VOL, XV. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBFR, 16 1888. NUMBER 25
BROWN-GREEN DEBATE
CANDIDATES ON REPUBLICAN AND
POPULIST TICKETS TO TAKE
THE STUMP.
lintel lor Tlilrty-nlns Debate-are Kli"il
(From the Kearney Daily Hub.)
Whereas, Ii is mutually agreed
that a joint discussion shall he held
in the Sixth Congressional district
ur Nebraska, between Hoii. Norris
Brown and Hon. W. )<. Greene, at
the time and place mutually agreed
upon; and
Whereas, It is desirous that a
full, fair and honorable debate be
had.
Therefore; It is hereby expressly
agreed b\ and between the parlies
and tin ir representatives, to wit: Rod
C. Smith and N. I*. McDonald, Chair
men of the respective congressional
committees, that each debate shall
last for three hours and the time
shall he divided as follows.
Mr. Greene being the challenged
party shall according to the custom
in joint debates be accorded the
opening and closing speeches in the
first deflate.
Thereafter the parties shall alter
nate. The party opening shall have
one hour. The party following shall
have one hour. The party open
ing shall then have twenty
minutes; the other party to follow
with thirty minutes, and the party
opening to have ten minutes to close
the debate.
It is further expressly agreed that
said debates shall be confined to the
issues between the populist and re
publican parties.
Tne parties shall agree upon a
chairman and two secretaries for each !
meeting and the lime shall be kept;
by the chairman and sccretari s
and announced or called by the chair
inn n.
That this agreement, shall be read
at the opening of each of said de
betes
lion C Smith.
Cirri Peoples Party Cong. Com.
N. P. McDonald,
Cli'n Republican Cong. Com.
Kearnev, Neb., Sept. 3, l8t>8.
In accordance with the above ag
reenit nt tlie following sehedual of
places and dates have been agreed
upon.
Valentine, September 10.
Rushviile, September 12.
Chadrou, September 1 {.
Crawford, September 14.
Heiningsfbrd, September 15.
Alliance. September IG
1 lyannis, September 17.
Mullen, September 19.
Sidney, September 22.
Kimball, September 23.
Harrisburg, September 24.
Chappell, September 2G.
Kearney, September 28.
O, Neil October 1,
Spencer, October 3. Day.
Butte, October 3. Night.
Long Pine, October 5.
Atkinson, October G.
St. Paul, October 8.
Ord, October 10. Day.
Scotia, October 10. Night.
Burwell, October 11. Day.
Taylor, October 11 Night.
West Union, October 12. Day.
Broken Bow October 13.
Mason City, October 14.
Loup City, October 15.
Arcadia, October 17.
Greely, October 19.
Ogalala, October 21.
North Platte, October 22.
Lexington, October 24.
Co/.ad, October 2ft.
Gothenburg, October 20.
Callaway, October 28.
Miller, October 29.
Shelton, October 31.
Ravenna, November 1.
Round Grove, November 2.
I.KTTKK C KIUI Til K PH I LIPPI N RS.
Philippine Inlands, Aug. 3, 1898.
M >• Dear Mother and Father:—
1 grasp the opportunity to answer
your kind and weieorae letter which
I received to day and was very glad
to again hear from home as I had
not got a letter from home for along
time. It seems a year to me since
I left home, I have not had any mail
before since we lett Honolulu. This
mail came with the third expedition.
I have had good health ever since I
have been here. It is terrible wet
it has rained every day since we
have been here, is very bad march
ing. We have to carry all our things
with us and a hundred rounds of cart
ridges besides. We have had two
lights with the Spaniards since we
arrived. The first one our regiment
was not engaged Is was claimed that
there was 400 Spaniards killed and
a great many wounded. There was
six of our men killed and fifteen
wounded Last night cur regiment
was out on the firing line and about
12:00 o'clock the Spaniards came
out and commenced firing at us. We
laid low a little while and then rais
ed above the inlrenchments and com
menced tiring and fired fifty rounds
a piece and the Spaniards flew. They
did not uttuck us again. We lost
one man killed anil two or three
wounded. I do not know how many
Spaniards We killed but we must of
got some of them. L will close for
touight as 1 did not gut much sleep
last night and am very tired. I will
finish in the morning.
Well Mother I will try and finish
my letter this morning. Tell father
that 1 know what war is now. We
had to lay in the trenches all day and
all night and it rained all the time.
The bullets flew pretty thick some
times and the shells were bursting
all around us. I heard this morn*
iug that we killed 300 Spaniards I
do uot know whither it is just right
or not but we could see some of
them. One of them layed within
fifty yards of our works. He looked
as if he was all tore to pieces. Our
lines are about 800 yards from the
Spaniards, they keep up a constant
fire so that we have to keep our
heads down when we are on the fir
ing line. It looks really funny to
see the boys dodging, but a fellow
can’t help it be will dodge after the
bullets have past. I do not know
how long the war will last but hope
it will not be a great while. We
get plenty to eat but I wish I could
step in and eat dinner with you.
There is alt kinds of fruit hero but
I would not live here under any cir
cumstance. As soon as the war is
over I will be home as soon as I can
get there, Nebraska is good enough
for me. So good bye hoping to hear
from you soon I am your obedient
son.
Simpson Chibs.
ASHTON LOCALS.
IIA IN! GEE! but was not that a
fine raiu. Whoop! But won’t the far
mers hustle fall plowing.
E. G. Taylor was doing business
at Loup City Thursday.
F. J. Taylor of St. l'aul spent
Thursday night at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Taylor.
Anton Brawe paid off his farm loan
Thursday, as a result of Republican
Prosperity.
I. N. D. Auble of Ord, was in
town Saturday.
H. G. Patton, our worthy sheriff,
was here on business on Saturday.
Aug. Johnson made a flying trip
to St. Paul, last Saturday.
Andrew Gorstka was doing busi
ness in Loup City Saturday.
D. Shawvan, representing I). M
Ferry & Co. was a pleasant caller
Monday.
J. E. Conklin went to Loup City
Friday night on business, returning
Saturday evening.
We notice Emil Sparling is home
from Oklahoma. He expects to re
turn soon.
Michael Reowlinski and Henry
Dunker went to the “hub” Tuesday
noon on business.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Marvel, Mr.
and Mrs. R L. Arthaud, Mi. and
Mrs W. M. Smelser and T I)
Wi.son went to Loup Tuesdev **ve
ing t«» attend a Masonic banquet.
Al! returned Wedueseuy morning
rod if smiling faces are an indicator
all bad a good time.
Ignac Xowieki is building a new
residence on the east side.
“Captain” John Smith and Q. F.
Marlow are giving t'ueTaylor A Con
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klin store building a new coat of
paint.
Mr. \V. II Brown left Wednesday
morning over the Burlington for a
visit to Lincoln and also the Expo
sition at Obaba. I U.
CUIQU1TA ON A WIIKKL.
Tl»e Smallest Hike Hitler In the World.
Delight* Thousand* of Children at
the Tran* Mississippi
Ex posit Ion.
Cbiquitn, the tiniest lot of human
ity in the world, aged 28 years, and
only weighing sixteen pounds, is the
most interesting of all the attrac
tions at ttie Traus-Miisissippi expo
sition, and the delight of thousands
of people daily who attend the recep
tions given to guests io her drawing
room She has a face that beams
with inteligenee, health and good
nature, and it is iu proportion to the
size of her body, which is perfectly
formed, so small, so marvelous and
Venus-like in formation, entirely be
yond the comprehension even of the
most imaginative mind.
Chiquita is not only an accom
plished entertainer, but also a skill
ed bicycle rider, her appearauce on
the wheel being the cutest of all. In
regulation short-skirted bicycle cos
tume of scotch tweed, with a tiny
cap and leather leggings to match,
she spins along the exposition
grounds on what is said to be the
smallest practicable bicycle ever
eanstructed. Cbiquita's wheel weighs
hut six and a quarter pounds, the
wheels being only seven inches in
diameter, aud is complete in every
detail, trom the latest improved sad
dle but three inches across, to a tiny
lantern and cyclometer. Her skill
ful evolutions on the miniature bicy
cle evoke the heartiest applause from
the delighted spectators.
Chiquita, while in New York last
winter, was the subject of an anatom
ical examination, appearing before
nine of the leading medical lights of
thd country who, after having care
fully examined her and taken her
measurements, gave it as tneir opin
ion that a more perfectly formed wo
man they had never seen.
Her dressing table is about a foot
high, aud is walled with photographs
of her manager, Mr. Frank C. Bus
tock, of whom she is very fond. A
perfume atomizer, a silver pin tray, a
box of makeup, and a full sized
comb, betray the professional side of
the little actress, Just at hand
hangs a gold mounted mirror. All
around this are hooks, bearing fan
after fan, each one matching a cer
tain cos ume, and attached by pre
cisely the right shade of ribbon. The
only table foi her is a small Fast In
dian tabouret le.
Chiquita was born near Mutuiizas,
Cuba, aud is the oldest of five chil
dren, three boys and two girls. All
of the others are of normal size. Her
height is only twenty six inches.
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The first murder; capture, trial and sentence of the criminal.
Long list of pioneer settlers.
Settlement of German colony at Wilhelmshohe; near Ashton.
Opening of B. & M. lands tu settlers.
Government soldiers at Loup City in 18i.d.
Excitement occasioned l>\ jumping homesteads.
Judge Wall’s perilous adventure with the Olive (Jang
Murder of Mitchel and Ketdium.
Capture and trial of the Olives
Reckless adventure at Loup City of Guvnlittle aud the
“Doc” Middleton gang.
Arrest and trial of “Guytie” and capture of Middleton.
“An Old Lay Relaid.’’
Enroute for the Black Hills
Early experience of John R. Baker.
Full account of the grasshopper siege in 1870.
First grand Fourth of July celebration.
First county fair held in Sherman county.
Early church and school privelages.
The hard winter of 1880 and 1881.
The great barbecue, June 4, 1880.
Trip up the Loup in 1878; Indians and game on the route.
Trapper Jack’s Shanty.
Prairie dogs and rattlesnakes.
Walter Moon’s daring experience with a buck deer.
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The nog and the Law.
Once it is established that the nature
of the species is gentle and that every
dog is a law abiding and peaceable Bruno
then it becomes necessary, before liabil
ity for tho vulgar transgressions of a
fierco Towser can be fastened on the
owner, that he should have previous
knowledge (if the usual uud not to be
expeotod feat are.
This is called scienter, and until an
owner has this knowledge of his dog’s
viciousness he is not responsible, though
in the error of its ways not acting as
becomes a gentleman of tho dog species
or a lady, as the case may- be. To be
more accurate and exact, once a dog
has departed from the narrow path of
rectitude and demeaned itself in ways
other than should obtain with a strictly
proper and gentle animal, iind the own
er knows it, then it loses status and
oaste and must be put down as a vicious
animal, and the owner keeps it at his
peril. Lord Coleridge, it seems, was
anxious to reduco the law on the sub
ject to a nicety in the way of succinct
ness and brevity, and he succeeded by
saying that “every dog is entitled to
one bite," and the caso has special refer
ence to spring lamb or veal. The ex
pression is varied by making it “every
dog is entitled to one worry.”—Green
Bag. __
Racial Repartee.
A Swede and an Irishman, both of
them tolerably well known about town,
got into an urgument in front of the
courthouse, and they began telling each
other how it was too bad that their an
cestors had ever happened to shed the
wolf robes and take to living under oov
or. When things got a bit warm, the
Swede remarked that there was no
doubt in his mind that the Irishman
would be entitled, by reason of his an
cestry, to join some of the pedigree as
sociations but for the unfortunate fact
that most of those ancestors were hang
ed for stealing sheep.
“I suppose they did their sheep steal
ing with the understanding among
themselves that they wero all kingB,
and that it was all right to go over into
the next county and steal whatevor they
could lay thoir hands on,” said the
Swede in conclusion.
“Yes, an be all accounts,” said the
Irishman, “your ancestors lived in
kingdoms so very small that every time
they smelled a stockfish in the yard of
a neighbor they jumped over the fence
an got it, an if they got back they made
a national uffair of it if there was any
pursuit. ’ ’—St. Paul Globe.
UrotmqiM Spanish Honor.
The Washington Times recalls a story
about the >uko of Wellington that il
lustrates lie fantastic idea of honor
held by man - Spaniards, contrasted with
the practical common sense of English
men. When the duke was co-operating
with the Spanish army in the peninsula
against Napoleon, ho was desirous on
one occasion daring a general engage
ment that the general commanding the
Spanish contingent should execute a cer
tain movement on the field. He com
municated the wish to the Spaniard
personally and was somewhat taken
aback to be told that the honor of the
king of Spain and his army would com
pel him to refuse the request unless
Wellington, as a foreign officer gracious
ly permitted to exist and fl"ht on Span
ish soil, shonld present the petition on
his knees.
The old dnko often used to tell the
story afterward, and he would say,
“Now, I was extremely anxious to have
the movement executed, and I didn’t
care a ‘twopenny damn’ about getting
on my knees, so down I pumped I”
Luminosity In Plant*.
Many instances have been recorded of
flowers being luminous at night. They
only seem to do this on rare occasions,
hence they are to be envied who have
the good fortune to witness the phe
nomena. Though the writer has often
endeavored to get fortune's favor, she
has never smiled on him but once,
when he saw the phosphorescent glow
from fangi in a hollow tree, jnst like
the glow of a match when rubbed in
the dark. A German naturalist, Herr
Haggren, seems to have met with a
number of instances in his country—or,
rather, the night watchman he employ
ed did. He concludes the phenomena
are more likely to occur when it is
dark, after rain, following a sunny day.
July and August gave the most in
stances. Occurrences began soon, after
sunset, and there were nono after dawn.
He could not decide on the cause of the
luminosity. —Meehan’s Monthly.
“Doubtful Character*."
When Mr. Gladstone and Lord Ten
nyson paid a visit to Kirkwall and
wished to see St. Magnus’ cathedral,
they bad to get the assistance of the
United Presbyterian minister to show
it to them.
“I was,” Mr. Gladstone said, “such
a doubtful character that even in the
company of Tennyson I was not suffi
ciently respectable to be conducted over
it by the proper authority. ” The story
is told by Mr. Patrick Campbell, for so
many years Mr. Gladstone’s election
agent in Midlothian.—Westminster Ga
zette.
An English paper tells of a clergy
man who had two curates, with the
older of whom ho was at swords’ points.
On being appointed to another living
ho decided to take with him the younger
curate, whom he liked, and when he
camo to preach his farewell sermon he
chose as his text, “Abide ye here with
the ass, and I and the lad will go yon
der aqd worship. ”
