TEE SOU.X COUfW JOURNAL
I J. SMMOWS, Proprietor.
SARRIOX, . NEBRASKA.
i Now there Is i baking powder trual;
this probably will raise trouble.
t Kot every woman who cultivates a
large waste makes the best wife.
f Consumption Is sa!J to be decimating
the Sioux. But it must be remembered
that the Sioux never were very well red
men.
I Fire of the sweetest words In the
English language begin with H: Heart,
Hoi. Home, Happiness and Heaven.
Heart Is a hope-place, and home U a
heart-place; and that man sadly mls
taketh who would exchange the happi
ness of home for anything less than
heaven.
It is significant that summer hotel cir
culars and booklets" are not as nunuT
oui as they were. Proprietors and
manager have about reached the con
clusion that they are a waste of money,
and that, after all, advertising by
means of newspapers Is most advan
tageous and prolitable, and, from every
point of view, cheapest in the end.
r.
An aged inmate of the Los Angeles,
Cat, poorhouse, a man who can neither
read nor write, has had misfortune vis
ited upon him In the shape of a 50,O0
legacy. In the mind of the sympa
thetic observer a query at once arises
as to how much more than the sum
named will be required to settle with
the lawyers, and where an infirm pau
per can reasonably be expected to ob
tain this necessary balance.
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A correspondent of the Detroit Trib
une says that one of the chief causes
of devastation by fire in Michigan
rests, with the farmers. When they
dear the land they set fire to the trees,
underbrush and bushes, and rely upon
the flames to free the ground of these
obstructions. It la an expeditious way
of clearing their land, but It also has
the effect to clear their neighbors' lands
of their barns, fences, fine timber, and
often their houses. And yet Michigan
farmers are guilty of this folly every
year, and there is no law to prevent
them.
Is this equal rights? In New York
two young men were arrested for wear
ing skirts in Central Park and on a
charge of disorderly conduct were
fined $10 and coats apiece. At the
same time a young English actress, as
new as the newest woman, who had
been arrested for riding a horse astride
In Central Park, was released by order
Of Police Commissioner Roosevelt, who
declared that no feminine costume
could legally be Interdicted. In other
words, the new woman may wear
whatever she pleases, but the new man
must wean himself from skirts. Is
this equal rights? Is this equality be
fore the law 1
Cholera Is now at Hawaii and other
points in the Sandwich Islands. It is
within easy distance of San Francisco.
It may enter the Golden Gate by any
steamer unless the quarantine regula
tions are strictly enforced, and once
there the mild California winters will
be no bar to its progress. Cholera has
always been expected to enter our East
ern doors and for this reason unusual
vigilance has lxen exercised there. For
the opposite reason our principal West
am gateway to the ocean has been over
looked. It has never been anticipated
that cholera would come in at that
door. All the more reason there Is,
therefore, that precautions should be
taken in time. There is infinitely more
danger at San Francisco than there
would be at New York were cholera ap
proaching across the Atlantic The
fight has been made at the latter port
many times and usually with success,
and the authorities are always ready
for It They should bestir themselves
on the Paciilc coast and set their bouse
In order.
' This Is a commercial age. Since the
days of the sign painter who first
marred nature with his hideous trade
marks nothing has been inviolate. The
culmination of this audacious activity,
Jiowever, sems to have been reached,
when Niagara's cataract submitted to
th yoke of commercial drudgery. After
Are years of work and the expenditure
of $3,000,000 the mighty cataract be
fore which so many men have won
dered and worshiped Is turning the
wheels of Industry. Only Its mighti
ness has preserved it so long from the
Application of the turbine principle.
Make Is possible and at the same time
profitable and Buffalo will nse the
whirlpool as a gigantic rinsing estab
lishment for the regulation Monday's
wash. No one will question the vaat
advantage which the transmission of
lectrlc power from this great natural
force will give to the surrounding coun
try. This power may be transmitted
many miles in all directions and at a
Comparatively small price. At the
HM time Its production may not ma
Issrlally mar the natural grandeur of
iono of the world's wonders. Yet it
Smay be questioned if the same conser
Tatlve appreciation of nature's beauties
(which took the paint-brush from the
hand of the slim painter among the
racks might not hare eared Niagara
from the treadmill. There should be
CJoga too grand and too sacred to be
pMtitnted to ends of moneymaklng.
4Ki ' G vala of McycUa. for women la
, P) rtet npoa wkiek otchtsea worn-
'- L.- t-rte' 4MOom pro.
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: tzZm aaaotQsg t ttsm pnygM.n,
-nxr iQ CM C axonUe of
tiding a bicycle is of great value to the
..verage woman. Outdoor exercise Is
of great value to every one, and women
as a class suffer greatly from the lack
of It Women commonly suffer also
from clothing that Is both too heavy
and too tight. Both of these Ills, how
ever, the average woman is entirely un
conscious of, and she commonly denies
the need of more exercise on the one
hand, or the existence of heavy and
tight clothing on the other. The great
est good that the bicycle Is doing, aiid is
destined to do In the future, Is to
awaken the feminine ult.il to the ut
that these evils are the cause of most of
the poor health common among the
members of the weaker sex. The bicy
cle is doing more than any amount of
drefcs-reform talk to bring to women
a knowledge of the Ksibi!ities of en
joyment of life attending upon g.to.1
health.
The Iron Age exhibits In tabular
form and by diagrams the Increase iu
prices of iron and its products iuce th
close of last year. B-seiner pig baa
advanced from los than $10 to nearly
14.50 and sled billets from lew than
1j to $-'1..j. Beams advanced from
1.2 to 1.5 cents per iw.mul, punnun
bar iron from 0.9 to 1.1! cents per pound,
wire nails from 05 cents to $2.o. and
cut nails from 75 cents to fl .. The
exceptional rise In wire nails Is stated
to have been partly due to the work of a
combination. Th paper states that If
It could plat costs as well oh selling
prices the diagrams would show that
profits, which practically did not exist
last winter, have attained to very con
siderable proortlons. Evpry day the
furnaces and mills are completing con
tracts which were made at lower rates
than those now ruling and are taking
up work contracted for on the better
basis. The present situation is so sat
isfactory that If It should be continued
for a reasonable length of time it would
offset many losses of the past But
the feeling now Is strong that prices
not only will be maintained but that
they will go higher. The Illinois Steel
Company Is said to have contracts
ahead for nearly half a million tons of
rails, and has been buying thirty or
forty thousand tons of Bessemer pig in
the East. The Homestead works broke
the record In July by producing 43,000
tons of steel, 40 per cent of which was
beams.
"Bloomers will be suppressed In this
town hereafter." According to press
reports Chief of Police MacMahon, of
Little Rock, Ark., made this speech Just
after the arrest of Mrs. Martha Noo.
charged with riding a bicycle through
the streets of that town while clad In
regulation bloomers. Without stop
ping to question Mr. MacMabon's es
thetic taste In this matter, it may lie
remarked that this Is a very wabbly
old world. In which the unexpected
happens so unexpectedly that there's
no keeping tab on things. The other
day a blushing bride was led to a Chi
cago altar, clad In cadet-gray bloomers,
and from It she went away with the
blessing of the officiating justice. On
t. very heels of this pretty little ro
mance comes this story of persecution
from Little Rock. With the dignity
which the bicycle Is so fast assuming
as a means of transportation, this ac
tion of the chief of police at Little Rock
will serve to precipitate a needed agi
tation in lawmaking bodies. Suppose
Mrs. Noe had been the new Sirs. Some-thing-or-Other
who was married in
Chicago and who might have taken a
run down to Little Uock on a honey
moon trip; suppose it was this Chicago
bride, dressed In brown traveling
bloomers, who was yanked np by Po
liceman Carmlchael because of bur
dres. What then? Would the act not
have been something more than a re
flection on the recognized tastes of the
Western metropolis? Bloomers have
become Inseparably associated with
women's bicycles In many sections of
the country; it Is common, too, for both
men and women to go on wheeling
trips, taking in whole States. Shall
every woman In bloomers who may
wish to take a run from Missouri, Kan
sas or Texas Into and through Arkan
sas be subject to arrest In passing Lit
tle Rock? The sooner this question is
taken up by the Interstate commerce
commission the better.
A Cautions Bishop.
Bishop Potter, of New York, while
staying at a Syracuse hotel was called
upon by a reporter, who finally put the
question: "Bishop, what do you think
of the new woman V "Why do yon ask
me that question V the bishop replied.
"They have Bishop Doane stretched
upon a gridiron. Do you expect me to
ascend the funeral pyre? Every good
work has received its Impress from
woman. The new woman, if she be
true to herself, will be, as she has al
ways been, the sharer of man's joys
and of his sorrows, and his helpmeet"
Date Mark a Bagdad Malady.
Bagdad date mark la the name given
to a mysterious disease that attacks
nearly everyone who stays In Bagdad
for any length of time, and Is found
also at Aleppo and other places In
Turkish Asia. It Is a sore that comes
only once, but lasts a year, leering
scar the shape of a date. Nearly all
the natives are marked with it No
remedy has been found for it, but hy
posulphite of soda seems to hare some
effect on the mark.
English Firemen.
Firemen's clothes in England are In
the future to be made of asbestos or
mineral wood. The efficiency of suits
composed of this material depend an
three facta It la n on -combustible, a
non-conductor of host and la no way
Injured by water.
ft to very ran nowadays that the
oflce seeks the man; and area whoa
Mb a thing ocean the chase to nsoaUy
MAT THE WORLD IS DOING
Ths lews of the Globe Boiled Down
for our Headers.
PITTSBURG TO BE INVISTIGATED.
A t lenrtteh Toong Man Burn ma Ola Lady
AIHe to get Control of her Froptrty.
Philadelphia, Sept. 20. The Lex
owing process will, from present in
dications, be carried out in Pittsburg,
where strong pressure Is btiug brought
to tear on the committee to pay the
smoky city a visit. .Mate Senator Pen
row was seen and questioned as to
whether his committee bad authority
to Investigate the municipal affairs ol
Pittsburg. In reply he said:
The committee was appointed on a
petition of the municipal association of
Philadelphia, but as far as the commit
tee is concerned, it ouid very cheer
f u'ly $:o ta l'iH.burg if the people of
tUt city desire it. As Mr. Magee has
fluted that he would welcome the com
miitee into Allegheny county, I do not
believe there would be anybody left to
dispute its authority.. The committee
could certainly hear voluntary testi
mony, even it there was any question
as to its Jurisdiction. One of the ob
jects of the commiittee members is to
recommeud legislation, looking to
wards improvement in municipal gov
ernment, and they will undoubtedly
visit other cities, with the view of com
paring their municipal Institutions.
It is probable, therefore, that they will
v.sit Pittsburg in any event.
The committee," be added, "will
undoubtedly begin active work In Phil
adelphia the first week of October, and
8 It does not have to report until Jan
uary, 18y7, it has ample time to com
plete the investigation."
A Terrible Crime
San Antonia, Tex., Sept. 10. Ad
vices have reached here of the arrest
at McKinney of a young man named
Dod Kates, charged with burning alire
an old lady near Wylie, Tex., three
years ago. The rictim was in feeble
health and Bates is alleged to have
saturated ber dress with coal oil and
then deliberately set Ore to It cremated
her in her own bouse. The horrible
deed was committed so that he would
come Into possession or her property,
as be was the nearest relatives.
May Open a Mew Track.
Chicago, 111., .Sept 20. The Lake
side jockey club injunction case, In
volving the validity of the re-opening
this year of the Koby race track, was
continued at Crown Point, Ind., yester
day until next Monday. Neither At
torney General Ketcbam nor Judge
Fields, chief consul of either side,
could be present, hence the delay.
Judge Shirley will be the trial judge.
In the event of Roby'g defeat new track
the near Roby will open tbe latter part
of next week.
A Tug of Iron.
Washington, Sept. 20. On Satur
day next, or early next week, tbe new
iron tug for the Mare island navy y ard
will be launched there. The tug will
be christened the Unadilla, after an
Indian tribe of that Btate and after
the old gun boa Unadilla, which did
good service during th war. The gun
hoat was christened by Mrs. Hamilton
Fish and the bell of the old craft which
she presented at the time is now at the
New York navy yard.
Tenting- tbe Kight Hour Law.
Washington, .Sept. 20. Frank M.
McVaugh, a sub-contractor on the new
addition of the government printing
office, was arrested Wednesday night
on a warrant charging him with mak
lng his employes work more than eight
hours per day, which is a violation of a
statute requiring eight honrs a day
work on all government buildings.
The law was approved August 1, 1802.
and this is said to be the first test case.
She Cannot float.
London, Kept. 20. Tbe report that
the British steamer Belgic, Captain
Walker, from Sn Francisco August
24 for i'ohohama and Hong Kong, be
fore reported ashore at King's Point,
Sateyania, bay, had been floated, is
erroneous. Telegraphic advice from
Yokohama are to tbe effect that the
prospects of floating the vessel bare
become leas farorable.
A ratal Fall.
St, Lock, Mo, Sept. 20. Joseph
R. of 4139 West Pine street, manager
of the Tennant-Stribllng Shoe com
pany's factory, fell through an elevator
shaft In the factory yesterday after
noon, a distance of fifty leet, and
alighting on his bead was instantly
killed. He lesres a widow and three
small children.
Cleveland to Offer Oold.
Cleveland. Om Sept., 20, A reso
iUlion was adopted yesterday by the
directors of tbe Central National bank
authorizing tbe cashier to confer with
the other bankers of Cleveland with
a view of offering 11,000,000 in gold
coin to the trearsory In exhsnge for
legal tender notes.
Will try to Make Money.
New York, Bept 80. John L. Sulli
van will begin a farewell tour of the
principal cities of the United States
boat September 30. under the direc
tion of Charles E. (Parson) Darls.
Paddy Ryan will probably be tail sparr
ing partner. Sullivan hones to earn
money enough on hla tour to pay all of
nil aeou and bay a farm somewhere
in Nsw England. The "big follow"
hat not tonehed wine for several
months.
THE CBIME PAIhTED.
ITtae riMMii on Indulge. a Soma Vlvbi
Word Picture.
San Fkancico, Cel., ot. 19.
Durrant in Ilia Emmanuel Baptist
j church, pale, tired, with blood shot
eyes and his hair dieheveled, his coat
and hat off and with every evidence of
J weakness, was presented to the jury
I by the prosecution as he appeared after
j bis alleged travels from the normal
school on the afternoon of Aprils. It
had been shown by four witnesses that
be lefi the school Willi Blanche La
in on t on that afternoon and by three
others that he rode with a young lady
of her description out to the church
, and entered it. From the time he en
tered the church, about 5 o'clock, jt is
j the theory of the prosecution that he
i was occupied until 5 o'clock iu per
i titrating the murder. At 5 he was
seen in the church by another witness
; George It. King, the church Organist,
! who occupied the stand all of today,
j The murderer "'of Blanche Lamont,
; after hating Killed her, locked the door
: to the belfry, broke the locs and took
J the knob off the door and threw them
Under the belfry door. t was then
necessary for him to cross the space
above the celling to a rear garret of
the church, from which there wag a
passage down to the basement.
It was down this rear passage that
Durrant came when he burr on King's
Tiew. He stopped in a space between
partly opened folding doors, when be
saw King sitting at s piano in a corner
and when King asked him what was
the matter he did not at once reply.
When he did reply It was to explain
that be had been fixing a suuburner
bore the ceiling and that he had been
overcome by escaping gas. Durrant'a
appearance was go startling that King
ran to drug store a block and a half
distant, at his suggestion, to get him
some bromo-seltr.er and hastened back
with It. King was in doubt as to
whether Durrant on big return was
standing iu the vestibule at the church
entrance or lying on a platform in the
rear. As be remembered it Durrant
was lying on tbe plattorm.
HE DID DETECT GAS.
Upon first entering the church King
had detected tbe odor of escaping gas,
the only thing In this testimony favor
able to Durrsst, and this led him to
enter the closet used for a Horary,
wbere the body of Minnie Williams was
afterward found. At that time be did
not see Durrant's coat and bat in the
room adjoining the closet, but after his
return with the bromo-seltzer he en
tered the room with Durrant and the
letter's coat and hat were lying on a
box. The door to this room was arrived
at the chujeh be found the door open,
Only Durrant and King had keys to It.
The prosecution attempted to show
that the defense had tried to tamper
with this witness and had got him to
change his testimony so as to place
Durrant lying on tbe Sunday school
platform instead of standing in the
restibule, but a reference to tbe re
cords of tbe police court showed that
King had testified on cross examina
tion that he thought Durrant might
have been lying on the platform. 'I he
point Is immateiial, except as to the
alleged attempt to Influence the wit
ness. Miss Lucille Turner was on the stand
for a few minutes to say that she was
not in the church on the day of the
murder. Her testimony was to clear
up a point left in doubt by Mrs. Ieak,
tbe witness who yesterday testified
that from her front window she had
seen Durrant enter tho church with a
young ludy she said looked either like
Blanehe Lamont or Miss Turner.
Healing the HirK.
Denver, Colo., Sept, 19. Interest
in the work of Francis Schlatter, the
modest arid simple-minded cobbler who
believes be has the power to heal the
sick, the lame and the blind, grows with
each succeeding day. Yesterday was
the third of his ministry, which be says
be will continue until November 10,
when be goes to Chicago, and it showed
no diminution of the crowds. From 9
o'clock he t lands iu the open air with
bared beat, clasping with a warm
grasp the hands ot the tafferert wbo
are trying to find relief from their ills,
and at the close of each dsy hundreds
standing In the long line are turned
away. Besides tbis work Schlatter an
swers the hundreds of letters whleb
come dally from all orer tbe country.
All tbli be does without pay. Alder
man Fox, at whose borne tbe man
stays, says of him:
Schlatter does not claim to be tbe
Christ and he never did. He merely
says when asked the direct question, 'I
am; that's all.' To me be avers that he
is nothing but a poor, ignorant man.
He is dominated by some strange
power, he claims, comes from above,
but no man can be curtd unless be has
'faith,' and by that one word yon know
alL"
While reports are current of cures
already performed, time has not been
sufflcUnt to prore them.
LaagtrT'e Divorce Malt Filed.
La REPORT, Cel., Sept. 19. Tbe pa
pers eontaalDg lira Langtry's applica
tion divorce were filed in this county
yesterday. Tbe summons was issued
and order made for publication of tbe
same. Separation Is asked for on two
groends desertion and failure to pro
vMa. At the Irritation, Congress.
ALBuqrBaqCK, N. M Sept. 19.
The whole mornlag's session of the
Irrigation congress was occupied by the
eonte orer tho next meetlag place.
The priatspal contestants were Pboe-
ita. AriB, and Llaoolo, Neb. Able and
it adrtatsi war made by the
iploa of both placea, and the partl-
aolar claims and adrsntagsa of eaeh
o soroibiy presented that tbe del-
era sorry Uey ooahi not vote
for bota.
EVINCE CSIEOSCtRj- f
i The Durrant Trial is ' rowing Very I
teretting.
CH0TERA RAGIHG IN HONOLULU
Dr. George Eraser tl.e Man who l rap
poeed to be the I itftarnce wlaHr U
Still in Jul', Waiting for sympathy
San Fban-ico, Sept. 18 There
was another interesting session of the
Durrant trial yesterday, and the chain
of evidencB received two more import
ant links. By theiu Durrant and the
girl he is supprged to have murdered
were traced through the gate leading
to the lear entrat ce to the church.
Ti e witnesses we e even more positive
than the others, who hava testiiied to
Durrant's Identification as the man
who accompanied the girl, and they
had the additional advantage of know
ing hi:n. The tirnt of the witness.-
was Martin Quin an, a p dice court at
torney, fie was on his w.iy to keep
an appointment with a friend near the
church when a man he idei tilied a?
Durrant, accompanied by a young
bidy, pissed him They were going
toward the church and were but a half
block from it.
The other important witness of the
day was Mrs. Caroline 8. Leak, whose
residence is nearly oppoei'e the church,
and who says she saw Durrant enter
the church gate on the fatal afternoon
in company with a young lady. She
was at that time s anding at a frout
window, looking out into the street in
anticipation of the arrival of a daugh
ter. When Durrant and the first came
Into Mrs. Leak's view they were about
seventy. five feet from the gate through
which she saw them pass. She had s
full view of Durrant's face, but could
not see that of the girl' as she was talk,
lng with him and her face was averted.
The descriptions given for that of Miss
Ltmont and the clothing worn by her
was similar to that taken from the
dead girl and shown in conrt. Mrs.
Leak wag closely questioned as to her
sight and was asked, among other
things, if she had not frequently found
it necessary to apologize to Durrant
and to ladies of tbe Emmanuel church
congregation for having overlooked
them on the street because of ber de
fective sight. She said she had not
done go and that her sight was not im
paired. She used glasses for reading,
but not for distance. The point where
Mr.. Leak gars she first saw Durrant
and the girl was seventy-two feet from
the window wbere she stood and the
gte through which they passed one
hundred and seventeen feet. The
prosecution says it will show that she
could easily recognize anyone at that
distance.
Ibey Kat Hainan Fleah.
Tokio, Sept 18. The man-eating
propensities attributed by report to the
aborigines of Formosa are said to
have been Illustrated recently at An-ping-Cheng,
A Japanese detachment
having attempted to capture tbe place
was repulsed with a loss of twenij
killed and wounded. So soon as tht
atsallants retired the garrison skilled
out, carried In the Japanese dead ami
wounded, roasted the latter to death
and then made a feast ot the most fit
ting subjects. When the Japanese
captured the place on the following
day they found nineteen headless and
d sembowled trunKS and the bones ol
the twentieth picked bare.
Dally Death.
8 an FkaJ Cisco, Cu., Sept. 18. The
mails brought by the steamer Rio d.
Janeiro were released from quaran
tine late Tuesday afternoon. I'nder
date of tbe 8lh Inst, the United press
correspondent at Honolulu writes:
"Choleracaseg to date, all, fifty-six;
deaths forty-three. Since tbe morning
of the 5th twenty-two cases, with six
teen deaths; occurred. Ten patients
are now In the hospital, two deaths.
The first cases were carried to tbe hos
pitable yesterday; both died before
morning. They were: Mr. Carroll
aged fifty, and Mr. Dodge oi the Ha.
wailan Star, aged thirty-six. Both
were infected by the same native
woman, who still survives. Tbe town
Is being thoroughly canvassed and
watched by a large organization ot
several hundred health o dicers. Every
man, woman and child is inspected
twice a day, Tbe steamer U. E. Hail
returned yesterday morning from
Hilo, not being permitted to land the
tourist party for Australia, wbo did
not come ashore at Honolulu.
The ex-queen returned to her own
bouse on the 6th.
Xo Bond OSerad.
IUchmond, Mo., Sept. 18. Dr.
George Frsker, tbe insurance swindler,
wbo has been in jaii here since big cap.
ture in tbe Minnesota woods, waived
preliminary exsmlnatton yesterday
afternoon and was bound over to the
grand jury in the sum of 080,000 by
Judge A. A- McCuistlon. Fraker was
not prepared with bondsmen, and It g
said to be the policy of tbe defense to
keep him In JM1 to add to tbe public
gym pa by in his behalf.
May be DISIeuli lo Coarlai.
WAsniKwTON, D. C. Sept. 18. Attorney-General
Harmon has been In
communication with the United
States district attorney at Wilmington,
Del, Id regard to tbo trial of the
Caban filibusters. Ho baa instructed
tbe district attorney to prosecste the
ease rigorously. It to believed here
that It mat bo difficult to establish a
chain of evidence that will prova eon
ei naive, bat tbo government reoogniaet
Its nsvoMfaaUtr fa ajlvoid the law.
Several cas. s of s.-arlet fever are re
ported Irom Seward.
The Union Pacific pay roll at Co
lumbus is over $4,000 rr month.
Three D.inburv men are kind enoueh
A) assUt their wives at the washtub.
Several dog owners In liavenna ob
ieet to natinir a canine tsx. and the
marshm has decmrtd war.
A. Holleiibeck of Norfolk shipped a
'train load of cattle from California to
;oe fattened on Nebraska corn,
j The dog poisoner has begun his
leadly work at .-terling. A very ralu-
tble mastiff was the limt victim.
Typhoid fever has lout its grip on
the i,a.!le f Danburv MDd those who
, Were slot with It are convalescing,
j While Master Herman Godel of Fre
mont was spilling kindling the toma-
hawk sliped and "landed heavily" iu
i the fleshy part of his leg.
j The plecric belt fakirs met with the
' usual measure of success at Columbus
i arid left nearly two hundred citizens
iu an ugly frame of mind.
Fastures have suffered all over the
State from the recent hot winds, and
cattle iu many places are being pas
tured in "short" corn fields.
Theodore Wornemmi. who lulelv died
at his home in Strang, knew that he
i wag going over, and chose a text and
'scripture lesson for the preacher to
use at the funeral,
j The Nebraska Loan and Trust com
pany of Hastings began suit In dlg
i trict court against the First Presby
j terlan church of Hastings, the board of
.church erection fund of the First
! Presbyterian church of tbe United
states et ai, to ioreciose a uiongnge ou
the church In this city for 61 i,3'JJ.
Miss Ethel Meigg, a teacher in the
First ward school at Hastings was
: assaulted at noon by Mrs. Ada Stew
art, wbo took the young lady's parasol
away from her and broke it orer hei
I bead, inflicting several bad cuts about
the face, because the teacher had seen
i fit to correct one of her children with a
rule.
A farmer took a load of wheat to
Ravenna and left the team unhitched
while be went inside to buzz the miller.
Ou going out to drire to tbe dump no
U-am was In sight. Tbe wagon was
found Dot far away totally wrecked,
the wheat scattered along the road and
the horses at home somewhat tbe worse
for wear.
Carl Kunsman of the butcher firm of
Patterson Si Kunsman of Plattsmoutb
s? ig quite seriously Injured Wednesday
aiternoon. He was riding a ponvt
when the animal stepped Into a hols
and fell, throwing the rider violently to.
tbe ground, Kunsman mag picked np
Insensible, and bis bead and shoulders
were found to be badly bruised. Ons
of his arms Is practically useless, the
shoulder being dislocated.
J. A. Thompson and Osmer Rew, two
Winter Creek, Scott's Bluff county,
farmers, got into a dispute the other
lay. The ultimate result was that
Thompson swatted Rew with a shovel,
whereupon the swattee filed com plaint
against the swatter in Justice King's
court, and upon verdict by a jury ths
value of such gwatg was assessed st
920 per swat. Half the line was re
mitted and the balance wag paid.
M bile threshing ou the IJockelman
farm four miles northeast of Piercs
sparks from the engine set fire to ths
threshing machine belonging to Klug
& Koehler and consumed it. It was
a new machine, having arrived in
Pierce about four weeks ago. The loss
is not only felt by Its owners, but by
the farmers whom they had contracts
to thresh their grain and who will now
have to wait some time to secure an
other one, as threshing machines are
few here. The total loss amount to
about 81,200.
R. W. Owen, a preacher of the de
nomination of "saints." who has herr
: travelling about over this Dart of the
, state holding meetings in a tent, was
arrested and paid a tine of 20and
costs in justice court at Falrbury
Wednesday for brutally beating hli
two daughter. . Owen lives near Kes
terson, and It seems has made a prac
tice of calling his daughter, a young
lady, up in the middle of the night to
read the Bible to ber and pray for her.
Last week she rebelled against this
uncommon procedure, and In conse
quence received a terrible beating.'
She left home and came to a sister's
bouse, who Is married and lives in this
city. When she arrived here she was
In a pitiable condition, her body being
covered with evidences of the cruelty
inflicted upon her. The father came
to town and attempted to take the girl
home with him, but when .be resisted
be commenced beating her again. Hei
Sister Interfered and he knocked hei
down, but by this time asslstanne had
reached the scene and be wsg banded
over to the officers. When taken be
fore the court he refused to hire an
attorney, saying that be would plead
bis own case as St. Paul did.
When yon feel like swearing about
the dry, hot dusty weather, ssyg the
Weeping Water Itepublicac, Just stop
short ank thank the Lord that it did
not come earlier In the season.
The funeral of W. W. Dlosmorc was
held Wednesday at Fairfield and was
ona of lbs largest ever bold In that
city. The local lodge of K. P. had
charge of tbe ceremony. The deoeased
was a member of the school board . few
two years, and bis death will Da a
great loos to the com m ualty.
