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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1897)
mmm AMD THE EARTH OCCURRENCES THEREIN FOR A WEEK AE WILD OYER GOLD PALMY DAYS OF CRIPPLE CREEK AND TOMBSTONE OUTDONE Ore Taken Out of Two Mines Yields Over 6000 to the Ton Pacifica tion of Crete Likely to Be Under taken by Russia and Britain Yuma Is Wild Over Gold Col George F Hayne a well known gold miner of California says Yuma Arizona has suddenly become a most ex cited mining town Nothing quite like the present excitement over suddenly found riches and prospects of further finds has been seen since the palmy days of Vir ginia Nev in the early 70s Cripple Creek and Tombstone were never in it for unadulterated excitement The town is wild because of two funis of marvelous richness of gold ore At the Pichaco mining district twenty five miles north of Yuma on the California side of the Colorado River there are the Golden Dream and Noonday mines For several weeks men at these mines have been get ting Into rich ore and the owner has been offered as high as 175000 for bis mines Thursday the men in both mines at al most the sdme hour ran into ledges of ore that yield over 6000 to the ton Four apecimens from these ledges were found to run 2550 per ton and twelve carelessly selected bits of rock assayed 13120 to the ton The ledges in the Sicho district are all very large One ledge of low grade ore there is over sixty feet wide LEFT TO BEAR AND LION Pacification of Crete to Be Under taken by Russia and Britain A St Petersburg dispatch says that it begins to look very much as if England and Russia were undertaking the pacifica tion of Crete as they at the present mo ment are the only two powers actively dis posed It is understood that England has Inti mated her willingness in the case of need to co operate with another power at the lame time letting It be known that the task is distasteful enough and will be under taken only in case of absolute need to pre vent massacres The position of Germany is distinctly given thus Germany advocated in the strongest possible terms the immediate blockading of Greece as the solution in the cause of peace but that was six weeks ago Then neither the Greek nor the Turkish army had been mobilized The lack of promptitude in the action of Eng land France and Italy has been deemed by Germany to have encouraged the Greeks and Cretans in their lawlessness and brought about the deplorable and dis creditable position in which matters are today for whioh Germany refuses all re sponsibility That is why Germany refuses to take part in sending troops and to sacrifice her self for the weakness of others TO SIDETRACK TREATY Anglo American Peace Pact Will Be Shelved by the Senate It Is practically settled that the Anglo American arbitration treaty will be tem porarily shelved in the senate this week Both its supporters and its opponents show no desire to press the issue to a vote There are several reasons for delay The prin cipal one given by Senator Davis who is In charge of the treaty Is that a num ber of senators who have remained in the oity in constant attendance upon the exec utive sessions in the belief that a vote would be reached are anxious to get away for a few days The friends of the treaty refuse to make any predictions as to the result of the final vote when taken but some of them admit there will be sufficient opposition to ren der the result doubtful On the other hand the opponents of the treaty assert that an actual poll of the senate shows that a vote would result against ratification in a full senate Ramsay Released from Custody Ramsay the American sailor who was arrested in the early part of the year at Callao Peru on the charge of disorderly conduct and snbsequently sentenced to a years imprisonment without such legal trial as is provided for in the treaty be tween Peru and the United States and whose sentence was commuted last week to four months imprisonment from Janu ary 12 was released on Saturday night by order of the superior court of appeals Chicago Bank Assigns The Globe Savings Bank of Chicago has assigned The last statement February 18 showed deposits of 142000 and savings of 813000 The bank had a capital of 200000 This bank has no connection with the Globe National Bank EP kts Money for Cannon igtantinople dispatch ite with the for the Sieved GREAT TRUST OF FARMERS Tillers of tho Soil Said to Be Com bining to Control Markets A special from Toledo Ohio says A gigantic fanners trust is now being organ ized in tliis country One of the national organizers registering as P F Brown of Johnstown Pa after being here some days left his papers at the Jeffersbn House when he left for Columbus and in this manner the secret leaked out Several branches were secretly organ ized and the order is strictly oathbound It originated at Lancaster Pa and was incorporated under the laws of New Jer sey as the Agricultures National Protect ive Association s It is the purpose to do nothing this year in the way of controlling the markets be cause the organization is not yet complete Next year however the crops will be limited to the actual needs of the organiza tion If the plan is carried out not a dol lars worth of farm products of any kind will be sold for general consumption After the year 1898 there will be erected or rented in each county in such numbers and so located as may seem best and most convenient storehouses in which all pro ducts for the markets will be placed These will be In control of the county board of directors From these warehouses the products will be shipped as the state and national directors may order and the quantities of goods sold in the immediate neighborhood will be regulated somewhat after the plan of the anthracite coal com bine THE PUBLIC DEBT Decrease During the Past Month of 8088254 The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business April 1 the debt less cash in the treasury amounted to 1008962200 a decrease for the month of 8638254 This decrease is accounted for by a corresponding increase in the amount of cash on hand The debt Is recapitulated as follows Interest bearing debt S 8473619r0 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity 1355700 Debt bearing no interest 877287090 Total 1226007800 Lhis however does not include 607702 478 in certificates and treasury notes out standing and offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury The cash in the treasury is classified as follows Gold 109242803 Silver 517048211 Paper 151057504 Bonds disbursing offices bal ances etc 17891239 Total 875239759 Against this there are demand liabilities amounting to 053194153 whioh leaves a cash balance in the treasury of 222045006 CORBETT FITZ 20 ROUND GO Syndicate of Now Yorkers Sub scribes 15000 for a Contest A syndicate of wealthy patrons of sport has subscribed a purse of 15000 for a twenty round go between Corbettand Fitz simmons to take place In New York at a date to be agreed upon If the syndicate fails to pull off the con test at the time and place selected the whole amount Is to be forfeited GREEK PRESS IS BELLICOSE Government Urged to Begin Hostil ities Against Turkey The Athens newspapers unanimously urge the government to take prompt action before the powers present an ultimatum The decision of the government is not known if indeed a final decision has been reached but it is believed in official circles that both the king and the cabinet will favor active measures Gov Thornton Resigns Gov Thornton has wired to Washington his resignation as governor of New Mexico His commission expires on the 15th instant but he always declared he would resign as soon as the button gang of conspirators were executed Private dispatches indi cate that the resignation will be accepted at once and that Capt T W Collier of Raton N M the veteran journalist and Grand Army man will probably be ap pointed governor Fatal Fire in Chattanooga The Richardson Building the largest in Chattanooga Tenn burned Sunday morn ing A number of gentlemen sleeping on the sixth floor managed to escape except Boyd Ewing one of the wealthiest men in the state and M D Patton one of the most prominent architects in the south Ewing fell from a fire escape and was killed Pattons bodjr is still in the ruins The loss is 400000 Means Work for 2000 Owing to the strong condition of the re fined sugar market every refinery in Phil adelphia will begin running at once with a full force on regular time which means emplosonentfor about 2000 persons Xearl j7 half a million tons of raw sugars are now en route by vessels from Germany East Indies Egypt South America and the West Indies Islands To Represent Italy The cruiser Liguria 2280 Ions will be sent to New York by the Italian govern ment to represent Italy at the dedication on April 27 of the monument erected to the memory of Gen U S Grant Billiard Tournament In the billiard tournament at Chicago Saturday Matthews beat Gallagher 400 to B89 Winners average 14 22 27 Mc Laughlin beat Maggioli 400 to 390 inners average 10 80 37 st Woman in the United States iretba Yasialowska of Milwaukee to be the oldest woman in the died Thursday at the age he was born in Germany 1000 Italians LFuerst Risniarck which kirk from Mediterranean Ut nearly J000 Italian n McKinley ie newspaper kprisoned in Cuba lrday afternoon riniiffittiWirTmmffiraiihTii WILL SPARE HIS LITE SPANISH NOT LIKELY TO SHOOT GEN RIVERA Advice of the Secretary of State to the Spanish Minister Seems to Have Had a Salutary Effect An Appeal for Aid from Chandler Spain to Spare Rivera Secretary Sherman has protested against the execution of Gen Ruis Rivera the Cuban leader in Pinar del Rio who was recently captured by the Spanish forces President McKinley and Secretary Sher man discussed the Rivera case and the latter at the presidents suggestion com municated with Senor de Lome the Span ish minister Secretary Sherman in his blunt way told the Spanish represent Hive that the execution of prisoners of war was abhor rent to the American people in the Rivera case tliis repugnance to the murder of men captured in civilized warfare was aggra vated by the fact that the prisoner is badly wounded Secretary v Sherman wanted the Spanish minister to under stand that the execution of Rivera would not tend to promote good feeling for Spain in this country Already public opinion was much exercised over the threat to shoot the prisoner and if that threat were carried into execution the indigna tion throughout the United States might be so great as to embarrass the govern ment It is not doubted that Senor de Lome has communicated the substance of this in foraml protest to his government and there are reasons for believing that the Spanisn authorities will cable orders to Havana which will save Riveras life The Madrid government is just now ex ceedingly eager to curry favor with ihe McKiney administration though Minister de Lome says it is hard enough to be com pelled to turn loose every American citizen who violates the laws of Spain without having the interference extended to the re lations between Spain and her own sub jects At one time during the conversation be tween Secretary Sherman and Minister de Lome the latter denied that Rivera had the rights which belong to one taken in civil ized warfare Perhaps that is true said Secretary Sher man promptly for you dont seem to have such a thing as civilized warfare in Cuba p SHOCK THE WINNER Finishes the Six Day Race with l 070 Miles to His Credit The six day go is you please bicycle race at Washington closed Saturday night Albert Schock Nvho for a time was well ahead of the record and who up to the last twenty four hours was within six miles of it dismounted at 10 oclock with 240 miles between him ind the record of 1910 miles and 1200 yards established at Madison Square Garden in New York last Decem ber Most of the contestants broke the monotony during the evening by frequent spurts Miles Schock 170 Albert 1615 Golden 1605 Lawson 1 583 Cassidy 155 1 Rieverre 1 143 Ford 593 Muller 134 APPEAL FROM CHANDLER Tho Tornado Stricken City Asks As sistance The following appeal from the devastated town of Chandler Oklahoma was given to the press for publication on the 3d Chandler Oklahom April 3 To Whom it May Concern Chandler has been visited by an awful calamity and hundreds of people are now destitute of food clothing and shelter and it is necessary that we should have instant relief or great suffer ing will follow All contributions of money supplies or clothing should be sent to Clare Blunk the treasurer of the relief committee Oklahoma Wm Scitlaget President H B Gilstrap Secretary Off for Australia When the steamer Mariposa sailed Mon day from San Francisco all hope seemed to die in Frank Butler who was started back for the scene of his many crimes in Aus tralia For the first time since his arrest he began to show marked signs of trepida tion and to realize that he had utterly failed to deceive the authorities or the pub lic with his many contradictory statements concerning his past life Before leaving the jail he was handcuffed to the two Aus tralian detectives and driven quickly to the ship where he was hurried into the espec ially equipped room amidships Heard Voices on an Airship Residents of the village of Galesburg Mich say an airship passed over tho town Thursday night The first evidence of the strange visitor was a brilliant white light by means of which a huge black object from which was emitted a sharp crackling sound was distinguishable It is even said that human voices were distinctly heard at one point during the passage of the sup posed airship The Durrant Case The California supreme court denied the application of Murderer Theodore Durrant for a rehearing It had previously denied his application for a new trial He will now ask a hearing in the federal courts Failing in thnt4ie will appeal for execu tive clemency Daughter Born to the Schofields Mrs Schoficld on Sunday piesented Lieut Gu John M Schofield of St Agus tine FlaUiiited States array retired with a fine healthy girl baby Gen field was retired eighteen months ago o account of the age limit He is now 66 years old J Brahms Condition Critical Johannes Brahms tho famous musical composer who has been seriously ill for snmp time at Vienna is now in an ex tremely critical condition and only s ih f j hopes ore entertained of his recovery nwwriimrnf m iw innrni nrirtnrrfTrrmrnn nTmrrTTTn BRADSTREETS REVIEW Course of General Trade Shows Some Improvement Bradstreets says The course of gen eral trade shows some improvement not withstanding an almost complete stoppage of business in the south Mississippi valley by washouts overflows and floods An other drop is reported in prices of Besse mer pig iron and steel billets and in wheat flour coal coiFee and lard which is in part offset by increased activity and higher prices for wool and for woolens for corn pats sugar and petroleum Galveston is exporting cattle to Europe direct The most favorable trade reports are from northwestern spring wheat states There are 4042 business failures ir he United States reported by Bradstreets during the past quarter compared with 4512 in the first quarter of 189ft a falling off of about 11 per cent A decrease is re ported from all sections except New England and the territories Liabilities of all individuals firms and corporations which failed amount to 02513000 a fall ing off of 16 per cent from the correspond ing total last year The weeks clearings amounting to 906000000 are 23 per cent larger than last week and 5 per cent smaller than in the week a year ago Exports of wheat flour included as wheat from both coasts of the United States and from St John N B this week amount to 24 1 645 bushels compared with 16851000 bushels in the week a year ago Exports of Indian corn amount to 4970 127 bushels this week compared witlj 2199000 bushels in the week a year ago CLAIM REVOLT IS CRUSHED Spaniards Assert the Philippine Re bell ion Has Been Put Down The Spanish legation has received ofn cial dispatches from Madrid under date of April 1 announcing tho most decisive en gagement in the Philippine Islands since the insurrection there began The strongly entrenched towns of Novelleta Lecbeau and Rosario were stormed and taken by the Spanish troops At the same time the Spanish fleet shelled the seaport town of Cavite Vigo and other strategic points leading to the insurgent stronghold of Imus The losses were heavy and 1630 prisoners surrendered as the result of the shelling of Cavite Vigo The Spanish have sustained considerable losses Relief Distributer Murdered Minister Terrell at Constantinople has informed tho state department that one Zussuf Sunan charged with the distribu tion at Saird Asiatic Turkey of relief funds was murdered at that place and robbed of 500 On the assumption that the victim was engaged in the distribution of the American relief funds Mr Ter rell has requested the recovery of the stolen money and the arrest and punishment of tho criminals Youthful Elopers J P Atkinson the 17-year-old son of Gov Atkinson of Georgia and Miss Ada Byrd aged 14 have eloped They took a train for Tennessee but fearing detection they left the train secured a horse and buggy at Kingston and left for Rome Thr parents of the youthful couple are greatly shocked it the conduct of the pair and have offered a reward for their detention il apprehended before the marriage takes place Killed by a Mrrshal Joe McMahon a circus proprietor quar reled witli Deputy Marshal Cunningham of Abilene Tex concerning a prisoner held at Wichita Kan awaiting requisition papers The prisoner claimed to be a member of McMahon s circus The exact facts are not known but the trouble cul minated in Cunningham killing McMahon Rivera Is to Be Shot A dispatch from Havana says that Gen Rivera probably will be shot soon as Gen Wejder has given orders that he be tried by court martial immediately The certainty of the execution of this brave and wounded prisoner of war excites indignation and disgust there No other alleged civilized nation is capable of such an act Austrian Cabinet Crisis The Neue Freie Press at Vienna says the cabinet has resigned owing to failure to form a coalition with the progressist groups forming the majority MARKET QUOTATIONS Chicago Cattle common to prime 350 to 575 hogs shipping grades 300 to 425 sheep fair to choice 200 to 500 wheat No 2 red 70c to 71c corn No 2 24c to 25c oats No 2 17c to ISc rye No 2 32c to 33c butter choice creamery 20c to 22c eggs fresh Sc to 9c potatoes per bushel 20c to 30c broom corn common growth to choice green hurl 20 to S0 per ton Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to 525 hogs choice light 300 to 425 shdep common to choice 300 to 450 wheat No 2 82c to S4c corn No 2 white 24c to 26c oats No 2 white 21c to 23c St Louis Cattle 300 to 525 hogs 300 to 425 sheep 300 to 500 wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2 yel low 21c to 23c oats No 2 white ISc to 19c rye No 2 30c to 32c Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs 300 to 425 sheep 250 to 525 wheat No 2 89c to 91c corn No 2 mixed 24c to 26c oats No 2 mixed 20c to 21c rye No 2 36c to 38c Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hoss 300 to 450 sheep 200 to 500 wheat No 2 red 87c to SSc corn No 2 yellow 24c to 26c oats No 2 white 21c to 22c rye 34 c to 36c Toledo Wheat No 2 red S9c to 91c com No 2 mixed 24c to 26c oats No 2 white 16c to 18c rye No 2 35c to 37c clover seed 4S5 to 495 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 71c to 72c corn No 3 22c to 24c oats No 2 white 19c to 21c barley No 2 2Sc to 33c rye No 2 34c to 35c pork mess S25 to S75 Buffalo Cattle 250 to 525 hogs 300 to 450 sheep 300 to 525 AvhPir No 2 red S7c to SSc corn No 2 Velio w 27c to 29c oats No 2 white 22c A 24c lXpw York Cattle 300 to o2o hogs 3V50 to 475 sheep 300 to 500 whVar No 2 red S2c to ic corn io J 30e Up 32c oats No 2 white 22c to 23c butteJ creamery 15c to 23c eggs West ern 9p to 12o msu mmmuiuumiimmitmsmmtsmsmmmBUmm STATE OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM Governor Holcomb Issues a Procla mation Urging a General Observa tion of Arbor Day Deserted in Her Honeymoon Short Notes Abor Day Proclamation Governor Holcomb on March 29th issued the annual Arbor Day proclamation as follows Conforming to the wise custom having its inception in Nebraska and now grown national in its character and to the end that the attention of the people of our beautiful state may be called to the ad vantages to be gained by a proper observ ance of the day I hereby proclaim and de signate Thursday April 22 1897 as Arbor Day I earnestly request all our citizens to fully comply with the spirit of the law in mak ing this a public holiday and especially do I commend to the public schools the pro priety of an observance of the day by suit able exercises and practical lessons in tree planting in order that there may be inculcated in the minds of the children of the state a high appreciation of the pleas ures enjoyment and utility to the present and future generations of tree planting and timber preservation In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state of Ne braska Done at Lincoln the capital of the state this 29th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven of the state the thirty first and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty first Silas A HoLCOsra By the governor W F PoitTrjR Secretary of State She Clubbed Him with a Broom Henry New a farmer living half a mile east of Berlin lias commenced criminal action before Justice C G Littlefield charging Mrs Mary Harter wife of a farmer living eight miles northeast of that town with willful and malicious assault threatening his life and using vile and in decent language A few days ago Mr New went to the house of Harter and de manded some property which he claimed they had of his Harter was away but his wife refused to turn over the property and ordered him to get off the place saying ye Ill kill you and reached for some weapon back of the door New thought it might be a gun and turned about The woman then came at him with the broom and clubbed him viciously A warrant was issued and Constable C C Taney went out for his prisoner but found her sick in bed with a bad cold and rheumatism contracted at an immersion during the re vival services at Avoca the previous Sun day Desertedin Her Honeymoon Mrs Ed Walker a guest at the Butler House at Beatrice found herself in a rather unpleasant situation the other day being without money among strangers and deserted by her husband On the 13th instant the woman at tiiat time a widow came from Illinois meeting Walker by appointment at Pawnee City where tiiey were married From there they went to Beatrice and Walker returned to Pawnee City ostensibly to procure their effects but wrote his wife a letter stating that she would never see him again Mrs Walker claims to know no reason for this strange action on the part of her husband Farm Loans are Being Held Up Farm loans amounting to several thou sands of dollars for which the applications are in and titles completed are being held up by eastern loan companies which re fuse to make the loans to York County farmers until they know what the Ne braska legislature is going to do with re gard to the foreclosure bill Farmers are not seeking for stay laws and the men who bought boom price city lots who are pushing this bill are making the farmers suffer Pearl Munson Claims Damages A claim against the city of York for 10000 for damages injured by Pearl Mun son in 1890 resulting from a defecthe crossing has been filed Another claim for 357660 for expenses resulting from the damages received was also filed mak ing the sum asked for by Pearl Munson 1357660 Miss Munson claims she sus tained hip disease through a fall on the crossing The city council has refused to allow either claim Medal Goes to Anna Woodley A mistake was made by the judges at the high school oratorical contest at Te cumseh when they totaled the points of excellence scored by the several contest ants Accordingly Miss Ethel Whitney is not the winner of the medal as announced but tho correct figures give the honor to Miss Anna Woodley br a point or two Four or five of the recitations were so well delivered as to leave practically no differ ence between them Tjooking for Her Truant Husband Mrs Ed Walker who was deserted by he husband in Beatrice last Saturday is at Pawnee City hunting her truant hubby She found he had deposited no money in the banks there and that he went to Kan sas from Pawnee She has engaged an atr torney and will seek to have him returned to her with or without fetters Falls from a Trestle and Is KHIett The dead body of H Syderman an un married German 45 years old was found by Section Foreman Hammer lying near the railroad track at the end of a trestle a mile and a half west of Rushville The deceased had left town to go home late and had evidently fallen off the trestle in the dark breaking his neck Chops His Hand with an Ax While FredWhite a young man living eight miles east of Calhoun was chopping wood his axe sliped and cut one artery and three cords One of the cords slipped and went almost to the elbow and the doctor had great difficulty in reaching it He re fused to take an opiate Thieves Arc Busy at Shelby Considerable thieving has been done at Shelby lately The same night the two sets of new harness were stolen from Con stable Petteys a buffalo robe was taken from Dr Inks barn A boiler three horse collars and preserved fruit are missed by other parties Lawyer Beebe bought a half ton of coal and it vanished during the night Sunday evening some one left the Methodist Church during the meeting and scared away some men who had the har ness nearly removed from a team The citizens have subscribed 50 for the arrest of the thieves m Teachers Punishment Too Serero County Attorner G G Martin was In North Bend the other day to prosecute the ase of the State against Connor for aa jault and battery on Damon Foster a pupil In the pnblic school Connor was acquitted by the jury The case has created con siderable talk in North Bend the opinion Df the people being very much divided Foster was whipped by the professor for Ihe infraction of some rules of the school and it was canned by the prosecution that the whipping was too severe and there were marks on his back for a week after it accurred The people interested in the schools were generally satisfied with the verdict Fremont PostofTIce Aspirants Arthur Gibson has come out as a candidate for postmaster of Fremont and has his petition for that purpose in circula tion Mr Gibson is an old resident of the city a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and a life long Republican Some politicians are of the opinion that Ross L Hammond owing to his having been a candidate for congress in that district last fall will name the man and it may be himself Mr Hammond stated some time ago that he was not a candidate for the position in the sense of making any active effort Mr Gibsons friends are active in his behalf Shot by His Wife W N Buck a farmer living ten miles east of Lyons was shot in the shoulder by his wife because he tried to enter his house For several weeks Mr Buck has been forced to sleep and eat in the barn his wife refusing to allow him to enter the house for any purpose whatever He wanted some jeggs for his breakfast and attempted to pass into the house to get some His wife met him at the door with a shotgun and fired immediately Several shot took effect in the shoulder and on passed through his ear York College Is Prospering York College opened its spring term Wednesday morning under auspicious con ditions and with a good attendance The assertions made recently by members of the state senate as to the insolvency of thi3 institution are emphatically denied by the college officials The past few years of hard time have necessarily hindered the growth of this young college but despite adverse conditions attending its early years its resources yet exceed the liabilities by many thousands of dollars Bank Closing Up Its Business The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Stockviile will close up its busi ness very shortly About February 1 it re fused to take further deposits and notified all depositors to call and get their money Since that time the bank has been closing up its affairs and will soon close its doors The president of the bank M T Ward is engaged in the general merchandise busi ness and the cashier expects to move away Bellevue Ferry The steam ferry owned by the Bellevuo Transfer Company expects to be ready for business in a short time Until the season closed last fall several thousand head of cattle and sheep were shipped from the Soutli Omaha stock yards by this route to Iowa points and the company expects an increase df business during the coining season Thrown from Train and Injured S W Atherton of Omaha a boy about 17 years of age who was stealing a ride was thrown from a Burlington freight at La Platte by the brakeman and sustained severe injuries The physician who was sailed to attend the injured lad reports a deep scalp wound about five inches long besides dangerous internal injuries May Offer a Howard A special meeting of the board of super tisors of Gage County has been called to consider the matter of offering a reward for tiie arrest of the parties who recently subr jected David Jones an old manofWy more to means of torture from which their victim afterward died Form a Sugar Beet Association A sugar beet growers convention has been organized at Syracuse The associa tion has several hundred dollars subscribed and will make a test of a ten acre field o as to definitely settle the question as to the ability of Otoe County to successfully grow sugar beets Accidental Death Mr J F Rogers of Lehigh went to Day ton the other and before starting home was almost overcome by intoxication When about two miles from town his team and buggy fell off from a bridge and Mr Rogers was killed He leaves a wife and two children Nebraska Short Notes Cortland expects soon to have a grist mill A move is being made to reorganize the Sons of Veterans lodge at Stuart Gretnas new creamery is about ready for operations John McBride of Springfield lo3t a horse last week whicli he had owned for twenty- four years Joe Klutz of Ashland shot his foot while out hunting geese The gun was accident ally discharged while he was lying in a blind The country roads in Nebraska which have been almost impassable for some time are now reported to be getting into fair condition A Cambridge young woman made an election bet of 1000 kisses and lost and now she insists on deferring payment until the fresh onion season arrives Harvey Burdick of Berwyn was dragged to death by a horse which he attempted to lead He became entangled in the halter when the horse started tq plunge Guy Wood of North Platte is confined to his room suffering with a broken leg Last Saturday morning he attempted to put on his trousers while standing on the bed and losing his balance fell to the floor In the fall he fractured his left leg above the knee Father Koutek of Abie who is suffering from consumption was taken to a hospital at Lincoln for treatment last week His condition is very serious and no hopes of his recovery are entertained He has been the pastor of the Catholic Church at Abie for the last seven years Edgar sportsmen have organized a gun club with about thirty members It is the purpose to practice once a week on Fri days at blue rocks clay pigeons etc Thomas Rate has sued the city of North Bend for 8000 damages for injuries re ceived by the bursting of a ring while some men were firing an anvil at apolitical rally last fall The tools for experimenting with the Campbell system have arrived at Grant Mr BFMills will conduct the experi mental farm under the direction of Mr Campbell who is expected there in a few days to give the first instructions y A JFl K iAA X
