THE PRESS JOURNAL HARRISON NEBRASKA NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES A vicious horse bit off about half of one of Liveryman Hunt's ears at l'e cumseh. The board of education at i'airmont their principal and all their teachers except two. Joseph Miller and Charles Folwell of OdeJl were aarrested on a chaise of stealing Twenty bushels of oatr Charley Sprague.a schoolboy of Kim bail, was aceidentlly shot in the hip while hunting, receiving an ugly hurt. "Virginia Browning, one of the Gretna Kiggiles,, has secured a divorce from l.er husband, along with J 1.7iJ alimony. The members of the new city council st Beatrice are talking strongly of raising the license fee for saloons from 1 1,200 to Ji.CW. V W. R. Farris attempted to commit suicide at Grand Island by cutting his throat. A physician was called and ewed up the wound. There were about 900 Indians in 1'ushville last week trom the Pine Itidge reservation, most of w hom came to hire out to Buffalo Bill's thow. The coroner held an Inquest over the r i-mains of Nick De Temple, who was killed by Train No. 14 at Franklin, and returned a. verdict of accidental killing. Carl Schumacker, a traveling sales man for a Kansas City liquor house, was fined 1100 and costs at Tecumseh for selling liquor contrary to the city ordinances. The Franklin Telephone company has received two carloads of poles and will put in an exchange of about loo in su uments. As a result of a runaway at Schuy ler Jonathan McPherson, the driver, had his jawbon.. broken and was badly bruised. A hoof was torn oil from one of the horses. Kilpatrick Bros, of Beatrice have a large force of men and teams at work on their irlrgation ditch at Champion, Chase county, which is now full oi' lui'iiing water. M. I Thompson's store at Battle Creek was broken into and the safe blovtn. There was no money in th Bafe, but the burglars secured $ flora a counter drawer. Charlie Castle and Guy Given of Long Pine quarreled while returning from school and Castle stabbed given In the spinal column. Given is in prei jrlous condition. Major James Mclaughlin, Indian in spector, is in Pender to Investigate the advisability of paying the Omaha Irtdi.lits the moneys in question in the h -use if legislature. A district convention of the Knights nd Ladies of Security will be held in Beatrice April SO. Delegates from fif teen counties in the southern part of the state will attend the meeting. An attempt was made to rob the tank at Milliican, Fillmore county. The robbers drilled a hole in the safe, but were frightened away before en tiance to the vault was effected. Mrs. Deborah Lawrence, aged SO, fll Into a cistern sixteen feet deep at Klk. Creek. There was about four feet of water In the cistern, which broke the force of the fall and she was not badly Injured. The Christian church of Harvard has Just completed a tine building at a cost of about 17,000 donated to it in the will of a former member, Phellx Grant, who died at Harvard some ten or twelve years ago. The Geneva Methodist church, built nHit thirty-two years ago, old as the loivu Hm If, is being torn down, pre paratory to building a large and com ir.odir.i.s brick church, for which ! 10, 000 has been subscribed. A S-year-old daughter of C. F. Mout-r.-s ct Battle Creek was severely burn el while playing around a bonfire. She wa rescued by George Miller, who was h'msflf badly burned In saving the child. The effort to secure the commuta tion of vVlllam Khea's sentence of Im prisonment for life has stirred up the people of Snyder and vicinity. The entire German element of that part of the county are bitterly opposed to the governor taking any action. Thomas Bay, aged J5 years, was pick ed up at Beatrice by the police in com pany with a tramp, whom he says has i u j tie him beg from town to town for the last month. The boy's right hand i) bandaged and had been made very sore by the use of concentrated lye placed on It by the man. The biggest pump In the world is used in an American xinc mine at KlehleMvllle. It pumps 20.000 gallons a minute, or 30,000.000 a day, and uses over a ton of coal an hour. ' To "knock the spots off anything" Is an allusion to the traditional skill of western cowboys and famous rife shots, who would shoot the spots out of a card held between the fingers of a friend . The rifle was Introduced Into the P.litish service about the beginning of the last century. They were of such primitive make that mallets were nerved out with each rifle to ram the bullets home. Oeneral and Mrs. Stewart L. Wood ford and Miss Susan Curtis Woodford will t.pend the greater part, of the year In Japan. They will be absent until September. It In probable that the temperature Of the moon's surface at Its midday Is 7M degree Fahrenheit. The drop at night la probably 1,000 degrees, to ZH In aom of the farming districts of China pigs are harnessed to small wag. MM sad Made to draw thorn. . Mr. Cecthet. an American engineer will represent Argentine at a congress Matters steeling navigation which w.J fc hM In Dwsseldorf, Germany. rrt1y, and win then come to this - - ry a4 leetare In the leading citi- t 1 JusmOm. j v j.r, " :nmtl directory l to be - -i wt, fa-page groups of the .J paar f the hottae by - ll VsAmj pJMftocraisW ti"m Jo mmVmm -Mr i uaar artmcn." r t f ttifjr-'l it t w H FORTUNE FOR CI ERK. ST. PAUL KAN IN LINK TOR WEALTH. Charles Kronk, Attache of Railroad Office, Lucky Person Who May Be Raised to Affluence. A St. Paul, Minn., dispatch says: W. Kronk, a clerk in the freight de partment of the Chicago Great Western road, is heir to a fortune of $$00,000 through the death of an uncle who conducted a- big-distillery--to -Holland. The information came to him through an aged auut who lives in Chippewa Falls. Mr. Kronk expects to go to Holland within a few weeks to look af ter his Interests. Mr. Krouk's uncle whose death has just been announced was Timothy Kronk. He has conducted a liquor distilling establishment for many years and amassed a fortune that was con stantly added to through bis business interests. His only brother made hif home in New York, but died recently. Timothy Kronk had no children, so that his next of kin was Charles W. Kronk of this city. It is said that the St. Paul man's title to the estate can be established without difficulty, as the records of the family have ben preserved with much care. A portion of the old Dutch name was dropped, however, by the younger generation, while the older members of 'he family retain it in its entirety. Mr. Kronk has received the news with becoming modesty and has been congratulated by the friends whom he took into his confidence. He is secre tary of the Fourth war Republican or ganization and will remain here to as sist in the municipal campaign. PROFITS FOR SHEEP KINGS. They Expect to Clip Their Laraest Wool Crop Out in Wyoming. j (Rawlins. Wyo.. dispatch). The coming spring promises big returns: for Carbon county, the banner sheep j and wool section of the state. Many ' thousand sheep will be shorn and the wool crop promises to be much larger than ever before. It is impossible to make a close estimate on the number, of sheep that will be shorn In Carbon county this spring, as a large num ber of fiOikmasters shear their own sheep, but the following list has been obtained of flockmasters that will shear at the larger pens: j T. C. Miller, lt0,0o0: William Da-' ley, "5.000; Rawlins Live Stock com-: pany. 50,000; Smiley & Johnson. 73, 000; Ram's canon. 23.000: Cosgriff Bros., U'i.ooi); Stock well. 75.000: Cot tonwood. 50.000: Cow creek. 25,000; Dana, 20,000: Medicine Bow, 60.000; a total of 740.000 sheep. j Shearing will commence about April M and will continue about five' or six weeks. Owing, to the open ; winter and the fact that more sand j has been blowing on the range than' last year, it is believed the fleeces , will Ik? a little heavier this year I than last. It Is expected that the; dips will average about. 7 Vs pounds, to the animal, in which event the! total clip in Carbon county, figuring; on the basis of the total number of sheep quoted above, will be in excess 1 of 5.5OO.0O0 pounds, which, at 10 ' cents per pouod, will bring to the flockmasters in this county something like 5t0,0iW. Of course, it will cost about 10 cents per sheep to harvest the crop of wool, and then there are tne expenses of hauling and delivery, freight charges, salaries of foremen, camp movers, herders, etc., but It is safe to say that when the wool crop of 1902 is marketed this county will have increased its wealth by from UOO.Ooo to $500,000 from the wool din alone, to say nothing of the hun-. dreds of thousands of dollars that will flow Into the coffers of the flockmas ters by the increase during the lamb-: ing season. ; DENVER'S EXCLUStVENESS. It Has Driven Fifteen or Twenty Mil lionaires Away from That City. ( From certain Interests In Denver comes the complaint that the leading citizens of the city are too exacting with respect to the social qualifica tions of those whom they are willing to admit to friendship and hospitali ty. The burden of this excluslveness Is felt most heavily, of course, by SUSAN B. ANTHONY ImatMi at atttaf'ag I3 fcanqtist mhHm ti tar tiUtr mow UrtMay, i mmptlUi M hml la r 1 real-estate men and merchant, but others who are Interested tn the pros perity and development of the town think they also have some cause for remonstrance. A number of persons have accumulated great fortunes in the neighborhood of. Denver, or at any rate in the state of Colorado. More than a reasonable proportion of such successful men, however, have withdrawn from residence in Danver, and have transferred " tbelr Invest ments, or at least a good part of them, to other fields of development. Fifteen or 21) such millionaires could be cited if there were need to call them by name. To every one of them, at one time or another, the doors of IJenvea-s -. tsouiety leaders. have been closed, whiie advances whic b they ventured In hope of recog nition were remorselessly Ignored. Resenting the inhospitaltty or rigor of (he leaders of the town, these men have abandoned projected real-estate operations, and in some cases sold out considerable properties or simply ceased to spend further money ,in de velopment and sought a friendlier welcome further East. The revolt against the so-called indiscretion of the autocracy is not less vigorous be cause this same autocracy has some times attempted to revise its judg ment and In turn received rebuffs. New York Kvening Post. GOOD LION STORIES. Marvel from an Observant Hottentot Guide. Allen Sangree in Aiaslee's: "Anoth er man fell in a dead faint at the sight of a lion, and lay flat on the earth. The beast peered at him astonished, bristled and growled, but either from a kind heart or suspecting a trap, trotted away with some show of dignity. He would have gone more slowly if certain of being seen, for the lion is noted for his vanity. In this, at any rate, he Is human, and the African natives endow him with many other qualities supposed lo he exclusively possessed by the high er o.'der of beings. " One morning.' relates the Hottentot gtifoe. '1 saw a troop of zebras going along a straight pati that led to the margin of a precipice. They had all passed with the exception of a fine stal lion that formed the rear guard, when suddenly from ten feet above a Hon sprang down. He missed by a few inches, and as the path wound around the rock, he calculated to scale th- height with a single bound and get the zebra on the other side. But he did not spring hard enough and the 7.'bra es caped out on the veldt, beating the air with his tail. Just then two of th? lion's friends came along, and they (halted together for some time. The old lion took them to the rock then ana explained how it was a good place to catch zebra If you jump well. They all practiced for awhile and finally went away talking, but In. such a low tone that I could not hear what they said.' "1 band this along for what it Is worth, but. in the light of the animal's usual display of sagacity, can scarcely credit it. All Mr. Hutchinson's Hons were either stupid or cowardly. "'When out with Paulln, for exam ple.' he told me. 'we came across three big feliows feeding on an antetope about a quarter of a mile ahead. .Vow, bad they made a simultaneous rush the chances are Paulln and I would have both been wiped out. because you have to hit a lion in the brain to kill him in stantly. A bullet or so in the shoulder may disable him. but be comes at you just the same with incredible areed and leaping so as to make the shot more difficult. But when we got within S" yards two of these fellows cleared, and ihe other sat down just like a cat, watching us. I shot and knocked him down. When he got to his feet I knocked him over again, aud that fin ifhed him, though he did not die for 15 through his lungs and lodged In his backbone.' " Filial Affection. Puck: Casey-Fifty dollars Calla han has opiiit tryin' to git bis mother-iu-law out av purgatory. Duly -Fifty dollars? Casey Th' samel He slit he wants to git her out before he goes In, if It kin be done! Miss Ethel Irlmer, the IJ-year-old daughter of ex-Congressman Ixrlmer, of Illinois, has composed an "Ave Ma ria" which Is said to be very creditable, and in being sung In Catholic churches in Chicago. NOW CONVALESCENT Ua4rd hcr in Rochestsr on c- tta agad advoeata of wanan smf- tai, PferaUUaa atata that mm Am- ONCE FAMOUS DUELING GROUND; HOW LINCOLN WISHED TO FIGHT. WITHIN a few months the famous old dueling ground In Su Charles county, Mo., will bave ceased to exist, says an Alton correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean. The shifting current of the Mississippi river has attacked the lit tle plot of land and it Is rapidly suc cumbing to the erosion of the waters. The St. Charles dueling ground has been the scene of more "affairs of hon or" than any other one spot in the W estern country. " Its Ti-hief titie to fame, however, rests on the fact that it was there that Abraham Lincoln met James A. Shields, afterwarila brigadier general and United States senator from the btateg of Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri sucesKlvely. in the only duel to which he was ever provoked. The dueling ground is directly across the river from Alton. In the early days of the state It was much frequented by those who thought their honor required vindication with the pistol or sword, and the accessibility of the place soon gave it a wide reputation. The laws ot Illinois did not look kindly on the prac tice of dueling and prescribed such pen alties for the practice that even the most hot-headed fire-eater, was glad to get outside the state before a hostile meeting with an adversary. The laws of Missouri took no cognizance of the SART0RIS NOW .. " XM " " . I X' Mr. Sartoris, after serving through the Spanish-American war as a volunteer captain under Oen. Fitzhugh Lee, joined the industrial force of the Westinghouse Electrical company at Pittsburg where he was work ing his way up when apprised of the president s action. dueling habit, and It was considered ouite the proper thing then to deter mine disputes by the shedding of blood. Consecrated Ground. That was In the old days, however. A more enlightened spirit has since prevailed in reference to such custom tnd in consequence it bas been many years since a duel has taken place on the St. Charles ground. Its fame has made it cofis-crated ground ia the mem ory of many lllinoisans and Missouri ans, and a few years after the war sfps were taken to preserve the spot In its original shape. The dueling ground was in a little ravine through which a creek at one time wound Its Its way. This disappeared one sum mer and left nothing to show its for mer presence but Its desolate bed and a Mimber of huge boulders that the wa ter had left sticking up ' from the ground. Knougb money was raised by biiltscription to remove these boulders and io erect an iron fence around the grounds, and 1n that condition they bave remained ever since. Ridiculed the Auditor, Mr. Lincoln's meeting tber with Shields has furnished one of the few ludicrous episodes with which the deul lng field has ever been credited. Shields was then auditor of the state of Illi nois. The finances of the state were In a deplorable condition: the treasury w;s empty; auditor's warrants were selling at half their nominal value; no n.or" money was to be borrowed, and ttr"t;n was dreaded bv both political parties more than disgrace. The cur rency of the Mate banks was virtually th only circulating medium in Illi nois, In the middle of August. 1S42, the governor, auditor and treasurer Issued a circular forbidding the payment of state taxes In this depreciated paper. 1 his order was taken by (he Whigs as Indicating on Ihe part of these officers a keener Interest in the Integrity of tnetr salaries than In the pub'r wel fare, and it was therefore severely at tacked In all the opposition papers, of the sate. The hrpet assault It had to endure, however, was in the com munication printed In the Sangamon Journal, which not only dlssecud Hie administration circular with the most savage satire, but covered the audi tor with merciless personal ridicule. It purported to com from a farmer's wlrt dow. who expressed In this fashion her discontent with an, evil course of af falrs. Shields Was Furious. Shields was a man of Inordinate van ity and a corresponding Irascibility, lie was for (hat reason an irresistible mark for satire. His fury against the un known author of the satire was the dibtert of much merriment In Spring Held. The next wk another letter ap peared f.-m a different hand. In which the widow offered to make up the quar rel by marrying the auditor, and this la tara was followed by aa epttbslaral km. la which thla haapy romaromlsa waa atlsnraud ia very bad rant. In the change of bands all the humor of the thing had vanished, and nothing was left but feminine mischief on one side and the exasperation of wounded t anity on the other. Shields had talked so much about the matter that he felt Imperatively called upon to act. lie therefore sent a mes senger to the editor of the paper and demanded from him the name of the author of the articles. The editor was in a quandary. The first artlcl" had -been wralen by.Mr. Lincoln, but the two following It had been written hy twojoting women who took an active interest in .potties, and could not let the chance slip to have a lit tit fun with Shields. The editor appealed to Mr. Lincoln In hia dilemma, and the latter answered. "Oh. tell ShieMij that I wrote I hem. Don't let the names of (he women ap pear io the matter." At i?oon as Shields had the name of Mr, Lincoln given to him, he began to boast of the vengeance he would tak", and sent representatives to Mr. Lincoln with a challenge couched In the most blustering terms. Mr. Lincoln was dis posed to laugh at the matter, and his friends tried in every way to patch the thing up wlih Shields, but nothing would do the latter but a hostile meet ing. Mr. Lincoln had to finally con- A LIEUTENANT. sent to (his, but he never seemed to divest himself of the idea that the whole proceeding 'was a huge joke. They repaired to St. Charles, and Lin coln. b"lng tho challenged parly, had the choice of weapons. Afler the ar rival at the dueling grounds he was aked what weapons he would select. With a quizzical twinkle In his eye, he replied: An Original Duel. "I. els have some originality about this duel. I prefer cannon at 50 paces." The absurdity oPhe proposition cre ated a general laugh. In whirh even Shields was forced to join, and while be was In this traceable frame of mind the seconds reasoned with him. with the result that he .arid Llucolu were soon talking as amiably together as If nothing had happened, and the duel was off. The prominence of the men had at tracted general attention to the duel, and wnen the boats currying (he prin cipals and seconds were seen crossing the Mississippi back to Alton a large crowd stood on the shore awaiting nws of the result of the suposed encouuter. Again Mr. Lincoln's whimsical tenden cies saw the chance for another joke. Placing a log in his f-k iff he had It cov ered wllh clothes, and as the boat ap proached the shore the spectators thought it wss the body of one of the principals. Whn they reached the shore Mr. Lincoln, exily reached down, took the clothes off the log, and rolled the latter Into the river. It lok the spectator on the shore a moment to realize the situation, but when they did a roar of laughter went up that dis pelled the general tension. ' The duelists remained In Alton all night and dined at a hotel with their friends, and although both men fought each other with Intensity during poll tlcal campaign, they remiilned Ann ever aflTwsrd. The old dueling ground at St. Charles thus brought together two statesmen who would have prob ably remained bitter enemies through out their life, and made bosom friends of them. 1 j Possibly His Hat. Ci-cinnatl Knqulrer: i. A, Smith. Jr., in in the habit of dining at the OII'Hon House restaurant, and one day during the pant week came out ewund best In a passigr at repartee with Claude, the boy who attend to the hstrack. Mr, Smith sallied forth from the res Uurant after enloylng his meal, and as Claude handed him his top piece he thought be would quit the lad. "Is this my hat?" he asked. 'I don't know." was the answer. "Well. then, why do you hand It fo me If you don't If now whether It is my hat or not?" queried Mr. Smith sharp ly. "Hccaiise that la the hat you handed to me when you went Into the restau rant " answered Claude. The boy's answer stunned Mr, Smith and be old some rapid-flrs thinking as ha left Ua hotel A B0YLE3S TO WW. A prow old woman of lor.g ago Declared Ihul he haled noise; "TtiB low n w.iutd be M-ie iMiil )0U know If only there were io b. ' She scolded and fretud abuu it. Her even grew htavy ai lend. And then, of a sudden, (he town grwt;ll I'ur all the liovs bad (led. Ati.l all throuKh the Ions "1 dusty tre There in l a tmy In view; The bnball lt where I hey u-e-d to mrt Was a -b.lu to make one blue. The graw wa rowt::K on v"ry barfe. Vnd the path that the runners made; For there usn t .i .lit t" a'! !be P""- Who knew how the (fame was played. The chen ley rolled and w--i to wimt.j There u no one to ( limb the trw. And i"Uk1 hail tt slnKle t.!e. i-vt- taulv the bird a-J he". There w.iin't a messenger boy-ten r. To speed aw uch messengers can: Jf people wacteil their erran-i dose They sent for a tin-wnger man. There wan little, I ween, of froile iirnl noie; There was le- of cheer atv! mirth. The cad old town, since H lacked lt: toys. Was the dreariest place on earth Tin- po ,r old Komnn Is :;an to weep. Then aw. ike with a suH'-n scream. De.ir me!" she crl-d. "I have been a.4ep And u, what a horrl.l dream!" -St. Nicholas Magaion. SERVANT GIRLS IN SWEDEN There the Mistress is Really Mutresa of lier Household. Down In thexe country towns, and. ia fact, everywhere in Sweden, except. In Stockholm and one of two other of the larger cities, domestic wrvanls are en gaged under contracts for at lea.t six months and generally for a year On the 24th of April and the IMth of 0 t lber contracts are always made and iser-rlt-e always terminate on one of Ihom days. (SirlH who come in from the coun try to seek employment a-s servants gather In the market place on the morn ing of these days, where aa official from the police department Is prent io look after them. They usually bring recommendations fnitn the village pue tor as to their character and previous conduct and from their former em ployers If they have beeu In service be fore. Some may be fortunate enough ti have a testimonial from the burgo master or a merchmt or some other dignitary who Is known by reputation. Their names, ui?es. places of birth and fui :ner residences arc ail taken down by :he police officials, who also mk briefs of the recommendations they carry. During the morning housekeeper who are in want of servant come to lh market place. The official In i harg? tells l hern Ihe mime and ip recor 1 of each glil, at:d there ate ifvuiilly per sonal interview. When a hourekeeoer finds a natt factory ramiidate she cronees her hand with silver that is. gives her from 2 to 5 kroner as eamett money and telld her to report at her res idence on the date she name. In the meantime th-' police official has taken down (lie terms of the agreement, tho ;ia'H of the employers and the em-, ployed, the amount of wage ant the length of service agreed upon. (Jirls who are already In service ajul desire to make a change file a notice with this official, who already has tqelr recommendations ana what yoo may call their domestic history on hi books, lie thus acquires ihe nam, aire, character and reputation of every ser vant In town, so that when any lady inquiries for a rook or a housemaid he can give her reliable Information con cerning every applicant. A girl must give her employer a week's notice of change, and vice versa, so that both the employer and the em ployed may have plenty of time to pre pare for the contract day - the .'Ui of April or Ihe 2VU of October. In the cities employment agencies are conducted by the muiili ipalii.y, and when a housekeeper wants a servant she goes to one of them and flndi ap plications from every girl who wants fi place and the recommendations she car ries. When hh picks her house for a personal interview and hears a card wMch tiiust be returned to headiiiar-ti-n within -i hours after if Is insueil. If the interview is not satisfactory the girl brings back the card and waits for I another chance. If it Is satisfactory th- laiiy or the house ftlN out the blanks with the date ami term of employment, the wage agreed upon and other facts affecting the contract If the girl is not satisfied at the end of a certain time she must go to poljie headquarters .,r to the municipal offi cial In charge of that business and state her grievan-e. lie mukes an In vestigation and acts as a sort of judge In the case. If the family ,lot pMW,,j with their servant after trial they ap ply to him and are compelled to abid bv his decirfion. o girl can b dm chargel or oa'ain her release during her term of employment without 111 consent, If a girl nesert her employer she may he arrested and punished bv a fine or Imprisonment and forfeit Imt claims to futme consideration of the employment bureau. It will ht Impo" sible fur her to get another place. If her employer refuses to pay her wages or dis s not treat her pr,i erlv she VHa appeal to the neatest lualrat for te dres. THE HCAULLSS ONE. A Juvenile Opinion That Concur With More Matute Views. Nw York Kv.'hlng I'ost: Ten-year-old was playing with his l-nd soldier, tie had built a tlnv house and grouped" bis men aVu-t it various marital fll- tlt'lde, ''What In It all about?" his faih-r In quired. "They're policemen t it,. Thlrtv .ortl, .treet pier waiting for Prln.-a 1 l"tirv. "Why have you placed that one pointing to a bd'y bntlrert so'dleO In s'ich it prominent position'" . Tar.-t you ,. e hasn't auy head. He a detective." The boy of Naples, ,eW,Pn , r(r of that n.-.me a, ,he famn, N,.in(1 f faiirl. has n bed which furnishes about $7".0.0fM) worth of coral every year The fishermen . old ni. tmtwUt-d r.ne ends and o(her things of that ',. which ar dnigg d across th. Hottom enungled ln then, break nm Vnll a fh b"",1,n'! '"a'1 9t 'he Nrw rently announced a gift of W.m tor an orgma. -1-