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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1901)
THE CHASE ENDED MAN-HUNTERS RETURN HOMEDE- 6PAIRINQ OF CAPTURE. of Climtron , Nob. , Think Currr the f.enilpr Itobbers niujr bo Appro- hciulcd Whllo on Their Way out of the State. i 'BuTTK , Mont. , July 0. An Inter- hlountaln special fiom Malta says all dope of capturing the Great Northern cobbers has been abandoned. One by one the men who accompanied the , authorities in the chase to the south ward have returned , and the general opinion appears to be that the rob bers have madcgood their escape. The cnen composing the sheriff's possesent out from Glasgow have despaired of capturing the men and the chase has I been given up from this end of the lino. , Hopes are entertained that the rob bers may be apprehended while on Chelr way out of the state , but the an- Charities of the southern counties of Montana , experienced trackers , are flrm In the belief that the riders scat tered as soon as they were nqar the oouthern boundaryof the state , and ( reached the Hole-in-the-Wall by cir cuitous routes. THINK CUKUY IS ALIVE. CHADHOK , Neb. , July 0. ( Special. ) A great deal of interest is bein manifested here In regard to the rob bery of the Great Northern express in Montana. The surmise that the Curry rang did the work meets with general approval here , as George Curry form s' ' * orly lived here and by some Is sup posed to be buried here. It will be ( remembered that It was reported that be was killed in Colorado while at tempting to steal some horses and was afterwards brought here for trial. This story is a highly Improbable one , as a man of his desperate disposition and habits would be very unlikely to be so far away from his gang and be engaged this same work they were Qamous For these reasons it is quite gener ally thought that , the man found In fche Chadron cemetery is not George Curry at all , but someone else. This will give the real George Curry , des perate and well schooled In the art of murder and robbery , a splendid oppor tunity to engage in other deeds of this kind and not to be suspected. As he was the acknowledged leader of the ( rang in their former palmy days , it is treasonable to believe he is now leading fthe men who have robbed the Great Northern express and are lleeing for fcheir lives in the winds of Montana. People who know him and his gang best siy ; that they will probably not barricade themselves in the mountains end stand siege , as is the-common method of procedure of such gangs , but they will put on citizen's clothes and go fur a time to some quiet little eastern town , where they will live apE - E > ivntly as the people around them do. Curry has several relatives at this place. SIlRht Hope for J'BroIo. ST. PAUL , Minn. , July 9. The state pardon board yesterday considered a tong list of auplications for parole , the cnost Important among them being those of Cole and James Younger , who are nv serving life sentences for their connection with the Northlield bank raid in 1870. . Their application ( s made under Mic provisions of a law enacted by the last legislature , v/nich gave the state board of pardons power to parole life prisoners who have cerved twenty-five years. The state board consists of Governor Van Sant , Attorney General Douglas and Chief J iMice .Stuart. A unanimous vote is necessary in iho granting of a parole under the new law. The board con sidered the application , but took the case under advisement and reserved Its decision. Considerable doubt is expressed as Oo whether the parole will be granted. Wrote ( ho I'UIIIOIIH Dlnpiitch. WASHINGTON , July I ) . Rear Ad miral A. S. Crowinslilcld , chief of the bureau of navigation , yesterday Issued ft formal statement to the effect that he is the author of the famous dis patch to Admiral Dewcy ordering him to proceed from Hong Kong to Manila and there capture or destroy the Span ish fleet. Admiral Crowinshleld states thatlhe wrote the dispatch In- the White house and submitted It to both Attorney General Griggsand the pros- Went and that the only change made la the dispatches he wrote was the addition of either the word "capture" or the word "destroy. " The dispatch , according to the ad miral , then was handed to Lieutenant Whlttlesley , who took it and sent it to Dewey. In conclusion Mr. Crowinshleld says that whatever credit comes from hav ing given the order belongs to the president and Secretary Long. lflcriWhrut Flnlil Mr * . QHBAT HKND , Kas. , July. " . , Fifteen thousand acres of wheat went up in flames here this afternoon. ltriuiiu < AVork nt YOUNOSTOWN , O. , July O.-Tlie re sumption of the mills of the Republic Iron and Steel company , the bar Iron combine today Is general after a week's shutdown for repairs and 5,000 ironworkers In the twenty-eight mills of the county returned to work. The icalo was signed a week ago , the men jotting an advance of about f per cent The workers wanted several weeks off but the press of business made that Impossible. TELLS OF THEFT. niniM'lf nnil Set "I-'Iro to Court 11(11140. MINDEN , Neb. , July lO. At last the mystery surrounding the robbery or the county treasurer's office and the setting fire to the court house on the evening of Juno 27 Is cleared up. County Treasurer Alfred Norlln has confessed to being the perpetrator of the crime. v At the time of the robbery Detec tive Mnlone of Lincoln , Sheriff Ile- coxand Chef of Police Hill looked carefully Into the matter and became convinced In their own minds that Norlin was Implicated In the crime , but lacked proof to arrest. The state examiner came and found the office short $10,011.07. The officers watched closely until yesterday , when they thought It time to strike. Chief of Police 11111 arrested Norlln at5o'clock last evening on suspicion and asked what he had to say and then Norllu gave way nnd confessed. 1U5VI2ALS TUB HIDINO I'LACB. Ho took Hill out in a Hold of corn near his house and there dug up the box containing $0,775 , which was brought in with him and turned over to the c unty. This Is all Norlin has of the amount shown missing. He was , according to the slory he then told , rushed with work , the necessity of getting out his semiannual nual report on July 1 having added considerably to his duties. About 0:25 : he got soda water. He came back to the office and again went to work , but still feeling thirsty he went to the hy drant in the court Ivvric yard and got another drink. Then he returned and went to work. Suddenly he felt n heavy blow and toll. He said he re membered nothing else until he again recovered consciousness. Then he was lying in the room on his back. He saw the building was on lire. He raised a window and Jumped out through the screen. He looked for the lawn hose to use It on the lire. He could not find it. He yelled "lire" and an alarm was turned in. The de partment responded and put the lire out in shortorder , saving the building and preventing great damage even to the treasurer's room. CASH 11DX WAS ItlKLKD. After the lire it was learned that the small cash box kept in the safe had been opened and all the money taken out. Treasurer Norlln said there was about 8200 in gold and the balance in paper , five , ten and twenty dollar bills. The box was a small one , about 8x8x4 1-2 inches. It was fastened with a lock and the key to the lock was on the key ring with nine or ten other keys in the county treasurer's pocket. While the treasurer was at work in the office he had the windows down BO he then said , and the one door whi h he nsed was locked. He locked i i after he came in and went OUD later to net a drink. lie heard no one tvbout him while at work , saw nothing un- usal about the court house during the evening. The first thing ho remem bered unusual was when he fell back wards to the floor and "saw stars. " When he recovered and saw the fire he says he raised a window and jump ed out through the screen. Strange as it may seem the fire chief says that wtn : he arrived at the co-irt house he had to tear the screen from the window to get in with the line of base. CONKESSK3 III8 OUILT. ' He said It was a matter of careless ness that caused him to commit the crime. Had been mslng more money than svas able to replace and finally thought a wholesale robbery the best solution , lie therefore took the mon ey part , at a time and buried it in his corn Held. Then Thursday evening I e went to his office and pretended to be working on his books. * Ho put all valuable records in the vault , left the safe door unlocked , closed the vault door , turned the latch , but not the combination. This ho did as he said said he did not want to destroy the county records , as the robbery was enough for the county to bear. He then took a bag of shot and struck himself on the head Just above the right ear. This was a harder blow than he anticipated.as the doc tors who attenled him said a little , heavier blow would have killed him. STAKTKD THIS K1UK HIJISKLK. With the curtain drawn to conceal him from passers by he set fire to pa pers under his desk and after waiting for them to get a good start rushed out and gave the alarm. Not until he saw that tlm fire was out did he tell the story of being sandbagged , robbed , etc. When taken to Dr. Hapeman's ollice he gave all indications of a man recovering from a blow. His pockets were all hanging out to show that he had been robbed. Norlln says his carelessness has brought him to grief and now he will have to suffer the penalty. When in terviewed he was lying on a bed in * ho Jensen hotel. He showed outward signs of emotion , but seemed resigned to his fate. Klv Y 'nr Simtrncr. ELDORADO , Kan. . July 10. Jessie Morrison was taken to the penitent iary at Lansing yesterday to begin her five years sentence for the murder of Mrs. Castle. There were several hun dred people at the station to take a farewell look at the prisoner. Harly In the day , at the homo of the Morrisons , a pathetic scene was enact ed , when the aged father , stepmother , brothers and sisters cried bitterly as Miss Morrison kissed them goodbye. [ JUSTICE IS SPEEDY SENSATIONAL CLIMAX TO ROB- I BERYAT MINDEN. Kilter * Pica of Oullty anil Sentenced to Six Yunra In IVnllnnllnry Will ' > TnUcii to Lincoln Toilny Trounuror linn 111 * Trlnli MINDKN , Neb. , July 11. Alfred Norlln , the self confessed embezzling county treasurer , will today be taken to the pcnl-cntlary at. Lincoln. Events have followed fast upon each other since yesterday In the sensational case. Norlin was arrested Tuesday night. Ills trial , conviction and sentence yes terday , all within twenty-four hours , Is probably the most speedy disposi tion of a criminal case In the history of Nebraska courts. Norlin was yesterday brought before Judge Uobb for preliminary hearing and bound over to the district court with a bond Jlxed at f 10,000 , on a charge of having "f rauduentlv , unlaw fully and felonouslv converted to his own use and embezzled the sum of $2,700 of said public money , the prop erty of Kearney county , contrary to the form of the statutes in such cases. " LONG SAT18KIK1) OK OUILT. Chief of Police Hill , when seen by The .Journal this morning , said that he had been working on tne case ever since the robbery and that several days a.zolie had sufficient proof to convict Norlln , but wanted to get a confes sion , so he waited until the regular meeting of tub county commissioners , which occurred yesterday. It was then Norlin was put in the sweat box and pretty well tangled up. About 4 p. m. Hill took Norlln to the ollice of County Attorney King , taking Mr. Bloom with him. There they began a systematic questioning. At lirst Nor- lin denied all knowledge of the affair , maintaining that his first -tory was true. After an hour's work Hill final ly said : "Norlln , you know that I have the proof and it is the best tiling for you to confess and have it all over. " Noilin then said , "Well , Hill , I did it , Hill then asked what had become of t o " oioy , and Norlin told him itlvvas at bl-j house. JIONKY IIUIIKIUD 1115KOHE TI115 Fllllt He took tho. money and hurried it several days before the lire. At first , he told the olllcers that he struck himself with his list , but later he told Mr. Hill that he had a bag of shotand bib himself several times , making a bruise that he might carry out the story of having been robbed. SKNTKNC1C OK SIX YEAKS. Yesterday evening at Norlln's re quest a special session of districtcourt w.us called , convening at 4 p. m. , at which he plead guilty to the charge of embezzlement and received a sentence of six years at hard labor , Sunday excepted - cepted , and a line of $5,400. The court house was crowed. The sentence is considered very just Owing to his popularity the scene was likea funeral and after the sentence rto/.ens of people ple shook hands.with him. He main tained composure during the pro nouncing of sentence , but broke down when his friends surrounded him. He will be taken to Lincoln today. Thecommissloi.erK , in session tulay appointed Mike O'Meara as treasurer to finish the term. When interviewed after the sen tence Norin ! said he was satlsticd that the sentence was just and now h could begin the accomplishment that would bring about the end. Wrrrk on Alton. KANSAS CITY , July 11. The full horror of the train wreck on the Chicago cage & Alton road near Norton , Mo. , this mornhu ? , when a west-bound passenger collided with a fast live stock train , both going at a geol : speed , was not realized until tonight , when a train loaded with bruised and scalded people arrived hero and trans ferred its suirerers to the hospitals. First reports of the accident indicate d that four trainmen and two passen gers were killed outright. Of the wounded who started for this city three or four were dead before die trai'n arrived and six passed away at the hospitals before midnight , mak ing sixteen deaths up to the oresent time. In St. Josephs 'and University hospitals are thirty persons , a number of whom are expected to die. Most of them were scalded by the steam that issued from the engines , both of which were wrecked and piled in a heap of wreckage witli two of the passenger cars. Identification of those of the dead who passed away without regaining consciousness was difficult , owing to the fact that the clothing had been hastily stripped from the bodies in order to give relief to the tortured llesli. Two of the bodies are undentilled. Ten bodies are at various undertaking establishments. The bodies of four of the dead trainmen - mon are at Slater , Mo. Million * Vi't l < i fiivo /t\\uy. NKW YOKK , July 11. Mr. Carnegie still has GO.ooo.ooo pounds to give away in public benefactions. Mr. Carnegie is himself auth-rlty for tills statement , which lie made recently at Sklbo castle to a member of the New York chamber ot commerce commit tee , who is now in tills city , hut wishes his name kept secret. According to Mr. Carnegie , he is jjtill undecided In what manner to dispose of his wealth. COLUMBIA FIRST IN. ( Mil Id-lender Triumph * In the Tntnl Hitno , NKWI-OHT , 11. 1. , July 12. Columbia won yesterday's race In great shape , with the Constitution second and the Independence a remarkably good third. The Boston boat sailed an exciting race with the two HerreshofTs and led the Constitution at the outer mark , only to bo beaten by her a little over two minutes in the run to the llnlsh before the wind. The wind yesterday was much Wronger than on previous days and the Independence sailed the fifteen miles to windward without her ; jlb Lops ill and seemed to bold higher , at the same time footing just , as fast. The result of yesterday's race leaves the question of the supremacy of the three ninety. footers uncertain , the Independence being not so slow after all , while the Constitution lias yet to prove her unquestioned superiority n\vr the other two racers in anything except , light airs. The hopes of the Boston contingent have therefore gone upward with a bound and tonight the experts arc trying to figure what the Independence will do when It blows a ilttlo harder. The race Itself was very exciting and especially when a little less than an hour after the start the Independence , by keeping near the Narrairansott shore , forced the Constitution about and for a few min utes was the leading boat in the race. From that point to the turning buoy 'he tight between the two yachts was one of the closest seen here for many years. In KoriMi. BKULIN , July 12. The Cologne Ga zette publishes a dispatch from Seoul , Korea , dated July ( I , saying that , hloody conflicts , extending over a period of ten days , have occurred on the island of Quelpart between Roman Catholic missionaries and their pupils and the rnpulace of the island. Ffftecn of 10 natives and about ; $00 $ of the mis sion pupils are reported to liuvc been killed during the encounters. The governor of Quelpart , according to the dispatch , says the trouble was the fault of the pupils and arose from their support of the tax collectors in levying illegal taxes upon the natives. Upon hearing that two French mis sionaries had becn-killed in the Island , a French warship proceeded to Quel part , and upon finding the missionaries in question alive , the warship re turned. The Korean government has com missioned Iluan Kian and an Ameri can court olllulal to Investigate the matter , and is sending a company of Korean infantry with them to Quel part. Quelpart Is in the Yellow Sea , sixty miles south of Korea to which coun try it is subordinate. It is a penal settlement. NlnHocn nro Dcyd. KANSAS CITY , Mo. , July 12. Of the twenty-four persons Injured in the Alton wreck who arc still in Kansas City hospitals two-arc not likely to live throuuh the nit'lit and three ot'icrs are fatally hurt , but will prob ably survive until tomorrow. Five of the injured left for their homes this morning. Most of the Injured were Epworth League excursionists enrontc to San Francisco and were in the tourist car in which the greatest havoc was wrought. , Most of the uninjured and iglitly injured leaguers have pro ceeded on their journey. The Marseilles French Opera com pany , on its way to San Francisco , comprising seventeen people , lost every bit of Its scenery and baggage. None of the members escaped with more than his hand baggage. Fri'iinli Crop Condition * . PARIS , July 12. The agricultural department reports that the condi- 1 tlons of winter wheat are very good in one department , good In twenty- I six and fair In fifty-live departments. [ Spring wheat is good in live depart-1 ] menus , fair in thlrty-twoand middling in six 'departments. firm In Old l ell f' DKTHOIT , July 12. The national ed ucational association yesterday reaf firmed its declaration In favor of a na tional university at Washington to bo' ' maintained by the national govern ment. After taking this action the association elected as Its president for. . the ensuing year William Heardshear of the University of Iowa. The elec tion was unanimous as was that of C. M. Keyesof Hartford , Conn. , fortreas-j urcr , This afternoon thirteen departmental | I mental meetings were held and insev- , I cral of them olllcers'were elected for the coming year. Interesting papers on the teaching of economics in the schools were read at the morning ses sion by i'rof George I-J. Vincent of Chicago university , II. IGunion \ of the institute of social economics , New York ; Prof. F. W. Spelrsof Pliiladel- phla-aiul K. P. Hcllcck of Louisville , Ky. ( Join.-/ I'lfiiM-il U'ltli VIMt. NKW Yoitu , July 12. Gen. Maxhru ; Gomez , accompanied by his son and Alexander Con/ales sailed lor Havana yesterday. The party was escorted tr the pier by a delegation of Cubans , wh ( had with thorn a large lloral piece it the form and colors of the Cuban ling , j In the saloon of the steamship Gen , eral Gome/ made parting remarks t < his friends He said he would ncvei forget the kindness shown him while here. 1 JLONG ] DRY SPELL. DROUTH REMAINS UNBROKEN Drlnl Up nitil liny Soiling tar Twiuity Oollur * n Ton-llottct Dny on ItiM'iirtl In KIIIIAII * Clly. HIM nu I'or I'orty Ytiirv. ' KANSAS CITY , July 13. No rain fell , today In.anv part , of the drouth strlc- I ken territory consisting of all of Kan sas , western Missouri , Oklahoma , and Indian territory. Over much of this j region this was the worst of the long hot spell , the temperature being more than 100 degrees and no breeze stir ring. Corn , oats , hay and pota ocs are so badly Injured that even with rain the yield will be short , and as the weather bureau gives no hope of relief , the outlook Is discouraging. At some places in Kansas there has been no rainfall whatever for nearly three months. The present is the worst drouth since 1800 , when New 10 igland sent aid to the settlers of Kansas. However , the past few years have been very prosperous ones , and even now the Kansas farmers arc harvest ing one of the largest crops of wheat , If not the largest in the history of the state. A great many counties send word that with rain corn will be a half crop ; without rain soon no yield. A few say there Is yet no hope for a far harvest. Hay sold this morning for $20 a ton , a cent a pound , the highest price ever reported In this market. This Is al most as much , pound for pound , as wheat Is worth. Hay Is so high that it can be'shipped from Minnesota or Ohio or almost any state In the coun try that lias a crop. ALKALI'A PA KM Kits' SALVATION. Kansas and Missouri , which usually furnish as much hay as any three eastern states and at this time of year are shipping tralnloadsof hay to other points , are buying hay this year. In numerous places there is no pasture and owners of cattle arc shipping hay to their farms , Alfalfa has yielded well every where and will be the sal vation of many farmers. For the post live days 110,000 hogs have been received at the stockyards' , breaking all records. These heavy shipments arc due to the scarcity nf corn. Five prostrations were reported In Kansas City , none fatal. Norlin Don * I'rlfton Onrb. I LINCOLN , Nob. , July ii : , Alfred .Norlln . of Kearney county , donned the prison garb yesterday and entered up on his six years' sentence in the peni tentiary. Three days ago ho was county treasurer. Having confessed to a shortage of $10,000 and an at- .tompt to hide his guilt by pounding himself over the head with a bag of shotand then setting lire to his office in the court house and announcing .that ho had been ass til ted and robbed ho asked for a special session of court 'that ' he might plead guilty and receive his sentence. He confessed Tuesday , plead guilty Wednesday and was brought to the penitentiary Friday. Sheriff D. W. Hecox brought Norlin to the penitentiary , arriving at Lin coln early iu the afternoon. } "Yes ; I brought Norlin here , " said the sheriff after returning from the prison , "but for that matter he would doubtless have come by himself. He appears to be much broken In mind and spirit. He Is resigned , however , and desired to enter upon his sentence as soon as possible. Ho was under a great strain during the period lie was under suspicion , but the moment he confessed he was again his old self. Up to that time he had not acted in his natural manner. " No one would have supposed the two men walking up P street from the depot were a sheriff and a prisoner. There were no signs of restraint. The prisoner walked by the side of the sheriff at a rapid rate and was seem ingly a visitor in the city on business. At the penitentiary Norlin and the sheriff entered the warden's office where the usual questions were asked and entered In a big book kept for the purpose. These were answered by Norlin with some Impatience as if lie were anxious to got into a cell and have the matter ended. The sheriff remained with him to that point In the proceeding where the prisoner was taken to the bath where ho was given > a suit of the striped ptison clothes. Then he was assigned to a place in the large cell house which is being equipped with new steel cells. In ono of these ho will spend the time until Warden Davis decides on the employment ho is to bo given. If friends of Norlin have their way he will be given clerical work as he Is a good bookkeeper and a fair penman. The warden , however , will place him where he thinks best. Mr < > . ilnnVrKiin Diivlv III. POUT-LAND , Me. , July 12. Mrs. Jef ferson Davis , widow of the former president of the confederacy , Is quite ill at the Willard hotel In tills city where she came a .few days ago to spend the summer. Muvkcil Kol.l.rr t Klllrd. POTTSVILLK , Pa. , July 12. Fnur masked men entered the hotel of Peter Hoke at YorkvlHo , near here , at midnight last night and encount ered the proprietor and Mlchaol lilt- /oil and George A. Wachter , guests. During the light which followed one of the robbers was shot and killed and Mr. Ilokc was wounded in the leg. The three ether robbers made their escape. The dead man has not been Identified as yet. NKimASKA NOTJES y Mullen needs a bank. Falls City will erect a library build- Ing. Falrmount Is moving for a system of waterworks. A corn carnival and barbecue In the fall Is talked of by Beatrice citizens. Lightning killed six horses in the stable of T. J. lllxon , near Emerlck , A local company has undertaken to supply Papllllon with telephone ser vice. Hereafter , only men of family will bo allowed to servo on the Petersburg school board. Grace Snyder of Garrison was bitten- by a rattlesnake , but prompt medical attention saved her life. Young chickens and grouse are re ported more plentiful than for years In the sand hill country. The women of the Method 1st church , edited the Stanton Register last week and put out a line number. There wcro 14-1 marriage licenses- issued In Madison county during the first half of the current year. Adams county farmers alone pur chased nearly three Hundred binders with which to harvest the season's wheat crop. Grain ripened so fast during the hob weather that many farmers ran the harvesters all night and did not stop for Sunday. The city of Kearney and the water works have settled the controversy over rates , whichlias , been a bono of contlon for a long time. Mrs. A. Leonard of Riverton was struck by lightning while carrying a pall of water from the well to the house. She was unconscious for sev eral hours , but was finally revived. The Kearney Hub has Just put a new typesetting machine Into the of- llcc. This with some other improve ments recently made , makes the Uul > ope of the best equipped plants In the state. A musical and literary assembly will bo held at Auburn August 17 to 25 , during which twenty-llyo lectures by prominent persons will be delivered and a number of musical programmer given. It is said that the Wlnnobago In dians are going back ( on "dog stew. " Last year 125 dogs wcro served on toast at a pow-wow near Ponder. This year but twenty canines were prepared for the feast. The Argus says that a youth in the neighborhood of Table llock proposes to raffic himself off at $5 a chance , and adds that the woman who draws him is taking more thar. ono chance on getting a man for a husband. 0. A. Farrand of Maple Creek pro duct , Furnas county , has discovered on his farm what he uoiicvcs to oo un mistakable Indications of oil and pro poses to do some prospecting tills fall to ascertain waethor It Is In paying quantities. Little Johnnie Burrows of Loup City , a lad of ten years , was accident- ly shot by a playmate. The ball en tered the right breast , well up toward the shoulder and striking a rib was dcllcctcd down and around the trunk , lodging under the right arm. The boy is expected to recover. Bvron Hello Is a very bright young man , but ho was up against it July 4. He had a customer who when given a price of 20 cents for a pair of suspen ders , maintained thathcought tohavo one of them for 10 cents. All kinds of people came out of the woods to celebrate. Wayue Democrat. The preliminary hearing of Mlko Kllroy , the Raymond farmer , charged with shooting Jesse Rodgers with in tent to kill has been postponed to August , 7 and his bond raised to $2,000. The complaining witness la expected to recover sufficiently to face jtlio accused at his preliminary trial. The Boomer TU..fs is entitled to the prize on lsh | stories. It tells of a man who lislied all day and didn't got a bite. Ho concluded to show his friend what Ills dog could do and throw a half dollar Into the lake arid told the dog to get it. The dog dlvOd in and came out with two three-pound catfish and . ' 10 cents in change. "One of our farmers , " says the Wis- nor Press , "was asked the other day by another farmer what ho done to / make his hired man contented * Ills reply was : To do all the milking your self and get a good looking girl and a , hammock. If he then becomes dis contented , lire him , for there Is some- tiling the matter witli his head. Steve Ambler heard some peculiar5 sounds proceeding from some of his fresh eggs Monday morning , and found that during thonight the genial summer heat had nearly Incubated his ege cases. If this hot weather .continues the merchants will have to puck their eggs in ice to prevent hav- , irig their stores filled with young chickens. [ Lexington has been "dry" over a , year , and MUIIC anxiety has been felt. , ln regard to the financial affairs of the town and schools. But going over itho delinquent tax list cnouuh money is tluo the town and schools to meet all the present demands. The county treasurer has been requested to Issue distress warrants and collect all back taxes that are not paid in a brief time. The Kearney cotton mills have been closed. Their reopening Is Indefinite.
