) having
a. ready been discovered.
The certificates bear the counter
feited signature of A. L. Weyniari, col
lector of interna! revenue for the dis
trict of Montana, and were printed in
newspaper otlice in this city, the work
being done by several prluters after
ollice hours. United Slates Attorney
Judge Brinker is on his way here from
Seattle and when he arrives It is ex
pected on good authority that other
prominent government tnasury efHoi
cials will be piuced be hind the bars lo
connection with the conspiracy.
To Keep (he Public In the Kuik.
Tacojia, Wash., July 3. In speak
ing of the important news brought by
him regarding the Russian goAern
merit's move in concentrating troops at
Vladivoatock, Captain Anderson of the
steamship Oscar 11 says that be wa
misunderstood regarding the naval
forces. The large Russian Pacific
squadron is not concentrating at Vlad-
ivostock, but is scattered along
coast in such a msnner as to keep the
general public in the dark as to its
whereabouts. Some of the vessels are
at. Vladivostock, but the others are so
piactd as to prevent anyone getting an
extct idea of the epot where th?
greatest naval strength is combined.
The 80,000 Russian troops are quartered
In and about Viadivostock aud give
that town a decided military appearance.
Held up on n Leading Si reet
Clinton, la., July 3. A masked
highwayman held up Mrs. Augiuta
Ware, daughter of Chau-icy Lamh, the
millionaire lumberman, on a leading
residence street, took her purse, to
which was a large arncunt of money,
and escaped. It was done in the after
noon and in sight of several people.
The robber siiowed a gun and nobody
Pursued him.
Kticempinriit Opened,
!T. Loi ls, Mo., July 2 This city it
a military camp. Not smew the Oayi
of the civil war has th-re b'-en audi
marlial arr y. Infmiry and cavalrv '
are m irching and c 'inner-tin. . .. u i j
with ail i he pomp iJnil i-jtcuioM.i' ct
o: glorious war. iitn;i II ipc.i,-k, a
the iair grounds encampment Is cbnst
ei.ed, was a citeerless place - uruigSuu- j
day night's rain, but with the liist notes
of the bugie Monday morning and the
boom of the sunrlsH pun .he clouds fled
and a perfect mldsuniin?r day followed,
For two days companies and detach
ments of all branches of military ser
vice have been arriving, i.nd the 600
leuts will be filled by tomorrow. Maj,
A. S. B. Keyes of the Third regiment,
cavalry, is in command of the camp.
Arrivals from distant points are ex
pected. After roil call Monday morning eacli
troop was inspected by Commandant
Keys. Guard mount followed and the
the I rll;l ro'es oi ujiniary ine Here set III
motion. J.n the afternoon the whole
command was marched through the
principal down town streets. Last
erenlnii dress parade by the entire
force made an imposing scene. Com
petitive drilling begins today, but no
prizes will be alloted till Sunday next,
the closing day. The encampment
opens with every promise of succesn
and thousands cf visitors are coming
on eveiy railway.
Sold Under Morlgiige.
Tolkdo. O., July 3. The several
properties constituting the Toledo, Ann
Arbor & North Michigan ra.lroad were
sold a second time under a decree of
the federal court in this city It. C.
Martin of New York was the purchaser,
representing the llrst mortgage hond
holderi. The property was sold iu
seren parcels, each being the eubject
of a lien of different bondholders. Mr.
Martin bid 2,207,OtW and there being
no otner nuioer the cronertr
j knocked "IT to him.
LyBcli-d by I'olior men.
New Ohlkns, La,, July 2. Joseph
fitrehin. one of the men accused of be
ing implicated In the incendiary fires
in Gretna, out ol which grew the lyncht
ing of John Frye on Monday morning,
lays that the lynched man was hanged
by the police, Frye, be says, was first
badly beaten by the chief of police,
and the oribvr who captured him placd
the rope around his neck, the otaer
police officers start. ring by to assist.
1 1 Hint Collided
PiTTsmrno, Pa, July 2.-TheCnm-berlanO
accommodation on the Haiti
more & Ohio railroad collided with a
ihlfting engine at Laughlin station
about two miies east of I'lttshurg, at an
early hour yesterday morning.
Jlrakeinan Louiher of the shifter,
wm Instantly kijled, being pinioned be
tween the boiler head and tank. Fire-
WHr , man McBeth was badly indued in jump-
. nig. rasseugers on the accornmoda
Hon train wtr sererely bruised,
STATE xNEWS ITEMS.
A young fellow named Gotleih, m
ployed in a butcher shop at O'Neill,
took a header off the sidewalk aud dis
located his shoulder.
Holt county is mightily agita'ed orr
the question of bos. to cut itself up la
such a manner that every incorporated
Tillage can become a county seat.
North Loup is at present doing busi
ness without a b ink, aud some one
with mesns has the chance of a life
time to supply the demand and make a
barrel of money.
The boys are anxious to krow what
has become of O. C. Hates, who, when
last heard of, was splitting kindling
for the Atkinson feeling for the veteran
printer and newspaper writer.
Fred lleiser, formerly a prominent
citizen of lioone county, but later a
resident of Belgrade, Nance county,
disappeared two weeks ago and has not
been heard from since. It is feared
financial trouble has unbalanced bis
mind. ,
If a certain dead beat and howling
dervish who Infests this community,
lays the Graphic, doesn't let up on hi
backcapping he will lind something
annbgr 1 rt t.ritit tsi Ilia 1 1 iaH V'A II f HiTW
There are no dissensions or factions
among the people of Atkinson but
what originate in the soft part of his
brain.
The Winona Wagon company sued
N. Wullenwebtr &. Hon of rieward for
J'JW, the price of a carload of wagons.
The defendants claimed to hare
countermanded their order in season to
prevent shipment, and the jury retura
ed a verdict for 8120 aDalnst the plain.
tiff. "Ho ever the right conies upper
most and ever is justice done."
F. W. Samuelson, owner of the Hum
boldt Stand, has sold his paper to H.
C. Perishing of Fremont, Neb., who
took possession Tuesday, It Is utidere
itood that the paper under the new
management will continue, to be a re
publican paper. Mr. Perishing is an
old newspaper man, having published
the Rulo Times several years ago.
Ross L. Hammond Tuesday resignei ,
his position as director of the Grant
Sarsaparilla company, and is no longer
CJimected witli the concern in any
form or manner, having also disposed
of blf small holding of stock in the
company. When the "promoters"
quit trying to sell stock and tske
measures to sell tiledicine the business
may be a success. Fremont Tribune.
John Kubista, a farmr living in Fos
ter precinct, brutally whipped the little
daughter of Lou Skeltou Tuesday fore
noon. The little girl was out herding
cattle and went to her home to get a
drink of water. In the meantime the cat
tle wandered onto the land of Kiiblsta's,
and when the little girl came out of
the house she saw that Kubista and his
wife were driving them into their yard.
The girl Immediately rode over to
where the cattle were and upon arriv
ing was seized by Kubista and whipped
most shamefully, leaving great bruises
on her person. Mr. Skelton went to
Plena arid had a warrant sworn out
for Kublsla's arrest.
The board of public works met Tues
day morning and awarded the contract
for the municipal electric lightning
plant to the Hlgelow Electric Supply
company of Lincoln. The amount hid
was within tiie es imate of the board,
117,100. including building. There
were thirteen competitors on the entire
nwnitj mm n nmnoer oi inms nui on
upecillc par's of t lie C HU rait. The city
f.iti.er fe-l l hat i hey huve lua fe an ex
relleni -ii r.icr, b n the action of the
Fremont Gail an Klectrid Light com
I my in seeking to enjoin the city,
whereby four moiitlis were lost, has
cost the city fully ?l,Oi 0, This Is be
cause of the rapid increase in the price
of iron arid stei l during that time, eatl
tinted at about 7 percent of the award.
Work on the plant is to begin at once,
and if possible, the plant will be in
running order when the present fran
chise of the gas company expires, in
the latier part of September. The
plant is to furnish seventy arc lights
snd not less than 3,000 iticendescenbj.'
The city will use forty. five of the arc
lights and about 200 incaudescents. the
rest to be sold to private consumers, j
The eviction of the settles off the
reservation has just commenced in
earnest. SevSutv-flre Indian t.mlr. era
now on duty aetf fifty more hare just
bfen sworn in. peter G.jetch, Ernest
Enke, John Il-estier and a man named
La-igmack were removed Tuesday near
Emerson. Goetch's household goods
and farm machinery were carried off
the place i.nd set in the road. Lang,
mack had 200 head of cattle drove off
the reservation, and his effects were
carried off as well as the other two.
Two secret meetings have ben I. eld In
this town, none but settlers were al
lowed In the hall. The outcome of one
of them was the choosing tf twenty
delegates to wait on Captain lietk, but
no conclusion was arrived at. The
settlers are willing to lease the land
direct from the Indians under govern
ment regulations, bat when any of the
eviced settlers go there to release
their land, they are generally told that
the land has been leased to other
parties.
The creamery plant at Genoa was
mid by the sheriff to satisfy the de.
man-is of relentless creditors. It was
purchased by local parties who will set
It going if enough milk Is pledged to
make it pay,
Ashland had no celebration on the
Fourth, but there was no lack of places
to observe the day. Greenwood, Elm.
wood, Ithaca and many other neigh,
boring towns celebrated but the n,a
J irity oi Ashland people, waiched the
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