fEE SC'JII CQUNir J0URK4L
I J. IMHOIII, Proprleter.
BABRlsOX, - NEBRASKA.
Trade papers report that there are
MOO.000 bags qf visible coffee In the
world. This Is in addition to the In
visible coffee served at boarding houses.
The moat bushy headed people In the
world are found among the savage
tribe, where both professional piano
players and foot-ball teams are un
known. Chicago dry goods man estimates
that the women of that city spend over
$1,000,0(10 for big sleeves to their silk
dresses1 alone. The expenses of a well
armed nation are always heavy.
It Ls said that a firm of American
publishers has offered Sarah Heruhardt
1160,000 for her autobiography. If Sa
rah tells the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, the figures are
low enough.
Mrs. Lulu Lare, of San Francisco,
proposes to get a divorce and then come
to Chicago. We do not see why it Is
necessary to get a divorce in order to
come to Chicago, but If it is of course
her action ls justifiable.
The coal men, as we understand it, j
sincerely regret the necessity of stead
ily advancing prices to the consumer. 1
Aa that la the only way they have of ,
making money rapidly, however, there
appears to be no alternative. !
Vassar's freshman class this year ,
numbers 220 girls and they have evolv
ed the following class yell:
Yum! Yum! Yum!!
We chew gum!!
Vlcissim!!
We'll be a sis to 'lm!l
Eighteen 1)8
Vassar! Hah!
. And yet there are those who claim !
that woman is not as well fitted as man
for higher education.
The forthcoming reminiscences of
Mary Anderson's life on the stage and
her Impressions through her profession
al career will be eagerly received, and
should be read by all stage-struck
young women. If a woman of "Our
Mary's" genius, and one who achieved
the success before the footlights that
she did, can declare, as she does, that
the day when she voluntarily turned
her back upon It all and left the stage
forever was the happiest moment she
had seen, what can the boards offer
other women ?
The brief biography of Mr. George
Tyson, late president of the American
News Company, whose death was re
ported recently, ls full of instruction
and encouragement to all poor boys.
He began his active career at the early
age of eight by serving a newspaper
route while attending school. He serv
ed with distinction in the war. He
achieved success in business, and he
"attributed his success in life to un
flagging industry and correct business
methods." No memorial could say
more in fewer words. Their meaning
bould be carefully considered, not only
by the poor boys who have their way to
make in this world, but by the boys
who are not poor and who wish to avoid
the mistakes that lead to failure. Any
boy who will cultivate the habit of un
flagging Industry and follow correct
business methods may feel secure of his
future.
The Intelligent objection to prize 1
fights is not merely on account of the '
brutality of such exhibitions. The re- j
gpectable public Is disgusted with the !
spectacle of barroom brawlers and bul-!
lies, with not sufficient capacity to earn
a decent living in any legitimate em
ployment, pocketing enormous Bums as
the profits of a few minutes' degrading
"port." The student or mechanic who
has spent years of hard work attempt-:
Ing to fit himself for useful employ- '
ment is unable, as a rule, to earn in- a
lifetime the fortune which one of these
ruffians receive as his share of a single
exhibition. True, people have a right
to squander their money on these crea
tures If they desire to, but the moral
effect is bad. The rising generation
will not so easily believe that honest la- ;
bor Is the royal road to success when it
has before It conspicuous evidences
that Ignorance and brutality win the
quickest and largest returns.
That traditional "bull in a china shop"
could hardly do more damage In a llt
tle while than a whole herd of cattle In
furniture store, as was witnessed in
Louisville the other day. The cattle
were beinf? driven along the street,
when six or seven made a dash Into the
tore, following the lead of a big bull.
The proprietor pushed a lady customer
oat of the back door, and got behind
the door himself, shouting to the clerk
to drive the cattle out The clerk picked!
; JB a bedalat aud appnracned the bull,
' but irhen the animal gave a snort and
pat down his bead the clerk thought
that he had business upstairs. The bull
Started to follow him, but was diverted
fcy seeing another bull In a large plate
mirror. He charged the mirror,
when the glass shattered around
him he plunged about the store, reduc
ing the furniture to fragments, an oc
CWpaMon In which the rest of the cattle
feeartlly joined. What else would have
tappeaed no one knows, for at that mo
t wt ae drovers came In and present-
f Oa etttle were peacefuljr pursuing
I y wa op the street.
( aifj, l'!Jf ! '
,-' 'ftroMh bare had a hard time la
' " " -J Aataaanarivo, bat the rs
t. Zeti Chat they bare got there
tzS tMjr stay be expected now
) CJ tt wkat Ckay have gained
and thus to establish their supremacy
In Madagascar beyond the probability
of dispute. The French have I ad col
onies on the Island for two cen:u-les or
more, and have bad pretty constant
quarrels with the natives. Finally,
they tried the experiment of a protec
torate, acquiesced In by the other pow
ers, under which the Hovas were to
maintain their own government, but
the French resident was to represent
them in all their external relations.
This partnership did not work, and
when the Malagasy government un
dertook to grant Independent conces
sions to foreigners the French assert
ed their sole right to all such privileges,
with sundry other demands that led to
war. The coast tonus have been long
in the hands of the French, but the
Hovas retired to their capital, far In
the Interior, and It has cost much time
and money and many lives to get at
them. If the success uow reported
prove complete we may expect to see
Madagascar made in effect, though
probably not in name, a French co
lonial dependency.
In the various steps taken by the I'ui
ter States toward providing a satisfac
tory defence of our coasts against at
tack by foreign war ships there has
been a peculiar hesitancy in adopting
the latest devices, quickly followed by
an extraordinary advance beyond the
results obtained abroad. Thus we long
delayed the adoption of breech -loading
rilled guns, but very soon after we de
cided to use them we had no suix-riors
as gun builders. Similarly, although
nickel steel armor was first manufac
tured !u Kurope, the high development
that iias been given to it has been due
to the navy department of this coun
try. Recently Great Britain. teltig con
vinced of the value of the wire-wound
gun. has discarded the built-up system
of manufacture ami has constructed all
the heaviest gnus for her latest battle
ships on the wire-wound plan. The Ful
led States navy and army ordnance ex
perts have not yet fallen iuto line, but
when they do there is no doubt that our
wire-wound guns will surpass those
now building In England by as much as
our Harveylzed nickel steel plates sur
passed the compound armor that so
long was regarded as the tt the Brit
ish works could make. Already the ex
traordinary endurance and the unequal
led power of the Brown segmental wire
wound gun have begun to attract at- I
teutioo abroad, and Its construction in !
this country will soon set the pace for 1
gun construction throughout the worliL I
It has no equal. ' '
In the invention of an electric auto
mobile plow science has made another
stride In the direction of the horseless
age. and one which the farmer will be
likely to regard with peculiar Interest.
The steam plow, which , is already fa
miliar on the vast farms of the West,
has the drawbacks of great cost, cum
bersome size and the difficulty of se
curing supplies of fuel and water for
the engine. In the electric plow, which
is a German Invention of recent origin,
many of these defects are remedied.
It may be operated from a central plant
in a distant town by means of wires
strung on poles to the farm, or It may
be more conveniently run from an or
dinary steam engine and dynamo on the
fanner's own premises The plow Is a
huge two-wheeled affair with a motor j
fastened upon It connected by wires
with the dynamo. In operating It a stout
cable, anchored at each end, Is stretch- J
ed from end to end of the field, and the
plow moves by working the cable over
a sliaft When the end of the furrow Is
reached the plow ls tipped over, the
current reversed and the furrow In the '
other direction is begun. According
to the October consular reports. In
which the operations of this Instrument j
in Germany are descrllxfd, the noveky i
has been moderately successful. On
heavy soil it plowed eight acres to a i
depth of about ten Inches in ten hours.
The cost was alxjut $1.2t) an acre, much j
cheaper than a man and team cotihPj
have possibly done the work. In view
of the exeriments of Germany it is !
not Impossible that the rest of the world i
will yet rake up the invention and thus
deal another blow to the defenseless
horse. If there was a single function
In which the horse seemed to be secure
and Indispesable, it was that of plow
ing and performing farm duties. If he
is to be driven fairly from the farm a.
well as from the city, where Is be to
find employment?
Just Like a Yankee.
In the good old days of M. Blanc
(write G.'orge R. Sims), It was the cus
tom at Monte Carlo, directly a suicide
was found, to stuff his pocket full of
bank notes. This was done to prove
that his losses at play were not the
cause of his hurried dearture from
this world. The last person who re
ceived this generous treatment was an
American He was found lying In one
of the quiet alleys of the beautiful
grounds, with an empty bottle, labeled
"Poison " by his side. The secret agents
of the bold Blanc Instantly stuffed hi
pockets full of gold and notes, prepara
tory to giving Information to the police.
No sooner had they filled blrn as full of
lucre as he could hold than the suicide
leaped to his feet, raised his hat, ex
claimed, "Thank you very miuih!" and
went off to errjoy himself with Ms new
ly acquired wealth.
Midinmmer Night's Dream.
Tommy Ten YearChildren, children,
I had an elegant dream last night.
ChorusWhat? What?
Tommy Ten Yenr I dreamed I drop
ped Into a bucket of Ice cream and had
to eat my way out.
Chorus (smacking) Whew! I Boston
Standard.
Platinum.
Platinum can be soldered like other
metals. ' The parts to be soldered must
be made dean, and a thin electro 4e
posit of copper made upon the surface,
whsa H ena be utdeted with tta.
Aftrrt e Koutter
C louauo Srui.Nua, Colo., Nov.
13 Mtwjt .sUo ting tu utmost ef
forts of the police, count? officials ana
MtllsFtrto secret seiv.ee, togelht-r
w.tb ih biooubo mux. up to a late
hour last uigif i oi even a shadow of a
e ue had been secured oi the two rob-le-rs
who so successfully held up Night
Express Agent Krout, of the Wells
r argo company, last night at the Sau
tM Fe depot, and relieved him of 20,
OJO in currency and only by pure acci
dent missed securing another package
containing ?35,W more. Ueyond the
fact that both men wore crude gunny
tack masks, and were of small stature.
Agent Krout was apparently too scared
to remember anything, and it is doubt
ful if be could even identiTf their
voices.
Captain Dodge of the Wells-Fargo
jecret service, with two detectives, ar
rived here early this morning from
Cripple Creek, but reports seeing no
jl.ilurbance. There are fully a dozen
men at work oil the trail, various direc
tions scouring tlie country, but up to
the present time their endeavors have
not been rewarded with anything tan
gible. The express company is searchlne tor
some one who was evidently acquainted
with the fact that a large sum ot money
was to have been in transit last night,
believing that the hold-up was a pre
arranged plot, , The hold-up and cir
cumstances connected with it were so
favorable to the robbers that it might
have been accomplished by either
novices or experts with equal success.
The county will offer no reward, the
general opinion being that the express
:ompany wag derelict in its duty in
not providing sufficient protect ion
wiien such large sums are being trans
ferred. Agent Krou' has been with the com
pany several years and has always
borne an excellent reputation.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 12. It is now
believed the express robbers w ho so
cooly secured $20,000 last night from
the Wells, Fargo & Co., station at
Colorado Springs are A. J. tiray, alias
Sam Wells, and J. T. Stuart, alias Harr
two noted crooks who broke jail iu
Colorado .Springs last month, R. S.
Montgomery, another crook, was In
fail at tiie lime and because be was not
taken iuto the confidence of Uie jail
breakers he sought the express com
pany in Denver and offered to reveal
the hiding place of these men, whom
he then started were planning to rob
the company. The officials here de
clined to listen to him then and now
they are eagerly seeking for Mont
gomery, who has disappeared.
Threatened Fullmau't Lire.
Chicago, Nov, 13 A'illiam B. Gra
ham, one of George M. Pullman's em
ploys In the Pullman building, was ar
rested because it was feared the lives
of Mr. Pullman and J. B. Griffin, one
of Mr. Pullman's superintendents,
were in danger. Graham bad made
threats to shoot both Mr. Pullman and
Griffin and there was a decided sensa
tion in the palatial office structure at
Michigan avenue and Adams street
when the fact became known and that
Mr. Pullman's private policeman, as
well us city detectives, were searching
high and low fop Graham, who has
been employed about the building as
an assistant janitor and occupied a
room on the sixth floor of the building.
About & o'clock be was found in bis
room and after a chase through the
building was secured. He at first de
nied having made the threats and
talked in a rambling nwiner. Finally
be declared that Mr. Pullman and
Griffin were his deadly enemies and
that he bad been warned to get them
out of the way. One of thern was to
have been removed by the 17th and tiie
other by the 27th of this month.
Graham was examined by the city
physician and sent to the detention
hospital lor the insane, whe'e be will
remain until his sanity is decided on.
A Trrrlhle fire.
Caicaoo, 111., Nov. 13 As the result
of a Cre at North Noble and Cornell
streets at 3:30 yesterdar morning, one
man lost his life, two persons were pro
bably fatally and one slightly Injured,
The dead :
John Varalski.
The injured:
Martin Varalski, badly burned, taken
to county hospital; will die.
John Varalski, jr., badly burned and
partially asphyxiated by smoke; will
probably die.
Mrs. John Varalski, slightly burned;
The family was asleep when the fire
broke out. Policeman Allcock made a
brave attempt to rescue them and suc
ceeded in getting the wife and two
children out alive. The body of John
Varalski, was found burned to a crisp.
Martin Varalski, aged twenty-four,
was insensible when found and John,
aged eight, could not much longer hav
borne the smoke. The second flooi
was occupied by Mrs. Anna Kukus,
who got out Just in time to escape be
ing burned to death.
Another Karthqaake.
Athens, Nov. 13. A severe earth
quake baa been experienced In Katutia,
The Inhabitants are panic stricken.
Lost la HmtU9,
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 13. The real
dene of ex-Senator Thomas W. I'almei
president of the world's fair commis
sion, was destroyed by Ore this morn
ing, together with moat of ita contents,
The kosa on the building U $30,000, with
laJOO insurance. No estimate of ths
loss on the contents ean yet be made.
The Bra was eaosed &y the eroaalag of
aaolsetri win with that of tba telo-
wtth tbs hoasa,
A DIABOLICAL iJlKDLR.
A Mother atd Shild Killed Supposedly
for Mo if.
THE MURDERER COMMITTS SUICIDE
Insurance Policial autl Money the Iu
live to the luhamaa Acu
Laredo, Tex , Nov. 14. A diaboli
cal murder of a mother and child, it Is
iu I posed for the purpose of robbery,
was revealed yesie'day, followed by
the self-destruction of tin fiend when
he realized that his crimes had been
discovered and lynching awaited him
in all probability. It is believed the
murdered woman was Mrs. Caroline
Menn of Dallas, Tex. Her child was a
girl of about teu years. The murderer
is supposed to be William or Sam
Kuntz of Kansas City. Kuntz s ated
while here that he had been a master
mechanic for a railroad, and letters
were found In bis trunk addressed to
William Kuntz, 157 Grand avenue,
Kansas Citv.
Last Monday evening a tall, fine
looking man, accompanied by a woman
and pretty girl, registered at the Hotel
Hamilton as C. Schuler and family.
At 3 o'clock yesterday afiernoon
Schuler, who was really Kuntz hired a
buggy fnd took the woman and girl to
the depot, despite the inclement!
weather. At 5 o'clock he returned the
vehicle and ate supper at the hotel
without exciting any suspicion, retiring
afterwards. During the night a sheep)
herder discovered two bodies lying in
the brush in Chacon bottom, just be
yond a small reservoir, two and a half
miles from the central part of the city.
He noticed trails where the bodies had
been dragged through the thorns by
the murderer and the prints of the
buRRy wheels were noticed on the
ground. Without touching the bodies
he came to the city aud not I lied the
recorder. Officers proceeded at once
to the scene of the crime and returned
f tie bodies to ths city. They were iden
tified as those of the woman aud :hild
who had gone riding with Kuntz.
SKO.VKL CAME Qt'ICKLY.
The news of the murder ws all ovet
the city early yes'erday morniug.and the
sequel came at 6 o'clock. The proprie
tor ol'tbe hotel kicked at Kuntz's door
and asked him where his family was.
Kuntz replied that he had taken it last
evening to Aztec, wnere they had taken
the limited train for Mexico.
"I think you are mistaken,' said the
proprietor; "your family is not in Mex
ico." Kuntz shut the door, and drawing a
revolver, shot himself through the,
heart. On his person was found a.
cigar case containing over $1,000 in
bank bills. On the cigar case was
stamped the name "Sam Kuntz." It is
believed that Ins brother lives In Fort
Worth and be was at once notified of
the tragedy.
The body of the suicide and bis vic
tims were taken to Fowser's morgue,
which was surrounded by a large crowd
of enraged citizens, who would have
made up a lynching party if the mur
dered had not cheated them.
An Insurance policy for $3,000 in his
own favor, a deed of trust, executed
by Catherine Menn on property in East
Bt, Louis, a pbotograh of Kuntz and
pictures of a handsome young woman
and a ch 11 of six were found in Kuntzs
truiif, bes de Hie letters addressed to
William Kuntz. Kansas City.
KM iWX IN KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Mo Nov. 13 Will-ja-i.
Kuntz. who is believed to be the'
murderer, was em plovtd at the Helms
brewery of this city as chief engineer
las Febiuary. He was a tall, fine look
ing m-n, dark eyed and had dark hair.
He was smooth-faced. He bad a wife
and little girl that answered well the
description of the woman and girl
muroered in Laredo. He was about
tweuiy-five yea'g of age and well liked.
Amo.itr his personal friends here were
Dave Kobens, chief engineer at Fowl
er'?, and Henry liernsve, city boiler in
spector. He came to Kansas City
from H. Louis where he was chief en
g neer of the Green Tree brewery ot
that place He left litre last July for
Ft. V otth, where he had accepted the
position oi chief engineer of the Ft
Worth brewery.
Running- fall Opcliy.
FT. Worth. Tex., Nov. 14. The Ft.
Worth packing house, which hns been
virtually shutdown for several months,
resumed operations under the new
Chicago management and is running
to its full capacity of 2,000 bogs and
5,000 cattle per day. The resumption
of slaughtering bv this concern will
give employment to about 200 people
at present, which number will be in
creased in the near t utu re.
In I he Hew Court.
TAt.FO.UAH, I. T Nov. 14-Thi
largest rrowd that ever assembled In
this city ls Lere, the occasion being the
Cherokee legislature and the convening
of the first United Ststes court that
was ever held in Talequah. Judg
William M. Springer presides.
A Show of t'aliiilag-e.
Washinoton, Nov. 14, -The artists
of Germany are to have a show ol
paintings and sculptures at ths same
time that Berlin makes her exposition
of Industrial objects to commemorate
the 80th anniversary of the foundation
of lbs Royal Academy o! ArU. It will
bo a n International exhibition, and ai
American artists are to bo asked U
participate, United States Consul Geo.
oral Dakar, la endeavoring to faoilltatf
tba exhibition of thatr work.
Utm iiV. HI. I. A BOUtftK.
A BkMoUns- Match Iu Ihle.go BrealK
talallv to a lieeperado.
Chicaoo, 111., Nov. 15. A man who
was supposed to be Ciarence White,1
one of the gang of porch-climbers who
last spring robbed the residence of
Norman H. lie am on Lake Miore drive
of thousands of dollars worth of dia
monds, was killed Inst night by a de
tective belonging to the JJerry 'agency.
At midnight the identity of the dead
man was uncertain. Tbs I'erry men
have been trying to Bud White ever
s nce the LaKe Hhore robbery occurred,
snd early yesterday evening five of
them were standing on tha corner of
Wintbrop Place and Polk street.
There are many contradicting stories
as to what happened, but that two
men drove by and that there was much
shooting is a certainty. As near as can
be learned two men came by Iu a
buggy.
When they were opposite the Herry
detectives they opened tire, and some
say the occupants of the buggy ired
three shots before the detectives could
draw their revolvers. As soon as they
did, however, there was a fusillade ot
shots. Tlio excitement on tha streets
Wris intense. Pedestrians ran in all
directions and sought shelter in con
venient doorways. The men drove
west on Polk street. A police officer
sent a patrol wagon In pursuit. At
Ogden avenue the man who was sup
posed to be Clarence White fell from
the buggy and lay dead on the car
tracks while the other man drove on.
The patrol wagon stopped to pick up
the dead mn the buggy went a little
further when the remaining occupant
deserted it and disappeared. At mid
night he bad not been found, '
The iterry people believe tl'at thty
killed Clarence White, but the police
are equally certain that the man is not
Clarence White, but probably a man
named Frank White.
Lett Their Criilrlies Behind.
Dksvi it, (Mo, Nov. 15. The fact
(hat Schlatter lias announced his work
to an end today has resulted in turning
the attention of the public generally
toward him to such a degree that the
whole city is discussing the matter
earnestly and to the neglect of all other
topics. The trains Wednesday brought
in a thousand more people from Kan
sas and Nebraska and more distant
points.
J. B. Handy of Ellsworth, K-s.,
created a sensation by appearing on
crutches before iSchlatter and then
walking away without them. He ai
photographed and exhibited for a time
as a sample of the work done by the
healer. The hotel clerks report tha'.
they have seen guests come apparently
affiicted and later have seen them go
away happy and well. One man who
limped Into the Oxford yesterday on
; crutches, walked across the corridor
without support.
These are but Illustrations of the
stories that fly a beat. The crowds
grow greater and it ls a usual sight to
see people standing at down town
s'rfel corners in the early morning
waiting for the first cable cars to start
out that they may get over the river
as early as possible.
A CrT Sailor.
Saxkitky, O., Nov. 15' The tug
Coneliy has just arrived at this port
with the scow Aunt Kuth In tow, hav
ing aboard four men who comprise the
crew, in such a wounded condition that
all may die.
During the night while off this port
a Norwegian sailor know only as "Pete"
became crazy an4 attacked another
sailor with a revolver. A scuffie en
sued and the entire crew went to tiie
assistance of the sailor, but in so doing
Adam Konna, captain of the boat, was
shot, as was also Joe Konna, his nep
hew, and his son Adam Koi na, jr.
Luring the melee one sailor escaped
to Marhleiiead life shaving station by
means of a pmall boat and noMfled i he
.Sandusky police. The crazy sailor
was found walking up and down the
vessel with a revolver in bis hand. He
fired at the police without effect, when
a buPet from an officer laid him out.
The three sailors who were shot and
cut were in the cabin ot the scow,
weltering in blood.
The three sailors were removed to the
Marine hospital, and their assailant to
to the police station. The crazy sailor
was shot twice, once In the neck by
the officer, and in the side by one of
the crew. He was also badly cut all
over the body.
Indlaut Kill.
Bknver, Colo., Nov. 15. The de
partment of the Colorado received two
messages yesterday from ex-A gent
Day at the Ute agency headquarters,
lie attributes the murders of the two
Ute Indians to members of the tribe.
The bodies were found in Chicken
creek, seven miles from the town of
Man cos. He has sent Indian police
down Mancos canyon to look for the
torses of the murdered Indians. Krin
ners have been sent for the son of the
Indians supposed to be guilty of the
crime. He has wired for four Win
chesters with which he thinks lie will
be able to master the situation. The
cavalry at Ft. Logan are awaiting
orders and will bs ready to move at any
moment.
A Big Amount
Albany, N. Y., Nov. 15. A certlfl
cats was filed with the secretary of
state yesterday morning of the reor
ganization of the New York, Lake
Erie St Western Railroad company,
under the name of the Erie Itallrosd
company, 'the capital la tl,4fl0,00
divided Into 144,000 shares of 100
each. The company paid an organiza
tion tax on Ita capital of $182,600,
wblch Is tha largest amount ever paid
Id by ono corporation at one time.
4 "Nebraska Hotes
sW"-
The new school bouse at Johnson is
ne axing completion.
Deuel Is the banner republican
county of western Nebraska.
The telephone line is completed so
that Wilsonville can say hello to Beaver
City. i
The young son of W. P. Hasty of
Adams fell from a wagon and broke hie
arm. ;
An uncuccessfu! attempt was made
to blow open the safe In the bank at
Miller.
A so:oonkeeper at llrsyton is under
arrest for selling grot without legal
authority. )
Herman Lallman of Dodge county
lost eighty full-grown hogs from chol
ere all he had. j
The young sou of Charlea Landers of
Genoa fell from a turning pole and
fractured his arm. '
Several sick people of Kearney claim
to liave received benefit at the hands of
the Denver1 healer.
Township organization carried In
Burt county. It Isn't very expensive
under the new law.
Cortland is enjoying a religious re
vival that promises to reclaim any
nunioer of lost ieep.
(Jeoree Dunn of Nebraska City has
purchased the Syracuse Journal and
taeu editorial control.
Hon. Ii. II. Henry bought eight car
loads of cattle in Wyoming to feed on
his ranch near liellwood.
Tom Kelley of Merna narrowly es
caped death by getting a leg caught in
a threshing machine belt wheel.
Four of the Crum family, living
about four miles southwest of Wilson
ville, are down with typhoid fever.
Jules Sandoz of Kushville was thrown
from a horse and landed on his nose.
What ia left of it will heal In time.
James C. Dahlman will resign his
office as mayor of Chadrou and give his
undivided attention to Inspecting oil.
Now that the smoke of battle has
cleared away it is discovered that Hum
phrey has one more paper than It needs.
John Oliver, a respected resident of
Custer county, died recently of typhoid
lever. He leaves a wife and six 'chil
dren. A band of free Methodist exhorlers
have undertaken to banish Iniquity
from Lincoln. It la a worthy under
taking, i
It costs Mie boys of Springfield about
steen dollars a piece for the fun they
had Hal'owe'en night. They did much
mischief.
The Hieltoii Clipper will publish a
dead-head list as an awful warning to
those who "support" a paper without
paying for it.
Coyotes are becoming very trouble:
kome in Dodge county, and farmers
have decided to organize a bunt and
kill olT a few diz'ii.
Jol.u Lewis of Madison attempted to
drive a balky horse, and In the scrim
mage, received a broken th:gh. The
liorse Is as balky as ever.
In cutting down a tree by lamplight
Samuel Hancock of Hutler county
i true It a glancing blow and almost
Bevered his foot at tha instep.
Peter i.eef of Deuel county had
eight children, but diphtheria carried
ofT two, and the remaining six are
ilown with the dread disease.
An Alma man raiced over 1,400
bushels of onions on less than three
Bcres of land. At 10 cents pr bushel
yhey brought him nearly g'.KX).
The Weeping Water Republican has
kriore advertising than any paper in the
l-ime sized town in ie soutn Platte
country. It deserves to ptosper.
J. II. Chapman of the 'irokenbow
kiepulilicnti has adopted the c mh In ad
vance system, to tHke effect and be la
(force from and af.er tills wek.
Pr. II. J. Arnold of Columbus was
palled to southern California by news
that his fattier was accidentally shot
Ju the leg and that fears were enter
tamed of serious results.
; Kmily Stewart edits a temperance
column in the Axtell Itepubllcan that
iought to make every drinker of any
thing stronger than weak lemonade
Hshamed to look in the glass.
, While W. F. Miepard of Keith coun
ty was away from home his house took
fire and burned to the gound. Noth
ing was saved, and bis wife and chil
dren barely escaped with their lives,
j The city council of Plattstnouth at
Its last session dispensed with the ser
vicers of the street commissioner, and
hereafter the city marshal will super
vise all street work, in addition to hit
other duties.
Mr, T. D. Thatcher of Kharon town
hip, who has been quite ill for more
than a year, and on several occasloni
bis life despaired of, says the (Hlbon
Heacon, visited the so-called "healer'1
in Denver about the middle of lasl
t month snd felt greatly bemfited it
lealth. He Is able to work Hint sayi
ie lias not felt so well for y ars.
j E. J. lingers has sold the Schuylei
,IIerald to u.rs. II. C, Itelnecke, thi
former owner, aud she In turn has
leased It to her brother, II. E. Phelps,
Jacob Bowman of Howard had nil
wife taken before the cadi on th
charge of beating him over tba bead
with a stove poker and oth.r kitchen
fornltare. On examining tba head
fwhloh was submitted In evidence, ttu
woman was discharged with as b
Junction from bis honor that "bcetbrsa
(should dwell togothar la unity."