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It ia the h!p-owner who tn carwlees,
bat the sailor who loees bis life.
It was a wise tea.-her who told 'he
world: "If the free yield no fruit cut
rt dow n."
"Why shouldn't a gentleman give op
hU seat In a street car to a lady In
bloomer?" Inquire an earnest con
temporary. Powibly Ixsau he baa
risible means of supimrt.
A young woman in Alton died tb
other day from eating too much Ice
cream, rtifortunately. thin item start j
out too late in the season to relieve the
financial situation very nim-b.
A young man who kifcfed several
Brooklyn girls against their will,
they demurely aerted ha leen de
clared insane. This judicial definition
of the impulse which leads a youth to
attempt endearment with a Brooklyn
maiden cannot fail to awaken lively
Interest In New York.
The surprising speed of 2ri.H knots
developed by the St Louis during a re
cent trial places the Amerl-au liner t
the head of the list of ocean grey
hounds. With a few more of her class
afloat, foreign nations are throwing
money away on tne.r nee, , rumc,uu.,ls n(hfn)C flprha,K ,0 reiu(.,iy tlll
expressly for service as destroyers of t mfH ()f Tq tp( aTPragiug
an enemy g commerce, ii ii i suujm
for congratulation that an American ;
shipyard has turned out such a triumph I
of marine architecture, as It sets aside
the old belief that we would have to !
fo abroad for our Iron merchantmen r
If we wanted any. The St. Louis tn her
time has proved as great an eye-opener
to John Bull as the Sovereign of the
Sean and other famous American clip- t
pent did in the day of the old Atlantic :
packet ships. i
The feat accomplished by I'UUbury.
the young American player, in winning
the International chess tournament Just
concluded at Hastings, Kngland. is of
no small insignificance. Americans
have not been rated as equal to foreign
ers In this difficult game, although I
there was oue International champion, j Any farmer knows that a young calf
Paul Morphy, in Later Capt I will bring more to the pound than a
Mackenzie, a native Scotchman, who ; full-grown animaL And yet the lum
afterward made this country his home, j henna n goes on taking the youngest
became the world's champion. In re- .; and most promising of his trees in de
cent years this country was not sup- fiance of all laws of economy. In the
posed to have even one of the formida
ble claimants to first honor, and ex
cept a few chess eothosia-sts cooiara-
lively little interest was shown when
tne tournament began at Hastings.
PlUsburr is scamrfy more than a boy
22 years of age. He had not even at
tained a great reputation In his own
country. When be went abroad few
had any Idea that he would bring back '
uch distinction to his native land. j
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Little Uruguay, in South America, !
has caught the exposition fever. The
. Rural Association at Montevideo has
entered Into an agreement with Mr. Ed
ward Schramm, United States Consul
at that city, to give an exposition of
products, art objects, and manufac
tures of the United States at some time
within the six months of the signing of
the compact. The association will sup
ply the site and maintain it. and also
arrange for the Importation of exhibits,
compensating itself with one-half the
proceeds of admissions. The consul
will use his efforts to secure the ex
hibits, and will have the next six
months in which to carry out the pro
ject. The Montevideo Times, comment
rag upon Consul Schramm's proposi
tion, says: "The Importations from the
United States in the year 1S94 were
some $1,700,000, or only about 8 per
cent of the whole Importation of the
country, and this has been about the
average for several years past. Still,
so many of the North American manu
factures are so peculiarly suitable to
this market that there is no reason
they should not capture a far larger
proportion of our commerce, and to
wards this effect the proposed exhibi
tion should afford a valuable stimulus."
New York Herald: Ever since Chica
go had her swaddling clothes burned
off, nearly twenty-four years ago, she
ha shown such an anxiety to catch the
public eye as has never before been
equalled by any other city in the world.
Recently she has discovered that San
Francisco, Key West and even Phila
delphia have attracted a certain
amount of attention on account of al
leged filibustering expeditions in the
interest of Cuba on this coast and of
Queen LlHuokalanl on the Pacific. Why
should the ebullient city on the Gold
en '.rate alone be privileged to fight for
the good Queen Lll? Chicago's knight
ly pride could ill brook the spectacle of
lovely woman In distress, and so a
weird story con.es from the Windy City j
of the discovery there of an expedition
In preparation to restore the dusky '
queen to the throne of her ancestors. '
It la nuderstiwKl that a long, low, rak
lb achootier, laden with canned beef,
saltpetre, cured hams and other deadly
products of Chicago, will make sail on
the malaria laden waters of 1 lie lu-s- 1
plajnes Kiver' and steer for Honolulu :
Tia the canal, the Illinois Ulver, the
MJawlanlppI and the Oulf of Mexico, j
Lone before she gets that far Chicago j
wttl have forgotten the existence of the
expedition and Queen Ml, too; but both
vfil have served to advertise Chicago, j
A WN palatal scene ii would be dlf -
CesX to laaatia than that at the navy i
rtX mm, wltfe fears In hla eye. Cap-
t:!jCaaMMreMfwed before the court
Ct tZT&t that to Ma own alaaoat la-1
;iC;tjL 4 Itoctiiwr mcoaapreaen- i
which tbe miiia-r Columbia sustained
in the dix k at Southampton. Tbe Cap-
taiu'e manly iit-qiunce of reions!bil
hy for hi acta of otnisaion, however,
was In itself nomethme not far from
adequate reparation, and both will and
should much modify the severity of
public crltieiain upon him. It may. too.
have the effect of eutreeting that,
while he wa certainly at fault in tak
ing for granted either the competency
or carefulness of the English dock of
flWals, yet it wa after all not unnatu
ral to do so. Those official undoubted
ly knew their businesn. The dM-king of
a large vessel u no new task for
them. In all the years since 1S35. when
this particular company was formed,
had they been atvurtouied to neglect
u-h obvious precautions as the proper
placing of blorka beneath the keel of
ships intrusted to them? If so. their
continuance in business is indeed amaz
i lug. Can it be that the nationality of
I the Columbia, rhe fa-t that she Is a
J I'nited States warship, had anything
to do with the suddenly develo)ed im
becility of these hitherto intelligent
and trusted persons?
tine of the big logging Concern on
the Menominee Kiver iu Wiwousin has
Is-en making comparisons between the
pine logs of ten years ago and the pine
logs handled to-day. Ten years ago the
logs ran four or live to the l.t feet
of lumber: in lvi they averaged six
to the l.t feet, and now twelve, fif
teen and even twenty logs are required
to furnish as much. In five years the
ueiTease In diameter of pine tree cut
for the mills has been 35 per cent. There
so small In lumber products is a willful
was'e. Ioklng back to the time when
the black walnut tree of the country
were made Into fence rails for the sim
ple reason that they spilt easily and
lasted well, everybody concede that
the womlsmeu were grossly wasteful.
Somewhere In a little county seat in
Michigan Is a court house, rudely built
and uupretentioim, but which has
( enough valuable black walnut in its
: construction to more than pay for a
j modern new building. But who shall
i say that some day the white pine may
! not be valuid as the oak is valued now?
j Time was when the oak was despised
! as compared to black walnut. Oak i
j "fashionable" now, but what made It
' so? Any farmer know that to kill
uirkinir oiir fr m.t u .t..i
woods. as elsewhere, we are living be
yond our means. The reckoning may
not come upon us In this generation.
but it will come surely upon posterity.
The arrival of a fleet of six steel
canal boats In New York harbor,
launched and loaded at Cleveland, i
an event of the greatest. Importance
in the history of lake navigation. The
boats were six In number, each having
270 tons capacity, or l.2 tons in all.
ThU is about the capacity of eight rail-
: way cars. They were towed by a
screw steamer from Cleveland to Buffa
! lo. and thence through the canal to
Albany, and down Hudson Kiver to
New York hartior. These boats carried
i cargoes of steel rails. Lake steamers
; had transported iron ore from Iake Su
perior to Cleveland. There the ore
was smelted and partly used In the con
( structlon of the boats. Other portions
of the ore were used for the uianufac-
ttire of the rails which formed their
; cargo. The enterprise was the result
; of diversified Industries. It showed a
wise investment of capital yielding
profitable results In various directions,
j The Irnut of the Cleveland canal fleet
! were built by the manufacturing firm
of which ex-Congressiimn Tom L. John
son Is at the head. The success of the
experiment will be followed 17 further
enterprises of the kind. The Michigan
lake ferries, to transport loaded frotgiit
j cars from ports at the northward to
, the railway terminals at the south end
of the lake, is a not dissimilar experi
ment In water transportation. There
is no reason why boats similar to those
used for lake and canal transportation
In the iron trade should not be used iu
the grain trade. The farm product of
the Northwest are as great in value
us the products of the mines and for-ct-ts.
Improved methods of transporta
tion for srain would Increase the price
received by the farmer and would les
sen the cost paid by the consumer. The
main element In the low price of the
necessaries of life consists In cheap
: transportation. Whatever promoirs
! that object helps both producers and
j consumers.
A Glow-Worm Cavern.
The greatest wonder of the antipodes
Is the celebrated glow-worm cavern,
discovered In 1801 iu the heart of the
Tasmanlan wilderness. The cavern or
caverns Ithere appears to be a series of
such caverns In the vicinity, each sep
. ArsitA A tiA rlliitnt Q pa eftiiaOwl nuii
f(w (own of Southporti Ta4inanlil, ln a
limestone bluff, about four miles from
Iday Bay. The appearance of the main
cavern Is that of an underground river,
the entire floor of the subterranean
passage being covered with water about
a foot and a half In depth. These won
derful Tamnaiilan caves are similar (o
all caverns found in limestone forma
tion, with the exception that their roofs
and sides literally shiue with the light
emitted by the millions of glow.-wormn
which Inhabit I hem.
A Miniature Clock.
The smallest clock In the world wan
on exhibition lately In a Jeweler's
B0" wind ' Ooltlngen, Oermany.
Tne d'"1 meaanres leaa than one-third
of an Inch In diameter and the weight
whicb forniabe the motive force for
(west four hours la suspended from
wii'i balr.
KtlLLS WIN A VICTOR.'.
Defeat tie Epiaiih Force at the Modb
taia of Mogote
OURFANT TRIAL TEMPORARILY 8T0PS.
W. W Taylor. tb lrfulllg tsutk Da
kota. Tprrrr Uh to tho PtitUoU
rj it Lul. UU Term U w fctgh
toea. Motttns.
Santiago, ie t ba, Oct. 16. The
famou mountain of Mogote oue of
the highest of thu district, was the
scene of a heavy bati,e on the 2d inst
resulting in one more victory for the
insurgents. The Mogote is forty-live
miles northeast of tin city and a point
here many battles were fought dur
ing the last war. The rebels, learning
that the Spanish generals, Garcia, Na
varro and Linares, were on their way
to that place, placed themselves in good
position foribeatack. The combined
r-panish column, 2,6otf itroni?, opened
the attack from their vanguard. An
tonio Maceo, with &U0 men, returned
the fire and after a severe battle of five
hours be defeated the Spaniards, who
were obliged to retire,' leaving live
chiefs and officers killed, tea othcers
wounded and 3S0 soldiers killed and
wounded.
The rebel are really fighting like
heroes, as they begin to be short of
ammunition. Iuring the last few days
the insurgents have made splendid
camps in Sabiua, Miranda, Magunte
and Lagrau 1'iedra, the second and last
of these being natural fortresses, al
most inaccessible, .Sabena Miranda is
liti.ated about twelve miles from the
Mau Liu terminus of the American
railroad, Magote is forty-five miles
northwest of here. The rebels have
isolated the town of San Llua and I'al
masorian, situated twenty-four and
thirty miles, respectively, from ISan
Diego, bv setting fire to a bridge be
tween the town. A boat of the
Spanish man-of-war Neuva and Pana,
with an ollicer and ten sailors, while
passing near the Baconeo river abcut
thirty-five miles from Santiago on the
south coast of the island, was fired on
by a lived of Insurgents who were on
the coast mak ng salt. The boat te-
turned the fire, while the man-of-war
fired six bomb shells to protect the
landing of the men. The rebels left
the place and no one was wounded on
either side.
Yellow fever still continues very bad
here among the Spaniards.
The enthusiasm is very great among
the Cubans, and many young men go
to the field almost daily. Tbe women
are more enthusiastic than the men if
possi ble.
Trial Arijfioraad.
San Fkancisoo, Cal., Oct. l'S. The
trial of Durrant was adjourned yester
day on account of the sickness of At
torney Peuprey. Judge Mnrphy said
that it was virtually admitted that
Deuprey was the leading counsel in the
case, and as his serious illness was ap
parent, it would be a hardship to tbe
defendant not to have hi m preser t. He
disliked to have any delay. He knew
that the jurymen were suffering in
health and business. He said be would
grant a cotittuuar.ee, but it would be
the last one. Durrani's other counsel
would have to prepare themselves to go
ahead without lieuprey should he not
be ready.
Judge Murphy suggrsted that the
witness Len than ihonld be disposed of
before the adjouonment.
Dickinson said he bad not come pre
pared to examine him and the motion
for continuance was then granted un
til Monday morning. It will probably
require three week to finish the cise.
Taylor Bcglas Ills Heutrneti.
PiEahE, S. D., Oct. 16 Upon mo
tion of Attorney-General Crawford be
fore tbe supreme court and without
argument on the part of the defer se a
remettltur In the case of W. W. Taylor,
defaulting treasurer, was handed down
to tli clerk of the circuit court jester-
day morning and the commitment was
issued Tuesday afternoon, and Taylor
was taken to Sioux Falls by Shariff
Price last night lo begin to serve his
sentence in the penitentiary tomorrow.
He has, according te the supreme
court's decision, already served two
months, and taking four months a
warded for good behavior will make a
total of eighteen months in the peni
tentiary for taking e:'.7,281.63.
A I nltfd Vrrmm tk.
Montreal, Oct. 10. Mr. Vincent
II. Meredith, manager of the Hank of
Montreal, authorizes the Associated
press to contradict tbe dispatch pur
porting to have been sent out from this
city to the effect that the Bank of
Montreal hed determined not to accept
hereafter, more than CIO tn American
silver from one customer. lie brands
this report as false. No such measure
baa been taken, not such talk made
by the manager.' The "fake" Hptear
in paper eerved by the United
press.
4rnwrifl In a Colltflon.
Loswis, Oct. 14 A collision, re
sulting In the loss of twelve llvrs, has
occurred off Dudgeon. The steamer
Emma, bound from Rotterdam for lion
ess, ran into the French bark Pacinqtie
from Shields for Valparaiso. The
bark foundered so quickly after being
truck that she took down with ber
UM captain, pilot and too of tba eraw.
Tba Kama rescued U others and
kKdt4 Umk at Halt.
oorao' rail lr .l.al.
Denver, Colo., Oct. 17. Cooradc
celebrated tbe return of prosperoui
time by gtlng a treet parade called
the pageant of progress, the opening
eveut of tua three days' festival ol
mountain and pitta. Twenty-five
Uiouiand visitors from the state ar
rived during the night and early morn
ing on special excursion train. The
railroads exhausted their paasetigef
equipments and had to use some box
cars to accommnda'e all who wanted
lo come to Denver. It was a delight
tolly warm Indian summer day. Tne
route of tbe parade was a lopg one and
fully 10U.0UJ people witnessed tbe dis
play. Governor Mclntyre and his staff, ac
companied by Brigadier-Generil Whee
ton and hi staff of the department of
Colorado, reviewed the pageant from a
mammoth grand stand erected on
Broadway, opposite whicb a living flag,
composed of school children, made a
picturesque sight. The pageant was
uesirned to show tbe progress made by
Colorado and was an historical review,
beginning with a float representing pre
historic cliff dwel ers and ending with
a parade of srhool children carrying
flowers, fruit and grain in sheave.
Tbe moat interesting portions of tbe
pageant were the bands of the Ute and
!aota Clara Indians on horseback, all
decked in tbeir holiday attire of paint,
feathers and beaded buckskin suits.
They were ln charge of Col S. K.
Hooper, who has been recently elected j
member of their tribe and old Chief
Savarre. A brass band from the Teller
institute, a government Indian school,
with a float exhibiting the handiwork
of that school showed what progress
the Indians have beeu making. Fol
lowing th Indians were the members
of the Colorado pioneer society In old
Concord stage coaches. In canvas
topped wagons, drawn by ox team,
mule teams and old horse. At the
bead of this division rode old Jim
Baker, tbe oldest trapper and Indian
scoatnow living, who crossed the plains
In 1837 with a party sent out by the
American Far company. In this di
vision also, were a number of gaudily
attired Mexican ridtrs from southern
Colorado, headed by Senir Barello of
Trinidad. Floats representing a pion
eer gambling saloon, the first printing
office ln Denver, the first church, the
finding of gold on Cherry cieek, floats
howlng mounted wild animals and
beautiful allegorical floats represent
ing Colorado' mining resources added
to the pioturesqueness of the parade.
Cripple Creek contributed a number of
magnificent floats, the agricultural and
horticultural resourcer, and the fruits
of irrigation were represented appro
priately and tbe firms manufacturing
Colorado materials Into useful pro
ducts were out with admirably exe
cuted floats. There were twenty-live
bands In the parade, including tbe fa
mous cowboy band mod now located in
Cripple Creek.
After the parade bad ended the floats
were taken to the city park, where
will remain as an outdoor state fair'
until tbe festival ends, in the park,
also, are the camps of the Indians and
tbe two regiments of the Colorado na
tional guarde.
Tonight a trolley musical was given
bands occupying ten brightly illumin
step carf, which move slow!; through
the business streets and sloped at sta
tions designated by the festival com
mittee to give open air concerts to the
crowd.
To Save th fore-at.
Baltimoue Md., Oct. 17. At the
second day's session of the national as
sociation of builders a resolution wag
adopted calling upon Hon. Hoke Smith
secretary of the interior, to enforce all
laws looking to the protection of the
public forest from unnecessary and
wanton destruction; also urging upon
the governors of the st-veral states the
recommendation of legislation in tbeir
annual messenges looking to the preser
vation of the forests from destruction.
George Watson of Philadelphia,
chairman of the oomtuiltee on tbe es
tablishment of trade schools, made an
extended report. Trade schools nave
now been established in New York and
Philadelphia, and $100,000 bas been
given to tbe university of California
by Mr. J. C. Wilmerdmg to teach boy
trades, and the Jeanea estate of Phila
delphia baa given i 100,000 to the Spring
Garden institute for the same put pose.
J. G. McCarthy of Chicago said the
opposition, to the establishment of trade
schools came from trade unions. He
suggested that the best plan whs for
every employer' to establish his own
trade schools, as bad been done in Chi
cago. Wakes AaM Flame.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 17. At an
early hour Wednesday morning an ex
ploding lamp set Are to John II. War
ren' residence, a one story frame, at
14U Woodland avenue. The flames
spread with lightning-like rapidity,
and Mrs. Warren, who was iu bed,
awoke to find herself in the midst of
a sea of flame, bbe was carried out
by hr brother-in-law, but was burned
go badly that she will die.
We Ought to Follow llraxll.
lit know A yrkk, Oct. 17. It I re
ported here that Brazil recognize the
l ubnn Insurgent as belligerents.
Didn't Kaow Aajr Batter.
m. Lot' is, Mo, Oct. 1. Meredith
Mahan, a prominent stock raiser of
KiiHiiuon county, was found dead in
I is room at the Itldgway hotel yester
day morning and his room companion
Francis M. Chilton, also a stock raiser
from the same county, was found un
conscious and dying from the same
cause; aspyxiatlon. They earns bar
with cattle to sail sod It Is supsosad
biew out the gas In If ooran'.
HOPES ARE SUAlIElitV
A Cashier of It- Scott. Ian , Literall?
Bobbed a Back.
THE AMOUNT TAKEN IS $50,000.
Tb leBlr Caanot ba Arrtol h
la bow Suflnrlu from an Attack of
.rou rruttrattoa aad la
Chllil Uk.
Fnnr (i dTT. Kan- Oct. IS. The
v....-t..u.. in tli I
aggregate oi tue eiuwiiiciunn
closed State hank of this city of ex
Cashier J. R. Colean is declared by
Vice President J. K. Stewart to be gTiO
300. Tbi baa renewed tb excitement
and shattered tne hopes of many of
the-depositor and all of the tockDold
era. The amount stolen i two thirds
of tbe paid up capital gtok and more
than the other third will be required to
collect on the securities.
Coiean literally robbed the bank of
all the cash, except ?2,00J of the re
serve fund, snd realized on 1 20,000 of
the best securities by rediscountlng
them. The cashier ha made a state
ment of Vice President Stewart, tell
ing from which accounts he took the
money and says that most of it was
taken since he made hi last statement
in July. He confessed having robtd
the following accounts: Kansas ( Ity
bank (cash), 5 60l'; St. Louis banki
(cash), $4,2 JO; New York bank (cash).
82.500; reserve fund, t,0X); deposit on
certiticates (cash), 3,400; redncounten
notes, 1 1,000.
The examination bas resulted In the
develepoment that Coleau in his con
fession did not tell all, as t-UOOO of the
best notes cannot be found, and some
of them are known to have been redis
counted In St. Louis. The fact that
the robbery was systematically prepe
trated under the very eye of the ollt
een and that tbe defalcation so far ex
ceed the sum first announced has !
treated consternation. Colean will be
arreBteJ a soon as he recovers uflV
cienily to be taken to jail. He is still
helpless from nervous proatratiou and
Is perfectly childish.
Denver Hu a Carnlral
Denver, Colo, Oct. W. Tbe festi
val of mountain and plain has eclipsed
all expectations. The program yester
day Included an excellently handled
military parade In the morning an ex
hlbitlon at the city park of the allegori
cal mineral and horticultural floats of
Wednesday' parade and a wheelmen's
parade iu the evening. Tbe I'te and
Pueblo Indian camp, the camp of the
Colorado national guard and the mid
day camp of tbe regular troops and
cavalry from Ft. Logan afforded
scene of great luterest to the great
throngs of visitor, augmented by many
more excursion trains. The dances of
the Indians, dressed in their brightly
colored blankets and buckBkins, with
decoration of beads and feathers and
ribbons of gaudy hues, were the most
picturesque attractions of the day.
The city has been decorated with yel
low and white, ant" all the electric
illumination effec's of the Knights
Templar conclave of three year ago
were repeated for the occasion. The
wheelmen's parade last night was an
immense affair.
A Careleat t'ominUnlunr.
Kansas City, Mo Oct. 14. Hank
Commissioner lireidetithal of Kaunas
has lost or been robbed of nil the he
curitles of the State bank of Fort
Scott, which failed on Monday and
which he was carrying with him to
Tipeka. He arrive! here last evening
and iu changing to a Itock Island train
deposited a satchel containing the se
curities, $120,000 in si, in a seat. Then
he stepped off to talk to a friend. He
left the train some distance and when
he returned to board it the train wan
gone and with it all the securities. He
telegraped tbe conductor to put all
bts luggage off at Topeka, but when he
reached there an hour later over the
Santa Fe he found only a note to the
effect that no such property as he oe- j
scribed waj on the train. All last
night and today he has been hard at
work trying to locate the missing
satchel, but up to a late hour last
night without success.
A forger (lone,
M km I'll is, Tenn., Oct. 18. A. K.
Ward secretary and treasurer of the
Memphis Barrel and Heading companv
bas been missing since last Tuesday,
and it is thought he has gone to Eu
rope. He 1 accompanied by his wife.
Ward torged the names of relative
and business friends who were potent
with bankers and other money lender,
the aggregate amount of paper out
standing being between S50.000 and
SlUO.OOO. Much of this paper is said
to be floating In New York and other
money centres through broker.
Hack Alive.
Bkuokn, Norway, Oct. IS. Th
steam yatch Windward, which con
veyed the Jackton-Harmsworth polar
expedition to Franz Josellaid, has ar
rived with all well on board.
Head Hiowa Off.
Chicago, II!., Oct. Is. By Ui ex
plosion of a dynamite blast In the
ruins of the manufacturers' building
on the world's fair grounds at noon
yesterday Samuel llobart, a laborer re
siding at Slxty-thlrd and Hal led street
was Instantly killed. Hnbart's bead
was blown off. He was three bloski
away from the scans of the explosion.
Tbe men engaged In Uaribg down th
building wars sitting near ths build-!
Humboldt ha a thriving society Of
etriaiian sciential.
Slock feeder In Boom county are
jayiug 15 cent a bushel for corn.
Diphtheria is so prevalent at Blair
.hat there i talk of closing the school.
Tbe name of the new editor of tbe
ieneva Garelte i Fray. Perhap. be
ioeg.
Nance county get no interest from
J,ebank where county fund are de
posited. Buffalo county- clerk basdrawn war
anU on the general lund to the lull
cgal limit.
Tbe Harlan county teacher" associa
tion will bold a meeting in Alma Satur
lay, Octolwr 2
Cedar Ripid is building au opera
jouse 3Jx70 feet In ir.e and having a
lean tig capacity of 4 0.
Joseph Bender of Strang baa a cork
g, and he fell and broke hi only sure
mougb oue near the hip.
The papers of Dakota county boast
Jiat they have a cltUen there who is
just an sven HJ0 years old.
The Baptist of Tecumseh are In tbe
midst of a stirring revival. -iu tai no
ihow iu that municipality.
James MorriMM of Saunders county
received S4'. an acre for his farm.
Land is laud in Nebraska.
A Mr. Llertnan, a prominent Madi
on county larruer, living in the vic
inity of Hadar, la reported serioualy
111.
Stella hasn't a vacant house aud sev
eral families who want to live thero
;an tiud no ihelter without going to a
bolt;!. .
Ex-Senator Hale ot Battle Creek,
look a squash from hi garden the
other day that weighed an even 10O
pounds.
A German Congregational church
will be erected at Butte Boyd county,
reasy for occupaucy by the middle of
December.
Plainview is still getting along ths
beat way it can without a hotel, aud
wayworn travellers are getting tb
worst of It.
Hon. John Wilson, the Kearney
weather prophet, predicts a long, cold
winter, with heavy snows, lasting from
December to April.
The new wagon bridge acros the
Missouri river at SxjuIIi Moux City al
ready reaches half way across the
river from tbe Iowa side.
After their late warm experience
with fire, the people of Dodge think it
would be geod policy to ""blow" iheui-
Seive tor a turmicai engine,
youth under twenty-one year of
age arejrun in if found on the street of
Cedar Rapids after curfew toil the
kuell of the deparli; g day at H:J i.
m.
The Bancroft Knterpriss is Just what
it is cracked p lo be. It is edited by
Sheafier aud Cate who kuow Just how
to get out a lively aud attractive news
paper. )
The residents of Kuox county are ail
torn up over the question of division,
but it cannot be ascertained by reading
the local papers what it is they propose
to divide.
The cew paper at Humphrey ii called
the Herald, and the editor announce
that he hits come to stay long enough
to plant flowers on the tomb of his dis
reputable contemporary.
A little son of W. 1'. Brown of Fui
lerton was accidentia shot iu the eye
by a playmate who waa rarrlesaly
handling an airgun. The eight of the
injured optic ws destroyed.
A couple of P.wtts county who were
refused a license to wed because the
girl waa under age of consent over
came the embarrassing obstacle by
taking a trip to South Dakota.
Mr. Frank Mason of l'uilertou offers
to meet anyone in Nance county or the
state of Nebraska in a Joint dicuiou
of the Usue of the day. He Is styled
"the J. S. Coxy of the Cedar valley."
The Sentinel claims that Oakdale Is
drawing trade from a distance of thir
ty miles and some from neighboring
towns. The merchants advertise and
people are willing to go out of their
way to trade with guch men.
A Geneva merchant offers a pair of
hoes to any couple In a radius of teu
miles, over eighteen an 1 under eighty
year of age, who will have the nuptial
knot tied after a. m., January 1,
lH'.ti.
Thayer county raised :x hundred
acre of beets this year and that I
really the only six hundred acre in the
county that has paid them anything
this year, though they have to carry
ths beets over to Grand Island.
It I thought by the Fullertoti people
that Debuey. the Nance county wife
murderer, is insane. He sleeps and
eats but little, -walk almost constant'
ly back and forth In his cell and Ii
greally emaciated. An t-fturt will b
made to have him nt to an asylum
and save the wear at d tet.r of roj.
Life In October, saya the Alblou
News, Is as satisfactory as It well can
be this side the grave and the only
thing to disturb one' serene contain
ment is the thought of the neat
approach of cold weather coupled with
tbe certainty that (he relentless fdej
dealer will soon again hang out ths
weather-beaten sign which Imparts ths
direful Information that coal is cash,
f Ths mother of Judge Kulllvao of 0t.
ttmbu died recently at nsr horns la
IlttooU sswd sUutr-four Tears.
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