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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1897)
THE DAYS DOINGS SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS BY WIRE DISASTERS IN JAPAN CREAT FLOODS AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS Hundreds of People Have Been Hilled and Injured Exploren Baldwin Believes Andrce Will Come Back Safely Hundreds Killed in Japan The steamer Columbia has arrived at Tacoma on her maiden voyage from Yo kohama with 125 passengers and a full -cargo of freight The Columbia brings news of severe earthquakes in Japan on August 5 fol lowed by a tidal wave and great floods Houses were inundated and 200 people were killed and injured Sixty five Japanese villages were inundated Official information received fromMantu confirms the reports previously published as to the disastrous character of the erup tion of the Mayon volcano Lava covered the whole mountain to its base and owing to the clouds of ashes artificial light had to be used at 3 oclock in the afternoon Several villages were completely destroyed AtLibog 150 boilies were recovered and buried and more remained in the lava At another place 200 persons were missing Some of the bodies were so completely cal cined as to be unrecognizable Serious floods are reported from various parts of Japan ANDREE WILL RETURN Explorer Baldwin Believes He Will Come Back Safely Arctic Explorer Baldwin when seen by a reporter in Brooklyn X Y Monday declared his belief that Andree will come back safely from his journey in search of the north pole Baldwin has recently re turned from Europe where he talked with leading scientists all of whom share his belief Andree said he is a man of learning and great ingenuity Ho studied the problem and had been vised by many men fef experience Scientific men hold to the theory that the upper air currents are warmer than below If Andree can keep p among these he will be in no danger of freezing Those northern regions are not all water as many suppose There is a fjreat deal of land and thousands of miles of solid ice so the chances are good that should he descend he will find a safe land ing place SLAIN BY MOONSHINERS iTwo of a Posse Killed Two Hurt and Two Missing Two deputy United States marshals dead two seriously wounded and two more missing is the result of an attack on a posse of officers by moonshiners in Polk fCounty Arkansas The dead are B F Taylor and Joe Dodson The Renfrow jbrothers are the wounded The names of the missing are not given Taylor is the wealthiest man in Seary jCouu t y Dodson was a well known deputy vfho has heen a terror to moonshiners for years The men who did the shooting are sup posed to be a gang of moonshiners led by feorace Bruce and John Church two of the most desperate characters in the state TO CLAIM S20000000 Kansas City Woman Says She Is Heir to the Great Girard Estate Mrs Edith Sigler wife of Frank Sigler f Kansas City a traveling salesman for a hiladelpbia cigar house Mondav made e following sensational declaration itr j t -- i am a aescenaant or Steven liirard the multi millionaire of Philadelphia who founded Girard College My great great grandfather was a brother of Stephen irards father When Stephen Girard lied in 1831 he left a fortune which in creased until now it is about 20000090 He had no direct descendants and his col lateral descendants could not be found ISo he left his estate to charity 1 am going jto try to wreck Girard College and get my Schlatter Is in Chicago Francis Schlatter who calls himself fHealer5 and who has been the wonder of enver of Nashville of Memphis and of Janton Ohio besides some other cities rherehe has given demonstrations has gone to Chicago He has established him self there for the purpose of healing the jailing the deaf the halt and the blind He prill stay two months and will hold daily receptions to which all will be free to Jcome Fatal Farmers Quarrel Fritz Juhene unmarried residing on a farm seven miles north of Morgan Minn was shot and instantty killed by Gus Me jtag another farmer Metag had rented iaud from Juhene The crop had been lharvested and stacked and Metag wanted ito trash Juhene wanted the plowing done tfirst In a dispute Metag shot Juhene Jclaiming self defense Chicago Grain 3Iovement The grain movement into and out of Chicago for forty eight hours up to Mon day noon was a record breaker Five thousand and sixty five cars of all sorts were receive Spain Hints at War Premier Azcarraga at the Spanish pabinet meeting Saturday declared the in jBurrectlon in Cuba was approaching Ci jend and if the United States made any idemonstration which he hoped would not be the case Spain would do her duty Stillwater Has a 75000 Blaze Seventy five thousand dollars or more- floss was occasioned bj the burning of the gsgagurTggwsasgrrgg u 3M WORK OF TRAMP STEA Aro CroAvdinir St Michaels Destitute Gold Seekers Several complaints have reached the treasury department recently that large numbers of men bound for the Klondike country but without provisions or money are now being landed at St Michaels None of the regular lines of steamers it is said will book parties for the Klondike who are not provided with a sufficient amount of provisions and money to main- tain themselves for a reasonable time without danger oE suffering Some of the tramp line steamers however have agreed to ship anyone ivho can pay for his passage without regard to the future The result is said to be that a considerable crowd is accumulating in the vicinity of St Michaels who already are becoming de pendent upon the charity of others for their food POPULIST CALL POSTPONED Kansas Manifesto Deferred Till After the St Louis Meeting The executive committee of the Populist state central committee of Kansas has de cided to delay issuing an address calling for a national convention of Populists Socialists and allied political interests until after the St Louis meeting in the interest of the striking miners because there is a movement on foot among some of those who will go there to call just such a gathering The St Loiumceting will it is expected be composed of people from every state and a call issued by that gathering it is stated would be more effective than a call by the Populist party of one state SAGASTA ON CUBA Situation Growing Worse Daily on the Island Sagasta the Spanish liberal leader has made a fresh declaration on the political situation He says it is daily growing worse in Cuba and continues serious in the Philippine Islands Sagasta is ready to apply autonomy to Cuba and expresses the belief that the liberals will assume power earlier than is expected Referring to the possibility of a rising in favor of Don Car los pretender to the Spanish throne Sagasta asserts the Carlists are already prepared for the rising and only await a false step upon the part of the government for a favorable opportunity to take up arms KANSAS BANK ROBBERY Vault of the Ellendale Exchange Blown to Smithereens Sunday morning cracksmen literally blew the vault of the Exchange Bank at Ellendale Kan to pieces Nitro glycer ine was used three times and the explo sions were heard for mile3 Before the third explosion occurred the citizens sur rounded the bank and fired into it pro miscuously During the great excitement the robbers escaped from a rear door tak ingjylth them 1800 in money and 700 worth of drafts This made up all the money in the vault save 128 silver dollars which were on a top shelf LOST A TON OF RICH ORE Two Thousand Pounds Went Down With the City of Mexico The Gold Lake Mining Company at the head of which is ex Gov Swineford of Wisconsin was thrown into consternation by the news that 2000 pounds of valuable gold ore belonging to the company went down in the City of Mexico It was not known that the companys representative C M Archibald had shipped it by that boat until Saturday Steps will taken at once with the view of getting back the estimated value of the gold from the steam shin company Losses Cause Suicide Geo W Parrott jr son of George W Parrott of the Parrott Lumber Company of Atlanta Ga and himself one of the best known and most prominent young business men of that city committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a revolver Losses in speculation in sugar and other stocks amounting to some 60000 dissipated his fortune and induced self destruction Her Finding Means Millions Salvator Lesperges a builder and real estate dealer of Williamsbburg N Y is wealthy but will he much wealthier if he shall succeed in finding his missing sister the widow of Count Schlegel of Hainault Holland If she be found and her signa ture obtained to certain papers the Dutch government will hand over to her to Mr Lesperges and to another brother in France 6000000 To Settle War Indemnity Lord Salisbury has made fresh and im portant proposals in the matter of the set tlement of the indemnity due Turkey from Greece He suggests that Great Britain France and Russia jointly guarantee the indemnity loan and control the revenues set apart for the purpose of meeting this obligation A Demented Mothers Act Monday afternoon while in a demented condition Mrs W Z Ilutchins of Flint Mich chloroformed her 5-year-old daughter and shot Iva May her 15-year-old daughter The older girl who was shot in the mouth breast and hip will probably recover Poison in the Melon A wholesale poisoning is repotted from Calloway County Kentucky Eight per sons ate a melon stolen from a neighbors patch Seven are dead and the eighth is in a critical condition Double Chicago Tragedy Arthur Story who with his wife was shot in Chicago by Henry C Dunker a barber who boarded with them for a num ber of years and who was jealous of Mrs Story died Sunday Irish Dynamite Outrage The postoffice at Laneborough County of Longford Ireland was dynamited sjarly Saturday morning The front of the uilding was destroyed but nobody was injured Florence flour mill the Omaha freight Bolivians Invade Peru depot and several cars of merchandise at Col Pando of Bolivia with GOO men has Stillwater Minn The fire started in Invaded the Peruvian province I Sandia fSnill from spontaneous combustion MERS POINTER TURF KING with HIS WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE IN MASSACHUSETTS He Goes the Mile in 159 1 4 Not a Watch in the Grand Stand Had it Over 159 1 4 and Several Had it Iiower 8000 People Present Goes a Mile in 159 1 4 The Chicago stallion Star Pointer on Saturday paced out of the two minute mark at Readville Mass and ended the controversy which has been going on for years as to the speed qualities of the lljrht harness horse Ac companied by a runner the big bay Tennessee bred stallion wiped out the mark and had three fourths of a second to spare when he went under the wire This wonderful performance was witnessed by about 8000 people Tht first quarter was an even 200 gait in 30 and then as Mg Clary called on his pacer to move the second quarter there was a great cheer for he was beating two minutes all to pieces and going the half in 59 with the second quarter in 20 The third quarter was the fastest of the mile The distance was covered in 293 a 157 gait Around the turn Pointer seemed to waver the smallest fraction of a second but McClary had him right almost before any one could see it and then they straightened into the stretch the runner moving up even closer The great pacing stallion appeared to freshen in the last few strides gathering fresh strength as he neared the wire and finished like a lion in the record breaking time of 159 Not a watch in the stand but what agreed with the time announced while on the other side of the stretch the watches in the grand stand caught it equally fast or better not one slower C W Marks also of Chicago and owner of the greatest rival of Pointer looked at his watch earnestly and then remarked If any thing the mile was faster rather than slower My watch barely got over the fifth of the second It was a 159 per formance WORLDS WHEAT SHORTAGE Deficiency Estimated at 50800000 Hundredweight The Hungarian ministry of agriculture lias issued its annual estimate in which it describes the worlds harvest as extraor dinarily light The total yield of wheat is placed at 578760000 metric 100 weight while the present annual requirements are estimated at 655150000 metric 100 weight It is calculated that for 1897 and 180S there will be a shortage of 50800000 100 weight Tiie total supply of the year reckoning both the present stocks and the harvest is estimated from 610000000 to 651000000 metric 103 weight The worlds deficit is estimated as follows Rye 67000000 hectolitres Barley 3S000000 hectolitres l Oats 58000000 hectolitres Corn 59000000 heclolitres The report states that many exporting countries as European Turkey Egypt Australia and Austria Hungary will either be unable to export grain or will be compelled to import while others includ ing British India Argentina and Chili will have their wheat export considerably re duced The favored countries are the United States and Canada BAD CHICAGO STORM One Member of a Picnic Party Killed and Eleven Injured A hurricane struck the picnic grove at Laurel Wood Park Chicago Saturday evening and demolished the dancing pa vilion in which several hundred persons had taken refuge from the storm One woman was killed and eleven persons were severely injured The grounds were crowded with 8500 members of the Cath olic Total Abstinence Union when the storm arose A mad rush was made for the railway train About 800 of the pic nicers gathered on the dancing pavilion A gust of wind tore off the roof a nd threw the timbers belter skelter among the crowd Mrs Brown was instantly killed None of the injured will die Ghost Dancers Arrested Three hundred Kiowa Indians who per sisted in dancing the ghost dance in de fiance of the order of Capt Baldwin agent for the Kiowas and Comanches near Wichita Kan are under arrest and will be punished for their disobedience The In dians assembled at their dancing ground several days ago and began the medicine dance which dance has not been tabooed by the authorities This proved too tame to suit their excitable natures and they commenced the regular old fashioned ghost dance with the above result Back from the Frozen North The steamer Windward which left England June 10 for Franz Josefland to bring back the Jackson Farnsworth party who spent three winters in the Arctic regions passed Aberdeen Sunday on her return trip She signaled that all were well on board During the present sum mer the expedition was to make an at tempt to reach the highest point north through an opening in the Queen Victoria Sea through the open water discovered by Jackson Crete in a State of Anarchy A Constantinople dispatch says that at a council of ministers held Friday it was re solved to send a note to the various powers complaining of the state of anarchy al leged to exist in Crete and asking the powers to withdraw the fleets and troops and appoint a mixed commission includ ing Turkish delegates to legislate for the island The sultan it is said approves of the decision Suspected of Murder A man who gives his name as Axigust Kerket and says he lives inOwossoMich is under arrest at Garden City Kan sus pected of being the murderer of the man who was found dead on Pikes Peak He has been photographed and will be held subject to the order of the sheriff of El Paso County Colorado fr3gcassogassgfJsll r - BRADSTREETS REVIEW Values of Leading Staples Have Advanced Bradstreets Weekly Pieview says The general trade situation continues to im prove and aside from the unnecessarily prolonged strike of the soft coal miners there is little in sight to cloud the outlook The feature of the week is the advance in the prices of almost all leading staples be ginning with an upward movement all along the line in iron and steel Lead and soft coal are higher as is wheat notwithstanding one or two lions The statistics position of wheat is the strongest known since the United States became a considerable exporter and its price as well as that for bread is likely to exceed that of the present weeks advances Following that for wheat prices are higher for wheat flour corn oats iard potatoes butter eggs beans cheese leaf tobacco wool and live stock Advances for leather hides lumbar and linseed oil are also reported AERONAUTS FATALLY HURT Walter Steele and Ueroy Northcott Meet With Bad Accidents At Toledo Ohio Saturday afternoon two aeronauts were so severely injured that they will die Walter Steele of Columbus Ohio made one of the four simultaneous ascensions and when he had attained an altitude of about 2000 feet he cut loose his t parachute and began the descent The parachute however failed to entirelyi open and Steele struck the ground with force enough to break his back and cave in many of his ribs Leroy Northcott of St Johns Mich was inside one of the bal- loons while it was being inflated It caught fire and he was unable to get out His body was burned from the hips up so seriously that flesh fell from the bones CHICAGO COUPLE SHOT Mr and Mrs Storey AVounded Engine on a Tennessee Coal by H C Dunker Arthur Storey and his wife were shot and probably fatally injured at their apartments No 95 Forty third Street1 Chicago Saturday night by H C Dunker a barber who had boarded with the couple for several years Dunker accompanied Mrs Storey to the theater On returning home they found Storey awaiting them A violent quarrel ensued Dunker drew a revolver and fired two shots The first bullet entered Storeys groin The second lodged in Mrs Storeys spine The wounded couple were removed to a hos pital and there is but little hope for their recovery ROLLS DOWN THE MOUNTAIN Road Jumps Off a Trestle A Chattaooga Tenn dispatch says that an engine of the Dade Coal Mining Com panys narrow gauge railroad jumped the track while on a trestle near the top of Sand Mountain Sunday afternoon fell a distance of twenty feet and rolled nearly to the bottom of the mountain takinir trees down with it There were six people on the engine when it went down none of whom were seriously hurt except the com panys manager F II Connor of Chatta nooga who was caught under the tender and had two ribs broken and was badly shaken up Four Fall Three Stories By a fall from a scaffold at Rock Island 111 C J W Schreiner contractor W H Willis and John Lowe bricklayers and Joe Crudup colored hod carrier were precipitated from the third story of a new building to a stone sidewalk Willis died within ten minutes Schreiner received a bad cut about the temple and internal in juries Lowe and Crudup were fearfully bruised It is believed all will die Freight Trains Come Together A head end collision took place on the Southern Railway four miles west of Eden Ala Freight train No 45 from Atlanta collided with an extra freight train going east Both engines were badly damaged and ten cars were wrecked 200000 Fire at Virginia 111 Early Monday morning the entire south side of a square in Virginia 111 was de stroyed by fire The loss is 200000 in surance 63000 The fire departments of Springfield and Jacksonville went to the assistance of Virginia QIAKKET QUOTATIONS Chicago Cattle common to prime 300 to 575 hogs shipping grades 300 to 475 sheep fair to choice 200 to 425 wheat No 2 red 93c to 94c corn No 2 29c to 31c oats No 2 18c to 20c rye No 2 50c to 52c butter choice creamery 17c to 19c eggs fresh 12c to 14c new potatoes 55c to 65c per bushel Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to 525 hogs choice light 300 to 450 sheep common to choice 300 to 400 wheat No 2 94c to 96c corn No 2 whilx 30c to 32c oats No 2 white 18c to 19c St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hops 300 to 475 sheep 800 to 400 wheat No 2 90c to 92c corn No 2 yellow 27c to 28c oats No 2 white 19c to 20c rye No 2 51c to 52c Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs 300 to 425 sheep 250 -to 400 wheat No 2 96c to 97c corn No 2 mixed 30c to 31c oats No 2 mixed 19c to 21c rye No 2 49c to 51c Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hoes 300 to 425 sheep 250 to 375 wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2 yellow 31c to 33c oats No 2 white 22c to 24c rye 51c to 52c Toledo Wheat No 2 red 94c to 95c corn No 2 mixed 30c to 32c oats No 2 white 18c to 20c rye No 2 49c to 51c clover seed 420 to 430 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 92c to 94c corn No 3 30c to 32c oats No 2 white 22c to 24c rye No 2 50c to 52c barley No 2 40c to 48c pork mess 875 to 925 Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hogs 300 to 475 sheep 300 to 450 wheat No 2 red 98c to 100 corn No1 2 yellow 35c to 37c oats No 2 white 23c to 25c New York Cttle 300 tf 550 hogs 350 to 525 sheep 300 to 450 wheat No 2 red 101 to 103 corn No 2 35c to 36c oats No 2 white 23c to 25c butter creamery 12c to 20c eggs J Western 16c to 18c STATE OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM Republicans of the State Meet in Lincoln and Nominate Candidates for State Offices to Be Voted This Fall Other Items on Republican State Convention Supreme Court Judge AM TOST Ifeaents i G KALEY JieSents J J NDItYDEN The state convention of the Republican party was held in Lincoln August 20 Aside from the applause which greeted the different speekers there was no exciting incidents the only thing approaching a sensation being the announcement of Sen ator John M Thurston in his address to the convention that he would not again be a candidate for the senate Two oclock was the hour set for the convening of the convention but it was three quarters of an hour later when the chairman of the state central committee rapped for order Rev L P Ludden in voked divine guidance and the chairman announced the selection of Hon Norris Brown of Kearney as temporary chair man Mr Brown said in part The debts of Nebraska are being paid because of the integrity and honesty of Nebraska debtors If our people were to follow the political doctrines of their gov ernor they would adopt a policy of re pudiation instead of liquidation I begin to understand why you appear so well and happy You are thinking of wheat and silver They have come to the parting of tho ways The promises of the St Louis platform have been kept A Republican congress and a Republican president have carried them out With the redeeming of that promise prosperity indeed has come John L McPheeley of Minden was elected permanent chairman over District Judge Ben S Baker of Omaha His speech of acceptance was brief After providing for a committee on plat form and selecting the American eagle as the party emblem nominations for asso ciate justice of the supreme court were de clared in order After four counties had declared for Judge Post the roll call on motion was suspended and ins nomina 1 tion was made by acclamation Judge Post thanked the convention in a brief speech C W Kaley of Kearney County was nominated for regent of the state univer sity by acclamation and J N Dryden of Buffalo County for second regent There were calls for Senator Thurston while awaiting the report of the committee on resolutions and the senator responded in an extended speech The platform adopted is essentially a reiteration of the St Louis declarations It congratulates President McKinley on his administration and indorses the new tariff law It expresses abhorrence of the crimes committed by defaulting ex slate officials and criticises Gov Holcomb for alleged neglect in allowing such crimes It also charges the governor with attempt ing to array class against class The plat form continues We learn with extreme regret of the in crease by the railroads of freight rates on grain transported between Chicago and seaports and call upon the interstate com merce commission to investigate this ad vance and take such steps as will protect farmers and shippers of the west from payment of unreasonable charges Sym pathy with Cuba is expressed ine convention at oin adjourned sine die Attorneys to Be Investigated A grand jury has been drawn for the next term of district court at Tekamah September 27 The purpose of the jury is to investigate corrupt practices alleged to 1 be in vogue in the trial of cases in the dis trict court in Burt County In the trial of a divorce case last spring corrupt practices of attorneys were charged in the purchas ing of testimony and charges werr also made of attorneys stealing material files in the case Much perjury was also jpected It is charged that the practice has been in vogue of clearing criminals of a certain character by purchasing testimony The whole matter will be investigated by the jury Druggist Sues for Damages Mrs Neliie E Latta proprietress of a drug store at Unadilla who has been charged with the unlawful sale of liquor by the law and order league has com menced suit in the district court against J W Bassett for 10000 damages Bassett is a farmer living near Unadilla and it was upon information sworn to by him that Mrs Latta was arrested The case promises to be an interesting one Search for Roy with Bloodhounds The whereabouts of L L Roy operator and station agent of the B M at Ithaca are still a complete mystery The people of that neighborhood have not given up the search for him however Two bloodhounds from York have been brought into the case Waterworks for Bancroft At a recent meeting of the Bancroft city council the contract for putting in a sys tem of waterworks was awarded to Fair banks Morse Co of Omaha at a cost of 569S9 work to be completed within ninety days from date of contract Court House for Scotts Bluff The special election to vote a court house tax for Scotts Bluff County resulted in favor of the proposition by a majority of 75 votes The proposition calls for a 5000 brick building which will be erected this season if possible Oakland 3Ian Injured While working in a twenty seven foot well near Oakland N O Olson was seri ously injured by a falling bucket which struck him on the breast At first his life was despaired of but he is now considered out of danger Farmer Killed by a Hay Rake A well to do farmer named Maxwell near Camp Clark in Cheyenne County was instantly killed by a hay rake His team ray away throwing him beneath the rake Case Is tolled by the State The case against Thomas J Majors jr at Auburn for statutory assault on Ruth Ellis a girl under 15 years of age was called in the district court the other day and after some preliminary skirmishing between attorneys the case was noiled by the state Lay a Cornerstone at Hyannis The laying of the cornerstone of the First Congregational Church of Hyannis occurred August 21 The exercises con- S1SLGU Ul apiHUllUlV UUU1C35C3 UJr IV Xj jMatthewS the pastor and Rev Mr Jones STEALS OVER 200 WHEELS Omaha Attorney Confesses to Man Thefts When Arrested Attorney A R Smith of some standing is in jail an acknowledged forger bicycle thief and all around associate of dangerous crooks He had offices in the New York Life Building and for a month dozens of wheels belonging to the lawyers of that building have beeiv stolen in a mysterious manner He be came so bold that Saturday he took seven high grade wheels from his room pawned two of them in Omaha and shipped the others to Chicago auction dealers The same day he forged a prominent business mans name to a 200 check and got it cashed On his person were found lists of auction dealers in Chicago St Louis and Kansas City and notes showing ho had shipped them 227 wheels since January 1 These wheels are supposed to have been stolen at Omaha and elsewhere and shipped to Smith who was at the head of an organized gang of bicycle thieves Smith confessed all when arrested Find a Dead Body Near JElkhorni The dead body of a man supposed to be Albert Brummer of Indianapolis Indr was discovered by Union Pacific Con ductor McCaffrey liying at the foot of the embankment a mile and a half west o Elkhorn In tho pockets of the deceased were found 220 a razor tobacco etc besides some letters Whether the man was killed while walking on the track or fell off a moving train cannot be deter mined There is unmistakable evidencer however that the body rolled down tho embankment The man was of medium stature and had very dark hair and attired in black clothes Both his arms were broken By the papers found on his body it was learned that ho was an in structor on the mandolin and guitar Among the letters was one addressed to him at Indianapolis and another at Kan sas City Mo The last letter was post marked Kansas City August 12 It was written on the letterhead of D P Erwin Co Indianapolis Ind wholesale dry goods Menaced by a 3Iob Dr F D Reynolds who has lived at nayes Center for a year was taken to the Red Willow County jail the other day to avoid a threatened mob Last week the doctor married Miss Lillie Chaulk a pretty little country girl after a brief acquaint ance A Mrs Jennie Reynolds of Dillon Mont has now appeared with a marriage certificate and Reynolds was arrested for bigamy Miss Chaulks friends were act ively gathering up a mob and Dr Rey nolds was removed from the county jail York County to Have an Exhibit- At a meeting of the York County Farm ers Institute held in York it was decided to lake steps toward making an exhibit of county products at the Trans-Mississippi-Exposition A petition has been prepared for presentation to the county commission ers requesting an appropriation sufficient to defray expenses of collecting and car ing for the exhibit York Countyis awake to the advantages offered by the exposition and intends to do its share toward making a good showing for Nebraska Official Salary Not EnonSh Tor Him F W Melcher clerk of the district courfe at West Point has been retained by tiie Warder Bushnell Glessner Company whom he has represented the past four i months to travel for them In he has appointed Attorney J C Elliott his deputy in the district clerks office during his absence Mr Melcher states that his reason for taking this step is the fact that the salary is not remunerative enough to justify him in devoting his entire time to- the alfairs of the ollice Girls Drill Corps Compete The reunion at Republican City was a grand success The drill of forty young women from Bloomington was fine Twenty four Republican City girls with Mrs Strimple as captain made a fine dis play in drilling The Bloomington and city girls contested for a prize and it was won by the home team Hail Storm in Saunders County A hail storm accompanied by thunder and lightning struck Malmo Wednesday night The roar of the storm was heard for more than fifteen minutes before its arrival but a very small portion of it came however There was but little wind ac companying it Nebraska Short Notes A Kansas man has offered to build a mils at Pawnee City for a bonus of 31000 While attempting to head off an unruly steer S Richards of Wayne was severely gored The northeast Nebraska tennis tourna ment will be held at Wakefield on Septem ber 1 and 2 The Mennonites have been holding a carapmeeting during the last week near Bloomington The Free Methodists have again taken charge of the Orleans College and it will be opened this fall W W Mitchell of Wood River is filling an order from a San Francisco party for fifteen cars of corn The old settlers of Jefferson County held a three days picnic near Endicott Grafton people are going into the creamer- business Ewing expects to have a bank in the near future Eastern parties will start ft- The Antelope County old settlers will have their reunion at Neligh September 10 and 11 A number of Ord farmers thinking dealers are not paying enough for grain have clubbed together and will ship their own produce A Savage boy named Edward Johnson took hold of the muzzle of a shot gun to take it out of the wagon The gun was discharged inflicting a dangerous wound in his arm W M Bradford lost his oocketbook con taining 2 and a check for 3G near Ard more last Sunday Charles Green and Joseph McDermott are the parties who are said to have found it and forged Bradfords name thereon Ponca people have revived the project to secure a grist mill An Atkinson man while digging a post hole unearthed about thirty pewter coins which when washed with the yellow metal were intended to be passed for 5 gold pieces The question is who could the counterfeiters have been The little 7-year-old daughter of M Jarco formerly hrel keeper atPine Ridee was thrown froin a horse at Pine Rid l and seriously injured The little one wis dragged nearly a mile under the hoofs of the fngntencd animal and had her arm and imbs fractured and her body braised and v w manner that she will iUWttUIJI UiW i T M li a ti i fV i u V 7 I r M l 1 1 i r I ri sJ m W1 j
