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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1896)
i IT irn. . .ytTTTTTTTTt P TTTf"fWHT HMMHf)" ''flF'Mif"rw'Wi" , , j... it I !K scjix cnimrr jcuml L. J. SMbMOMS. rtprl HARRISON. NEBRAffaTo, Quern Victoria says that "nbe Gov ernment of the United State have, etc." What's the matter with the Queen's English? Unless there are two belligerent forces In Cuba, which 8 pain denies, what possible obligation of neutrality raa there be upon us? A Kentucky genius has Invented an automatic bartender; but what that Bute seems to need most Just now Is an automatic undertaker. 'Iyove is the current from a powerful dynamo," remarks Ella Wheeler Wil cox.' Yes; but the divorce courts show that the wires are badly crossed. A Detroit man has Invented a ma chine which turns out needles at half the present cost of manufacture. There are a great many points in Its favor. A New York Theosophist declares that the coming man will have three eyes. He probably wlH need an extra one to keep track of the new woman. It Is possible the dissensions in the Salvation Army may be healed even if Toet Laureate Austin can be prevailed upon to keep his muse from mixing up In the affair. Now the New York papers are dis cussing the guilt or lnhocence of "Bat" Shea. As Mr. Shea was electrocuted, a popular verdict In his favor would leare him in a most unpleasant posi tion. The main trouble with flying ma chines is said to be to get sufficient impetus at the start, and to land with reasonable safety. Passengers will be particularly interested in the latter re quirement Spain denies that there Is any war In Cuba. How, then, can there be any obligation on the part of our govern ment to Interfere with perfect freedom of Intercourse between our citizens and anybody In that Island? Spain lost Mexico and all the rest of the Spanish American republics by the greed and oppression that came In with the first despot. In governing a colony Spain Is as clearly a case of ar resting civilization as China. A Terry, O. T., father-in-law who was thrashing the young man who had be come his son-in-law without first secur ing parental consent was struck in the head with a stick of wood wielded by his new relative and instantly killed. This exemplifies the beauties of the Eastern method of castigating a son-in-law through the press, thereby doing away with the danger and at the samo time managing to get a nice little bit of judicious advertising. An almost unexampled sight in litera ture, and surely one of the strangest and saddest, is the publication of the posthumous works of a living man. This Is being shown to the world by Naumann, the Leipzig publisher, who bas Just sent out the first two volumes of the works of Friedrich Nietzsche. Seven years ago Nietzsche began to be affected by a general paralysis. He waa at first sent to a malson'de sante, bat afterward was taken back to bis paternal home, where be has been cared for by his mother and sister. Little by little his mind and even his reason have faded out and he bas sunk beneath the level of the lower animals. Until lately, although be had become dumb and all thought was extinct In him, still he was able to walk about and to sit at table, and when his name was spoken he would sometimes look up. Now the last ray of intelligence 5s gone, and what was once one of the keenest and strongest philosophic minds of our day is merum sllentlum. At last It is reported from Philadel phia that Keely baa succeeded In har neaslng a real force In a real manner and will apply for letters patent on his Inrentlon as soon as be recovers from the effects of a recent accident This la suspicious, even if auspicious, seeing that for tbe large part of an ordinary lifetime tbe stockholders In the Keely Motor Company have been entertained at Intervals with a statement that in a little while a valuable discovery of his would be made public Of course, tbe fact that hope to them has been defer red, to many times and so long as to make the heart sick and the pocketbook lama is no proof Keely will not conquer at the last, but It may well be reason far refusing to believe till proof to tbe contrary Is furnished. , Tbe stockhold ers will merit hearty congratulations If It be found that their persistence la rewarded. In that event It will be a fortunate accident for them, whatever be the reeult to tbe world at large. But If Keely really baa stumbled upon a mall part of what be Is alleged to have beea kmtlag for aH these yean the re aaR may be aa astounding one, no less than a revotattotilslng of the theory of force and Its application to supplying taa wants of man. Yet a little while aad It win be known whether this Is the latest la a long series of broken prom ises or a justification of Keely claims before tbe world. - CsaSftetfCartetoa Coffin, a wen-known gatii aad aewspeper cerrespoadeat, Ctl la Bastes) WBiatry. Bis public t sf the the war sf the r-"-, asJ few sabasqasatly served ryr-ZH&mtMt Jar taa aaase aaas ... j C raws PiaalM war., Mr. Coffin's letters from the South were al ways clear, accurate and reliable, and It added to their value that be bad had preliminary training in engineering, telegraphy, and military matters. He was one of a group of brilliant corre spondents, including Joseph McCuI lagh, Junius Henri Browne, Colburn, Kk-Lard son and Thomas Knox (lately deceased), who left Cairo with the fleet In the spring of 18U2, but none among them wrote more brilliant and Interesting letters than those by Cof fin, which appeared over the familiar signature of "Carleton." The knowl edge which be gained In thi-se ex periences he subsequently put to good use In preparing an admirable series of war books for young people, which have been deservedly popular and suc cessful, lie was not only an excellent journalist, but an exemplary citizen, and always took a leading part In all municipal reform movements in bis na tive city, while as a member of the Legislature he performed equally use ful sen-Ice for the State. A discovery of extreme Interest has recently been made lu the science of photography which appears to leave no doubt that pictures are formed on the retiua of the living eye, which can be photographed from the eye after the object which formed the picture has leen removed from view. The experi ments which have resulted in this dis covery were made by W. Ingles Rogers, an amateur photographer, and are de scrilied in a recent number of Nature. The subject of the first exierlmeut was a shilling-piece. Mr. Kogers looked at the shilling for an entire minute. Then, having shut out some of the daylight from the room by means of a yellow screen, he. looked for forty-three min utes intently at a photographic plate, endeavoring during this time to keep in mind the appearance of the coin and think of nothing else. The second ex periment, mude In the presence of three other persons, was still more remark able In Its result A ptwtage-stamp was substituted for the shilling as the subject of observation, and was looked at for the same length of time one minute. In this case the experimenter gazed at the photograph plate for twenty minutes only. There is said to be an absence of detail In tbe picture which was developed from this plate, but Nature declares that "sufficient was seen to prove beyond doubt that the picture of ad object Impressed upon the retina can send out vibrations which will result In the production of an Image upon a sensitive plate." There has Just been a farmer's In surance convention held In Chicago and If one of the papers read to that body comes within any immediate vicinity of the truth there la a new and very puzzling factor Introduced In tbe finan cial problem now agitating this coun try. The speaker was H. F. Stapel, who is an acknowledged statistical au thority with the mutual companies. He spoke from the text: "God bless the rich corporations, tbe poor people can steal;" and under this satirical title, which served blm as a special pleader, he made some very startling state ments. He asserts that if seven of the old' line companies of the "level pre mium" persuasion keep right on flour ishing for the next twenty years as they afe now doing, they will practically control the monetary affairs of this nation. Mr. Stapel produced figures Intended ,to show that th Insurance companlesof the East take more money from the West in tbe shape of Interest and premiums than the East pays the West for all her grain and other products. Of course be speaks of these venerable organizations as monopolists and high way robbers, whose presidents become millionaires and who cover a multitude of sins by conscientiously maintaining a surplus, but these things are in the nature of denunciation rather than ar gument or fact What the situation de mands is that these seven companies be looked up and brought into court. If Mr. Stapel has not made some unpar donable blunder In bis figures, he has caught all tbe distinguished financiers napping. If the West Is being Impover ished as stated, If we are constantly paying out more than we are taking in and all tbe extortion yields wealth to these seven companies, there is but one thing to do and it cannot be done too soon. It is not to be thought of that a few Insurance organizations are to control tbe money of tbe United States, and, as tbe statistician puts It own us alL i Ways of tbe Moose. Ambrose seemed to know a great deal about moose, after alL He told the boys bow, back from tbe narrow valley and the swift winding stream, tbe country was all a wilderness; hillsides clad with birches, maples, and ever greens, and resting st their feet little lakes, so numerous that do man knew how many there were. Often, where these lakes were shallow, tbe yellow pond-Illy with lu oval leaves crowded the surfsce. At other seasons the tea der bark of mountaln-aabes and rftefefr woods are tbe favorite food of the moose; but now there is nothing be likes so well aa tbe long tubular roots of tbe lily. In the very early mornings and In the evenings, about the time of the harvest moon tbe full moos near est September 21 a hollow sound, not unlike tbe sound of distant chopping, may be beard. It Is the sound of moose calling to their mates, or tbe angry challenge of fierce rivals. It Is this sound which the hunter Imitates to at tract the moose. But there are only a few places where tbe moose will an swer sbs Dow spots la certain well known lakes, and It Is said te be near ly useless to call anywhere else. St Nicholas. . ' Most people show their greatest ge la staking their reKgioa eomfor aMy It their desires. Yibnsa, April 22. Baron Maurict de Hirsch, the great flnaoc:r and phi lanthropist, died Moi day night on bit estate at Pretbers, Hungary, from a stroke of apoplexy. Baron Msurice de Hi'sch, whose full name wsa Maurice de Hirsch de Gere- utb, was lorn in Munich sixty-three years ago. nil lather was a merer am in Bavaria, who for services rendered the state wss ennobled in 1869. Young Hutch went into business-at tbe age of seventeen, associating himself with tbe European banking house of Bis choffeheim 4 Goldsmidt. Before long his capacity as a financier t eeame evi dent, his moderate patrimony soon doubled itself and his personal influ ence wsa greatly increased by a mat rimonial alliance with Mile. Bischoff theim, daughter of the head of the banking bouse. He was the first to plan the system of railways leading from Buds Pesth in Hungary to Varna, on the Black sea. In 1885 the commercial eollspse of M. Lagrand Dumonceau, which shook the money world of Belgium to its founda tions, gave him his opportunity. He secured the most valuable of tbe as sets, including the Turkish railways, and by his valuable manipulation oi them, built up, in a quarter of a cea- ury, a fortune which equals that of the Rothschilds. No man who bas ac quired such vast riches has ever used them to better purposes. His chari ties in Austria and Germany are in numerable and his scheme for trans planting his unfortunate Russiad co religionists to South America cost what an ordinary person would consider a colossal fortune. In Egvpt and Euro pean and Asiatic Turkey many schoois, educational and industria',were founded and maintained by the baron. The baron was particularly fond of the sports of the turf and he main tained large racing stables. His princi pal residence of late years was in Paris, hut a great part of his time was spent in England. Cltlieuaand Circus right. Hutchison, Kas., April 22. Par ticulars of Monday's riot at St. John, Kas., were learned yesterday. Bond Bros.' circus wan exhibiting there and a number of "graters" attached to the how were running the gambling de vices. A fight ensued and over two hundred employes and roustabouts at tacked tbe rural is te. Police officers at tempted to arrest one of the circus men and when the show people refused to give him up citizens offered their assis tance to their officers. A bloody riot followed between the citizens snd the circus gang, and the latter, armed with canes, guns and tent stakes, won tbe battle. Charles Glasscock, a citizen of St John, was struck over tbe bead with a tent stake, and will die. Sack Hedges, a member of tbe circus, whose home is here, was badly injured. Another cir cus man was shot in tbe bip, and sev eral citizens were more or less injured. After the fight County .attorney Jen nings wired Governor Morrill, at Tope ks, for militia. Governor Morrill wired at midnight that troops would be order ed out at once, The Santa Fe people, however, would nut hold the train, and the circus men got away at 11:30 leet night for Dodge City. Governor Mor rill ordered a company from Newton. Dfsap pes. rune Arcownted For. Portland, Ore., April 22. After months of search, in which every police officer in Washington and Oregon bas taken part, tbe mysterious disappear ance of George A. Scott, one of the moat popular travelling men on tbe Pacific coast, has been explained. It has been found that Scott was the victim of as sassins near Izee. They slew him, took bis valuables and then destroyed by fire the cabin in which tbe crime was com mitted, and the body of the unfortunate drummer was cremated. Scott, who has travelled for the J. K. Gijl Book company of this city for ten yean, waa lost trace of near LeGrande in December last. A tew days ago while digging upon tbe former site. of a burned cabin about eight miles from Izee two young men of Cannon City found a number of hu man bones, a match box, charred leaves of books, buckles, etc., which were iden tified as having belonged to Scott. William Bars and Richard Hinkle, two young sheep herders, who occupied tbe cabin from the date of Scott's dis appearance until the time it was burned were immediately arrested and brought to tbs county jail. The circumstantial evidence against tbem is very strong. Tbe disclosures bare caused intense ex citement in the vicinity. That I Washington IS Catl. April 22. Tbe bcuse committee on Interstate snd foreign commerce yesterday further considered the several bills looking , to the con struction of a telegraph cable from the United States to China and Jspen, via the Hswaiian islands. A vote waa taken on a motion made by Mr. Ste wart of Nsw Jersey, to Ox tbe amount of subsidy at ii.ew.iAaj, and it was greed to without opposition. On Trial fa Mardar. CiKcmiuTi, 0M April 22. Scott Jack, son, the dental student, faoed tbs bar of justice 'a tbs Osmpbetl circuit court of Kentucky, at Rswport, yesterday morn Inc. to stead trial for tbs murder ol Pearl Bryan. The prisoner wsa quiet in his demesnor. At II cMosath state had sxsrdsed ons peremptory challenge oat of the permitted Irs and had sotepted Jurats. Tbs defense thrss out of the permitted fiftssa. Mbm a aiimBMi st-bo!, Washington, April "l In tbe Beasts tbe discussion of sectarian schools for Indian children was continued for S couple of boars. It ended in the adop tion of tbe amendment offered by Mr. Cockrell of Missouri. The bill aa It came from the douse appropriated tl.ltt.POO increase by the senate to 11,336,000 for support of day and in dustrial schools for Indian children. This appropriation was accompanied, however, by a provision atieolutely pro hibiting future payment for education of Indian children in sectarian schools. Mr. Cockrell's amendment was a sub stitute for that provision declaring that it is "the settled policy of the ' govern ment to make no appropriations what ever for the education of Indian chil dren in any sectarian school, just as soon as it is possible for a provision to be made for their education otherwise." It slso provided that the secretary of tbe interior may make contra -ts fur the present contract schools during the fiscal year 1897, to half tte amount used for the fii-cal year 1SU6. This amend ment was agreed to yeas 3d, nays 24. Mr. Sherman (rep., O.) chairman of the committee on foreign relations, of fered a resolution for the appointment of a committee of five 5entors to pro ceed to Alaska, after the adjournment 6f congress, and to inquire and report on the condition of the fishery industry, the condition of the fur seal fifberies snd the measures that should be adopted to progress and development of the peo ple of Alaska. The resolution was re ferred. Mr. Mitchell (rep., S. D.) addressed the senate in favor of the bill intro duced by him and referred back favor ably Irom the committee on pensions, extending the act of July 27, 1896, which grants pensions to survivors of the Blackhawk, Creek, Seminole and Cher okee Indian wars to the survivors of th e who served in various other wars from 1817 to 1856. The bill also in- ludes the widows of survivors. The s;itiiated number of beneficiaries un der the bill, Mr. Mitchell Hated, was 7,631. Under objection the bill remains n the calendar. CONTRACT INDIA!) SCHOOLS. The Indian appropriation bill was taken up and the amendment offered by Mr. Cockrell (dem.. Mo.) allowing Ihe contract Indian se.ho Is to be con tinued until 1R98 in cases where, if they were discontinued, the children could not be eincatel in government schools, but prohibiting it absolutely after July, 1898, was agreed to by a vote of 38 to 24. The Cockrell amendment is a substi tute for that provision of the house bill Shich prohibits payment for education :n sectarian schools and which directs the secietary of the interior to make ill need. ul regulations to prevent such payments. At 2 p. m. the bond resolution was laid before the senate and went over in formally under the unanimous consent igret in e lit. Consideration of tbe Indian bill waa proceeded with. The amend men t of the committee on appropriations, striking jut the two items for Indian pupils at Hampton, Va., and at Lincoln institu tion, Philadelphia, were disagreed to ird those items remain in the bill. -" A long but not very important nor in teresting debate was carried on up to the time of adjournment on questions involving allotments of lands to Indians in severalty in the Indian territory Cberokees, Choctaw, Creeks and "squaw"' men were difcussed, The bill went over without final action. ripeaaer llysra Nennr Munlerd. I)s Moimks. Ia., April 23 Speaker H. W. Byers of the Iowa house of rep lesen'atives was nesrly n.i'rderrd Tues day night at his home at Harlan. He had acted as attorney for Col. A. R. lack, and they had just tellled their ac- wunts. Jack sent for Bvers to come to bis office, which he did. Arriving there lack, who is about twice as large as the spenker, locked the door, put tbe key in his pocket and ar.n unced that there was going to be trouble. He pre sented Byers with a check for $150 and demanded that the speaker sign it He refused and Jack assaulted him. He threw the speaker down and pound' ed bim viciously. Byers became in sensible as a result of the treatment and Jack came to his senses and was (earful he had committed murder. He desisted from tbe punishment and, went sway. Byers was caryl for snd taken borne. His face was badly hurt and his back wrenched, but it is announced that his injuries are not dtngeroua. Trying to Save HolnM Hrck. Philadelphia, Pa., April 23. Lawyer fiamuel P. Rotan, who defended H. H. Holmes, the convicted murderer of Ben jamin F. Pitxel admitted that Attorney McCaffrey of this city , bad wired Cor oner Castor of Indianapolis to come to Philadelphia. This mors is ia connec tion with the effort that will be made to have Holmes' death sentence com muted to imprisonment for life, but what particular part it will play bas not been learned. Assistant District At tomev Barlow read of the proposed visit of Coroner Caster with evident sormiss. "Whatever tbe gams is," bs said, "it is too lets; I do sot anticipate any farther twiner aooui iioimea. Deals turn V ef tke Italia. Wasbisotos, April 23. Poetmae- ter-Geoeral Wilson yesterdsy denied the privileges of the mails to three firms sending circulars throughout tbe country offering to asll marked cards, loaded dice aad other gambling devices to defraud. They art Ogden A Co., 115 Clark street, aad George Mason Co., Its Dearborn street, Chicago, aad , the Americas Novatty estaatay of Oo- htmtwm ft Tka ArbUrUo lfilio. Washisstos, April 24. The national arbitration convention assembled in Metserott ball yesterdsy forenoon. A paper by Prof. John Bassett Moore ol Columbian university, ex-aaistant sec retary of state, on the advantages of s permanent system ot arbitration was read by Professor Capen, Mr. Moore being unable to atteo i. Mr. Morrill E. Gates. LL. D., of Am herst college, discussed tbe problem of arbitration in its relation to tbe prin ciples of international law. Rev. J. W. Bathman of Tennessee was the next speaker. He said that the older men present knew the miery which came from war. Knoeing hat it meant, he argued all to pleail for eternal peace. Mr. E. V. Smalley, now of St. Paul, Minn , formerly a well known Wash ington newspaper rot respondent, ad dressed the convention While he fav ored arbitration, he thought the United States should first strive for the su premacy of the commercial world. Mr. Carl Sthurx, replying to Mr. Smalley, said thst il we were to In come a sea power we must maintain a navy equal to that of Great Britun and France combined. Mr. A. II. Love of Philadelphia con tended that t lie intention of the con ference was to consider the establish ment of a great court of arbitration and not the building of navies. Gen. O. O. Howard was introduced by Chairman Edmunds as a "man o! peace, who knew something of "war. ' He favored arbitration. The army ami navy, however, could not he atioliched, but were needed for use as a great inter national ol,ce force. Mr. Skinner of New York presented for reference, to the committee on res olutions the memorial of the bar asso ciation of New York, which was handed to the president a few days ago, and Mr. Doniphon of Missouri offered the following resolution retarding Cuba: "That we view with great regret and ahhorence the cruel and unnatural war fare now being waged by the !el!iKer ents in the island of Cuba and we ask the aid of all civilized and Christian nations of the world in using all legiti mat means to stop the flowing of blood and destruction of property in that Ill fated island." IMrd la Ilia C hlr SixoSino, N. Y., April 24. -There was a double execution by electricity at the state prison here yesterday morn ing, the victims were Ixiuis P. Herrman and Charles Pustolka, both of New Y'ork city, both Germans and both wife mnr ierers. Herrman shot and killed his wife during a quarrel on July 17, 18-5, and Pustolka stahlied his Siouse to death on Angiint 2H laH Urause he suspected her of infidelity. Herrman was brought into the elec trocution chamber at al:16 and 11 :17:30 the current was shot through bis body. After fifty seconds it was turned ofl and Ir. Irvine, the physician of the prisoner, made an examination, as a re.'ult of which he announced that the man wm not dead. At 11 :l'.l the current was again furned on at full force for five seconds. An other examination was made by I'r, Irvine, and the other doctors present. At 11:21 Herrman was pronounced dead Herrman's bodv was removed from the chair and placed on a dissecting table in a room adjoining the electrocution chain !x-r, and a new set of witness I were admitted to see the second exe cution. I'ustoika was brought into the room at 11 :42. He did not make an exciting scene, but walked firmly to the chair. At 1 1 :43 :20 the signal was given by Dr. Irvine and the current was applied (or fifty seconds. After a little more than minute it was tnrned on sgaln for five seconds ami at 11 :4ft the doctors de clared the second victim dead. Both executions were pronouced en' tirely successful. In tha Court Kooin. Cincinnati, O., April 24. In the Jackson trial tbe defense began a fight sgsinst the testimony of Mayor Cald wen oi uncinuati. The lore noon waa consumed in expert testimony. Dr. Fnhback contradicted Dr. Jenkins on several technical points regarding coagu lation of blood. The two physicians. although differing somewhat in techni cal points, are agreed that Pearl Bryan was beheaded while she was yet alive. Dr. W. D. Litter of Leesbrough. Ky knew Scott Jackson for six months pre vious to his arrest. He wss present at a conversation in tbe two prisoners' room between Jackson snd 'Walling about tbe effects of cocaine. This about ten days before, the finding of the body. Mrs. Bryan testified to tbe fact that Scott Jackson had been a frequent caller st her boms in Greencastle; sbs identified the clothing on exhibition as that of bar daughter. Dr. G. I. Cullen said s bead could be cut ofl in thirty seconds. Druggists U. 0. Uhland of Sixth street said: "Scott Jsckson came into my store late In the morning of January 29 aad wanted a drachm of cocaine. I did not have so much in the store snd told that If bo would coma back in an hour I would have it He returned, but 'ound that bs had not money enough A aiawlat- Uaalaaaa SUa. Los Ahoclss, Cel., April 24. The police yvaterdsy arrested s Russian Jew named Simon fkbullman, who is wanted la Denver to answer to three indict ments charging him with blowing up buildings sad collecting insurance. He sssapod from Denver when he saw bis soeraliont wsrs discovered and came hare. Hs Is said la bars been con- ssraed la four explosions sod fires la a a wawvw wuere several people were kilted.. Ifflebraeka IRotes j In Banner county Lay is worth but 75 cents per ton. Curtis was incorporated at a vidage ten years ago this month. The s il in Nuckolls ounty is well soaked to a depth of ten feet. The initiation fee to Fremont lodge, A. O. U. W., has len cut to 7. Wakefield will have wide open saloons this year. Last year it had tbe "hole in the wsll" system. The Springview (Kev a Paha county) Herald is a pair that the village should feel very proud of. The Jfeligh Advocate thinks that the fight in the Third congressional d.str.ct will be between K-es Hammond snd Judge Norris. R L. Kassiter of Columbus is iut- nishing the new psper ol that cut weeklv budget of war reminiscence., ntensely interesting. Dodge county sheep men expect to bring from the ssitiiuui .. during the summer, to he fattened lor the eautern market, Beruar Kerman, one of the early set- tiers in Holt county, is eigiuy-"" years old and mentally and physically as vigorous ra anybody. A httle eirl of Norfolk while, playing on the school grounds was belted in the mouth with a baseball, carelessly thrown, and has one less tooth. Mrs. W. M. Mears of Wayne has a broken shoulder blade. Her son driving snd turned sn acute angle, up setting the buggv. "That's why." Stanton county republicans in con vention assembled took a vott on choioe for governor resulting in 64 for tugeue Moore, 5 for Meiklejohn and 1 for M Nish. Miss Edith Hu-ininaer stood on a high chair to remove some loose paper from the ceiling. When she eauie down, it was with sufficient force to lracture her arm. Thomas Earlier of Nellgh disturbed a religious meeting, and the cadi before horn he was subsequently dragged. taxed him a sum total of nine and one half dollars. Elder J. R. Roades of Beatrice is writ- ing a history oi me nrei vuruuau church of Beatrice, in the Christian News, published at Bethany. Il is an inUres.ing story. The baseball enthusiasts in the north east Kebra-ka circuit are warming up and clubs are Wing organised in nearly every town. Creighton expects to lend the list this year The court house bond proposition car ried in Bcone county by a large ma jority, and Albion people frel jubilant over the prospect of a good sized build ing boom to follow. Joe Roliert", the little step-fon of W. 0. Britton of Beaver Crossing, at tempted to hold a team of runaway horses, hut was finally spilled out and suffered a broken arm. Henry Ashe, an aged farmer of Platte county, committed suicide because of a cancer on his lip that made life burden some. He was well to do and leavss a wife and four grown sons. I). A. Cochran of Banner county has been arrested on a charge of cattle stealing. He lately shipped a car load to St. Joe that Alonto I'i lifer claims were rustled from his herd. The mill dam at Ansley couldn't stand the liinh pressure from the recent rains, and went out with a rush. The mill wheels of the milt are at rest while a new dam is being constructed. The Chambers Bugle has suspended. Lack of patronage is the cause. The dreams of fame and fortune w hich its editors had when they took possession few months ago has gone glimmering. The Lyons creamery Isst year took in 3,799,725 gallon i ot milk and madu 130,022 pounds of butter for which they received 28,771.80. The net price per pound for the butter after all charges were paid H cents. -Tbe Ansley Advocate says thst Kon- rad Gebhart bad bis coat caught in tbe wheels of a broadcast seeder and sustained a very painful wound in his right side before he could get his team topped. His coat was torn to shreds. Ira Hamilton of Plainview has a broken arm. He was amusing himself heaping contumeloui epithets upon Phillip Sires which were borne in silence until forbearance ceased to be a virtue. Besides a broken arm, Ira has a very sore nose. Postmaster D. F. Davis and wifs of Columbus were notified by wire to come to Chattanooga at once, as their little daughter, stopping with her grandpar ents, was at the point of death. She has been troubled for some months with valvular heart disease. The Antelope Tribune states that Gates college at Nellgh has tbs largest enrollment of students it ever bad dur ing any spring term. The faculty, are urging the used ot a new building, the rapidly Increasing attendance necessi tating mors dormitory and recitatioa rooms, ; A few wssks ago Steve Scales of Minnesota purchased a ranch at New castls. Last week aa irate maidea whom be bad promised to marry traced him up. Hs immediately fled lor Ions, aad taking a terry went to Elk Point, nothing daunted, sbs fol lowed Urn, aad at the latter ptaca bad him sr rested aad takes to their former homa. B. B. Woods has started a paper si Smlthasld called MPraottesJ Farai Rsws." It sails at a dollar a year.