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NEWS-DEMOCRAT W X VOLUME XIII. VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , DECEMBER 8. 1898. NUMBER 46. DAY'S SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS BY WIRE. OVER A 3HLLION LOSS GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK'S BUSINESS CENTER. 2Hassivc Block of Sky Scrapers on Broadway Is Almost Totally De stroyed Awful Death of Six Men in a Steamer's Boiler Room. Fire in New York City. In a blinding rainstorm Sunday night the massive block of buildings on Broadway , Xos. 253 to 259. and included between Mur ray and Warren Streets , was almost de stroyed by fire. Within three hours more than a million dollars' worth of properly was de-.troyedi The fire began in the five- y story brick building occupied by the men's furnishing firm of Kogers , Peet & Co. , on the sout'iwesl corner of Broadway and Warren Street. Adjoining the Rogers- Peel building and south of it was the mag nificent white building of the Home Life Insurance Company , and next to this was the brown stone building of the Postal Telegraph Company , erected at a cost of millions only a few years ago , all three of which suffered great loss. Within a few 'ninnies after the discovery of the fire the Rogers-Peet building was a roaring furnace , and an alarm had been turned in which brought more than a score of engines to the scene. It was but a short time when the flames had eaten through the wall of the Home Life building and were roaring'high above that lofty struct ure. Thousands of people had gathered at the scene , and thr i blinding glare of the flames lighted up the lower part of the city. SHOT HIS BROTHER OEAD. Will Kent Kills His Brother , Noble , in the Sheriff's Hands. Sheriff Davenport on Saturday placed with a trustee in the Farmers' National Bank at Springfield , 111. , the $200 reward offered for the arrest of Noble Kent , who attempted to kill his brother. Will Kent , near Yirden. several months ago by shoot ing him through the window of their home , until it is decided who of the police who arrested Kent at the station there one night several weeks ago is entitled to the reward. Sheriff Davenport then boarded the train to take Kent to Carlinville , where he waste to have been lodged in jail until .his trial. At Girard the train stopped to coal , and while there Will Kent stepped on the car in which was Xoble , and drawing a revolver , shot his brother dead. Will then jumped from the train and made his escape. Noble had twice attempted Will Kent's life because their father had willed all his property to Will because of Noble's dissi pated life. When the will was filed at Car linville before the first attempt on Will's life , he had sworn out a peace warrant for Noble , but the latter had left the country before it could be served and had only re turned the night he attempted to shoot his brother. The second time an attempt was made was a fev weeks ago when Xoble again appeared and was encountered by Will at the stable at their home. Xoble had a gun which Will says he drew on him. Will fled and aroused the neighbors , and Noble took the first train out of town , and was captured on his arrival at Springfield. He was riding with some tramps on the blind of the baggage car. SIX MEN PARBOILED. Awful Death of Boiler Room Men in the Mallory Inner Alamo. Six members of the crew of the Mallory line steamship Alamo were killed Sunday J v-the bursting of a steampipe while the vessel lay at her pier in East River , Xew York. The Alamo has only recently been discharged from transport service for the government , and is fresh from lioaclrs yard , where she received a thorough over hauling , including , it is said , new steam pipes and boilers. She carried thirty pass engers. At the time of the accident the ship had cast off her lines and her engines had made but two or three revolutions when the explosion came. The flooring of the deck immediately over the engine room was torn into splinters , and steam poured up through the open seams in clouds. The sound of the escaping steam was mingled with the shrieks of the dying men , who were enveloped in it. The flow of steam was checked with great difficulty and not until the lapse of five or .six minutes. Says Alton Road Is Sold. A prominent railroad official of Toledo , Ohio , and a man of unquestioned reliabiliy , who has just returned from New York , says that the deal for the salf of the Alton road was completed in New Kork. He says that Morgan secured control of the Alton and that the gulf road would now be prevented from entering Chicago. Gillett Not Caught. Nothing is known in the City of Mexico of the reported arrest in Chihuahua of Gillett , the missing Kansas cattle king. It is said at the American legation that noth ing has been heard in the matter , and that Gillett could not be atrested unless his .extradition had been formally requested. to Found Hidden Rilles. -The local papers report the discovery at Bilbao , Spain , of 890 rifles carefully secreted - creted under ground. A number of Car- lists have been arrested on charges of being connected therewith. $ GIRL CUT TO PIECES. Murder Which Rivals the Crimes ol Jack the Ripper. Don Perrier , a young Frenchman , bru tally murdered his former sweetheart , Jen nie E. Andrews , an English girl , at Xew Westminster , B. C. , Thursday night. He shadowed her to a place known as the Green house and was shown to her room. He entered and locked the doodr. The In mates of the house heard a piercing shriek and attempted to force the door. Perrier called from the inside : "I've not quite done the job ; just a moment. " Then the door was thrown open by the Frenchman. , who was covered with blood from head to foot. Waving his hand in which he held a dripping knife he invited the women to enter. Jennie Andrews was lying on the bed literally cut to pieces , the murderer having deliberately mutilated the girl's body after life was extinct. It is said that he first met the girl in Australia. She discarded him and crossed the ocean to marry another man , who refused to keep his promise , and she drifted into evil ways. Perrier is a sailor , but is well educated and is reported to belong to an aristocratic faniilv. LARGE GIFTS TO HARVARD. < J5OOOO for Projected Infirmary and $1OOOO for Scholarship. James Stillman of New York has given $50,000 to Harvard College to cover the cost of land and buildings for a projected Har vard infirmary which will bear the name of the donor. In addition Mr. Stillman will contribute $2,500 annually for four years. A new scholarship has just been con ferred upon the scientific school at Harvard University by a gift of $10,000 by J. R. Jenkins , a graduate of the class of ' 77 and a mining engineer in the gold district of South Africa. The interest of this sum ij to be given to a student of engineering. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. Vine Citizens of McCormick , S. O. , Indicted in Court. In the United States district court at Co lumbia , S. C. , the grand jury has returned true bills against nine well known citizens of McCotinick , upon the charge of con spiracy , the offense being the driving awaj from that tou n at the time of the recent Phoenix troubles of J. W. Tolbert , the hus band and assistant of the postmistress. There are several counts in each indictment. The men indicted are : M. L. B. Sturkie , John Dunlap , Wade Cochrane , Thomas Bentley , Henry Martin , L. Tucker , K. Q Stillwell , J. P. Jennings and J. L. Rey nolds. NEW UNION'S LIFE ENDS. Coalition of Three Republics Is De clared Dissolved. Minister Merry has reported to the state department that the government of Costa Rica has received official notice of the dis solution of the United State of Central America. One of the highest Centra American officials in Washington received a dispatch Friday confirming the announce ment of the overthrow of the United State. ? of Central America formed November 1. He expressed the hope that on the ruins a more substantial union , embracing all five of the Central American republics , would be built. HAS A MADRID LABEL. Spaniards Say Aguinuldo Is Prepar ing to Resist the Americans. Advices received in Madrid from the Philippines say the insurgents have de cided not to recoguixe the cession of the islands to the United States and will resist to the last. It is claimed the United States will require 70,000 troops to put down the rebellion. It is alleged the insurgents hold 10,000 Spanish prisoners , whom they \vilJ force to serve against the Americans. France Afraid of San .lose Scalfe The Journal Official , published in Paris , publishes a decree forbidding admittance into France of fruit and plants from the United States , to prevent the introduction of the San Jo.-e scale. The measure is quite immaterial , as the shipment of trees , plants and shrubs last year from the United States aggregated only . < S2S and fruit $40- 000. AVillcts' Remains Sent Home. The United States transport Obdam. to arrive at New York in a day or two from San Juan de Porto Rico , bears the remains of George S. Willets of Chicago , who died from tetanus , following hypodermic injec tion. Mr. Keck , former partner of Mr. Willets , accompanies the remains. New President for Oberliis. A special from Oberlin. Ohio , says the trustees of Oberlin College elected Rev. John Henry Burrows of Chicago as presi dent of that institution. It is understood he will accept and assume the position on January 4 , 18011 , when the winter term begins. Quay Must Stand Trial. In the conspiracy case of Senator Quaj and others at Philadelphia , Judge Finlettcr dismissed all the motions by defendant's t counsel against the five indictments found & by the grand jury , and fixed December 6 as the date for beginning the trial. To Raise the Reina Mercedes. The Merritt Wrecking Company's re presentatives at Norfolk , Ya. , say a contract has been closed with the government to . float the Reina Mercedes , sunk in the mouth of Santiago Harbor , and bring her , Xorfolk. * Inventor Keeley's "Will. The will of John W. Keeley , the Phila * delphia inventor , has been filed for probate. / He bequeaths the entire estate , valued at $10,000 , to his widow. He makes no ref erence to his motor. ? DEVOID OF COMMEM ALGER'S REPORT COVERING WAR WITH SP IN. JDhere Is Xo Disposition to Criticise , the Official Dispatches Being Al- lOAved to Tell Their Own Story- Fifty Years a King. Secretary Alger's .Report. The annual report of Secretary Alger is a practically complete official hsstory of the Spanish-American war. The secretary has s.f given to the public not only all the official dispatches that passed directly between his own office and commanding officers in the field and camp , but has supplemented these with .short explanatory notes , setting forth the reasons for various movements , and then , to complete the record of events , he has included in the body of the report the report of Gen. Miles , of all the generals who participated in the campaign in Cuba , Porto Rica or the Philippines , and finally the reports of all of the bureau officers of the war department. Nowhere is there shown a disposition to criticise , the offi cial dispatches being allowed to tell theii own story , and generally the secretary finds much to praise and cause for sincere congratulation in the results obtained. DIGS UP THE MAINE. Spain Endeavors to Place Responsi bility for that Awful Tragedy. The Spanish peace commissioners have , ent several drafts of treaty aitides to the Americans for the latter's examination The drafts covered articles relating to the nationality of the inhabitants of the ceded territory , the jurisdiction of the courts and pending cases , the continuance of grants and contracts for public works , services in the ceded territory , etc. One article was to the effect that the United States and Spain appoint an inter national commission of experts of seven members , three to be selected by eacl country , namely , one citizen of each coun try , one Britisher and one Frenchman , witl a German president ; this commission to determine the responsibility for the Maine disaster. If Spain is responsible she is tc send a warship to salute the American flag in Xcw York ; if not , the United States tc pay the whole expense of the commission The Spanish idea is that , having yielded on the main principles , they will gain import ant advantages on details. HALF A CENTURY KING fiftieth Anniversary of Keign o. Emperor Francis Joseph. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria Fri- flay , upon the fiftieth anniversary of his accession to the throne , issued a general order to the army thanking the soldiers for their loyalty and fearless valor hroughoul his reign. Amnesty was granted political offenders in Hungary and a number ol decorations were granted. The day at Vienna was ushered in witl a booming of cannon and a grand reveille was sounded by the bugles of all the regiments of the garrison. The city was gayly decorated and the streets thronged with people in holiday attire. The arch duke attended special thanksgiving ser vice in the garrison church. The dis tribution of jubilee medals to troops followed. There was much rejoicing throughout the provinces. DID NOT FIND ADREE. An Expedition Sent to Search foi the Explorer Nearly Perishes. A special from the Yeniseisk , Easteri Siberia , announces the arrival at the moutli of the Yenisie River of an expedition thai had gone in search of Herr Andree , the aeronaut , who ascended in his balloon in July 4 of last year from Spitzbergen , with the intention of crossing the Polar regions in search of the north pole. The expedition was wrecked while crossing from the delta of the River Lina to the River Olenek , but managed to reach an uninhabited island. There the partj was icebound for seventeen days before i/ / was succored. Cyclist Ganter Kills Himself. FredW. Ganter , the champion bieych rider of northern New York , killed him- self at his home in Pamelia Wednesday. Ganter's wife died Wednesday morning ir childbirth. The husband took a Win chester rifle and went to the room when his wife's remains had been laid out ant1 shot himself. 3Iakes Snake Bites Harmless. Consul Skinner , at Marseilles , report , that Dr. Calmete. of the Pasteur institute at Lill , has discovered an anti-venomoui serum by means of which poisoning from s snake bites can always be checked anc death prevented if the serum be injected within four hours after a person has beer bitten. Venezuela Comes to Time. The Yene/.uelan government has decidei in not to impose further duties on supplie ; n sent to American consulates located in tha- country. Retaliatory measures on the patf of this government brought the Yenezue- c lans to time. Suspended Pend ing Investigatioi George W. Aldridge , superintendent o : public , works of Albany has requestec Governor Black to suspend him from offic < pending , an investigation of his depart ment by the courts. Negroes "Will Found Colony. A colony of sixteen negroes has left Okla /loma for Liberia. It 13 headed by an intel ligent farmer named Applebery , wh < recently sold his farm on Fox Creek foi 3,000. All have some money. GOV. TANNER INDICTED. Firden Riot Grand Jury Finds True Bills Against Him. The Virlen riot grand jury made its 'ormal report to Judge J. R. Shirley at Car- iuville , 111. . Thursday. The grand jury lealt pertinently with the affair and , so fai ls it was possible to ascertain , returned irue bills against the principal participants in the tragedy of October 12 at Yirden. Ten indictments , involving fifty-four per sons , were returned. Against John R. Tanner , governor of Illinois , there are three sounts for palpable omission of duty and malfeasance in oflice. Fred B. Lukins , general manager of the Chicago-Yirden sompany , is charged with manslaughter on two counts. William Lukins , his deputies , Frank Wilder , J. E. Sickles and J. II. Smith , are indicted for the killing of Joseph Gitterele , a Mt. Olive miner. Sixteen Thiel guards ara held for riot. In the indictments against Gov. Tanner the complaining witnesses are John Gra- ham , Will Mitchell , William Wilson , C. Ross and Charles Stewart , employes of the Chicago-Virdeu Coal Company. They testified that they were intimidated and prevented from following their legitimate avocation by an armed body of men num bering 1,000. who unlawfully and feloni- msly were assembled in Yirden. That the governor had been notified by the sheriff ol Macoupin County that no protection was to oe had from the county and was earnestly importuned for state assistance. Judge Shirley fixed Gov. Tanner's bond at $500. FLAG MAY FLY CHRISTMAS. ftlorro Castle , Havana , to Be Deco rated by Old Glory on that Date. It is now believed , judging from the rapidity with which the Spaniards are pushing the evaluation , that the province of Havana will be turned over to the Americans on or before December 21 , and I hat by Chistmas day Old Glory will be floating over Morro Castle. Gen. Green reviewed at Marinao on Sat urday ( he cavalry division of the Cuban forces under Gen. Maerio Menocal. Over SOO men fell in line , Many had no coats or r shirts , but all had good mounts , well shod. While from an aesthetic view-point Gen. Green finds the Cuban calvary wanting , he thinks there could be do doubt of its efficiency in guerrilla warfare , judging from the discipline and reckless daring of he men as evidenced in their evolutions. Fire in Powder Works. A disastrous lire at the works of the Cai- ifornia Powder Company at Pinole , Cal. , destroyed several buildings and much valuable - uable machinery in the gun cotton depart- aiciit , eulaififtg a loss of $25.000 , and 1he temporary discontinuance of the manufacture - ture of smokeless powder , besides throwing 100 men out of employment. The veering of the wind miraculously saved the acid buildings , valued at $200,000 , from destruc- Mon. Ten Years for a Murder. The findings of the Eighth California court martial in the case of James Meadors of that regiment , who killed Private Janas Uruy at San Francisco and threatened to kill several other privates , have been ap proved and Meadors sentenced to serve ten years' imprisonment in the United Slates penitentiary at Leavenworth , Kan. Mea dors as been sentenced to hard labor and \vill forfeit all pay and allowances. Decision Against Western Union. Judge Perkins of Carthage , Mo. , has ren dered a decision in the case of Senator Ilobard Gray against the Western Union Telegraph Company. The claim was for 8 cents for stamps charged the plaintiff after the first adoption of the war tax , his claim being that the defendants were by law re quired to bear that burden. The decision was in favor of the plaintiff for the amount ) f claim. The jury in the case of Walter Rosser , the Tenne&sec soldier who on September 18 , at San Francisco , shot and killed Henry Ililderbrand. a civilian , while under the influence of liquor which had been drugged , remained out all night and reported that it had been unable to agree. The young man < vill have a second trial next week. Decision Favors the Strikers. Judge Johnson of Denver has dissolved temporarily the injunction restraining the striking employes of the Davis Iron Works for intimidating non-union workmen or declaring a boycott against the company. The judge says the condition of affairs is not so serious as to warrant interference on part of the court. Tax Collector Short. n Tax collector Samuel L. Findley of San p Luis , Obispo County , Cal. , is a defaulter a and a fugitive from justice. On searching w his safe it was ascertained that he was u short at least $11.000 , but a hasty examination - \ tion of the records by the county clerk in dicates he may have taken as much as Te.vos Honor Avenged. A special from San Antonio. Tex. , says : Louis Frankel. a well known business - man. was shot and instantly killde Thursday by E. J. Ilutcheson , his business partner. Ilutcheson surrendered himself. He claimed that Frankel had been too intimate with his wife. 1o Vote to Abolish Hazing. At a monster mass meeting at Alexandei Hall , Princeton. X. J. . the students of the university passed resolutions abolishing hazing. An overwhelming majority pre vailed , and the hazing question , it is be lieved , has been disposed of. Heir to Throne May Wed. of It is asserted in Madrid that a marriage has been arranged between Don Jaimie , son of the pretender , Don Carlos , and a Bavarian princess. STATE OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM. Lincoln's Liarge Educational Insti tution , the Normal , Burned to the Ground , Entailing a Loss of $10O- OOO , with JJittle Insurance. Ijincolii Normal Destroyed. The main building of the Lincoln normal r.chool. located about three miles east of the city , burned on the morning of Decem ber 1 , causing a total loss. The fire de partment from the city was called out , but was unable to render any assistance. The fire started in a cloak room and was under great headway before discovered. The building was erected in 1891 , and when completed cost fully $80.000 , and the furni ture and equipments would run the total amount to about $100,000. The normal school was operated right through the hard times , but the scheme of locating a univer sity there never has paid in a financial way , anil there was about $32,000 indebtedness against the property. It is said there was a move on foot to have the state buy the building for a state normal school. MANDATE OF THE COURT. Women Officially Told to Recognize the Governor's Authority. The long contest for the control of the state Home for the Friendless between the state officers and the board of lady man agers ended last week when District Judge Holmes of Lincoln declared that institution a charge of the state. The Home for the Friendless was founded many years ago 1I by a number of Lincoln women , and was supported by contributions. In time the state was appealed to for aid , and ti appropriations i have usually been made by each legislature. Two years ago , acting on the theory that the home was a state charge , Gov. Ilolcomb appointed a new su perintendent. The board of lady managers resisted her entrv and barred the doors to " the state officials" . The order of the court is i : that the board recognize Gov. Hol- comb's authority. The case may be ap pealed. Ray Fired Quick and Fast A later report from the Cheesman-Ray shooting affair at Brow nville is to the effect that trouble between the two men had been brewing for some time past. Improper re lations existed between George Ray and Mrs. Cheesman. Cheesman found Ray in the kitchen Avilh his wife and states that on opening the door he saw Ray with revolver J in hand. At this he drew his own weapon and both fired. Ray's first shot took effect in j Cheesman's right shoulder , disabling him. Ray fired two more shots , one of which passed through Cheesman's lungs , and fled from the house. He has not yet been taken into custody. What We Sent to Market. The state bureau of labor and industrial statistics has had printed a map of the state , the spaces within the boundaries of the counties being filled with figures show ing the value of the commodities marketed by each county during the year 1897. This is ! one of the most comprehensive tabula tions ever turned out by the labor bureau , and furnishes figures of much importance in the advertising of the resources of the state. The total value of the sxirplus commodities is shown to be $140,772- 494.42. Postmaster's Safe Is Emptied. When Postmaster Campbell opened the office at Mead the other morning he found his safe blown open and contents lying around the room. The safe contained nothing but stamps , registered letters and some private papers. The robbers secured about $25 worth of stamps of different de nominations and a little over $1 in pennies. The postage due stamps and private papers were found under the runway of the Fann ers' Elevator. Xo trace of the robbers. One JDay in Jail. William Knight was sentenced to one day in jail in the district court at Tecumseh. Knight was tried on the charge of shooting with intent to do great bodily harm to Wesley Worthen. Worthen was shot with a shotgun last spring when caught in the company of Knight's wife. As Knight had been in jail all summer , and Worthen entirely recovered from his wound , the court was lenient. Ranch Burned. In the absence of the herder , the house and all the improvements on the sheep ranch of Bond. Lister & Gilmore was set on fire and burned to the ground. The ranch is twelve miles southwest of Hay Springs and had improvements valued at $1,000. The work is supposed to have been done by small cattlemen hostile to the sheepmen. Child Caught by Wheels. The 7-year-old son of V. Laro of Wy- niore was"run over by a loaded wagon and perhaps fatally injured. He was drawing sled and in his attempt to fasten the rope to the wagon he was thrown under the wheels , which passed over his body. The wagon was heavily loaded and the boy's injuries may prove fatal. Hope for Free Mail Delivery. All indications now are that at the end < of the present fiscal year , which will be on Juh 1. JS99 , the revenue of the Norfolk portom'ce will be sufficient to entitle the i-itj to a free delivery s\-.stem. which will } mean the establishment of carrier routes , a condition much to bo desired by the patrons of the office. New Railroad Liaid Out. The surve\ ors , who were reported to been on : the Omaha Indian reservation some time ago setting grade stakes and laying out a line of route for a new railroad between Sioux City and Omaha , have taken their departure from that point. There is much conjecture as to Avhat road is making this survey. Member Enforces His Claim. Andrew J. Clifton has sued the Degree Honor lodge , Xo. 21 , at Culbartson , for suspending him. "When the lodge took that action he persisted in being a member , and when the lodge refused to take his dues he filed suit for all back dues. NEBRASKA CM A WAR FOOTING Adjutant General Barry Asks for Money to Equip National Guard. It seems from figures submitted by Ad jutant General Barry that an unusually large amount will be asked for next winter for the maintenance and support of the Ne braska National Guard. The estimate is contained in a letter filed with the slate auditor as follows : I have the honor to submit to you the fol io wincr estimate for the appropriation nec essary for the maintenance of the Nebraska- National Guard for the bieunium begin ning April 1. 1890 , and ending March 81 , 1901 : For . 'rmory rent allowance of $209 per annum for each company , troopT battery , baud and corps headquarters" § 22,800 For appropriation for the support of the Nebraska National Guard as per the following estimates for two years 82,000 Estimate for pay , subsistence and trans portation of 2,000 officers and enlisted men , organized into three regiments of infantry , on one troop of cavalry and one battery of artillery , assembled in camps of instruction six days each year. Per diem of officers and men .six days each jear $ 32.57S. : > 6 Subsistence of 2,000 enlisted men twelve days at SO cents 7,000.00 For equipping the mdeical depart ment of three regimeuts and maintaining the same ? ' ! , OO.Q9 For expenses of inspections , mus tering and examination board , courts-martial , schools of in struction and incidental ex penses 10.000.0f > Transportation of 2,000 at $1 each 16,000.00 Annual allowance of clothing , 2,000 men 12,000.00 For freight on arms , ammunition and equipments 1,000.00 Total $ 82,878.5 Appropriation for equipping and clothing the Nebraska National Guard $ Gr , > 97.5t On account of reorganizing the guard the expenditures for the support and mainte nance of the guard Avill be greatly in exce. s of former years. At the request of the sec retary of war , all clothing , arms and equip ment in the hands of the state were turned over to the First and Second regiments , Nebraska volunteer infantry , and Troop K , Third Tinted States cavalry ( formerly Troop A of this state i , thus taking all the available military property in the posses sion of the state , to the value of $66,697.5-1. The state will be reimbursed for this amount by an act of congress , the same as all other states of the union. This money under our law cannot be placed to the credit of the fund for the support of the Nebraska National guard , but must revert into the state treasury , and cannot be re- appropriated to the general fund of the state without a special act of thelegislatuie authorizing the same , which would take a period of two years to reacn. Respectfal' submitted. P. II. BAKIHT , Adjutant General. Shoots His Foot Oft' J. C. Knoll of Kearney went out to his farm and there met \ \ ith an accident that has resulted in the loss of a foot. "There being a light snow on the ground the op portunity was tempting for rabbit shooting. In some manner his foot slipped and his gun being cocked the contents were dis charged , striking him in the ankle of the left foot , shattering the bones and mutilat ing the foot very badly. It was found necessary to amputate the foot and it was taken off half way between the ankle and knee. , , Found a I < on JJost Watch. Two years ago next March Mrs. Marie Woolf lost a hunting case gold watch in a field on James Holden's farm near Lynch. The watch could not be found and the land had twice raised a crop , this year corn. Last week Cal Conklin found the watch while husking corn in the field. It lay on top of the ground and save a small dent in in the case and a broken balance shaft was none the worse for its two seasons' ex posure. _ Agriculturists Elect Ollicers. The Jefferson County Agriculttiral So ciety elected the follou ing officers at Fair- bury : President , Jasper Hilvey ; vice pres idents. W. II. Beardsley and J. C. Kester- sou : .secretary , L. W. Goodrich : treasurer , G. W. Iluusen. Nebraska Short Notes. The Alliance creamery has commenced operations. Cholera is playing havoc with the hogs near Fairmont. The Knights of Pythias at Dubois are building a new hall. The supply of houses in Wayne is not equal to the demand. Brown County stockmen propose to or ganize a society for mutual protection. North Platte people are agitating the erection of a new high school building. Ponca is to vote on the question of issu ing $12,000 in bonds for the erection of a new school building. rBloomington expects to have a mill some time in the near future. Charles Zulaf of Ravenna will build it. A woman 83 years of age. living in the vicinity of Ravenna , is undergoing thesome- wlmt novel experience of growing a new , or j third set of teeth. The Missouri River closed on the 21st inst. . leaving the three packet boats stuck abo\e the mouth of the Niobrara , all loaded for up-river points. The merchants and bu > iness men of Xe- bnibka City are up in arms against the at tempt that is being made to hold another exposition in Omaha next year. C. Haiisen of Hanover was hunting on Sunday last and had the misfortune to have the index finger of his left hand so badly mangled as to render amputation necessary- The first annual exhibition of the Battle Creek Poultry and Pet .Stock Association has been au unqualified success. About 350 chickens were on exhibition , besides pigeons , ducks , geese and turkeys. The Nebraska Telephone Company pro poses in the spring to extend its telephone line from Genoa to Neligh. , During therecent severe storm 0. McKay of Xance County lose six head of old cows in the pasture near the Loup bridge.