THE BLUE &HOE8.
An Incident at a Flag Presentation in
the Time of the War.
The heroine of this true tale of war
days was a little red-haired, chubby
girl of seven years, and we will call
her Eva, because that was the name
of her beat friend, and both of the
girls are yet alive.
Eva was born in a clearing of the
Wisconsin woods and she had never
seen any sky that was not held up,
all round, by the great arms of tall
trees. Even the village, where there
was a courthouse, three stores and
a .mill, had a rib of trees around it.
War had come, and the men of the
settlement and the village were mus
tering to march away. The county
had furnished a whole company, and
the women had made a flag for the
departing soldiers.
Eva had been chosen, being the
daughter of the major of the regi
ment, to present the colors to the
company on the day of its march
forth from the village. The speech,
written by the combined aid of the
major's wife, two school teachers and
a minister, was safely stored in the
small brain of the heroine of the day.
She could say that speech forward or
backward, or begin in the middle and
go both ways. She was "letter per
fect”
But something happened on the
momentous morning of the going
away of the troops and the giving of
the flag, writes Ada C. Sweet in Chi
cago Journal. Eva’s aunt brought,
from the nearest city, a pair of blue
shoes for the garnishment of the
small maiden. Already a white dress,
and a red, white and blue sash had
Her Mind Was Blank.
aroused the vanity and pride of the
little girl, and when the blue shoes
came her head was turned entirely.
No one in the clearing or the town
had ever heard of blue shoes up to
this time.
It was hard to submit to the hair
curling and ttib general primping up
that was necessary for an appearance
in public, but with fortitude the child
stood the supreme test of being
“dressed up,” and came out with fly
ing colors.
It was a stormy day in early May
in the first year of the war, and the
parting exercises were held in the
great hall of the courthouse. Here
the rustic company was drown up,
undrilled, almost, and as yet ununi
formed. ' But a martial fire glowed in
every eye, and every man looked at
last a foot taller than he actually
measured.
There was singing and praying and
there were speeches by dignitaries,
and at last came the presentation of
colors.
me BiiKen Danner, surely the moat
beautiful thing that had ever been
seen by this small girl—was unfurled,
and its staff was placed in her hand
as she stood on a table to be seep by
all in the hall.
Of all the things there present,
though, the small girl had in mind
only the lovely blue shoes. It was
certain that the position on the table
showed them off to the best advan
tage, and she wondered what her en
vious schoolmates were thinking as
they looked upon her (n all her glory.
The major, in the flrdt uniform ever
seen in the county—it had come with
him from Madison the day before—
stood behind his daughter with the
written speech in his hand ready to
prompt in case the child’s memory
should fail. None of the women could
see, for tears, that day.
The speech was to the effect that
the wives and mothers of the soldiers
had made the flag, and that every
stitch stood for a prayer for the safe
ty tof the brave boys who were to
<&rty*thitt banner through' the storms
of war. -
It was impressed upon the men that
they were expected to bring home the
flag with every star, and every stripe
unsullied by dishonor and made glori
ous by victory. It must be brought
back without fail, and in honor, this
glorious flag of the nation.
The major murmured the opening
line in the ear of his daughter. But
she was silent, for the first time prob
ably in her life when there was a
chance for her to speak. Rigidly she
stood, and from her face all expres
sion had fled. Her mind was as blank
as her face, and the major, in pity,
v was about to ask his accomplished
and gentle wife to present the flag,
when, with a supreme effort, the little
maid spoke.
Soldiers,” she said, in a high,
strained voice, “Spfidiers, here is your
flag. We have made it for you, and
we have prayed and cried while we
were making It Take it and be care
ful of it. Don’t tear it, don't get it
Soiled, and be sure and brine It
bank!”
Then the small speechmaker oov
ftrtd her face, jumped down from the
and fle$ oaf of the hall.
7&b audience Trent wild. Salvoes
of cheers greeted the flag, but Eva
' knew that ail her school friends, and
all at her cousins were laughing over
her failure. She was inconsolable,
and she refused to be comforted. From
her feet she tore the blue shoes,
realizing that they had been the cause
of her undoing. Nothing could per
suade her to wear them again.
Only when the time-came for good
bys and the marching away of the
company, its flag gloriously to the
fore, the tears of the giVl were dried.
Then, awe at the grief and the stern
repression of team which she saw all
around her entered her self-absorbed
brain, and for the first time the small
woman wept for others and felt the
woes of humanity pressing upon her.
hitherto untouched heart
She walked along the road in her
white stockings and forgot everything
but the marching men, with the fife
and drum playing “The Girl I Left
Behind Me”—they, and the women
and children who walked beside them
to the bridge over the river.
Then the stay-at-homes stood still.
And the hundred men marched away.
STILL A MYSTERY.
Unexplained Conduct of Hooker and
Howard at Chancellorsville.
There has been much speculation as
to whether those who accused Gen.
Hooker of having been intoxicated
during the battle of Chancellorsville,
were right or wrong. . The weight of
the testimony of competent witnesses
is strongly against the theory. It is
asserted, on the other hand, that he
was accustomed to the consumption of
a certain quantity of whisky every
day, that during the battle of Chan
cellorsville he utterly abstained from
his usual potions for fear of taking
too much inadvertently, and that his
brain failed to work because he had
not given it the stimulus to which it
had been habituated. Whichever
theory be the correct one, certain it is,
that to all appearances Gen. Hooker's
mind seemed, during those days, in
a remarkably torpid condition. On
no such theories can we explain Gen.
Howard’s failure to foresee the com
ing of Jackson’s a rtack upon ovjr right
flank—for he was a man of the sober
est habits. How he, in spite of the
reports constantly coming in, in spite
of what, without exaggeration, may be
called the evidence of his senses,
could finally conclude on the second
of May that Jackson, instead of in
tending to attack, was in full retreat,
I have never been able to understand,
writes Carl Schur:! in McClure's Mag
azine, except upon the theory that his
mind simply failed to draw simple
conclusions from obvious facts.
SCHURZ STORY OF LINCOLN.
His Keen Wit Proved Too Much for
the Ambitious Count.
One of the many foreigners who
sought my intercession was a young
German count, whose identity was
vouched for by a member of the Prus
sian legation, writes Carl Schurz, in
McClure's Magazine. He had a long
row of ancestors, whom he traced
back for several hundred years. He
was greatly Impressed with the im
portance of this fact, and thought it
would weigh heavily in securing him
a position in our army. If he could
only have an “audience" with the
president and lay his case before
him, he believed, the result could not
be doubtful. He pursued me so ardu
ously with the request for a personal
introduction to Mr. Lincoln that at
last I succumbed and promised to in
troduce him if the president permit
ted. The president did permit. The
count spoke English moderately well,
and in his ingenuous way he at once
explained to Mr. Lincoln how high
the nobility of his family was, and
that they had been counts so-and-so
many centuries. “Well,” said Mr. Lin
coln, interrupting him, “that need not
trouble you. That will not be in your
way, if you behave yourself as a sol
dier.” The poor count looked puz
zled, and when the audience was over
he asked me what in the world the
president could have meant by so
strange a remark.
Beyond me U-Tjmi ot nvince.
The wealth is one of the most com
parative of terms was aptly illustrat
ed by an old colored “mammy” In
Charlston, S. C. She had been doing
the laundry work of a certain family
for quite awhile, but, deciding to
leave the neighborhood, she had come
to tell them that she would no longer
be able to perform these duties.
The lady of the house, wishing to
secure another good washerwoman,
inquired of the old woman as to the
reliability of another negress who she
happened to know lived next door to
the first.
“Laws, missus,” replied the old
darkey, “dat woman doan’ do no
washin’; sh’s rich, she is. She’s got
a doorbell to her house.”.
In the rear of the PhiladelphbJa li
brary is a beautifully planted plot of
ground, which is overlooked by a
porch at the rear of the building, to
Which access is through the French
windows of the- library building. In
the wall by the side of this porch is
the inscribed cornerstone, which bears
tribute to the young artisans who
founded the library at the suggestion
of Benjamin Franklin. Nearby is the
broken stone that once formed the in
scribed part of the pedestal of FmMr
lin’s statue. Few visitors to the li
brary appear to be aware of the ex
istence erf this spot or of its interest
ing features.
Italy Ahead of England.
“What strikes me as peculiar,” said
the globe trotter, “is the fact that in
nearly all the small Italian towns you
see no many sewing machines, up-to
date American ones, too. You see
them in every little hovel in Naples,
on the road to Pompeii and else
where; but in London they are us
ing either the little foolish machines
you turn with one hand and try to
guide with the other, or stitching by
hand." i
Don’t Soak Egg Boater.
A dover egg beater never should be
left in the water u soak, as the. oil
’ gem and
Relics of Franklin.
PdDir ttttne M©ninie
Custom of House Warming a?)<s3 Hearty Mot
toes Bel05 Revived—44 Honey Tea” a Novel
Porn) of Entertainment—For a
BridalLuncbeon.
All old fashions are becoming new
fashions sad a custom that is surely
worthy of revival is the hearth motto
and the house wanning. William
Dean Howells has an especially peace
ful sentiment over a fireplace in his
hospitable home, which reads: "Home
Keeping Hearts Are the Happiest.”
Henry James in his English house
haB this worthy saying, which, by the
way, is from the Japanese: “Hear
no evil, see no cyfl, speak no evil.”
This certainly ought to revolutionize
society, if read often enough and re
membered.
A prime favorite for the nursery is
Robert Louis Stevenson’s ever popu
lar:
“The world is so full of a number of
things;
I am sure we should all be as happy as
kings."
Dickens has said so much for us to
live by, and what could be more in
spiring for a living room than “Re
flect upon your present blessings—
of which every man has many—not
on your past misfortunes, of which
all men have some?”
It is a very pretty custom to have
the new house consecrated by the
family clergyman, each room having
a simple ceremonial.
The following is a charming toast
for a housewarming, and might be
read in the entrance hall:
Peace to this house where we shall enter
in,
Here let the world’s hoarse din
Against the panels dash Itself in vain,
Like gusts of autumn rain;
Here, knowing no man’s sway.
In the brief pauses of the fight.
Let music sound, and love and laughter
light
Refresh us for the day.
A Nautical Guessing Contest.
A jolly party were dut on a yacht
the other night and during a lull In
the conversation the hostess pro
pounded the following questions:
What ship has no soft berths?
Hardship.
What do Quakers prefer? Friend- j
ship.
What ship requires the best men?
Seamanship.
What ship should saints sail in?
Worship.
What ship held only 12 persons?
Apostleship.
What ship should always protect
its passengers? Citizenship.
What ship should right itself, even
when capsized? Clerkship.
This ship is possessed of every
“faculty ?” Professorship.
Is looking for a mate. Courtship.
Always has a house under it?
Senatorship.
What ship is always fastened to a
peer? Lordship.
Always managed by more than one
person? Partnership.
What ship is made for one of its
own hands? Stewardship.
What ship is never overloaded?
Statesmanship.
At a Honey Tea.
AS experts claim that , the best
honey is made from clover, the cen
terpiece was a great bowl filled with
red and white clovers. The place
cards were decorated with clovers
around which bees hovered in the
most realistic manner. Honey was
used for sweetening the tea, and milk
was served with delicious hot bis
cuit, also muffins, a delightful accom
paniment to the golden honey in the
ccmb.
On the guest of honor’s card was
written: “Sweeter than honey and the
honey-comb.” Refreshments were
served on the porch and the guests
brought their fancy work, as the in
vitations said “thimbles.”
For a Bridal Luncheon.
A bride qf a month was the guest
of honor at a luncheon at which this
hnique centerpiece was used and
greatly admired. Over the table sus
pended by streamers of pink tulle
there was a good sized wedding bell
of white and green flowers. Pink
tulle wound with feathery asparagus
went to the four corners of the table,
and from these garlands white hearts
fluttered. The place cards were cut
in shape of slippera and the bride
elect*! chair was ornamentetd by a
huge bows of pink tulle. Pink satin
bags clasped by a gilt china wedding
ring were filled with puffed rice, and
were the souvenirs at each place. The
Aina used was white with band of
pink, and the candles were shaded
with pink and white wedding bells.
MADAME MERRI.
Vogue of Tinsel.
There is at present a rage for tin
sel in the decorative scheme of ladies’
dresses. Gold and silver braid is be
ing introduced bn costume cloths.
Toques have tinsel roses and foliage
of many tints and shapes. Evening
dresses of muslin and tulle glitter
with ^insel like the costumes of a
fairy queen in pantomime.
Tinsel and passementerie trim
mings twinkle on lace veils, collars
and blouse boleros, while evening
head dresses are nearly all artistic
butterflies, leaves, flowers and lovers'
knots built of tinsel fabrics.
Even for table decoration gauze
striped with tinsel prevails, and sil
ver and ribbon is in great favor with
young girls for evening wear and
party dresses.—Home Chat.
The Short Skirt.
In spite of the fa'ct that skirts were
predicted longer, there are very many
fashionable skirts built in a very
short walking length. Many of the
skirts are very near the ankles, and
there are a few daring ones that bold
ly display the shoe tops. The English
walking dresses are particularly no
ticeable in this respect. There are
dresses made for fashionable walking
during the London season that are
short and so full that they swing clear
of the ankles, frankly displaying a
very handsome pair of shoe tops.
Hew to Maks the New Veil.
For the very latest veil that can be
made at home with small expense, get
a round piece of sprigged net. about
a yard in diameter, matching it to the
hat in color, end finish the edge with
three narrow bands of velvet or with
a piece of lace edging. Dampen it and
press the edges so they will lie nice
ly, just undulating the least bit. Then
throw the veil over the hat so that it
hangs the same length back and forth
and catch it in plaits at the back
with fancy pins, letting it come close
to the face. This is the very latest
Parisian veil. Such veils are also
made of tulle in the color of the hat.
A useful pinafore is shown in this
sketch; a firm material is best to use,
such as holland, zephyr, cambric, or
print The neck is cut square and
outlined with a band of insertion or
galloon, according to the material
used; the armholes are finished by a
small frilled epaulette. The waist of
pinafore is gathered into a band cov
ered with insertion, or whatever is
used for trimming.
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IFrefttty Tn@s
Many of the feuon’t tucked Bnen
eolU» A flnUhed with fie. h**l«
' V*' ■ "£' ‘ , ' ' :ii"r
embroidered ends, like those here 11
Imtiretoed. The little butterfly end
should be embroidered on handker
chief linen, Persian lawn, or some
very sheer material,' buttonholed
around the entire edge with No. 30
mercerized cotton. Work the dots
as eyelets, and the lines in the out
line stitch. The head may be done
in the solid embroidery with eyelets
for eyes. The tie with the little
wreath should have a buttonholed scal
lop around the edge, with the leaves,
flowers and bow in the solid embroi
dery. Ttye stem should be done in
the outline stitch and the centers of
the flowers as tiny eyelets. The tie
Sdth the conventional pattern has a
buttpnholed edge, with dots worked
as eyelets and central figure in solid
^nhroidery. The outer dotted lines
lpdlcate inters the tie is to be cut
hfrd hr * Uny hem.
MMMICAS^:
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ICXZ* JWOZZDICJi
An American Bayreuth on the Hud
son, an institution which shall grow
to be the center of students of music,
and a place where lovers of classical
music will be able to gratify their aes
thetic tastes to the full, is the dream
of Mme. Nordica, and she has avowed
her purpose to bring that dream to re
alization. The close friends of the
prima donna know that the plans for
carrying out such a gigantic project
have been carefully nursed for many
years. At first they were immature;
in a sense they are immature still;
but in the last few days they have
taken on such a substantial form that
their consummation is now practical
ly assured. Mme. Nordica has pur
chased a site of 20 acres at Harmon
on-the-Hudson, for which she paid
$100,000, and is now negotiating for an
additional ten acres. She is at pres
ent in Munich, where she will secure
the plans of the Bayreuth opera house,
which will be reproduced in all its de
tails. together with the other institu
tions in the musical community built
by Frau Wagner. She will also en
deavor to bring back with her the di
rector of the Bayreuth opera house to
act in the capacity of consulting di
rector, and has planned that the
grand opening will take place next
summer in the Festival hall, which is
to be named in her honor. Walter
Damrosch, the well-known musical di
rector of New York, will be the first
conductor of the opera house. An
architect has been secured, and other
details have been arranged and are
arranging; so the project may be said
to be mready well launched.
The expense of building this Ameri
can Bayreuth on the Hudson will ap
proximate $1,000,000, which could well
come wumn iNoraica s lortune,
but while she will bear a good share
of it, and has already made the initial
outlays, such as the purchase of the
land, etc., it is believed that the Amer
ican public will join in the financial
part of the undertaking. It is the in
tention to make the opera season—
and this season will, after the insti
tution is well under way, continue the
year around, including the summer—
not only- a high social function, but
to have included in it days when pop
ular prices of admission will be
charged, so that all lovers of classic
music may have an opportunity to
gratify their, tastes. But the social
part will be one of the leading fea
tures of the musical festival.
Arrangements have been made for
the sale of 16 boxes at 525,000 each,
regular admission prices to be charged
to the occupants of th% boxes. Three
of these boxes have already been sold,
and it is believed there will be no dif
ficulty in disposing of the others.
When the opera is in full operation,
it is believed it will be self-sustaining.
There will also be a musical college
in connection with the institution and
buildings will be erected for class
rooms and dormitories for the pupils.
In short, the entire plan—theoretical
ly and practically—will be carried out
along the lines of the musical institu
tion at Bayreuth. It will probably re
quire an endowment fund of about
$3,000,000 to aid in carrying on the
schools and other departments.
Mme. Nordica will devote the re
mainder of her life to this project. She
will be the active manager of the en
terprise and will take a prominent
part in the conduct of the school and
the opera festivals, singing in leading
roles, and attending to many of the
details.
The institution that she has taken
as her model is located at Bayreuth,
wl\ich is the capital of the government
district of Upper Franconia, Bavaria,
at one yme a principality under the
rule of Margraves, of the house of Ho
honzollern. Bayreuth is about 125
miles north of Munich, and is the
Mecca of the Wagnerites, as the Wag
ner theater was built there especially
for the performance of his operas.
This theater was erected 32 years ago,
on a hill, reached by a broad street of
shady trees. The former residence of
Richard WagSer, the Villa Wahnfrled,
—i——TTB8Bi..«
is not far away. Wagner is buried in
the grounds. There is also the house
of Jean Paul Richter, whose body lies
in the Central cemetery near that of
Franz Liszt. The building of the Wag
ner Festival theater was the dream
of Wagner’s life, and to carry out his
plans he secured the aid of King Louis
II of Bavaria, which, with small sub
scriptions from the music lovers,
made the proposition practicable.
As Mme. Sctmmann-Heink says, one
can not hope to reproduce the exact
Wagnerian atmosphere along with the
Wagnerian buildings at Harm cm-on
the-Hudson. At Bayreuth the artists
almost invariably give their services
without charge and follow as far as
possible the instructions and ideas of
Wagner. For the most part they dis
courage any exhibition of emotion on
the part of the audience, ^id never
recognize any applause th® may be
given. When the operas were first
produced there, the audiences in
variably remained silent, but this rule
is not now generally observed, except
in the production of “Parsifal.” On
those occasions the object is to secure
every possible artistic reinforcement
The singer is supposed to be the mere
agent of the literary expression, the
auditorium is completely darkened
and the orchestra is placed beneath
the stage, out of sight of the audience.
These traditions of the musical festi
val have been maintained through the
efforts of Wagner's wife and his son—
Siegfried.
ine sue selected Dy .\ime. wordica
for her musical conservatory is one
of the most beautiful spots on the
Hudson. It is 30 miles from New
York on the direct line of a railroad
on the east bank of the river opposite
the Jersey shore. The prominence
where the buildings are to be erected
and which has been called Nordica
Hill, rises 250 feet above sea level
and commands a broad sweep of the
Hudson for 25 miles, unrolling one of
the most magnificent panoramic views
that can be seen anywhere, not ex
cepting the Rhine. A short distance
from this hill is another which will
probably be reserved for the home
site of Nordica, as she intends to build
a substantial villa near the scene of
her endeavors. This hill comprises
about five acres and has been called
Piney Point, because of the thick
growth of pine- trees that covers it.
To the north of this eminence there
runs down sheer for nearly 200 feet
a precipice of solid rock. To the south
east runs the Croton river, along
banks lined with forest trees.
Do You Wear a Soup Strainer?
The pretty girl frowned.
“Suppose,’.’ she said, “that the
waiter had spilled that plate of soup
over your head. Would you have
scooped the remnants off with your
hand and eaten them?”
“No; certainly not,” he answered,
and with an air of disgust he looked
from the window out at the bathers,
the white sand and the sunlit sea.
“Then, for goodness sake,” she
cried, “stop sucking them off your
mustache. It is hideous to see you.
After every spoonful you open your
mouth, and slowly and complacently,
as if you were doing something lauda
ble, you take your mustache between
your lips and suck the soup remnants
from off the hairs. If you wouldn’t
eat soup that had been among the
hair on your scalp, why should you
eat it after it has been among the
hair on your upper lip?”
He flushed.
“Many a young man has been
jilted,” said the girl, significantly, “for
eating soup out of his mustache.”
A young financier, aged four, who
was given five cents for every mouse
caught in a small trap, finally asked
leave to spend the proceeds. The
nurse was told to go wherever he led
her, to see what he proposed buying.
He passed all the toy and candy shops,
but paused before a hardware store,'
and, pointing to the window, exclaim
ed, triumphantly: “I buy more mouse
trap, Fanny.”
U' ALIVE If* HIS COFFIN.
Harrowing Experience of a Young
French Priest Years Ago.
A sad case of premature burial
which occurred the Other day in
France recalls the strange adventure
of which Cardinal Donnet was, 80
year's ago. fhe hero. Forty years later
the prelate himself related the pecu
liar story to his colleagues of the sen
ate, when that grave body was discuss
ing the subject of premature inter
ment “In 1826,” h«j said, “on a hot
day and in a crowded chu-cta, a young
priest, while delivering a sermon, wa3
suddenly seized with faintness and
lost consciousness. He was carried
out of the church, pronounced to be
dead, and a f£w hours later his funeral
was arranged for. But the priest was
not 4ead.. He could not see, but he
could hear, and what he heard was not
of a nature to reassure him. He heard
the doctor declare life to be extinct, he
heard him make inquiries as to his
age, his place of birth, and finally sign
-the order for his burial. The vener
able bishop of the cathedral in which
the young priest had been preaching
came to the foot of his bed and recited
the “De Profundis,” the measurements
for the coffin were taken, and night
was drawing near. Imagine the hor
ror df the victim, dead in all but in
teHigence. Finally, ih the midst of
the many voices which he heard
around Mm, the priest distinguished
<me whose accents were familiar to
him. It was the voice of a friend of
his childhood, and the effect of it was
such that with a superhuman effort
he ajwoke from the lethargic sleep into
which he had fallen. Next day he was
in his accustomed place in the cathe
dral. To-day, Messieurs, he stands
among you.” Needless to say, the dis
course of the venerable divine pro
duced a tremendous sensation, and
when a vote was taken on the subject
of the precautions to be taken in order
to avoid premature burial, the senate
voted as one man in favor of the most
minute precautions.
Don’t be stingy with kind words;
they are worth a lot more than they
cost
STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON
DENSED FORM.
THE PRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC
What ia Going on Hero and There That
la of Interest to the Readers
Throughout Nebraska.
Bladen Is experiencing; rapid growth
in business buildings.
The Odd Fellows have dedicated
their new hall at Eustis.
In two days Stenhauer and vicinity
. got; seven inches of rain.
The Salvation Army are holding tent
revival meetings at Wymore.
A Modern Woodmen organization
has been instituted at Arlington.
Strang has voted bonds for the erec
tion of a school building at Falls City.
The yiefd of small grain in the vi
cinity of Oxford is better than tsas
expected.
Heavy rains,quite considerably inter
fered with success of the Tecumseh
Chautauqua,
The Beatrice Chautauqua is now on
with a large number of tent campers
in attendance.
Stanton is to own its own electi*io
light plant, bonds having been voted
for this purpose.
Thos. Marshal and James Crawford
were drowned in Elm creek, Buffalo
county, while bathing.
It is found by the recent census
that the population of Geneva has in
creased 18 per cent since 1890.
The county commissioners of Otoe
county met to redistrict the county to
comply with the new road law.
In the vicinity of Paul Otoe county,
wheat, oats and corn were beaten Into
the ground by a heavy bail storm.
The total property of Douglas county
on a full valuation basis is $160,895,
380. Last year it was $152,866,875.
Five hundred old settlers of Custer
county met at Anselmo at a picnic in
the grove and lived the pioneer days
all over again.
Recent bold burglaries at Broken
Bow has decided the city fathers to
strengthen the force of night police
men by a man or two.
Lee Greer, formerly clerk of the
Omaha police court, has appealed to
the supreme court for the reversal
of a three-months’ jail sentence.
Floyd Wilkie, aged 19 years, son of
H. J. Wilkie of Brock, Nemaha
county, was drowned in the Nemata
river at Tangeman’s mill, south of
Talmage.
Iceland Wood, 21 years old, was
drowned three miles south of Tabre
Rock while attempting to rescue the
stock of a neighbor from danger of
high water.
A writ of attachment was issued
at Wymore for two race horses owned
by A. Lawler, to satisfy a claim of $50
which it is claimed he secured wrong
fully from H. V. Riessen.
The industrial school at Kearney
has been officially declared to be “a
place of education and reformation”
by the supreme court of the state and
“not a place of punishment.”
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Stewart, who
recently came to Red Cloud from Co
lumbus, O., will take charge of the
business college at that place at the
beginning of the school year.
The best yield of wheat yet reported
in Gage county is at the farm of Charles
Graves, who threshed twenty-two
acres, which yielded thirty bushels
per acre and tested sixty-two pounds.
The walls of the new' normal heating
plant at Peru are nearly complete:!
and the heavy machinery is being
hauled from the Burlington depot to
the plant by means of a traction en
gine.
The bonded debt of Nebraska City is
being reduced and soon we will be in
the best of financial condition. At the
session of the city council, Monday
last, bonds to the amount of $5,000
were cancelled. .
According to the report of the
county assessor there are 307,778
acres of land in Oto county under cul
tivation of which 134,019 are in corn,
39,952 in fall wheat, 42,209 in oats and
1,207 in potatoes.
The Catholic congregation of Fair
bury has let the contract for a new
church and work will commence in si
few days. The new edifice is to cost;
$20,000 and will be of brick in the*
shape of a cross.
John Dougherty of Lincoln pleaded:
guilty to a serious charge before Judge'
Frost and was sentenced to three1
years in the penitentiary at hard la
bor. He had prior to his appearance
before the district court confessed his
guilt and signed a statement to that
effect.
a lurious nan storm passed souin
and west of Nehawka, in some In
stances completely destroying the r
crops over a district ten miles long,
extending from north of Avoca to four
mileB southeast ^f Nehawka, with an
irregular width ranging from one to
four miles across. i
. Robert Haaker, son of R. B. Haaker,
of Omaha, was drowned at Cut Off
lake. The boy dived into the water
and did not rise, having been seized
with cramps.
The total increase in valuation of
property in Douglas county over last
year amounts to $8,028,505. Deducting
from this the *712,100 which repre
sents the state board increases in rail
road valuations in the county, the re
mainder is divided in approximately
equal shares between personal prop
erty and improvements on real es
tate.
There was a decrease in the trans
fer of real estate, as well as the mort
gage indebtedness of Platte during the
last week. There were seven trans
fers amounting to $17,067, and the de
creased mortgage indebtedness of the
week was *5,455.
The machinery for the deep well bor
ing at Nebraska City is being un
loaded. The work of sinking the well
will tiegin at once. This well is to tie
hot less than 2,000 feet deep, unless >
some accident and is an exireriment to
ascertain what is beneath the surface
of the earth at this point