WfcW i WWiiaWH'l Bin-" J
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Red Cloud Chief.
PUBLISHED WRKKLY.
K CLOUD.
NKBKASKA
Debraska Hotes
Ciny Center Rtrnwberrlcs wero ot
.tlie vnrioty that took only eighteen to
till n box.
Down In Flllmoro roitnty tlin as
sessed vnluo of dogs amounts nlmost
to onc-hnlf that of diamonds, Jewelry,
gold nnil silverware.
J. V. Sloina has sold his 210 aero
farm nenr Columbus for $19,2oi $80
nn acre.
A threshing marhlno cnglno went
through a Binnll bridge nhout half
mllo south of Crote, and killed Jnmca
Jlonncssoy of Sutton, agent of the
Northwest Thresher compnny of Still
water, Minn., and Injured a man from
Lincoln In tho faeo severely, but not
dangerously. Tho latter was the
ngent's helper.
Cora Hobbs, a 12-year-old girl re
siding nt Humboldt, fell twenty feet
Into a well whllo trying to draw n
bucket of water. Sho was not hurt
or stunned by tho fall nnd kept from
drowning by grasping tho rope and
holding It until rescued by a nolghbor
who happened to como to tho well for
a bucket of water.
Mrs. W. K. Lay shot horself at the
homo of hor brother, F. N. Stevenson,
Columbus. Sho fired tho shot with
suicidal intent nnd tho ball passed
through the lung and the physicians
think that It passed dangcroualy near
tho heart. Tho deed was committed
In a temporary flt of despondency. Sho
will probably recover.
Tho milling plnnt of the Wirt Mill
ing company of Tccumseh, Is to bo
sold nt public auction. Somo tlmo ago
thcro was a disagreement between the
partners of tho company nnd the mill
was shut down whllo tho mnttcr went
Into tho court. Thoso Interested have
now reached an agreement to let the
property bo sold thnt tho same may
discontinue to lay in Idleness.
Whllo out driving and when two
miles out in the country, Mr. nnd Mrs.
Krdbrueggor nnd family met nn auto
mobile. Tho occupants of tho machine
were coming swiftly and did not ro
duco their speed when tho saw tho
team coming. A collision result!, with
a bnd runaway. Mr. nnd Mrs. ICrd
brueggcr were thrown from tho vehicle,
tho lady sustaining a broken limb. Mr.
Krdbrueggcr is unnblo to ascertain
whoso mnchlno It was, It being evident
ly ono from a distance.
Sidney wait startled by the news of
nn elopement In high llfo when It was
reported that ono Win. jc, a rook nt
tho Pacific hotel (not Sheriff Ia-o),
had resigned his position nnd depnrled
for tho west with Miss Slcklor. Shorlff
Leo was Immcdltcly dispatched to
Cheycnno where ho arrested tho cou
plo and brought them back. Win. J-oo
was charged with kldnnpplng nnd for
want of bail was lodged In Jail, nnd
IIes Slcklor, being under age, was
turned over to her parents.
Walter Smith, stranger, horsotradcr
and Junk gatherer, nged twenty-threo.
died as a result of an Injury received
on tho night of July 4 while on his way
with two companions In n buggy to tho
proscribed district, a mllo nnd a half
from ' Grand Island. A collision re
sulted. A hnck driven by llert Wnnflo
nnd containing three Hnstlngs and
threo Aurora men rnn Into Smith's ve
hicle. Tho hnck was returning nt mid
night from tho district. Tho tonguo
of tho hnck struck Smith nnd one
horso Jumped up In bis buggy. Heath
was found to bo accidental by tho eor
oner'n Jury, no blnmo being attachable
to ahyono. Smith has n crippled nnd
destitute brother there for whom thoso
In tho coronor's rooms at the tlmo of
the inquest took up a collection of
$11. A stranger with Smith nt tho
tlmo ban disappeared and th. disap
pearance of about $15 from tho man's
.person is not explained by tho evi
dence. ' Tho worfc of putting down n now nlr
lift well at tho municipal waterworks
at Hastings, was started. It Is to bo
350 feet deep and have a capacity of
25,000 gnllons per hour. When It is
completed Hastings will have a water
plant that can pump CO.000 gallons
per hour.
Tho hug, daily mnll coming to tho
Kpworth assembly hendn.uartors. Lin
coln, gives ovldenco both in quantity
nnd matter of tho warm favor this
year's program Is flndlngwlth thinking
men nnd wnmon over the state, as tho
following excerpts from the letters ful
ly nttest: Mr. J. I'. Bnlloy. statu sec
tary Y. M. C. A., writes: "Your sou-
vnntn it 4. .In.. .. .1 1 ...
"" " nnuiii. hi mo ivpwnrin assem
bly at hnnd. I want to congratulate
you on tho same. Tho whole thing
presents n very ncceptnblo piospoctus
of your program. It certainlv ought
to bo n menus of nttrnctlng tno people
of Nebraska to hear such an nrrny of
excellent tnlen." Tho pretty "Souvenir
i of Talent" of the Nebraska F.pwoith
assembly may bo bnd by sending your
address on a postnl to L. (). Junes
president. Lincoln. This yenr's assem-
, bly dates nro August 3d to nth in.
elusive. Registration of tents will be
sain July 14.
John Homeric, of Elm Creek, com
rnltted Bulcido by shooting hlnrtelt
through tho head with a rifle. Ho was
a German nbout 56 years of ago and
had lived nt Elm Creek for many
years. Ho was a butcher by trade.
Henry Brown, n lad of seventeen
years, and Harry Lane were engaged
In mowing weeds on tho railroad sec
tion whero they were employed, when
tho former was accidentally struck
by a scytho In tho hands of tho latter,
and cut severely in tho foot, malting
it terrible wound, from which ho al
most bled to death before a doctor
could reach him.
J. Ft. Swan, of Johnson county, hn
Invented nnd applied" for a patent on
a very slmplo wlro Insurator. It Is
a very slmplo wire Insulator. It Is
tommonly used on telephone and tel
egraph poles, but It is a great Improve
ment over the old one, ,
A BIO BOND DEAL
Education Board Buys $177,000
Worth of Socuritios.
LAST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
Manila of NelirnnlcH ('nunllr urn Pre
ferred In TIiokd OiiIhIiIii lb
Slul- Nnlrn.
The state board of educatlonnT lands
nnd funds has purchased $177,000 of
securities, Including Interest, coupons
for tho permanent school funds. Bids
wero lecelved from many bond and In
vestment brokers, four sepnrato pur
chases being made. All of tho bonds
bought wein county securities nnd they
are tho Inst purchases which the board
will inako for severnl months, ns the
Increnfec of the permnnent funds now
ran bo take care of by tho state treas
urer In buying warrants.
A block of $33,000 of Douglas county
fi per cent refunding bonds, date July
1,'lSSl, nnd due July 1. 1011, was tho
first purchaso made. These bonds wero
bought of Kelley & Kelley, of Topekn,
Kan., on a 3V& per cent basis.
The offer of W. E. Harkley. Jr., ot
Lincoln, of $35,000 of Washington
county fi per cent refunding bonds,
dated April 1, 1890, and due In 1010,
wero purchased on a 3', per cent basis
and a block of $74,000 Washington
county C per cent refunding bonds
offered by 15. H. Bobbins & Sons, of
Chlcngo, nt 314 per cent, also was ac
cepted. These bonds are of the same
date as tho ones purchased of W. 15.
Uarkley, Jr. Tho last purchase made
was $25,000 of Perkins county t per
cent refunding bonds, dated July 5.
1101. and duo In 1925. Thcsn bonds
were bought direct from the county nt
par nnd are optional of retirement on
any date of interest payment. All of
tho bonds weto purchased subject to
their legality nnd a security by the
attorney general. Among the other
securities offered for the funds were
state bomb of Massnchusetts, Mary
land and Tennessee, which were sub
mitted on proposition to net the statu
3',fe per cent. All accepted bidders will
ho required to deposit a certified check
of $10,000 with tno board guaranteeing
delivery of securities within ten days.
IDENTIFY F. KENT LOOMIS
liiqiieM on III lloily Horn Not Show
How lie Died.
The Inquest on the body of F. Kent
Loomls, which wns found at Wan en
Point, nbout flften miles from Ply
mouth, Devonshire, Englnnd, threw
the picturesque little village of Thurl
fctone, on tho shores of Hlgbury bay,
Into a state of unwonted excitement.
Tho court, over which tho county cor
oner, Dr. Sidney Halsecker, was some
what Into In assembling In consequence
of the delay in carrying out tho official
medical examination of the remains.
This was conducted by two local doc
tors, whose testimony wns to the effect
that there was a contused wound below
and behind the right car, indicated by
the oxtrnvasatlon of blood in the scalp
nnd n rupture of the covering of tho
brain. There was also a general bruise,
Involving tho scalp and the Integument
of tho brnln on tho left side above the
ear. Both the injuries, In tho doc
tors' opinion, wero caused before
death.
The American consul nt Plymouth,
Joseph G. Stevens, attended the pro
ceedings. After the Jury bad viewed the body
tho first witness, Thomas Snowden, n
laborer, who discovered the remains
In the breakers, testified to the recov
ery of the corpse, as cabled to tho
Associated press.
A pollcemnn who searched the body
told of tho recovery of a gold watch
which had stopped at 0 o'clock, somo
English gold nnd silver coins; also a
pockctbook containing sixty dollars In
American notes, a lecelpt for a sub
bcrlptlon to the Blonneihassett club, a
lallrond pnss Issued In tho nnmo of F.
Kent Loomls, n receipt from the Grnnd
hotel, Broadway, New York, lor $250,
which Loomls desired to ho sent to bis
wife, a gold ring with the name "Mil
dred" Inside, etc.
ho jury found that the deceased
was Frederick Kent Loomls, nnd that
ho was found dend In Hlgbury bay.
thero being no evidence to show how
he met his death.
Iliul Htnriii nt l.uCromie.
Crops nenr La Crosse, Wis., have
been greatly damnged by a terrific
wind and rain storm. Small buildings
In tho suburbs of the city wero un
roofed; creeks overflowed nnd several
bridges washed away.
I.lKhtnliiK'n Work at 1'alU t'lty.
Lightning struck tho bam on tho
fnrm of John White, northeast of Falls
City, Neb., and burned It to the ground
with all tho contents except tho horses.
A nmit one hundred bushels of oats,
150 bushels of corn, twonty-flvn tons
of hay and $100 worth of machinery
went up In smoke. The cost of tho
bare was $1,500; lusurnnco $400, nnd
$200 on contents. Lightning struck
one of Frank Uhllg's fine horses on the
nmo,.day. Uhllg is a farmer living
north of Falls City about six miles.
STOCKMEN GET TOGETHER
A Largely Attended Meeting Uriel at
Ilroken llnw.
The fourth annual meeting of the
Central Ncbrnska Stock Growers' asso
ciation was Meld nt Ilroken How, Neb.,
nnd, considering It is one of tho busiest
times of the year for farmers and
stockmen, was unusually well attend
ed. Tho first pnrt of the meeting wni
taken up with tho election (or re-election,
rather) of officers for the coming
year, the following ticket being unan
imously chosen: For president, W. A.
George of Georgetown. Neb.; vlco
president, L. II. Jewctt, Ilroken How;
secretary, I. A. Reneau, Ilroken How;
treasurer, S. K. Warrick, Broken How.
The executive committee, consisting
of tho following members: W. A.
George, H. H. Andrews of Anselum,
L. II. Jewett. C. Metcalf and S. Wnd
diugtou of Mernn, was also unanimous
ly re-elected. Among those present
from other parts of the stnte weie 15.
M. Searle, Jr., of Ogalluln, secrotnry
trensurer of the Nebraska Stock Grow
ers' association, nnd Stnte Veterinary
W. A. ThomaH of Lincoln. Mr. Senile
gave an Interesting talk on "brand In
spection," which was attentively lis
tened to, This resulted In the lentrnl
orgnnlaztlon Joining the state associa
tion for the sole purpose of "brand In
spection." This Is the first time tho
two organizations have ever affiliated
with each other. Professor Thoma-s'
lecture on the diseases of cattle wns
Instructive and beneficial. He dwelt
more particularly upon the treatment
of scabbles, Itch, etc., nnd the proper
method of dipping cattle. The asso
ciation then unanimously adopted a
resolution compelling nil owners to
dip their cattle between now nnd Oc
tober 1. After thnt. many favorable
reports in regard to the dipping system
were read from stockmen all over th
district nnd the meeting adjourned un
til the first Saturday In July, Km.".
Mncolii Hoy Drowned In Deep I'tiul.
Slipping from the plank on which he
was resting, Hay Curl, the Itl-yonr-old
son of A. H. Curl, snnk to the bottom
of tho day pool at the brick yard,
near West Lincoln, nnd was drowned.
The boy wns not able to swim, but
had accompanied n number of his mm
pnulons to the pool and was dabbling
In tho water in what he thought was
a shallow spot. The pool Is more than
fifteen feet deep in some places, how
ever, and tho lad went to the bottom
without a sign. Efforts on the pnrt
of other boys for his lescue were futile.
Officers from tho city went out ns soon
us the nccident wns reported. The body
was taken to Walton Roberts' under
taking rooms. The funeral was held
nt the family borne, 13)1 South
Eleventh street, Limoln.
Prenhloiit Will Make No Speeche,.
P. C. Knox of Pennsylvania, tormer
attorney general nnd one of the closest
friends and ndvls-ers of President
Roosevelt, was a visitor to Sagamore
Hill. Mr. Knox will tnke nn active
pait In tho campaign nnd will deliver
at least two Importnnt speeches. The
president Is working dully on both his
notification speech and his acceptance
speech. He will deliver no political
speeches during tho campaign, con
tenting himself with a Mutomont of
bis position and of the results nchleved
in his administration In the letter of
acceptance.
The Xi'ir Pope lln Trouble.
From the highest source It Is learned
that the Vatican's view of the situa
tion between tho holy see and France
Is as follows: The pope regards tho
dissolution of the concordat by France
as absolutely certain. The pretext Is
that the holy see, before the. visit of
President Loubet to Home, called on
Bishop Gray, of Lnval, to icslgn. Ho
refused and was summoned to Koine
to answer the gravest charges. The
bishop appealed to the French govern
ment, which claimed that the holy see
was Infringing the concordat, but as
the bishop had not been punished,
Minister Delcasse acknowledged that
the atlean was within Its rights.
American (Set l.nree fortune.
The second chamber ot the tribunal
of the Seine, at Paris. Fiance, held
valid the will piesented by George A.
Church of Nnyntt Point. Rhode Ihlnnd,
bequeathing to him the fortune of M.
Poulet. a Parisian capitalist. The
French heirs put In further teihnUal
objections nt the hearing of which the
court adjourned.
t'nnilrteil of MuimliiiiKhter.
James Connelly of Harrison, Neb.,
was found guilty of manslaughter and
sentenced to eight years In the peni
tentiary. Connelly was accused of
killing II. H. Miller nnd his trial oc
cupied nearly a week.
Ureut Itetervolr llrenk.
With the roar of Nlagaia the new
rcrvolr of the Citizens Wnter com
pany at Scottsclale. Pa., burst nt mid
night and moro thnn three hundred
million gallons of water rushed down
tho valley, sweeping nil beforo it and
inundating crops and wrecking build
ings In Its path. It was discovered
about 0 o'clock that the dam wus In
danger of breaking, nnd messengers
wero hastily sent through the valley to
warn the people of their peril. Hun
dreds of lives were thus baved, for a
fow hours later the whole valley was
uuder water.
JUDGE ALTON
,: ' (
Domocratic Nominee for Prosident of the United Statos.
IHE END IS IN SIGHT
linois Board of Arbitration Try
ing to Settle Strike.
SHOW CONCILLITORY SPIRIT
Packer nnil Workmen t'nt Out '
Air" unit lire Trying to Settle
Diniculllu l'cruefully.
lint
Arjbtratlon of the grievances which
precipitated the general strike of pack
ing hoiiFe workers In the meat packing
houses In various paits of tho coun
try appears to bo In sight, and a con
ference between employers and strik
ers is being held in Chicago.
The Initial step towards a settle
ment of tho controversy by media
ton was taken by the Illinois state
board of aribtratlon. When tho mem
bers of the board reached Chicago they
nt onco- went Into (onferenco with
Mlchnel J. Donnelly, the leader of tho
strike and listened to the story of his
side of the trouble. The members of
the board then Interviewed tho icprc
sentntives of the packers nnd their
side of the difficulty was heard. As a
result of these two conferences Mr.
Donnelly sent a communication to tho
packers In which it was stated that
tho unions weio willing to accept a
settlement thiough the board of arbi
tration. No Immediate reply Is expected from
the packers, but It is confidently ex
pected that their reply will bo concil
iatory. Mr. Donelly declares that the offer
of arbitration from tho packers did
not reach him before the stiiko and
If the packers will again inako tho
proposition It will bo accepted. Tho
members of the board of arbitration
say thnt both sides appeared wilting
to adopt peaceful methods nnd n set
tlement would probably be reached in
n short time.
After assiduously using tho tele
phones between the headquarters of
the unions and the packers, the stato
board of arbitration arranged n meet
ing between the officers of the unions
and representatives of tho packers.
WANT UNIFORM EDUCATION
tliollc' IMiKutum llenrllly In favor or
Siirli Syatem.
Catholic educators, representing
orally every diocese In the United
Btates, assembled In convention at
nt. louls university. Tho conference
was for the purpose of devising pinna
for establishing n uniform system ot
education in parochial and training
schools.
Tho "onventlon was opened by a sol
emn pontificnl high mass nt St. Fran
cis Zavler's church. Rt. Rov. Bishop
Jansen of Belleville officiating. In tho
nbsenco of Prof. Charles P. Nelll of
the Catholic university of America, his
paper on "Statistics of Attendanco of
Catholic College Students nt Non
Catholic Colleges and Unlversltltes
ond tho Couso Thereof," was read and
discussed at length.
t!ulinna Vote r.iponltlon fuiiiU.
The first bill to pass tho Cuban
nouso of representatives was ono np
proprlntlng an additional sum of $50,
000 for the Cuban department at tho
St. Louis exposition. The houso de
cided to extend for three months the
tlmo for tho completion of tho work
of tho committee which Is examining
the claims of revolutionary veterans.
President Palma will recommend nn
Increase In the loans. The govern
ment current surplus Is now upwurds
cf $7,000,000.
BROOKS PARKER,
ANOTHER PICNIC ACCIDENT
Twenty-one Killed on Kunilny School Ei
I'limlon Nenr Chicago.
Twonty-ono members of tho Sunday
school at Doremus Congregational
church nt Thirty-first and Butler
streets, Chicago, went to death with
Joy In their hearts and a hymn on
their lips. Seventy people, mostly
children, members of tho same school,
were maimed and mangled nt th
sanio time.
The enrnngo occurred In a collision
on tho tracks of the Chicago & East
ern Illinois rnllroad between Qhlcago
Heights nnd Glenwood. twenty-fivo
miles from Chicago. It was tho an
nual picnic of the Sunday school, and
ns In former years, hundreds of tho
children with their parents nnd friends
had gone to the picnic grounds nt Mo
mence, 111., for tho day. The picnic
was over nnd the train was on tho re
turn to Chicago when the accident oc
curred. Tho children in the first coach
wero singing ns tho train passed
through Chicago Heights, twenty-seven
miles from Chicago. Two miles fur
ther the train wont on and then tho
singing was hushed In death for over
a score and cries of pain and horror
for seventy others.
Two nccldents combined to make the
dlsasted. The first was the breaking
down of n freight train on the north
bound track on which the excursion
train should have proceeded after leav
ing Chicago Heights, and the other was
the breaking of a coupling ou u second
freight train.
Denver Methoillati on I.iibiir Trouble.
Tho Methodist ministers' association
of Denver, Colo., nppointed a cora
mltteo to investigate the labor trou
bles In that stato and fix tho respon
sibility of tho chaotic conditions in
Cripplo Creek nnd elsewhere. Two
members of the committee will visit
Cripplo Creek and others will inter
view representatives of tho state and
of tho western federation of miners.
Tho deportation of miners nnd tho
confinement to the bull pen of Inbor
leaders will receive careful attention
as well as tho ground on which tho
governor bases his claim of "military
necessity." Tho committee will report
to the association on July 25.
MnklnE Them Pay Up.
Stato Food Commissioner Thompson
Is engaged in his annual collection of
tho liccuso fees required of the whole
salers In and manufacturers of vine
gar and of retail dealers in oleomar
garine. Tho collections aro brisk and
will exceed thoso of last year by a con
conslderublo amount. Mr. Thompson
Is much elated at the prospects for a
record breaking year. Tho campaign
against tho sale of adulterated or col
ored vinegars as elder vinegar, and of
adulterations of Jellies and other food
products, will bo waged vigorously by
the department, as In the past, and tho
commissioner expects to succeed in
his efforts to compel the vinegar manu
facturers to ship only pure vinegars
Into the state.
Roma Fine Land at Itoiebnd.
Secretary of State Marsh hns re
turned from an extended tour of In
spection of tho Rosebud Indian agency
and Boncsteel district. Mr. Marsh is
much Impressed with the land near
Bonesteel and says that thoso who se
cure ono of tho first five or six hundred
clnlms will get fine farms, while those
who aro lower down on tho list will ge?t
land not very desirable. A notable
feature ot tho situation is that thoin
dlana whllo filing on tho bottom lands
havo selected sections which nro rough
and timbered rather than smooth and
adapted to farming purposes.
The Green Man'a Burden.
Take up the prem man's burden.
St unci forth and do your best
i ripen htm n little. .
bo In; can do tliu rest.
He Is not iiHoKrlhor
Beyond nxMstunce yot.
And promptness still may save him
Mom many a trap and net.
Take np tho crecti man's burden
And let him know tlmt he
f "J'J monkey down In Wall street
With Kreat Imptinltv:
Bljive (MriRstly to teach him
l ant It in peurcrlr meet
lor lnnihv. yit youni? and frisky.
'to butt into tho stiict.
Take tip tho green man'c burden,
i Yf .lllm ""at bonds and stookx
And llRlituliiK uxN and sold brlcki
Are tllloii with painful Hlincks;
1 each him the bunko Mlcercts
Are hot upon his trail
1 witch the Ktilleless lobster.
liy Interview or mall
Take up the green man burden,
Awake hlin from his dream
I hat woman's wiles and witching
Aie always what they seem.
Restrain his fevered fancies.
Lend liltn away to cool,
Ileforo the m lids and matrons
Have turned him out a fool.
Tnke up the green mnn'x burden,
Show lilm the devious ways
The wide world Is imisulnp
'In make a nccdeci ralo;
lVrtMiado him, curse him, kick lllm
Do anything you dare,
lo make the green man's burden
vxi haul for him to bear.
New Yolk Herald.
Green Diamonds Are Seen.
Consldernblo Interest, writes a cor
respondent, has been aroused In Jo
hnnnesburg by tho discovery on a
mining property nt Klerksdorp of a
green diamond of about thrcje-cntarters
of a caret. Tho gem bnd slipped into
a crovlco In tho Iron plates of tho
crushing mill, and was found during
the dismantling of tho mill to inako
loom for a now stamp battery.
In 1893 over seventy similarly col
ored diamonds wore found upon tho
snme property. They bad all slipped
between tho dies nnd escaped tie
atructlon. It is conjectured that
many other green stones got crushed
out of existence.
For tho first tlmo since the dnto
the Klerksdorp G. and D. Company
intends to resume operations on this
particular ground, nnd the prospects
of unearthing more of these green
gems are being eagerly watched from
tho Rand.
Fire in Darktown.
Vn old member of the fire depart
ment wns talking nbout some of tho
big fires he bad fought In his day and
ho remarked:
"But the most Interesting fire Is nl
ways a blaze In Darktown. If you
want to see n lot of excited people
yon Just ought to get Into the midst
of a small conflagration in Darktown
nt night. Tho negroes begin to empty
houses of their contents for blocks
mound. Thnt Is fun enough, but tho
real fun commences when they try
to pet their goods back Into their
hi uses, fn it Is a sort of grab game,
everybody taking everything they can
get bold of. 111 bet that after a flro
In Darktown there Isn't n house in
the neighborhood of the blaze that
w:.s furnished like It was before th
Pie." Atlanta Constitution.
Silver Watch Averted Lightning.
To n silver watch which be carried
In his pocket during n lightning storm
the other day Napoleon Dutll, a truck
man, living nt Lewlston, Mnin owes
his life. Tho electric bolt struck the
watch, leaving a dent In Its edge and
smashing tho crystal. Under the
watch the flesh was badly burned In
n circle.
Keys nnd a key chain which Mr.
Dutll had In his pockets when the bolt
struck him were destroyed. No one
has been able to find even a link ot
the chain.
Dutll. his son, nged fifteen, and a
Mm of Isaac Lecinlr were In a barn
when the lightning struck, knocking
the three from their chairs. Young
Lcclnlr's feet wero badly burned nnd
the Dutll hoy was unconscious fo
home time.
Horse Went Home to Die.
Allen Gllmorc of West Glover, Vt.,
found that one of his horses was
sick. Ho turned the animal looso
on his lawn and went for a veterin
ary. When he returned the horso
was nowhere to bo seen nnd later
ho was found dead beforo the stable
door of J. G. Cnlclerwood. Mr. Calder
wood sold tho horso to Mr. Gllmoro
three years ago unci tho sick animal
bad covered full two miles that ho
might die at his old home.
Had Adventure in Plenty.
Whllo two young men wore returninp
from a fi.dilng trip nt Bennington, Vt.,
the other evening they came suddenly
upon :i largo bear In the middle of
their path through tho woods. Both
men were unarmed and fled deep Into
the forest. Later ns thoy wero kirt
ii g tho locality occupied by tho bcai
they ran across a wildcat whose pres
enee served to further acceleraU
their speed.
Poisoned by Postage Stamps.
At lF.st someone has been poisoned
licking postage stamps. A woman it
Norfolk, Conn., cut her tongue with I
postage stump, was poisoned and hat
to have a part of her tongne remove
and now has an Impediment in hei
speech.
Heavy Load for Locomotive.
Tho heaviest train load ever haiiloj
y one Incomotlvo was one of tht
eighty-four loaded cars, weighing it
the aggregate 1,7S7 tons, which wai
hauled a dlstunco of sixty-three mllei
at the rate of thirteen miles an hour