The Northwestern FUBLISHBD EVERY FRIDAY AT THE COUNTY WAT. *»KO. K. BKSSGHOTER, ( Kdllorn and UKO. B. GIBSON, ( FuMlahers TRttMS:—fl.00 pkk tear, iip paid in advance ■ a Mr ad al the I.oup City Pontoltlce (or trails naidilon Mroank »hi- mails aa second *,%m matter. COURT 1MSTKUCTS A VKKU1CT Plalallir Wins In Insurance suit Agulatt Laup City Township la the suit of the National Life li surance company of Veraiont against Loup City township, Sherman coun ty lo recover interest on bonds is sued to the Sherman County Irriga tion and Power company. jury in Judge .McPherson's court rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff upon in structions to do so from the court. The amount of tlie verdict was £1. 441, being the amonat of interest due on the coupons that have ma tured. This ia one af the instances in which the officials of the township ^ were too confiding. The township voted bonds in the aum of £10,0110 ii aid of an irrigation company, and without waiting for the completion •f conatructiwa, the oflcials of the township delivered the bonds to the com puny and they were sold. Then after constructing about two miles of the ditch the company abandon ed the work, which was never com pleted. The bonds, however, had been sold to irnocent purchasers.— Omaha Bee. iho above clipping horn tbe »ea, is self explanatory as far as tbe trial is concerned, but in regard to tbe ditch Doing built but two miles is a mistake. The ditch was fiuished nearly thirteen miles or from Arca dia to Loup City, but was never completed as it was arranged to De, as the agreement was to extend it ‘some twelve miles below Loup City. For all the benefit it has been to the township it might just as well stop ped before it was commenced, as the way it has been manipulated, since its completion there lias been no water in it only when it raiued since the second year after. The railroad company was the party who cauaad the estoppel of the collecting of the taxes to liquidate the present accu '' mulation of iaterest, and now since the suit has gone against us we caa go to work at once and levy a tax aullicient to tuke care of this our crowning piece of follv. It is worse than pacing for the proverbial dead horse, and we immngine the next party or parties who asks for bonds in Loup City township had belter speak for a harp beforehand. Our people have been gulled to the limit of endurance and the ghost of mis placed confidence gtins at us from aeveral corners, and from frequent appearances the stable is not secu rely bolted yet. The ditch is a good one aa far as it was built and iu tie hands »f pr«p«r partita could be made to pay. It would be a graai benefit to the community if in opera tion but is going to wrack and ruin for want of proper handling. The northern hills in South Dako ta in the vicinity of Lead and Dead wood were treated to a heavy June snow storm this year. The South African war is still drawing out its weary and bloody length with little prospects of an early termination. The Boers have taken on renewed activity oflateard are carrying a relentless war into Capo Colony. If such conditions can he maintained by the Boers much longer the British will he com pelled to sue for peace. “The initial letter ‘J’ ” says the Philadelphia Record figured prom inently in the recent great finan cial game in Wall street. In former limes of storm and stress J. Gould and J. Fisk were constantly before tho speculative public Now we »av# J. Tierpoat Morgan, J R. Keene, J. Still as*. J.SchifT, J. U. Muere, r Hill J. w. Gates, J. hoeb, and George J. Gould—to say nothing of ihe numerous jays who bought and ►old on small margins in a feverish market and lost tbeir money in the twinkling of an eye. "—Star* Journal. The situation in Cuba seems to be approaching a vcrj critical poiul wherein *ei ions trouble is liable to ensue. The black population, the j dominant pait of tlie natives, do not i seein to realize the great sacrifice t the U. S. has made foi them, an i in stead of showing a spirit mt thank fulness, appear as arbitrary as they were with Spam. That tha United j Slates must safe guard herself against crnbroglios which these peo ple w#uld bs vary liable to get them salvaa and this •out]try into with , foreign nations there can benoqnes i tion, and the Platte amendment j goes no farther than justice and i right demands. The president asked j congress to lay dovn a plan for him : to work by and the Platt amend ment was the result. Therefore the j demands of congress wiil be lived ' up to to tlic letter. — LETTER KltOM THE NAVY Sau Francisco, June X, 1901. Dear Father, I thought a letter describing our present stopping place might he interesting to the people ul home hence write you a shcrt one. Our main building is about 250 feet long and loO feet wide, the mess hall is some 30x70 and seats about 400 boys at one time. All the offl eers room in this building which are Csptaius, liieulenauts, Chaplain, and officers of the day, which are always lieutenants. The building is two stories, the upper story being the sleeping department. We sleep in hammocks swung on hooks about 7 feet high. At 8:30 the bugle sounds and we line up, march to the b >xes w here our hammocks are kept • ake them out and hang them up and roll in and go to sleep. At six in tlie morning the bugle again sounds which rneaus get up and lush up our hammocks and put them away before we dross After we dress we go to the bathing room which is about forty feet square and contains some sixty spray sprinklers which we stand tit der to bathe. After we bathe we go to breakfast and are allowed twentj minutes to eat. We get fruit three times a week. After breakfast there comes a call for Working quar ters ami we each Lav* a certain place to work. After our work is done we change putting on clean clothes for inspection. After inspection we have drills, different drills on differ ent days, consisting of infantry, small arms, topsail, tire drill bag and hammock, inspection, school, study of guns, signal, wig wagging, salutes, compass, lulling sail, boat rowii g and lead line throwing. There is a canteen in this building and we are allowed to draw, if we are first class #1.50 per month, if seceud class #1.00 if third class 50 cents and if fourth class nothing. We draw sop p and everything we Beed up to t' e amouut we are allowed. The cook ing room is about 30x50 and all the cooking is done there. We also have a tailor shop in which our sew i* iloie, a printing office in which the naval paper is printed, a library for apprentices and landsmen, a b.-g loom in which we keep our clotbis in heavy canvass bags. Our hall is about 60x250 and is lit with elec tricity. There are fiva big guns in this hall, one of recent make and four of the pattern of ’7s. The Is laud is beautiful, is about dull feet above sea level and some lu rnilea from the oeeau. It contains about 1750 acres of land ou which are the barracks, hospital, stables, officers houses, light house, one toiped* warf and two common landing warfa, and an engine house. The Peusaec* la lays at the waif and we do most of our drilling ou her. I will close this long letter and write again — i Yours as ever. ('HAS. E. GlHiON, IJ. S. T. ti. iTusutbia. Thr mutinied ill Korea. Progs iii Korea do not hop or Jump. They walk like well ordered animals, quietly placing one foot after another | until they arrive at the end of their I Journey. It is an amusing sight to one who has always scon ths frog *f Amer i lea Jump.—ItaMimore Sun. At the batUs of Hastings*. U I the weapons bel»g awards and battle n.ves. 500 fell, fatally wounded, out of every 1.000 soldiers. Fully two-thirds of a woman’s trou Ides result from reasoning with liei j heart Instead of hot- head. t'hi # ami One-third ! on certificate plan, from Denver, j Cheyenne anti all point* cast thereof. H. J. Cliftok, A wo. men to travel and advertise for old estab lished lioase of solid financial standi*# Salary i,T8.t a year and espouses, all pay* ble tn cash. No caevasste* required, (jive reference aud enclose self addressed stamped enveloped. Address Manager, 355 caztou Uldg., cliicd#° K dal Dyspepsia Curt D-(jc*s1 i what you eat. ductti the food Mid #14# Nat*.re it) si'<»g then inf ta