At fflHY;"f' iwin Trt i it-'W i tf THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEB. 10, 1894. I jtf '' En BKUnRKKKKnKKKtUBtKKBKKKBlKBUIanMtmmmwmra?. 4S Tm NEWS OF NEBRASKA. IRIEF BUT PITHY MENTION OF TH HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK. Jfw Which Tell Ihe Story of Seven Dart' Crime nml t'aatinltle and Other Impor tant Matter Arranged Attractively anil fllren In Few Word. Rant ta Ilia ftffarm flefiool. IlARTiNOfl, Neb., Feb. 15. Ollle Drown wo arrested for beinir incorrigible pleaded guilty nnd was committed to tho reform school. , Prominent falrbitry l'liyilclan Dead. Faiiuiuhy, Neb., Feb. 15. M. L. Eaton, a lending physician of this city, died from an attack of the grip and pneu monia nfter nn illnou of only a few days. Will Itmt Nrar lilt Old Home. ScilUYLKR, Neb., Fob. 15. Tho re mains of 0. C. F. Payno wero brought from Denver. Mr. Payne wan tho Union Pacific express agent hero many years. VnrnM Connty Hi-Treiwurer Acquitted. DrXvkr City, Neb., Fob. 15. A. J. McPeak, cx-treusurer of Furnas county, is a freo mau, having lecn acquitted of the chargo of cintozzlcmcnt of public funds. Crete Merchant Fall. Crete, Nob., Fob. 15. Tho old estab lished dry goods hotuo of O. W. Daltzloy was closed by tho sheriff tinder chattol mortgngo in favor of tho First National bank of this city. A Hlg IIunkrtiit Hale. Kearney, Ncb Fob. 13. The largo stock of bankrupt goods loft by the recent friluro of E. Walker & Bona at this placo was sold at flheriff's sale to Belle M. Cot ter of St. Louis for $10,000. Klftht Incite of Hnow In Omaha. Omaha, Feb. 10. A heavy snow 1egan falling at II a. m. and is still in progress, with about eight inches on h level. Street car truftjc is blocked and tho rail roads are much hindered in moving trains. Jacob Brown Muit flang. Jeffkreon City, Mo., Feb. 15. Tho supremo court denied a motion to reopen tho caso of Jacob Brown, a negro con vict held hero for murder in the first de gree. Brown will bo executed March 15. Hcltnol Ilontl Voted. Schuyler, Neb., Feb. 15. Tho pro position to issuo and sell bonds in tho turn of (25,000 yas submitted to voters of the school district of Schuyler. There were SOI votes for tho bonds and eigh teen against. Policeman Murder III Father-In-Law. Omxha, Fob. 12. A special to tho Beo from Auburn, .Neb., says that J. W. Argabright, a South Omaha policeman, hot andkillcd his father-in-law, William Bmeltzer, at a school exhibition near Nemaha City. Charged With Kmbextlement. ' Nebraska City, Neb., Feb. 13. Hen ry Rankcn, cashior of tho Farmers' and Merchants Bank of Talmago was ar rested charged with embezzlement. The amount is placed at $15,000. The caso was continued, Itnnken giving bond. BUhop Ilonaoum'a Trial. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 10. In tho trial of Bishop Bonacum for libeling Father Corbett, Judge Spencer decided this morning to admit in evidence tho circu lar letter suspending Corbett from the i priesthood as tending to show malice on the part of tho prelate. It was also de relopcd that Editor Morgan, who circu lated the letter, was a bitter enemy of the priest and was in bad order in the church because he was a Mason. Union PaclHo Wage Behedutea. Omaha, Feb. 14. Qcnoral J. C. Cowin, special government counsel in charge of Union Pacific affairs, and Gen eral Solicitor Thurston of tho road left for St. Louis, whero thoy will appear bo fore theUnltel States court and present petitions for relief from tho orders of Judges Ilallet and Riner in the matter of the wage schedules. Tho full nature of tho petition is not known here and Union Pacific officials will not talk. v Will Kettle In Nebraaka. Omaha, Feb. 10. The colony of Poles which Count Lubicnski arranged to settle at Nellgh will begin to move to its home next month, without regard to the Wil son bill or any other tariff complications. In an interview tho count, after speaking of Nebraska's soil, said: "I will say in conclusion that tho cultivation of the sugar beet by the American former will be his salvation from tho financial ruin ' that seems to be hanging over him at present." Bonacum Cltea I'helan. Lincoln, Neb., Fob. it). With the , charges against him dismissed Biahop proposes to turn the tables on on his late prosecutors. Constable Spelts sorved papers on Father Phelan, who took such n activo part in tho prosecution, sum moning him to appear leforo Vicar Gen eral Hartig of tho Lincoln dloceso Thurs day, March 1, to answer charges and specifications mode against him by tho Bishop. Proioed Platte Canal. Hastinqh, Feb. 14. Tho Hastings Ir rigation Canal and Power company sub pitted a proposition to the city council taking for an.election upon tho question )f issuing bonds in tho buiii of 75,000 to ho company. Tho company agrees to mild a canal from tho Platte river to Saltings, erect power houses, etc., for he generation nnd distribution of 1,600 one power, and to furnish . tho city jpwer for operating water works, elec ric lighting and all other purposes at 50 er cent of the present cost. Work on ae canal is to begin within 1)0 days after ie bonds are issued. ; Interstate Irrigation Auorlatlon. I Sauna, Kan., Feb. O.-J. L. Bristow, j jcretary of the Interstate Irrigation as idatlon, loft here for Onuiliu, Neb., to (eet tho board of trado of that city. I he meeting is for tho purposo of Br inging preliminaries for a great irriga- . pi convention to be held in Omaha next MINERS ENTOMBED. ANOTHER HORRIBLE ACCIDENT IN PENNSYLVANIA. Ordered Into) Dangcron Mine Scene el Angnlth at the Mouth of the Pit Itela the of the Imprlioned Mrn tilre Vent to Their Feeling Kleveu Widow. i Wilkesdarre, Pn., Fob. 10 Tho mining town of Plymouth is in mourning over a terriblo accident that occurred in tho Qayle Gaylord colliery Tuesday morning. Thirteen men, all citizens ol that town, lost their lives whllo in th dischargo of their duty. Their names are: .MINK FOREMAN THOMAS FICTO.V. TllOltAS JoNKS. Richard Davis. John Morris. James Kingdom. Tuomas MORIttMAN. Thomas Cole. Joseph Olds. JJIMH ' Daniel Moroan. " mmmm rr. Tons II arm Kit. . John Peters McLAuanr.w. Michael Smith. Thomas I.eisiion. Tho disaster throws 1 1 widows and !0 children on tho world's charity. Tho supposition'is tho men wero busily at work timlraring when tho rocky roof camo tumbling down upon their heads, crushing thorn out of semblance to hu manity, and putting a wall of debris be tween them nnd tho month of tho shaft 600 feet in thickness. At,lirst thero was sorno hope that if tho men could be rcachod in reasonable time, they could be saved. But tho rescuing party hud been in tho nilno only n short timo when they woro obliged to retreat on account of the further caving. A second rescuing party went down tho shaft, but soon camo back disheartened and all hope of rescuing the men was given up. The news of abandoned hopo soon spread and tho wives and children of tho imprisoned men, who had assembled at the mouth of tho shaft, set up a most pitiful cry of distress. Two of tho wom en fainted nnd had to bo carried away by friends. Even stout hearted men wept almost as bitterly as tho fatherless children. Tho disaster is tho worst that has occurred in the anthracito regions since 1885, when 22 men perished by n cavo-in in mine No. 1 of tho Susquehanna Coal company at Nanticokc. Their bodies were never recovered nnd n monu ment marks tho spot whoro tho men met their death. DOMB IN A PARIS CAFE. Talllant Find an Imitator In the Fcrion of Leon Ilreton. Paris, Fob. 13. A young man acting from motives of rovengo exploded n bomb at 0 o'clock Monday evening in a cafe beneath tho Terminus hotel, which is situated opposite tho St. Lazare sta tion. Tho place was full of people and the wildest excitement prevailed. Tho bomb had landed on n table, around which a party had been sitting, and this loom had been reduced to splinters. Tho persons grouped at this tablo suffered tho most. Tho injured wero 15, nearly all wounded in tho legs. Somo of them wero badly hurt and they wero removed to a chemist shop nearby, whero thoy wero cared for. Meantimo tho miscreant had not been allowed to escape. Ho proved to be Leon Breton, a man of i)0 years, who hod been employed in tho enfo as a waiter, but had been discharged for misconduct. A policeman was sitting on tho top of omnibus nnd saw Breton. Ho jumped to the ground nnd followed him nnd run him to tho earth a few yards up tho Ruo do Rome, nt a spot opposite tho Scoksa restaurant. Breton turned on thn police man, revolver in hand, nnd fired a shot at him. Tho policeman grubbed him and both fell. Whilo on tho ground Breton fired another shot at tho police man and struck n woman who was pass ing, who fell mortally wounded. In tho meantimo a crowd had collected at tracted by the shots. Tho policeman who had grabbed .Breton had been budly wounded by Breton's first shot and was unable to hold on to his revolver and the latter, still brandishing his rovolver, re gained his feet. Tho peoplo wero furious and seemed inclined to lay hands upon him. Tho sight of tho rovolver restrained them nt first, but finally headed by an other policeman they rushed forward to secure, him. Breton again attempted to uso his re volver, but tho policcmnn cut him over the face with his saber, stnggoring him. Ho was then arrested. Tho mob de manded that ho bo lynched, nnd thoy would have done so had not a strong es cort of police arrived. Ho was then es corted to tho office of tho commissary of police on tho Ruo do Moscow. Five per sons who were passing the cafe at the timo of the oxplosion were injured by flying fragments of glass. Tho bullot re ceived by tho policeman from Breton's rovolver has been extracted and it is hoped he will recover. Broton told the doctor who dressed tho wound from tho policeman's subrothat Irta main object was toavengo Vnillant. FIGHT WAS DESPERATE. General JSagageuient Fought Close to NIc t hero jr. Buenos Ayrwl Feb. 14 nitmniMi received here hrlncr somo derails nt rim last battle, on Friday last, between tho rebels and tho government forces tit Rio tie Janeiro. A Kencral eiurnireineiit wns f.mi.l.f rloso to Nictheroy, the "rebels engaging the government nt close quarters. Tho fight was desperate and was said to lmvo resulted in tlio loss of 500 k lied nn thn government side and 200 killed on tho in surgent sicio. 'l ho rebels wore eventually compelled to retire Dissensions exist nmontr thn mfntttara of President Peixoto nnd n crisis is re ported. It is stated thut President Peix oto, contrary to tho ndvico of somo of hia ministers, has decided to nrolomr thn state of siege, and somo of tho ministers may resign in consequences. The Greater New York, ALBANY, Feb. 10. Tho oreator Now York bill passed iu tho ossoiubly. Yeas, v, aays, i, i -i. . - i, r VON BULOW DEAD. Hie Celebrated tlermnn t'lanl't 'Aer Away nt Cnlro. Cairo, Feb. 14. Hans Von Bulow, tho distinguished Germnu pianist, is dead. Von Bulow was lwrn Jan. 8, 18.10, nt Dresden; he studied under Richard Wng nor and Liszt, and was in 1850 musical chief of tho thea ters of St. Gall and Zurich. In 1851, Von Bulow settled in Berlin nnd was named, in 1858, pianist of tho Princo Roynl. In 1804, nt tho in vitation of Wag- .tier, Von Bulow went to Munich, where ho liecamo in 1807, director VON BVlJOIt. of tho roynl school for music and musterof tho chnpcl of the court. Ho first visited tho United States in 1875 and afterwards 1ecuino chapel muster nt Hanover, Inter at Meiuingcn and lastly nt Berlin, where his sevcro criticisms of the administration of tho opera caused his appointment to bo re voked and oven led to his expulsion from tho building. Tho dead pianist married n dnughtcr of Liszt. MRS. LEASE WON HER CASE. Decision of thn Niinremn Court Agnluat florcriinr laurelling. Toi'F.KA, Feb. 0. Mrs. Mary E. Letu.0 won her caso in tho supremo court, wliich decides thnt the governor ennnot remove her ns a memlier of tho stnto board of charities, of which she remains presi dent. Mrs. Leoso is naturally elated over her victory in conuection w i t h her fight with tho trnvnmnr ivlin linn OKir IK -"I lwen most anxious to rcinovo her from tho board of chtiri ties, to which posi tion ho npointed her less than a una. lbasb. year ago. Tho supremo court was unan imous, the Populist memlwr concurring with tho two Republicans. Tho court holds that Governor Lowelliug had no authority to appoint n successor to Mrs. Lease, who was appointed for a term of years and confirmed by tho senate, and thnt J. W. Freeborn, who hits been sit ting with tho bonrd for several weeks, is a usurper. KEARSARGE WRECKED. It Wo the Oldest Wnrnhln In Undo Sam'a Nnvy. Washington, Feb. 10. Tho United States steamship Kearsargo was wrecked on Roncadore reef Fob. 2. Tho officers and crow wero saved. Tho news reached tho navy department today in n dispatch which camo from Colon. It was sent by Lieutenant Brninard, of tho Kearsargo, who reached Colon Feb. 8. The Kenr sarge, by tho last report, sailed from Hayti for Blueflelds, Nicaragua, to which it was onlered on account of tho tronblo between Nicaragua and Honduras. It is supposed that tho vessel is a total wreck, but fortunately thero appears to have been no loss of life. Tho vessel was one, of tho oldest in tho navy and had n splendid history. Colon, Feb. It). Tho crew of tho Uni ted States cruiser Kearsargo was rescued at noon on Saturday. Ono mnn was drowned. Ho was n second class fireman named Anderson Bobbins. Tho old war ship wns abandoned on Roncudor Reef with tho stars nnd stripes still flying nt her peak. Tho steamship City of Paris with tho crow of tho Kearsargo on board will leave this port for Now York on Wednesday next. Presidential Appointment. WASHINGTON. Feb. It'. Tho nrrsidont sent to tho senuto tho following nomina tions: Postmasters John N. Hurlov. Lincoln, Neb.; John Stolto, Chamberlain, a. D. William G. Sweeny, surveyor of customs for tho port of Dubuquo, la. Representative Ilouck Demi. Washington, Feb. 11. Representa tive Georgo W. Houck of Dayton, O., died suddenly at 4:80 Friday afternoon of heart discuso. LATEST MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. ChlciiRo (train nnd Pro Islou. CiiirAao, Feb. i:i. May wheat wont down to&HJotoiluy. The openlnjc wns lo loner at 60?io, from this prlco It went down to h new low price record on n continuation of venter- day'a wcAkncsN. In corn only u moderate business wns trunsuctcd, thu market rulltiK quiet most of tho ilny with tliictuattons con- lined within a limit. Tliero vwia a fair trado In oats and a weaker feelinir early, prices de clining Mo. The price rallied o on Kood bid dlnu around tho insldn llnures and May i lnsod buta under tho day's top llk'urec. 1'rnvlslonH closed weak within tho Inside IlKunvs of tho day. Compared with Saturday nlulit May pork Is '.iiu lower; May lard 10a lower, and May ribs unchanged. Cl.OSlNO I'lllCKS. WIIBAT-Eusy. Cash, fiOc; May UM&ttWe; July, WWflJe, (H)HN-i:aler. Oasli. UUG3l!4c: .May. OrtKoJuly. UTJfo OATrt-Stciiily, Csth, Wtfc; May, SOU. SWfci July. WW. ' M IIAIII.. I .. 1...I A..tt.i.s. r i imiv-winif. rcuruury, fll.rwMJ JlUJ, fll.tttW. LAHU-U cr. February. $UT; May, 91,'i, mH8-I.uUT. Fehriiary. 0.10; May, SUM, Clilciino Live Stock. CmrAiio, Fob. i:i.-C'ATTI.K-Tho market quoted weaker or strnnit tmlay tiLcordliiK to the class or cattle ntlerod. Thoso who had cood export steers called prices troim, whllo those who held common to good rulllo of llKhter wclRht complained thnt priced wero lower. Tiieranfto or nines was S1.ZV(M,25, but very little, business was done below f," and Vt III less nt bettor than SI. IIOCJM There wero n few early wiles nt an advance of uftl'iu on Monday's prices, but the market soon etiHl down on a basts of that day'a prices, imeUrs rcfusliiir lo pay tho higher prices, Most of tho business wtw done HIIKEl' Thero was a. llicht volume of busl ne64 in thU cranch of tho live Block market. Hales worn on hnsls of 8l.7niVI.4il for poor to riioloo sheep and 9J.U.I.5Jfor Inuibi. Kxtru iu4ity of thu former wero. uugteil at $.I.Wa J.Wlaud fancy lambs were 11110 ground $1,0. Kouill llmnlm Lite Stock, HoUTII Oman A.Feb. IH.-CA'n'LE-llocclpts, l,hcad:'mto lUil lbs., M.IMai.N); lUllto lw llm., 8.I.0OGO.W; ton to ll(i) lbs., J-'.WfW.M: choice cows, ?.0iT'J.l"i lommoiicowe, Sl.Uk 1MB; good feeder, fil.00Q3.iicomuion feeders, 83.sms.tw. Market 10u lower. HOas-Ilccelpt. X,W head; light. 85.0B (17K; mixed. fV(RQ410; heavy, 84.taJ,W. Mnrkct So to lOo bighir, c)om4 nnlt, k - M WW life tj ) ALwSHGi rGdi !BBBBBBBBVS.BBBiK!Vrt I'OLDINAFEWWORDS EVENTS OCCURRING IN ALL 8ECTION3 SUMMARIZED. Tit Many Happening of fleren Days Re duced From Column to Lines Kverjr thins; lint Fuel Kllmlnateit For Our Headers' Convenience. Thursday, Feb. S. Lena Wetherell, 18 years old, took her life by poison nt Oikaloosa, In. Tho second nnnunl convention of Pacific coast fire chiefs began iu Sun Francisco. One enso of smallpox hni nppenrvd at Ottuniwn, la., nnd caused n stntnpedo nfter vaccine. Captain .Tames Gault, who commnnded tho first stcmnboat on tho Monongahela river, Is dead. Whllo ntteniptlng to savo her ll-year-old sister a 0-yenr-old heroine at tiuthrio, O. T was fatally burned. The twentieth annual meeting of the Illinois State Dnlrynicns' association is to begin In Dixon Feb. 31. Colored yenple who established n colony In Marlboro 1'ownslilp, (),, two years ago, have returned to Virginia. Albert Xnusker, ono of the Ollphnnt train rubbers, was convicted of murder In the first degree ut Newport, Ark. Contractor Peter Larson has filed n Hen for 840,000 on the Nelson and Fort Shcp pnrd railroad iu tho stuto of Washing ton. During the blizzard in Oklahoma Wal ter Sliullcr froze to death, and a family of nve are iro.en so nniliy tucy cannot re cover. The case of Field Uro.., indicted for Il legal banking, brought to Independence, la., from Black Hawk county, has been postponed to tho March term. The First National batik of Arkansas City, Kan., which wns placed m the hands of it receiver Juno 18, 1RW, has been per mitted to reopen for business. Thelown Stato Plumbers' association met at Des Moines and elected ofllcers. Thu next annual meeting will be held at llurllngton. Captain James Fleming and Mato Stephen Tyo of Kingston, Out., wero pre sented with medals for bravery ntthe time of the Olenoru wreck in 18D2. Professor W. S. Dyslnger, principal of the normal department of Carthago col lege, Carthnge, Ills., has resigned to enter the Lutheran ministry. Frlda), Feb. O. The reported caso of smallpox at Keo saupuu, In., proves to bo a bad cold. Ten business houses at Montgomery, Mo., burned, causing a loss of 8100,000. Governor nntl Mrs. Altgcld left Spring field for Hot Springs, to lie absent n week. Tho publig schools at Gnlona, Ills., have been closed owing to tho prevalence of diphtheria. The Investigation Into the killing of Captain lied berg by Lieutenant Mancy at Fort Sheridan bus begun. Tho proposition to Issue 8200,000 in bond for school purposes at St. Joe, Mo., car ried by a two-thirds majority. John Dlrrnu fell dead from excitement at Osage, In., whllo trying to save the house of John Fordbum from Are. The strike at tho Cripple Creek, Colo., gold fields has ended, the mine owners conceding an eight-hour day at 83. Chairman Breldenthal of tho Kansas Populist state committee is being talked of as a nominee, for governor of that state. The Kenrney, Neb., cotton mill will be gin operations ns soon as needed repairs can bo made, employing at least 500 opera tors. Bishop ltadeniacher of Fort Wuyne, Ind., got judgment for 8500 against W. P. Bedwell, editor of tho A. P. A. paper for libel. The striking carpenters at St. Louis have returned to work, tho contractors having receded from their demand for a reduction. Tho convention of the Iown Brick and Tile association wns held at Des Moines. Papers on trado subjects were read and discussed. Somo one put a dynamite cartridge In a kitchen stove ut Huntington, Ind. It ex ploded, wrecking the kitchen and Injuring Mrs. BisholT. Gustav Gormiou strangled himself at a chcup lodging house in Terre Haute, Ind. Ho tied a rope, around his neck and twisted it with n clothes brush. Ex-Vice President Leonard of tho de funct Santa Clara, Cal., bank pleaded not guilty to niue Indictments for wrecking the bank. He is out on 814,000 bail. Major Allen Wilson, who was slaught ered by JCIng Lobengula, was a tall, pow erful fellow of military build and bearing. Though only 35 years of age ho had seen ltt years of hard service in South Africa. Tho scientists of Mount Hamilton, Berk ley, Palo Alto, Oakland and Sau Francis co are waiting impatiently for a scientifi cally correct report of tho facta in counec tlou with the meteor that passed over Cal ifornia and fell iu Nevada. Saturday, I'eb. lo. William Metier was killed at Mount Gtleud, Ohio, by a dldu't-know-it-was loaded gun, Supervisors of Livingston county, Illi nois, voted to erect n new building on the poor farm to cost 840,000. Mrs. Catherine Hnrman sued Dr. J. M. Dean of Springfield, Ohio, for 810,000 for neglect In setting her broken leg. Tho commissioner general of Russia at tho midwinter fair gave a reception to Harriet Hosmer, tho sculptress. Mrs. Anno Mcintosh wns instantly kil led on a grade crossing at Saginaw. Mich. )t is thought to be a case of suicide. John White and John Hayes, supposed to have committed mnny robberies ut Freeport, Illinois, hayo been arrested, George A. Miller was arrested at Fort Wayne, charged with beating Warsaw farmers out of 0,000 bushels of wheat. The Kitz Implement company, which wm employ &iu men, accepted 118.10,000 bonus to locate at Anderson, Indiana. J. M. Day, former owner of the Dris &II1 hotel, nt Austin, Texas, sued M. B. Curtis, the actor, and his wife for 83,803. A skeleton found on tho bench near St. Joseph, Michigan, Is supposed to be that of the captain or cook of tho Havana, wrecked in 187. Dr. Will Nolln, who killed John and Will Turner at Harlan .Court House, Kentucky, Tuesduy, has been indicted for manslaughter.!. Judgo Bellinger' of tho United States district court nt Portland, Oregon, denied tho motjo-i of William puubar, convicted of smugglug opium, for a new trial. Frank Harder was arrested ou suspicion at Denver. Ho woro trousers which have been Identified as belonging to tho mur dered Harry Carr. Goldmark and Co&rUd of New York, recovered judgawt tot 17,808 tgaltut S1XIZ1Q W" M m x m. And a cold one too, But we have a bigger snap for people who want a Heating Stove. We have a few heaters left from our Winjr Stock that we are closing out at Come in if you want a Heater. They all go ! We would rather carry over the money than to carry over the stoves. We are in it on Barb Wire also ! Tho bust nt the lowest ,price on earth for the Next -. 30 - JDetys Bakor Wire $2.85, GlicMon 82.75. A. MORHA11T & SON. gm m m wmmm w mmmmmmmg g We are the People. 22 WHEN Wall Paper 3 - Wohavo just received our second invoice of new goods, and 25 m. tho patterns arc stylhh and just the thing. - ZZ WE ALSO SELL DRUGS AtfD MEDICINES ! 3 tam . jtitt g; CALL ASD SEE US. : ZZm C. L. COTTING. : 7.UUU.U m m m w .Mum .wum m Jbhn BTreling of tho Tlvoll Opera house, San Francisco, for roynlties. The New York court of appeals denied "Dink" Wilson's appeal for n new trial. W. Lowe received a life sentence at nillsboro, N. D., for killing n policeman. Fred Altcnhcim of Qulncy, accused of embezzling H) from tho Minnesota Thrasher company, of which ho was agent, has commenced suit for $10,000 damages. Monday, Feb. 13. Two children were burned to death iu a house near Bonne Terre, Mo. Tho Trnnsmlsslsslppl Commercial con gress, will meet Tuesday nt San Francisco. C. P. ltuscr, uu old man, was stabbed nnd killed by his son Fred at San Fran cisco. Charles J. Karrar, Swiss consul nt Cin cinnati, was knocked down and arrested while drunk. Keceiver Mink denies that tho Union Pacific will abandon tho Kunsas Central, as has been reported. A sheriff and poHschudu desparato fight with a band of horso thieves about 10 mues rrom Abilene, Tex. Kansas board of railway commissioners hnve ordered lumlipr rnti.a f.,. i.-...... City to Wichita reduced. Georgo Williams, tho murderer of John Terrell, was sentenced at Pittsburg to 12 years in tho penitentiary. It is announced from Paris, Ills., thnt Congressman A. J. Hunter is not out of tho race for a renominatlon. Near Harrodsburg, Ky Mrs. Samuel Milton was taken from her bed by white caps and mercilessly whipped. Prince Gnlltzino of Russia joined the Salvation Army nt New York nnd re turns home to push tho work there. Charles Williams was convicted on'two counts and James Robinson on a single count of violation of tho Kansas liquor law. The trial of Bishop Bonacum at Lin coln, Neb., camo to an unexpected end, when tho court sustained a motion to dis miss. J. W. Amillirltrllt n Smith Drv.nl. o ..- Uceman, shot nnd killed William Schmelt- cier, ms iainer-in-lnw, nt Nemaha City, Neb, Antonio Luciano nnd Antonio Degidlo wero sentenced to be hanged May 10 nt Grenfell, Mnn., for tho murder of a com panion. Saloonkeeper Brockmnn of Qulncy has been sued for f,000. Ho sold whisky to n little boy, who thereby made two little girls drunk. Georgo Polk and Walter Crlbbs wero arrested at HnitKlinrnr. r t fnr ti... ... iler of Alexauder Lanier ot Birmingham, Ala., iu October. Tui'ktlny, Feb. 13. John B. Lnmont, father of Secretary La inont, is dead. Frank Boot?, died at Peoria, Ills., of smallpox. The house has been thorough ly disinfect. i'd and no epidemic is feared. The Canadian cabinet has decided to rail imrliament tiitliir MnrM. is if v.,.- also been decided to make no change iu mum (on ior rne ensuing season. Cleveland nml T)...rnlt rm.lt,.iuiu i,.... organized n syndicate to operate extensive gum mines ut isarooursviiie, Ky. At Johns, Al., Dennis Clements and Will Baruu nunrrelcil nvi.r n ..!. iin.. shot mid killed Clements. Deputy Sheriff Chat Hoi mau blew Barge's head off with a shotgun. The Alabama National bank and J. C. Henley have closed up Charles Newman Jr. nnd Co, nt Birmingham, by attach ments aggregating tfi.OOO. The assets am f 10,000, consisting of n stock of men's fur nishing goods. Anthony von Dellmnu has gone insnno nt Dubuque, Ia by application to tho study of nstrology. Plans have been perfected for tho organ ization of Jho Students' Art league nt Dh buque. Jo., modeled nfter the famous nrfc xhool Jn New York, Thomas Miller, was found dead near Thouipsouvllle, Ills. It has been reported that he was shot In a drunkeu row, but the details are not known. 9 YOU MENTION C. E. Putnam, Notary Public, COWLES, NEHRASKA. Agent -S3 Phoenix Insurance Co. OP MIOOKI.YN. St. Paul Bankers Life Insurance Co. -, REAL ESTAl'B All business intrusted to him will bo promptly attended to. Louis GepunrtfcoptMWin nu old chest at Huntington, Ind., being afraid of banks. W hen ho looked for It ho discov ered WOO had been stolen. John McKune, n wealthy farmer of Ed gar, Ju-b., was found dead iu bed by nuin. .uuiviiiiu was a bachelor liv ing alone. The cause of his death is bo lleved to have been heart trouble. Tho Public Ledger nppearcd Monday with tho name of Georgo W. Childs Drexel nt tho head of Its editorial column. Tho caso of George Woodruff, a promi nent farmer near Mulberry, Iml.. is at tracting great attention among medical men. Tho last seven weeks ho has not slept an aggregate of nn hour. Weilnetay, Feb. 14, Willie Ktris, a boy, died of hydrophobia near Bentonville, Ark. Evidence in the Oakes murder trial was cont titled nt Labnnon, Ind. Tho prisoner wns ill and unable to appear. Forty-two converts wero baptized at HUIsboro during tho revival that has lasted for two weeks. Six persons wero immersed through the Ice. No visitors are now admitted toJolict penitentiary and no prisoners from Cook county jail will bo received. Congressman W. M. Springer has writ ten u letter denying that he has declined to be a candidate for congress again Tho fund Blurted by Mayor Gllroy of Newark for the relief of tho poor now amounts to $o,ooo, and much more is ox petted to bo contributed. tripTo Fio1ZCrrlB,,U Ua 8tftrtcd0 .Sm W'flk'y' ' Mexican woman, whllo visiting tho grave of her child near Silver Uty, ?y. M., was devoured by bears. Sam Gwyuno has been arrested In Union county, Ten.,., charged with the munlc" SnoddJ." '"" ft"nt' Mr-ttniMrs.Henr" vln0,l,1f,,",i!,lIJ C?,orc'1' been con- 6kiahom;cUy'6T.,H:S;fc?l he the first hal hanging inTefttory John Wallace and his Mexican brido ft-ero murdered on ,, ranch near MoncE Mex.,by J,,,,,, Martinez, a discharge" foreman, who has been arrested Caleb Parker. i'liiip,r,.i ...i.i. .i1. . ofsedocia conneii;.ir:,"h;;;x "5 vlcted In Georgetown. Ky, ' pSburg1i'liHS,,irr8' "011 " ,1U',lnt ;ior;i;s"i:"vK line condition. ' " l reai is In The Standard Oil company, delinnuent for severa t hniiH,ni .iJi.. "r ' "L1 fl"-'"t Crown I-olut, Ind., has' d ustcd tXbT Children Cry for Pitcher's Cat torla. l ..fUl I 1 tt I """WVt Sgfrrf ft' v .K , i-