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rc sox coon jcjxial I J. asJIMOXa, ry.aa-lataa. BARRlhOX, NEBRASKA. I eat hav gone op oat of stint, W who eareeT PrnnM are Mill at th i old fignre. Tfc originator of the Concord trap la daad. Wa ehall keep our vermiform appendix at naif-mast for thirty day. A Special aispiuru i ' 1 ' in urn t laya that "the Arapahoe are becoming sgly." Well, they never were beauties, any way. A Massachusetts atatlstlclan aayi that the wealth of thU country la $l.ouo per parson. Somebody inuat have "eon through" our clothe. Chicago police court has Just fined j a man $10 for sleeping In church. Hera a chance for municipal revenue beyond the dream of avarice. . . , , h . Lord Backvllle aaya that he was of- fared $2,000 a week In InsS a a dime museum freak. If he 1 open to an en gagement now he could get more than that Pennsylvania Judge ba ruled that beer la not lntoxlcatong. This conies from elevating to the bench men who hare had comparltlvely little practice at the bar. BJjjjajaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaMaaaaaB Nothing la worse than shlftleasne, or eo It seem at first thought; but upon reflection It appears that overwork, al though far lea common, la at least equally hostile to full success. Mowbray aaya that "liberty I dead til Chicago." Mr. Mowbray ha made a mistake to hi Identification of the corpse, thafa all; but why should he disturb the funeral with hi yawp! Herr Llebknecht, who has been defy ing the kaiser, need not be surprised If he la obliged to pass a few montha reconsidering his remarks In some of the numerous fortresses which th kat aer keepa for the purpose. The Atlanta exposition Is not getting aa much free advertising as It ought to get If It I to be a success. The princi pal feature of such enterprises Is not the exposition, but the accessories whose aole function Is to make people talk. Why, for Instance, Is the Board of Woman Managers so harmonious? British agriculture ia In the very low- eat depth of depression. All the pro duct of the farm can be supplied at cheaper rate from foreign sources than they can be raised in England, anil the market seems to be taken wholly away. Lord Salisbury has actually been petitioned to devise some method of re lief through Parliament The hopeless feature of the situation consists In the huge rentals which most English fann er must pay to rich landlords. Spain ha sent more troops to Cuba to conquer the rebellion than It sent to all the South American states and to Mexico when the revolution In those countries was In progress. The Span larda have more troopa In Cuba now than Great Britain had In America during the revolutionary war, or during the war of 1812, or than Scott had when he conquered Mexico in 1M7. Spanish troop must be poor material or the Cuban must possess uncommon pow er of resistance. An ingenious inventor la reported to have taken out a great many patent at Washington for devices in glasa. Among these are coffins, staircases, billiard tables, bricks for walla and blinds for window, bedsteads, mouse trap, and bait for fishing. The Idea of applying glass to a great many uses la not a new one, the mating of door entirely of glass being suggested more than a quarter of a century ago, and even glass brick for use in building walls waa not un thought of than as pos sible for some time In the future. Dr. Gunsaulu has been caught up by the Louisville Courier-Journal, which ay he doesn't know history from le gend. It seem that the reverend doc tor, In hia speech at the Cuban mass meetlng, remarked that "Oliver Crom well' boyhood heard the Invincible Ar mada go to piece on the shores of Anglo-Saxon freedom." The Courier Journal point out that the Invincible Armada was everlasting destroyed tome year before Cromwell waa born. Evidently Col. Watteraon doea not know that Dr. Gunsaulna ha one of the first poetic license ever Issued In Chicago and that therefore what be say la o, even If tt Isn't so. c- . The public should offer it lnceret oompllments to the latest discoverer of positive cure for a nerve-tired, work ridden generation. He deserve the compliment for hi Ingennnlty If for nothing eiee. There have been several avjbUc health promoter of late who hare devised novel plan of recreation and pointed oat the relation or cauae and affect between certain forma of el and hygienic salvation. But the theorist discount them alL Not ing that the bird are happiest when tfcay atng, and that they pine away and die when silent, be advises man fcfcad to cultivate the gift of aong and karat forth In melodlou (or other) claims as often aa possible. The In TCJ W counseled to break out in merry tczj jm be arises ia the morning, and C aftbto la toM to seek th r "tell A a cure, tkla has the " ImnssjdTiiisn. Also It jj ,t anataac Any Mrrofa with a pair of lung cms atlll pro- mot hi meatal aad physical well be ing by alagtng or tooting th French horn. Of course, there are chance that while one aet of nervous person wa recovering by the cure their neighbors would be eo crumbing to the insidious aanaoita of disease, but they, In turn, might later resort to aong, and thus eur themselves while the former Inval id are becoming sick again. It la a great scheme. If only one-half of the remarkable tory of Mr. T. Zell Hoover, of Wash ington, D. C, be true. Lord Sackvllle, ex-British Minleter to the t o! ted Slate, will shortly become an object of pub lic commiseration. The punishment which Mr. Cleveland's Burchard Buf fered aeema almost more than fitted to the crime. To begin with. Lord 8ack rllle wrote a letter from Beverly. Sept i 13. lHfH to the mythical Mr. Murcblson of California, advising him and all ; other Anglo-Americana to work and vote for Mr. Cleveland because the policy of the Democratic party waa best adapted to advance British Inter ests In this coon try. Lord Sackvllle re cards this letter as simply "Incautious." The administration at Washington did ....., !, was looked upon as Impertinent and stupid, and as the outcome of It he waa Incontently flred as a persona non grata and lost hi poslton and his wagea. Thia was the first penalty which he paid. Now cornea the atatement of Mr. Hoover, a rather unsavory but appar ently truthful Mllealan adventurer, that Lord Sackvllle was the victim of an other plot. In which Hoover and one Jeasup figured and which was of so grewsotne a character that he sought ahelter for a time on a Federal gun boat. Again It wa a mysterious let ter. In which Backvllle was Informed that there was a Fenian dynamite plot to blow him and his legation building sky high. Both Hoover and Jessup played the confidence game upon him so adroitly that between them they got several thousand dollars out of him, which they accomplished by sangui nary stories related to him ami by planting harmless lead pipes under his porch. Hoover says he had "four months of mighty easy picking." Hoov er la now lamenting because Jessup got more than he did, and thinks that If he had been a little more graRpIng he might have sent Sackvllle home In the steerage. But In his own language, "a feller never knows, wen he has a good thing, how ter nurse It." Had Hoover kept his plot to himself be might have accumulated quit a little fortune, but he let JesHiip Into It and empliryed go between. Corner, the carpenter; Jos eph and Hlrsch, the conatables, and the redoubtable John Pope Hodnett, all of whom soon became principals and be gan bleeding the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister I'lenlpotcnltary of Great Britain on their own account Between them all Hackvtlle's life became a bur den to .him. riots followed plots, and dynamite bombs Itegan to spring up as thickly aa mushrooms, so that it mnst have been a relief to him when he left thia "blarsted country" and was once more ensconced safely under the Brit ish Aegis. This was the second penalty which he paid. The Sackvllle cup, how ever, wag not yet filled. It was bail enough to have been fooled with the fatal letter of the mythical Murchion, to have had a confidence game played upon him by mythical Fenians, to have lost thousands of dollars aud even tually his position, and have' been obliged to pack up and go home In of ficial disgrace, but a more humiliating Incident wan lu atore, which demon strate the sorrow likely to overtake a man who la destitute of Imagination aud humor. In the midst of all these troubles came a letter from an enter prising Bowery showman offering him $2,000 a week and expenses If he and his suite would hold two levees dally In his "palatial museum." Even at this late day he does not see the Joke of the offer, but Beta It down In his recent brochure aa a serious, premeditated buslneas arrangement, and philoso phize upon it a a demonstration of the low deptha of depravity to which Americans have fallen. Finally in bis brochure Lork Sackvllle refer to Don M. Dickinson as the member of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet who waa mainly responsible for hi dismissal. Mr. Dickinson sums up his opinion of Sack vllle In the following sententious fash Ion: "I have no hesitation In saying that he la now and always has been an infernal ass." If there were any doubt about this his own pamphlet would demonstrate the truth of tlie charjre and sufficiently establish his relation ship to Dogberry. It is given to few men to raise a guffaw round the world, but Sir Lionel SackvllJe-West late Kn voy Extraordinary and Minister Plen ipotentiary from the Court of St. James to the United States, has accomplished the feat. Thus he baa proved himself after all a public benefactor by adding to the gayery of the nation. Europe' Electric Railway. Electric rallwaya in Europe In 1K1H Increased in number from forty-three to seventy. In length of line from f to 700 kilometers, the power at the central station from 10,680 to 1H.1.V) kilowatt. From 638 to 1,238 selfmov lng vehicles. Germany leads In length of lines with 366 kilometers, France IWi, England , Austria-Hungary 4o, Mwlt serland 37, Belgium 22, Italy 19, Spain 14. Th overhead trolley system Is used by fifty-five out of seventy lines. Trloky. Tba andenta knew how to Loaded dice have been found rains of Herculaneum. client. In the Debtor (apologetic) The payment of that accocmt la source of constant anxiety to me, I assure yon. Creditor Vary likely. Tav'ra afraid yon might rarest yearaaif aad pay It Chios go A CESlilNE EARTHQUAKE. Th Central But Oct Prsttj Badlj Shaken by it CINCINNATI PEOPLE THROWN FROM BCD Hotel Is Laltlta Ciwlu ud taw Fablta Library ia Car, 111., Haalr lnuiS. Chicago. Nov. L One of the severest and most widespread earth quakes in th center part of this country in recent years, occurred early yesterday morning. Advice to As sociated Press from many point throughout the shaken territory, show bat it covered the state of Illinois, ludiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tenneasea Louisiana. The time at which the shocks began, ranged from 5:05 to 5:17 a, m. Advic-s up to ten o'clock do not show any considerable damage to property or loss of life at any point The severest effects seem to have been felt in Cincinnati and Louisville, home correspondents report Seismic waves moving east to west, others west to east, others northeast to south west and other north to south. At rcost places three shocks were felt; at others only two. At Chicago the quake waa felt at 5:11, lasting forty-five seconds. It was quite perceptible, and many people ere wakened. At St. Louis several severe shocks were ex irieneed at 5:12. and in some parts of the city people rushed In alarm from i heir homes. At Cincinnati wild un dulatlona occurred at 5:12, lasting ne rly two minutes and accompanied bv I'gtu rumbling. The nndulailons were so marked that numbers of peo ple, including Chief of Police Deitach, wen brown out of bed. At Nashville severe vibrations lasting half a minute were felt at 5:10. At Memphis at 5:08. th people were nearly thrown out of btd.At Indianapolis thousands of peo ple were awakened. At Louisville, Ky., at 5:17 the shock was so severe that the walls of the Louisville Hotel were cracked. At New Orleans, at 5.-09, a slight shock was felt. At Cleve land and throughout northern Ohio two severe shocks were felt. At Niles, -.' 'h.. a heavy shock was felt and lasted for ilva minutes. Buildings trembled, windows were cracked, and people rushed in alarm into the streets. At Kaasaa City two distinct shocks oc curred, lasting two minutes. At Janes ville. Wis., a shock waa perceptible. At Cario, 111., the shock waa so severe that the public library building: waa badly damaged. More or less heavy shocks were felt at Streator, Monmouth Moweque, Lac 'O, Moline, Miconk, Danville, Rock'ord, aud Qulncy, Illi nois, Burlington, Lyons. De Moines and Oturowa, Iowa; Fort Wayne, Columbia City and .South Bend, In diana. At Topeka, Kan., a district earthquake shock was felt at 5:12 yesterday morning. Dak to VUlt Washington. Washington, D. C, Nov. 1. The Duke of Marlborough and bis cousin, Mr. Ivior Guest, will spend a few days in Washington as the guests of British Ambassador Sir Julian Pauncefote. They will leave New York tomorrow afternoon, arriving at Washington at an earlv hour in the evening, and re main at the embassy until Monday, when they will return to New York. The duke and his companion are com ¬ ing here for a few days rest, and to entertainments will be given in their honor. fcvidonM lniln to Holnol. Philadelphia, Nov, 1. During court hours, under the scrutinizing gaztof a court room crowded with strangers, a pale, worn woman under went an ordeal wbicb well might have broken the nerve of many a strong man. She was Mrs. Carrie Alice Pit zel. The woman's physical condition was such that court bad to repeat ber testimon r after her, because of ber weak voice. There were other wit nesses called and much evidence in troduced, but naturally Mrs. Plizel's testimony waa the feature of the day. The cross-examination of the witness was conducted actively by Mesrrs. iShoemaker and Rotan, the lawyers whom Holmes dismissed on Monday and recalled Wednesday night, but It was apparent that it was really Holmes himself who was conducting the defense, in the opinion of all those who heard, except possibly Holmes and his attorney, the evidence of yester day Is strong enough to send him to the gallows. Slowly, but none the less surelr was tba chain forged around him, and it is a chain which will ba hard to break. Adssas Barely Drowasd. Atchison, Kan, Not. 1. It Is now beyond a doubt that Ban Adams, night clerk of tba Byram hotel, wno suddenly disappeared Saturday last waa drowned In the river about two miles above town. Adams waa widely known by tba traveling man in this section and waa very popular in Atchison. Uarnianx I Iallaant. Bkrlin, Not. 1. The Cologne la sett baa a dispateb from Tangier say ing that If. Faralen, temporary French consul at GaaaManta. Morccco, ac companied by foar Moors, forosd an entrance into the residence of severa. Uarmana and damaged property of tba oaeopanta, Tba British consul, tbt dispateb says. Intervened and pre- vented farther outrages. No axplana Uaa of tbla notion of taa Franco eon allsgtTan. TBIKUTMK MAZIhl . CT. atadaau la raaaylvaala (lot tba Waiat $ tba Margala. Uellkfokte, Pa., Oct. 81. Two students bav been expelled from th State college and fourteen Indefinitely suspended for hazing, and in addition most of them, or maybe all of tbem, may get into the criminal court be fore the affair is entirely at an end. As is usual the optming of each college year the higher men undertook to initiate the freshmen in the usual way j t.y sriving each one a good hazing. j Among the (reshmeu were two brothers who bad taseu room and board in the family of Daniel Shivery in the village near the college. These the students were unable te catch until one night recently, when a large crowd of the higher class men got together and surrounded the house of Mr. Mi I very and demanded the surrender into their hands of the two yo-ng men. The demand waa refused, whore upon the crowd opened lire with one of the college cannons they had surreptiti ously taken with them and which had been loaded for the occasion with tone, old tomato cans and most all kinds of dirt right at the house. Windows were broken, furniture in side the bouse waa badly demolished aud the outside of the house was badly defaced and besmirched. Two shots were fired, by which all the inmates of the house were pretty badly frightened, except Mr. Shivery and one of the stu dents. They were equal to the emer gency. Each of them hastily secured a doiible-barrelled shotgun and sallied 1 forth Into the crowd, demanding their immediate withdrawal, under threats of being lired Into if they refused. Act ing with discretion the crowd began to withdraw, attempting to take with them the cannon, but this Mr. Shivery held as a ransom until his loss and damage may be made good. The names of most of the students taking part in the Dighi'a work wtre known and reported to the faculty. Two of the number, the ringleaders, were expelled and under such a cloud that they may be unable to enter any of the colleges of the United States, and fourteen others were suspended in definitely. A Hi Atiendancvort; K.'s. Des Moinks, Ia., Oct. 31. The state convention of the young people's so. ciety of Christian enieavor has turned out to be a bigjer alTair than waa ex pec'td. The 1,500 accredited delegates a e nearly all here, together wiiti more thin a thousand visitors. After the praise service yesterday morning K. E. Towlea waa appointed secretary and the regular committee were named. Addresses were made by Mis. Mattie M, B-tily on "Personal Misaionary Work." Miss A. M. Morton on "The Christian Endeavor in Social Life." and Prof. K. A. Torrey of Chicago on "The Baptism c f the Holy Spirit." Yesterday afternoon waa spent in sight seeing and denominational rallies. Last evening Dr. F. K. Clark, the ori glnator of the movement, addressed 3,000 people crowded into Calvary tab ernacle. To Twl BpirllualMtt. Axdekson, Ind Oct. 31 In the su perior court of this county the $10,000 damage suit of Mrs. Dr. Hilliros vs. W. U. Covert was opened yestesday. This case has attracted national in terest for the past six months. It in volves the question of spiritualism, the first really brought into court. Mr. Covert baa for years, through eu- t nations and in five languages mane the sweeping assertion that all peisons claiming to be spiritualistic m. niun.s are either liars knaves, f c is, frauds or ignoramus, and he has posted for five years S-Vli Hint he can pr-ive it bv going before a jury and exposing any ot the so-called spiritual maiifi-st,4tioiif any medium will bring before htm un i the jurys. It has never been taken up. Mrs. Ililllgoss cUlms tli.it he made the assertion regarding her personally. She wants damage. The case will come to a point today where teats will have to be made before the ,oy Spiritualists are here from dinVrmt parts of the country and it Is under stood backing Mr. Ililllgoss. Mr. Covert niade out that he waa worth f20i,(MJ, The court rooms and halls were packed. l oot Triu Hank. M'Urkook, Tex., Oct. 31. Wednes day morning about 2:30 the First N tional bank of McGregor was looted by burglars and robbed. The robbers effected an entrance to the building by prying open the front door. The vault was opened by means of the combina tion, which was successfully worked The large steel safe was next attacked with dynamite and blown open. The amount ot booty secured is 910,000, Tba money taken was gold and paper, the silver being untouched. Mutilated liver coins were scattered about tba floor. The bank Is fully Insured In the fidelity and casualty company and will suffer no loss. Halldlag AMoelatloa Aln. 8t. Louis, Oct 31. The Western Building and Loan association made an assignment yesterday of all Its hold ings to tbe fct. Louis Trust company aa trustea for creditors. Tbe assets are estimated at 100,000. John Hli Old Trlrk. Chicago, 111., Oct, 31. Pugilists John L. Svlivan, Paddy and Tommy Ryan, accompanied by their manager. Parson Davtes, arrived here yesterday morning en route lo Hot Springs. The tx-cbsmplon was hilariously Intoxicat ed and getting worse, but in spite of bis contract to talk fight only for tbe benefit of a New York newspaper ha waa loquacious about Cornell and r'ttt Simmons making a fight, saying it looked Ilka a sura thing and It Corbett kept bla bead be would win. DIES IN AN ELEITRC CiiAiR. Two Harden Meet Drat b by Elsetro euiion ia Hew Tsrk- TRYING TO JUDGE PAGUS INSANE. Tba Coart ManUI frocaada. Eiprt Ta laMr la Uraatad. aad Saj Pagoa Wa a-'t Kihr, MraiaUj Dannemora, X. Y Oct. 30. A double execution under tbe law which provide that murderer shall meet death by electricity was successfully carried out at Clinton prison yesterday wnea George II. Smith and Charles . avis, both of Albany county, met aeath in the electric chair. Tbe first U face death was Smith, who walked bravely into the death chamber at 11:39 m. He did not falter or show the least emotion, but was quickly strapped into the chair and at a signal from Dr. Ransom the current of electricity was turned on, 1,700 volts passed through ra. This voltage remained on for seconds, when it was reduced atid con tinued for twenty seconds. Again it wa Increased and allowed to remain for five seconds. When It was turned off an examination waa made by ihe prison physicians abd several other medical men. He waa pronounced dead at ll:4 a. ra., just five minutes after be entered the chamber. The witnesses returned to tbe ante room while the body was taken to the dissecting room, and at 11:D6 Davis wag conducted to the chamber of death. He faltered slightly aa became in sight of the chair, but it was only for a In stant. II was strapped into the chair and at 11:57 a current of 1,780 volts p.issed through the body resulting In Iru'antaneous death. The high volt. at:e was continued for six seconds, re duced and kept on for thirty seconds, tuen back to 1,7H0 for five second, re duced and kept on for twenty seconds. when it was finally turned off. It was just 1 2 HI p. m, when be was olliclally pronounced dead. The entire time consumed from the time Smith en tered the chamber until both were on the tables ready for the autopsy by the physicians was twenty-one minutes. Tue autopsy revealed nothing unusual In the make-up either man. tjolM-r Wlixn ha lil It Ciiicaoo, 111., Oct. 30. Counsel for the defense cempleted his case before tne Pag ue court-martial vtsterday morning. Some rebuttal evidence waa then brought In by the jiidi;e advocate, who scored a point by establishing his riff ht to offer expert medical testimony regarding the mental condition of the accused aa shown by the statements of witnesses for the defense. At the morning st-ssion four of I'ague's brother oflict-rs testified aa to peculiar ities in his conduct lately, and Post Surgeon Strong once more affirmed that the prisoner was perfectly sober on thti day of the shooting. Post Mirgeon Girard, called by the judge advocate, was asked to state, after having heard the evidence for the defense, what, if anything, in his opin ion, was the accused suffering from on October 3. Attorney Blair promptly obj-cted to the question, chiefly on the ground that the witness had not heard nil the testimony, as he waa not pres ent at the secret session when Pague was placed on the stand and told the Story of the immediate evauts preced ing tbe shooting. The objection was overruled. Tbe witness said that the various symptoms testified to, taken in the aggregate, represented features of chronic alcoholism, with occasional spells of acute alcoholic mania. The court willliHteii to arguments of coun sel today, which are expected to be brief, aud the ca.se so far as the public proceedings are concerned will then be ended. A Cian or Tunhs. rT. Lol'ih. Mo., Oct. 30. Five men attempted to hold up the Laclede avenue electric car and rob us passen gers at 1 o'clock yesterday niornliiif. The men attttupted to board the car on Chestnut afreet, but after a severe light the conductor, assisted by a number of passengers, knocked the hoodlums from the car, while the tnotorman turned the current on at full pressure and the car soon distanced the hoodlums. A few minutes later the same gang entered the office of the Wabash hotel, and after knocking down the clerk, at tempted to rille the safe anl money drawers The noise of the scuttle aroused the proprietor and guests and a free-for-all light ensued, in which four of the would-be robbers were routed aud another, Michael Garry, was captured. Clrvaland Noih. Wasiiinotom, I). C, Oct. 30. President and Mr. Cleveiaod, their children and several servants moved from the White bouse yesterday, bag aud baggage, to Woodley, the presi- f riAfif'a fii.tiir r.l.A-a nau U'oal.i-i. .. waa, H vvxu.! y faa-,w J7 VV fMHIJl Vl'U They will make It their home uutli the social season begins. The president will go to the White bouse every day when his presence is necessary there. t'mi Sail at l.aat. Wamiinoton, D. C. Oct. 30. A Homey-General Harmon was notified yesterday afternoon of the release of tbe steamer Commodore at Wilmington N. C, with her crew and cargo. The Commodore was seized on account of having aboard arms and ammunition supposed to be for the use of the Cu ban insurgent. The department of justice some time ago ordered tba re lsa of tba vessel. fflebrasha tKoteslj Vermillion baa put in an aiectrlc light plant. Tba Gering Courier publishes a woea ly alfalfa column. Two death from typnoia lever oc-i eurred in Furnas county last week. I Prairie fire bav caught several nn.; pro-ected haystacks In Dodge county. Th-raare 175 case on the court docket in Lincoln county for tbe pend ing term. Vorth Loup people are trying to en-, courage the location of a chicory fac tory at that point. i lianner county's vote this year is stated to be about 2S0. which is a de crease of almost 200. i The Tekamah Burtonian b; been reduced from a seven to six-column quar:o. It is jut spicy as ever. , A series of gospel meetings began at' Mitchell, Scott's Bluff county, on tbe 2Wh. A happy harvest is anticipated. A flock of 16000 heep are being driven from the extreme western part of the state to the Hersney ranch near Gibbon. , Dr. Doollttle, formerly of Central Citv, died recently in York State of heart disease. He waa tolerably full of years. Rattlesnakes are p'entiful in John son county. Mrs. T. M. Pattou of Sterling rec -ntly dispatched a larj oue in her gajdeo. Tao hundred and tblrty-aix loads of beets were weighed at the Norfolk factory in one day, and forty carloads received besides. Bad boys of Kearney who treat newly married people to a charivari are looked upon as peace disturbers and fined accordingly. A little child of Cat in hprangler of Nickerson fell out of a high chair against a hot stove, and was terribly burned. It may die. I'latUmoulh has a wife beater, and the News cugifi-sted that he be given a bath in the Missouri river with a millstone for ballast. The little son of a farmer living near Mct'ook was thrown from a wagon, which passi-d over his body. Death resulted in a few hours. A corn field of forty-five acres near Blue Springs yielded but a paltry live bushels about ten ear to lha acte. Hot winds did the mischief. While riding a pony John lion of Scribner was thrown over the punt's h-ad and had his right arm broken be tween the shoulder an eibow. Charley Baker a farm hand near Herman, has 0eiied the season of cornslieiling accident. His left arm waa raaputated rear the eibow. Valentine Heck, for thirty years a resident of St. Stephens precinct, Nuck ols county, died on October 22, ajed seventy-live yean, paralysis was the cause. Last spring a fellow known as "Curl" Snyder sold a spau of horses In Fuller ton. He was greatly sentenced lo serve a term of two years in the peniten tiary for doing it. A wicked man discovered 8. O. Gibbs of Dakota City empty the cash drawer In a sack and place it behind a row of canned goods before closing at night, and didn't do a thing but break In and carry off the sack with two watches that were left on the desk. The loss was less than 8100. The estate of A. 0. Taylor, who re cently passed away at Geneva, is esti mated to be worth aliout 115,000. A will has been found which Is defective In only one thing. The name of the lucky legatee has been erased, and it will require more than human wisdom to Interpret the wishes of the maker of the interesting document. Mrs. Eliza Ferguson, formerly ma tron at the Norfolk hospital, but who Is now making her home with Mr. and Mrs. ii. r. uwiu, met with a very painful accident. While attempting lo decend the steps leading to the cellar, she made a mistep and fell from the top of the stain to the cellar below, striking her shoulder against a p'w breaking her collar bone and badly bruising ber. The name of the brakeman who died of Injuria received while coupling cars at Oakdale early Sunday morn lug was K. W. Robson, and he was injured near that place on the main line Instead of Newman Grove, He waa twenty-seven years of age and a mother living in Idaho and a slater in Nevada survive him. They were no tified of his death and replied with a request that bis remains be laid to rest at Norfolk. Tbe A. O. U. Wn to the number of twenty, with teams and wsgons, gath ered at the home of A. 8, Burns, near Ohiowa and made an onslaught on his corn field. By noon the last ear was brought in and stored away. Dinner over, tbe fodder was brt tight In and chopped up ready for us. Mr. Burns has been disabled for some time and keenly appreciates the kindly otfices of hli brother "Workman." K. W. Renkin has sold tbe Hooper Sentinel to C. E. Bennett. The now editor aiir.onrioes that politically tba paper will remain the same as In tha past and that "we shall attempt to In crease the circulation," Tha editor of the Battle Crook Re publican last week btervlewal a prom inent German farmer on tba political Situation and received tha following reply: "Wir Dentacb wolleo alio fiur Ernst Hallmann, unarm Fraund waa blan.- .