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NEBRASKA.
i It completely
it don skirts.
unmans a new worn a
Jndge Culver bad his bngsy tarred
d feather-! tbe other night. Wichi
ta Ear!. Insane, lieyond a doubt.
- - -
CoL Breckinridge insists that he nev
er aaid he was out of politic for good.
Well, what difference dot- it make? lie
to out
Bloomer offer a new terror for the
Ball boy ho has been accustomed to
wear hU father's trousers cut down
wade over.
The newspaper is a great educator,
but a man doesn't want to read two
reports of tbe name event In two daily
papers, unless be wants to get his wind
confused.
Tbe Pittsburg Press makes iuite a
fuss over'the discovery that the new
woman can strike a match on her
bloomers. This certainly throws a new
light on the subject.
If'you think nolxidy cares for you
just stand up at the circus. You will
be surprised at finding bow many
people will take au interest in your up
rising and downfall.
We believe uo difficulty would be ex
perienced iu getting any amount of
takes If a swimming match across the
Atlantic could be arranged tietween
Corbett and Fitzsimmons.
Female. baseball clubs are reported
from various sections of the country,
but the new woman can make a hit
quicker by putting buckwheat cakes
across the plate, not a baseball.
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Tbe Atchison Globe remarks that
"kissing Is a pretty bad thing when
you come to think about it." Don't
think about it. She who hesitates is
lost; he who hesitates Is a chuuip.
A pleasing feature of these bloomer
weddings will be the absence of the
long trains, which cause the guest so
much trouble. Indeed, there Is noth
ing about the bloomer girl to step on
except ber feet. '
Two t iregnu physicians quarreled and
fought a dnel, each shooting the other.
It was very unprofessional to give
each other leaden pills like that, but
probably It hcl)eil along the general
health of the community.
Miss Flagler, who shot ami killed a
negro boy who was stealing a few
pears from her father's orchard In
Washington, went Into convulsions the
other day when a thoughtless friend
sent her a imsket of pears. What a
pity she didn't display her tender
heartedness earlier in the game!
Oregon people are raising a stronit
protest against the continuance of the
horse-eaiitiitiK industry In that State.
They claim that It will injure the repu
tation of the State and of other can
ning industries. They do not want
people to say or think "dead horse!"
wheu they see the brand "I trejron" on
canned meats. The horse cannery has
started business, but little is known
of Its business yet.
A wooden leg. If stood upon. Is not
dutiable, according to a recent decision
of the Treasury Department. To !e
admitted without the customs tax It
must be attached to the body of the
owner. False teeth in the mouth, wigs
on the head, false eyes in their sockets,
are, under the same ruling, also exempt
from duty. The false leg that does not
support the owner must Hear its part
of the support of the Government, Thus
the Imported leg must no Its duty or
pay It
A curious sight was witnessed in
Cincinnati during a tire there the other
day. In the building all the upper
floors were stored with peanuts, seven
thousand bags in all. Au tbe fire ate
Its way Into the peanuts and burned
the windows of the building out, the
nuts rolled out of the windows In a
steady stream. Each nut was blaring
and they had the appearance of a
stream of fire-balls rolling out of the
windows. The seven thousand bags,
which were a total loss, were valued
at $.'t a bag. As there were only forty
thousand bags of peanuts in Cincinnati
and one hundred and twenty thousand
In the entire country, the loss of this
stock will affect the market.
' Tbe Boston Transcript has been in
forsaed on good authority that while
Mm Columbia beat the record of any
other warship In crossing the ocean the
resl teat of Its ocean-crossing speed
rsmalrm to be made. Its informant says
It could nave done better if Its corn-
Had been willing to do what
done lately by the captain of a
transatlantic liner namely, kill a tl re
in bis effort to get the greatest
oat of bis sbtp. As nsval offl-
kve store soul than tbe agents
ft grant snip-owning corporations, there
t B Kkattbood of such a teat at pre
CSC. ; Taw Transcript aptly says: "If
if i rulTnntlf liners will kilt a man for
?C ftitt hssjr off tn record, and men
,0M ni w mam w'u tiM
CI tif nr an aetoal wt r tn utmost
m a mag rn; ror tnnn w
rlfet and patriotic to acriice
-831 nf'tCt CtiCk
it-...An tuit 1 1 ft 4b a t. tnfH r- '
Ins run carriaee, mounted. Tie car
riage, which 1 built for an 8-tncb gun.
weighs when mounted about 04 ton
and can be easily traversed or elevated
in any desired position. The idea of
the carriage la to protect the gun and
tie men from the enemy. The gun
la loaded and sighted from behind its
parapet and ! exposed to the fire of the
enemy but a few seconds when being
fired. A charge of ISO pounds of pow
der Is needed for the 8-inch gun and a
projectile weighing 300 pounds will be
ued. Boston Harbor is to be equipped
with this style of carriages, and It is es
timated that fifty will be necessary.
They are also to be placed at Portland.
Me., New York, Potomac river below
Washington, Fortress Monroe and Fort
Wadsworth. When this system of dis
appearing gun carriages is put into the
forts ironclads of a hostile fleet
probably keep their distance.
Will
We have heard of a Kansas cycl"t:t
which blew a dwelling bouse over Info
an adjoining county and then went
back after the cellar, but we never,
until the other day. heard of a burglar
going back to a residence he had looted
to ak for part of the plunder he bad
inadvertently dropped in his hurried
leave-taking. Hut such a case was re
ported to the Chicago police. Mrs.
Kate Claymore's home on the South
Side was burglarized, and anions orhi-i
things considerable valuable jewelry
was stolen. me diamond bracelet
worth was taken, but its mate
was overlooked. Next day a well
dressed man called on Mrs. Claymore
and said lie was an officer from police
headquarter and had It-en sent to go.
the second bracelet for comparison with
one which had ! recovered from a
pawnshop by the police. The bracelet
was handed to him w ithout a moment s
hesitation and he left. Mrs. Claymore
also was "left;" the diamond bracelet
and the voting man disappeared to
gether; neither has le-n seen since. It
would be a pity to eclipse such a pcnlil
aa rhia tiv limirlsoiuuent. even if he
were caught: but there Is little likeli
hood of such au outcome, anyway.
Chicago Kecord: The condition of the
war in Cuba Is exciting as much in
terest in Europe as it is ou this conti
nent. Naturally enough, the sentiment
In Europe, and especially in England
Is thoroughly with Spain, and the Eng
Ilsh papers go to the extreme of advis
!ng Spain to patch tip her difficulties
with Cuba so as to regain pewsion of
the island. Part of the British pre,.
legards Spain's effort to subdue tin
Cubans as hopeless, ami advl-w com
promise, because tt believes the next
step after Independence would 1' an
nexation to the Enlted States. And.
says the Iondon Times, "annexation to
America would be regarded with little
favor by T-trttlsh statesmen." Whiii
Cuban ludepuedence does not mean
annexation to the United State by any
means. St is not certain that Spain can
patch tij) a compromise with the in- j
surgents. The (ioveruor General of
Cuba has tried In every way possible!
to treat; with the rebels and has falh-d. 1
They have rejected every offer of
reconciliation. They are not only ter
ribly in earnest but are confident of
success. The rebellion Is spreading,
moreover, and is now costing Spain at
the rate of J50.i-hVKK a year a drain
which that country's treasury catin.it
long stand. t"p to the present the at
tempts to subdue the .rebellion have
failed us miserably as have the efforts
to treat with the insurgents. The Eon
don Times in closing its advice ay:
"Giving autonomy (to Cubai will be st
bitter pill, but unless It is swallowed
the embryo movement for annexation
to America may gather strength until
It becomes irresistible." Then Is at
present no avowed national sentiment
for the annexation of Cuba In this
country. The feeling that we have
territory enough Is general, and the ad
vocates of territorial acquisition do not
create public opinion In the United
States. Spain may fix up her dispute
and quarrel with Cuba as best site crtn
without feeling that the United States
Is anxious to seize upon Cuba as the
result of her years of misgovernmeiit
of that fairest of all her isissessions.
A New Kxplosive.
A Bridgeport inventor says he lias
discovered an explosive which will
blow an invading army into cats" meat
as soon us It Is dropped among them.
lie has gone to Cuba to try It upon (ien.
CaiupoH and his peninsular myrmidons.
and if news from that Island were not
so habitually untrustworthy It would
Uow be wailed with llicfeased Interest.
So many destructive agents of warfare
are reported in this period that' If all
their claims were realized war would
become Impossible and auollier mode
of settling internecine and international
difficulties would have to lie devised.
Bnt many of them thunder in the Index,
exploding with more smoke than car
nage, and effecting no revolutionary
change in military methods. The
Bridgeport fulminant may be In this
category, but its pretensions remain
to be tested.
Is.ve Will Find a Way.
At Krankfort-MO-tbe-Maln a young
woman recently resorted to an Ingeni
ous method of removing tbe obstacle
In the way of ber love. Th mother
of the young man to whom she had
given her affection offered a stout re
aistance to tbe consummation of the
marriage, but speedily repented her
rashness, ft tbe young lady there
upon denounced her for speaking dls
raaptrtfnlly of Kmperor William.
Trending an Imperial toss in Germany
hi dangerous, so the old lady was ar
rested, and. pending her triad, tbe
vsanc man and yonng woman got mar
ring. m loan ih4mrv whan tbsy
g tn sVnUntX ami e
taw ha mm an ia
MAY UKT IT BACK.
Th lurmr Cumi ! Mejr avsr
i-rekerB Money.
Kansas Citi', Mo., -pt. 11. Robert
T. Herrick, th insurance lawyer who
captured Dr. G. W. Fraker, the insur
ance swindler, will fila with the clerk of
the United Statr eooxt an amendment
to the bill tn equity wbieh tbe insur
ance companies filed last week to re
cover the money paid to tbe Fraker
heirs. The original bill asked for the
return ot ucb money a tbe heirs bad
recovered from the companies wblcb
fought their elam nntll the February
compromise. It now develop thst the
heirs have spent a considerable portion
of this money, but that Judge Lincoln,
the administrator, hag invested some
5,0CiO secured from the Equitable and
other companies which settled without
a fight. The Equitable paid the heirs
nearly f 9,(00 on two 1 5,000 policies
rather than participate In the light
made by the other companies, and f
making no effort to recowr it. 1 here
is a pewsiLiiny mat tne companies
hich mad ht tight may recover all
they paid if Judge 1'billips will order
the beneficiaries to repay to them ail
tbey owe.
Mr. Herrick estimates that the money
already tied up iu litigation will besuf
ficient to return to the companies which
mad the fight sums as follows: Kan
sas Mutual Lite, vXl out of 810,000
paid out; Hartford Life and Annuity
SlS.000 out of tlS.OOO; Provident !v
Irigs Life and Annuity, H,6(X) out of
$10,000 and Knights of Pythias $2,UQ
out of 83,000.
ftlaorha Lamont on the Stand.
San Fbascisco, CaL, Spt. 11. In
the Durraut case Tuesday Mrs. C. G.
Noble, aunt of Blanche Lamont, waa
on the stand, tfce identified the clothing-
of her neice and gave the facts of
the girls disappearance. When shown
the chip diamond ring which the sec
ond hand dealer, Adolph Oppenbeimer,
avs Durraut tried to sell to him a few
days after the murder, Mrs. Xob:e said
it belonged to Blanche's sister, Maude,
but had been wirn by tbe dead girl,
and waa one of tbe three taken from
Blanche' haod and sent to her aunt
through the mall after tbe murder.
Mrs. Noble was given more time in
which to verify her Idea as to the date
after Blanche's disappearance, when
Durrant called upon ber and offeted to
make a search for the missing girl, In
timating that he believed that she had
gone astray.
Yesterday's testimony otherwise was
of policemen who found the dead girl's
books and clothing where they bad
been hidden in the church. The de
fense aonlied Itself to showing that
the bookt and clothing could not have
been placed where they were found
without the murderer having plenty of
time and getting very dirty from the
dust. It will claim that neither of
these conditions apply to Durrant, as
be showed no dirt on his person when
seen immediately after the murder, at d
bis time was then limited.
Shot by an t'Dhnowo.
LAitAMiK, Wyo., Sept. U. William
Powell, a one-armed ranchman living on
Horse creek, was shot and instantly
killed yesterday morning by an un
known person. Powell had many
times been before the courts for cattle
stealing, but he always escaped conven
tion. This morning he left his ranch
with hired man to work in a hay
field two miles distant. On the way
his wagon broke down an i the hired
man was bent back to the ranch boure
for tools and material to repair the
vehrcle. The man had gone but a few
hundred yards when the report of a
rifle rang out and the hired man turn
ing saw Powell fall from the wagon.
Fearing that he himself was fated, the
frightened man hastened on to the
ratch, where he met the mail earritr
just starting for Laramie, who brought
the report of the murder. Sometime
ago, when a man named Lewis, re
ported to be a notorious rather living
in that county was shot, Powell stated
while in Laramie that he also was
slaud to be killed, but be was prepared
for them. It was known that be usu
ally carried a gun, which be could use
with deadly effect, being fearless and a
good shot.
Iteaerve Short.
Washington, B. C Sept. 11.-
N'othing official, as far as can be as
certained, was received at the treasury
department yesterday from representa
tives of the Belmont Moigar: syndicate
to indicate whether or not they in
tended to make good the treasury de
pleted gold reserve. At tbe close of
business yesterday the reserve stood,
nil withdrawals deducted, at IVT,&4,
6M, or nearly 82,aOO,000 below what Is
usually regarded as the reserve limit,
In ordinary operations tbe treasury
lost gln.000 In gold yesterday owing to
in San Francisco. A. small withdrawal
of gold at Nw York for export 8160,
000 was also reported lata in the after
noon. Tmasury official express no
nnnasinsns over tbn declining gold re
serve, as tbey tool assured that the
ayndieats and tno New York national
banks will not permit it to fall below
tn limit of eonodeTOc.
A tales Fries.
Denver, Colo Wept. 11. Alfred
Packer, tha eannlbal convict, serving a
Ufa ssalsnns in tha panltontinrr
nana gofrnado ant of ! b X
Dnt. who was rnloaasd from I
th. Paly arataagag ha oauM
at a antvloa for Parkar by tha aa
waa raraiansa aim
H Faafcar from Ma aavtaga.
tag sniilrlTtr af Daly. Ftakar laM th
amrgat) gmg yaWatngy Daty sftts ar
DEFENDER LIVES 1U RACE
The
Yaching Committed Decide
Race in Favor of Defender.
the
THE MURDERS PLAN TO ESCAPE
Holaues, the Brat, Is Formally Charged
With Ihe Slaughter or Howard
1'itial by th Corn are J ory
New York, Sept. 12. The regatta
soinmittee of tbe New York yact.t club
rendered a decision lata yesterday after
noon sustaining Mr. Iseiin's protest
gainst Valkyrie and awarding yester
lay's race to Defender. This result
was reached after deliberations and
touferences lasting practically all day.
As the occurrance was directly uuder
ibe eyes of the committee and only one
decision was possible Every one, con
versant with the racing ot yachts pd
rules of the road at sra agreed that the
British yacht was at fault. Lord Dun
ravan and bis trieuds, however, held
that bis boat was crowded by Defender
and that tbe accident was unavoidable
The committee gave each side ampU
opportunity to state their case and took
the testimony of each yacht and )!
others who were on board. Davie
Henderson, who sailed on the Defeudw
as a represent ative of Lord Dutiraven,
and J. li. yuan, who represented tht
New York yacht club on tbe Valkvrl.
each reported on the occurrence. Ail
the interested par':es,were at the yacht
club house until late la the afternoon.
With Lord Dunra'-n were Hear Coin
modore Arthur Gi nule of the Kojal
Clyde yacht club, sailrnaker Ka'z, II.
Maitland Kersey, Captain Cranlield
sud s-ycamore. In Mr. Iseiin's party
were Wooburg Ka e, Newbury Thome
and Herbet C. Leeos.
It waa 4:30 p. m. when tbe decision
was announced. It was in tbe form oi
a reply to Mr. Iseiin's protest nd readt
as follows:
Mr. I . Oliver Iselin: We beg to ac
knowledge the receipt of your letter ol
Tuesday protesting the Valkyrie. We
have given the matter our careful con
sideration and believe that the foul
occurred through the miscalculation ol
the distance between the two yachts at
a critical moment. From our observa
tion, stulaiiied by that of others w bc
were in good position to see, we ilnd
that the Valkvrie, In contravention ol
section 1 1., racing rule Iti, bore down
upon the Defender and fou ied her by
the swinging of her main boon) w hile
luffing to straighten her course. We
also consider that Defender allowed
Valkyrie sufficient room ..to windward
to pass clear of the committee boat,
Your protest is, therefore, sustained.
Signed. 1 S. Nit tiNoi.-os,
Chairman.
Ikvin (JlUNNKI.I.,
('HKRTKK liltlsWtitl.
Made I rlriol. Wtlb tlir Waichmsn.
Caiuuii.i.ton, Mo., Sept. VI. :oon
after the jury in the trial of the Taylot
brothers rendered a verdict of guilty ol
murder of the Meeks family, and Judge
Kucker sentenced them to be banged
October 2, the two manilested a friend
linens for Night Watchman Brown ol
the county jail, and as soon as they fell
ute that be was their friend they of
fered him a liberal sum of money tc
assist them in "breaking" out of jail
Brown then gave the proposition Ir
detail to Sheriff Stanley, who Instructed
him to encourge the Taylors and hem
their plans. Brown met the Tayloi
brothers the next night and assured
them be could and would tlx it so they
could escape, but that it would brma
suspicion upon him and the condemned
murderers to be seen conversing to
gether, It would be advisable to con
duct further negotiations tn writing
They accepted tbe advice and as tht
letters were received by Brown the)
were submitted by him to bheriif Stan
ley, who, of course, knew what repliei
were sent, to the J aylors. Extra guardi
ill now be put In the jail.
Holuuet Indicted .
Lndusapous, lnd., tpt. 12. Cor
oner Castor yesterday announced thai
in his verdict In the inquest over tin
remain of Howard 1'iUel he would de
clare that the child came to its dealt
at the bands of H. II. Holmes. Hit
finding will be filed today. The Marloi
county grand jury yesterday afternoor
found an indictment against Holrnet
for murdar in the first degree ano
should be escape conviction in Phila
delphia he will be brought here foi
trial, where the chain of evidence
against him is much more complete.
Odd tallow Maletdea
Chicago, Sept. 22.-Peter S. Hoff
man a prominent and wealthy Odd
Fellow, who mads regalias and othei
secret soe sty supplies, committed sul
cldo Wednesday morning at blshora
In the Winchester flat, where he livec
with his wife and two daughters. Hi
was seventy-two years old and said tc
be mentally queer,
Dies ml Aeopleif,
Atchison, Kan., Sept. 12. Jobi
Bolt an old nad prominent banker ot
this atats, dtnd of apoploiy ysatordaj
morning while at work In his ogios.
A lts Attempt.
KiiniCNT,UUmnt. lt.-DataoUvat
are aaarohtag far Urns men who mi
a asmgHag attatnat to rah tha north
hwnnal asataaa trala aathaliUaaU Omv
tral Tntagay night naar barn. Ttei
worn rtdhng sat hha nmtf oral 9t tha a
Thai
Uaagaaaawsmmtaa
!Mawasj.atoMmtattebaMaaT
ntlsmhatMw waramaar waar wtch i
to a am mm a ha mm
tMOafrr Mtaf am) g ant
A 8TBAHGE CASE.
Proaae u.1 loei
May llu
Durraat tor
Harder.
San Francisco, Cal Sept. 13.-The
prosecution managed to get some
itrong links in its testimony against
Theodore Durrant for tbe murder of
Blanche Lamont yesterday. Five ma
verlal witnesses were examined and
ihey all stood the erjs examination of
Durrant' counsel without abating any
Df their positive answer.
In yesterday's session Durrani's
movements were traced from 8:30 on
the morning of the day of the murder
ntil after 3 o'clock, when he was on a
;ar with Miss Lamont going toward
the Emmanuel Baptist church. The
5rst witnees was a grocer who had sev
ral times weighed Miss Lamont, the
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last time on the 2bth or Jiarcn, six
days before the murder. She then
weighed 115! pounds. rJ bin disposes
of the defense theory that she was too
Sieavy for Durrant to have carried into
the tower. The prosecution then intro
3ueed a fellow student of Durrant, who
on the morning of the murder bad seen
Durrant with Miss Lamont riding on a
street car toward the boys' high school,
which she attended in the morning.
Durrant had a few days later admitted
lo the witness that the giri was Miss
Lamont, and had explained her disap
pearance b' saying be thought she had
gone astry. He said she was weak
and easily led. Durrant" counsel made
vigorous fight against this proof of
Durrani's inovemeuts on that morn
ing, but when the conductor of the
oar he and M ub Lamont rode on identi
fied him and a reporter to whom ho
bad admitted that he had escorted her
to school that morning were produced
counsel said they would admit that be
bad been in ber company on the car.
Two of the three young lady students
of the lormal school which Miss La
mont attended in the afternoon testi
fied. They positively identified Dur
rant as the man who met Miss Lamont
at the normal school and got on a car
with her, which carried them in tbe di
rection of the church. One of tbe girls
rode on the car with thera to the Mar
ket street transler point, from which
1. is supposed Dun ant and the girg
rode directly out to within three blocks
of the Emmanuel church and there
alighted.
The prosecution proposes next to
take up Durrant near that point, and
by two wilues who knew him show
that be went to church with the girl, the
well-known incident of Durrani's ap
pearance in tbe room where Orgauist
King wat practicing on a piaoo, a he
came down a passage way which led
from the tower, will close the main
case for the prosecution. This will be
be fortified with testimony tending to
show that Durrant was not where lie
ought to have been that afternoon,
and that a number of things about the
church are against the statement he is
known to have made. The case went
over until Monday.
An Awf .I Piiuiiliiiifiit.
Sax Fuaxcisco, CaI., Sept. 14. An
evening paper publishes a long account
of the capture of (ien. Florencio iSiuta-
mente at La Libertad. It says that
Bustamente probably met a fearful
ueath at La Liberted soon alter he was
landed from the 1'acilic mail steamer
Cltv of Sydnes. Just before the
tteamer left port the rumor came from
the shore that he had been seized by a
maddened populace, saturated with
coal oil and roasted alive. The Sydney
passengers did not have opportunity of
verifying this revelling report, bui
they all testify that such was the news
brotihgt off to the steBiner a few niiu
utes prior to her sailing. According to
the article, the American consul-general
Cooper, demadetl of Captain Johnson
that officer had refused to take any
part in the search after the refugee
In fact he had refused to permit armed
men to make the search. Captain
Johnson thereupon bid Ins crew to
make search, and Buttamente whj
Ilnally found bidden In the coal
bunkers. Non after be iiad been
hurried ashore the rumors of burning
by oil reached the ship.
tirand Slsod CoIIma.
Lofisvti.LE, Ky Sept. 13. A sec
lion of the grand stand on the river
front in the rear ot the Gait bouse.
Inch was occupied by Grand Army
officials and visiting members of the
pa ss, collapsed while the fireworks dis
play waa in progress last night, Doem
of tbe occupants sustained bruises.
sprains, contusions and slight injuries,
but none were seriously hurt. A panic
waa only averted by the appeals of sev
eral cool-headed men to tbe two thou
sand people on tbe teats to keep cooi
Several ladies tainted ana were re
moved by the ambulance corps. Ki
aggerated reports that ten were killed
and scores injured were spread about
tbe city and bulletined out of it.
Ship Selzrd.
Ottawa, Ont,, Kept, 13. Th gov
erumont has been notined of the seiz
ure by a United State cutter in iieriu
sen of th Canadian staling schooner
Boatrlca. She was tent back to Vic
torla, Th offense was failure to keep
a record of tha number of seals and the
location of capture.
Th CoMlllHlUual UaUws
Com hi a, S. C ept. 12. -Tbe con
ttliulionai convention was In settlor
only an hour and a half Thursday
K. C Millar, tba colored eongrammai
af a raw year ago, prmcntod a eonts
on bahaJf af a aagro delegation fron
WUMasMburg oannty, whlah was re
Itrrai to tha anmmltuod an naffaags
Oat, Kahtrt AMriaa iatradnaad
ptwta aiatitasHa' vhtah
i It la tetahsM to asataM
Nebraska "Notes
Tue authorities of Elaiumoulh are
making considerable efforts to stamp
out the social evil.
Nebraska City, bj way ot diversion,
will extend the pavement area a few
square rods this season.
I ancroft has the largest school pop
ulation of any town bwtween Emerson
ano Tekamah, the number being 233.
A Nebraska City man named F n
ciaco is under bonds not to break uis
wife's neck, as he has repeatedly threat
ened to do.
Charley Hooper of Dodge coir ty dug
., . .nnur heet from a patch of
twenty -seven acres that weighed a
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uu a bhs -
hole lest than ten pounds. It it the
largest one so far reported from any
where. The following is the mortgage record
of Jefferson county lor the mouth of
August: Frm mortgages tiled 33,
amount 23,i'32.90; satisfied, '2i,amount.
27.BW2.0O; town and city tiled 10.
amount. f3,4ii 22: satisfied amount
t4.30itC4; chattel filed 77, amount $13,
MR.74, satitUed l'., amount 2,l'79.42.
At the county convention of the
straight democrats, sayg the McCook
Times-Democrat, a speaker to illustrate
a point made twe of the word water,
and the chairman called him to order
tnd slated that that was the first time
in the thirty-five years of hit experi
ence that water was ever mentioned iu
a democratic convention and hoped It
would be the last.
Harold Uber and Lyle Willlamt,
wo yo..ng men of Fairmont, went to
sandbank for a load of tand. mm
getting it out the bank caved In and
buried Williams all but his bead.
Jnher wb knocked down and covered
nlirely. The tand being ery dry
both got out with little damage. Wil
liams has a badly bruised hand and
Fisher is aomewha t bruised about the
head.
William Worland threthed on his
plsce, one and a half roilos south of
Chapman from thirty acres, J.oio
bushels of eats machine measure over
running in weight from fifteen to
twenty biithels to the hundred This
t tbe largest yield of oats ever harvett-
d in this locality, and without a doubt
r ill prove to be the banner yield of th
late. Ten days more of warm weather
och as the present, will place the corn
beyond danger of frosts.
An irrigation company will organise
at ipringview toon and a ditch from
the mouth of Snake river, above Valen-
tine, to and through Keys I'aha county
will be built. A distance of eveuty
five miles. The level was male some
weeks ago and committees were elected
to lav out the district and omcers
e'ecteu to take charge of the work.
Elections will be held this fall to ot
bonds and work will be pushed, hoping
to get water on the laud for next year's
crop. With an Irrigation ditch through
Keya Paha county Ill ba a garden.
Keya I'aha is well supplied with
springs, creeks and rivrs, with tulles
of wild hay Hits and wild forests Her
atids are the best in the world with a
more water.
The police of Hattsronuth captured
a man named James Kelly, who It sup
posed to b a noted crook. At any
rate, he U one of ihe amootnetit men
that ever visited thai cily, Kelly Iu
some manner nipped a pockelook from
the inside vent pocket of a travelling
nirseryman and made his escape be
fore the theft was discovered. The
watlel contained a roll of money
amounting to 4 1 50. Kelly was cap
tured, about an hour after the theft, in
tbe B. A M. yards, but he had thrown
the money away, retaining the pocket
book, Tbe money was afterwards
found by some railroad men. While
n ollicer was searching the theif he
cam e near stealing the officer's watch
out of his pocket. Aftbrhe had been
searched several times, he stilt continu
ed to produce money at will. 1 ho
police believe he is an till round crook.
aa they received a card giving a fair
description of the man about a year
fto.
Quite a sensatioo it being mace out
of an elopement which took place at
Valley, Nebr. When Thomas Hunter
nd Miu Miller skipped by the light of
the moon for Fremont, It waa supposed
that they would be married next day,
come home and be forgiven. But it
teems they have not yel been united in
the holy bonds of wedlock. Hunter,
finding himself without funds, was un
able to pay their board bill, left their
belongings at the hotel and started to
walk wett. In tbe meantime the par
ents and relatives of the girl wete
searching Fremont high ana low for
them. Nothing was beard of them,
however, until Thursday evening when
Jim Collen returned from hit search.
He tuid he had tracked them to Co
lumbus and would meet them there.
The etory told by Hunter and Mitt
Miller waa that tbey were walking to
Denver on a wager and had repre
sented themselves as man and wife and
occupied thosama room. In this way
tbey secured their board sod lodging
fro of charge. In tha elopemottt noth
ing could be done with tbtm, as both
wars of ago, but now It may be made
warm for thm.
Th (Ho County Progress, a now
popullit payer, baa bean ttarUd at Ne
braska City. It ha tiv editors, arid
M. S. Ltttiefteid Is "ona of 'm."
Th Cortland Herald says It must
hava mors advertising or go out af bus
isjaaa. Tba poopio af that vtllaga aan
aot affard to bwa aa gang a aaaar.
W. R. Pulton haa manod tha Ofclow
Ohtowaa for a yaar to P. L. Barm la
atafelag this aaasaasamsat, Mr. PaW
I toa laUsrtMaa that ha wit! mn nway
iff tatataf M s3sj.jp U
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