THE BATTLE-FIELDS.
OLD SOLDIERS TALK * OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES.
3"Iie Blue and the Gray Review Inci-
/dentH of theLate V. ar , and in a
Graphic situ ) Interest in ; ; Manner
Tell of Cam it , M.irch and Ilatlle.
The death of the v.wrnble and be
loved Mrs. . .laniosV. . I la ris. of Colum-
1ms. Miss. , recnllel an amus'tm yet
imtjictic hosjLi ] ( xp .0 iv-'e o con re-
'l.rtcd by that la'ly The women of Co-
Inmbusvlu n the i.sity nroor -
jcauifcod : ; Soldiiv' . . .jlef Association.
of which Mrs. II isv i = ; pro ; i lent.
.This ass rinti n c ! ; r d it elf with Hi"
it duty of minifttci in to Ihe wants of
Confederate sold.rr Jar as lay in LH
tj'owcr , and o"ui r.s , ii' ; the sick and
'
-wounded. .Medicine by reason of the
blockade , was bird to get au.l exor
bitantly hi-rh. an 1 ( in.nlne had been de
clared contrnbairJ o war. In every
( Storeroom there had bpn reliiriiusly
jhoarded small stores o tea. coltee auJ
. 'sugar ' , ntralnst that pas-SIiIe evil day
"when some moml r of the family
jmiirhl be taken sick , but when the sick
jiiul wounded soldi' rs be an to come i i
'these precious sf re.s were distributed
jjin.oni ? them. Dally the ladies wont to
the hospital with Inm ; e s of delicaiely-
'prcpared food , withvliich the men
were nourishetl i n ler tlie direction of
the-surgeon in charge. One day Mrs.
( Harris , making her usual rounds , leiv-
jlng cheer and c-omlo/t in her wake ,
stopped to chat with one of her "boys"
who was then convalescent. Juat as she
turned to leave her eyes fell upon the
occupant of a bed which had been
empty the previous evening.
"When did he come in , and who Is
he ? " she asked.
"Some poor devil of a Yankee our
boys took prisoner. He was brought in
with n lot of our men last night. He
has typhoid fever , they say , and Is
jiretty bad off. I believe.V
For a moment a wave of repulsion , of
hate almost , swept over her , but she
tvas of an exceedingly gentle , sympa
thetic nature , and she had three young
sons in the army what if they , too ,
should fall into a like plight ? She
stepped to his bedside and beheld a
long. lean , gnwky youth of not more
jthan 10 , burn.ng with fever and tossing
in delirium. "Mother , mother , where
are you ? " was his incessant and piteous
-cry. Her eyes tilled with tears at the
ight of the young fellow who but a
few moments ago had been the "cue-
* ny , " but was now become one of her
"boys , " to be tenderly nursed. She
ought the surgeon , a good man , but
harassed from overwork and inade
quate means for the perfect discharge
of the work he had undertaken.
"Doctor , what Is the matter with No.
27 ? "
"No. 27 has typhoid fever , madame. "
he replied "It is almost a hopeless
case. "
"Is there nothing to be done for him ,
then ? "
"Very little , I fear. By the help of
stimulants and nourishing fooJ we
might pull him through , but as you are
aware we havenone to spare. Our own
men will soon be without , " and he
sighed deeply. "But it will be only one
Yankee tbe less , " shrugging his shoul
ders.
"Doctor. I'm going to take that poor
boy in iny own special charge , and as
long as there is any food or medicine
left he shall have his share of it. And
I know you well enough , doctor , to feel
sure that you will expend on that
Yankee boy of mine as much care and
skill as if he were one of my own
double-dyed rebel sons. "
The next day , and the next , and for
giV snany more long , weary days after Mrs.
Harris and the doctor tended and
nursed the prisoner boy from Maine.
But he grew steadily worse. His con
stant cry had been for his mother , but
after awhile he came to believe that
Mrs. Harris was his mother , and as
long as she was near him he was quiet
The days lengthened into weeks , and
.at last the fever burned itself out , but
it seemed also to have consumed the
vitality of its victim. Mrs. Harris
hardly nAded to ask the doctor his
opinion ofiiis patient death was writ
ten large on that wan face.
"Is there any chance for him ? " she
asked huskily.
"None whatever. In my opinion , mad-
.arno. "
She stooped and kissed the sick man's
trow , then , sad and tearful , left him
to try to lose herself In a round of du
ties.
ties.The
The next day upon her return to the
hospital she was astonished to hear
that her patient was still alive. She
hastened to him and found him con
scious.
"My son. " she said , bending over
him , "is there anything more I can do
for you ? la there anything at all you
fancy ? "
He was too weak to speak aloud , but
he fancied she caught his faintly whis
pered answer "Pumpkin pie. "
Thinking she must be mistaken , she
.repeated her question.
"Pumpkin pie , " was the feeble reply.
She was horrified. "My dear child , it
will kill you. Isn't there something else
that will do just as well ? "
"Pumpkin pie , " he whispered , and
ihe effort exhausted him utterly.
She sought the surgeon. "Doctor , you
ay there is no possible chance for No.
fcrr
"None whatever , madame. He will
be dead In twenty-four hours. "
"He wants pumpkin pie. "
The surgeon laughed. "A queer fancy
for a dying man. But nothing can hurt
him now ; It can only hasten his death
a few hours. "
"Then , doctor. No. 27 shall have his
wish. I'm going home toil very
mlnrle and make that pumpkin pie
mysolf. "
The next morning when Mrs. Harris
entered the hospital it was with a
heavy heart Of course NA. 27 waa
*
dead , she thought. y
" ( Joed morning , doctor. How are the
sick : "
"Well , madame. No. 27 , for one. Is
better. "
"Voti don't mean It ? "
"P."t I < Jo. though , and he is asking
for More pr.mpkin pie. "
" . " ay I let him have it ? "
"My < lo\r .Mrs. Harris , after this you
m-iy feed him on thistles sive him
rrnmdgla s-unexp'oded shells any
thing ! You can't kill that Yankee ! "
\VIlh a li-Mitcr heart No. 27's nurse
sought his bedside.
"V , ell. my son. how do you feel this
mornlng'r"
T.ettor , ma'am. Can I have some
prmpln n'er" '
The oce ! w-s weak , but there was in
it a note of s nMigth which had been
absent the day be ore. His skin was
mos.s . his eye clear decidedly No. 27
v.vs letter.
"I can have It. can't I. ma'am ? " his
voice- qi.a'-erin-j : with anxious ex pec t-
a 110.7.
"My ! > nv. I'll send you one direct- ! .
But in care 11 Don't eat too much at
a time "
A jrl-o t o' ' a sm'le played about his
pule , si n n'-en lips as he replied : "I'll
try. ma'am "
Not very Tnn" afterward , a nesrress
bronirht tli p m-k'n pie. Again he ate
rreodily. and again loll into a refresh
ing SPPM !
So the 1 ov from Maine got well , and
he always declared that if it had not
been for tho-o pumpkin pies he surely
must have died.
Rilly Was an ° ! 'i r P.old.
In the list of those soldiors drafted in
to the service of the country dur.ng the
war of the rebellion stands the n mi"
of "Billy Bray. " who is credited to the
state of Mary'id. . Billy is.dead now ,
but when he nourished on earth he w is
simply an aged and much-re spec-ted
donkey , named because of the fre
quency with whkh his mellifluous voic < *
was heard. An old official tells the
stcry that the enrolling oflicer of Salis
bury district Maryland , was active and
thorough in the performance of his
duty. One day he went to the house of
a countryman and , finding none of the
male members of the family at h me
there was some good dodging done in
those days made inquiries of an old
lady as to the number aud ages of the
male members of the family.
"The old lady , " said the official ,
"after naming several suddenly stopp
ed , and this excited the curiosity of the
enrolling officer , who felt that she was
trying to keep something back. * Is thee
no one else ? ' he asked. 'None , except
Billy Bray , and he was at the ba-n a
moment ago. ' was the reply. Out went
the oflicer. but he could not find his
man. ' and. going back to the house he
questioned the old lady as to Billy
Bray's age and physical co"d't on He
was told that Billy was about 20 yea-s
of age and was in excellent hea'th
Billy's name was enrolled among those
to be drafted and when tlie time of
drafting came no one seemed to know
anything about a man named Billy
Bray. Then it was that the joke leak
ed out. and for years the enrolling offi *
cer was knoun as 'Billy Bray. ' "
Savetl by n Cloud of Dust.
"Did I ever tell you how clouds of
dust once saved Washington City from
what many people believe would have
been certain capture at the hands of i
the Confederates ? " asked a member of
the old Veterans' Reserve corps which
was on duty at Fort Stevens during the
war , to a crowd of companions In a
downtown hotel the other day. No one
in the assemblage had heard the story
and so the veteran continued. i
"It was when the army of ;
northern Virginia was just out
side the capital city. You may
remember that General Early ,
who was in command of this particular
division of the confederate fordes. in
writing to refute statements published
in northern papers to the effect that he
could easily have marched into Washin-
ton , said : 'I knew the defenses were
weak when I arrived but my troops
'
were so exhausted from the enforced
march that a halt was absolutely ueces- |
sary and the next morning I knew by j
clouds of dust that re-enforcements bad
arrived. "
"That dust , gentlemen , was raised by
a few men. not exceding 100 , of the
Veteran Reserve corps. The tempora y
commander of this company , a stout
man of medium height , whose name or
rank I did not learn , because he wore
no blouse or insignia , placed the men in
line in the rear of and between Port
Slocum and Fort Stevens. After mak-
ing a short speech , in which he urged
every man to do his best , he directed us
to march down some distance on the
grass past Fort Stevens. Once there he
told us to break ranks and right about ,
returning in the middle of the main
road and kicking up all the dust we pos
sibly could. We doubled on the line ,
marching down on the grass and com
ing back in the dusty road. It was a
dry season and we all had on broad-sol
ed shoes. We made the dust fly , I tell
you , and it is no wonder General Early
thought re-enforcements by the thous
ands had come to the relief of the hand ,
ful on duty ait the forts. " Washington
Star.
It paid tbe French Fournler to spend
his time getting a reputation as an au-
tomobilist. Tbe Fournier Automobile
Company has plven him $50.000 for the
use of his name.
There is no beautiflce of complexion ,
or form , or behavior , like tbe wish to
scatter joy and not pain around us.
Emerson.
USED EORSE-WHI1
MAYOR PARKER OF TOPEK/
FEELS THE LASH.
In hin Office Protege of Mr'
Carrie NationicliU ICnu hide Fall
*
uro to suppri * Joints ller
Othr lo Come.
Topeka , Kas. , March 25. MIsf
Rlanhe Boise , a protege of Mrs. Na
tion's Parkei
, huise-xUiipprd Mayor
in his otlice , at the city building , at
9 o'clock.
Three time she lashed the mayor ,
and then he sprang at her. gripped
h r by the thmat. choked her. tooh
the whip out of her bauds and pushed
her into the hall.
As Miss Boise was thrust out bj
Mayor Parker she exclnimed :
" 'thank God , I've d-me it. I've
horse-whipped you , and now I'm
going to iiorse-whip the governor. "
Before beginning her horse-whip
ping Miss Boise gave the mayor a se
vere scolding , and accu.-ed him ol
being responsible for the lact that
the joints are running openly in To-
epka , and for the murder which was
recently committed in a local saloon.
She then pulled the horsewhip from
the folds of her dress and struck the
mayor three times across the bead
and shoulders.
Miss Boise is a nirse by profession.
She is about.thirty-n've jears of age
am ! is quite a handsome woman.
When seen by the reporters after
the affair Mayor Paiker refused tc
discuss it. The woman who whipped
him talked freely. She saiu :
"I was in sympathy with Mrs. Na
tion , but did not take part in her
raids. . I have come to the conclu
sion that the only way to make pub
lic officers enforce the temperance
laws is to horsewhip them. I have
an organization behind me ande
have whips for Governor Stanley and
Jddge ilazen. I will wait and see
h w this dose acts on Mayor Parker
before I repeat it. I think it is a
good
Boy Kill * Farmer.
Beatrice , Neb. , March 25. George
Kucera , a well known Bohemian
farmer , wbose/home is nearClatoni ; ,
was shot and killed today by George
Herzoc a lad eighteen years old. The
Saline county coroner was called to
the scene of trouble and hearing that
the place was in this couuty tele
phoned to Coroner Walden , who ,
with Constable Leary , started for the
place late thic afternoon.
Reports of thj affair received here
are very me.igre and relate the trag
edy as fullows :
George and Will Her/oc brothers
had occasion to visit Kncera's place.
On their arrival it is said Kucera be
came abusive , h'naly shouting and
badly wounding Will Herzoc. The
boy fell to the ground and crazy with
fear and pain tried to roll out of
range. George Herzoc tried to re
monstrate with Kucera , when the
latter it is claimed became more vio
lent , and when the buy thought his
life was in danger , he pulled out a
revolver and shot Kuceri through
the head , killing him it st ntly.
ihe parties are all Bohe uians. It
is said Kucera has for mouths ter
rorized the whole country and that
he was subject to extreme violence
ol temper. His actions , it is report
ed , nave been such that he has been
considered insane by many. It is
reported tonight that young WilJ
Herzoc is likely to die.
Billwood HUB New Sensation.
David City , Neb. , March 25. The
village of Bell wood had just com
menced to assume her usual quietude
from the excitement of the failure ol
Hie riaiic vaticy State bank when
another sensation was sprung that it
causing considerable excitement.
Yesterday Sheriff WesD went to Bell-
wood armed with a warrant for Wil-
lima Seiffe who is charged with un
lawfully living with Miss Nellie En-
geart under promise of marriage.
The sheriff returned with his pris
oner last night and he now occupies
EI cell in the county jail. Seiffe is a
man about forty years of age while
Miss Enguart Is twenty years his
junior. It is charged that he suc
ceeded in getting the mother of the
girl to give him a deed to some lots
in Bellwood. Seiffe is from Omaha , i
where it is alleged he has a wife and
bwo or three children. Miss Engeart
appeared on the scene this morning
ifid claims that she and Seiffe are
married , but does not state when
and where they were married. Seiffe
was arraigned in county court today
ind pleaded not guilty. The pre
liminary bearing will be held somi
time this week.
Alabama Negro Ly
Troy , Ala. , March 25. Bill Zeigltr ,
l negro charged with an assault on I
little white girl , was lynched seei
miles below this place.
At a preliminary hearing the negro
was bound over to the grand Jury.
Foe sheriff started to town with tbt
prisoner but was overpowered by the
nob. The coroner's jury rendered
rerdict that tbe negro came to bU
leath at tbt bands of unknown pt
ions. . . . . . . . ,
KILLED 13 Y A MOB
NEGRO REPORTED LYNCHED AT
LA JUNTA , COLO.
Amnlt > d an AK ' - I Woman Porter on
Train and Inveigled Her Awny Identi
fied liy HlH Victim Positive Aanuranca
lie is the Guilty One.
La Junta , Colo. , "March 26. Mrs.
Henrietta H. Miller , a gray-haired
woman , aged sixty-seven , yoing from
Los Angeles , Gal. , to Denver , to
visit relatives , was brutally assautled
In the Santa Pe rairoad yards here
last night by a negro porter on a
Pullman car running between Denver
and La Junta.
After leaving the Chicago limited
train here Mrs. Miller asked a porter
whom she met on the station plat
form where the Denver sleeper was.
The man offered to conduct her to
the car. After going with him a
considerable distance Mrs. Miller be
came suspicion and started to return
to the station. She was then knocked
down by a blow on the head and
after a struggle with her assailant
was choked into insensibility. When
she regained consciousness , about an
hour later , she crawled back to the
station and gave an account of the
assault and a description of her as
sailant.
Washington H. Wallace , a Pullman
car porter , who runs between Den
ver and this city , was arrested in the
car of which he had charge.
He was identified by Mrs. Miller.
Bloodhounds were brought from can
yon City and they trailed the man
who accompanied Mrs. Miller through
the yards to the car in which Wal
lace was found.
Eight assaults have occurred in the
past few months and it is believed
that all were committed by one man.
Mrs. Miller's condition is critical.
Denver , Colo. , March 26. News
cnmes from La Junta that Wallace
was lynched by a mob shortly aftei
8 o'clock.
Thirteen Trustful Women.
St. Joseph , Mo. , March 26. Chris
tian C. Nelson , railroad contractor
and horseman , alleged to have thir
teen wives , is in jail here on the
charge of bigamy , having just been
brought in from San Antonio , Tex. ,
where he was arrested a few days
ago. Nelson will be tried in St. Jos
eph because the woman most active
In his prosecution was married to
him in this city last September.
This bridevwas Mrs. Mary A. Parker ,
of Plattsbury , Mo.
Nelson admits having three wives ,
but says the other ten are myths.
He is said to be wanted for bigamy
In Chicago , San Francisco , Des
Moines , New York , St. P.iul , Sum-
ter , S. C. , and Con way. Ark.
His pielimimry trial will be held
here befrre the same justice of tho
peace who solemnized his marriage
with Mrs. Parker in September.
Fort Scott , ICas. , March 26. Mrs.
\ . F. Melburn , the most recent wife
of Nelson , Lhe alleged bigamist who
w.s arrested in Sin Antonio recently
while on his wedrling trip , with her ,
Just returned from San Antonio , and
is prostrated. Her family has given
out a statement declaring that she
would prosecute Nelson if the Mis
souri authorities release him.
Des Moines , la. , March 26. Mrs.
Dorothy Harvey , residing in Lake
P < irk this city , proves to be one of
the alleged thirteen wives of Chris
tian C. Nelson , who is now under ar
rest at St. Joseph on a charge of big
amy. Nelson woed and won her just
a year ago. She was a widow forty-
five years old. Nelson represented to
her that he was a wealthy horseman
and desired to take her to his big
stock farm in the east. To accdm-
modate him she sold her home ,
worth $3,000 , for half this sum , and
entrusted the money to him. He de
parted ostensibly to buy a span of
hprses and was never again beard
from.
Taken Down With Smallpox.
Harvard , Neb. , March 26. C. C.
Kenyon , keeper of a restaurant and
confectionery store , was adjudged by
the board of health last Friday even-
Ing to be coming down with small
pox and his place was closed and
quarantined. The case developed in
to a severe one , and the patient was
removed to the pest house last even-
Ing. Extra precautions have been
taken to prevent spread of the dis
ease and it is confidently believed
there havexbeen no exposures except
in the family of the patient as he
was in an upper room of the building
during bis sickness and until re
moved.
Accomplice of Ccolgosz.
Baraboo , Wis. , March 26. Jacob
jteinman , who was taken to Waupon
Saturday for burglary , confessed to
Sheriff Stackhouse that he was an
anarchist and was present at the
lodge meeting when Czolgosz was se
lected to assassinate President Mc-
Kinley and that he was the person
who tied the handkerchief over the
hand of Czolgosz just before the
Ihnoting. He further said that a
well known woman waa oat of the
principal Instigators.
LYNCHED BY
CASPER WYO. , AVENGERS RE
SENTED DELAY OF LAW
HANG A1URDERER WOODWARD
CTIL.IZE SCAFFOLD BUILT FOB HIS
EXECUTION.
A\EN DO DEED
Stay GinnN'd r y Supremo Court SnppoHP l
to Have Prompts ! l.ynuliing ; . Doomed
Man Jrayn for s
Casper , Wyo , . March 29. Charles
Woodward , the desperado who mur
dered Sheriir Ricker last January
vts lynched by a mob oF twenty-four
men at an early hour this murninjj.
The scaffold which had been built ft r
h legal execution of Woodward was
utilized by the lynchcrs.
The men , who were masked , bur
orderly , went to the couuty jul ; ,
overpowered Sheriff Tubbs , secure *
t IP keys and led Woodward from his
c-ll In his night clothes and hannd
Dim. The lynchers made no noi c
and prevented'the prisoner from cr\-
ing out by tying a piece of cloth over
his mouth. The men wore handker
chiefs over their faces and not one
Wis recfiyimed by hheriff Tubbs or
the jail r.
On the way to the gallows Wood
ward implored the men to let him go
and not choke him. Reaching the
scaffold the rope was quickly and se
curely fastened to the beam over
head and the noose placed about tbe
murderer's neck.
While this was being done Wood
ward talked rapidly , saying as near
as could be heard :
"Boys , let me kneel and pray for
you. I want to pi ay for you all. '
As the noose was tightened about
the throat Woodward said :
"To my blessed little wife. I love
her dearly. Won't you tell her that ,
hoys ? I Djfl that you have the pa-
p TS print it. God forgive me for my
sins. I pray for myself and I pray
for Charlie Ricker. I never had any
grudge against him in God's world. "
Whenlisked why he shot Ricker ,
Woodward conrinued :
"I never me nt to shoot him then.
Don't choke me , boys. "
As the nonse began to tighten
about the condemned man's neck and
choked off his breath , he said :
"For God's sake , you are choking
me to death. God have mercy on me
and my dear little wi.fe. Please don't
choke me , boys , for I didn't mean to
kill Charlie Ricker. Lord have mercy
on me. Oh ! "
Just then some one pushed Wor d-
ward onto the trap and the rope
tightened. Wondwrlpave ; a leap
before the trap could be sprung and
he fell off the gallows , hanging him
self.
*
It was a sic'en ing sight and one
that will never be forgotten by the
two doxen men who witnessed the
execution. Woodward's bare legs
sciaped along the rough edge of the
pine board scaffold and the body com
menced to writhe and a gurgling
sound could be heard coming from
Woodward's throat.
Some one in the crowd seized the
two bare feet and gave them a jerk ,
then pulled the body as far away
from the gallovs as the length of the
rope would permit and let it swing
back against tfie framework , which
the now almost lifeless form struck
with a thud that sent a chill down
the backs of the spectators.
The crowd stood and watched the
wiithing form and when the muscles
had ceased to twitch some une pinned
a card bearing these words to the
night shirt :
"Process of law is a little slow , so
this is the road you'll have to go.
Murderers and thieves , beware.
People's verdict. "
The leader of the lynchers gave
orders to disperse and each man went
his way , one of their number releas
ing Sheriff Tubbs and the jailer.
It was several hours bef'ire the
news spread that Woodward had been j
hanged and then the people left their
eds to see the body. Woodward was
cut down and the body was removed
bo the city hall , where the flannel
was taken out of his mouth and the
r pe cut from his neck. A coroner's
jury was impaneled at daylight.
It had been the day set for Wood
ward's legal execution under convic-
bion reached and sentence imposed
by the district court several weeks
ago , but early in the week his at
torneys took the case on a writ of
rror to the supreme court and a stay
Df execution was granted.
An Kx'xlnn Fro ti London
London , March 2P. King Edward ,
with scores of thoust nds of other
Easter holiday makers , left London
Lhis afternoon. His majesty will em-
Dark on the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert at Portsmouth and spend a
few days at Cowes. Thence he will
jo for a week's cruise off the coasts.
There was an extraordinary exodus
bo the continent Several extra trains
had to be requisitioned to parry the
holiday crowds.
NEBRASKA NOTES
Carroll is to be provided witb ex
cellent lire fighting equipment.
" A company for the culture of sugar
beets has been formed at Valparaiso.
A national bank' with $300 capital
stock has been organized at Tecum-
seh.
Miss Rebecca Watson , of Lincoln , .
will leave the first of the week for
Tacoma , Wash. , returning to her
work as a u.issiouary in Tokio ,
Japan.
The Table Rock Business Men's
Commercial club is a reality , its per
manent organiz-itiun having bcem
effected by the election of the offi
cers.
iJon. George W. Lowley , one of the
ea , .y settlers of Seward county , ancT
a lawyer of state-wide reputation ,
died at his lnnne in Serwrd from aa
attack of pneumonia , after an illness
cf less than a week.
Clifford McDonald , an emlpo3C of
an incubator factory at Clay Center ,
wis caught in the belting and drawn
ver a pulley twice. His right arm
w is broken in two places aud he was
otherwise bruised.
Mrs. Catherine Sohl was caught
while driving over the Union Pacific
crossing near Papillion by freight
No. 2G. The rig wa1demolished. .
Mrs. Sohl was instant killed and
the horse was almost nsmeuibered. .
Mayor Tom E. Parmele hw just
received fiom the M.dland Hrirfge
co upany of Kansas City , the plans
and specifications for a new pontcon
bridge to be built across the Missouri
river at I'lattsmouth.
The report of Inspector Werten-
bakcr of the United States army and
navy hospital corps , states htat small
pox will decrease steadily in Nebr.is-
k-i until next August , but that an
other epidemic will occur unless more
rigid precautions are taken.
Edna , the nine-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hall , residinf
a few miles norti-east of Elm Creelc ,
was bitten upon the ankle by a rat
tlesnake while returning home from
school. She was cutting across the
country and was bitten before bein
awate of the reptile's presence.
That Tecumseh will have a Chau-
tauqua is jow assured. Hon. John
Dundas , manager of the Auburn
Chautauqua and editor of the
Granger in that city , has completed
negtiations for the holding of an as
sembly , and the 1JK32 dates have been
selected as July 12 Lo 20.
The Beatrice city council has passed
a resolution pledging itself to raise
$2.000 annually by taxation of a'l ' tax
able piopeity in the city for the sup
port of a fiee public library provided
Andrew Carnegie makes good his
offer to donate $20,000 for a new-
building.
Clyde Olmsted of Emerson is dead
from iujurus received while riding
on a freight train. The boy was rid
ing ou the rods of a freight train
while it uas moving slowly and he
was reaching clown an I picking up
bits or coal from the track when a
niltte guard caught him and he was
t irown under the train.
John Riley , Genrge Lytle and
Charles Adams , arrested for burglary
of a jewelry store in Dannebrotr , had
their preliminary examination be
fore Couuty Judge Smith and were
discharged by ihe court , but im
mediately re-arrested by the sheriff
of Jefferson county on a chaige of
grand larceny to the extent of 890 ,
commit' el at Fairhury lately.
An orlinmec has been introduced
in Lincoln providing that of every
$1500 , saloon license money paid to
the city , $400 be given the city and
the remainder the schools. It is the
intention to expend > the $400 for nevf
water mains. The effort to pass the
ordinance under suspension of the
rules failed , and it will now come up
in its regular order
An old woman named Gustine
Rahn , who is deaf and dumb , was
taken to Fremont from Hooper a few
days ago by a member of the county
board of supervisors and she has been
cared for at the county jail. Tbe
authorities looked into the case and
found that her relatives were able to
support her. They were notified
that they would be expected to care
for her and she has since been taken
hack home by her brother-in-law.
Tbe old lady , in addition to her in
ability to hear and converse , is a
cripple. She told persons at the jail
by means of signs that she bad been
subjected to bad treatment by her
relatives and showed tbe marks of
blows she ha'd received.
The county health board at Har
vard quarantined three more fami
lies on account of smallpox. E. J.
Stone , four and one half miles south
westerly , in Lyon , whose youngest
daughter is down ; Alfred Erickson ,
three and one-half miles southwester
ly. himself and daughter being down ;
W. H. Bates , four miles south , his
son Frank being down.
An engineer and signal corps
branch of the national guard ba
been formed at Fremont.