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, , , - ' w - WEYLER IS IN THE HILLS MnQTering Around Maceo Bat Keep ing Hu Whereabouts Hidden- SITUATION IS GROWING CRITICAL A Hit Eittn' l AIlrlpid Boon UvB IU March Wcf lor Call Out Mora Troop Near Yaara. IliriM, Dec. 5 The people of Ma rina are atill in the dark so far as the movements of General Weyler are con cerned. If the authorities have had any tiling definite from him since he went into camp near Lot Palaeioa they are keeping their information to themselves They state that they are ignorant of his prone nt position, but they know he is carrying out in detail the plan of cam paign prepared before he left Havana. The situation was never more inter esting and critical thin now and every one is anticipating events of importance. All minor engagement are the govern DieDt reports of vicLories are lost sight of in the anticipation of greater things. It is believed here that General Go mez is in rch inn down from Matauzae provinca to Guinea, in Havana province and -roru there to (J livican. He did this once, and it is admitted that he can do it again, while so many troops a'e occupied with Msceo. His object is to harass tlie troclia in the rear and dis tract attention from Maceo. It is reported that General Weyler will issue a decree on New Year's day, calling out for military service every male Spanish subject on the island be tween the age of eighteen and forty-five. The n-port is not generally credited, but it has already caused great consterna tion. Rumors regarding Maceo are many, but little attention is paid to them. The only definite news from the province of Pinar del Rio is that the commands of Generals Melquizo and Inclan have pad encounters with the rebels. A party of rebels who ma-le an attack at Ft. Razen, province of Santiago de Cuba, were repulsed They were pur- sued by the local guerillas, who killed six insurgents B'id wounded fourteen. The troops had one officer and four privates wounded. Colonel Torto reports that his com mand has defeated the rebels under Castillo and other leaders at Mezorono, province of Havana. The rebels lost fwenty-three killed, while the Spanish loss was six killed and eleven wounded. The district court of Matanzas has siven a decision in the case of Oscar Ospedos, an American c tizen, who was captured in the field and held as a pris oner of war in Ban Severino castle, Matanzai. The court holds that he must be handed over to a military trib unal for trial. AX ERLT RATTLE LOOK El) FOR New York, Dec. 5. A dispatch to the Herald from Havana, via Key Vest, cays : It in known that General Weyler has 1-ift Palacios again for the hills, but no definite report of what he has accom plished has reached here. Maceo's friends realise the gravity of the situa tion, but still they show no signs of un easiness. Their confidence is unshaken. It is believed Maceo has met an ex pedition from Campece, Mex., at Punta Barreoo, which brought him fresh stores and an additional supply of dynamite. , It is not true that Maceo will quit his position, but will continue to occupy Pi oar Del Kio, as any move out of the now would lie virtually a confession of his defeat. Maceo, is in supp led, has returned with new supplies and calmly waiting an assault by General Weyler on his stronghold. t omari IJlra Voluntarily. New Yoke, Dec. 5. Eliza CummingH, a widow, lifty-flve years of age, of Hills loro, O., who csrce o this city Novem ber 21 to be treated for nervous prostra tion, committed suicide yesterday morn ing by jumping from the fifth lloor of Hotel Empire, Sixty-third street and the lioulevard. A lapralo .Jerked lln-. Orlando, I. T., Dec. 5 A man hunt that has Deon In progress since lant fii'e tembcr, when Hill Doolinand Dick Don elon, alias Dvnamite Dick, escaped from the Guthrie jail, ended in an en counter yesterday near Kildarn, in which DynamiU Dick was killed and Hon Cra vens, another member of the gng of outlaws, was wounded. The pursuing posse came upon the two unexpectedly near Kihlare at 8 o'clock yesterday morning und opened fire. Dynamite Dick was shot and mortally wounded, and Cravens surrendered after receiving a shot in the right arm. There are re ward aggregating $1,00 for the cap tare of Dynamite Dick, who is guilty of half a dozen murders, and $300 is offered lor thi arrest of Craven. The prisoner and the corpse will be taken to Guthrie by Deputy Mar'hal Cox and his depu ties, who madrt the capture. It is hinted that Cravens, being tired of the chase bad given inf. rmation of bis chief's movements and was to he dealt with lightly. The death of Dyna-'iite Dick removes the last of the irang of desperados that have terrorized the settlers in the terri ory since Its first settlement. Too ( refill of liar Money. Cimoaoo, Dec. 5. Mrs. Paul Freeseof 4739 Halstead street drew $4,000 from the First National bank yesterday with which she intended to pay off a mort gage on her home, and then, i'r tak ing precaution against robbers by con cealing the money in different parts of her clothing, she lost half of the amount on the street. 8he tied $2,000 In her handkerchief and on reaching the ofllce where the expected to discharge her debt, she found tbit the had fbit It y.irm rajlarau Kir West. Fla , Dec. 4. Passenger who arrived 1 ro n Havana report that Weyler's campaign in Pinar del Rio K lar is a complete failure, despite the f.cl that be has over sixty thousand men in the province. When Weyler left Artemis be formed a column of ten thousand infantry, fifteen hundred cav alry and ten pieces of artillery and marcbel skirting the base of the bills on the s mibern side and seek rig an opening to attack Maceo, who isstiongly fortified on top of the hills. It appears tbat Maceo has gathered all his fort and is now entrenched in the bills wait ing Weyler' attack. There is no truth, it is said, in the report that Maceo has divid d his forces into small bands to elud combat, and it is further declared that it is known on good authority that Weyler has no view of meeting Maceo. Gom t, with a large force, is reported steadily advancing west. He is now re ported in Santa Clara province and It is aid is coming with 20,000 men. There a'e more shcking details of Lopez Coloma's eiecuti n. Gen. Ma tinez Campos, it is sai i, is indignant at the injustice committed in xecuting Coloma- Camp s obtained the queen's pardon ior him and sent a telegram so advising. The message arrived at noon, but reports say Weyler p icketed .it and ordered the execution to pr jced. The rebels trapped twenty-four gueril las near Quivican recently. All were killed with machetes. The fact was never reported by the papers. It is rumored that RMoff has arrived with an expedition. He came from Campeche, Mex. There is great interest in Havana con cerning President Cleveland's message and the action of congress thereon. RKI1EL OR.VKRAL EILI.RD. New York, Dec. 4. ).'tws was re ceived yesterday from Cienfuegos, Cuba, by Julio de Castro of thh city to the effect that Maj r-(ieneral Serefln San chez was killed in an engagement at Ls Damaa Santa Clara province. The dis patch, which is dated November 24, confirms the Spanish reports of a few days ago, which the Cubans in this city believe to be untrue. The death of Serefln Sanchez is a severe blow to the insurgents. The battle in which he met his death occured on November 20. An expedi tion was expected from Jamaica and part of the forces of Generals Carrillo and Sanchez started for the coast to re ceive it. Ibe insurgents numbered about 1,200 men, but before reaching the point where the expedition was to disembark the column was attacked by S.OitO Spanish soldiers under General Lu'iue. A desperate battle ensued, which lasted five hours, darkness mak ing It impossible to continue the fluht. In the battle the Spaniards suffered a loss of 170 killed and ninety wounded. The Cuban Iocs was forty-three killed and twenty-six wounded. To Mfc the Blind Hi . St. Lorw, Dec. 4. Dr. Helier Robarts of this city whose varied successful ex periments with the X rays have at tracted -ide attention, has recently di rected his experiments to benefitting the blind. The claimed results of thee experiments called adverse criticism from Nikola Tesla, which will shortly appear in the Electrical Review. This criticism was shown to Dr. Roberts yes terday, to which be replied ; "Professor Tesla is wrong In s'ating that I have promised sight to the totally blind. I claim, however, that progress has been printed with me in which I disclaim the possibility of making prac tical use of the X ray in the totally blind, with our present knowledge. We know of no material that will reflect the X ray. The ray must be focused up in the optic nerve if we get the conception of forms, but this is not nece-sary to get the impression of the X ray and the changing Influence created bypassing opacities. I cannot state at this time what, i! any, beneficial results may be obtained from the use of the X ray with the nervous ami hemorreagic blind Long, president use alone can tell." While Dr. Itobarts was talking a nurfc ber of students from the Missouri school for the blind came into hie office. One of them was named Oeorge Smith. He is about eighteen years old and can see nothing. He cannot locate an electric light in a room. To prove, his assertion Dr. Robarts put the boy's face to the fluoroscope and turned on the current. Between the Crookers tube and the fluoroscope the little board to which the leaden letters A. B. 0. were pas ed was adjusted Smith recognized them. Another student from the blind school named Ixuig Smith was then tried. He can see lights and shadows, but cannot make out letters. In a bright electric light he could not read the leaden let ters on the board. With the fluoroscope be could easily distinguish them. "Professor Tesla says you cannot see these letters with the X rav any butter than without," said the doctor to the boy. "Proleseor Tesla doesn't know," he answered. "I know what I see. With out the X ray it Is all a blur." "All that has been done so far," said Dr. Robarts, "is merely groundwork. If no advance is made from now on, what has been so far developed will be utterly worthless from a practical standpoint. We must simply keep on working in the hope that future discoveries may utilize and make it of practical value." Uood Frlecs Kur lloraos. Lexinoto, Ky., Dec., 4. At the Eaa ton sale yesterday imported Candelmas, the thlrtcen-yearold hrother of St. Blaise, was sold to J. B. Haggin of Cali fornia for $J5,000. Mr. Haggin also bought imported Ordor lor 128,000. W. S. Barnes of this city was the contend ing bidder. Vlctorine, aged nine years, the dam of Ornament and Whyota went to John Markay of California, for $10, 000. Mr. Mackav also bought Cavalier, a 14-vesr-old stallion, by Prince Charlie, for 14,000 STORM PROVES SERlOlb People of tbeDakotMin a Sad Condi tion md fuel Scarce. SNOW IS BLOWN UP WITH DYNAMITE K.llroad Tr.nto I U'n ulle-i- lamina ! Making li.ro id.-A roe liody Hacoverad. Faroo, N. D., Dec. 1. Fuller reports or the lute storm show it to have been far more ferious than was at firH eup prwed. The drifts in cuts are six to fourteen feet deep and are frozen like Ice mixed with sand. Dynaviite is be ing used to loosen up this snow. The southwestern branch of the Northern Pacific to I.isl)on and Edgely is still Irozen op and people in the towns along the line are out of wood and coi l and there seems no propped of opening the roads for three or four days. Small towns al m the main line of the North ern Pacific are out of fuel. In a wreck of a snowplow yesterday morning John Talhnan, a fireman, had a leg broken, bis head badly scalded and received i-erioiis internal injuries. Bihmarck, N. D.. Dec. J The North ern Pacific is still blockaded. Its coast train, which should have reached Mm neapolis on Thursday, is stuck in a snow drift t New Salem, forty miles west of here, and cannot move until a nnow plow clears the track. In some deep cuts snow is drifted on the track to a depth of fifty feel. A coal fa. nine pre vails here and there will be much suf fering unless iclief is afforded at once, BarnkfiVille, Minn., Dec. 1. Traffic west of here has been completely stopped for two days. An engine and snowplow left here Sunday to open the line to Grand Forks. A large number of freight and passenger trains are stalled here and in consequence the ho tels are reaping quite a harvest. Helena, Mont., Dec. 1 There is much apprehension in regard to the cattle industry this winter. The sever ity of the weather for the past few nays and the fact that there is considerable snow on the ranges are ominous of future losses. Stephen. Minn., Dec. 1. Passenger trains hsve been stuck in snow drifts in the late storm have had to Engineers and fir -men shovel snow all night in the worst blizzard bad for years in order to keep the engine alive. Although but a short distance horn trie water tana they were unable to reach it. Engineer Winney's engine ran down to the tank for water and fuel with the cars only l.O'O feet away. The storm filled ths track behind them, and the engineer and fireman were compelled to stay at 1 the tank. No one dare truet himself in the weather, and during the entirs I night the two worked to keep tl e en gine alive and shoveled snow in the 'hope of getting back to he train. At the end of fourteen hours they suc ceeded in getting back over the 1,000 feet. They suffered greatly from ths cold. ! Moouheaii, Minn , Dec. 1. The hotly Kgt Mmiioit of Thomas Anderson, who periched in Philadelphia, Dec. 2. William Ten Thursday's storm, was found yesterday ney Cannon, a student at the Jefferson mornin half a mile northeast of ths medical college and a brother of United home of Miss Daniels, whom he escortel States Senator Cannon of Utah, was home from work Thanksgiving night, eued yesterday by his fellow students. His coat was missing. Anderson was missing. Anderson was sixteen jean of age. It was on his return home hs lost his way. Great. Ira (Inrga. Ciiii'I'kwa Falls. Wis., Dec. 1, Ths Chippewa river iH backing up onto ths streets in the, lo-ver section of the city, Its rice is due to a large ice gorge formed ( iht miles below, near Eau Claire. All basements on River and Spring Btreeti are filled with water and residents and occupants of business placta on Hivei street are moving out. The ice gorue U four miles long ami twentv feet high. Five hundred men are al work with dynamite endeavoring to break it The intense cold retards the work and ice is forming rapidly. Unless gorge is broken inside of twenty hours great disaster is feared. new ths -fotn Cabana Twk a City. New York, Dec. 1. The first definite: news ic the shape of details regarding the capture of the town of Guayamore, in the district of Camaguay, Cuba, by the patriots, arrived in this city yester day in the form of the personal lettel from Governor Calixto Garcia to tin junta in New street It was dictated to. one of his adjutants, who brought it , this city. The report of the siege and c ttire, which was cabled hero sometime ago, has been denied by the Spanish author ities, but the Cuban leaders in this city declare tbat General Garcia's lettel leaves no doubt now that the report wa correct. It states that the siege of ths garrison of 2U5 men in the twelve small forts in the town lasted twelve days. When the officers surrendered the Cu bans took as p-isoners all the men In charge of the forts, which included on, captain, two lieutenants, two sub-lieu tenants, eighteen sergeants, one surgeon and ftfteon corporals. All the officer were paroled, but tho men were sent tq the mountains to work on the Cuban plantations. The examination of ths Cuban government provides for the re lease of these prisoners, and it was af the request of the men that they wen sent to tho plantations. Mm Maiy t oll Pn itl. Oakland, Cal., Dec. 1. Mrs. Marj B. Colt, widow of the lato Judge Jamef B. Colt of Harvard, Conn., nd brothel of the Inventor of the Colt revolver, died requesting the police to hold the body t the residence of her daughter, Mrs, ( of the Kimball hotel suicide who bad Geo. Edwards, In Berkeley. She loayej i registered as E. L. Bryan hntil further two sons, Norman B. Colt of Seattle, particulars were received from him by Wash., nd James B. Oolt of Washing) i letter. Although it is generally sup ton, D. C, and by a former husband I posed the body i that of Edgar Lyttli daughter, Mrs. Florencnco Wanton, o MaT ZVXlZ o i i r. . i . i j I positively identified. It is not believeo; Salvador, Central America, and a ton, , tha t,e mln.. rjKnt nm9 WM put Pingl ton Wilson, of Lan Luis Obispo. -n the. hotel wist t'AKSOr HIIKAk i.eji of Chippewa Fal'a In r carrot Mood. DD(ar or a Chifi ewa Fai Lit. Wis., Dec 2. The Chippewa rivc is gorged at twenty points and the barking up of the water is becoming quite alarming. At this point the water has crept up from the bridge to the po-jtoffice, two blocks back from ti e river, and the river is now twenty-four feet above the high water mark. The Wisconsin Central tracks are covered with water two feet deep nd the road uses the Omaha tracks, the transfer being made at Eau Claire. Duncan creek, a tributary to the Chip pewa river here, is also doing much damage, as the water is backing up in it from the main, river. The Chippewa Lumlier and Boom company's mills and lumber yards are all under water and every resident and business firm on River street have moved out. The very latest s that an ice gorge is forming just below the falls. It is the opinion of river men that this will be the saving of the city; that it will scatter the water on the low lands above the falls and give the water below the falls a chance to recede. At Flambeau Farm the river ran over its hank", destroying 3o0 head of live stock and ruined a dozen farms and buildings. It is feared that the couise of the river will be changed, throwing it completely on the town and completely inundating it. In that event, heavy loss of property and life cannot be averted. The bottom lands are covered with water and a great loss of live stock has been reported by farm ers. In making its way past the region where the flood is raging, a train on the Wisconsin Central, running from St. Paul to Chicago, lost more than two hours. Finally it succeeded in reaching Irvine Station, a small place near Chip pewa Falls. As far as a mile on every side of the town, including Irvine Station itself, the water has reactW such a height that men and animals can nolonger ven ture out with safety. From 700 to 1,000 men ere at work and the scene was dotted by lights of lanterns used in the work. It is decided by the residents that the use of dynamite might save their homes and the town from destruc tion. Lat night sticks of the strong powder were exploded in the endeavor to break the ice gorge. Meanwhile i w(,poIIB ioa,jej wjtn household goods an,i tne portable possessions of residents were being hauled away to places oi Bafoty jn the woods to the eas of the city. The flood in Wisconsin river contin ues, and at Granite Heights, ten miles north of Wauxau, the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul tracks are under water for some distance. This water is thinly sheeted with ice, which is not strong enough for transfer and yet is th Ml enough to seriously impede any attempt to clear the track. No part of the track is yet washed out, but it is not considereu safe to run through the water. There in total BUperipion of railway trallic on the Wabash & Durrant section of the same road. Cannon's misadventure arose over the resentment of the studentB against a re cent ortler of the faculty, to which Can non submitted. The faculty oidered that, on and after yesterday, all stu dents would be required to show receipts for their tuition fees before entering a lecture rooru. The students took ex ception to this order and determined to snow their resentment by remaining away from lectures When Dr. Henry C. Chapman entered his class room to 1 'dure on physiology Cannon was the Dnly student on the benches before him. The other students collected outside the door and when Cannon issued from the class room at the end of the lectuie he was greeted with a howl of indignation and bespattered with eggs. Dr. E. E. Montgomery, professor of clinical gyne cology, attempted to protect Cannon, and he was the target for three or four eggs. Cannon says he will return to lectures today. Ulaaa Makers Jool. Indianapolis, Intl., Dec, 2. The win dow glass manufacturers of the United States were in session all day yesterday, completing their labors Bhortly after 6 o'clock. The result was the reorganiza tion of both the old associations, that in the east to be called the Pittsburg Win dow Glass company, and that in the west the Western Glass company. An ironclad agreement of great length was drawn up and signed by all the manu facturers present. Each company has practically the same constitution and it contei'iplates that all the members theroof shall turn over the products of their respective factories to the sales agent of the company, who shall sell the glass to jobbers and account to the fac tory for the price of the glaBS, reserving 6 per rent for a general fund for the use of the association. At the end of each year this reserve fund is returr-ed to the manufacturers according as they have contributed to it, or rather a por tion of it, tor the association always retains a certain amount, from which fines and penalties can be taken. To Identlrj it Suicide. Ciiicaoo, Dec. 2. A telegram was re ceived at police headquarters yesterday from George W. Tingle of Rodney, la., RAMON WILLIAMS EXPLAbS Q ti Forth His Bet, on f Eesignisg the CooeaUhip in Gabs.. HE WA TCO ACTIVE A WORKER HU Vlsrllanea For Amer'r . Intrrenta Arouted the Enmitr 01 tha I apt In Oeiirral and of Spain Aalted to Kcalga. New York, Dec. 2. Ramon O. Will iams, e i -con i-nl general of the United States at Hav tna, arrived at his home in Brooklyn Tuesday, from a trip t in ugh England, France and Sj ain. He consented to talk for the fim time concerning the circumstances of his resignation from office Ust year, which was surrounded by fome mystery, and the reasons for which have ; before been made public. There w-s talk at tl e time that Mr. Williams and Secre tary of State Gresham differed regard ing the policy of this government to ward American citizens, but General Williams declined to discuss that point. He said that his resignation was because his activity iu the cast s o American citizens under arrest made i i persona non grata to the Spanish ' verment, and made bis residence in Havna un pleasant. The particular episode in which Mr. Williams incurred the dis like of Spain, he says, was his insistence that Sanguilly, Aguirre and Carillo, who were arretted February 24. 1895, as in surgents and court-martialed, should be tried in the civil courts, under Article vii of the treaty of 1795, Mr. Williams said: "... f : . "Both the captain general and the in sular secretary, of state were entirely ignorant of the distance of Article vii The captain general became offended because I demanded the transfer from military to civil jurisdiction, and the case was reported in such a manner to the Madrid governor-nt. as to almost provoke the revocation of my extqua tur. I was guided in this by a recollec tion of similar ctses which had come under my notice in Cuba. I was a young man. employed as clerk in Havana, in 1851, when the Crittenden's men were shot, regardless of the tTeity of 1795. I was a merchant in Havana when ths Virginiuis' men were shot in 1S73, an al most similar case. Again, while I was there, Zeccanea, an Italian-American citizen, who had gone, representing cer tain Spanish element!, to negotiate terms of peace with the insurgents in the ea-tern department during the last insurrection in 1878, an I who was ar rested by the Spanish force's, tried by court-martial, condemned to death and hot in the fort of Cabanas, where San guilly and the Competitor prisoners are now held, regardless of the safeguards the tieaty of 1895, and the safe conduct given him by the Spanish minister at Washington. The recollection of these cases enabled me to make quick and earnest defenses of those men, and it was this action on my part that gave offense to the Spanish authorities in Cuba. . ' "I was then in Washington. Acting on the lule that no man of self-respect would want to return or enter any place where he believes he is persona non grata, and, therefore, not welcome, Ire solved not to continue longer in the po fition of consul general to th island, and signified my desire to resign. The circumstances, however were of such a character that I went bsck to Havana, resumed office and continued the de- lense oi jangumy untjll 'tie case was transferred to the civil uirts. A few weeks before the case of lie American citizens, Jose Cepro, who id been ar rested and subjected to urt-marlial, arid several American citiz. ns had been t eated the same way, and, in conse quence, I was not able to present my re signation in due form until February, 18." Mr. Williams said that he returned to H ivana only on the earnest solicitation of President Cleveland, himself, and .!.!. 1 ll.n, UaA.nt... i. 1 J- quent illness and death occurred too soon to admit of his personally explain ing to the s-ecretary his views on the matter. The l'lilir Debt (iron. Washington, 1 c 3 The statement of the public debt is u d Tuesday shows. that on November 30 the deht, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $905, 769, 159, and increase for the month of $8, 270,203. This increase is accounted for by a corresponding decrease in the amount of cash on hand. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debt, $847,364,520; debt on which inter est increased since maturity, $1,591,(120; debt bearing no interest, $372,170,117; total, $1,221,126 27. This, however, does not include $567,523,923 in certificate and treasury notes outstanding, which are offcet by an equal amount of cash in the treasury. The cash in the tieasury is recapitulated as follows, cents omit ted : Gold, $169,527, 101 ; silver, $609,6M, 450; paper, $1;-,9,616,'55 ; bonds, disbus ing officers' balance', etc, $17,137,872; total, $8935,901,529. against which there are demands liabilities anioui.iing to $610,604,481, which leaves acas'u balance in the treasury of $225,357,098, New Wnu'a 8tr- nj. London, Dec. 3. The Daily News con tains an eulogistic article on the nomin ation of Kir Samuel Strong, chief justice of the Dominion of Canada, as privy councillor, which will enable him to ait on the judicial committee. The Daily News comments upon the fact that the law does not provide a salary lor thess colonial judges, and it advocates radi cal reform of legislation amalgamstlaft the peers' appeal court and the judicial committee into a siiHo great appellate tribunal for a!1 the qu' en's dominions. i Nebraska Botes Wallace baa a Culture club. About 25,000 head of sheep are being fed at Wood River. Keith county has about $30,000 tied p in broken banks. Alfalfa seed is selling in North Platte At a dollar a bushel. The women of Lexington are waging i war against tobacco. A farmer near bloomfield marketed a nog that weighed 770. Many farmers are nsing corn lor fuel. It is cheaper than coal. Grain men at Superior bought 9,786 bushel of corn in one day. , Exeter has a local dramatic club, the members of which are all "stars." Peter Ryan of Holt county loi-t thirty- five steers from eating corn stalks. ' Sarpy county needs a new courthouse and is abundantly able to build one. The Baptists of North Platte are build ing an addition to their church edifice, One implement firm at Alma baa sold $2, .500 worth ofcorn shellers s'.nce elec tion. Ponca is picking up. The latest ad dition to its industries is a broom fac tory. A mail carrier in Cherry county bad to abandon his run on account of deep snow. South Omaha people are wondering when work will begin on their new post office. ! The Saline county agricultural society is ble to pay eighty per cent of its pre miums. 1 A farmer living uear Tekamah raised nearlv fortv thousand bushels of corn this yea.'. - Ruehville has a water work tank that holds 12,000 barrels. It ie filled by wind power. ! Farmers of Lincoln county do not gather eggs enough to supply the North Platte market. ; Twenty members were received in the Methodist church at Arcadia on proba tion last week. Thirty-one cars of Oregon hogs were shipped into the state last week to be fed on Nebraska corn. Rev. Dr. Wheeler of South Omaba' distributed a carload of turkeys among the needy of his parish. Burwell is to have a new creamery. The plant from German Valley will be moved there in the spring. A Fremont man was taxed $5 and fixt ures for the pleasure of disturbing a meeting of the Salvation army. Burt county people who went to Colo rado some years ago are said to be sick of their job and want to come back. t Mike O'Neil, living near Julesburg, was thrown from a horse and so badly injured that the doctors say he will die. A saw mill which is being operated on the CaBtor place near Wi.ber is turning out a lot of cribbing from native timber. Valley county is entitled under the statutes to a clerk of the diBtrict ourt separate from the office oi county clerk. J. 0. Milligan iB putting machinery op for the manufacture of rye and buck wheat flour in his roller mills at Wake field. Scott's Bluff, Banner, McPherson, Logan, Keya Paha, and Boyd are the Duly counties in the state without a railroad. W. T. Cody of North Platte owns 50,000 acres of land in the Big Horn valley and has nearly all of it under iriigation. The Smithfleld Farm News says now is the time for farmers to select seed corn and put it away in the attic where it will keep dry. ' An orchestra has been otgairized in Chappell, with Professor Weiss as leader. They are practicing amost nightly, and are making rapid progress. W. F. Archer, living near Hildreth, went to sleep the other night after eat ing a hearty supper, and never awoke. Heart failure was the trouble. Dodge county treated the inmates of its poor house to a special Thanksgiving feast. Nothing like offering extraordin ary inducements to immigrants, A depot lias been put in at Bracken, the new station about half way between Nemaha and Auburn. It is probable a postoffice will soon be established there. Gage county has a female corn busker, a single lady, who does her seventy-five bushels daily. What in the name of Cupid do the young men down there mean. George J. Pielstik, an honored citi tens of Clay Center, died last week at the advanced age of Eixty-eight years. His wife, four sons and three daughters survive. ' Diptberia is raging in Furnas county schools and churches are quarantined, and children below sixteen years are forbidden to appear on ths streets of the town. 1 Mrs. Everett of Lyons, mother of Franklin, Andrew and Benjamin Everetlj died recently in her ninety sixth year and supposed to be the oldest person in Burt county. This is the time of year when big corn husking stories are in order. We do not say that no man can husk 100 bush els per day, says the Randolph Reporter but we have never seen one whom we were satisfied bad done so. It is estimated, judging from the chat tel mortgages and real estate mortgages filed In the Recorder's office, lays the Kearney New Era-Standard, that more that (100,000 worth of debts of Buffalo county farmer hare been paid within the last sis week i.