iLff MONTAUK '.POINT PfMtlDENT PROPOSES TO INVESTI GATE FOR HIMSELF. f Tallow Favor oa Vmmg I tea 4 Soal by Rargana Mlrknrna. Daa no Froviooa Kjpuaaro Webb Maya Has a Cxevixamd, 0., Aug. 81. While IVeaident McKinley very much desired to pey more than a brief visit to hie old heme in Canton, he finds that (be dutie 4 liia office are mch that he will be e4ged to cut hia visit there to a mere U. The president will spend a couple ( days in camp at Montauk Point and tsaap Wikoff, so aa to correctly inform himself aa to the condition! of affairs aad ef the truth of the reports that bare circulate!, from personal observa- and contact with the men. The presidential party will be at Colonel Myros T. Merrick's residence in this mtf until Thursday morning, when they save for Canton. Rig preparations have been made to receive the presidentand Mrs. McKinley there by their old friends and neighbors sad the people of Canton in general. It fU the intention to make the occasion fivic jubilee. All this, however, will now he reduced in measure from the fact that President McKinley and party wall only he in Canton for two or three hoars and will then take the train for Hew York. Undoubtedly the president will be given a royal welcome during hi short stopover in Canton. On the eastern trip, which is part of the program outlined, the presidential party will hardly stop longer at New York than will lie necessary to catch a train for Camp Wikoff and Montauk point. The president will probably he in camp at (he two places mentioned on Friday and Saturday, leaving Mrs. Mc Kinley in New York City, whither he will return to spend Sunday and then go to Washington. The trip from Can ton to New York will Vie made over the Penntiylvania r 'ad, departing from Can ton during the afternoon of Thursday. President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley -i4 the latter' maid and George B. Cor telyou, assistant secretary to the presi dent, ill accompany the chief execu tive to New York. "The president really had no very definite iilans for upending his time on this trip when he started out," said his ecretary. "lie made his plans along the way, and hua leen constantly re eeiving telegrams and other matters in connection with the war that needed his attention. President McKinley and his party had intended spending two or three days with the president's brother at Somerset, but the plans were changed. It ia the intention of the president to tret as much rest as possible while here. He will prohab'y return to Washington lor a sho t time after this trip anil in tends taking a longer vacation a little later thin fall.'' During the morning President and Mrs. McKinley accompanied by Col ml nd Mrs derrick, went for a drive throiurb the parks. This afternoon the president receiv d Postmaster Gordon of Chicago, who presented the invitainn of Chicago to at tend the big peace jubilee in that city. President McKinley deferred any defin ite answer in view of poi-sihle demands that may be made npon him as chief executive. Later, the president and Colonel Herrich took another drive, th i time out into the country. Justice White and BecreUry Day ar rived at the White bonne about 6 o'clock in the evening, probably to con sult with the president over the for tner'a decision aa to acting as one of the peace commissioner. Mrs. McKinley was indisposed by a light cold and remained within doors during the day. WKHB I1AYKS HAH rl.AN. MaJ. Webb C. Hayes, who is said to tie the only volunteer oflicer that served in both the Cuban and Porto Ricsn campaigns, and who is accompanying Preaident McKinley in his present trip, hat proposed a plan to the chief execu tive looking toward the reorganization of the national guard under military liw. This plan provides that the presi dent lhall appoint an adjutant for each state; that an many bodies of militia hall be lais -d in each state aa circum stances require and that all officer of mcb militia shall be nominated by the governors of the various state Major Hayes when asked what he thought of the charge of starvation from the regiment at the front said : "Look at me. Do I look starved? I have lived on the same rations a the soldiers and have grown Hestiier on that (are." Hayes was attired in the brown can vaa uniform of a field officer and looked brown a hia suit and rugged aa a vet eran. "I may be wrong, but in my opinion the greatest cause fur complaint ia aummtd up in 'cooks and homesick Be." The government purchased bountifully of all needed supplies. That there waa some mismanagement ia Impossible to deny. But official invest igation will show it waa a case of cooks and homesickness that crippled the army and packed the boiitale." Kmsioi Knar for Hnat. MciiwOir, Mich., Aug. 81. At late bour last night nothing had been btard from the steamer Superior, which parted from her consort, the schooner flendusky, in l'roverty passage Sunday ad waa tut seen flvln distres signale. Th Superior carried a crue of fourteen sn under Captain Eldredge. Hhe waa leaded with Iron or from Kacanaba, Mich., for Toledo. Hhe If woodra taat of th older claw and lake mo bs Mm ttM weathered fiuadaj'i etocs. FOURTH MAN NAMED- Wfcltalaw BaM FJae nWe A WisnixoTO, Aug. 27. All th oi th cabinet except Secretaries Alger and Long, both of whom ar out of town, were at the regular me-ting of the eabinct yesterday. The Impression prevailed that the personnel of the peace commiaaion would be announce 1 af'er the cabinet meeting, though Jus tice White' service on the com mi talon em still a matter of doubt. Col. John J. MsCook and Representative Lauiuel E. Quigg of New York were among those who saw the president prior te the cabi net meeting. Mr. Quigg had a long talk with the president over the selection of Mr. Wbi elaw Re id as a member of the peace commission. While Mr Quigg would not discus hia visit it I likely from bis relation with Senator Piatt that be protested against the proposed appointment. The president told Mr. Quigg be had determined upon the ap pointment. Senator Davis, who haa been selected as peace commitsioner aUo aaw the president, but the inter iw waa very brief. The senator left this af ternoon for New York, and from there will return to St. Paul for a stay at his home before taking his departure for Pari. Senator F, ye, another of the p ace commissioners, also went to New York to ! ay, and will visit his home in Maine before returning here. Secretary Day on leaving the cabinet this afternoou announced that Wbitelaw Reid had been selected as peace commis sioner, the commiHsion, so far a made up, being Secretary of State Day, Sena tor 0. K. Davis of Minnesota, Senator William P, Frye of Maine and Whitelaw Reid of New York The fifih member Secretary Day announced oflicially, has not been finally selected, but Justice White of the supreme court is under consideration and may be induced to accept. During the meeting a telegram was re ceived from General A'ger at ' Montauk Point, in which he said the situation was reasonably satisfactory. He an nounce! that; he would return tomorrow. WIII EI.Ett COMMENDS AI.GKB The pres dent has received the follow ing letter from General Joe Wheeler: Camp WiKor-r, Montauk Point, N. Y., Aug. 26. President of the United States: 1 was very glad to hear that you would visit Montauk Point very soon, Tho visit of the secr.-tary of war has accomplished more than I cau ex press. He ban promptly corrected evils, made valuable sage-tions, given direc tions regarding administration. In ad dition hia personal visit to 1,500 sick soldiers in the hoemtals has cheered them up and it is difficult to adequately convey to you the change for the better since the secretary's arrival. The an nouncement that you will visit the sol diers has already added to this improve ment and your presence here forasingle day will accomplish good, the great ex tent of which you can only realize after you have made your visit. (Signed) Whxklkh, Commanding. It is understood thai Secretary Day b ok with him into the cabinet meeting today a copy f the instructiona which will be (riven to the military c m mis sions ab' ait to assemble at Havana and Purto Kl o. Senator Davis, one of the peace com mis-loners, was about the state department during the morning but did not see Secretary day. The fiist of the ateimers of the newly established government line between New York and Cuba and Porto Rico to start from the United States will be the Seneca, which will sail from New York next Mo day. It is proposed to have a steamer leave New York in this service at least once a week. On each trip the United State mails and the stores of quartermaster and other supplies necessary for the is lands will be carried. The following official announcement was made today at the war department The q-iarlermaster-general state for the information of all hnreaua of the war department that the steamer Seneca will sail from New York on Monday next at noon, going first to Porto Hioo and thence to Santiago, Cuba, thence returning to New York. Hi lord off ,000,000 Acre. MawAuxxa, Wis., Aug. 27. Special. Maater dry fl ed two report in the Northern Pacific eases, which turn over 4,000,000 acres of land to the creditor of the road and slice off" just that much from the preferred stock holders. The lands in question are in Minne sota and North Dakota, east of the Mis souri river. The holders of preferred stock laid claim to them, holding tbeir stock was a fl rut Hen on the lands. Master Cary holds, however, that the (referred stock is not first lien on the and, but the land should be held for all the creditor of the road. As these land are about all the available asset of the road, the decision is of interest to everyone connected with the litigation, either as a creditor or stockholder. If the report Is confirmed by the court th land will be turned over to the credi tor of the company. The report of the master questions the right of the stockholders holding land representing $16,79O,0;iof the preferred stock to those land as againt the credi tor of the Northern Pacific Railroad company. Mnrtfvrod bf HI So. Bcttau, N Y.. Aug. . Early yes terday evening John Carrigan, about Ixty years of age, a carman living at lit Illinois street, was brutally murdered by his son, Frank, aged, thirty-three, while he lpt The old man's hsd was nearly severed from hi body by an axe. Oarrlgan was srreted and taken to th boo and shown the rsralt of bis work. t .J - 11 I .tnU it Ika nvianna 1 ld. "I did it because be broke mj 1 mottier'a arm. Ha abased bar sad I i would 't stand It" CZAB WANTS PEACt NOTE TO THE POWERS PAVORINQ A CONFERENCE. War atraagth Toa Oraat. training Tfca Ufa oat of foreign Nation Lnad Ta ke by tba Bnulaa Kaiar Likely K Mae Wlih Favor. Br. PrTcaant'RO, Aug. 29. By order of Emperor Nicholas Count Muravleff, th foreign minister, on the 24th int handed to the foreign dip'omata at St. Petersburg a r.ote declaring that the maintenance of peace and tlie reduction of the excea-ive armaments now crush ing all nations is the ideal for which all government ought to strive. The czar eonaider the present moment favorable for the inauguration of a movement looking to this end and in files the pow ers to take part in an international con ference aa a meana if thus insuring rest and lasting peace and terminating the progtes-ive increase of armament WILL PRODUCI a SXNBATIOW. London, Aug. 2fl. The czar's propo sition for an international conference for the purpose of securing real and lut ing peace among the powers aud termi nation of the progressive increase in armaments, as conveyed in a note from Count Muravleff, the Russian foreign minister to the foreign diplomats at St. Petersburg, is likely to produce a sensa tion throughout Europe and coming from such a quarter and with such evi dent sinci rity of purpose, it is likely to have important effects. DIHCl'BMON BETTER THAR WAR. "International discussion is the most effectual means of ensuing all people' benefit a real durable peace, above all, putting an end to the progressive devel oj ement of the present armament. In the cmiree of the last twenty years the longing tor general appeacement ha grown especially pronounced in thecon solences of civil zed nations, and the preiervation of peace has been put for ward as an object of internat onal policy. It is in its name that great states have concluded themselves powerful aliances. It is the belter to guarantee peace that they have developed in proportion hitherto unprecedented their military forces and still continue to increase them without shrinking from any tacnflce. Nevertheless, all these effoits have not yet been able to bring about the benificent lefcull desired pacification. The financial charges following the upward march strike at the very root of public prosperity. The intellectual and physical stret gth of the nation' labor and capital are mostly diverted from tbeir natural application and ate un pro ductively consumed. Hundreds of mil lions are devoted to acquiring terrible engines of deduction, v. hie I hough to day regarded as the last work of science, are destined tomorrow to l;se all their va'ue in consequence of some freeh dis covery in the same Held. National cul ture, economic progress, and the produc tion of wealth aie either paralyzed or checked in development. Moreover, in proportion as the armaments of each power increases, they less and lets fulfill the objects the governments have set before themselves. TUX BUKDKN TOO OKEAT. "The ecnomic crises, due in great part to the system of armaments 'bout ranee' aud the constant danger which lie in this massing of war material are transforming the armed peace of onr days into a crushing burden which the people have more and more difficult in bearing. " It appears evident that if this state of things were to be prolonged it would inevitable lead to the very cataclysm it is desired to avert, and the horrors whereof make every thinking being thru nk in advance. "To put an end to these incessantly Increasing armament and to And a mean of warding off the calamities which ace tbreating the whole world, lucb is the supreme duty today imposed upon all b la tea. " Filled with this idea, hi majesty haa been pleased to command me to propose to all the government whose representative are accredited to the Im perial court the assembling of a confer ence which shall occupy Itself with this grave problem. "This conference will he, by the help of God, the happy presage for the cen tury which Is about to open. It would converge into one powerful focus the el- forts of all slate sincerely seeking to make the great conception of univeraal peace triumph over the elements of trouble and d scord, and it would at the same time cement their agreement bv a corporate ceuaecration of the principles of equity and right whereon rest th se curity o! stale and the welfare 01 peo tles. " Calls law, Taomits a Fl Pal . Naw York, Aug. 29 A hospital train of two car arrived at Jersey City from Camp Thomas, Chickamauiraa. Moth of the. car were Pullmans and there were fort r -one sick men In them. The sick belonged to the First New Lampeblre volunteer Surgrun Charles A. Congdon, in charge of the sick, aaid that Camp Thomas waa the flllhiesl place be ever saw, and that It was a past nole. RaJsIa O rowan Ovvaalaa. Fresno, Cel., Aug. 29. The Califor nia Raisin Growers' association has been organised for the purpose of es tablishing a high standard of quality and to pat a stop to the shipment of in ferior raisins, ft la the intention t. maintain reasonable price for th pro duot throughout tbs year. The aoeia Ikon bas under Its control over 00 pat ant of the crop of the state, and In tire or three week etpset to aecer al least I par osat AFFAIRS T MANILA ASaatoal Daway Wall aapoliad With tVe vlsloaa. Lomdox, Aug. 30. A dispatch from Manila, via Hong Kong, yesterday say: "The friction between tbeAmeircan and native requires exception, ability to avoid total alienation. I find tbat several bigh American officials of me diocre education are utterly unacquaint ed with oriental idea and unable to understand the primitive races. Most of the Americans are deficient in pesti lence and numerous trifling misunder standings intensify the friction. I be lieve the Americans intend to be harsh. The American censor absolutely pro hibits the sending of a single word about the Cavite incident of Monday, and he threatens to expel any correspondent who mentions it. A deputation from the press is going to General Merritt to protest against his action. The affair began in a drunken American shooting and native sentries tried to arrest him. In consequence of the melee four native and one Ame-ican were killed, and it ia now generally misrepresented as being a deliberate inauguration of hostilities.' General Merritt returned their arms to the company of natives who fired upon the Americans, presum ably inadvertantly. The natives assert that Aguinaldo forced General Merritt to liberate them and return tbeir weapons. "The Americans condemn General Merritt's course." The same correspondent cables that the Americans are ouly partially patroll ing the town. The residential suburbs are full of armed Insurgents, and several pergonal vendetitas have been reported. The in habitants are generally alarmed. There was firing in the streets of San Miguel last evening. The insurgent troops yesterday attend ed mass fully armed and patrolled the principal residential suburbs. WabiiingtoV, Aug. 30. Admiral Dewey bas informed the navy depart ment that be has an abundance of sup plies for the present needs of his squad ron. In a dispatch to the department today he announces the arrival of an Australian refrigerator ship with fresh meat and other provisions. HOSPITALS ARE CROWDED- fwa Mora ltnth from Trphaial Ferarnl San PranriHcn Sak Francisco, Aug. 30.- -There have been two more deaths from typhoid fever at the division hospital, Private F. H. Rudibnugh, company H. Seventh California, and Bert A. Metealf, compa ny I, Fourteenth infantry. The remains of Me'calf will be taken to Cleveland.O., for burial. Never before has the division hospital contained as many patients as at present. The reeorda of the hospital eontain 371 names, 301 of which are pa tients actually in the hospital, eleven ar in various city hospital, five in pri vate residences, and fifty-five on fur lough. The post hospital has sixty-two patients in addition. Brigadier-General Miller has issued stringent orders for the improvement of the sanitary eoudi tions at Camp Merriam. No orders for the mustering out of troops at Camp Merriam have been re ceived by General Miller, nor any inti mation of any iatention of the war de partment to do so in the near future The heavy artillery will probably be re tained in the service. It is the prevailing Opinion at the headquarters that no ac tion will be taken for a week or two. The digpute regarding the appoint ment of officers in the Twentieth Kan sas regiment has been settled. Colonel Funston has received a telegram from Adjutant-General Corhin totheefbet that Governor Leedy had full power to appoint whoever Ue pleased a officers of bis regemeut. Ia spite of the great precautions taken by the local military authorities the health conditions of the local camp are worse than ever. Today the total num ber of sick is 303, the largest yet known There are sixteen or eighteen typhoid suspects in the hospital. The Ten nee sec reg ment reports eixty-flve, sick men ami the Fifty-first Iowa fifty six. There were fifty-eight patients in the Presidio hospital this morning, several of these being typhoid fever in its first stages. A cablegram was received today from Gen. F. V. Green, who sailed to Manila in command of the second expedition, intimating that he intends to return to the (Juited States immediately COLLISON ON SANTA FE- A llinlMt at Penumn Injiirrd, Bat Moaa Harlonaly. Wichita, Has., Aug. 30. Three mile east of Alva, Okl., Monday afternoon, there waa a rolliaon between a west bound working train and the east-bound passenger on the Panhandle branch of the Hanta Fe. Eighteen or twenty people were injured, but none seriously. Both engines were badly damaged and the mail car injured some. MisH liidwell of Kiowa, cat over the right eye. John Prior, engineer of the freight, sprained hip. K. 0. Reach of Gainsville, Tex., knee Injured. Timber Plrra ringing. Dkaowooii, 8. D., Aug, 30. A timber fire is raging in Carbonate camp, seven nTilei from this city. It has been burn ing aince Friday, A district five miles square, heavily timbered, mi bamed over. it Klparlna. Vienna, Aug. 30. The Austriaa and Hungarian premier reported to tba emperor this evening a result of tha Ausgleloh negotiation. A final agree ment oa the rableot ia ineetad todajs arxF-CONFESSED FORGER- rnlng Point Heaakad ia tha Urvrfas ( M-Army gonadal la Bavlvad. Paris, Sept. 1. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry, who was arrested Tuesday eve ning on the charge of having been the author of an important letter, which figured in the Dreyfus case, committed suicide last evening. His arrest was one of the most sensa tional developement ia this extraordi nary affair. He has been throughout the champion of the army against Colo nel Pickuart, with whom he fought a duel. The new developement appear to alter the aspect of both the Dreyfus cases, and to practically nullify the evi dence of Generals Pelieux and Bois de Fevre, and the declarations of the minis ter for war, M. Cavaignac, in the cham ber of deputies. In fact some people believe that the real turning point in tbe Dreyfus case has been reached, and that a revision of the trial of the prisoner of Devils island will be had. Papers which have been supporting tbe proposition to reopen the Dreyfus case demand tbe immediate release of Colonel Picquart, who is imprisoned on charges connected indirectly with the Dreyfus case, and they also insist upon a review of the latter's trial. When Count Estt-rhazy was informed of the arrest of Henry, he exclaimed : "This is too terrifying." General Le Mouim de Bois de Fevre, chief of the general staff of tbe French army, tendered his resignation to the government this evening. General de Bois de Fevre explains that he resigns owing to his misplaced confidence in Colonel Henry, which led him to pre sent as genuine what was forged evi dence. M. Cavaignac asked him to remain to "see justice rendered in the matter," but he persisted in resiguing. Nancy, France, Aug. 31. A court martial here bas just sentenced a priv ate soldier to three month's imprison ment and five hundred francB' fine for shouting "Vive Zola." Colonel Henry was attached to the war department when Dreyfus was con victed. It appears that an injury instituted hy Minister of War Cavaignac into the Dreyfus case resulted in the recovery of documents lately read in the chamber deputies by M. Cavaignac, showing that proof of the guilt of Dreyfus was forged. Colonel Henry was summoned to the ministry of 'war, and confessed to to fabricating the letter. Gl.tll-Y MEN MUST BUFFER. It is allirmed that M. .Cavaignac, while not having changed his belief on the cupahility of Dreyfus, is determined to punish all the guilty parties, no mat ter what their rank or position. Colonel Henry confessed to having committed the forgery, "owing to the absolute necessity for finding proofs against Dreyfus. " It is understood that the document in question is the letter heretofure alleged to have, been written by the German military attache to the Italian military attache in October, 1895. GETS HIMSELF IN TROUBLE- rromfiii-ut Man uf Cleveland Kcceive Too 3litiiy 1-ntters, Clkvmiand, O., Sept. 1. Julius W. Beeman, a voung married msn and a brother of Dr. E. F. Beeman the wealthy chewing gum manufacturer, bas been arrested. On Sunday Chief of Pollco Corner received from the chief of police of Buffalo several letters picked up on the streets of Buffalo. All were alike and written in a woman's hand. Each was addressed to "Dear Kd" and was signed "Pearl." The letters were very tender, as though the two were very dear to each other, and expressed sorrow that Bhe was not able to meet him in Buffalo and was compelled to go to Wheeling, W. Va. Iteing out of money while in Clevelaud, "Pearl" wrote she bad lieen compelled to pawn her solitaire dia mond ring. She had asked for only (16.50 on it, whereas she might easily have obtained $76. "Pearl" begged forgiveness and en closed the pawn check and requested "Dear Kd" to redeem the ring. The pawnticket waa of the regulation kind and had ostensibly been given by Julius W. Beeman, pawnbroker, Beck man block, Cleveland, O. Tbe Cleveland p dice located Herman in the Beckman block, and upon inquiry learned that he represented himself to be tbe agent of a medical company. He was receiving a great many letters from Buffalo. Beeman refused to honor a pawn ticket presented by a detective, declaring tbat be did not run a pawn shop and some one must have played a joke on him. However, he was arrested, the police believing he waa confining his operations to tbe mail. A tnimlier ol " Deinr Kd " letters and pawn checks made out for " Pearl's " ring were fouud in his aste paper basket. How many letter from Buffalo contain ing the pawn checks and remittance ol f tfl.M) that Beeman received, the police declined to slate if they knew. It ll presumed a considerable number of the letters were dropped on the street ol Duffalo. Sltnnt on n-nn's llf'losurnn( Wasiiinutom, .Sept. 1. Hurgnon-Gen-eral Hterberg would not disscuss tb statements made by Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas Senn regarding the sanitary conditions at camp Wikoff. Quartermas ter General Ludhoff said that norepoct had reached hiui that the water waa had or likely to become so. Tbe report ol water first made showed that it ws good. Tbs point that Burgeon Bens makes is that it will soon be i with typhoid germsv mmTTTfHvtm fl i NEBRASKA NOTES. f The Broken Bow Repablicea has atiM eontinmed it daily nines tb prulmf was signed. All passenger trains stow stop at Mists) den and business men ar feeling pocsl wer it The Hastings Record has dropped tas lay dispatches and turns ia a law bxm joiumna of local news. The filing of three suits for divoroe i the record in Box Butte county for week. Must be something wrong wsttt ihe slimate. The Kearney and Black Hill railway. lixty-five miles in length, was recenthf purchased by the Union Pacifis fos) 1150,000. Tbe sreamery fever ha strnck Imp!-' ial, Chase eountv, and the farmers ataj ' rganixing a atnf company to upplsj their need. The United Brethren church of Crab Orchard was dedicated Sunday, the 21tj by Rev. William . Bchell, preaident aj York college. Abram R. Gale, an early resident ef) Boone county, recently passed frotai ssrth. He lacked but a few days of hSm ainetioth mile post. "How'dy." ie the very short and Sn pressive salutary 8. L. Carlyle gave thai citizens of Kimball on taking possession f The Observer, which he purchased! last week. A waksflehS druggist, supposed to bj ' guilty of violating the liquor law waa 'pulled" the other day, but not enougm evidence was found upon which to beasj prosecution. A very successful Methodist camp meeting is being held at Clark. Char ley Wooater ought to drive over and ab sorb au inspiration to which he has long been a stranger. The Mack brothers are trying to con vince Hastings business men that it will pay them to support a live daily, andi that they must do better than heretofore 9r go without. The editor of the American, published tt Omaha, after a long period of prayert fill investigation, concludes that immer sion is essential to salvation and without it the best of us will go to Havana. The county commissioners of Balina county, at their meeting last week de clared the offic- of sheriff of Saline coun ty vacant by reason of the abscondmen of Frank L. Dorwart, and appointed J. R. Doane, Dorwart's deputy, as sheriff, to fill the vacancy. Mr. Yager, of, Albion, while manip ulating a hay rake was thrown off and fell on his back in a gully, from which he was unable to move without help, He lay there three hours before assist ance arrived, and though no bones were broken he is in a serious condition from internal injuries. Tom Manahan lost a valuable colt in a peculiar manner. He was raking hay in his meadow southeast of town, and the colt was following the team. The little fellow ran up as the rake was being dumped. His foot went through the spokes above the hub and when the rake returned the colt's hoof was torn com pletely off. The animal was killed. South 8ioux City Record. Fire broke out in the grocery store ol Eli ShulU, at Minden, in the rear of and adjoining the post-office on the west. Wednesday morning between 5 and fl . o'clock, which resulted in a total loss of the grocery stock, on which there waa not one cent of insurance. The insld of the store toom is badly charred and smoked up, but the fire was confined to the one room. On the heavy wind of the storm which passed over the city Monday evening, says the McCook Tribune, waa s swarm of nnknowti insects. The insects, so far as we can learn from those who saw them, were like what are commonly called "snake-feeders." Some thought they were grasshoppers and there were some grasshoppers among them but, while uo one, so far as we know, suc ceeded in catching one of the insects, most agree that tbey were not gr hoppers, but resembled the "make-feed er, so commonly caneo in tne east. There were millions of them and they passed from north to south. The Callaway creamery, which went into business here a couple of months ago says the Courier, is proving to be on of the most encouraging enterprise ever started in this locality. Notwithstanding the fact that several good milk route have not yet been established, on ac count of the rush of other work on th farms, yet tbe dally supply has averaged alsMit 2,000 pounds. The total amount received during July was 60,773 pound supplied by thirty-nine patrons. Ed Lichtenberver leading with 4,281 pounds The prioe paid for this milk has been such as to make it a profitable business for the farmer, and it would be still more so ccold the factory have nil th milk it could handle, and this milk b supplied from farms within a few miles of town. I.. F. Bingman, superinten dent, is a creamery operative of first class ability, and the batter and cheese turned out hre are equal to the best' Most of it is Iteing shipped to Boston. Hardy is to have s new brick hotel. Muskmelons of home production, sayi the Nebraskn City Preaa, are now helnf bawked from door to door by urbane and ambitious gardeners When tbe boat if extracted from them by means ol pracked ice inserted In their cavity than Is nothing more wbole-omeand delicion (or brsakfaat. Tbe same may also bt aid with respect to them lor dinner aad upper, aa wall as Mveral sLtM a As batwSM meals. j