THE NORTHWESTERN. BENKCHOTER * GIHSON, Eels «nd Pubs. LOUP CITY, - « NEB. NEBRASKA NEWS. During the "bombardment of Fort Matanzas" at Syracuse, Tom Duron had his thumb and two fore-Angers on his right hand badly lacerated by u small firecracker. Perry Black, an 18-year-old son of J. P. Black, living eight miles north of North Bead, met with a serious ac cident. While riding his wheel down a steep hill the wheel struck Borne ob ject In the road and threw him. He ruptured u blood vessel, which result ed In his death. Mr. 1. A. Baker of York, who has a son witn the First Nebraska, has succeeded in getting the War depart ment to issue an order that in case of the death of any of Nebraska’s sold dier boys on board ship while coming home they will not he buried ut sea, but their bodies embalmed and taken to their homes. A. C. Yocum of Trenton Is the cham pion grasshopper catcher of that part of the county. He has caught thirty bushels off 149 acres of wheat and is still running the catcher, which throws the hoppers into a vat of kerosene. A great many of these machines are now being run In that section. Poi son is also being freely used. Both druijjlsts have exhausted tk-dr sup ply and ordered more. The Blair school board has recently bought one-fourth of a block of land which Joins tne grounds of the Central High school building. The alley will j be vacated and on this site will bo erected the new $30,000 school build ing for which the contracts will bo let cm July 15. On this piece of ground were two residences, which were bought and will he repaired at a cost of about $500 each. The eleventh annual assembly of the Beatrice (’huiitauqua closed In a bluze of glory. Despite the disappoint ment of Shaffer’s failure to till bis en gagement the attendance was fully 10, 000 and a varied progrum full of old fashioned Fourth of July fun app"ar ed to please the crowds. A fine ora tion was delivered by Dr. Fletcher L. Whorton of Lincoln In the afternoon, which was followed by one of the most successful balloon ascensions ever mude In the state. The recent school census of Hast ings shows that there Is an Increase of over 300 children of school age In this city over that of last year. At the close of Hastings’ public schools every school and every room was crowded, besides extra rooms were se cured In the business portion of the city and converted Into public schools. It is ulniost certain that the great Increase of children of school age in that city will call for the erection of i another large school building before long. By the looks of things Osceola will lie out of an open saloon for this year, though at the spring election the matter of licensing saloons was sub mitted to a vote and there was a ma jority in favor of license and a board elected favorable to carrying out the wish of the voters. A saloon petition was filed with the board and a re monstrance also. The board heard the case and the remonstrators won, for It was discovered there was no ordi nance that would permit of granting a license. The mayor and council of Pawnee City have the thanks of every tax payer In the matter of the refunding of the water bonds of $27,000', drawing 6 per cent Interest. They have been refunded for 4 per cent bonds and were sold to the Plrst National bank of that place for $27,035, being a premium of $35. This saves to the city annually $540 in Interest. The new bonds are serial and optional. $1,000 each, after one, two, three and four years, $8,000 after five years and $15,000 after ten years, the last $23,000 maturing in twenty years. Table Rock dispatch: Captain R. P. Jennings of this place, who was a cap tain in the confederate service during the late civil war and who was one of tho fir t to raise a company of cavalry, a year ago. Is again striving to get a commission for active service. In which he Is being aided by his numerous friends In this vicinity, lie will tnko anything in the fighting line from a captain tip, and is a fine specimen of robust health and physical soundness, lie was captain in the confederate ser vice liefore he was eighteen years of age, having enlisted us u private fif teen days liefore his sixteenth birth day. Mis many friends here are try ing to aid him. Tin* worst hall and windstorm ever known passed over this part of tho country this afternoon, says an .Vna worth dispatch. Muih.Uin ■* measuring ten Inches around fell, piling up two and three feet deep In places, breaking every window gla-s and *o*h cm th« north and east sides of buildings Ths largest plate glass nmasuting *itQ feet und a quarter tn< h think, w»r«, do med ishert 14 mica two ‘itches thick were stripped ftom tries Hailstones went through many roofs. destroying the nnit*nt; within. Tta nuts s«r« blown otf and carried manv rials away. Shingle rot f» were eoni|ili«tid> def'iul Ishe.l Hogs cattle and horses levs Iteen klilni and litany of ftvoee tod killed have their eyes knocked out, Alt kMtda of i ru|u are Im.iH-ii luUi the ground and ruatplnlelf 404 >4 the awtthrmeM between the two > the Cupttiil and Other I’ortlona of the State Wenlher (‘top lliilletln. The past week, says the weather crop bulletin, has been WPt, with tem perature about normal. The average daily temperature departure has been less than 1 degree In most parts of the state. The maximum temperatures of the week were generally about 90 de grees. The rainfall of the week has been normal or above In most sections. It hits been deficient, however, In the ex treme southeastern corner, and In parts of the western portion of the state. The past week has been an excellent one for the growth of vegetation In all except a few northwestern coun ties, where lack of ram has paused considerable dumage to small grain nnd retarded the growth of grass. The heavy rainfall of the last few weeks has been very favorable for small grain. Wheat has improved In condi tion. Winter wheat has filled well, and, while the crop Is small, the qual ity Is good; harvesting hua com menced In southern eounties. Oats have continued to Improve, and now promise rather more than an avciage crop. Corn has grown very rapidly during the week, and cultivation has made good progress In moBt counties. Considerable corn has been laid by In southern eounties free of weeds nnd In unusually promising condition. Corn in all parts ot the state Is in excep tionally good condition. ('mivlcr* Liberated. Lincoln Journal: The governor has issued Fourth of July pardons to two convicts, Andrew Jackson of Lancaster county and Ole Anderson of Brown county. The law permits the governor to pardon two convicts on the Fourth of July. In this case the pardons are really commutations of sentence with civil rights restored. Andrew Jackson is a colored man who was serving a sentence of thirty years for murder. He waa received at the penitentiary November 17, 1889. He was first in for burglary, but while serving time killed a fellow convict. He was with a force of men working in the penitentiary foundry and while thus engaged a fellow workman inten tionally or accidentally poured 6ome melted metal in his shoe. Jackson struck the fellow on the head with an iron tool he had in his hand and the blow caused death. For several years Jackson was insane or feigned insan ity and was kept in a cell under the hospital. On several occasions he was severely punished by wardens, being confined in the dark hole and other wise punished for unruly conduct. Warden I.eidigh cowed him and prac tically made him confess that he had feigned insanity. After that Warden I.eidigh had no further trouble with him. Ole Anderson was received at the penitentiary February 20, 1889. He was convicted of murdering his wife and was sentenced, for life. His wife got after him with a broomstick and while in a passion he killed her. His sen tence was commuted to fifteen years, one month and eight days. Prom this is deducted good time amounting to fifty-five months and thirteen days. Jackson's sentence was commuted to seventeen years, five months and eleven days, from which good time Is alRo deducted. Both convicts will bo liberated today. Murks ann tour of Lewellen. The first firm to file an application was the Mill dale F'arm and Live Stock Improve j ment company of Council lSluffs, which has large holdings in Nebraska. The brand is a combination of the char acters, "7 11 L." L. It. Jewett of llroken Flow has filed an application for permission to use the letter "L" on the left shoulder and a square crop out of the left ear. The brands committee has div ided to charge a fie of fl.f.O for each mark and the same for each brand. Some stockmen use tmth a mark and brand and in such cases they will he required to pay the fee for each. This uoo* strurtion of the law hi Imams! ujsrn the following section: Section 3. The secretary of statn shall as (non as practicable after the luoieuge of this iu t procure a suitable book or tsaiks in which all brands and marks shall b* recorded. Kurd* person desiring to have Ills brand and mark recorded, .a* hereinafter provided, shall pay Into the office <»f th. secretary of state a few of tl to for recording such brand or mark. per cent of all of sue h flies hi paid Into R4ll office shall he paid to each member of said state brand and mark committee as t„.. compensation for their iurvkvi, and so per cent of said fees shall constitute a hind out of which to defray the es pease* of the m Malt i f 41*1.. t*|. denlhl to the dha barge of hl« duttew as a member of Mill commute* Una member ot the roinmitt** who In a practical stinhmaa adtuiwi that them will b* l»4wi brands Hied hut manning Ik* doubts h*s that wilt km pail this would bring In |J.>s« u< «s* k merntmf of the •oMlnlltee -—rr—i-1 mi il As a result uf a Agkt st iwgoaat j iWk H I* (lain A H t\»m»t»«-k Ilea gt Us home la a prw* art- u* ‘s>«diit*m • kala struck klm on the left 44s of ' the head with * plvt kuMUes, Weak tag the skull fur aa task and a I alf with a fra* iur* running downward Ik* length of two and a half larhas Supplies for State Inntttatlonii. Tho state board of purchase and supplies has awarded contracts for the supplies for the state Institutions for the quarter ending Septjmber 30, as follows: Feeble Minded Youth, Beatrice— Meat, Cudahy Packing company; bread, S. J. Pearsall; coal. Victor White; groceries, Cook & Scott. Industrial School, Kearney—Grocer ies, Raymond Bros.; flour, Chauucey Abbott; oil and gasoline, Wallace Bierce; leather, Lincoln Leather com pany; dry goods, C. B. Finch. Girls’ Industrial School, Geneva— Meat, Cudahy Parking company Nebraska Industrial Home, Milford —Groceries, Kenngy & Kinsinger; meat, Cudahy Packing company; coal, C. J. Miles, and Victor White. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, Grand Island—Four, Hastings Milling com pany; burial cases, W. K, Stevens; drugs, Tucker & Farnsworth; m< at, Cudahy Packing company; coal, Victor White; fancy groceries, Hargreaves Bros.; staple groceries, Raymond Bros.; dry goods and shoes, S. N. Wol bach; clothing, Worestenholm & Stein; clothing, Gus M. Friend. State Penitentiary, Lincoln—Staple groceries, Hargreaves Bros.; hard ware, Hall Bros.; flour, Zwonechek <4 Aksamlt; fancy groceries, Raymond Bros.; meats, Cpdahy Packing com pany; drugs, B. O. Kostka; coal, Whitebreast Coal company; dry goods, Herpolsheimer & Co. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, Mil ford—Fancy groceries, C.. L. Laune; staple groceries, C. L. Laune; meats, Henry Pfeiff; coal, Victor White; clothing, Globe Clothing company; shoes, Mayer Bros. Asylum for Chronic Insane, Has tings—Coal, Victor White; flour, Has tings Milling company; drugs, A. H. Farrens; staple groceries, Charles H. Kipp; fancy groceries. Raymond Bros.; dry goods, William Bruch. Home for the Friendless. Lincoln— Fancy and staple groceries, .1. W. Smith; hardware, Rudge & Morris; tea and coffee, Gleason; stock feed. E. A. I’egler; coal. Whitebreast Coal com pany; drugs, Harley; Ice, Lincoln Ice j company; plumbing, Korsmeyer; bread, C. A. True; meat, Gettler; dry goods, Herpolsheimer. Insane Asylum. Lincoln—Coal, Whitebreast Coal company; flour and bran, Elevator Roller mills; staple groceries. Raymond BroB.; meat. Cu dahy Packing company; drugs. B. O. Kostka; fancy groceries. Hargreaves Bros.; dry goods, Herpolsheimer & Co.; clothing, Globe Clothing company. Insane Asylum, Norfolk—Groceries, staple and fancy, Raymond Bros.; crockery, W. R. Hoffman; flour, C I). Bridge; drugs, George B. Christofh; coal for range, C. W. Braasch, coal for steam, Glen Rock Coal company; dry goods, Baumn Bros. Ilody Sent to Ktivlil City. St. Joseph (Mo.) dispatch: The body of Frank Bastl, who was killed by a Kansas City, 3t. Joseph & Council Bluffs train in the St. Joseph yards Sunday night, was sent yesterday morning to David City, Neb., his desti nation, and where he has relatives. Telegrams were received late last night from the Central Nebraska Na tional bank at David City directing that the body be sent there. The mother and brother of Bast! live near David City and they were notified of his death ns soon as the telegram was received there by the bank. It is presumed that Bastl used to live at David City. The first telegram received from the bank said that Bastl was known there and directed that tho body be held until further orders were sent. Bater a telegram was received by Under taker Heaton directing him to send the mangled body of the unfortunate man on the first train. It was for warded on the Burlington & Missouri River train, leaving here at 12:05 o’clock this morning. Nothing more has been learned about the dead man, except that he was on his way from Carlisle, Ark., to David City, Neb. He was alone and it was with considerable difficulty j that his identity was established from the papers found on his person. Narrowly Avert* u Wreck. Ainsworth dispatch: What might have been a serious wreck here this afternnon was happily averted by the presence of mind of the engineer of ' No. 27, westbound. As the train pulled j out of the yards a span of horses got j In front of the engine and ran swiftly down the track. A few yards ahead was bridge 429, spanning llone creek, about sixty feet in length.The horses, instead of leaving the track, made straight for the bridge. One crossed In safety, but the other making a mis step. fell between the ties. The engine was barely »top|**d with in a few feet of the bridge The uni mal struggled to its feet and toppled over and down the creek, some fifteen feet, breaking Its back on the cross beams. In Its struggles It plunged Into tire creek, front which It was tpvulod before drowning only to die a few moments later. The passengers and some of the crew left the train at ; first alarm but the engineer plueklly stayed at his post and saved perbupu a ueMt dumagtug wreck. — Sckraak* In Hrief. N*at uf W A lU'gsr as aeal-taal aljuiaet *-s«-naI (hand i Amy uf the ttepuhltr for the v port men! uf Nebraska t'raip -'a ii ttlloia* || (Nimlng ,aa»n*> I even thing oiMklmal. were never better than at preeeut *i ui* um j of tks yswr ('aura la a trtrta be- a •wf and auMe Aetata are eeanty, bet the i>*-* eae Mitt letur asd It M growing Anely. ebtls small grain and garden atwt la attaining a Mamasutb liuftk l The News Briefly Told. \t Mturdny Advices from Dawson say that the .teamer Rebort Kerr left there June £0, with over *3.000.000 worth of gold dust for St. Michaels. Lieutenant I.awson N. Fuller, ord nance bureau, lT. S. A., has been order ed to the Philippines as chief ordnance officer in the field of the army operat ing there. George W. Julian, the famous aboli tionist, died at ills home in Irvington, Indiana. He served several terms in congress. In May, 1885. lie served as surveyor general of New' Mexico. Four new cases of yellow fever, all in the city of Santiago, were officially reported. Two deaths were reported. No official report was received trom Jioniato camp, but it is known that the situation there Is serious. Admiral t'ervera and the other enm manders of the Spanish licet destroyed in the batle of Santiago, whose con duct has been the subject of inquiry by special court-martial, were acquit ted and formally liberated. Word comes from Dawson that par ties arriving there from Edmonton route report a sad state of affairs on the Wind river, a branch of the Ihele. Anout Beventy-flve prospectors were wintering there, wild their camp was invaded by scurvy. The convention at San Francisco of the Association of American Agricul tural Colleges and Experimental sta tions (he section on botany and horti culture have elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Presi dent S. A. Beach of New York; sec retary, P. H. Rolfs of Florida. The president brought before the cubinet the plan for officering the pro visional army. 1 he decision to ap point the colonels and lieutenant col onels of the volunteers from among the regular army officers who served during the Spanish war and the volun teers officers from among those who eerved in the volunteer army with credit or distinction, was heartily ap proved by the menibere of the cab inet. 1 ri North American Socugvrbuud wan concluded It la aald that the Hawaiian cnm mlaaluneri have decided that Mallet>«a Tanu shall go t«> FIJI and Multnu tw Immediately evacuated. Madame hrcyfus had a third Inter I view with her husband ithe found | him much better. lie received her with smiles Instead uf teat a. Although 0»e street car strike was i settled m« Thursday In Wheeling. W. Vs , there have been disturbances In 1 t’pper Iktufrd, h*t t«el»»w the city, halurday and today Ouvsiimt Ptagrve dtepeteked a Wi le* tw He- retail Alger, ta which he deaWa the mWus