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THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA.
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? ' A. S. Lhm of Oakland had his right
leg broken by a falling troe.
E. Z. Mundorf's dwelling house at
" Hermon was destroyed by fire. Loss
\ about $600 ; no insurance.
Eighty-three students are enrolled ] ]
at the German Lutheran seminary at
Seward. More students are constant-
Jy anlvlng.
Acting Governor McGmon issued n.
proclamation , setting apart Nebraska
day at the St. LouIs exposition for
special exercises and fixing the date
on October 26. :
At the last meeting of the board of
education , It was decided to maIm
' Chadron high school a twelve-grade
school , which means there will be no
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graduating class this year.
i The Farmers' and Traders' state !
bank of York has been incorporated
with a capital stock of $20,000 and a
paid up capital of $5,000. The Incor-
porators are G. W. Post , E. J. Wight-
man and R. S. Carscadden of Yorlt.
Richardson county's records for the
month of September show : Farm
. . . mortgages filed nine , $23,400 ; released -
leased eleven , $27 ,221.f : 2 ; town mort-
gages filed nine , $7,683 ; released
I nine , $5,035.8f : ; . chattel mortgages
filed fifty , $30,897.83 , released eighteen -
. teen , $1,818.78. J
Burglars entered the office of the
Chicago Lumber company in Grand
Island , of which Mr. C'olpetzer , Jr. , is
the manager , but secured no booty.
. ' Mr. Colpetzer , in deference to some .
one's well formed habit of breaking
t Into the place , keeps no valuables at I
t. the place over night.
W. F. Lillie of , Rockford township ,
Gage county , wa on the market in
Beatrice with a load of white corn
which sold for 45 cents per bushel.
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He says he will have the best corn
crop raised on his farm in many
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. r years and believes It will yield sixty
bushels to the acre.
The city council of Oakland let the
' : contract for the erectIon of the new
municipal lighting plant , the success-
ful bidders being Rowe & Harnson
of Sioux City , representing a Chicago
" . firm of gasoline gas generator manu-
\ facturers. The contract calls for the
latest Improved gasoline gas gener-
ating machine.
The university authorities may ask
I the legislature this fall for an appropriation .
prlallon for an addition to the university -
versity campus. About four blocks
north of the present campus are in
contemplation. The ground slopes toward -
ward the railroads , but it is thought
that It can be put Into a condition
that will make it suitable for athletic
r purposes.
Robert J. Wyime , the new postmaster -
ter general , Is a relative of Joseph
O'Neil of Lincoln. Mr. O'Neil is a cou-
. filIi of Mrs. Wynne , formerly Miss
Mary 1\cCapo of Washington , D. C.
tj M- Mr. O'Neil says that Mr. Wynne was
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.x a telegraph operator at the time of his
- marriage to Miss McCape. Later he
, became a train dispatcher , and still
> later a press correspondont.
Jacob S. Johnston of Superior , has
r been appointed as grand receiver for
i the Ancient Order . .of United Work-
men to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Frank J. Morgan of PlaUs-
mouth. Mr. Johnston has been chair-
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man of the financing committee for
3 seven years and will hold the pres-
ant office until the annual meeting of
-Y ; ; , the grand lodge in Omaha next sum-
r 'mer .
r William Dooley , who was arrested
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at Pacific Junction several months ago
on the charge of attempted statute ? y
assault , has been sentenced to' " three
' . - years In the penitentiary by the district -
trict court of Mills county , Iowa. The
crime for which Dooley was Incarcer-
ated was committed last July against
a young girl named Mary Johnson ,
4 who was returning to her home at Pacific -
clfic Junction from a visit In Pl \tts-
mQ11tb. Neb _
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DIG OUT OF JAIL.
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rrhree Prisoners at Beatrice Escape ,
but Fourth Refuses to Go.
TRICE-Three prisoners named
Eihlleman , Fenton and Dugan , confined -
fined In the county jail for misdemeanors
meanors escaped by digging away the
mortar between the stones of the wall
and kicking ] out a block , making an
opening sufficiently large to permit
the passage of a man's body. None
had long sentences to servo and their
escape caused some surprIse on that
account. The prisoners had been allowed -
lowed the freedom of the corrIdor and
they put In spare moments in digging
away the mortar with the ball of a
water bucleet. One prisoner named
Haddon , whose term is nearly out , refused -
fused to go with the others. He gave
the sheriff 'information which It was
thought might lead to the recapture
of at least one of those escaped. :
SherIff Trude went to Ellis In the
hope of finding Eddleman , but the
search was fruitless. The Fulton
bloodhounds were later put on the
trail and followed it south and west
of the city for a distance of four miles.
Nothing has been heard of the former
prIsoner
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BIG IRRIGATION PROJECT.
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H. G. Leavitt Asks Leave to Use Water -
ter of North Platte River.
LINCOLN-H. C. Leavitt of Omaha
made application to the State Board
of IrrIgation for an appropriation ot
water from the North Platte river for
an immense canal project. The application -
pHcation filed is supposed to be a
part of an amendment to the rights
granted the Farmers' Canal comVany.
In the construction of the canal Mr.
Leavitt stated in his application that
he expected to spend $1,548,000 and to
irrlga 126,600 acres of land.
The head gate will be constructed in
Scott's Bluff county , near Mitchell ,
and the canal wlll be 150 miles in
length , ending near Bayard , Cheyenne
county , in Red Willow creok. The
canal will go through Scott's Bluff ,
Sioux and Cheyenne counties and is
to be completed by 1914. The new
venture is to bear the name of the
Union canal. ,
Organze Agalst Horse Thieves.
TTS1\lOUTH-In Louisville
more than 100 farmers assembled and
formed a corporation with a capital
of $1,000 and elected , the following
named persons : President , W. H.
Heil ; vice president , C. G. Mayfield ;
secretary , G. P. Meisinger ; treasurer ,
J. D. Ferguson , and with the above
four persons named as directors was
added the name of Fred Shafer. Some
of the more enthusiastic were In fa-
vor of forming a vigilance committee ,
but the others outnumbered them.
The corporation Is formed for the pur
pose of stopping the stealing of horses
and the burning of barns In Cass
county.
Prisoner Assaults Jailer.
GRAND ISLAND-County Jailor
Vickwire was assaulted by John
Brandt , one of the prIsoners under
his charge , who Is under sentence of
one year In the county jail on the
charge of burglar Just as the jailer
was leavIng the jail Brandt struck him
wIth a chalir and had the weapon
raised the second time to strike when
the jailer ducked and cleared the dan-
ger.
Found Dead In HI/Is. /
HASTINGS-August Berg , a farmer .
mer who for ten years had lived four
miles south of Kenesaw , was round
dead In the sand ills by n , searchinG
party. Coroner Perkins held an In.
quest at Kenesaw , the jury findIng n
verdict of accidental death.
HARVEST TIME IN CHINA.
Small Plots of Land Farmed by the i
Emperor's SubJcots.
A great land magnate of southern
China , says Everybody's Magazine ,
owns and farms four acres. His envious .
vlous neighbors hold competence of
one acre or bare pittance of an eighth
of an acre ; but Wong Poy Is lucley.
Ho has even been able to afford a
wife. Two "hands" work for him In
those harvest days , at the panic
wages of 20 cents a clay. Time men
squat , Oriental fashion , at their work ,
chopping down the stalks with swift
stabs of their little alcleJos. 1\Irs.
Wong Poy and her eldest , a daughter ,
follow behind and tie up the sheaves
with wisps of straw. The two cherIshed -
Ished men.chihlron , solo hope of heaven -
en for Wong Pay , play through time
stubble and steal grains of wheat tt .
chew. It Is a matter for corporal
punishment if they arc caught In this ,
for In China every grain is numbered.
When the wheat is all in and has
been beaten out on the thrashing
floors and stored in the well-guarded
granary under Wong Poy's house , the
family makes rejoicing. There Is a
little mess of fish for the pot. A punic
it1ck and a cup of rIce brandy are
offered up to the gods of grain , and
before them Wong Poy , his hands
tucked in his sleeves , bows to the
ground while ho recites pmyors. Mrs.
Wong steals away from her husband
to meet with the other village women
and hold strange rites-wild , con tor-
tlonate trances , with visions of the
upper and nether worlds. So have
their mothers done , time out of mind.
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Recruiting Sergeant Fooled.
An English recruiting sergeant en-
tom cd a country inn , saw a broad-shoul.
1ered giant seated at the table and
'JEgan to persuade him to taker the
"queen's shl1llnS' " " 'Vo11 , it he the
first time as ever I were asked to do
thaat , " drawled the rustic , "but 1
'ooan't mind if I do. " The shilling
was taken , the usual drinks followed ,
and the sergeant , rejoicing in his
splendid rf'crnit , suggested going off
to the lJarraclcs. "I'm coming , " said
the fellow , with a grIn , "but jest hand
me loon my crutches , wull yo ? " The
recruit had no legs.
"Raining Cats and Dogs. "
In northern mythology , the cat is
supposed to have great influence on
the weather , and English sailors still
say , " ' 1110 cat has a gale of wind in
her tall , " when the animal is unusually -
ly frisley. Witches that rode on the
storms were said to assume the form
of cats. The dog is a signal of wind ,
and wan an attendant of Odin , the
storm-god. The cat , therefore , sym-
bolizes the down . pouring of rain , Rod
the dog the strong gusts of wind
which accompany a ralnatorm. A
"rain of cats and dogs" is . a heavy
wind and rain.
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Sure to Win
Miss \ FlnshUg'hl-IIottio Nlmbletoe8
11ado her debut in her now role last
venlng and It was a dead falluro.
Miss Rodglar -Oh , I'm so sorry foe
Llettlo.
Miss li'lashllrht-Sho was actually
hissed off time stago.
Miss Rodglm't-Oh ! , Isn't that 8plon-
jldl ! It'll give her a jolly good chance
to bo the success of the soason.
Began Too Soon.
"I1ev. 1\11' Ernest Is n. missionary
now among the savage Mores , Isn't
ho ? "
"Alas I No. lIe is not. "
"Why , ho started for San Francisco
Several months ago to sall- "
"Yos , but at a small western town
where his train stopped ho approached -
ed a native and aslcod : 'li'rlond , are
you prepared to die ? '
The Pleasures of Imagination.
"It Is not so much what a thing Is
1S what wo think it Is that influences
liS , " I insisted earnestly , for I believed -
lieved in looking on the bright side of
things.
1'rue , " said the tlnsontlmontallst.
'Nottlng adds so much to the bouquet
Jf time wino as the right label on the
hottle. "
A Knocl
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lIIrs. N. Peck-You don't know how
to appreciate a good wife.
Mr. N. Peele-Well , I havon't had a
chance yet.-Comic Cuts.
Gaining an Emphatic Answer.
"I hog , I beseech you to be my
wife , " ho llcaded. "Oil , do not say i
'No. ' "
"Mr. Nervoy , " replied time fair girl ,
"I had not of ' '
thought saying 'no' to
you. I'mII'O you wQuldn't take that
for an answer and so permit me to
say , 'Not on your life -Philadelphia I
Press.
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Found Wanting.
"I must confess , " said Maud , "that
I am disappointed In Harold. He
Isn't a bit original ! or quick at ropar-
tee. " "
"How do you know ? " asked Mamie.
"I said I coullln't express my reel-
Ings , and ho didn't tell mo to send
thorn by freight. "
Too Suave.
"IIow much your Little boy reBom
bloR your husband , " said the cunning
politician.
"I'vo always heard , " she replied ,
"that people grow to look like those
they are much with , hut this is quite
a remarlmble case. We only adopted
the little fellow last week. "
Following a Simple Rule.
"Remember , Mulcahy , " said the first
Celt , with nn oracular air , "that whln
'ou'l'e angry ye ought niver to say a
word. Bear In wolnd time sayln' , 'SI.
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lenco Is golden.
" 'TIs a good rule , " replied Mulcahy ,
"waste no words smash 'im -Har- I -
Iler's Weelily.
Somewhat Different.
DeDorum-I hope you do not think
I have prolonged my stay unnecessar
lIy.
Miss : Calistlqu-e-Oh , no ; it Isn't your
staying so late that I object to.
Dellorum-What , then ?
Miss . CausUque-To your early , core '
Ing.
Drawing the Line.
1'hls world Is hut a vale or tears , "
said the sentimental landlady. "Even
time beautiful rose has Its thorn. "
"Oh , I don1t mind a little thing like
that , " rejoined the prosaic bachelor