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r THE FIELD OF BATTLE INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES THE AR. OF Tk Veterans of the Kebcllisa Tell of WbUtliag Bullets, Bright Bajoncta, Ba rat lag Boaiba, Bloody Kattlaa, Camp Flr, Feativc Bn(i, Ktc, Ktc Id the (laji of the "ivil War. eivpe daily after the liegiiinlng of 'IKI, therv were stirrlrijf times In tbe "north cuuu try." or Uiom portion lmrdering ii(mhi Canada. West KtewnrtKlowii, N. II.; Beecher Fall. Vt.p and the township of Here ford. I. Q.. ate tbor-e uwjut frequently mentioned in the lale of the xi sties a having been tlie twene. of bloody enoouiiters and Kueb wholesale smug gling as to render them more cloudy paLrol.il by the government than al Oiotil any oilier point u'xin the border. When the boys. In blue were ti,rlitlns Tor their country the recruiting Her- , gcuuts foutnl It necessary to "draft" soldiers to enter the struggle between the north and the Houth, and they aooured the country for able bo iled men who hud not come to the front voluntarily. Thee men. who were to be forced Into fight agalnnt their will, rebelled, and large iiuiiiIhmh of them made their eeipe "over tlie line" hit.- Cnunda. At that time, when good roads were not an frequently mcii as now, the main arteries of travel In the north coutitrj were the minis to ('hoioIm on lKith Hide of the ('onnecticiit river In Vermont and New Hampshire. It wax a common occurrence fur a man who had been drafti-d to make Ms escape from home during the night and drive at a mad pace up river to t'anada, when', once over the lmrder, lie could not be touched by Uncle Sam's olIlcerH. Some of these men Journeyed all the way from Massachu ettx and Connecticut. taking roads off the main line, slinking through the woods by day, sleeping in barns or haysUicks at night and begging or buying here and there, at wayside farms, food and drink for their suste nance. Over 100 of the men who held their own safety dearer than their coun try 'a honor went to Hereford und I'e quettsvllle alone, and were dubbed by the residents of Canada, who had mall sympathy for them, by I lie huh 'festive epithet of "skedaddlers." , Here, once K.ifely over the line, Ihey "lqtwltc(l,M nud built for themnelvcs from loirs, fence rails or n few dollars' worth of lumber, quaint little bins Jbarely largo enough to nccomuiodatr them and their belongings. In pastun and forest they built up their settle imeut, and even now an occasional 'skexhidtilor's hut" may be scon, slow ly rotting away. , Some of the men w ho had sufficient 'money clubbed together and built log houses, which are Ktlll standing in 'Pequcttsvllle, a part of Hereford. Tin liutu were built In curious shapes. noun being octagonal, other triangular, still others hexagonal. Square ones and round omit were frequently seen, and Home of the men exercised great In jKCliiilty In tlie building of their tern library abodes, (nice in si while n wlg-wum-sliaped hut may be seen, built around the trunk of a large Mpritcc or pine tree, the blanches of which irv"! to keep oh the wind mid rain. Very often one might have seen n conveyance loaded with blankets and 'provisions, driven by the wife of one of the "skedaddle;-," drive up to the line. The husband would be In wait dug, quickly snatch the supplies ami jdart to the oilier side of the little Igranlte sign post thai divided the I'nl- tcd States from the Queen's dominions. 'Here, once past the post, all the detec lives In the States were powerless In .touch him, and he might visit all the Afternoon with his wife, who .generally kept Iter Aide of the line with Im punity. Hoston Herald. Moriea nf t,nnitreet rind Gorilon. "(Jenernl Gordon," wild the Major, "told a story well, nnd he had many good stories to tell. Long 1m-fore he took the lecture field I heard him tell a story In Washington which went the rounds of the newspapers at that time and brought him closer to the men who wore the blue In the Civil War. . "Gordon was speaking of the depres sion of the men In the ranks of lice's army between the fall of Richmond and the surrender lit .Appomattox. The men did not lose courage, but 'were not as they bad been. One day, 'riding along the road, the General came upon a reglnu-ntal prayer meet Jog, which was very Impressive. The men were kneeling or slunding with bowed heads about the chaplain, who was praying In n. voice of wonderful tompass. "Tlie General checked Ills horse and renioed his hat and waited for the Send of the prayer. The chaplain asked toe Ixird to give the men of Lee's army supreme courage to meet the breat crisis that bud come upon then, foititude to bear new privations Bid troubles, strength to fight against the pursuing enemy. Just then a tall prl rate rose from his knees nnd shouted tf the chaplain: 'Pray for bread, chap 'm'n, pray for bread. We have cour age to burn, but to fight we must have omethlng to ent I'rny for bread.' This broke up the prayer meeting. "General I.ongstreet used to tell a gcod many stories to show that the men of his command always treated raptured Union soldiers with ns much consideration and kindness ns was pos sible under the circumstances. He ld that his orders on this point were ery strict nd he never knew any of Ms men to disobey. As he went on to explain how proud he was of the word of bis men on this point lie- , leocr enipmj -1 in one of the depart j incuts at Whiugtiu inrci i npl.tl him. i " 'riidnul.tedly your orders were j Mrict. I .eiicral.' be "but I hap- ' m-ii to know that lie Here citied j For -XMIl.ple. in Ka! Teliu."-c- juu I order.st your men to n pccl the !--1 longings of I'rf'iirrv and thi is the way Mime of iIhui did ii I wore a , gssJ pair of arinv shoes, nearly new. , One day a good uatured fellow in gray j with no shoe to sH-uk of walki ilong I our line looking intently at the shoes of the raptured I'uiouiM He put bis foot by the side of mine. and. remark ing thai I was jut his hiKc. added, "(lid Pete iliiigstreetl sjiys be will j have every man hot who steals any thing from a prisoner. lo save my life, won't you trade shitrs with me, for I must have them shoes." Of course traded, as did other prison ers.' At thii Imgstrcet smiled, but insisted that the story didn't prove anything." ('hii-.igo Inter Ocean. Flayed Marlilea with Jacka.iu. Preston Jai kson. a white -haired ne gro ol hast lies .Moines, hears the (lis tlnction of having played with "Stone wall" Jackson, shot at the general dur ing tin- Civil War nial captured his own In-other from lln- onfeilenite es. Jackson thinks he is about isl years of age. Me sp'-aks in rich south ern dialect, and tells hi own story best. 'My inolhiili n.-i wailno; maid to Mrs. (Vila Mitchell, daughlah of Cap tain Hancock .la -kson. who am an un cle ob "Stonewall" Jackson. My fa- thah was a Si olch I rishina u. 'Mist.ih Mitcii!! sold inoliiah anil me to I aptam .lackson when "Stone wall' was a liitle sliavah. I brought t'i. We Used to play lim bics, hunt rabbits ami skyla'k togedder. He used to call me 'Skinny' and 1 called him 'Vent I Mibbs," fob sho't. He all's play ed fair an' thi't h heap o' me. "I went to de Mex'can war wif ole Massa Captain and mothah stayed wlf (le chllluiis. We war gone two yea lis and den went back to fa'nien. Hy'm bye, I ,i iii-ti in was heard from, de big wall broke lose ami I run away. We war liven In Missouri then, an' I coax ed mothah ter come wlf me to Iowa. I got her a Job an' one day I come home all dressed up In blue an brans buttons, an she kinder cried. She hugged an' kissed me considerable, an' lb last words I evah beared her say wah: 'Now, Preston Jackson, you do yer best, and' if JO don't git killed I specs ter see you come inarchlti' honie wid de niggahs all free I did but she wall passed away. "One day I yanked er feller out n a wood pile and tote him ter headquar ters. We got ter taik'n and I foun' out he war iiinh brodder. I gib him some money and help him git erway. Tw o yea lis ago he sent me bnck (le money an' di n died. "I nice, when we wah light'u er big bllt lie I see er big gener'l sitt'n llj) straight like on er horse.;! look erg! n, an' sab. It war 'Stonewall' Jackson sure as vo' live. Somebody punch me in de ribs ami say 'keep on er shoot'n.' So I did. "As I drawcil er bead on ole' Stone. wall. I heard er voice, kinder way back, sliig'n like er kid, 'Vent Hubbs' an' I saw er little shavah kiieel'n ter pick er law.' I couldn't see fob cry'll like. Jos' dell de flag, de stalls nil stripes, old Glory, dry call herb -gosh I'd die fer herb yil -blowcd so's tiilnl iMe o 1 Cu fliiiieu ill we sun lien I Ha vs. 'Preston Jack'ion, Vent liubbs be , do yer duty, an' llrcd lie smoke blowcd erwny sos I could see, an" brcss mv life, I'd missed him slick es er whistle. Oh! I.ordy, but fell, good!" Des Mollies News. Gordon S .Idler,' l.lol. An Incident of the mustering out ol volunteers at Savannah, Ia.. after the Spanish-American war shows how the rank and lile of the army felt Inward ilciicral John IS. Oonlou. lie had been lu command of a brigade, but had been discharged and was uaii) a citizen of the republic. One of his regiments, I lie Sixth Missouri, was in camp at Savannah walling to be mustered out nf the service. While the men were ready to Inflict any Insult on the ofll eel of their own regiment, they loved (ienciiil (iordon. In their desire to Hhow admiration for lit in they collected a fund and money was not plentiful nt that time to purchase a jeweled sword for the old Confederal! who had won the af fection of Northern boys while a gen eral In command. The weapon was bought. It was a tine piece of work manship and would have appealed to any soldier. When time came for the presentation, the rank and (lie of the regiment I, elected a private as col onel, ami placed privates in every other place commonly occupied by commis sioned otlleers. The private, who had never been able to win even a corporal's Ktrlpes, sat his horse with the grace of n West Pointer nnd commanded the com panies and battalions with the ease of a regular army nlhYor. In this style the Ixiys marched five miles to town, and halting In front of General Gor don's old home, nsked him to come out on his veranda. As he stood there, looking the fine citizen he was, the soldiers broke Into cheers. After the sword hud been placed In his hands he Invited the sol dors Into his house, and every man round some refreshment there, such was the general's preparation to en tertain any wlro happened to cross bis threshold. General Gordon's place lu tlie af fections of the private soldiers was not won by any sacrifice of offlcln! dignity, but simply because nil hands r-eeog-ul.ed In liltn tbe good news of heart and the character that cannot be hid by a oldler' uniform tor developed by an it her garb. PUNISH THE INSIRCFNTS AMERICAN WAR VESSELS FIRE ON SAN DOMINGO REBEL8- i Uutuinguaa Ired on Aaaerlcaa Mrnlxiil M-I and fcliuti Land ad Nrar l ip Hi Miliar' (rulMr loloiubN. .'PAULS. A dispatch from Sao iJomingo t-ay that the Uoited -Slates ruiser Columbia and the faioiig ibip Haitford l.ave bumbaided Duate, which Is occupied by tbe lusurgenls VYASH1 NGTOV Late tonight the slate department lecelved a cablegram from Minister Poeli, dated at San Domingo, February 10, saying a de Ui ve battle has been f.iught between the govertrjieot forces and Hie insurgents. It is ex tended over two days and usulted in a vl-tory of (be povermueut. The siege has heeu raised and the Insurgents are in retreat. A belated dispatch dated Keoruary 12 from Captain J. M. Miller of I be United States cruiser Columbia which witb the Newark, is in San Domingo waters, Or i i gs ortu ial con- lirniatinn of tlie assi dated press dis patcli Kgardii g the tK inbardmtnt of the insurgents by tlie war vessels.. ftniii a position near tlie capital city, tlie landing of marines and blue jackets to punish the revolutionists ano their suhsequciit'reeiubarkatiou. According to Captlan Miller's dis patch tbe affair occurred on a rirer suout two miles from Sao Domingo, presumably at t ie place mentioned In the press dispatches as the locality where the bombardment occurred. Tlie insurgents who were statlotud on the mainland, fJrfd on a United States merchant vessel believed to be the New York, which was lying In the river. The shots fell so danger ously near the war vessels tiiat Ibe acts of the Insurgents were construed by Cap' aiii Miller us an attack oo the vessels nod a battery fire was opened on the revolutionists. This was followed up by the debarkment of four hundred marines and blue Jnckets from the Columbia and Newark who made a successful land ing ashore. They dWodgid the Insurgents from their position and thasrd them Into the couutry. After ucromplislilnu this the marines ar.d blue jackets toi k agalD to their boats and returned to their sbius. One man s bugler named Pa'rter, was seriously wounded by the acci dental explosion of his Mr lug piece. There weie no other casualties. Active In Korea. TOKIO. Three hundred Russian scouts recoui.oltered ycsteiday In Wijl and vicinity. They crossed the Yalti river entered the town and grouted through the surrounding country. They then crossed the river and rejoined their main force. Advices to the Japanese govern ment from Peking say that while at Mukden Viceroy AlixlelT asked the Chinese troops to aid in guarding tbe railway, so as to pa vent the interruption of Irafllc. The Chinese refused the request and asked fur instructions from Piking. The Chlriist told llicm to inlorm Alexlifl that as Russia bad Insisted that the Chinese were un.iblu to guard the railway In time of p'jace, surely Rus sia could not expect them to guard it In time of war. . The national loan has already men twice covered. Viscount Yoskl Kawa has been appointed minister for home nfTalrs. ST. PETERSBURG. -The Vledo- mostl publishes an editorial ariMe 'on the pride shown in Great iiritaio and the United Slates In their pro Japaness sympathies, anrt asks what these will Ulliualeiy cost the "cultured west." Answering this question of the 'yellow peril' it Is hopeless blindness not to sea. that Russia stands as a barrier between the approaching Jlslng of Asia and old d( generate Eui.rpe, and to disiro that tins barrier tie swei t away Is absolute Imbecility In is ex claimed that Japan represents pro gress and civilization. The smie thing was said in IHiifl about l'nis-la, and it was not suspectt rl that the success of Prussian arms would be a cootlnual source of alum and only ended when His Kraiico-Rtis i n alliance re-establishes the political balance of Europe. SEOUL. Japanese .fuiitlves who iwere maltreated at Port Ar'hur ar rived at Chemulpo ycsteiday and the sloiy "f their ill treatment has created (treat excitement anionjr tbe settlers there. Pool Room Running Wide. ST. LOUIS. All the pers-ns Injured in the Hot at Maidson, 111., yesterday folhwlng the attempt of citizens to eh se up a pool locm ibeie are doing well and none will die. Despite the threats of another raid, the pool room opened again this af ernoon and the usual crowd of St. Louis men came over, het lng conducted at usual, In tbe pre oca W Chief of Holloa HcCumbrldo. FIGHT MAY BE ON ?ENEWAL ON OF JAPANESE ATTACK PORT ARTHUR LNLY PARTLY CREDITED ICE ADMIRAL. ED TO EE TOGO SUPPOS-ASSAILANT- i.r of Kuuun Craft Ucrd llav fallra lul (ha Hand or 111- Kufiiiy I'cl v Jftiiuou irM'iun t I'iMicua. I oKIO. It is icported here ihit i- Admiral To'u has aain at lacked Port Arthur. I I is impossible to confirm the nemcnt. Lut the navy department ns it lias h'id no nes Iroru Togo b day. It is considered very probable that the vice admiral lias made another ii tack on the I!usians, as lie is en- g.-d in blockading Port Arthur. LONDON. Tin- Nagasaki corre-' ip ndi in i f the Daily Telegraph; r.ibiing under date for February 2! It P'Tls that the Japmese squadrou las capiuicu lour itusSian UTpcu ) ii ats al Poit Artl.ur by using llus- nun signals. This dispatch appears lo roiilii'iu reports from various j jarters of a fresh attach oo Port St bur ty the Japjuese. ' A correspondent at Ti-kio ot IK liter's teli gram company says he, e arns from a reliable source that the. laissian minister to China, Paid Lessar, has successfully bribed Chin :se otlicials with the result that the Instructions given the Russian gur. 1 at Mandjur to leave Shanghai were ianceled. Tlie Japanese government (insiders this lu ba a breacb of Lblnese neutr.lity, and Is taking Heps in the matter. 1 VIENNA. The disturban cecrea-( ted yesterday at Prague by sev eral hundred Slav students fulluwlng i service of Intercession In the Roman church there for the success )f Russian arms was more serious than was at first reported. Uefore (:ie beginning of the service fighting occurred between the opposing fac tions and several students were in lured. .Fully 1,000 students procetded to wards tlie United States consulate tn make a hostile demonstration, but wire prevented by the pillce. After tbe service the mayor and otllcial-i of Prague were given an ovatl io by tbe iidenls who shouted "Long live Russia and France," and Down with Great Iiritaio, the United States ind Germany." Students and others who attempted to make pio-Russian ipeechis were severely beaten. Japanese Well Treated. NAGASAKI. The steamer Stnl- beig has arrived here from Vlaiivo stock with twenty while foreigners, Loll) Chinese and tifty Japanese. She brings in addition forty sur vtvors of the Japanese steamer Nakonoura Maru which was sunk by the Russian cruiser squa'ron fiom Vladivosiock on February 11. Two men were drowned during their transfer to tbe Russian ships. The survivors were well treated and pro vided with return passages. The Vladivosiock squulrjo In- tend id to bombard Ilakodare but a snow storm prevented the vessels from entering the Straights of Tsuruga. They Intend to make an other attempt to reach Hakodate in March, with the cruisers Ave torpedo boats and an armed transport. The civilians at VI idivostock have been ordered to lea c owing to the scarcity of food, as the government Is lakelig verylhlng available. A panic has seize! the Chiuese, who are leavli g by the wholesale. TOKIO. The news of the escape from death of the crew of th? Nakonoura Maru was received In Tokio with satisfaction aud pre ceptP'lv has ns the feeling or bitter ness lowara the Russians ou account of the sinking of the s ip. A piseners' IntolPgcnce bureau lies been cieated and regul.itiotis re garding the ti"!itircnt of prisoner! 01 war pii'ilMied. The Tokiowoveru lucnt. It is understood, has antlcl patcd the neces-lty ol t-o n providing for tbe care ot Russian prisoners. Biron Kinekn, who, as already announced, wlh sail f r the Unit d States on Thuisdav, is chained with diplomatic mls-on concerning tho neutral relations of the two countries. Pour Whisky Into Clutter. BLOOMING ION, 111. A supplj nf whiskey, smuggled into C -Hui to be used In a political celebration, was dlscovcrc by the teiuperanne women of fie pi ice. They marched Into a te.taunut win re fie Int xl (ants were st red and seizing tin ipp.ilv emu tied it into the gutter. C' ltm is a prnh hit on community and the sentiment theie is stiouglj In approval of the action of Lu raiders. 7 HEM UP AS SPIES 'IANS MAKE SHORT WORK r J i PAN EASE PRISONERS- It,,, - ii II Hfti-r, to lt . ii'--! trr ami One h,l llit-llt old lu To rilurjf. Oltirtr Culo Uar H'Alt 1IVKLOPME5TS. An caily nasli by Japanese tiO' ps I if a stiatfgic position in northern Kuica isexpcted. Admiral Alcxieff has arrived an jiablished licadUirte:s at Uarbio, The advisability of strengthening; 'lie Asiatic llett is being considered it Wellington. Itcpo-U that Admiral Togo has re ieid the attack at Port Arthur '-a.-'b' d Tokio and are partly con-rme-J at London, where ciipatcnes He published saying four Russian rjc io b .ats have been captured, .lapinev' minister Hayaslii discred s the report of a laud battle ou tbe i. in which many Russians were lui J h- Turkish minister at VYasbing- 'i t: i;reoi Is war lu tlie Ji.ilKans. In an will rot begin aggressive op- -i-.ilp.nis in Manchuri.i for moulbs. ST. PETERSBURG. -The Japau- se tttio weie liangen uy uussians in tianchuiia fir attempting to bio ip the railroad bridge over the Sin ,ari river w re disguised as coolies. i hey wire arrested just as they were about to mi'ke tbe attempt. InquDy icvealed that they were Japanese jllicers of tbe general stalf, namely ionel Assai of the er gneers, and Lieutenants Zoncloiascha and beaeurta of the sappers. They were at once hanged from the girders of the bridge. The newspapers of Port Arthur, dited February 4, reached St. Peters burg today indicating that tbty ere less than three weeks in transit. Troop trains pro1 ably require a longer time, on account of the dlfti- cultles at Lake Haila, where pio visions and troops are crossing both on ice trains arid sledges. Rut the cold is exceedingly severe. Today 36 Ocgrees below (Fahrenheit) was re corded at Irkutsk and other places. Stories of the suffering of the troops In the crossing of the lake are presistent. Some reports say six hundred men were fiozen but these lack continuation, oillc'al or other wise. The telegraph is working well. Military men desiring to accom pany tbe Russian army have bten formally nolitied I., at they can pro ceed when convenient, but, it is added, that accommodations and commissariat supplies cannot bi guaranteed before March 15. No authorlataioo!. have yet been Issued to war correspondents and direction will be done until the concentration of troops In completed. ST: I'ETERSliU 11 u. "The wai will end In August or September, in the complete defeat of the Japan ese." said a higl'. authority in Inti mate touch with the Russian war plans, whoso opinion cau be taken fiitlifully to rellect the belief In the highest ollleial quarters, to the Associated press todiy. 'lOKIO. The plan arranged for the emptrnr and imperial head quartcis to move to Ky .to has tem porarily abandoned, and it is now ih'.ught belter not to remove until after tbe closing of the special session of the diet early in April. The inconvenience of removing the seat of government at,d convening he diet at Kyoto is the reason as signed for the ch-inge In the plan, small interest Is manifested in tlie forth coming election. The var oversLarlows all political questions just now. The country is united politically and it Is expected that the new diet will fully support the gov ernment and cordially approve all measures cor cerning the war. YOKOHAMA Police and other otlicials and interpreters have kit Tokio foi Myake Island, southeast ol the Idzu penln-ula, where twelve Russians recently landed from tC boats, declining they hud hcen shipwreck-d, but, carrying arms and pautojiraphic cameias. The captain and two of tlie crew of another ship wreckej party, who landed on the north const, have been biought U Yokohama and turned over to the French (onsul. Jipanease Aie Reassured. TOKIO.- The assurance of Franci that the Russian flotil.i. e e?t twi toip'do bo 'it destroyers which have b en disarmed and will he detained until the war ends, have left Jibutil Fit tich Somiillatid. reaclb d Tolc tod i.- and pr d iced a feeling of gen eral satisfaction. To D g Olrt. WASHING rON.-Everything l teidy for the speedy consumption o the Piniiinn can il treaty, an I b'ib the war and the state depart men have mad pr p nations lor did next step, Ibe former by the dispatch ni troops to the isthmus and the lattei . v the en t nlt'tlon of airangpme.i. f r the ex hange ot rutitica 1 uis r the t eaty whlc i must tiKe place iVuslil utun T'lcro l "o reno I why thlt cermo iv slio ild n t 'c.:ur Wlllllu llin llt-'ll lui ll-cmuii uuuia. - - - - - - A., Lk Wvy VT ! rrrr TTT T w . W NEBRASKA NOTES TtTt ,r V V TTTTTT T t w ww The women of Albion gave a leagi year party to Ibe opera house. The Crelgbton Farmers' institute will bold the annual nieaiug om February 19-20. A new asbestos curtain has been installed in the Parmalee toeater at' Plaits LQOutti The home of liert Stewart near Petersburg, has been quarantined oo account of smallpox. Knights of Pythias lodge No. IT of Columbus held its innual ball and banquet in Hartel's hall. Robert McCaren aged 22, recentr fioin Ireland, was killed near Rogers, b.- ialling from a load of hay. The John Gund Brewing company of La Crosse, Wis., will build a brick (storehouse, 25x140 fet, in Petera bnrg. The state treasurer will collect 10 per cent interest on taxes do from counties from and after Febru ary 1. Jude Sutton of Omaha Is holding district court at Papilllon. Tbera is but one criminal case on tha docket. J. C. Cleveland, an old-time leal dent of Creighton died recently al the age of 75 years Of a stroke Of apoplexy. Captain J A. Trlmhell, who raa the first si earn boat on Cedar river, died at Cedar Falli. at tbe age of 7 years. The Rev. G. II. Sahleh of Omaha delivered a lecture at Beatrice uudef i le auspices of tbe Woodmen of tb Woild. W. A. Gourley, a sewing machlna peddler, was fined $5 for using im proper language to a woman oo tba street. A social entertainment and bait was given at Alliance last night by tbe Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers ot tbe Wyo mlng division. George Giy, charged with bora stealing was given his preliminary hearing at Beatrice and beld to tha district court In $100 bonds. Patrick J. Rattlgan, died ot rbeu-s matism at Papilllon last Thursday nUht, He was an old settler and leaves a wife and nine children. John B. Mumford, one of tbe pio neer farmers of Beatrice, died after an Illness of several years. A widow and six children survive him. Mr. and Mrs. 1. N. Beeson cele brated tbelr golden wedding last Fri day at the home of tbelr son, Ed ward, four mllee south of ttaaava. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Snow, two of Beatrice's well knowD people cele brated their Rolden wedding In tha presence of a large number of friends. The police of Nebraska City are anable to put a -top to petty thiev ing from cellars and railroad cars. They are being censured by tte oeople. Frank Gamerl, manager ot the Standard Oil company's ollice at Nebraska City, has been giveD charge at Lincoln. A. W. Juhnion will suc ceed him at the former place The February trm of ;cnrt Is in sessUn at Colmubus. The locket contains ninety-six civil arid fourteen criminal cases, with the grand jury still at work. J. P. Bailey state secretary of the Y. M. C. A., addnsscd a large au dience of men at the Oliver theater, Lincoln upon the subject "Selling Out." J. A. Gage a nurseryman of Heatrlce, has examined the huds ol fruit trees in the vicinity and sayi the prospect for a fruit crop was uever better. A tes t case of tbe compulsory edu-. tatlon law will be made upon a com plaint tiled against Louis Flgc, living near Furt Crook, which will be heard before Judge Goss at Bcllevue on February 20. Flags 1 n Lincoln are (lying at balf- uast as an expression or sorrow ai the derth of Senator Hanna. Schools, public buildings, as will as a Dum ber of residences, display tn? sign of respect. Prof. Charles Arbuthnot of tbe state university will give weekly lec tures to memoeis of the labor uniona at Lincoln, Thursday evenings, tbe object of which will be to make a practical study of labor and capital. The MaenDeichor at Columbus cele brated Its twenty seventh annlver nary last weeK. toe ursi part oi the evening was spent la games and a program. Atterwaia a oanquei was served, and then r.ane dancing. Counteifelt silver dollars are float frig around Gretna In large numbers, nearly all tbe business men being the victims. Tbey bear dates uf 1880, 1890 and 1891. Several bad U bids bave also been discovered. A horse owned by Fred Rlggert of Fremont whs abut recently as ae act of mercy. Tbe animal was neaily foity years old, and bad been the family carriage horse for tweuty Hve years, until overcome by old ag t ree tears ago, since whlcb tint It baa noi beeu ait of Ue stable