Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, July 18, 1901, Image 3

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    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.