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KXBRASXA.
n Cbteago police art showing sif
Bf tacreased 'activity. We advise the
snghwayaisji to bold np a little.
It to Mid that Champion Corbett
H.1 drink a drop. But there Is even
excuse for sober bully than, for a
r one.
Hie Insurance companies will be glad
B learn that the mineral waters In
Minnesota hare done Dr. F raker con
etderable good.
Boston exchange Insists that mel
ons and cucumbers "are healthy." They
are oat this way. It has been a great
growing season.
A Michigan man sold a horse to two
strangers and took their note in pay
ment. After thinking over the transac
tion be went and hanged himself.
Mlaa Kate Field Is talking very learn
edly about the evils of plural marriages
for a woman who has such a meager
amount of matrimonial experience.
Brave Kentucky White Caps whip
ped a woman 65 years old, and there is
reason to believe they could have ac
complished the feat if ahe had been 100.
1
The Turk Is getting along as com- j
fortably as could be expected In view I
Of the sounds of a general whetting of 1
earring knives throughout the neigh- ,
boring region In Europe.
'Reports from Germany Indicate that
electric plows, hoes and potato diggers
will soon be successfully at work in 1
that country. When the farmer has
nothing to do but touch a button the '
drift of population from the country to
the city will be reversed.
Editor Medlll wants a statue of Ben
Franklin to be erected In Chicago, and
Editor Kohlsaat comes forward with
the suggestion that It the statue
present the philosopher as he appeared 1
wnen as a rwy ne enterea rmmue.um ,
with a loaf of bread under his arm.
Editor Medlll has retired to wonder
whether lt is all a covert scheme to ad
vertise Editor Kohlsaat's bakeries.
On the maps British Gulaua Is grow
ing In territory, while Venezuela Is
diminishing. Since 1877 the official
maps have taken about 30,0(0 square
miles from Venezuela and added lt to
the British colony. In the meantime
Great Britain has not acquired by hon
est means one single acre of Venezue
lan territory. The plucky Venezuelans,
however, must consider that the map
makers do not create territorial rights.
' The great circle waterway which
some of rhe papers are talking alwut
includes a ship canal from the Atlantic
to the lakes and from the lakes to the
Mlsslfwlppi. By this route a ship could
ail from New York to the Gulf of Mex
ico, with St Louis for the great Western
terminus and Interior base of opera
tions. It may look like a dream to this
generation, but when the map Is In
spected the conception Is one that will
not down.
; Russia has visited the penalty of civil
death upon a citizen who wrote a book
criticising the chief financial minister
of the empire. The man without a
country Is M. de Cyon, who has been
Instrumental In selling Russian loans
In France to the vast amount of more
than $2.000,000,00, and also In ar
ranging the details of the alliance be
tween France and Russia. On the ap
pearance of bis too candid book M. de
Cyon was sumoned to St Petersburg,
out prudently preferred to remain in
Paris. Of course France will not ad
mit him to citizenship, but there are
other countries ready to take him In
out of the more than hyperborean re
gion In which he now wanders, a mem
ber only of the world at large.
The convictions of Holmes and Dur
rant emphasize the fact that this Is a
bad time for murderers. Twenty years
ago lt was the boast of the criminal
class 11 that "hanging for murder Is
played out," and the boast was Justified.
By an abuse of the plea of Insanity and
by virtue of a certain sentlmentalistn
that then prevailed the slayers of men
were permitted to escape either with
no punishment at all or with slighter
terms of Imprisonment than we give
to comparatively minor offenders.
There are men conspicuous to-day In
politics or business who would have
bom executed for their homicides If
their offenses had been committed with
in the last two or three years. A great
change for the better has occurred.
.The "insanity" plea must now be sup
ported by trustworthy medical testi
snoey before a Jury will accept lt as
an excuse for the apparently deliberate
killing of a human being. The sentl
sasatallsm that formerly biased Judg
ment to bo longer dominant The "prov
ocations" which were formerly held to
ko excuses for homicide are Infrequent
ly accepted aa each. Courts, Juries and
tfs public hare come to bold men of
hssnhlrtsl mind to a much more rigid
MMBtabillty than they did twenty
jrscn ago, and the change to a great
- Tie tramp problem seems to be an-
' uiit anothet roond of discussion
, -J A aoetoi and psychological point
-J ! Ov. The tramp's haWts, like hto
f -v. are fcsszsar enounr witnout
,-V.J tv they are-te a watt
J Cja rtiatatTo and b
V 1 1 1 G bet of tOm ram
V;( '-m tta traap of
.TJM Si, J
understood as be mUrht la HUM
aaltkeiy, even, that were bis boUtm
Ad mental point of view to be better
known the authorities would be better
able to deal with him In a way to work
hla redemption. A writer In a late
umber of the Century contrtbntee ooe
Of the moot Interesting of the current
essays on the American nomad, and
seeks to trace a reason for the tramp'a
preference of bla peculiar mode of life.
The writer'! conclusions are that the
principal canse of vagabondage are,
first, the lore of liquor; second, "wan
derlust," Che passion for traveling;
third, the easy access to the county Jail,
where criminals and boys and home
leas wanderers are boused together;
fourth, the tough element to be found
In various town and villages, and,
fifth, the "comparatively Innocent but
misguided victlma of the reform
school." 80 far as concerns three of
these causes, at least, and possibly
four of them, the atate must bear Its
own share of responsibility for the
tramp. The Jail nuisance mentioned
is a fruitful cause of worse things than
the tramp evil, and It Is a deplorable
fact that the reform school often does
not reform. The tramp's taste for
wandering, of course. Is another mat
ter, and only to be cured by a modifica
tion of the tramp character. But If
leval authority ever takes definite meas
ures to abolish professional vaga
bondage It must first take Into consid
eration" some of the legal defects which
make that vagabondage possible. It
would be unjust to say that society has
made the tramp, but It certainly has
materially added to the numbers In
which he Is represented.
Enj,ene wll more keenly and
mira ., ,u f,m mi-
Mfom Qf fe ,n Chlcago than moBt mtn
would be, for his personality was near
ly as well known as his powers, and his
acquaintance derived as mccb pleasure
from his wit as bis friends from his
friendship.. This Is not to say that his
friendship lacked fervor. Quite the
contrary. Few human beings have lav
ished greater store of love upon their
intimates; few have received more love
than this quaint combination of rugged
strength with almost womanly tender
ness. Mr. Field was by no means one
of those who walk Hie higher slopes of
Parnassus. But all his life lt was bis
prlvliejfe to wander amid the pleasant
th th , . d .round lt- and
there he gathered a wrmderful num
ber of sweet-scented, brlght-hued flow
ers of verse which contributed not a
little to the adornment of literature. He
wrote nothing great, but he wrote mugh
that was charming. His poems of child
life will live longest, for they Interpret
better than any similar stanzas the sen
timent which Invests the white soul
new to earth and express better than
any other the almost bewildered af
fection with which a father regards his
prattling child. It has sometimes been
said that Mr. Field wrote children's
poetry for grown-up people; and that
is perfectly true. But that Is not dero
gation, but praise. It is no small thing
to place men and women remote from
childhood at childhood's view point. He
uttered In such a way that the nioRt
hardened could understand them the
Inarticulate emotions of those who look
at life with wonder. When Eueene
Field turned from sentiment to humor
he took up a blunt pen and bore down
hard upon the paper. H'.a moderniza
tion of Horace Is almost harshly hum
orous and his various amusing lines on
amusing subjects are broad and black.
Yet one or two of his prose tales are in
fused with humor as delicate as sad
ness and as elusive as a smile. He was
by common consent foremost among
those who are tolling In Chicago's lit
erary youth, and more than any other
Chicago man he was able to spread Ms
fame beyond local limitations. His is
no Inconsiderable loss.
Modern Courtship.
Met him; he Is a charming companion.
Met him again In lore with him. Met
him again no longer in love with him,
but he Is In love with me because I am
so beautiful. Met him again he Is still
In love with me, not only because I am
so beautiful, but because I am also so
good. Sorry for him. Again I met him
he is colder than he was. Think he has
forgotten my beauty and my goodness.
I, however, am Inclined to think that
I am In love with him after all. How
lucky he Is, and how angry mamma will
be! Mamma proved to be strangely
pleased. Makes me angry, for I know
she Is not a good Judge of a young girl's
heart Flirted with him outrageously
to make mxwna a agry didn't succeed.
Engaged to him -glad. Married to hiro
sorry.
No Terrors In Moving.
For the Oklahoma housewife moving
day has none of the terrors that it
brings to those who hve In more con
servative places, for there, very often,
the house Itself Is carted away without
even disturbing its mistress In her
household occupations. It seems a
little queer to look out of the window
and see a bouse being taken along by
trotting horses, while a woman Is un
concernedly preparing the family meal
over a hot cooking stove, but It Is not
an unusual spectacle down there. When
adjacent towns are laid out In new
countries there to rare to be a duel be
tween two of them, and one kills the
other. When a certain Tillage becomes
victorious the Inhabitants of Its oppo
nent pot their houses on wheels, hitch
teams to them and Join the enemy'
forces, without taking the trouble tr
disturb their good wives.
I aspiration.
ihe Does Inspiration come to you at
any particular time?
Mr. Scribbler (who wrltes)-Yes. it
usually comes with the Mite, about th
1st of the month. Life.
This to the season when the sports
stan pvta on eordarey otethes and coe
lxtotw.oatry tof
ANOitiER FATAL ACCIDENT
As Eiplosios Occurred Among Eight '
Wsasa Employed With Cartridges I
MASONRY OF TOWN WALLS SHATTER tO
Gn l Leaser Life Tbe Bodla ef S-ea- I
IMS Stead Have aVeee r-ead I
Barcelona, Nov. 26. A terrib:e
accident resulting in a sad loss of life
occurred at Palms, capital of the island
of jusjoroa, 130 miles south of this
city. Eighty persons, most of whom
were women, were employed in empty
ing old cartridges, when one exploded
in some unknown manner.
There was a large quantity of powder t
that had been taken out of cartridges
lylug about over a large ares, and ti,la
was ignited by the dlschajge of the
cartridge. A tremendous explosion
followed, which shattered the masonry
of the town walls, which are ex'remelf
thick, and did considerable damage to
houses. A larga number of people
were killed, but what the rxact loss of
life was has not yet been ascertained.
The todies of seventeen dead have
been found, but it is feared that many
more were killed, their bodies, perhaps,
being blown to atoms, as a number of
those who were at work bare not been
accounted for. Forty persons were
seriously wounded and some of them
will die. Many of the dead and
wounded were found considerable
distances from the scene of the acci
dent, they have been hurled bodily
through the air by the force cf the ex
plosion. Some of the d.ad were
terribly burned and mangled, so much
so in a number of cases that identifica
tion will be extremely difficult, if not
impossible. An official inquiry into
the cause of tbe disaster will be held.
Young Baali Starved to DealU.
WaWiNoroN, Nov. 26.-fhe reve
nue cutter Bear, the last government
ressel to leave Bering sea this fall,
brought some startling evidence of tbe
effect of pelagic sealing upon the Alas
kan seal herd, which frequent the
Pribloff or seal islands.
In accordance with the findings of
tbe Paris arbitration, schooners are
now permitted to bunt seals in Bering
sea with spears in a zone sixty miles
around the islands, after the 1st of
August. This gives them about five
weeks of good sealing schooners of
spears, and reducing tbe season to
practically fire or six weeks, would
put a stop to tbe slaughter in Bering
sea and allow the herds to recuperate.
This year not less than sixty schoon
ers began bunting in Bering sea Au
gust last and captured nearly 40,000
pelts, about 80 per cent of which were
from females. This, however, does
not show tbe full extent of tbe injury
done. The seal pups are dependent on
their mothers' milk for the first four or
five months of existence, and without
lt the little creatures must suffer the
lingering death of starvation.
Acting under Instructions of their
respective superiors, both treasury offi
cers and agents of the North A meri-
csn Commercial company, madeacare-
ful count of the dead pups found at
the close of the season, when sealing
schooners had left tbe sea. The census
bad just been ended when the Bear
left. It reached 27,0; 0. It did not in
clude those in the last stages of starva
tion. The same condition prevailed
last year, but the count was made wih
less exactness on account of snow.
The actual pecuniary loss to the
United States and the commercial
world by this needless wat of animal
life will reach hundreds of thousands
of dollars
In-p-cllnj Cattle at f track Tarda,
Chicaoo, Nov. 26 J. Sterling Mor
ion, secretary of agriculture, is in the
city, stopping at the home of his son at
15 Groveland park, ills mission Is
strictly one of business connected with
his oflice. He expects to devote sev
eral days to a careful examination of
cattle inspection at the stock yards,
with a view to ascertaining whether
the work is done in a way to protect :
the cattle interests of tbe United States '
abroad.
He affirms positively bis recent visit
to East St. Louis bad no connection
with an effort on the part of private
concerns to break up tbe "Big Four"
beef and pork combine. While be de
clares be knows nothing about the al.
leged project of certain mill lonarles to
establish several packing bouses to
those already existing in East St.
Louis, he admits steps have been taken
to Increase tbe force of inspectors at
that point. That, however, be says, is
due to tbe insufficiency of tbe force
now at work there.
The fact to," said be, -with a large
and constantly growing business, East
8t Louis has only twenty-five inspec
tors while Chicago baa fully ten times
that number. The business has In
creased at that point S0.O0O head lb the
last y jar, while at Kansas City and
Chicago it decreased 400,000 head.
Thus the packers there ask for three or
four more Inspectors and tbey ought to
have them."
A Tarrlula Uilaaa.
Brooklyn, Nt, Y Nov. 28 -After
killing bis two children by locking them
in a large box and suffocating them
with gas, Herman Hattenborst a box
ing Instructor, committed suicide by
LhiIIm- a KmIIa MuKlna thrAlitfh hla
right Umpto. No cause Is assigned for
the deed other than despondency over
boarnssa matters. Tbe bodies was
fowsd In tha rooms need by the man
,ts ctva boxing toseoas, yosUrdsy morn.
ai U JO oa the st oond floor of No.
li iVoadway.
Kaaaaad r rum Itaa a.
Chicago, Nov. 27. The steamer J.
Emory Owe stid tbe schooners Elisa
beth Nicholson and Michigan went
ashore off Winnetka, on the north
1'iorenesr this citv. AU the crews
wre rescued fjom death, by freezing or
drowning by the gallant college boys of
the Evanston life-saving crew, aided
by citizens of the suburb of Glencoe.
Water was let Into tbe holds of the
vessels alter tney had stuck the
bowlders to keep them from pounding
to pieces. It is believed the Owen and
Michigan may be saved, hut the Nichol
son may prove a total loss. The Owen
U worth about 1100.000 and insured for
t75,0LO. The schooue's, which were in
tow of the Owen are valued at S100
000. The steamer carried a crew of
sixteen men, commanded by Capt.
Marion Tenny, and there were eight
men ou ech of the consorts. All were
coal laden from Buffalo to Chicago.
The signal of distress from the freez
ing men on the vessels was seen first
by a Winnetka resident, who notified
the Evanston lifesavers. They hnrried
their lifeboat In a wagon bitched to a
team of horses along the shore to the
spot where the ships were pounding
In the furv of the lev gale. W hen the
boat was within a half mile of the ships
In its journey over the Ice bowlders it
sprung a leak and the lifesavers were
compelled to retreat to shore and hitch
np the old lifeboat to a team of four
houses. It was daylight before the
second trip was made to the rescue of
the thirty men and women on the
stranded vessels. Tbe lifesavers crawled
with their boat over the ice t'.eld which
seperated them from the suffering peo
ple and the suburban cities, includ
ing women and children, braved the
storm to bring warm clothing, stimu
lants and other comforts for the use ol
the sailors when tbey should be taken
Off.
LA INCHED IHK 11HICAT.
The lifeboat was launched in ball
an hour after leaving shore and a line
from tbe Owen was made fast to be
lowered to the boat. Tbey were: Mrs.
Tenney. wife of Captain Tenney; Mrs.
A. C Northway, cook of the Michigan,
and Mrs. William Smith, wife of the
Nicholson's jcaptain. Mrs. Sir lib also
had a six month old child to take care
of. With the women and child the
brave ltfeboatmen made the perilous
trip In safely to shore, where all were
lustily cheered by a big brigade of vol
unteers anxious to lend a helping band.
To and frof the lifesavers and their
staunch boat made tbe journey of re
scue, each time carving a load of men
from the ships until do living soul re
mained to be saved from death. On
shore bonfires were lit; and tbe kind
hearted citizens -ninlstered to the
wants of the womt-n and men. The
bouses of all In the neighborhood were
opened to tbe suff rers.
Captain Tenney lid that his steam
er struck first and he Michigan went
on the beach to th-1 southward, clear
ing the Owen. Wnen the Nicholson
came up to the 0f i) she struck the
ateamer under the stern and the crew
came piling over the rail to the Owen'i
deck, even Captain Smith's wife and
baby being easily taken aboard.
Aftir Trade and Territory
Washington, Nov. 27. Judge a.
K. Delaney of Alaska believes that En
gland, in the matter of the Alaska
boundary dispute, is after trade and
territory, particularly the former, and
that she will be none too ronsclentloui
in her efforts. Concerning the bound
ary agitation Judge lManey said: "1
am one of those who be!lev that En
gland wonld like to capture a portion
of Alaska X hich do s not being to her.
I do Dot think she can succeed, but 1
do think she would like 10.
"My opinion Is that England wants
to get up a dlopute 01 to the boundary
line, get the matter before a commis
sion and urge a comnromise, she offer,
ing to take that lilUe strip of land
known as Pyramid channel. If she
gets that England will hold the key to
the upper 1 ukon country. Instead ol
tbe United Btates controlling things
England will be boss. A trading post
will be established and the United
States will lose the enormous busluess
growing out of the development of the
Yukon gold field.
A Steam Pi Eiploai 00.
New Yoke, Nov. 27 Death and
Injury to unfortunate workmen was
wrought by a steam pipe explosion in
tbe cellar of Hammersteln's new Olym
pic theatre at Broadway and Forty
fifth street. One man lost his life, an
other will die, while eight others wers
very badly scalded.
A defective steam pipe fitting is said
to be responsible for tbe explosion,
and arrests may be made In conse
quence. It was first reported that the
boiler In tbe building bad been blown
np, bat ibis provod to be an error.
Tbe building was not damaged In tbe
least and lbs engine and other machin
ery are uninjured with tbe exception of
the pipes. New pipes were put In and
there was no Interferrnce with th per
formsnos. Tbe loss is about 1300.
Cwavtets aeaaa Prtsaa,
Canon Citt, Cola, it or. 27 Three
convicts escaped from tbe penltentiray
last night by sawing their way through
the grated windows with saws of their
own manufacture. Their absence was
dlsoovsrsd within a half hour after
they bad disappeared, bat the pursuit
baa to far bees unavailing. Henry E.
Clayton and A. J. Henderson, cowboys,
planned tbe escape and tbey ware
Joined by Tom BUmpeon, a aagro
arrlag a foriy-yaar tat,
Autkw Sla-a era.
CoKSTANTiNorta. Nov. De
spits the assurance given to Sir i'btlip
Ourrle, the liritlsh ambassador, by
Tswfik Pasha, the Turkish m'uister of
foreign affairs, tbai each power will be
permitted to send an additional guard
ship to tbe Hospborus, tbe sultan has
not yet granted ie requisite permits
for their entrance through the Dar
danelles. The hesitancy of the sultan in tbe
matter, it is understood, is due to his
fear that the movement of the powers
10 increase the number of tbelr guard
xhips In the liosphcrus is merely de
Fiinied to mask an ulterior demonstra
tion of naval force. It is thought, how
ever, that the sultan will yield to the
demands of the powers in view of the
unanimous pressure they are bringing
upon him, otherwise lt is probable that
he powers will send gunboats into the
Iloaphorus without wailing any longer
for the sultau to issue orders permit
ting them to enter.
HlNDItKUS KJLLFD AT M ARAMl.
A second terrible massacre has oc
curred at Marash, and the houses there
have been pillaged without regard to
whom their occupants might be.
It is reported that hundreds were
killed and many hundreds wounded.
Tbe American theological seminary
was plundered and burned and two of
the students at that institution were
shot, one being fatally wounded. Hotels
and boarding houses also were plun
dered. The Christians at Marash and
In that vicinity, thousands of whom
are destitute, have appealed for aid.
A dispatch received in Constanti
nople from AleppOi under Monday's
date, says an outbreak is apprehended
at Van, and several telegrams from
other sources say that outbreaks con
tinue with the purpose of wiping out
the Armenians.
It if impossible to rely for aid from
Sassoun, these advices state, the re
lief work there having ceased. Ihe
Kurds are again attacking the people,
under tbe belief that they are acting
under orders from the government.
WA HNS THE SUIT AN".
M. Nelldoff, the Kusslan ambassador
to Turkey, has bad an audience with
the sultan, during which he warned
him that if seMour disturbances should
occur at Constantinople the foreign
flt-ets would protect the Dardanelles.
The sultan admitted to M. Neildoff
that the powers had a right to the ad
mission of a secobd guardshlp to the
Hoaphorus, but he renewed his request
that they should not Insist upon that
right, lie urged that the promised re
forms were progressing and that the
approach of an era of reform was
shown by the appointment of six in
specting judges, of whom three were
Christians.
Despite Ihe assurances of the sultan
to the contrary, the arrests of Armeni
ans In Constantinople have been re
newed, though there is 110 sign of any
uprising or resistance to the laws 011
the part of the Armenians In Constan
tinople. Thousands of them, however,
are reported to have been frightened
into conversion to moslemisrn,
TURKISH KOKT CAI'TUUKH.
News has been received from Zetoun
that on November 23 a force of 15.000
Armenians under a Russo-ArmenUn
leader captured the fort occupied by
Turkish troops. In the attack upoo
the fort dynamite was used bp the Ar
menians with great effect Twenty
thousands Turkish troops are said to be
advancing upon Zetoun from all Bldt-s,
it being the intention, it is understood,
to rze that place to the ground.
Humors are in circulation in Con
stantinople that a dreadful massacre
occurred at Aintab on November 17.
The government has prohibited all
any Information in regard to tbe re
ported maxsacre.
ouod llf-ad
Kansas Citv, Mo, Nov. 20. Be
tween 9 and 10 o'clock jesterdaymorn
ing Hufus Suits, formerly a well-known
merchant 011 Main street, was found
dead in bed in the Midland hotel, where
lie had taken a room for a day.
Mr. Suits lived with his daughter,
Mrs. Edward Fulton, at 1022 Tracy
ateniie. Mr. faults owned the place
and since Mrs. Fulton's return to Kan
sas City four months ago she has been
with her father. Mr. Suits left home
early last evening and remarked to his
daughter: "I will return after a while."
That was the last Been of him.
Mr. Suits had lived In Kansas City
about twenty years and nearly all that
time be had been in tbe suit and cloak
business. His former home was Troy,
N. Y. He came of a well-known fami
ly, his father owning extensive farm
ing property. In Troy Mr, Suits es
tablished a cloak and suit house.
When he came here he opened another
store along tbe same line, tbe firm be
ing styled the Kansas City cloak and
suit house. The location was at 719
Main street and there it remained for
many years. He was well known to all
telegraphic communication with that
phtfw and lt to Impossible to get
of tbe town's old merchants.
Rt. trotDlaaham Dead
Boston, Nov. 29. Rev. Octavlus li.
Froihlngton, a well known Unitarian
divine, died at hla home in this city
yesterday, aged 73.
Ban FitANt'isco, Nov. 29. Lsdv
Sholto Douglas will appear at the Al
cazar theatre for two weeks, commenc
ing Monday nest Lord Douglas will
mass bis debut on tbe same evening
and will also appear during thesugsge
neent. The Marquis of Queensbory's
youngest son will not, however, hsvs a
peaking part. At tbe conclusion of
their engagement in Han Franctoc ths
couple will leave for Chicago. Lady
Douglas declares It to her purpose to
tad for the leeiUmato drama.
fttcbraalm Hotes
Platte county's receot election wla
be officially investigsted.
Sbeltoo people paid 3S7 for r.ilroad
fare to Denver during tbe Schlatter
craze.
Tbe poslofflee has been re established
at Nantasket, with F. B. Lytle la
charge. ,
Last month's disbursements at the
Tab:e Rock creamery amounted to
fl6,537.
Ten thousand fish tare 'been distri
buied in Cheyenne county by the slate
commission.
Humphrey people are Ulking of a
project of making three counties of
Platte and Madison.
Elgbty-ilve carloads of sheep were
shipped into Sheiton last week, to be
(ed dunug tbe winter.
TilJen's new opera boose is practic
ally completed, and several entertain
ments have been booked.
Dr. Bancroft of Lexington, who has
Just received his certificate of election,
has been elected corouer of Dawson
county eight consecutive times.
Amelia Eliza Urabert, five miles
southwest of Merny, died on the 7th
Inst of dropsy, aged 18 years. She bad
beeu an luvalid nearly nine years.
Hastings has been without electric
lights for seveial weeks, owing to tbe
financial embarrassment of the owner
of the plant. Tbe citizens are talking
of a municipal ownership.
Mrs. Mary Ziner of Nebraska City
has commenced actiou to secure a di
vorce from her husband, Heury Ziner,
whom she charges with gross abuse
and who some time since was put un
der bonds to keep the peace. She has
secured a temporary injunction to pre
vent him from disposing of his pro
perty until the matter is settled. Tbey
have four children.
A meeting was held at the court
bouse in Fremont to show sympathy
for the Cubans, who are fighting to
desperately for their liberty. Able dis
courses wer given by Rev. Sissoti, J.
E. Frlck and T. L. Mathews. Much
interest is taken in this cause In Fre
mont, and it Is the opinion of the
majority that the United Mates should
recognize the rebels as beligerents.
Mrs. North, wife of Hon. James E.
North, collector of internal revenue for
Nebraska, died at tbe family residence,
1123 Park avenue Omaha. She had
been sick tor little more than a wet k.
having been taken with pneumonia
last Friday a week. Mrs. North was
born at Tyrone, N. Y., November 30,
1835, and was married to Mr. North on
February 17, 1H.VJ. The remains will
be taken to Columbus for burial.
Mr. Willis Lewis and Miss Eva
James were married at the residence
of the bride's parents on Thursday, No
vember 21 at North Loup. Both are
popular young people. Owing to the
illness of a sister of the bride, who
has been attending school at College
View, her father, I). S. James, was un
able to be present at the ceremony, he
having been unexpectedly delayed at
that place In caring for his daughter.
The Chancellor and Regents and
Faculty of the University of Nebraska
invite all the citizens of the state to be
present at the owning of the new
Library liuilding, on Tuesday evening,
December tne 10. The building will
be illuminated and attendants will be
present to make the inspection of in
terest to every person, lt is believed
that there Is no buildliig equal to it In
economy and thoroughness of con
struction. That this Is an extremely practical
age Is demonstrated by the fact that an
Omaha firm have put handkerchiefs on
the market that bave beeu blessed by
Hclilatter. Admitting that a grasp of
Schlatter's hand and his mutterings of
a prayer might bring relief, wheat virtue
can be bestowed upon a rag? This re
minds one of the days when love phil
ters and charms were sold and when
witches visited vengence on their ene
mies. But we do think the timely use
of handkerchiefs, blessed or otherwise,
preceded by copious applications of
soap and water, would Improve the
appearance of some of Omaha's citizens
so this handkerchief sale is not wholly
merit. Deshler Citizen.
About a year ago some sneak thief
broke Into the California Wine bouse
and stole a handsome clock, a sliver
pepper, a silver syrup pitcher, a silver
bottle stand and a silver clove and
coffee stand. Nothing was said about
it to anybody but the officers at the
time and they have been keeping their
eyes and ears open ever since to get
track of the stolen articles, and If pos
sible, catch the thief. They watched
and waited in vain, however, until last
Saturday night when Special Officer
Funk overheard a conversation which
gave lilm a club to the long lost silver
ware, and be and Officer Julian fouod
tbe missing articles burled in the
ground near a barn owned by Frank
Band berg, and be has beer, arrested for
the theft.
With all the cry of hard times and
drouth, short crops and low prices, the
people of Nebraska bare one thing to
be cheerful over the stats legislators
will not convene for anotntr year.
Sutton Times.
Rush O. Fellows bss retired from the
editorial control of tbe Auburn Post,
after having been In the position con
tinuously for sixteen yean. Ha baa
been sucosessdby W. H. WowelL re
osatly proprietor of (ha Yard on Ve
detta.