QUEER NAMES.
APPELLATIONS SOME CHILDREN
MUST STRUGGLE UNDER.
Caprice of Purcnta Una Saddled Very
J Odd Cognomcna Upon Innocent Off-
eprlziK A Child Named "Air and
-Graces" Only Recently Christened.
f
; Tbe most curious name perbaps ever
bestowed upon u girl is tbat of Airs
nd Graces. She is now about four
fears old , her name being registered at
i Somerset House , London , in 1898 ,
> when she was baptized. "What she
will think of these cogomens when sBe
arrives sit maturity is difficult to im
agine. Her sister's name Is equally
'onique Nun Nicer. When Airs and
. . Graces and Nun Nicer arrive at the
age of maturity at lea.si one of them
should marry a youth whose Christian
name compares favorably for exam
ple. Acts .of the Apostles. This is a
tiame found ou an English parish reg
ister : Aetsapostle , sou of Thomas Tiucl
Elizabeth Pegden , was baptized Aug.
, , 1795. Again this .name figures in
'records in 1833 , when Acts of the
Apostles , son of Richard and Phebe
Kennutr , was baptized. This name ,
curious as it is , is preferable to What ,
T > r Dum Spiro Spero names with
which children ' > ive been handicapped.
. It was a puu-iocic American who be
stowed upon her young hopeful the
{ name of Declaration of Independence.
JThe most warlike name ou record Is
ihat of RobertAlma Balaclava Inker-
man Sebastoj'Ol Delhi Dugdale , who
8s an English innkeeper's sou ; a sim
ilar miiiit > is IHchard Coeur de Liou
Tyler Walter Hill.
About 100 years ago a snowstorm In
' ' "Western Peniylvnuia set in the Isl
Bf March ; there were many weeks of
Bleighing , traditional for years for the
length of tinu > .t lasted. What did a
Mr. Smith dovho happened to have
ft boy born n'.uuit this time but name
3iim'Seven Wocks Sleighing in March.
He usually wont by the name of
Weeks. His initials were all written
out S. W. S. 1. M. Smith.
Parents of Urge families need no
assurance that the advent of another
child is not always ns welcome In fact
as in theory , but It is scarcely kind to
make the child bear a token of dis
approval all its life. It must be rather
terrible to go through life , for example
as Not Wanted James , What Another ,
Only Fancy William Brown , or even
s Last of 'Em Harper , or Still An-
ftther Hewitt. And yet all these are
fiames which the foolish caprice of
parcutfclias imposed on innocent chil
dren.
About 500 years ago , it Is said , more
4han half the men were named eithor
JTohn or William. In the thirteenth
century William was the commonest
siame ; in the next century John took
the lead , while Thomas , Richard and
Robert the next most common names.
Among old surnames are Jumps ,
April , Marriage , Every Ink , Pink Ink ,
Hogsett and Cheese. Any one of these ,
however. Is a more cheerful name than
Pine Coffin , which is English , and very
proud the Pine Coffins are said to be of
their name. An American lady spend
ing some time in Devonshire , England ,
tnet at an afternoon tea Mr. Pine Cof
fin , Mr. Deith ( pronounced death ) , and
Miss Graves. 3Ir. Deith could have
twisted his name In some way , but he
did not , and Avas much offended if it
"were given any other pronunciation
than Death. St Louis Globe-Demo
crat
ABOUT THE JAPAN CURRENT.
Siwo Piles Great Quantities of
Driftwood on Alaska's Shores.
In one sense , tlie kuro siwo , or Japan
current , is tbe most interesting in the
world , because many oceanographers
believe it was the direct means of
peopling America. THis much , at least ,
4s certain : If a boat were to be set
( .drift on parts of the Asiatic coast nnd
survived all storms , the Japan current
jould be depended upon to carry it
jtcross tbe Pacific and deposit it on tbe
American sbore. Such a thing hap
pened almoct within the memory of
man. In 1832 nine Japanese fisher
men were left derelict and unable to
find their way back to the sbore. They
ent with tbe current , and fitter a
Arift lasting several months they were
carried to Hawaii.
Trees , torn , by storms from tbe banks
of Asiatic rivers , frequently float
across the Pacific on the American
coast. Between Kakatag and Kyak
islands , about 1,200 miles northwest
of Seattle , enormous piles of this drift
wood cover tbe beaches. There can be
QO question of tbe Asiatic origin of tbe
timber. They are tbe trunks of the
camphor tree , tbe mango and the ma
hogany. Logs 1530 feet long and eight ,
feet in diameter are frequently found.
Many of tbem are seen floating shore
ward , with fantastic roots standing
high above the waves. In places the
logs are piled twenty feet high. They
are generally without bark , which has
been peeled off by the waves , and most
fit tbem have become white and heavy
from impregnation with salt water. As
they pile up , tbe sands drift over tbem
and gradually they sink out of sight ,
and new benches are formed. This
process has been going on for ages ,
and the sbore line is being steadily ex
tended. Excavations along tbe beach
ebow that the texture of the buried
timber gets harder and harder tbe fur
ther in you go , until in some instances
petrifaction has taken place. Other
excavations sbow logs tbat have
turned to coal.
The presence of Siberian driftwood
on the shores of Greenland , says a
writer In Ainslie's , convinced Nansen
that his Idea of drifting acroia the
Polar ben. in the Train was logical.
Great quantities of the wood are an-
nuully cast on the coasts of Spitzber-
gen and Novaya Zemblya , and there
are tribes of Greenland Eskimos who
depend for sledge runners and other
wooden implements on the drift from
Siberian forests. For years they de
pended for Iron Implements on the
hoops of casks which came to them
over seas.
THE OTHER SIDE.
\ .
Snap Judgments Do Not Always Do
Justice to Character.
We often comment on the act of gen
erosity that was not done ; but we may
not know the act of greater generosity
that was done ; the greater sacrifice
that forbade the lesser. , In his "Essays
of an Optimist , " John William Kaye
tells of an Incident which happened
when he was a boy at school , and il
lustrates well the advisability of not
judging too quickly as to generosity or
the lack of it.
Our senior usher It was a large pri
vate school was a liberal , open-hand
ed follow ; he dressed well , and sub
scribed handsomely to the cricket club.
But the second usher was an Intoler
able screw. His conduct appeared as
shabby as his coat. Of course our no
tion was that he was by nature a skin
flint , and that he had hoards of gold.
He was a man otherwise of a kindly
nature and a harmless way of life , so
we despised rather than hated him.
But it came out afterward that he had
an aged mother nud two sisters , rely
ing solely for thc-ir maintenance on his
scanty earnings.
The saddest thing of all was I know
nothing sadder in history that con
templating , at the end of one-half year ,
a pleasant surprise for these poor peo
ple , he walked home , a hundred miles ,
under a June sun , and appeared unex
pectedly among them one sultry even
ing , only to tinfl that all three were
hopelessly drunk.
Next half we had a new usher , and
for a little space there was a belief
among us that the poor fellow had
saved money enough to start a school
of his own ; but the truth as I have told
It oozed out , with this pathetic addi
tion , that he had gone hopelessly mad.
We were then very much grieved at
the rash judgments that we had pass
ed , and got up a subscription , the larg
est ever known in the school , which
kept him in comfort until he died. In
tliis instance It was a point of honor
and conscience with us all to make
sacrifice of self and deny ourselves for
the benefit of the man we had wronged ;
and I am sure , let alone the satisfaction
of such an atonement , that the lesson
we hail all learned was worth the mon
ey ten times told.
THE WRONG LETTER.
A Note of Introduction tbat Went
Sadly Astray.
Letters of Introduction are not invari
ably serviceable. For one reason , they
may be too frank. Harry Furniss , in
his "Confessions of a Caricaturist , "
says that when a brother artist was
setting forth on his travels in foreign
climes , he was provided with a letter of
Introduction to a certain British consul.
The writer of the letter enclosed It In
one to the artist , saying that he would
find the consul a most arrant snob , a
bumptious , arrogant humbug , a cad to
the backbone. Still , he would probably
offer some courtesies to any one who
had a good social standing , and thus
compensate the traveler for having to
come in contact with such an insuffer
able vulgarian.
On the return of the artist to Eng
land , the writer of the letters asked
how he had fared with the consul.
"Well , my dear fellow , " drawled the
artist , "he did not receive me very
warmly , and he did not ask me to din
ner. In fact , be struck me as
rather cool. "
"Well , you do surprise me , " rejoined
his friend. "He's a cad , as I told you
in my letter , but he's very hospitable ,
and I really can't understand this state
of things. You gave him my letter of
introduction ? "
"Why , I thought so ; but , do you
know , on my journey home I discov
ered it In my pocketbook. So I must
have handed to him instead your note
to me about him ! "
The explanation was quite adequate
A Belated Discovery.
Mrs. Norton came home from a call
one day In such a disturbed condition
that it was evident that tears were not
far In the background. She lost no
time in beginning her explanation.
"John , " she said to her husband , " 1
am so mortified I don't know what to
dc ! "
"What is the matter , Joanna ? " asked
Mr. Norton. '
"I have just been calling on Mrs. Pev-
erlll. You know her husband , Major
Peverilir
"Yes. "
"Well , I just learned to-day that "Ma
jor" isn't his title at all. 'Major' is lib
first name. "
"Why , certainly. I've always known
that. What Is there so mortifying
about it ? "
"Nothing , " said Mrs. Norton , with a
groan , "only that I've been calling him
'Major' every time I've met him for
the last ten years ! "
Presence of Mind.
"I think it was the most touching
play I ever saw , yet there sat Maud
Garlinghorn as dry-eyed as could be. "
"Because she knew she would have
to be dry-cheeked when she came out
under the glare of the electric light.-
Chicago Tribune.
*
Judging Her Motive.
"Did you notice how Mrs. Flopper
dresses to kill lately T
"Well , no wonder. Her husband re
cently had his life Insured for $10,000. "
-Philadelphia Bulletin.N
CAUGHT IN STALK CUTTER.
CABS COUNTY FARMER 18 FEAKFUIX1
MA.fiuI.KI > .
Elmwood , Neb. , April 16. George
H. Stoehr a young farmer Jiving two
miles north and one-half east of Elm-
wood was terribly mangled in a stalk
cutter late yesterday aternoon. He
fell to the ground in front of the
machine , which ran over him. He
became unacoscious and when he
returned to a realization of things he
was tangled up in the knives and the
only way he could get out was to re
move one of the wheels , and lift the
knives off his body. This he did
putting the wheel back on , climbing ,
on the machine and driving some
distance to the house when a
neighbor went for a physician.
The physician , upon examination
found his left leg broken below the
knee , the larere bone being fractured ,
and bis face was chopped in a terri
ble manner , over forty stitches being
required to close the wounds. The
team did not run away , but bis face
looked as though they had moved
back and forth as over a dozen
gashes , running in all directions
are cut clear to the skull on his fore
head. How he ever managed to get
out from under the cutter and get
to the bouse seems a mystery. He
is a renter and the accident will go
quite hard with him , keeping him
from spring work for six or eighr
weeks.
NOT HIS FIRST ATTEMPT.
Snicide at .Teciims h Made a previous At
tempt.
Tecumseh , Neb. , April 16. Levi
Young the old colored gentleman
who committed suicide here yester
day by shooting himself made a
previous effort at self-destruction six
weeks ago. At that time he was
found in tears at his lunch couirtag
by Bert Eeason. Young told Mr.
Reason that poor business and the
use of liquor had made him tired of
this life and that he was about to
end it. Calling a boy he sent over to
the "ole woman" at his home south
of the railroad , for his reevolver.
The boy went for the weapon , but
Reason intercepted him on his way
back and emptied the chambers of
the revolver. He then returned to
Mr. Young's business place to watch
developments. Young took the re
volver from the boy and , bidding
Mr. Reason and the lad goodbye ,
placed the muzzle of the weapon to
nis head and snapped it several
times : Finding his effort at suicide
futile , Young was cheered up by Mr.
Reason to that extent that be agreed ,
that an act of the kind would be
very unwise. The. old gentleman's
funeral was held at the home at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon , con
ducted by Rev. T. D. Davis. Inter
ment was made in the Tecumseh
cemetery.
ATTEMPT TO KOB A BANK.
Cracksmen Visit Mil'ijjttii , But Almtid
Job Without Reward.
Geneva , Neb. , April 16.An effort
tvas made last night to crack the
vault in the Farmers1 State bank of
Milligan. The vault door was twist- '
ed and damaged , but could not be
opened. Then the robbers tried to
break through the wall , and failing
again gave the job up and stealing '
a Kansas City & Omaha hand car,1
left , going northwest.
Boy Stabbed by Schoolmate.
Long Pine , Neb. , April16. . Guy
Given , the oldest son of John Given
was stabbed in the back and spinal
column by Charlie Castle son of J.
C. Castle hardware merchant , on
their return from school last night.
The Given boy is lying at his home ' >
in a critical condition. Castle's SOD ,
has not been arrested yet. Both
boys are under fifteen years of age.
Boy Accidentally Shot ,
Kimball Neb. April 16. Charley
Sprague , aged about sixteen , was ac
cidentally shot yesterday while he
and a c impanion were out hunting.
The ball a 22-calibere. entered bis
hip and lodged In the flesh four
inches below , making an ugly and
painful wound.
Attacked by Yiciou Horse.
Tecumseh , Neb. , April 16. Lewis
Hunt , a liveryman here , was
knocked down in a stall by a vicious
horse and tne animal bit off about
half ? " one of his ears.
' Strike Ended.
Hartford. Conn. , April 16. Phe
orewers strike was ended tonight
when the owners and men came to
in agreementThe men will return
to worktomorrow morning. The
terms of the agreement were not
made public.
Duel With Butcher Knivei.
Chicago April 16. A savage duel
with eighteen-inch butcher knives
ivhich will probably be followed by
iwo deaths took place in the kitchen
) f the Union League club tonight.
Che principals were Emil Colton ,
jutcher , and Jules Kuntes , chef.
Chey cut and slashed furiously until
joth fell from loss of blood. Col-
ion's left hand was almost cut on * at
its wrist and Quotes' received four
ffounds wh'ch severed eight arteries
ila skull also being fractured.
DEATH IS HIS DUE
i
DODGE COUNTY DEMANDS THAT
MURDERER RHEA HANG *
UNFIT SUBJECT FOR MERCY
i
CALLS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT PC-
TILE IF HE ESCAPE * .
SHERIFF WRITES GOVERNOR
Strongly Protests in Behalf of People
Again t Communication Kecltal of
the Crime , Trial and Sentence.
Fremont , Neb. , Arpil 18. The fol
lowing letter written by Sheriff J.
M. Kreader of Dodge county , was
mailed to Governor Savage this af-
fcernoon. It is an emphatic protest
against the commuting of William
Ehea's death sentence to Imprison
ment for life , and is expressive of
the feeling of practically the entire
population of the cifey and county.
It reads :
Fremont , Neb. , April. 18 , 1902
Don. Ezra P. Savage , Governor of
the State of Nebraska Your Excell
ency : William Rhea , alias Hamil
ton alias Klein , now under sentence
of death to be executed April 25 , as
I am informed has made application
for executive clemency. The county
attorney of this county is , by resaon
of sickness , unable to represent the
county and has not been since last
September. The case is such that ,
as an officer of the county and con
cerned in its reputation as a law-
ubiding county ( no lynching having
ever occurred within it ) , and know
ing the facts and having made the
arrest and been present throughout
the . trial of Rhea and his associates
In crime , I deem it my dutyto bring
thus directly to your attention the
real nature and circumstances of the
crime and trials , which I would
leave to tho county attorney were he
able to prepare a statement or to call
ipon you.
KEC1TAL OF THE CRI31K.
I will first gh'e you a brief state
ment of th crime as it i s shown by
absolutely uncontradicted evidence
of persons who were present and saw
it , and for whose integrity I , as an
officer , and from intimate knowledge
and acquaintance with the neigbbor-
bood and transaction and the men
unhesitatingly vouch.
On the day of the homicide Kbea ,
with two companions , started across
the country from a place near Crowell
to the village of Snyder. At this
place near Crowell he had stayed for
some days before this day. This
place I know to have been the ren
dezvous of criminals , such as bu/g-
lars , thieves , robbers , etc. I know
this from investigations made from
lases previous to this homicide. It
was than kept by the Williams wo
man , whose husband , with bis asso
ciates" , went from this place shortly
before this tragedy to Antelope
uounty on a tour of depredation and
crime and were there caught and
sentenced to the penitentiary
are now there confined. TtTs char
acter of the pi ice is known by many
citizensvand the officers. It is--from
this place tbat he started and it is
to this place that he returned after
his crime.
He went to Snyder and with bis
: ompanions hung about the village
until near 9 o'clock in the evening.
He had been In the two saloons , but
was not intoxicated nor under the
Influence of liquor during the after
noon and evening , so far as was dis
posed by the evidence. He bad not
3runk intoxicating liquor of any des
cription , except beer , and only three
passes of that , during the whole
> tay. _ Sojar as this dirpct testimony
is concerned It is fully borne out by
jhe acts and exertion put forth by
Rhea following the tragedy.
THINKS ROBBERY WAS MOTIVE.
Having thus familiarized himself
iy lounging about the saloons , with
] heir probable conditions , means of
ittack , , escape and the contents so
'ar as valuable things , the contents
) f the cash register which during
: he business operations was being
jpened and clcsed in sight of the
people in the saloon he went out
, vitb his companions and then for
: he purpose of robbery be finally
ibout 9 o'clock made his last entry
nto the saloon.
The attack was made with drawn
revolvers by JRbea and Gardner en-
iering this saloon and ordering the
people to hold up their hands. This
, vas complied with , and Mr. Zahn ,
; .he proprietor , sitting at a table
ibout the middle of the room , and
jnarmed , arose and holding up his
lands ( empty hands ) in an expostu-
ating manner said : "No shooting
icre , don't shoot in here. "
Fortune For Academy.
New Tork , April 18. By the death
jf Mrs. Henrietta A. Webb , widow
) f William H. Webb , foremost of
; he ante-bellum shipbuilders and
'ounders of the Webb academy and
iome for shipbuilders , the Herald
iuys the bulk of the great fortune
imassed by Mr. Webb will go to the
icademy and home , which bears his
iame , and is located at Kingsbridge ,
n Bronx borough.
QUtEN. HAS TYPHOID FEVER.
DOCTOKS AGREK'ON THE AIRMEN
OF 1LHELMINA. .
The Hague , April 19. An official
bulletin was issued this morning
from Castle Loo stating that Queen
Wilhelmina passed a faiily quie
night. Her fever continues.
The alarming fever which compli
cated the queen's condition is now
officially admitted to be typhoid. A
special edition of the Official Journa
this morning publishes the doctors
tatement , as follows :
"The supposition , entertained by
the queen's physicians since the com-
mencemeot of her majesty's illness ,
bas become a certainty. It is now
established that the queen is suffer
ing from typhoid fever. Up to the
present time the malady has run its
ordinary course. "
Berlin , April 1. The Cologne Ga
zette today revives the report of the
double convocation of the Dutch
tate general * assembly in order to
establish "a regency in Holland , on
account of Queen Wilhelmina's ill
ness.
SPINAL CORD WAS SEVERED.
Helena , Mont , Mwn , Neverthelesa , COB.
fume * to Live.
Helena , Mont. , April 19. Four
physicians who were called in con
sultation last night in the case of
Thomas Crystal , who was shot last
Friday by J. S. Keerl , former presi
dent of the Montana engineers' soci
ety , are unanimous in their finding
that Crystal's spinal cord was com
pletely severed by a bullet , an injury
hat usually causes instant death.
The physicians declare that it is a
most remarkable case. It was agreed
that an operation would be useless
as well as extremely dangerous.
Aside from this very serious injury
Crystal's condition is not dangerous.
His temperature and pulse are not
normal , but neither indicates tbat
there is danger of'deatb in the near
future.
I > KWEY INVI TED TO DENVER.
" \Vui.ted as Gaent at ISunquet In Honor of
FuiiHton. |
Denver , Col. , April 19 . Admiral'
Dewey has been invited to come to
Denver and be a guest of honor at a
banquet which the First regiment ,
Colorado national guards , will give
to Gen. Frederick Funston , com
mander of the department of Col
orado , at the Windsor hotel on May
1 , the.anniversary of the battle of
Manila bay.
The invitation was sent to Ad
miral Dewey yesterday by Colonel
Verdeckberg of the ; Ffrst regiment
and Captain Elison of Company E ,
both of whom are on the committee" "
which has charge of the banquet and )
reception.
Letters have been written the Col
orado representatives in Washington
requesting them to call upon Ad
miral Dewey and urge him to
the invitation.
GREAT KA.UL FOR ISURGLARS.
Threa Daring Kohber e Committed at
Peona.
Peoria , 111. , Apri l9. Professional
burglars _ accmplished three of the
most daring robberies ever known in
the state of Illinois , when the resi
dences of Flavel Shurleff. George H.
Littlewood and Dr. Geoige T. Gray
were entered between 3 and 4 o'clock
land upwards of $2,000 in money and
jeweJry was taken.
The two latter burglaries were
committed after the police had been
notified and were in the near vicinity
Qf the first.
While going through the house of
Shurleff and Littlewood , the burglars1
were discovered , but kept their vic-i
bims at bay with revolvers and
talked to them.
Mr. Littlewood Is troubled with
heart disease and one of the robbers
brought him a drink of Hmt0.r while
the other watched with a revolver.
As the burglars were leaving the
3ray residence , Dr. Gray fired sever
al shots at them. Mrs. Shurleff also
fired several shots in the air to hurry
their departure.
Union Painter * are Idle
Joliet , 111. , April 19. A majority
Df the union painters of Joliet are
idle."consequent upou the refusal of
jhe employers to sign the woking
rules of the union. No question of
lours or wages is involved. It is
Delieved the trouble will be adjusted
without serious results.
Judge Orders a NVw Trial.
Atlanta , Ga. , April 19. Because
Mrs. Molly Eady Duncan , on trial
for the murder of her husband , be
came hysterical and her screams had
reached the ear ' f the jury after
they retired Judge Chandler in the
criminal court today ordered a
mistrial in the case , saying the oc-
jurrance affected him and must
certainly have affected the jury.
Shoots His Brother Dead.
Detroit , Mich. , April 19. Edwaro
Hawley. aged forty-one years , was
; hot and instantly killed by his
prother. James Hawley , aged sixty ,
in their saloon tonight. Edward ,
James and Luke Hawley are well
icno-.vn river men , owners of a tug
line and other vessel prjperty also
the sa loon in which the shooting oc
curred. The three brothers were en-
zaged in an argument about a vessel
just purchased , w.hen the shooting
occurred.
NEBRASKA NOTES
A colony of Dunkards will
in the vicinity of PJatte Yalley.
Fire destroyed the store of Wlttlwr
Lessmein of Goebner causing SIMl
damages.
The average salary paid
teachers in Hall county 'is MO
mouth for males and $30 a month
females.
The Nebraska A. O. U. W.
now have the largest membership i %
America , exceeding New York'mb *
over 1100.
Beatrice has complied with
conditions on which Andrew
negie promised a $20,000 library
building.
Mrs. Minnie Davis , of Omaha ,
married at the age of 13 , became a
mother a year later , a grandmother
at 28 arid is now a great-grandmottfc-
er at the age of 45.
The Salem Interstate Ghaut :
assncation will hold its eighth M-
sembly at Salem , Neb. , August V
to 17 , inclusive. Eev. Lincoln M
Conuell will be director.
Carrie Nation and Judge
of Seward , debated the question-
the advisability of equal suffrage at
the Seward opera house. The pio-
ceeds of the lecture will go to th *
library fund.
J. A. Lungren , of Plattsmoath ,
was arrested charged with the a -
sault of Julia Carson. He refused top
talk. He was boarding at the Carl
sons at the time the crime
alleged to have been committed.
During the stay of Buffalo Bill * *
show at Rushvilie there were 900 In-
ilians from the Pine Ridge agency I
town. About forty joined the show
and left amid the lamentations of
their companions. !
The S. Y. Hill farm in Riveraid *
township has been sold for 35,200 t }
Peter Berger. The farm is located
a short distance south of Beatric
and is one of the best farms in Gag *
county.
The hardware store of L. F. llot-
away , at Fremont , was broken inti
ind $50 worth of razors and revolver *
was taken. The night watchman ar
rived on the. scene but the thief e
caped.
I
The plant of the Plattsmoutn.
Journal has been purchased by 1L
A. Bates of Silver City , la. , and T.
B. Bates of Omaha. Both are prac
tical newspaper men and will assmut
control of the Journal about May 2.
A free delivery route has been or-4
tiered established at Bethany-Lan-j
caster county , Neb. , wisbr an area ol |
twenty-eight square mlies and a pop- :
illation of 425. The carrier has noli
been named. ! '
The Beatrice city council is con- *
tfdering the advisability of raising
be saloon license fee to $15,00 andt
efuslng drug store permits , aftei (
be Lincoln plan. The matter will
DC decided at the council meeting
his week.
The , Harvard Christian church
ust completed a $7,000 building , }
most of which sum was left to tot ;
ihurch by the will of Felix Grant ,
ivho died ten years ago. The church
aeld its annual reunoin last Sunday
md gave appropriate memorial ser
vices to the memory of him who
nade the church possible.
Inspector McLaugblin is looking
) ver the Omaha reservation to deter-
nine how the 3100,000 congressional
ippropriation shall be spent. Th *
igency people were badly shaken upj
jy the viistof the last inspector , andt
aave an eye open for another tre-
nor.
Shafts for coal are being sunk
ensively on the Bemmele farm , near
Fremont. A vein of ooal was dis
severed a short time ago , and this
las started operations. A vein ol
: oal was struck at a depth of 171
'eet. A short time ago tne initial
ind of coal was made in the shape
> f a ten-foot vein , at a depth of 205
'eet , while Mr. Remmele was drill-
ng a well.
The coroner's jury returned a ver-
lict in the matter of the death of
Lawrence Stulz , of Lincoln , stating
ihat the bey came to his death from
i blow given by Lewis Fairchild.
[ fairchild is a boy of14 and quar-
eled with Stulz at a ball game.
[ During the quarrel Faircbild hife
stulz with a ball bat and crushed *
lis skull. The county attorney will
> rosecute the youth. v
A man believed to be Dick Detem-
) le of Denver , was killed neai
franklin by the Burlington flyer.
Che name was learned from papers
> n his clothes. The man was at
Franklin and said be had been
ob'ned of'bis money and ticket , and
vould walk to Bloomington , where
ibere was a Kngihts of Pythias
lodge. He was a member of that or *
; anization and had the various in -
signal of the order on his person.