m scjix coufirr journal j
LJ.IIiUOIil, Fraprtatar.
HABRION,
NEBRASKA.
A London cablegram briugs the start
ling new that Quwd Victoria Is grow
ing old; but perhaps she mar out
grow It
Something of big proportions must
be brewing in Muskegon. Grand Kap
lda Democrat Wrong; Milwaukee's
toe town.
Uncle Sam's exhibit of war vessels at
Kiel appears to have given the neigh
bora occasion for considerable gossip.
It was rather better than they expected.
!Tf MATCH IN ALABAMA
Mil yi .nr. auu iui . . . ...
the farmer po per than he would be
without it Kill or sell all the unprofit
able stock as soon as possible, and if
you have only money enough to stock
up with poultry let that be of the best,
Brookiide, a Mining Csup in A! at ami,
the Sesna of a bloody Race E.ot
Betwsen White and Blacks.
Just as the summer dullness is at
hand St. Paul and Minneapolis trot out
the old census quarrel, and newspaper
paragraphers whose bniius had run dry
rise up anA bless the Twin Cities.
Some of the republics south of us are
aid to order a good deal of railroad
Iron from the Vnited States. If these
States would buy more railroad iron
and fewer guns they would get on much
more comfortably.
Melbourne, the rainmaker, has con
fessed himself a fraud. Uncle Sam,
who was also In the rainmaking busi
ness awhile, doesn't confess so frankly,
but he admits his undertaking was a
failure.
- BsaaaaaaaaaaMlaaaaaaaaaasaaaaflBalsaaa
All that the young man of to-day asks
la that he be considered upon his own
merits, and subjected to no compari
son with his father, or anybody else of
kin, who may have achieved an exalted
position in public- life.
A cautious correspondent of the New
York Sun begins an article on the Chi
cago drainage canal thus: "The great
waterway Joining the Hudson river
and Long Island sound is rivaled as
an engineering enterprise by the canal
thirty miles in length that is to form
the last link connecting Lake Michigan
with the Gulf of Mexico." "Rivaled"
Is good. The Harlem canal Is less than
two miles long and dug chiefly through
mud. The drainage canal is more
than thirty mile loug. cut mainly
through solid rock. I-es tlran $2.lV
IK was sjient 06 the New York ditch,
while if the haphs tux payers of Chi
cago finish their little essay in canal
Hug for i".sst.iKi tiny will be in
great luck. New York seem to !'
suffering from the Idiosyncrasy which
afflicted the I'odunk editor, who con
stantly refe n d to' our loatlm mi- rl
the ImdoU Times."
HUNDRED SHOTS FIRED IN BATTLE.
rnryuilaTewi Araied. Aimsh At
tark tr the Nagroaa Is twrt
Blacka la taa Waads.
al.
The Wheeling drummer who, through
mistake, got luto a hotel room with a
peddler's corpse, and made an outcry,
was rather a weak man. A Chicago
drummer would have applied restora
tives in the hope of selling him some j
goods.
"If I hadn't drank and been reckless."
ays John L. Sullivan, "I might have
been high np in the political world to
day.' At any rate, John L. might have
been a sober and respectable citizen,
which is more than there Is any present
prospect of his ever becoming.
A scientist ascrllies the pleasant taste
of good butter to the presence of an
easily dlgestable species of bacilli. This
la gratifying. As long as we must
have bedlll In everything we eat and
drink, it Is reassnriug to know that
there are some kinds which are palat
able and easy to digest.
Newspaper reader have a vague rec
ollection. of seeing a good many dis
patches from Idaho two years ago
about serious troubles in the Coeiir d'
Alene mines. A dispute arose between
the employers and the workmen, and
the latter abandoned their plai-es. New
men were easily found who were ready
to accept the terms offered, and then
there were the usual troubles, with
threats and violence. The controversy
ran on for some time, and ut last the
dispatches ceased to nieution the mat
ter. IVople at the Kast KiipiMMed that
It had leen settled lii the usual way.
by the restoration of order and the re
sumption of work. It apieurs. how
ever, that the mini's have lieeii closed
during these two years, and a great In
dustry has !eeii paralyzed, because the
State authorities were unable to pro
tect men who wished to work against
other men who forbade any oue to
work under a certain scale of prices,
and threatened to bunt, blow up. and
destroy the properly of owners, and to
malm and kill workmen if the pro
hibition were disregarded. The expla
nation is that Idaho lack the public
sentlment to command the restoration
of order and the militia to enforce the
command. It is really nothing but in
aggregation of a few thousand lawless
voters.
The discovery of Dr. Art man that In
10 per cent of American human bodies
examined there were trichinae indicates
that we are getting whatever diseased
meat cannot be shipped to Europe. Onr
medical men may now And a trichinae
diagnosis useful in some of the doubt
ful complaints they meet
City Treasurer Bolln, of Omaha, grew
so Indignant over the charge that he
waa a "defaulter" that he resigned bis
position and proved to an expert that
the "irregularities" amounted to $37,
000 only. A a "regulator" we advise
Omaha to prescribe for Mr. Bolla regu
lar boors, plain food, plenty of work
and a striped suit
A New Tork gentleman wrlUs to the
World of that city to Inquire If be may
"wear a straw hat to a full dress ball."
And the World says "no." Well, why
not? The straw hat Is light and well
calculated to keep the glare of the elec
tric lamps out of the eyes. Besides the
Inquirer may not feel like paying $5 or
$10 for a conventional tile merely to
dance In so long as he can get a fairly
good straw hat for a quarter.
Once more the story that Chauncey
Depew Is to be married Is going through
all the papers, having taken a fresh
start In Washington, and Chauncey is
also once more regularly denying the
story. He says now. In his desperation
and discouragement: "I know of no
young lady worth $8,000,000 who would
have me." Here Is a chance for young
ladles worth $8,000,000 to speak np.
Those having only seven millions and
a half can send postal card.
The compliments bestowed by Em
peror William and other foreign critics
upon our warships at Kiel are as grati
fying as they are deserved. We sent
cruisers of four different classes to the
celebration, and each one Is without a
traperior In her class In any foreign
nary. The New York is an armored
cruiser which Is surpassed in her line
only by her sister ship, the Brooklyn.
For a superior to the Columbia as a
commerce destroyer of moderate size
we bare to look to her own mate, the
Minneapolis. The San Francisco, al
though several years old. remains a
naval gem, attracting admiration wher
ever she. goes, and the Mnrblehead is
as good a type of the small cruiser, Just
above a gunboat, as can be found any
where. The majority of farmers have too lit
tle money Invested In stock. They have
aalaxala enough, such as they are, but
It taring the coat of these they get them
Jtaat tetow tba quality requisite to make
the par. Fewer la number but better
peCr win produce a profit, and this
. wGI etti tba farmer to feed all his
" fT WOt aa coarse fodder at home.
-CfeHt C turn can da thla hla gains
t3 caeh larger rhaa from selling
excrpti. The tocraaaa of valuable
r:l tST ft tarn nrt oa tba cost of
1 TUIaum-!""
Bradstreet's has a very Interesting
review of the business failures for tlie
first six mouths of ISO as compared
with the corresponding periods of sev
eral preceding years. The number of
business failures for the first half of
the current year is given at ,!i97. as
against fi,W for the first half of 184.
In fact the number for 1W5 baa not
been exceeded for many years, If ever
before. In our financial history cer
talnly not sln-e 1879. There baa been
an Increase in the number of failures
In the western, northwestern and
southern States and a decrease In the
eastern, middle aud Pacific States and
In the Territories. There Is no great
difference between the liabilities of
the failed traders for the two periods
of 1894 and 1805. In the first half of
1804 the liabilities were tH2JC,;m aud
in 1896 they were $79,7o7,SU. while
there waa about the same difference
In the aiweta of the bankrupts of the
two periods. In the northwestern
States the largest number of failures
Is reported from the States of Minne
sota, Nebraska and Montana. In the
western States Illinois, Michigan and
Missouri show a considerable Increase
In the number of failures. There Is
no doubt but that the relatively un
favorable showing In the States of the
West is due entirely to the failure of
the crops In some portions of those
States. That the business depression
ia passing away Is shown by eompax
Ing the first and second quarters of the
year. For the first quarter of 18116 the
number of failures was 3,812 and for
the second quarter 2,786. The llablll
ties for the first quarter were $41.
910,443, as against $32,797,418 for the
second. On the whole, the showing is
not unfavorable. Many conservative
men think the revival of business is too
sudden and too rapid to indicate per
manency after so severe a panic, as the
country has passed through, but the
majority account for tiie Impetus by
the fact that stocks of all kinds were
greatly reduced and they believe that
present and future demands will main
tain tne "Increase and activity now very
generally experienced throughout the
country.
BiKMlXGjtAM, Ala., July 31. Brook
lide, a mining camp twenty miles west
it here, waa the scene of a bloody race
riot Monday night. Two deputy
iherifft are known to hare been killed,
md it is said that half a dm?n negroes
mm hot four or five fatally. 'Ibe
town was in a Ut of panic and tut
telegraph operator, the only source of
Information, was locked iu bis offlce,
too frightened to go outside to obtain
fuller details.
At 10 o'clock messages were received
by Sheriff Morrow and Chief of Pob.re
McDonald for all available officers they
rould tend. An hour later a carload of
Jeputies were u route to the scene of
the trouble.
The riot came aboat in this wr.y:
Monday Mine BamrColverliouse of ib
Sloes Iron aast Mtaat ctiupany. dis
charge) a negro driver nimd Jim
Bigger. Blggert remained bout the
place m'aking threats. He refused to
leave the company'! premises and a
warrant was sworn out for Ins arrest
for trespassing and Deputy Sherilf
Wood and Special Deputy Joel Baxter
went to arrest Biggrs. As they ap
proached he fired upon them with a
Winchester ritle. A bullet passed
through his heart killing him Instantly
Baxter was morally wounded, but was
able to get back to the camp and give
the alarm. The wlilU) miners at once
organized and went to arrest Bigger.
The latter meanwhile had called in a
oumber of his negro friends and when
the two parties met a pitched battle re
sulted. Over 100 shots were llred, the
negroes finally going to the wooda It
lissldhrlfa dozen or more negroes
were shot down, several of whom were
kilted outright and the others badly
wounded. Whether any whites were
wounded or not cannot be learned.
The names of killed and wounded m
groes could not be had.
The town of Brookside waa in a state
of panic, every man In town being
armed. Tba shooting waa kept up for
an hour or more. Another attack by
the negroe waa feared, but It may not
occur aft r the ofliroia arrive. Bigger
and bia accomplices are hid ni In tbo
w od.
Brookside bat bean the seen of race
trouble before. Both colored and
while miner work there, but tba feel
ing ha not been very cordial, especial
ly since laat ummer' strike, whan
Oigroe want to work Id whit minor'
place It only required Mondays
murder to kindle tba feudal III
DeoutT Wood, who waa killed, was
ex-fheriff of 'i'alledaga county and
leave a wife aud children. The former
is nrostrated and la not aipected to
lire.
The sheriff ! pons reached Brookside
a. 1 o'clock yesterday morning, iney
found that two officer and four ne
groe had been killed. The bodies of
the latter lay in the woods where they
bad fallen. Will Alberts and Char!
Jenkir.s, colored, had just been cap-
tared by the white miners, who bad
placed rope about their neck and
were about to tiring them up when
the officer reached tbem. Albert and
Jeukin will be brought bere to jail.
Posset are In pursuit of the other ne
gro rioter, who are armed. Evry
thing 1 quiet.
Pal turd ( a, IMat.
Boston. Mass., Aug. 2. Interesting
development broug.it to light partly
solve the esse of Mrs. Anna M. Gaid
ner, the mining Nebraska Christian
Endeavorer. The mysu-ry turroundina
the Mrs. J. M. Brown letter, received
by Mr. Gardner, telling blm that 'hl
wife had passed away." it cleared up.
howing that Mr. Brown Wat none
other than Mrs. Gardner. The mj-terio-js
letter in question as post
marked South Boston and Miss Msud
Hanson, who it employed at a clerk In
a ttationery ttore on Broadwav, after
teeing a picture ot Mrs. Gardner, fur
nished the information that Mrs. Gard
ner wa the Mrs. Uroen who sent the
letter to Nebraska. Mis Hsnw m's
ttory is that r. ti e morning of Mon
day, July li letw.en S and 10 o'clock
a soman dressed In niournii g entered
the store bere the is employed. At
she approached the counter and handed
Msss Ksnsom a !eUer, the latter nolicea
that the carried her right hand w rapped
in a b ack tilk handkerchief as though
injured. The letter whs written In lead
pencil and the wora.m t nd she w,in ed
to have H copied in ink. "he said,"
explained Ml Banaoi.. -thai she was
Jlr. Brown sud that .Mrs uranernau
died at her horn?. On bccouut or her
hand being hurt the hud her little sou
write the letter, but then thought as
the writing was bad it would look bet
ter to liars It rewritten in ink."
Mis Hanson wrote the letter and
ait-nd it according to Ihe copy. Mrs.
Ha Tll f Ml-a t'lgrakaa).
l'lllLaDEU-HIA, 1'., Aug. 1,
Holmes, the much accused murderer,
ha an explanation for the disappear
tnre of Mis Emeline Gigrand, on of
hi alleged victims. Holme explana
tion of Miss Clgrsnd's disappearance,
tike all the fellow's explanations, la
e lever, but like all of his tales it is lack
lug in essential particular.
In an interulew Wednesday Holmea
aid that ha bad led Mis Cigrand
astray. According to Holm the girl
bad resisted him pert stently and bo
only accomplished her ruin by Indue
In g her to take an excursion with blta
on on of tb Lake Michigan tUsmers.
Mi Cigrand wa a Catholic and la
her confession to bar priest ana toM
him of ber do wa fall. The priest viitd
Holmea and insisted upon him right
ing tbo wrong by marrying ber.
Holme pretended to be willing to
marry Mi Clgraad and so lulled tbo
priest' suspicion. To satisfy Mis
Cigrand, Holmes went through tb cere
mony of marriage with ber, bat un
known to the girl, the man who offici
ated was not an ordained clergyman,
but only a complacent frletid of
Holmes, who had consented to play the
part of priest. Holme and lb girl
lived together as man and wife for a
thort time and then Mils Cigrand
learned that the had been twice de
ceived and waa not bia legal wife.
Upon learning thl the girl wa over
, whelmed with tbame and remorse aud
the left home and entered a convent.
aa.. ... 1 . ll.a a .
H. .J. Brown." Min Ranton thought j v nere uiis couvvui ia iuiw !
n mnra i he matter until re saw siate,
the picture of Mrs. Gardner. When
thowntbeMra. Brown teller, wnicn
has been returned here, Miss Banson
identified the writing as her own, and
this fact, in addition to her recognition
of the picture, seems to fix to a cer
tainty the authorship of the letter up
on the woman announced a? dead.
Towaa Sabmart.
Socobro, N. M. Aug 1 Late Tuea-
day afternoon a heavy rain from tbe
wet met a cloud from tba aat near
Snake Ranch, eight mil from Socorro
A wsv trenly feet bight cam down
tb arroya and submerged Chihuhu
and Cuba, two tmall suburb, washing
They Will Uglit at Uallaa.
Dallas, Tex., Auj
Fred Ticker, who for mauy year sat
upon the bench ana greatly ditllng-
uished bimtelf for legal ability and
who is regarded as having oue of the
clearest legal minds in Texas, stated
the law governing prize fighting aa
follows:
'The last legislature adopted a new
criminal code, in which it made prize
fi :htlng a misdemeanor punishable
down bouses and ruthing through
' a Tl,. .rrnti -mi hrAka at Snrlna
4r,.Imlu r
" j atraatt and in the north Dart Of tOWB
left women and children struggling to
. tb water. Several drowned bodies,
, on man and six children were, rescued.
, Tba family of A. O. Hilton and many
others were saved with difficulty
Many house are wrecked, a hundred
mora will fall and others are badly dam
aged. Tba water waa three feet deep
and all the principal trU are Uwn
with furuatur any large boulder,
LlUw datnaga waa done to tora s
Crops
and
with a one of not less than 1500 nor
more than $1,000, and Imprisonment for . tjn tlmnAmtitMnm.
Hurt-days. 1 his went into operation j ' wmk
Klei trlc Klevator la Every Honae
A well-known electrical authority has
pointed out that it Is now aa easy and
rheap to have an electric elevator In
a private house as In a, large oftict-
building. Stairs are literally a bar bar
ism. to which women frequently owe
111 health, and to which many delicate
lM-rsoiis may attrlbut the deprivation
of the full enjoyment of their homes,
The cost of oiieratlng an electric ele-
valor In. say, a five-story house, mak
lng fifty or sixty trlw every day, will
ot exceed $3 or $4 er month. The
devices for rntlng these el vn tors
have been so Improved that an invalid
or a child can manage them. The old
lever arrangement can lie dispensed
with, and the elevator ascends or de
scends on the pressure of a button.' It
will stop only st each flmr. and will
stsrt only when the elevator door lc
dosed. -
Coming to the Front.
Mississippi, from lieing one of tlie
poorest, lias attained excellent rank
among the Southern "tares. It wealth
valued at $110.28.12I.
Uolag to Blow up tab.
Bridgepokt, Conn., July 31.
Thomas Carroll of thl city has gone to
Cuba under contract with Insurgent to
furnish a large supply of high explo
it ve. for which be has tbe secret for'
mula for making. Mr. Carroll said:
"I will be there six weeks. With
fifty man w can blow up 1,000,000 of
tb beat drilled soldiers In tlie world.
We can put torpedoes under and blow
up ships and destroy cable. Water or
dampness does not Interfere. Under
all the roads it can be placed in old
tomato cans or paper cartridges and
fired from guns. I do not know bow
the Cubans have planned tbelr cam
paign, but with the high explosive no
generalship It needed, a dot can
blow np half the island of Cuba. Tbe
revolutionists have given me my price
and I am aoinc to provide them with
the material."
From Cuba Mr. Carroll will go to
Ban Francisco to meet agenU of the
Chilean government. Hla explosive
has been tested by several governments
and found to have very high power.
July 29 just parsed. Ihat legislature
also and subsequently, passed a civil
code and It enacts that a light may
take place by taking out a license of
500, Thl law goo lntoffectSeptm
ber L, or thirty day before tbe Corbett-
Fitxiimmont contest. There is no
doubt, our supreme court will bold that
it is or will be the law after the first
day of September. The civil code waa
adopted last and therefore will lake
precedence over tbe other."
This opinion or rather statement or
facts about these law in concurred In
by every lawyer in Dallas who haa read
them, and it will be seen there Is no
power to prevent the tight taking place
Around headquarters yesterday every
body waa quiet. The sle of ssats goes
merrily along not to toughs, for they
have no otooey to pay tbe price, but to
railroad magnates and bank people.
I la lnanlar hut. more raJlwav olncials
K..-K-ht iek.i. than an. other H back door was closed and padlock
a--. I aa aa,sl Kk mllaWMiW m 4ak-STa SaWBaal
IVIwIM Uaft IMW lima IMUIaBWIws w SWSS
whirled through the streets and to tbe
city hall like any oiber prisoner. It Is
not likely that tbe deposition of Charles
Clerr,fae travelling salesman now la
the east, will make much of an impres
sion on the Jury In the Durrani case.
Bhou d be return to testify It is said he
will be arrested ot the Instigation of
the American Tea Importing company
the managers of which allege that ho
obtained commissions from them oc
orders "which were partly fictitious.
It Is svan said that Captain Let has
decided to send a detective oast to ar
rest Clark and extradite his. The
polios will not admit that any action to
that end has been taken and deny that
any warrant baa been issued. It is
ssml-omclally stated, however, that tb
warrant baa been Issued.
from Polvardoro to Lamy tbe lowlands
are fioodesi four feet deep. A boat
mile of trak Is damaged on the main
line of tbe Santa Fe road and eight
miles on the Magnate" branch, with
the roadbed and several bridges washed
away. Tbe water main of tbe Socorro
Water company la so badly damaged
that do drinking water la to had
Hnndreds of people are In dlttree
Tbe damage to tbe town is estimated
at 1700,000.
rSer aa ttarraat.
Bah Fkancisco, Aug. 1. Durrant
was treated like a common prisoner
yesterday morning for tbe first time,
Tbe buggy with which Chief Jailer
gattler has been taking bim to and frtm
tbe city hall and county jail did not
appear In front of the Jail as usual. In
stsad the prison van was driven np
and In it Durrant was given a
Laadoa baa XOfioo factory glrla.
WhMllag AraaaS Uw Werld.
San Francisco. July 31.-rMr. and
Mra. J. Darwin Mcllraitb of Chicago,
who are on a bicycle trip around the
world for the Inter-Ocean, arrived here
yesterday in go.d shape. This It their i
58'h dsy of actual wheeling. 'I hey
will remain bere several weeks.
luwi It Hlaa.
Vic run, Colo., July 31.- W. 8. Strat-
ton, the millionaire mine owner, has
struck a vein or ore in the Independ
ence mine here th is believed to be
Die richest lode ever found In any mine
in the country, If not in tlie world.
The mlnrt in the Independence ran
across tbe body of ore at a point wbera
the two veins saet and the width war
rests the statement that there are mil
none of dollars of ore assaying $iDflX
to thaw, now ia sight.
olaaaa' Coavtatlaa Doabtral
Ctiicaoo, IU., Aug. 2. There were
no important aeveiopmenis in iae
Holmes case yesterday morning. Pat
rick Qulnlan arrived at tbe central
polios station in charge of an omcer
early in tbe day and was at once taken
Into Inspector Fuspatrlck's office and
examined In regart to the statements
said to have been made by Holmes to
the effect that Emeline Cigrand is still
alive and in a con vent. He refuses to
tell anything on this point, if lie knew
anything.
Inspector FlUpatrick said yesterday
morning be had nearly abandoned all
hope of getting any information out of
the Quintan which would incriminate
either them or Holmes. So far, although
tbe department has worked very hard
and faithfully, not enough evidence
has been secured to make out any sort
of a case or tc warrant a reejuest that
Holmes be tried in Chicago. A num
ber of papers and letters have still to
be examined and tbe dlggieg Is being
continued at tbe Sixty-third street
house, so that all hope has not yet been
abandoned.
AHOTIIEK DKBATK.
Louisville, Aug. 2. After sevsral
conference it wa decided Wednesday
night that the Joint debate between
General Hardin and Colonel Bradley,
democratic and republican nominee
for governor, should open Louisville on
Mocday, Augnst 19. There are to be
twelve debates in all in different parts
of tbe state and t bay will end on Sep
tember V. There will be no restric
tion! on the debates.
, Mtaarart la Troubl.
Washington. I). C. Aug. 2. Sena
tor W. hi. Stewart of Nevada, who dis
located a kneecap while jumping from
an electric car Tuesday, is resting com
fortablv. The Injury is more serious
than was at first believed.
Cat Mis Throat.
Mobeklt, Ma, Aug. 1. Dr. A. E.
Hoblosoo, manager of the gold cure In
stitute here, cut bis throat yesterday
morning. It la generally supposed that
tbeact aas suicidal, ilobinson was
formsrly a lawyer In good circumstan
ces, married to ihe daughter or uererai
Weaver of Iowa. He became an ox-
ceesive drinker and was parted from
his wife in consequence. Tbe gold
care institute hers has not been paying
and tbe other day his partner ran away
leaving him in a bad predicament, lie
was much depressed, the old craving
tor drink came back and he fell into
the old habit. As a consequence he be
came nervous and reckless and tbe cut
ting of his throat ia be.ieved to be the
sequel.
Waabad Away.
Caspkk, Wyo., Aug. 1. Mrs. W. .
ewby and two children belonging to
a family named Harris, who were in
camp on Garden creek, were drowned
Tuesday nlvht, The bodies were re
covered Tetter lay morning. On ho,
count of heavy rain the creek over
flowed its bsnk and washed them
away.
Tha Daratil Affair.
Pan Fraxi-isco, Aug. 2.-Durrant
was brought into court yesterday morn
ing with three ordinary criminals
A fter two jurors had been obtsioed in
tbe persona of Walter 8. Brown,
wholesale dry goods merchant, and
Chsrles P. Nathan, also a merchant,
the panel waa exhausted. Judge Mur
pty Issaed a panel of 300 names, 100 to
bo returned Monday morning. Tbe
ease thaw went over to Mondsy.
lackaoa Hals Qalrt.
Jackson Hole, Wyo., Aug I. The
United press correspondent srrived
here Wednesday evening and the situ
atlon looks vsry mild. Strange to sty,
the first persons spoken to in Jsckson
Hole were not frightened settlers mov
ing, but a party of Uthe people com
ing In. There are about twenty-five
pnon hare now, tm others being out
scouting the location of the Indians.
Tb severs 1 scouting parties number
thirty-Ire mas.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.1
Pierce ia asking fot telephone con
nection with Norfolk.
Tlie poatofflce at Flournoy, Neb.,
baa had it name changed lo Thurs
ton.
Fred Hanter of Columbus elsimt to
be ihe cb mpion cbecker-pnyer oi me
tate.
Spring wheat in Nemaha cour.ty Is
urning out from twelve to iwenty-two
buthelt per acre.
Cutter county has a great crop of
tmall grain, and corn is In sxceaeni
condition.
Tbe town of Randolph is enjoying a
building boom, and most of the new
structures are of brick.
A hundred buthelt of apples will bo
marketed from a young orchard by
William Prtietke of Madison county.
It is estimated that the potato crop
on the Kearney industrial sclu-ol farm
will run from 200 to H5(i bushels per
acre.
A stalk of corn thirteen feet high
wat found In i Madison county field.
There are more just like it all over the
itate.
The barley crop in Hoyd county is
yielding forty bushels per acre and
find a resdy market at uO cenU a
buthel.
R-jssian thistle have obtained a foot
hold In Cheyenne county and their ex-
errninHtion will cost the non-resident
nndow tiers a barrel of money.
Nets P. Johnson, a prominent drug
gist of Wahoo, d:ed very suddenly ol
Bright' diseane at the home of hit sis
ter, Mr. X. II. Harggren Inst week.
The members of th- liap'.ist church
of Kearney are rejoklng liecaus they
have recently paid off all their floating
indebtedness and are now reducing
their mortgage indebtedness.
Hon. Edgar Howard of the I'apilllon
Times rat ftarted a fund to assist
Editor RaKer In carrying his tult to
the tupreme court. Mr. Howard heads
the list with f and other newspaper
men are Invited to chip in. It ia
a worthy cause.
Tbe annual encampment of the Ne
braska Band union will take place at
Hasting the same week as th G. A.
R. rsuidon. Aagust 20 to 31. It It ex
pected that from the forty band now
belonging to the union there will be no
lees than flOO musicians In camp.
W. K. Lay has a note! heading to
his weekly letters In tbe Monroe Ixok.
Ing Glass showing up the wickedness
of Columbus. It reads, "Woe to tbe
land thtdowing with wings, which Is
beyond the rivers of Ethiopia." What
thedevil hat Ethiopia to do with Colum
but? Mrs. Rockwell, an old lady living five
miles northwest of Fairmont, met with
a serious accident while returning horns
from town. While crossing the Burl
ington track, the rear seat of the buggy
gave way, throwing her to the ground.
She struck on her head and shoulders.
Hhe wss taken to a neighbor's and
medleal aid sent for.
Wandering Willie tramp, serving
a sentence ot thirty days on the streets
at Bancroft, wearied of the monotony
and skipped out, taking along with blm
the ball and chain attached, with which
the city authorities bad labeled him, aa
aiouve-fr. When he reached Been
he parted with with the souvenir fes
the sum of 91 in addition to hit tuppei
and lodging, and resumed hi simlsss
Journey with the laugh on the Bancroft
marshal.
A new enterprise Is on toot to make
a radical change in the city's water
work svstem at Hastings, whereby it
1 cl ilmed an enormon taring can b
made. The project it to lay a pipe line
from the Platte rlvr to the city, which
can he done at an estimated coat ol
12,000. With everything complete
for the conveyance of the water ia
tiifiiclent quantity to eupply all de
mands. Mrs. . T. Gardiner of Arcadia, Neb.,
1 reported missing. She went a a
delegate to the Christian endeavor con
vention held at Boston In Juty. Upon
striving there she did not register al
tbe Nebraska headquarters, but in hei
letters home she ttated that the was
staying with a friend. It Is ald thai
she did not make herself known at any
of tbe Christian endeavor meetings and
no one there appears to know the nam
of tbe friend with whom the Hooped.
Superintendent MacKay of the Nor
folk insane asylum rejected a shipment
of coAVe tent from Lincoln by II, P.
Lnu's wholesale grocery house. Th
contract called for dining car coffee lo
packages, without listing the tize ol
the packages and ths contractor sent
the coffee in fifty-pound tscks. The
superintendent desired pound parcel-
in cloth tack and for that reason senl
the whole lot back. The last estimates
from the soldiers' and sailors' horn
how thai Mart Howe ha kepi hit
word and has not used the dried fruil
which he declared was full of nits.
The board had three experts ps on
the goods and oruered Mart to use It.
A young farmer named Strohn living
near Randolph, received a tuiittrokt
while returning from the harvest field.
He was fonud three hours afterwards
and take home. The doctor fearr h
will die.
II. D. Watson of Buffalo county re,
ports a yield of seven tons, C04 pound,
of alfalfa fraa two and olne-tsathi
acres thla week, and it wa tba ssoetk
cutting this season. Hs has aaothes
patch that stands nearly three foot high
and has bean eat twice this season. .
