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VALENTINE NEBRASK ;
NEBRASKA NEWS NOTEfc
The board of supervisors at Beatrici
rejected the claim of the recent inter
state fair held there for $1,000.
Father A. A. Lawrence of Chicago i :
ho'iding admission at' St. THichael'i
Catholic church in Central City.
An effort Is being made to organist
a third regiment of militia , with a full
battalion ' in the city of Omaha.
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T.wo of York county's pioneer farm
ers , owning fine farms near York , were
stricken with paralysis last week.
Governor Savage has issued a requis
ition on the governor for the return
of Albert Stanton , wanted in Omaha
lor 'forgery.
Queen City Lodge , I. O. D. F. , at
Beatrice , had a big time last week ,
having visitors from almost every city
inthe state.
Village Clerk A. C. Alger of Burwell
attempted to stop a fight and received
a bad cut across the face and nose
Xor his trouble.
The trade carnival at Beatrjpe last
week attracted large crowds'of farm
ers and their families to town
proved a big success.
Anna Edmonson of Madison , the girl
who made so much trouble for Rev.
Edmonson , her foster father , has been
taken to the reform school at Geneva.
Programs are being circulated for
the annual meeting of the Northwest
ern Nebraska Teachers' association ,
which meets in Alliance November 29.
One hundred carpenters and laborers
are busy building up the burned dis
trict of Butte. Lots on Main street
are selling for from $50 to $20 a front
foot.
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In the district court 'at David City
Charles Miller , charged with horse
stealing , pleaded guilty and was sen
tenced to eighteen months'in the pen
itentiary.
C. J. Noble of Blair took a large dose
of strychnine , supposedly with suicid
al intent , but the prompt work of
physicians jerked him back from the
margin of the Styx.
'A 3-year-old child at Butte fell in a
box of slacking lime and was horribly
"burned. He was in the lime from
three to five minutes and died a few
xninues after rescued.
Mrs. Henry Stewart , who lives seven
miles southeast of Lynch , while out
with her husband getting wood , had
a hand , blown off by the accidental
discharge of a shotgun. '
The cornerstone of the German Lu
theran St. John's church of Yutan
has been laid. A notable feature of
the program was a song by the newly
organized Yutan Maennerchor.
While returning from a funeral at
Exeter Mrs. John"Ford ; who is quite
old , was thrown out of a carriage and
sustained internal injuries and the
breaking of two ribs and a wrist.
A cottonwqod log twenty feet long
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and eighteen inches through fell on
Con Donahue near David City and he
lay unconscious for six hours with sev
eral broken ribs. Recovery doubtful.
The combination of the door of the
vault in the county clerk's office at
iFremont refuses to work and the
commissioners are considering the ad
visability of hiring a safe blower.
Friends of Mrs. Joshue Fentriss of
Osceola helped her celebrate her 90th
fclrthday last week. Mrs. Fentriss is
active , keen witted and her sight is so
well preserved that she reads without
glasses. '
The heads of the State Normal at
Peru , the Fremont Normal school and
the Wesleyan university of Lincoln
met and discussed plans for unifying
the courses of study in their various
institutions.
The trial of J. W. Cole , charged with
ballot stealing , is on at Trenton. He
pleaded not guilty. It was almost im
possible to get a jury , as almost every
man in the county is interested and
lias an opinion formed.
Marie Hanus of Abie , Butler county ,
attended a dance last April and while
there assaulted one Anton Negrin , giv
ing him a good walloping , hence she is
now before the district Court at David
City on a charge of'assault.
A feature of the Beatrice carnival , is
a $10 Mil , which is given to some per
son every day , who walks the streets
between * 2 and 4 p. m. , and all one has
to do is to ask him or her for the
money , the first one asking the party
who has the money getting it.
ThVee young men were arrested at
Tecumseh who had in their possession
several pairs of new gloves and during
the day they-had disposed of a-number
of pairs of new shoes at suspiciously
low prices. The sheriff believes they
have robbed some store in that part
of the state.
The human system can endure heat
of 212 degrees , the boiling point for
water , because the skin is a bad con
ductor , and because the perspiration
cools the body. ' Men have withstood
without Injury a heat of three hun
dred degreees for several minutes.
A young'man in New York has mar
ried a young womanbecause , as he
tersely expressed it , she is a lovely
cook. Again the time-honored theory
of the route to the heart of man has
been sustained.
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: MAN FIGHTS-FOR HIS WIFE ,
Erie , Pa , ( Special. ) Frank C. Bo-
stock , the manager of the midget Chi
quita , is under arrest at Buffalo , in a
$20,000 damage surcharged with alien
ating the little woman's , affections.
The suit and order for arrest fol
lowed immediately upon the dismissal
by Justice' Childs of the habeas corpus
proceedings begun by Tony Woeck
ner , the HHputlan's 16-year-old hus
band , for the purpose of compelling
Bostock to produce Chiquita In court.
Bostock was able to show that Chi
quita was in Canada , and therefore
out of his control and out of the Jur
isdiction of the court. *
When the habeas corpus case came
up in court , W. E. Creemer , Bostock's
attorney , made the statement that
Chiquita , the missing wife of Woeck
ner , had on Thursday evening accom
panied some members of Bostock's
[ amlly to Niagara Falls , and had with
them crossed into Canada. This move
ment had been of her own volition , he
Tt had been voluntary and with-
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FIRST THANKSGIVING IN . . .v. . . . _
is just two hundred and eighty years ago thal the flrat
ibanksgniug was held iu America , and jt happened in this wav
lo 1621 Governor William Bradford.'of the Plymouth colony , sent
tut ten men to rrMaseachu ett8 "to discover and view the bay
[ trade wTfh the natives ; the wbicb they performed and found
entertainment. The people were much afraid oPtbe Taren-
. , a people of the eastward which 'used to come in harvest time
and take away their come and many times kill their persons.
They returned in eaftie , and brought home a good quantity of
r twjvvera , and made report of the place , wishing they had been
rtter seated ; ( but it seems the Lord , who assigns all 'men the
pun.la of their habitations had
, apoynted it for another use )
ifUDd thelxrd to * * witb thpm in il" lueir wavs
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.and to blena their
outgoing and incomings , for which let bia
/ holy name have the praiee forever to all posteritre"
" ' ' 'A * ' fo.r.tbe * * r * " of this
| ; ? . , . ? party , and the cheering uewa
of rhe friendliness of the Indians which they brought with them
hat the day for public thanksgiving
was appointed , as we I as
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ernor Bradford - his said
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m own words , * "Thev now besrm to
gather In the .mall harvest they had and fitte'up their houses
and dwellings ngainsf winter , being all well recovered in health t
and strength and had all goode things in plenu. foi as some were
fhus employed in services abroad , others wrre exercised in fishing
aboute for codd and bass and other fish , of which thev took great
fltore. of which every famiiy had their portion ; all the eomer
ther was no wante. And now began to come in store of foule at
winter approached , vnf which this place did abound when tiiev
came first ( hut afterward decreased by' degrees ) . And besides
water foule there was great store of wild tunkiea , of which they
took many , besides the venison , etc. Besides they had about a
peck of meal a weeke to a person , or now , aince harvest , Indian
corn to that proportion. " /
Vtl For , these blessings , which seem no small tous , but were so
great to the sturdy Puritans , they were called together for a dav
of thanksgiving and praiee on December 13 ( Old Stvle ) It iff
said that the smeSJ of the
savory feast which was prepared must-
have reached the nostrils of King Maasanoit , for he came with
ninety braves , who brought with them venison and other good
Ihings-sufflcient for several days' feast and presented it to Gov
r , c-rnor Bradford and Miles Rtandiah , and for three dava they all
Breasted and sang and danced. , '
f// . Ro we find that the Thanksgiving turkey is as old as the dav
itself , and the sportive as well as festal customs hve : helped to
typify the bird with the day. For the tnrkey rnflle , or shoot ,
which . variably occurred on Thanksgiving eve , all of the most
nnnent and toughest gobblers for miles around were hunted up
and taken to the village store , where the men and boys of the
neighborhood were gathered to-shake dice , hoping to win one of
thepe relics to carry home. In the shoot the turkevs were tied
to n stake and the men standing at
, n specified distance , with
-r-not gun or rifie. tried to kill them. This was sometimes a diffi
cut ! task on account of their toughness , for "they Denied to W
' .abearb shot like cornmeal and
, occasionally survived fifteen or f
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THANKSGIVING.
By Lalia Mitchell. % %
of Harvest , now we come "
humbly offer thanks to Thee , ,
ripened grain , and hay in mowl
For all the wealth of vine and tree ;
The fruitage purpled in the ain ,
The gifts of all the bounteous year ,
\\V name them over one by one
They make Thanksgiving's song of cheer.
O. gracious Father , for Thy care , / & "
Thy tender mercies all the , way , \ &
For friendships true and Io\e sincere ,
We offer Thee our thanks to-day.
For gifts of sunshine and of rain ,
For : iU that made the momenta dear ,
Our gratitude In joyful strain
We sing Thanksgiving's song of cheer.
SONG FOR THANKSGIVING.
H | e" Whitney * Clark.
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Sinj a song Sing a song of Thanksgiving ,
Thp day of nil days. Of plenty and gain ,
When our hearts overflow Of the harvest's full sheaves ,
In peana of praise ! And the field's ripened grain ! !
When the feast of rejoicing Ping a aong of Thanksgiving ,
In gladness recurs , When loved ones draw near.
And the pulse of the Nation And of fentfll boards groaning
With eratitude etira ! With holidav cheer.
Sing a eong of Thanksgiving ,
Of gladness and mirth ,
Nor forget in our plenty
F The sad ones of earth , fr *
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Remember the needy. *
The sick and the laine
, So shall our Thanksgiving'fMJ ,
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out threat or plea on the part of Mr.
Bostock. Mr. Creemer stated to the
court that Chiquita was practically a
.member of the Bostock family.
His. client , he said , had found the
midget in Mexico about five years ago.
She was ill-dressed , uneducated , and
lived in discomfort. Her mother was
dead. Bostock proposed to her father
that he be permitted to take charge of
the midgett , agreeing to educate her
and take care of her.
"Mr. Bostock took her to his home , "
continued Mr. Creemer. "He educated
her , gave her horses and carriages and
everything possible has been done for
her comfort. He has taken as much
care of her as though she had been his
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own.
' "Yes , " interrupted Eugene M. Bart
lett1 attorney for Woeckner , "he has
taken as much care of her as he has
of his elephants. As for the.horses .
and carriages , they are part of the
show , and Bostock claims title to all
of'them. " ' ' " .
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Mr. Bartlett charged that the depart
ure of Chiquita for Canada was the re
sult of a scheme of Bostock's to secure
the custody of the midget and escape
the jurisdiction of the court. Touching
the ailegation that Bostock showed
the midget great kindness , it was
charged that the animal king had
knocked Chiquita down when he had
learned of her marriage.
Mr. . Creemer alleged that the marri
age of Chiquita to "Woeckner was part
of a scheme concocted > by rival show
men of the Midway to get possession
of the midget for show purposes. He
did not mention the persons said to
be concerned in this scheme , but he
did look quite intently at "Doc" Wad-
dell , the famous president of the In
dian congress , and it was later salu
that one of the persons concerned was
one who had owned a gambling con
cession on the Midway.
It is stated that Mr. Bostock's plan
will now be to secure from Chiquita
an affidavit showing that she left the
jurisdiction of the court of her own
i-M will ; that she does not care for
Woeck'ner and does not want to live
with him. This will leave Woeckner
with the alternative of divorce or a
wifeless married otate , and it is re-
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THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving baa a much longer history than is popularly euoi I
posed for davs set epart for special thanksgiving to the Lordl <
were known to the Israelites , and are mentioned throughout the \
B.ble. . They were not uncommon in England before the Reforraa-
tion , and among the Protestants afterwards. The first Thanks
giving appointed by civil authorities of wbicb there is specific
data occurred at Loyden. Holland. October 3 , i575. that beine the '
first anniversary of the deliverance of that city from siege Ib
Eneland there have been a pum.ber of social Thanksgiving procla- '
S 16111 8 > 1MS : f' Wa8 fbft
AmPrican "O'lhe first Thanksgiving"service
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15,8. on the Newfoundland shorea. The flral
' 'ntbo pr080nt terrifor-r of be Un.ted . Sta ea
' ° ° * * * SaPadaboc. on the coast of
Maine in ! fi07
' AH of these first" thanksgiving * , however , were appointed for
ftie Purpose of giving tbnnk.s for blessings wbirb seemed to the
people at the time to be special dispensations of Providence ; their
armies or nav.es . hnd won great victories , tbev had been.delivered/
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not until 1863 thar the day became
practically a fixed ot *
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dom from sickness , for civic peace : that is , for the evervdav
Ki vW Pno * ' ( * nex < lr 8t ° P to think about as bfess.
at all. Now
Thanksgiving Dny is obsPrved" in exerv state in u.f .
Un.on . and is appointed first by proclamation of the president
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FROM THE HOUSEKEEPER.
marked that divorces are not granted
on the ground of desertion in Ne'\v
York.
It is not believed fhat Mr. Bostock
will seek to keep Chiquita in Canada
for any great length of time. She is
under contract to exhibit in Charles
ton and St. Louis. It is presumed that
she will go to Charleston immediately.
Mr. Bostock expressed his intention of
going there at once.
A brother of TVoeckner states that
Tony was discharged from his posi
tion with Bostock as soon as there
was a suspicion of his love for Chiqui
ta. He says the midget was broken
hearted , and refused to exhibit for two
or three days when Tony lost his job.
He also says that Chiquita was enticed
to Canada , and that , because of her
fear of Bostock , she is afraid to tell
the truth.
Dr. R. S. Linn of Detroit , who went
to China as a surgeon in the volunteer
army , has sent home several cases of
looted goods. Among other things is
a sacred yellow robe , which Dr. Linn
thinks is possibly the only one sent to
America. He took it from the shoul
ders of a god in the sacred temple of
Pekin.
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TALK ABOUT WOMEN.
The daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan ,
Anne , as might be expected from
such a father , is a systematic business
woman , keeping books of her expenses
and income and overlooking all her in
vestments herself.
Milwaukee has a licensed
woman
embalmer in the person of Miss An
toinette La Grand , 693 Third street
Miss La Grand is the first Milwaukee
woman to pass the examination
pre
scribed by the last session of the Wis
consin legislature.
The German empress has the finest
pearl necklace in the
world. It con- '
tains three world-famous
necklaces.
One of them
formerly belonged to the
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queen of Naples and another "adorned
the image of the virgin of Atakha. The
entire necklace Is said to be worth
$50,000.
Mrs. Sarah E. Phlpps , an authoress
of Buffalo N. T.
, , lives in a tiny cot
tage of three rooms , her only com
panions being two cats. She works
during the day and writes at night.
Charles Frohman has secured the"
rights of dramatization of her la too t
novel , "An Old House by the Sea. "