The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, August 27, 1897, Page 6, Image 6
yfJsllMWIpgsrw,, nrvr-T.TA 1 f HIM 1 MiWHWMHirrt'imigiiWftfy' m -.,.. .. rn-Tc ''' "V'WSBraP"wWW " ' '" ' ' ' I -"v -- fiHPnmMaWdWiNXi. - m iiim iMiiwjRjIJjjjM.JlMlJlM -' -- x - ' -iiffa lm ttir . - - - . nimafi fctwarraPwewiaMWMiw)'''w .... ...m, . THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 1897. iBBHfflHiS3HIBRBRHIpffllBBKfHi rrmimmmmmmwmmMmwmismmmfMfrm H W3 mmm taMtMMHMHHMHMiMMMiMHMMMMMHHMiHn HI Si i w I I SS MH I' I W Si I If I n w ? THE LEADES RFIBM. VJ A OPERATORS MUST PAY 69 CENTS. Xatlonal rrmlilont Hiitrhfonl Present nt the rittitinrjf Cnnfereiur, lltit Unyield ing In llli 1'urposei All DUtrlct .Aline Owners to llo Talknl to Toirrther. TiTTsntino, I'd.. Aug. 21. Ml D Ratchford, presldont of tho Mlno Worker.' NiitIon.nl union, arrived hero this morning fcr the conferenr-o asked or by tho Pittsburg district minis op erators and soon afterward lio nnd Dolan, distrlot prosldcn t, and Wnrnor, district secretary, met tho operators' committee composed of J. C. Dysurt, G. W. Schludenborg. J. N. O'Neill, J. B. Zcrbe, V. M. Osborne, U. A. An drews, W. P. llonnpy and W. P. Itcnd. President Kutclif'ord said bo wanted It distinctly understood that ho had never been asked by tho operators to confer with them. "Tho statements," said he, "that I had refused u confer enne Is not correct. I am hore now at tho request of Mr. Dolan. Wo will only agrca to tho operator's proposl tlon If they will pay sixty-nine cents. That is tho lowest rate tho miners will ncccp'. 1 1 must be sixty-nlnu cents or the strike will bo continued until the demands are granted. If tho Pittsburg operators settle upon our terms a general conference will not be necessary." Previous to tho conference a lurgo number of operators mot In tho cor ridors of tho Monongahcla house. Many were opposed to breaking tho ft'rlko by Importing men and qulto a large number urged tho acceptance of lb miners' terms. It was claimed that it was not the Pittsburg operators who wanted to compromise or break '.tho strike, but that It was tho large mine owners and lake shippers. AN OPEN CONFI.IU.NCE. The conferonce ended at noon, after an agreement had been miidu for n genernl conference of oporutors and the miners' officials at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Tho miners' officials In silted on all the operators belug pres ent and it wus decided to muko the conference an open one. The operators who had been kept on the outside wero jubilant when this decision was arrived at. Some said they would favor tho granting of tho 49-cont rnto at tho opening of the con ference if it was seen that tho miners' officials would not consent to n com promise to let out tho operators who have contracts based oil a St-ccnt mining rate. From a rellablo sourci It was learned rtbat if the operators start the mines on the Jlneo laid down, othor mines will also be started by the minors. It Is proposed to select operators who svre not represented at tho confeVonce ud who art) friendly to tho minors. Jliey will bo given permission to mine coal at the rate demanded and tho coal stored. Ily this means it is expected 4o get a fund from tho union miners that happen to bo working, and with W fund pay tho expenses of a light SgaluBt Imported labor. Tho miners' ofllcluls are making arrangements to Jiavo a fund on hund to send foreign labor home just as fast as it urrlves. "With mines operated under tho juris ditlon of tho labor lenders and with operators who aro friendly who roup profit, they hopo to lmvo an avail table and n largo fund This plan has becn outlined and will bo submitted to the national officials If tho confer nee proves a failure. The striking miners encamped about the Do Arm I tt mines experienced less Interference from tho deputies ihls morning than at any time slnco tho decision of tho court in tho in junction proceeding. Tho enmpors were permitted to march In small groups, but were not allowed to get within speaking dlstanco of tho work ing miners. Snmuol Young, who Is in charge at Plum Creek, said to Cap tain Uriah Helllnghum that no more arrests would bo mado until after a do--clslon In tho caso of tho five men ar rested Saturday. llelllngham has Tented a barn at Center, and will have ifty mon quartered there all tho time. TAILORS GO ON A STRIKE fifteen Hundred CostiuakeM demand Increase of Wage. Nkw York, Aug. 21 Tho 1,500 op erators on fine coats, members of Pro jective Tailors' union No. 11 of tho '(socialist section, wont on a strlko to day. An increase of 25 per cent par garment Is demandod, weekly pay ments, tho recognition of tho union and a nine-hour working day. This titrlko will close 120 shons. Two thousand oloukmukcrs, em ployed by liaumann & Sperling, II. YVeldorf & Co., tho Syndicate Clonk eompony, Bernstein A Newman, Ku bin Jt Well und Illoom Bros., uro on a strike for an Increase of wages. Three-Acre Tlnnt Hum. Woodburt, N. J,, Aug. iM. The main buildings of tho II. P. Thomas fc 8ons company, fertiliser manufactur ers, on Mantoult crook, near Pauls boro, were burned to-day. The loss Is' -estimated at 8230,000, upon whloh there is about 1100,000 Insurance. Tho ulldings covered threo aeros and con talned expensive machinery . Kitted te Death by a Sluln. BuBtiNBTOif, Kan., Aug. 24. This juornlng James Douglas, u farmer and took raiser, was kicked to death by a asule while getting Into lit wagon at fcls home on Big cree.t. He camo to Coffey county In is57 lie was born ta Manchester, England, In 1920. Am Iowaa of Kote Kill Illmielf. Davkkport, Iowa, Aug. 24. John C Villa, ex-state senator and ex-mayor .aad a leading lawyer of Iowa, com- Sltted suicide hi shooting to-day. i wm desafteat oyer falling health. DOLLAR WHEAT TOO HIGH Set-buck From Saturday' friers lie- action In Chtrag-n. Kansas Citv, Mo., Aug. 24. Thore were not enough people In love with dollar wheat to tnko all that was offered around that prlco In Chicago this morning, and Scptcmbor dropped to 05); cents beforo tho buying orders were equal to tho offering. Tho prlco reacted to lis cent, and for tho great er part of tho day ranged around 07 cents, which, considering tho rapidity of last week's advance, was looked upon as a very small, reaction. Tho market was very norvous, but tho vol ume of business Was not largo? Cash prices In Kansas City declined more than Chicago prices. Tho re ceipts here wcro 053 cars tho largest of the season, and tho tables on tho Iloor of tho exchange wero piled so full of samples that buyers concluded to take life easy und showed nothing llko the nnxloty they displayed last week. Nevertheless there was a lartro demand and prices did not decllno as much us some people expected There wero hulos of soft wheat at 81 and 81.01, but later the price dropped to OS cents. Hard wheat, which sold as high ns l)"J cents Saturday, was pur chased to-day at prices ranging from Vi to Oi.W cents. Tho first curb quotation in Chicago for September wheat was 81.02);, nn ndvance of 3 cents over Saturday's closing prlco. At tho s:uno time 33?; cents wus bttl for September corn, 2 cents over Saturday's close. December wheat sold between 81.0 J and 81.00;, while 35; cents was bid for December corn. Liverpool's oponlng wheat advanco this morning was equal to Cr; cents per bushoL Sat urday's advnnce In Chicago was 7 cents per bushel. Tho Liverpool advance in corn, equal to 2 2-5:i 1-3 cents per bushel, was considerably over tho Chicago advance. Tho 1:3J p. in. Liver pool cables showed a recession of 1 penny In some wheat futures nud on this the curb prico for September wheat hero dropped to 8I.00';." All the buoyancy was out of wheat when the opening boll rang upon tho regular board. Tho highest prlco touched In tho Initial trading was 09); for September, the exacl quotation at which tho market closed on Saturday. Simultaneous sales nt the opening were au uio way tlown to U8X and In a few minutes later sales wero being recorded at 07 and oven 00;. Enor mous quantities of wheat wero for sale from every direction. It was hard to sell, buyers being rolutlvely very scarce. The lowest point reached wus 05 for September, a plunge of 1)i from tho high point upon the curb. Corn sympathized with the slump In wheat, nnd the first regular trading was at. 33 and all tho wny down to Zt for Sep tember, as compa-ied with 33?; on the "curb." INDIA'S PROSPECTS GOOD. London, Aug. 24. Tho Times cor respondent at Simla says that good rains have fallen every where through out India except in tho dlstiicts of Hombay nnd Dcecan and the cropj promlso to bo exceptionally large. LARGE CROPS IN ARGENTINE. Uiiknos Avkks, Aug. 24. It is offi cially announced that a very largo crop of grain Is anticipated in tho Artrentlno Republic, tho grain under cultivation covering larger areas than ever before. Tho wool clip, It is fur ther stated, will bo heavy. INDIA'S REVOLT SERIOUS. The 1'oirorful Afrldr. Up In Arim Kng Hull Fort .tturknl. Loxdox, Aug. 24. An official dis patch from Pcshawaucr announces that tho Afrldis attacked Ali-Musjod this morning and ndds that they wcro attacking Fort Maude at 10 o'clock. Tho enemy's line Is a mllo and a half long. Another body of Afrldis, tho dispatch continues, Is moving toward Kudam. All of tho Afridls are said to have joined In tho uprising. This probably moans a protracted cam paign nnd desperate fighting. A gen eral rovolt of the Afrldis was what tho Indian government feared tho most and it now scams to have taken place. Simla, Aug. 23. A largo force of Afrldis has Just been reported to bo advancing down tho Khyber pass, nnd tho so-called mad mullah, or fanatical priest, who is inciting tho natives of that territory against tho British, is said to have collected tho Mohraands for nn nttack upon Mlchnl and Shab kadr. Tho Roynl Irish regiment and a representative native Infantry with a battery of mountain artillery, have been ordered to Kohat THE WOMAN BANK ROBBER Cora Hubbard of flnerlUe, Mo., Kalil Notoriety, Not an Ideal nandlt. .loru.v, Ma, Aug. 24. Tho two Plnovlllo, bank robbers captured at Weir City, Kan., Saturday, and brought hero, wero taken to South west City yesterday morning, where they will remain until tholr trial. Tho woman robbor, Cora Hubbard, Is about 10 year of age, but claims to bo 28. She is short In stature, with black hair, cut short, black eyes and a groasy, dark complexion. Sho Is anything but propossosslng. She tnlks freely and nt times admits participa tion In the robbery by relating a few happenings during tho raid. Sho han dles a Winchester llko a man. E. 1'. Ueaoon a Manl 10. Boston, Mnss, Aug. & Edward Parker Deacon was yesterdav nam. mltted to the McLean hospital at Waverly, a maniac. Ho belongs to an old distinguished family of this city, On Fobruury 17, 180?, ho killed Erallo Abelllo In Mrs. Deacon's apartments at Cannes. France. Bpaln Heady for Reciprocity. Havana, Aug. 84. A special dls patch from Madrid says there Is no doubt the Spanish government will be willing to extend the commercial treaty with the United State. A REAL KLONDIKER. He Htopi In Lincoln nnd TrIU About the Now Klilorndo. Klondike gold nnd n Klondike miner hold tin Informal levee nt the Capital hotel, Lincoln, last Sunday nnd more solid facts about the region were ob tained than in tho stories of the Pa utile coast correspondents. Tho miner was William Hillings, for twenty-two years a resident of Fulls City, Neb., and for the past three years a resldont of Alaska. Ho arrived hero Saturday on his way to sec his wlte at Falls City IIu is not it millionaire, but hu says ho and his .partner brought out about S3, 000 lu dust and they have six claims located, tin ce quart, lodes and three placers, that are rich and from which they expect to take out much gold next year. 'J'ho phrase that was oftonest on Mr. Hillings' lips Sunday, und ho came buck to it again 'and again, was "tongue can't tell tho hardships that a man endures ip there." lio also re marked "I wouldn't spend another winter In Alaska without 1 wus with a crowd for all tho gold in the territory." Last winter he and his partner spent under forty feet of snow, twelve miles from another soul and four months without seeing another human fucc. This partner was 11. H. Herman of Chicago, who arrived in Lincoln a few days later. "You ought to bo chums," suggested one, nearer. "Well, I guess wo nro," responded Mr. Hillings. "What did you do till winter?" "Wulktd buck and forth iu the cab in, read a little, cooked and ato a little and slept a little. No, we didn't play cards unv, for wo didn't have any curds. Never thought of cards when we started. Wo had a tunnel out to the open air which wo kept open, but there was forty feet of snow over us. There wasn't any door to our cabin, but we kept warm by burning wood ruthcr carefully, for we hnd to go to the side hills for It, and after the snow enmo there was danger of bringing it down with us. We didn't care to bo burled in that wny. "If a man really wants to go to Alaska, ho should wait till next spring nnd take the first boat up next April, lie should have provisions for two years and money enough to get back on. Get over th'o pass just as soon as tho snow starts to melt nwa-. There will bo patches of snow packed so you can get across thoin. After the cliiim is located, the summer from Mnv till August can be put in getting ready to work it, and fixing for the long w lifter. It takes ono season's work to get u claim in fix for work. Then when the wnter begins to comu down in the fol lowing spring, start in nud clean up to bed rock. And when it gets Au gust 1 you just hike out of there. Don't suy It's a fair day today and I'll go tomorrow. It's that season of the year wheu the snow comes nnd you tioirt want to get cauglit by It." Mr. Billings loft tho upper Yukon June 19. Ho says ho saw men rushing to Klondike all the way from Dawson City to Juneau. He believes this route will be strewn with bleaching bones by sprln". Ho says the wnter from the eternal snows on top of the mountains supplies the .streams and makes placer mining possible in the three mouths when everything isn't froen tip. Uiifurtuiiutt- I.lttlo Htf.rpt. "Little Egypt," who sometime ago secured notoriety through the famous Seeley dinner nt Dolmonleo's, New York, was arrested iu Omaha Satur day iu company with several trumps. She had run away from Chicago to es cape n vllliatious stepfather nud was on her way to her mother, whom sho had scut to Kansas City. Sho was dressed In men's clothing und had passed for n youth nmong her malo companions. Omaha officials kindly secured her transportation to Kansas City. Kho had been sick so long sho was no able to earn the Milnry sho us uully does, hence her present plight. Speak Well of Xebrueku. A party of seventy business men uu d representative business men and farm ers have just returned to Chicago from a trip through Nebraska, where they spent six days moving from point to point in u special traiti placed at their disposal by tho Burlington road. Tlioy report the crops ns something phenom enal. Farmers are paying off their mortgages from proceeds of the great wheat crop and will soon begin to har vest one of tho greatest corn crops In tho history of Nebraska. All say Ne braska farmers are in excellent shapo, anticipating a long period of pros' perlty. CONDENSATIONS. Tho corner stone of tho First Con gregational church at Hyauuis was laid Saturday. Appropriate exorcises wero held at the opera house. As this wus tho first exercise of tho kind In tho county considerable Interest wus manifested. Tho contract for printing tho bar docket of tho supremo court was let bj the state painting board to tho Wood-rult-Dunlap company ut 46 cents per page Jacob North bid the same nud tho State Journal company S cents higher. All but fivo counties have now sent In the mortgage record. From tho to tals of forty-eight counties It Is es tlmatcd that thero tiro 8400,000 moro farm mortgages satisfied than filed. As for city mortgages, the amount is 81,000.000 more satisfied than filed. This includes mortgages satisfied by foreclosure and sheriff's deeds. A small boy named John Carpenter, nged about ten years, who lives at Rod Cloud, but who was visiting at. Frank lin, fell from a horse Saturday and broke his arm. It was a bad break, the bono cutting through the flesh. J. L. Paschal, foreman of the Platte County Argus, returned to Columbus recontly from a threo month's trip through NebrnHka and Colorado. Mr. Paschal traveled overluud with his family and says tho western part of the state Is in the pink of condition. Nothing but favorable comment on tho enormous crops aro heard on every hand. TO HOLD COMPANY CAMP3 No ltpgliiiriitul Kiirnmpiiirnt for National (luarclit This Year. The militia board was lu session Wednesday ut the office of the adju tant general mid decided that instead of regimental encampments tills year each company of tho national guard shall hold a two days' camp of Instruc tion at their home stations. Of course if two or three companies wish to get together at their own ex onsc, a bat talion camp may bo enjoyed. The motion ns carried by the board wus: "Moved that the companies of the Nebraska national guard bo assembled tit their home stutlons for instruction in the authorized manuals of drill, guard duty and target practice In com pliance with section 31, chapter f.0, session laws of 1807, for n period of two days prior to October 1, 1807. And that Uio officers and enlisted men of tho Nebraska national guard bo al lowed for such service such compensa tion us is provided in section 37 of said chapter f0." This pay Is 81 n day and one ration or commutation thereof for ull enlisted men anil tho same pay as for officers of the regular urmy for officers. INTERESTING LEGAL POINT Suit to Settle tho Ilinrllrlnry In Fra ternal Iiiniiruiiee. C. A. G afford, administrator, vs. tho Royal llyltinders fraternal association is the title of a suit begun in the dis trict court tit Beatrlco Tuesday which involves un interesting legal question. Charles Seymour, who with his wlfo was drowned while bathing in tho riv er neat Wymore several weeks ago. held a policy in the company for 81,000. The association has approved the claim for the death benefit and this suit is for the purpose of establishing the le gal beneficiary. Mr. and .Nlrs. Sey mour had no children, but n son of the former from his first wife is still liv ing. Til'.- question nt issue is whether Mrs. Seymour had more thnn a life in terest in the policy and whether she or her husband died first, tho latter question being apparently ono uncer tain of soiutidt). Administrators have been nppoiuted for the beneficiaries of both sides of the family. FOUND ON THE TRACK. Unknown Mnn Killed by the Cum Neat llnkotu City, Neb. Two tramps coming into Hubbard about midnight Tuesday night report ed seeing a dead man lying on the rail road track just west of Hubbard. Cor oner Murphy was notified early Wednesday morning and went to the place. The dead man was badly cut up, having both arms and one leg cut olt and a head bruise. He was about thirty-five yours old, weight about 140 pounds, wore a dark mustache and had on jeans pants and dressed as a la borer. Ho wus seon in Hubbard dur ing the evening and it is supposed that In attempting to beat his way on tho train going south, leaving Hubbard about 11 o'clock, by ridingon tho brake beam, he lo.st his hold and fell tinder the cars. He was burled b3' the county. When Ormit Wm President. A rare old document was filed in tho office of County Clerk Pohl at Colum bus Tuesday. It was u patent from the United States, conveying to Chris Martens tho north half of tho south cast quarter of section 8, town 18, rnugu 2 west iu the county of Platte, signed by Ulysses S. Grant, president, per E. D. Williamson, secretary, and attested by S. K. Lippiucott, recorder. Tho instrument wns issued to cover ap plication No. 218 from the Grand Is land land office, nud has been in the possession of Mr. Martens for more than twenty-thrco years. A lUlnbow at NlRht. Citizens of Beaver City were the other evening regaled with tho unusual sight of u rainbow at night. It wns just as tho full moon roso over tho eastern hor'zon. A small shower was passing south of town, but the sky in the cast and west was clear. A per fect rainbow wus reflected In the west ern heavens. Ono Fatally Injured. The threshing machine ongino of C. W Plpor exploded Wednesday while at work on the farm of Squire Crosby, .seven miles northwest of Benedict, with desustrous results. C. W. Piper wus so badly injured that his recovery is not probable and a number of oth ers wero moro or less injured. Treparlns for the Convention!. Renresentutlvcs of tho democrats. populists and freo-sllvcr republicans met at the state house, Lincoln, Wednesday night nnd made arrange ments for tho reception of tho dolcgatos and their entertainment during tho conventions to bo hold Sept. 1. Death of a 1'Ioneer Nebrankao. Mrs. Henry Holly of Plain viow, uged llfty-nliio years, was burlod Tuesday after tin illness of many months. The Holly family wero nmong the first res idents of the county, having sottlcd thero nearly twenty-five years ago. Thrown From lilt Wanon. A. H. Stone of McCool Junction, at ono time owner of the Stono mills, and ono of the oldest residents thero was thrown out of a wagon and it is re ported that his arm Is broken, A cow staked in tho road is what scared tho team. Cbitree of Jrortry to Fare. L. M. Kelltir, a traveling salesman who Is wanted In Knox county, 111., on a charge of forgery, nnd for whoso capture a reward lias been offered, wus placed under arrest at Wilber by Sheriff Dorwart Wednesday and Is be ing held until the arrival of tho sher iff from Galesburg, Big Iron Worki ttcfume. Wir.m.saToN, Del, Aug, 11, After shut down of six weeks tho Delaware Iron works at Nowcastle resumed op erations yesterday, giving employ ment to botweeo 400 and 500 person WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. Fnrnlnlird by the (lotcriimmit Crop and Wi'jllipr llurciiu. q M'" Otsfj. i our Lincoln, Neil, Aug. 24, 1897. OENKKAL SUMMARY. Tho past week has beon cool, tho daily moan temporaturo bolng bolow tho normal ovory duy of tho wook, and the nverngo deflcianey bolng 8. The daily maximum tomporaturoa wore abovo80 generally on only two dajs of tho weok, The minimum tompora tureB woro bolow 50, and in many plncoa wore botwoen 10 o and 45. A vory light frost, doing no damago, Ib re ported from a few placos. Tho rainfall was confined to local nhowers, and wan generally very light, Tho amount of rainfall oscooded I inch in Hurt and Lancaster countloa, and oxcoodod half an inch in a fow email areas Bcatterod through tho southern and lustorn portions of the stato. Tho weok has been unuaually favor able for stacking, threshing and haying. Stacking of small grain Is noarly com pleted. Wild hay is being cut, and the crop is gonerally good. Tho third crop of alfalfa is being cut. Fall plowing has continued, but tho ground is gdttlng rather dry in most soctions, and in many places the ground is too dry for fall plowing to Bucceed. Tho cool wook has boon rather unfa- vorable for corn, but it has mado flno progreEs in all sections. Late corn needs moro, rain in many counties, and all corn noeds warm weather. REPORT BY COUNTIES. SOUTHEASTERN SECTION. Butler Corn is maturing slowly, the nights being too cool; throshlng pro greBBlng rapidly; more rain noodod for fall plowing; potatoes short crop. Cass -Corn has made good progress, nnd early planted is beginning to dont. Clay Too cool for corn to do its best, but good week for goneral farm work; considerable whoat in shock and being throshed. Oago Good week for threshing and plowing; ground in fine condition; corn maturing rathor slowly; oarly corn be ginning to ripen. Hamilton Throshlng in progress; spring wheat and oats yielding well; corn looking well, but moat too cool to mature fast. JcfTorson Most corn will be fully as good ae last year; some late corn needs warm weathor; large yiold of hay. Johnson Cool week, not very good for ripening corn; late corn is filling out good, but uoods dry, warm weather; largo amount of winter wheat will bo sown. Lancaster Corn crop ripening slowly. Nemaha Early corn doing well; nights too cool for lato corn; fall plowing in progress; grapos plenty, and coming into markot; potatoes not moro than half a crop. Nuckolls Favorable week for corn to mature; fail plowng in progress; somo wheat sown. Pawnee Continued cold and damp weather keeps corn back; light frost first of week, no damage; fall plowing well along. Richardson Corn doing as well as can be expoctod with the cool nights; late corn noeds three weeks of warm weather; wild hay a good crop; a large acreago of winter whoat will be sown. Polk Rather cool week for corn, but it seems to be maturing well; getting too dry for plowing. Saline Nice dry weok for threshing and plowing, but a little too cool for corn; late corn Is earing woll, but more warmth and moisture are needed. Saunders Wook too cool and dry; corn making slow progress; pastures suffering; too dry to plow. Seward Still very dry, and corn is not gaining vory much, crop is bound to be very light; a large acreage of whoat will be put in. Thayer Lato plocee of corn in roast ing ear; early corn gotting hard; fall plowing in progress; threshing from shock continues. York Ground too dry to plow well; corn is keoping good color but needs rain; corn is two weeks later than usual. nOUTHKASTEUN SECTION, A ntolopo Week cool and cloudy; not the boat weather for maturing corn, but crop doing well; haying in progress; about half the stacking of small grain dono. Boyd Corn still in flattering condi tion; some early com beginning to dent; threshing in progress; wheat fair yield and of excellent quality. Burt Too cool for corn, many late shoots in all fields, and there will be much soft corn; full plowing in progress. Cedar Corn looks fine but needs more hot weather; stacking dono; millet being cut; a largo amount of fall plow ing being done; throshlng in progrosa; onta a good crop; wheat a light crop, Colfax A favorable week for corn and grass. Cuming Threshing is progressing lowly becauso of damp weather; corn is maturing slowly and Is backward. crop will be below rago. 1 Dlxon-Stacking and throahing in progress; corn improving; hay crop heavy; flax poor. Dodgo Corn is advancing favorably; threshing from bIiocU about competed; grain in Btack in good condition; somo fall plowing dono; pasturos fair. Douglas Corn, especially tho late planted, has not made much progrosa during tho wenk bocaueo of cool weath or; pa tureB continue to improve; somo fall plowing in progress, Holt -Small grain being threshed, folding bettor than oxpactod; corn do ing woll but noeds warm weather, hay harvest Jrawing to a closo. ' Knox Moro hay boing put up than usual; sugar boets doing well; early po tatoos fuir; threshing in progross; corn maturing well but nooda warm weather; much will bo securo in two weeks. Madison Corn in good condition, but woather rathor cool for rapid develop mont of ear. Piorce Corn doing woll and promises to bo out of tho way of frost by Septom bor 0 Platte A good wook for threshing and haying; corn doing fairly well. Sarpy -Much full plowing being dono; rains havo hnlpod lato potatoos; corn neods warmer weathor but is filling in splondid shapo. Thurston Nights are getting cool and corn is maturing fast, moot of crop will be out of tho way of frost in two wooks. OKNTflAI. STATION. Boone Corn ripening up well; stack ing noarly all done; pasturos needing rain. Buffalo Corn is improving as a whole some early corn dried out, and soma lato corn in somo condition; small grain yielding woll; too dry to plow; much winter wheat will bo put iu the corn uelds. ," "?1 Custer In consoquonce of no rain, corn has mado ranid nrournun an in rl. poning; rain noeded for fall plowing and late pastures, Dawson Stacking mostly dono; some throshlng from shock yot; corn much damaged excopt where irrigated; alfalfa good; pastures short. Hall Stacking small grain about comploted; large crop of hay boing cut; corn doing woll. Howard Corn has made fair prog ress, but too cool for rapid progress; much plowing and threshing dono; many are haying. Merrick Some hay cut, crop very short; corn filling nicely but would stand more heat and moisture; potatoes short. Sherman Corn very backward and would be benefltod by rain; pastures drying up; too dry for plowing; wild grass thick but short. ' Valley Cool and dry, but plenty of moisture for corn; threshing progress ing fust, yield good. houthwestj:hn section. Dundy. Corn coming out wonderful ly after the heavy rains; the wottest August in thirteen yoars; corn will bo lato in maturing. Frontior Haying in progress; thresh ing making rapid progress. Harlan Corn growing woll; somo are cutting tho third crop of alfalfa; fall plowing bolng pushed; wild hay light; poachos a fair crop; pastures good and all cattlo doing woll! Hitchcock Corn doing finely; ground vory wot and in good condition for fall plowing; alfalfa, mlllot and cane doing tinoly. Kearney Too cool for corn to mature rapidly; plenty of moisture and large ears forming; threshing continues, yiolda hotter than expected. Lincoln Corn growing well general ly; parts of county need more rain; pota toes and hay good, Perkina Prospect for best corn ever raised in county. Red Willow Corn is booming and the prospect is for a full crop; grain all in stack and threshing is going on. Webster Corn doing well; weather little cool; ground getting rather dry; oata and whoat being threshed, yield and quality satisfactory, WK81KUN AND NORTIIWE8TBRN SECTIONS. Cherry Small grain being threshed, and turning out good yiold; too cool for corn; haying progressing well. Koith Good week for making hay, crop good; early corn maturing; third crop of alfalfa being cut. Keya Paha Harvesting finished; threshing begun; most too cool for corn. Kimball Corn doing nicely, and in about two weeks will be safo, ae none but early variotloa raised; little throsh ing dono yet, but prospect for good yield of small grain, Rock IlBying in progross; crops much bettor than usual, but corn lato, and aome would be damaged by early frost. Scotts Bluff Wheat harvest nearly completed; oats still being cut; potatoes very fine; corn progressing finely; wild hay a fair crop. Thomas Corn best in history of county; wild hay very large, Q. A. Lovkland, Station Director, Lincoln, Neb. t.netgert' Trial ritcau. CinoAao, Aug. 34. After two pro. llmlnnry hourlngs and threo months' conflnomont in tho county jail, Adolph. L. Luotgcrt, tho wealthy sausago maker, charged with tho murdor of his wife, was put on trial before Judge Tuthtll In tho criminal court to-day. Both the stato and tho de feuso bollovo that l.oou veniremen will bo examlnod and thut u week will pass before twolvo men acceptable to both sides will be found. - V- A ,'f c m m w A Lasawigsaeara WFX& Vir yffc ? w""P ftJy Wa H fivf&-4'&yym?-n