TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Com went and CriticUmn Based Upon
the Happening of tbc Day Histori
cal and New Notes.
Tho beauty of the $0 saeque Is
only sealskin deep.
, A man's pd work lives after blm,
"but it Isn't always Identified.
Appearances are often deceptive and
-4U6apjX!ani ie axe usually, .more ao
There Is danger that the water In the
great trust flotations may drown the
country.
Hall Culnei a living proof of the
fact that It Is possible to get rich In
spite of the critics.
Nothing Jobs the harmony out of
an orchestra like the trombone player
who gets off liis bass.
Booth Tiirkinjiton made one short
campaign speech and was elected. A
word to the wise would be sullielciit.
The woman who has company man
ners would be surprised to find out
how many people besides her husband
know It
After Mr. Zlegler has sent two or
three more expeditions to the Arctic
be may not think so badly of Bald
win's effort.
Colouel James Jeffries claims that
he Is unable to find anyone who Is
willing to light him. He'll conic along
one of these days, Jhn.
It seems that about the only way the
Gould family can keep their toy Count
Castellane In the French Chamber of
Deputies Is to buy the chamber.
A German scientist advocates Isola
tion as a cure for lying. Still a Rood
many people will cling to their old be
lief In tho efficacy of the club.
Young Mr. Rockefeller tells his Sun
day school class that It Is more blessed
to give than to receive, i Mr. Rocke
feller himself Is a very liberal giver
of advice.
Susan B. Anthony acted as a brides
maid In Rochester not long ago. It
looks as If Miss Anthony were begin
ning to concedede that man after all
Is to be tolerated.
Wtinu a person asks "How are you?"
hasten, if you wish to retain his es-
teom. to tell him that you are well, so
that be may not be delayed In telling
you how bad he feels.
J. Plorpont Morgan Is opposed to
any change In our present banking
law, doubtless owing to the fact that
he does not wish at his time of life to
be compelled to master an entirely new
financial condition.
A "College of Optics" offers to grant
degree to "classes of one thousand"
for twenty-five dollars each. This
ought to te an eye-opener to those who
need the services of an optician. "Now
Is the time to get up clubs."
Asbestos towels are among the curi
osities of Die day. When dirty It Is
only necessary to throw them Into a
red-bot (Ire, ami after a few minutes
draw them out frefh and clean. In
case of the oflice towel It has to be left
'in tli blaze a little longer, If the fire
doesn't go out to rest.
I'roiu the description of that pre
historic skull that tho Kansas scien
tists are bothering their own heads
over, the owner-"a glacial man, doli
chocephalic, low browed and progna
thous), having nearly the same stature
M our people of to-day" may very
likely have beeo au early day prlne
flfbbar. Tkm President of Bryu Mtwr sol
easuly Informs women that cooking
and dusting are not Intellectual occ u
pations. Hut neither Is shopping. And
uWe Isn't anything very Intellectual
bottt the work at the ribbon counter
tr in the factory. Even the tyrant
iaa has to put up with occupations
that are not Intellectual. Hut what
of It?
, VVe wear out words, say ex-Speaker
11hJ, and shed them us we do clothes.
Tim philological fact saves the lan
guage from being permanently degrad
ed by slung terms and phrases, for al
though some new words do not wear
out, yet the shedding process never
stopa, and the lovers of undented Kn
giiith are unceasingly grateful that It
doe Mt.
philanthropists," said General
Biota, recently, "endeavor to reform
maa by washing their shirts. The Hal
ration Army propose to wash their
heart, and teach them how to wnmu
taaar vn shirts." The lllustrutlou la
bamnJy but pertinent. General Arm
strong once took to task a visiting min
uter at Hampton who prayed that the
Imlfaxi stodents might have the rough
piacoa made smooth before their feet.
"Mwt at all!" exclaimed the One old sol
dier. 'Tray rather that thnan Indian
hoys may march on over the rough
places, not sluuibllig, and undis
mayed." WiiiII the liiisluiiid play second fiddle
to the ilog? Because Mr. I-ong was
compelled to eat Willi his wife's dog at
table he has filed an action for divorce;
UMMUfte Mr, Tallcrt dlaapproved of the
conjugal attention fa Fldo he "beat hi
wife Into inaansiblllty." Lore me, love
mf daf , fat nat trna f hatbands, naw-
ever forcibly it may be brought bonu
to lovers. Hence the necessity of ape-
I homes for dogs, or special bomei
for liiisbands, as fancy may direct. Or,
better still, a (log clause In the man-lags
contract. Yet there was undoubtedly
much of truth In the sigh of the Gallic
woman that the more I see of my hus
band the more I prefer my dog an Im
provement on Mine, de Slael's generali
zation. It Is hardly an exaggeration to say
that boys the world over will regie'
the death of George Alfred llenly,
v'hoe lo ikf! for .year hf. ye I m e:t licit
delight. Mr. Heuty's career iiduilrabl
fitted hfm for that special department
of authorlship. He was of Kngli!:
birth and was educated at Cambridge
lie served actively in the Crimean win
for a time, but finu'ly was invalided
home. A few years afterward, In tlw
capacity of a correspondent, he was la
the field In the Anstro-Iitilian, tin
Franco-German, and the Turcn-f-er
vian wars, and was with the Abyssln
Inn and Ashantl expeditions, as well
as with Garibaldi in Italy. During
these years of exciting, perilous, and
picturesque (id ventures In vnrlou
parts of the world, from the walls of
Paris to the Jungles of central Africa,
tills trained observer accumulated an
ample stock of Just that class of ma
terlals adapted to stories which boys
most eagerly devour. lie told them
tales, as did Othello to Desdeniona
Of most disastrous chances,
Of moviiiK necident by flood and field,
Of hair breadth 'scapes i' the Imminent,
deadly breach,
and, "this to hear." they not only, like
Desdeniona, "would seriously Incline,"
but eagerly anil enthusiastically "in
cline," and with such practical results
that both author and publishers were
delighted. No other writer for boys of
the present period has had such vogue,
lie was remarkably industrious and
wrole with the greaiest facility. Two
or three books a year was an easy
task, and one was just as Interesting
as another, lie never repeated him
self, though he has produced between
eighty and ninety stories for boys, and
at the time of his death, In his seven
tleth year, was engaged upon more
Tho Interest of his stories never
flagged, and the sources of his adven
turcs seemed well nigh Inexhaustible.
Amongst the duties which public
opinion In the present day Is disposed
to require of public school teachers If
the training of the rising generation In
maimers. The schools are more and
more expected to be the source of all
good things to those who receive In
struction In them; but there seems to
be a danger lest, In making such large
demands of the schools, parents may
be divesting themselves of some of
their own renopnsibilitlcs. Manners
should, In the first place, be taught at
the home; and the atmosphere of the
school ought to be favorable to the es
tablishment of proper social habits;
but we doubt whether It Is desirable
to Impose on the teachers any direct
or formal Instruction In what may be
called the technique of manners. If
a child Is rude or coarse in manner he
or she. should be suitably admonished
and instructed, and made to feel that
su h and such acts are below the level
of conduct which It is desirable to
malutaln In the school. A simple ref
erence to the golden rule will generally
suffice on such occasions; for the rud
est, pei-son does nut enjoy rudeness on
the part of others. It is vain, however,
to expect too much of average human
ity. Every one cannot walk In the
high places of the earth; everyone can
not gather the rarest flowers of hu
man culture; everyone cannot Ik; a
Damascus blade, 'there Is Just one
thing that Is open to all men for the
dignifying of their lives and the ele
vation of their characters. They can
look Into "the perfect law of liberty,"
and catch a vision of the equality of
human rights. Here Is tho one true
aud practical foundation for manners
a sense of our own rights and of the
rights of our fellow men. What gives
tho aristocrat his easy manners Is the
enjoyment and practice of equality In
the circle In which he moves. Where
social life Is Intense social usages be
come established aud thoroughly un
derstood; hesitation and mauvaise
home are banished. That source of
good manners Is not only a restricted,
but It Is to-day a dwindling and much
perturbed one. A belter And wider
school is wanted; and it Is to be found
In the cultivation of a sense of human
worth and of a consciousness of the
esseutlal equality of all men. Timidity
ami bashfulness, and mealy mouthed
liens In all Its forms are fatal to good
manners; and so, ou the other hand,
are swagger and self assertion.
Beautiful Murk o. Ms pie.
Nobody seems to know wtiat cauae it
I which produces those delicate and
beautiful line In maple, known as
bird's-eye. Some pe.pla think they
come from the hundred of little
branch which shoot out over the
trunk of the tree aa soon as a clearing
hi made arouad It. Fx pert tlmbermeu
say that Is not the case. The only way
to tell a bird's-eye maple tree Is to cut
It. There are no outward sign by which
one can Judge, The Railroad Gazette
tells a story of the late George M. Pull
mini. Many year ago he was offered a
mahogany lot; for .!.ou, to he cut Into
veneers. It wa supposed to be a very
line phs-e of wood, but this could only
be determined by cirl ting It He de
clined the offer, but agreed to take tho
log cut Into veneers for what It was
worth. The owner had It sawed and
wa paid $7,010 for his veneers. Any
one who can discover the secret of de
termining the Interior nature of wood
from I he outside w ill lim e a fortune,
The man who win a llf-n.l,e deah
stavrta out afoot aud cia.es in ahead.
ON TRIAL FOR LIFE.
Boy of Fourteen Years Before Bar of Jastk
Opeclnc of Borchers Case.
Colurubus, Jan. 6. Upon the con
vening of court Monday afternoon for
the Borchers murder trial the at
torneys for the defense asked for sep
irate trials fur the two boys who
Stand charged with the crime, and
Herman the elder, who is alleged to
Dave fired the fatal shot, was brought
In court. Contrary to a common pre
3ietion,the securing of a trial jury was
quite an easy matter, ctrnsnojiEg only
two hours and not exhausting the
regultr piiDel of tweoty-fuur names.
The question asked the jurors by
the prosecution was: "Have you any
opinion upon the subject of capital
punishment that would preclude you
front bringing In a verdict of guilty
In a case where the punishment would
be death."
All but three or four of the twen
ty men examined answered "No."
The defense asked In every ln
itaucc; "Have yuu any opInloD as
tj the criminal responsibility of
children under fourteen years of age
that would prevent you from accept
ing the instructions of the court as
the law In this case."
Nearly every man said "No." The
trial jury consists of August Iloett
cher, John Deegan, J. F. lielf-ird, Z.
T. M rau, II. L. Kunnemau, Henry
Gebring, John 1'inger, Lucius Hung
ford, T. C. Hogan, Gus Ernst, DaviJ
Bchupabch, Gus Halgrean.
The boy being a native of Germany
It Is an Interesting fact that six of
the jurors are Germans, three being
liish, two Americans and oce
Swede.
CouLty Attorney O'Brien, In stat
ing the case to the Jury, sketchsd
the crime in details as it nas al eady
been published, referring to Herman
as probably over fouiteen years old.
and saying that the evidence would
Bhow that the gun used was Dought
for the specific purpose, with niomy
tak n from the pocket of the man
who was to he killed; that the boys
minutely described the plot aud Its
execution to the coroner's jury, and
that the object of the crime was the
possession of the farm on which they
lived. He said that the third boy,
eight years old, who was not held as
an accomplice will tell the story of
Its perpetration, his story being the
only direct identification of the foot
and bones found in the straw stack
as those of Gerhard Bombers.
A. M. Post, former chief Justice of
tho supreme court, In making the
stateni' nt or the defense confessed
that tne facts In this case are so pe
culiar that nothing uf the kind has
ever before come under bis observa
tion, and that he had never previous
ly Investigated, the law applicable
here. He declared that 300 years ago
In England children were put to
trial, etnvicted and punished f.r cap
ital offenses the same as adults, hut
In ur land in this day such an ad
vancement in law has been made
that the burden f pn of tests on the
prosecution to show, not only ttiat
the child lias taken a life, not "nly
that there was pierneditated malice,
but that it h id capacity to know and
did know, not merely the moral re
sponsibility, as learned at the fireside
or the confessional, but the logical
consequences of the act as well.
He asseited that the defense would
attempt to show that Herman Bored
eis, not fourteen ycais of ago until
next August, did not, and could not,
frrm the nature of his home life,
realize ell del the moral or tho leg il
responsibility under which he acted,
If It is proven here that l.e killed
Gerhard Borchers. lie described the
ttcp-fathcr with whni the boys live
alone as a man t-lngularly morose,
without those liner elements so nec
essary In the family life, holding no
communication wltf the boys, other
than Instruction to do this or I bat
and being almost a stranger to his
nelghnors. He said the h"y was taken
from school at the age of seven and
since the mother's death had acted
as conk and washerwoman. He said
If the hoy Is guilty of any offense It
ils mutder In the second degree, aid
j railed the ateritlon of the Jury to the
I fact that 'f the boy Is convicted the
'Judge will have no power to commit
hi in to an Indnstr al school which
;can be done with the most favorable
conditions for his ultimate good In
trie event, or acquittal.
Hy agreement of the attorneys, the
Jury was allowed to separate under
strict Injunction of the court not to
allow any one to approach them pri
vately In reference to the case.
August Johnson, uncle of the boy,
Is t e only relative or friend showing
enough sympathy for him to lake a
eat within the bar railing, though
another uncle and the maternal
trandfather were In the court room.
The latter'i wife I a lister of the
man who was killed, the families
having Inter-marilcd. Geoigc and
John Ilorcher. brother! of the de
ceased, were prcient, the latter being
accompanied hy the eight-year-old
boy, John, whoso testimony tomorrow
will probably be the moat Intensely
Inteiestlng part of the proceeding! lo
court.
Shipping Quail In Coffin.
Ca'bondale, III., Jan. 0 Quail are
being shipped from Franklin conn y
to St. Louis In coffins to escupo the
f ame laws, according to the confess
on of Noah Moore, who was orient
ed yesterday for violation of I he game
law Moore says 1.200 quail are
parked in a enftin and shipped aa a
coipte, Arrests are promised by the
game warden. The warrant hiva
been out for Moore for about a year,
but ha had successfully evaded all
oOotua.
FASTEN THE CRIME
THIBTEEN YEAR OLD BOY PICTURED AS
MURDERER.
COLUMBUS COURT STCY
DETAILS GIVEN OF THE KILLING OF BOR
CHERS YOUNG CHILD TESTIFIES
Child Brother of Defendant the First Witness
But His Recital Flam-Others
Corroborate Testimony
Columbus, eb., Jan. 7 JohD,
the eight-year-old son of Gerhardt
Borchers, for whoso murdei Herman,
the stepson, is on trial, speot neatly
the entire forenoon Tuesday, on the
witness stand, the first hour being
consumed in establishing his com
petency as a witness. Very diffident
arid apparently much frightened at
fJrt by the questions of the attor
neys as to the nature of ao oith and
the divine punishment of falsehood,
he lost his embarrassment and show
ed a clear understanding of each
step in the crime when asked about
It.
He told of the stealing of the
money, buying of the gun, for the
express purpose, on Herman's part,
of killing the father, the hiding of
the weapon and the firing of the
fatal sh it at the father as he sat Id
the houso reading. He further de
tailed the dragging of the body to
the straw stack, and the burning of
It to get away with the father's Sun
day clothing and the chair on which
be sat when shot, relating also, that
Herman had threatened his life in the
event that he told of the killing,
i George Borchers, brother of the
murdered man, testified that th
b"ys told him their father, after act
ing strangely f ir at time, had packed
bis grip, given them $3 aod disap
peared. The witness went to the
home of the deceased, found the bos
preparing hog feed with an outdoor
tire, dangerously near the house and
barn, and upon remonstrating with
them was told that the place was
theirs and that they had a right to
do as they pleased. He hunted about
the premises for the father and upon
Aiding charred bones In the straw
St icfc was told by the boys that they
were chicken bones which had been
thrown Into the fire. This was before
the foot and skull were exposed to
view. Buckles and buttons were also
found. He testified that a year ago
last August Herman told blm he was
thirteen yeats old.
Former Coun'.y Jjdge Robinson, a
member of the co'onei's jury, told
of sr me of the preliminary work of
that hotly, but was p evu ted, after
considerable controversy, from relat
ing the alleged confession of the de
fendant to that jary.
Sheriff Byrnes told c the stand of
obtaining a confession from tho de
fendant as first obtaining the story
of the crime from tho two younger
boys stating that the corifesj'nn was
glveo without duress or compulsion,
the bo)s being at the time unoe- his
surveillance, but not In custody, but
nothreits or promises being given to
obtain the confession, lie said Her
man told him somewhat reluctantly
of taking the money, buying the gun,
practicing for a few days with It dur
ing tho absence of the father, who
was then away from home, of firing
the shot which killed the father, ac
cording to the plan which he and
August had talked over In the pres
ence of John, and the subsequent de
tails as revealed In John's testimony.
It was an Icy morning and the straw
stack was several years' old and this
was why a load of fresh straw was
hauled from another stack to burn
the evidence of the crime.
Mutt Stand Trial.
. David Cltv, Neb., Jan. 7. Mrs.
Lena M. Llllle must stand trial in
the district court In the charge of
murdering her husband, Harvey Lll
lio. This was the decision of County
Judge .Sklles Tuesday evening al the
conclusion of a healing which has oc
cupied nearly two weeks, and around
which has centered greater Inteitst,
probably, than any criminal case in
the hlslory of Butler county.
With the consent of the county at
romcy the defendant was icleased on
ball in the sum of ten thousand d d
lara. which was furnlsliod by her lath
er and another friend.
The concluding day cf the hearing
was given over to the defense, but
tho testimony of the few witnesses,
called was brief and calculated to
disprove the theory that the revolver
found was the one with which the
murder was committed, ind also tt
show that the relation of Mr. and
Mrs. Llllle were amicable, and their
conduct such as was to be expected
from a devoted man and wife.
Murderer Trie to Escape.
Ogdcn, Utah, Jan 7. William
Brown, who yesterday was sentenced
to a term of forty years lo the peni
tentiary for miirdeilng a Chines
gardncr near this city several months
aa, made a desperate attempt I o es
cape from Jail last night. When ac
cidentally olscovered Brown had sue
ceeded in Rawing through two bar ol
hi cell and had almost leveled a
third. A m.iat mloute examination
fail! to locate the taw
BREAK INTO VaULT-
Bumlsrs Make a Good Bank Haul at Louis
ville. Louisviile, Neb.. Jan. 9. This city
was the scene of a bank robbery at
an early hour Thursday morning that
elves evidence of having been com
mitted by experts. It yielded its
perpetrators the neat sum of 84 2u0
in gold, silver and currency, aod un
less the hounds are ertectne in track
ing thetu the robbers seem likely to
escape.
The robhery .occurred some time
between 2 and 3 o'clock this morn
ing. The Bank of Commerce, which
is the propel ty of Tom I'artocle of
PlatisniouLh, president of the inde
pendent telephone oiangi. ition of the
-.tate.ls located next door to the post
"tTlee. and entrance was gained to it
t y bieaking into the postollicc, drill
ri;.' a hole large enough to permit a
nan lo crawl through the two-foot
'nick wall into the bank vault, thus
voiding the burglar alarm, and dy
namiting the safe within During
'he early morning hours people in
the vicinity were awakened by a re
onrt of the explosion, but none seemed
to have beer, prompted to deem it
anything unusual. Shortly afterwards
men were heatd walking down the
street adjacent, but no one got up to
observe the meaning of the noctur
ia! visitation.
This morning when Jesse McGrew
came to work in the printing ollice
Uihh adjoins the bank he peered in
that institution and discovered the
wreck of the vault, and investiga
tion disclosed the meaning of the
vreck. There was a burglar alarm
in the door of the vault 'ind the safe
vas ostensibly burglar proof, and the
cunning manner in which the burg
lars avoided detection or interrup
tion proves them to be cracksmen,
Quarantine Will Be Rigid.
Tuscon, Ariz., Jan. 9. Informa
tion from the ollice of the secretary
f state of Herrnosillo cm cerning the
plague situation is as follows:
The strlcfest quarantine is main
tained at Guayatnasa against Mazat
lan. A cordon of soldiers has been
stablished from the tidewater on
the boundary line between the states
of Sonora and Slnalna, the soldiers
oeing stationed within sight of ea :h
"ther along the entire distance with
Instructions to shoot anyone endeav
oring lo pass the line. The strictest
kind'of patrol is kept along the coast.
No passports are Issued to ships to
clear from Guaymas, and no ships
ire allowed to eoter from any point.
Guaymas is depending entirely upon
her own resources for subsistance.
The most thorough system of fumi
gation and sanitary regulations has
been adopted. Lltne and solpher are
issued dally to the poor people and
tne streets and yards are cleaned
daily. Governor Isabel has been
placed In charge by the federal gov-
rnment. He brands the reports of
the last few days to the effect that
he plague has secured a foothold In
Guavmas or In any of the border
towns between Guaymas and Inaloa
as false
Washington. Jan. 9. A dispatch
lias heen received at the public health
and marine hospitil service from the
hoard of trade at Tuscon, Arizona,
calling attention to the exisience of
htihnnic plague in Mexico and re
questing that necessary steps he
taken to prevent Its spread Into Arl
z na. The president of the superior
h 'ard of health of Mexico has ofllclal
lv announced to the authorities in
Washington that the plague exists at
Rnslnada and Mazatlan, Mexico, and
has requested the public health and
marine hospital service to notify the
bureau of American republics that
'he South American countries
th-ough them may be Informed. Dr.
Grubbs, a medlccal representative
of the public health and marine hos
pital service now atLoj Angeles. who
Ins heeu lovcstlgatlDg the situation
in Rnsanda, and Dr. Alexander, the
medical representative at Knsanda,
have ' een directed by tho surgei o
erictal to take necessary action iu
the matter.
Made Effort to Llnch Him.
Reno, Nev., Jan. 9. A special to
'he Gazette from Euieka confirms
he story of the tragedy enacted at
lie Keystone mine yesterday, whpn
' iperlntendent Taylor was set upon
iv twelve union miners. Two men
ip dead and another Is Just alive;
-t III another has been given up by
i he doctors and a fifth is not serious
'v hurt.
There was Intense excitement
imong the miner and It was thought
that Taylor would be lynched last
hrht. The sheriff succeeded In aplr
tl"g Taylor and Assistant Gasslll
of Klv for an unknown destination.
Details are hard to obtain, as Ely
i a remote camo far from railroad or
tel graph communication, being 150
miles southeast of Eureka.
Forgery Cauae of Failure.
Nacogdoche!, Tex., Jan. 9. It la
In I mod that the developments In
t 'm failure of the Wcttermailc bank
t, Nacogdoche and Henderson show
h .! forged notes and receipts to a
"cp amount caused tho suspension,
t Is also stated that investigations
i disclosed II 10,000 In fiaudulcnl
per
A member of tha flrm.lt Is claimed
is dlsnppfarcd and a warrant has
rn sworn out charging him with
ifuerr.
Nebraska Notes
Mrs. Mil A. Ulbbard of Utlca,
was found dead or, her kitchen floor.
The amount invested In' the Si
berian railway is 1401,700,000.
Pat Carter, 18. of Table Rock, bad
his hand torn nil in a corn shredder.
Charles Miller is In jail at Fremont
for stealing $40 from a saloon at
Scribner.
Mihcaei Clare, aged 79 years, died
nt hiu hi nip in ft ,rt nrl A f:uiliia
of six chi.dren suivive him.
; At Elk Creek George Clark had
his hand caught in a pulley and the
flesh was torn from two jngers.
The county recorder's statement
made Mmws that for the month of
December Uie mortgage reduction for
Otoe county was $10,92!!. SO.
The G. A. Murphy farm, located
four miles north of Beatrice, was
uold to F. II. Kirumerling for 188,000
cash, or $50 per acre.
The Water aod Light company of
Nebraska City refused to continue
their contract with the city for
lighting the streets, aud as a conse
qeuence the streets are in darkness.
At Eirnwood G. VV. Swackc-'s 14
year old daughter had the thumb ot
her left hand caught iu a washing
machine breaking the bone and
Maruger Carter of the Nebraska
City water company is to be succeed
3d February 1, by B. P. Ejao of
Chicago, formerly of Lincoln and Ne
braska City.
John C. Beard, a resident of Hum
boldt, dropped dead at his home of
heart disease. Mr. Beard was an old
settler and a member of the Grand
Army. He leaves a wife and two
children.
Because he lost his job as freight
conductor on the Burlintgon thruogh
excessive drinking, W. W. Hambell
killed himself ty swallowing carboiio
acid. The suicide was committed at
his home in Wymore, his wife and
child being away visiting in Lincoln,
Charles H. McDaniels, one of Swift'
Si Co. 's jhicken pickers, died at
Beatrice from the effects of sixty
grains of morphine taken the night
before, McDaniels and his wife, who,
came to Beatrice from iS'jperior.Neb.,
two months ago, bad quarreled and
separated on account of McDaniels.
drinking heavily. The deceased wa9
JO years old aod had 82.000 Insurance
In the Knights and Ladies of Secur-8"
itv' . ;
John Neville, a farmer living four
miles north of Waboo, met with a
latal accident. He was hauling corrj
ind attempted to diive across the
railroad track ahead of the Eikhorn
tassenger train. The train struck
the wagon and demolished it and Mr.
Neville was thrown some distance,
'duliting on bis shoulders. lie was
picked up unconscious aod brought
back lo Wahoo by the train and med
ical aid was summooed. He was
about 45 years of age, married and
had a large family. Mr. Neville died
in the depot waiting room.
Several bad cases of cattle being
poisoned by eating hay which con
tained ergot have come to light
around Fremont. One herd of cattlo
northwest of Fremont is in an es
pecially bad condition, nearly all of
the 150 head showing symptoms of 't.
A number were ordered shot by the
veterinary. The disease affects the
hind feet, which swells up and Id
iorne cases actually rot and fall off
before the animal dies, '
A convention of sugar beet grower,
uf that part of Nebraska is called to
meet in McCook Saturday atfernoon,
Jauuaiy It Is proposed to bava
an exchange of ideas and experiences
fr m practicl growers of beets the
past season fur advantage d iing tbe
next season. An association of su
gar beet growers will also be formed
during tho convention for tbe pur
pose (f promoting the sugar Deet in
dustry in southwestern Nebraska. A
full attendance ot farmers Is urged,
as the matter is considered of first
and largest linportau-e tu them and
to the locality.
Anna Morrell, whose husband wat
killed in a collision at Table Rock.
Neb., December 16, while acting la
I ha capacity of fireman, has begun
s lit in the district court in Gaga
county against the Chicago, Burling
ton Sc Qulncy railroad for $60,000
damages. It is alleged that some ot
the crew were asleep on tbe train
which crashed into the engine occu
pied ty Fireman Morrell. The suit
Is brought on the grounds that the
company violated the law In compell
ing its employes to work without tba
required amount of rest. It Is tha
I itgest suit ot the kind ever Insti
tuted in Gage county.
George D. Follmer.commlr'
public lands and build!
mates the expenditure;;
parlrnciit at $64,780 for ' . ,'
nlu.ii. He rccommenrj,,,,,, whlch
of tbe pcnltentlarjiit of isc that
cither sold and the web would
penitentiary repalr
to t tic educatlon-.-e of water t
eight Countlcil "t,ln nln
have heen leased'
been leased at a hi
formerly.
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