The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917, January 21, 1909, Image 8
MYSTERY OF “SAMMY” WILLIAMS OF MONTANA DISCLCoED ON DIMiCE. JILTED i:,: ;:er younger days Adopted Masculine Attire zrA AmccsitJ Greet Y/ccdti: Without Her Herl Ccu Ever Bei;.] Gurpecicd. Eau Claire, Y.'ir.—Tho irvyYery c! “Sammy Y. i.e: , a roeidcai o, Man hattan. Meat., ftr IS years, who dropped C... i I re from apoplexy, v.xu ilmclo.icil >•;. h, r cl nth. ".’arum., was found i> a e %v irx.r.i. v ho war l!iss in i,her.: Y‘ kaa. Jlir-s \Ych ;i \ . born i.i Ncrway some -0 you::: r y i: is ciaint \i; -or.i' s. '. later, i'.fr.v sue catno to Amer ica- with her p: .- ::t-a sfcs war. courted by a yoan? N . : v,-. rian, Even Koran, and the !wo be.'- engag td. Then the Wekaa 1; :ni!y canto to America and seated i:i A Kama!; jo county, Iowa, where some i r Triers of the fafetily sill! vccii'o, and irrebargj ca ne with them. And 3v :t Keren cane nine. K-t long alter th • e:ri I in America Sven Ncicm bream co!: a ad distant to Li fe ho:;: and 1'::: . > ill d her iwtore: reason not known, and the waa l roller, helx iect, she was so heart broken that she could, not endure it to r'.’.y with h-s- I II e rod r.rr.cx.: her ac ouaimenvos,. ..i- : 1 e sudden:' Uisa;; pfit-J. and ,d !r the v.-.. i sought i.i?it end low c! ■ .res not tout.’. About title, ex te tint?, somewhere around IN" c: t: : there z- . 'ared in Eau (I'.tlr- i. rl'r.i, rather third: s?: young men whh ccal blrck Lair and crr.cc ,h la" •••' Irh ho never shaved. Kir voire v, ? . .. r ref, u.n:i piping, but he tv,:- c ree - 3 ox im' mixed freely wish the •Yor.umon h re. &ih it vvi... uo long ;•< .» >'•• v; e .0 the woods as a co d,:. J! ' '.vns e, :h a good cork that as long as he war, k ire he coil’d got $’0 • atti mere per month, “Billy" Spent fiiorey Lavio'iiy for Liquor. *nd bo amcssod cons’;! ■ -.-ah! ■» money which he invested in real estate end !.n other ways. He made Eau Claire hi;-, bento till the 1- to ’Til’s or tho early ’EO's. end ;:i the later years tcer- • we:-; rumors floating about that ‘-Billy" Williams, which was the i r.r.ie he gave, or “Bil •y' Cooks, as he was generally called, war, not what he retires sated himself to U-; in fact, ilia- he was a woman in dl guit I . nil ru mors. Nobody ’m v. hut eon' how c o'.her the roper: v. • ; *f»n3d, but "Bil ly" still continu d cooking in the woods, gc-lng oat with tin hoy;; .-.pend ing money lsushlv for i;o:. but never drinking mere than he could comfortably carry, going out v;;'ti the giro; end having a great old'tin.a. Al though re tie use, he van always good r.atured and nc.cr begrudged spending money. But. there mover; to th's city some vc-ars after a family from Allamakee county. Iowa, neighbors of tho Waken family, and they were acquainted with the facts leading up to the <; w. ppear ance of Ingeborg > W. kan. ar.-i after seeing and hearing of --Billy" Wil liams. they became convinced that “Billy ' and Ir.gobcrge we: ■ one and die same person, and th<? Wekau fam ily was soon no: bred, and a brother of Ingeborge war soon here to persuade ‘Billy" to return home. After seiiiug his property holdings here to a friend for the sum of one dollar, the latter converting tho prop arty into money, which was turned aver to ‘-Billy,” who did not want to risk transacting business under an as sumed nirne. 1: : left for St. Paul. For several years he cooked on the Dairymple farms in North Dakota, still masquerading successfully as a man, and 18 years ago went to Manhattan, Mont., where he lived till hir, sudden death, when a few hours before he was going to sign a deed to his prop erty holdings there, which he was go ing to sell, he dropped dead. And then came the revelation that Wil liams was a woman. And such is the sad life, story of Ingeborge Wei an. for - Billy” Williams and “Sammy" Wilkams and Ingeborge Wekan are one and the same person It ia stated here that her sweetheart, who jilted her. Sven N'orem, is stih living id Allamakee county, fov/a. GAT FOILED BY S3W30Y S LARIAT j LION PURSUING UNARMED MAM AND WIFE WAS ALMOST CN HIS PREY. Fhuraingc'aie, S. D.—Unarmed and far from help, pursued by a hungry mountain lion. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Bigelow of this place were saved by a cowboy's lariat. Mr. Hipvlovv. who is a United States commissioner, was on his regular weekly trip to Underwood and was ac companied by his wife, when Mr. Bigelow saw at a distance what he thought to bo a yearling calf running toward them at full speed. As the animal came closer the occupants of 'he buggy recognized it as an unusual ly large mountain lion. At the same V - r V ‘•Tructy Bi:i” Caught- tha Anirrs! ArauiTi the fjeck. moment th lien <tight right of he y s.nd start' d „ toward it. Ur. zrn.ed, powrrless to protect them the two immediately applied lie whip to the bronchos they wore driving. i was a serious predicament, for not only is ihe ran •» section of South Dakota a country o: magnificent cis uo’ce. . lntr lie grazing lands are move dcstnod at this time of the year than in the summer. While Mrs. Bigelow c-iung to the swaying buggy, the horses were whipped into a mad gallop, tearing at reckless speed over guides and knells. All the while the mountain lion, in its easy, loping gr.it, kept pace with the buggy. At a point east of Billy Christian's ranch one cf the traces came unfas tened and it was necessary to come tu a full ‘•top. with the lion gaining on every bound. The commissioner i- acred over he dashboard and fas tened the trace. The horses were wi'H-nigh cxfcav.sicu. for they had traveled six miles at top speed. At this moment, when the terrified man and woman were considering bow best they could meet the lion's attack, a cowboy, known as “Trusty Bill,” came in sight, riding a broncho. lag tire plight cf the two in the buggy, he gave spur and quirt and sta ted to the rescue. The lion, be tween two foes, hesitated, evidently tearing it had lost it:; prey. The cow j boy rode fearlessly up, and with a | mighty swing of the lariat managed to ; leg the animal. The lion was free in ; and instant and continued cn toward i the buggy. “Trusty Bill," however, gathering up his lariat, 'hurl- d it again and this time caught the animal around the neck and ut:d r one leg. Putting on spur, he dragged the animal over the ; prairie tiii it was subdued and could I be "hog tied." They brought the lion I ‘o Farmingdale and put it in a stout i ear. , and if is their intention to ship - it as a present to President-elect Taft. Teeth Kicked Out; Replanted. Pasadena, Cal.—Louis Torrana, hav | ing had three teeth neatly and quick ly kicked out by a peny. Dr. W. C. Smith, .specialist in odd operations of that character, assisted’by Drs. G. C. Sharpe and George Abbott, has suc ceeded in replacing the ivories so that i within 24 hours from the time of the accident that young man seems just i as well us ever. The operation is one of the most tin usual ever attempted here. The medi cal men thoroughly sterilized the sock ets, and the teeth were set back in j place and bound securely with wire. It is said they will grow back firmly ! in place with time and be just as serviceable as the tooth in which the nerve has been killed. Froih Bread Eroke Plunge. New York.—David Alexander, a cap maker, fell into a soft thing when, after a drop of 35 feet from a fourth floor window, he landed unhurt on a yielding cushion of newly baked bread and fresh fish. The food was much depressed by I the occurrence. Plump sturgeon lost j their figures and the loaves were so | transformed that even regulars of the bread line might have hesitated to ac • cept them as a hand-out. Alexander stepped upon a chair to reach a bird cage which hung above an open window. The chair gave way : and Alexander shot through the win i dow feet foremost. Long Descent and Long Life. Mr. Jol.:: Rogers of Tewksbury, England, who claims descent from the Baron Rogers, who lived at the time cf the Crusades, has just celebrated the hundredth anniversary of his birthday. BULL HUNT ICi II HUD THIEL • _ ECHOES OF HOOF BEATS HEARD COMING AND RECORD TIME IS MADE TO DAYLICHT. ENGINEER WARNED OF DANGER Cab Driver, Detective and Policeman All Vanquished by the Bovine Teircr, Who Finally Becomes Disgusted with Fr.ssage. Seattle.—An escaped bull, bellowing with rage end fright and dragging a i leng rope which was attached to his horns, charged into the Great North- | era tunnel here shortly before live | o'clock the other evening. The ani mal had been unloaded from a car in the switch yards and two men had undertaken to lead it with a stout rope when the ball decided to go m ■x wholly different dii action. The bull prevailed, and finding easy going be neath the Jackson at re at bridge, j plunged into the gloom of the tunnel, where it could be al ne in its hour of grief aad fright. Two bun drivers who were waiting for trains viewed the terrifying spec tacle of the bull and the cloud of cin ders, and straight way informed Patrol man George Osborn that the tunnel was full of bulls. "Maybe it was buffaloes,'’ said one 'bus driver. "We just saw the air full of dust and a string of bulls a block long go into the tunnel." Detective Lee Barbee was at the station, and joined with Patrolman Os bo: a in the hunt. The trail was picked up at the mouth of the tunnel, where the rope had dragged in the I mud. The pc .'icemen ch ' idc! that the bull could not wander far afield be neath the city, and stalled at a brisk run. When they arrived at a point al most beneath the Lincoln he; 1, Detec tive 1 hr bee heard beef steps ia the pitchy dark. "Say, Osborn." said Detective Bar bee, "did you ever meet a big, Tl-.ey Swarmed Out of the Tunrcl in About 10 Fiat. woolly-headed bull in a dark tunnel?" ! "Never did," replied Patrolman Os born. ".Met a bull in a pasture in Illinois, but as w * wore soon going in the same direction pretty rapidly, I never got much acquainted." "Well, the thought occurred to me ] that somebody ought to warn- the en gineer of the north-bound train," said Detective Iiarbee. “Now. you stay here and hold the bull ia check while I flag the train." "No, let's bch flag the train," said Patrolman Osbcrn. "! dcn‘i| know this bull at all, and maybe he doesn't ; speak my language.' Echoes cf hoof beats coming toward the men decided the question, and they swarmed out of the tunnel in : about ten flat. When they informed the c-ng'neer ! of the danger ahead, that genial man- ; arch of the locomotive laughed. “O.me into the tunnel in about ten minutes and see if i have met the bull,” said he. Then the train pulled out. Fifteen minutes later the bull, unin jured and disgusted with tunnel life, promenaded on the King street sta tion platform. Four 3tout baggage i smashers seized the rope and the ani mal was returned to its owner. Ostrich Snaps Girl’s Nose. Eong Beach, Cal.—Miss Bertha Proctor, secretary of the Eong Beach ostrich farm, is suffering from a muti lated nose, the result of an encounter with one of the old birds at the farm. She was viewing the creatures and one of them attempted to take a nail she was holding in her fingers. Being repulsed, it attacked her, snapped her nose and held on to it for two or three minutes. The marks of the in jury will remain some time, but the at tending physician does not think they will be permanent. Bull Derails Trolley Car. West Chester, Pa.—On account of the dense fog. a trolley ear over the Kennett division of the West Chester street railway struck and killed a val uable bull belonging to William Thatcher, near Unionvllle Junction, as the animal was crossing the tracks. The trolley car was derailed and traffic was tied up for two hours, though no oi c was injured. WEIRD TALE OF ESCAPE FROM A PENAL COLO!!? FIVE DIE AMID TROPIC TERRORS WHILE SOLE SURVIVOR GIVES HIMSELF UP. Paris.—An escaped convict named rfy aeintlie Ilarthelemy, who surrendered to the police the other day, relates a story of adventure and privation prob ably without parallel in French crim inal annals. In li>97 Barthelemy was sentenced to u long term of penal servitude for burglary, and was deported to Guiana. He and five other prisoners eventual ly managed to escape from ihe convict settlement. They seized a boat from some natives and, after a daugerou: journey, partly by river and fart!: ••• •, r~ Crushed to Dsoth by a Python. through a tracklc-ss forest, reached Ver- iurlan territory. Before arriving at Caracas, how ever, two of them w re crushed to death by a python, a third was de voured by a puma, a::-! a fourth killed by a crcco.iiie on the hanks of the Ori noco. Baithriemy and his sole remaining companion eventually arrived at the Venezuelan capbai, but the authcrities. | on finding that they were Frenchmen threatened to have them shot. They escaped into the wilderness again, where Barihelemy’s companion vat killed and eaten by cannibals. After many other dangers Barth»l etuy v> ached the sea coast and era barked on a Spanish schooner, which landed him at Bordeaux. He arrived in Paris recently only to find that his mother and sisters had disappeared, leaving no trace of their whereabouts In despair he surrendered himself t<: the anther; lies in order to secure food and shelter. COG ABORTS FOUR PICS. Makes Motherless Sucklings Take Place cf Cv,n Litter. SI '.vardflville, Ind.—James Dunlop o ' this villa"p. has a female shepherd dog that recently lost her litter ct four pups. For several days she was distracted over Iter loss and her own er was aft aid she would die. She re fused to eat, and spent most of the time tying in the yard whining piti fully. Now about the same time that the puppies died there was. an increase in the family of one of the sows on the Dunlop place. The sow died shortly after her pigs were born, and Mr. Dun lop Y-gan to raise the orphans on a mtik bottle. They thrived well, but seemed to miss their mother as much an the shepherd dog missed iter off spring. So Mr. Dunlop tried an ex periment. lie carried the three little Jersey red pigs out to the dog's kennel and vailed to bar. She stood hack at first sight of the-strung :rs in her bed b it presently 'she nes; led down beside them as if they were her own. By the next day she had become so attached to them that to make up a full family she journeyed over to r neighbor’s house and scon came bac’ with another small pig and adopted it also. Wins Bride from Rival at Altar. S peat-fish, S. D.—Robert Hughes, a Black hills miner, induced -Miss Ethel Berryman to marry him at the mo ment she was standing before a jus tice of the peace about to become the wife of Thomas Laflin. Hughes, who had been a suitor for Miss Berryman’s hand for more than a year, and who had twice won her consent to become his wife, only later to be "cut cut” by Laflin, learned that his former fiancee was to be married to Laflin. He hastened to the scene of the proposed nuptials, to find Miss Berry man and Laflin standing with clasped hands, about to take the marriage vows. He pleaded with the girl so elo quently that he persuaded her to marry him instead of Laflin. Laflin witnessed the ceremony. Monkeys Fight Over Violin. Atlanta, Ga.—Romeo and Frank, trick monkeys, escaped from then cage at a local theater, and, entering the dressing room of a musical-team, grabbed a $250 violin, which was soon a wreck. Frank was the first to seize the violin, which had an attractiveness ciso tor Komeo, and there ensued a light for possession. Romeo finally wrenched the valuable instrument from his partner's hand and with it struck Frank a terrific blow acious the head, smashing it to jleces. CAPTAIN’S WIFE ENCOURAGES! SAILORS WHO LOSE HEART DURING HEAVY STORM. SPURS MEN TO COMBAT FIRE Tells Biu!e Stories to Frightened Tars ar.d They Work Fiercely Until Rescued by a Passing Tramp Steamer. New York.—It was the courage and fortitude or Mrs. Helen Hudson, the bride of Capt. Hudson, that thwarted ! death which threatened the crew of I the schooner Henry Clausen, Jr., fori three days in mid-ocean. With the vessel waterlogged and twisted into a mass of wreckage by j a tropical hurricane, Mrs. Hudson ! kept the men at a task that they j deemed hopeless, by the Bible stories j that she related and the hymns she ! sang. This kept the derelict afloat. Stated on the shattered palings of the forward hatchway the captain's ; wife sang while the men manned the ■ only pump that had not been disabled, j As the sailors fought, the sea that I surged in through the rents in the ship Mrs. Hudson’s voice kept time to the J chugging of the pump. When calm came over the ocean, the craft caught fire and the flames spread rapidly over the upper part of the ship, which dried quickly under the Ik ice rays of the tropical sun. The pump suddenly became disabled arid the sail ers, in a frenzy of fear, rushed aft. in tending to jump into the sea rather than face their greatest enemy, lire. But Mrs. Hudson met them on the quarter dock. Standing beside her in juved husband, she bade the tars, in the name of God, to fight the fire. The men stopped, abashed. As tin y did so j she grasp d a bucket half filled with rainwater, and. shouting the words of the '•Sicilian Mariner's Hymn.' j jumped forward and dashed it over j the flames. Her brave act was a talisman to the mrn. With a hearty cheer, each one Standing Beside Her Injured Husband She Bads the Tars to Fight the Fire. grasped a bucket and formed a bucket brigade. While the fire fighters were hard at work plying their losing battle, slid- j denlv the cry of “sail ho" was heard. The vessel sighted proved to be a tramp steamship, who immediately came to the rescue. This ship took the crew ir.lo Messina. Svch was the news brought ;o New York by the Italian steamship Rocca. | The captain had talked with Capt. j '■Hudson and his wife who are f.ow waiting for home pa sane at Messina. | According tc this captain's story, th • Henry Clausen. Jr., was a trim three ( masted Schooner, laden with lumber from Gulfport, Miss., to the Azores The skipper. Capt. Hudson, was from Bath, Me. It was his honeymoon trip, bis wife being a New England girl. She it was who introduced the An icius prayer among the sailors of the craft, which at first caused some grumbling. When the hurricane overtook the ship it was about 500 miles from St. Michaels. Early in the fight with the elements Capt. Hudson became dis abled by a falling spar. The mate took command, and reported that the men were in a paroxysm of terror and refused to obey orders, huddling in the lee of the wrecked forecastle hatch, the forecdbtle being awash. On hearing these tidings. Mrs. Hud son went on deck, and despite the fu rious seas that were breaking over the decks, crawled to where part cf the stricken crew huddled. Then it was 3he bade them trust in God and told them how the Saviour had quieted the raging waters of Galilee. Her mighty trust In the Divine Ruler inspired them, and they were soon induced to go to work at the only pump that was left. This they worked while Mrs. Hudson sang from the Gospel hymns of old New England. When the crew was later rescued by the lifeboats of the tramp steamship, as their boats had been early swept away, each man sainted Mrs. Hudson as the one who had saved their lives. Wise Woman. He—Will you share my lot? Si.e—Yes, when you have a house on it that is paid for.—Judge. ON WILD CABOOSE ilE SAVES A TRAIN CONDUCTOR SWINGS A30ARDAND WARNS ONCOMING FLYER IN NICK OF TIME. Denver, Col.—Conductor William McCoy of the Denver & Rio Grande road, became the hero of a thrilling ride over La Vet a Pass the other morning. Boarding a runaway ca boose as it passed Walsenburg sta tion, going at the rate of 20 miles an hour and gaining momentum every moment, he saved a passenger train from wreck. McCoy was in the depot when he heard the sound of the approaching ear. Thinking part of the train which he had come in on, and which he had left to be switched, had broken loose, He Was Madly Signaling the Oncom ing Train. he ran out and raw the caboose com ing down the track, (’tre k as thought he remembered that a passenger train was coming in within a few minutes, and that the flying caboose was on the same track. He took his life in his hands and swung on the runaway car. He tried to put on the brakes, but was unable to. Something had given way, which accounted for the car breaking loose. At the same instant that he learned cf the brake's failure to work lie saw the distant Sight of the passenger train coming up the divide. In a brief second lie had taken the lantern from the rear of the caboose and was madly signaling the oncoming train. Engineer ! lent home of the passen ger tiain saw the signals, stopped his t ain, and Imran to back up with all possible speed. The wild caboose gained on the en gine as bo it neared the junction, but the train reached safety in time for a brakeman to jump eff anu 'brow the switch, permitting the caboose to take the Y toward Trinidad. On the Y track it soon struck the heavy grade on Tuna hill and stopped. The passengers bn the train did not know the danger until it was all over. Then they realized that only the pres ence oi mind of Conductor McCoy and the prompt action of Engineer Heir thorn? had prevented what would i n bably have b eu a severe disaster. FIGHT PERILS DIVER'S LIFE. Two Men Stop Pumping Air to Worker in River. But He Is Saved. New York.—Left without air be cause tha two r.K'n whose du :y it 'was tc pump it to him had stopped work io fight each other. George Smith, a diver, barely ••scaped death 30 feet un der the surface of the East river the other day. He was revived with diSi I'liity after being hauled out of the •v.tter. i’enjamin Parkins, one of the combatants in the fight, is in a hos pital with a fractured skull, while his assailant. Thomas Russell, is under .'ares* charged with felonious assault. Smith was working on the hull of he sunken sound steamer II. 31. Whitney. A disagreement rot ween Itussell and Parkins, who were work ing the fjr pump, was followed, ac cording to the police, by Russell grab bing a piece of iron pipe and striking Parkins oj the head. Parkins fell un conscious and Russell leaped over board and swam away.. .Meanwhile the diver, deprived of air, was helpless and momentarily in danger of death. Some time elapsed before those on the dredge realised his plight. Then two men jumped to the pump and others signaled the diver. They got no response and fran iealiy began hauling Smith to the surface. Finally the diver was dragged out of the water. Smith afterwards said his sensations as the air supply failed were horrible. V\ hen he felt the air failing be sig naled to his mates above. Getting no reply on the signal rope, he waited to be drawn up, but felt tha awful pres sure bearing him down. Just as jtie was about to "go to sleep.” as he ex pressed It, he felt the air renewed, bid was unable to reply to any sig nals. Hairy Hermit Is Captured. Shamokin. Pa.—State police cap tured Joseph Mahunsky on the moun tains with whiskers 18 inches long and hair on his head hanging almost to his knees. He was warmly clad with rough looking apparel. He said he was a hermit and lived in the woods be tween here and Mahony City the past year, existing on roots and herbs. brief popularity for roses Favorites of Other Days That Ara Now Seldom Seen. What becomes of the former favor ites of the rose tribe? Each has had Its day and has reigned right royally in Its particular period, says the New York Press. All old New Yorkers must have soft spots in their hearts for the jacqueminot. For many years * t was tbe most popular blossom among rich and poor. A quarter of a century ago the street venders sold hardly anything except the gorgeous red “Jack” roses and the most fash ionable florist had to be extremely cautious in trying to push another va riety ahead of it. Then came the American beauty, which had a long sway. Bride roses followed in the af fections of the people, more on ac count of their association than be cause of superior beauty. Long before the brides and American beauties and “Jacks” there flourished the Marechal Niel, always the subject of contro versy as to whether it was a tea rose or a noisette. Of a more beautiful yellow than the flower named for the famous marshal of France was the cloth of gold rose. As its name implied, it was a rich golden color. Fully as handsome as the general jacqueminot, the original name Of the “Jack” was the baronne prevost. Another gorgeous rose was the giant of battles. Among the climbers were the queen tif the prai rie, the Baltimore belle and the ayr shire. A flower loved for its perpetual blossoming was the souvenir de mal maison, finest of the Bourbon roses. The Bengal was another perpetual and an attractive bloom. Even the gi gantic cabbage rose, though it be came the fashion to laugh at it, had its share of popularity for awhile. Where are the roses of yesteryear? He that wants hope is the poorest man alive. The Way of It. Proud Traveler—1 have had such ex periences with the bandits In Italy and Spain. Have you ever had an experi ence in the least like it? Stay-at-Home Citizen—My dear sir, I can surpass your experience. There was a time of my life when I never went out that I was not held up by force of arms. P. T.—Good gracious! How was it? S. A. H. C.—It was when I was a baby and my nurse took me out l'or an airing. Soon Available. Scone—Matrimonial agency. Mana ger and gentleman applicant. Mat. Agent—You want a wife? Customer—Yes. sir. Mat. Agent—Blonde or brunette? Customer—I am not particular. I insist on but one thing—she must be a divorced woman. Mat. Agent—Sorry, sir. I have none on hand, but if you can wait a few days I have one in preparation.—Bo hemian. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF , NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON 1 Religious, Social, Agricultural, Po"1* ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. The Midwest Life of Lincoln has in surance in force amount to $1.1 000. Its officers arc: N. Z. Snell, president; Dr. 13. B. Davis, Omaha ^ vice president; A. J. Sawyer, secre tary; H. S. Freeman, treasurer; Dr. M. H. Everett, medical director; C. 1L Easterday, actuary, and J. H. Meeker, jr., superintendent of agents. Th* Midwest Life issues all the standard forms of insurance. Local agi-nt wanted in every town in Nebtaskn. Home office, 1007 “O” street, Lincoln Nebraska. Mrs. Toll}*, a widow woman of Se w ard county, lost her home by lire. A local fire department has been or ganized at Weston. A. H. Tice, a former merchant of Gage county, died in Ohio last wee!;. Dr. Rose, a Kearney dentist, dropped dead on the street from hear trouble. He was 59 years old. It is reported that the postmaster a* Fordyce has left the country. An in spector is looking over his acccua The weather has been making ti ice and great quantities of it is bmg gathered. Sixteen thousand dollars worth of horses were sold at Grand Island a the last horse sale, one team of Bel gian mares breaking the single a: record bringing $1,5G0. The program for the spring m ing of the Dixon and Dakota County Medical association has been ar ranged. It will be held in Emerson o:i March 22. , Ar Noel Meats residing southeast s f Sutton was drugged and robbed of ; gold watch and $:!0 in money, and a thc-ck for^lfii. The gentleman !! 'alone and was in a semi-eonscions condition when found. Michael Tlieiss and Fred D an. neighbors in Keith county Quarreled about the ownership cf a harves r. during which Theiss was shot, nor ^ dangerously, however. __ The waterworks system cf Weston * has not been accepted on account of several defects in the tank and leak age cf pipes, though in an emergent tfce system can be used. The Otoe County Farmers’ Protec tive association met and re-e!ect. I the old officers and made their an nual report. This organization b < been in existence in the county for me last leu years. The quarantine placed on the in mates of the Girls’ Reform school Geneva cn accunt cf several case j scarlet fever, before the holidays, v be raised in a few days, no n>=-,v c. - appearing. Governor Shallenbergw issued ; requisition on the governor of (' fornia for the return to Kear: • county. Nebraska, of Bert Taylor, cused of murdering his sister-in-law at Minden last spring. At the regular meeting of the ecu- ty commissioners cf Cass county. Dr. M 31. Butler was angoip't d a con - physician. The expanses of the count for the coming year“"was placed at S99.059, of which $30,000 was for bridges and 825,000 for roads. Dan B. Todd, manager of the York Ice company, had his leg broken ait i almost torn from its socket whib working at the ice house. He fell cut > the chute up which they pull the ir - into the house, and his feet caught in the chain. Dr. B. H. Burd of Nelson was rtt : down by a freight train at the er<— ing of the highway a mile north of the town. The buggy was demolished an the doctor seriously injured, but n* beyond recovery. The State Banking board, compos- : of the auditor, state treasurer and a tornev general, met and reappointed the old officers, examiners and cl : as follows: Secretary, E. Royse: chi' clerk, N. R. Persinger; examiners, E Smmett, C. H. Beaumont, C. \V. Ir win, E. S. Mickey and E. H. Muliow uov. York mercltanns state that the use of automobiles by farmers has helped business in York for the reason that the farmers living a distance from York having autos who formerly traded at their nearest town now came to York, and the increase in business from York county farmers owning au tomobiles and living a distance is quite noticeable. In a decision cf widespread import ance to telephone interests throughout Nebraska, District Judge Corcoran of York held invalid that section of v. contract entered into by various inde pendent companies by which they agreed not to exchange toll business with the Nebraska Telephone com pany. The ruling was made in the suit instituted by the independent compan iets^tf Grand Island. Hastings. Shelton. Kenesaw, York and other cities. As a fitting close to his long period of public service as county commis sioner, male friends and neighbors of T. A. McKay of Hamilton county, to the number of twenty or more called at. his "home and presented him witli an easy chair. Captain Frazier of Madison, met with a large body of the citizens of Geneva to see what could be done to reorganize company G of the Nebraska National Guard. After a number of speeches it was decided to appoint a citizens’ committee in reorgan:zation of the company, and putting it upon a good working basis. Wm. P. McPherson of Fairbury was hauling ice on the river and either fell from the wagon or it overturned. Ho was alone at the time and when found was unable to give any explana tion. He died in a couple of hours after the accident. Mrs. Martha McNeill of Fremont, the wife of Thomas McNeill, drank drank twenty grains of strych innine in a cup of coffee and then went to the home of her neigh bor, Mrs. Garrison, with a request that her children be summoned. Mrs. Garrison called a doctor who saved the woman with a stcmach pump.