A Veritable Sleuth.
"That woman , " remarked the great
detective as he pointed to what au or
dinary mortal would have takeu for a
handsomely dressed female , "is a man. "
"A man ! " echoed his companion in
astonishment. "Why , how can -wom
an be a man V" .
"What I mean. " replied the great de
tective , "is that the party referred to
fl man disguised as a woman. "
"IIow d'o you know that ? " asked tho
other.
' "Because , " answered thewise one , "I
followed her into a dry-goods store and
ehe purchased the first thing she priced
nd never looked at anything else. "
i 3 Hia Excuse.
Judge Were you not here two weeks
ago on a charge of burglary ?
Prisoner I was , your honor.
Judge And as 1 let you go then 1
suppose you thought you could keep it
up , eh ?
Prisoner No , your honor. I wai
forced into it this time.
Judge How's that ?
Prisoner I was trying to raise mon
ey to pay the lawyer who defended ma
Guilty.
"Do you know any thing about hypno
Item ? " asked the girl in the pink waist
"Well , " replied the fluffy-haired maid ,
as she held up her left hand to display
a sparkling solitaire to better advan
lage , "yon cau judge for yourself. "
She AVa * Heal Rude.
Shortleigh I dearly love to listen tc
the patter of the raindrops on the roof.
Miss Bifftou 1 always suspected IL
Shortleigh Didyou ? And why ,
t > rayV
Miss BIffton Because it is an amuse
ment that doesn't cost anything.
There Are Others.
Ha/ulett 1 see by the papers thai
aoratio Footlights is starring under his
wife's management.
Egglet Yes , and I know a lot of
ther men who are managed by their
vives , but they don't advertise the fact.
Thou irhtf ill.
President or Foreign Missions How
In the world did all these sofa cushions
auul fairy lamps come to he In this box
for the Fiji Islanders ?
Miss Hairhrain ( earnestly ) W-Whyl
5 thought , with all their spears and war
'clubs ' , that if they only had a few cush
ions and jeweled lamps they could
make such perfectly lovely cozy cor-
aers ! Puck.
Mubcuni Muses.
Human Skeleton That salesman
$ eems to be a pretty slick guy.
Fat Woman I should say he was.
He's just talked the "Legless Won-
ier" into buying a pair of shoes.
Hieh Hopes.
"Hello ! You're looking unusually
faappy to-day. "
"Yes , " replied the optimist , "I have
Jiopes of getting a line job. I just an-
pwered an advertisement in the paper
offering a canvasser's outfit for $1
that'll easily earn me $30 a week.-
Phlladelphia E'ress.
Point of View.
New England Statesman Wasn't
that a mortifying scene in the Senate
thainber ?
Statesman from the Breezy West-
Mortifying ! It was disgusting. It was
stopped before we could tell which oue
-fvas the besi man ! Chicago Tribune.
Deep Cut.
Mrs. Uppish Just think , it's only six
tnonths ago since we moved away from
oextdoor 10 you. We're in a much
better neighborhood now.
M rs. Sharpe So are we.
Mrs. Uppish Why , where did you
.tuove ?
. . Mrs. Sharpe Oh , we haven't moved
M all. Philadelphia Press.
Uu obstructed.
Mrs. Blank My husband has the
Clearest head of any man I ever mot
Mrs. Frank Yes , my husband spoke
- f it only yesterday. He said there was
absolutely nothing in It.
Proves His Heroism.
"Did you say ? " asked the author's
.friend , "that your hero , who is poor , la
to marry the rich heiress ? "
"Yes , that is the way he proves hla
heroism. " Indianapolis News ,
The Vanishing AVeiuht.
"This trunk Is overweight"
"Now , look here , let me give you a
Oh , very well , then. In that case It
* sn't" Indianapolis News.
Reasonable Inference.
"Did the evidence In the divorce suit
indicate that Mrs. Flash was giddy ? "
"I guess so. The judge and five of
the jurors wanted to marry her. "
Brooklyn Life.
Cut Off.
"I. went to the play last night"
"How did you like It ? "
"Ididn't hear it I sat in front ol
two women who were talking about 8
Bedding. "
GETTING THE "TRUE BITE. "
tin proper Mastication * Saya a Dentist
Suoilu Kxprcssion of Mouth.
An eminent dentist of Boston has
ipent years in studying his profession
oot only as a science , but also as an art.
i he following ideas were expressed by
him In the course of a conversation :
"The most important point in a pleas
ant or beautiful face is the expression
Df the mouth. A beautiful face is spoil
ed by a disagreeable expression and a
plain face made attractive by a pleas
ant one. Even large and shapeless
mouths which are symmetrical and
Lave an upward tilt at the corners are
not devoid of charm.
"A common defect In many an other
wise well-shaped mouth is that the lips
flo not meet at the center the under
Jaw has slipped to one side. The habit
of holding the jaw a little to the right
or left of the facial center strains and
stiffens the surrounding muscles. This
til-feet Is noticeable in singers and pub
lic speakers. "
This apostle of the new art has found
by years of experience that the lips
may be made to rest symmetrically to
gether , their corners to curve slightly
upward , and the old , hard lines done
away with by correcting the "bite" of
the patient. Invariably an unattractive
mouth Is caused by bad habits of mas
ticatiou. Certain teeth are worn off or
others extracted , and the teeth that na
ture intended to meet in grinding and
cutting food are thrown out of plumb.
By a careful examination of the rela
tive lengtlis of the teeth , by filing off a
prominent one here and smoothing an
uneven edge there the "false bite" is
corrected. When the "true bite" is re
stored notice the improvement It will
be seen that the upper teeth form a gen
tle convex curve and the lower ones a
slight concave one , while the center of
the upper jaw is exactly over the cen
ter of the lower one.
Several of the most prominent clergy
men in the East , says the Detroit Free
Press , have gone to Dr. in quest of
a "true bite , " and without exception
they have given testimony after a few
months that there has been a marked
Improvement in their enunciation and
the resonance of their voices. Where- .
the belles of Boston have found that
nature intended each and all to possess
a true Cupid's bow in the curves of
their lips , and they have straightway
gone in for a "true bite" as a very de
sirable thing.
Domestic Ability.
An aristocratic East Superior street
woman , who has had the usual number
of failures in tlie way of domestics ,
having tried nearly every nationality ,
heard the other day that a number of
girls had come here from Finland to
seek employment as servants and that
they were highly recommended aa
strong , intelligent capable and general
ly excellent help.
With high hope the housekeeper hied
her to the office where these paragona
were on exhibition , and was sooa
brought face to face with a brawny
specimen , who could not speak a word
of English. With the aid of an inter
preter the following conversation tool ?
place :
"Can you cook ? "
"Oh , no. "
"Can you wash and Iron ? "
"No. "
"Can you sweep and dust or cleas
house ? "
"I have never done anything like
that"
"For goodness sake , " exclaimed the
astonished matron to the interpreter ,
"ask her what she can do. "
With calmness and complacency the
reply came back : "I can inilk rein
deers. " Duluth News-Tribune.
"Wireless Telephone.
An electrical inventor named N. B. '
Stubblefield , of Murray , Ky. , claims to [
have discovered an instrument bj
which not only sound can be transmit-1 i
ted through space without wires , but
that the voice can be transmitted andt
understood as clearly as with the telej j
phone now in ordinary use. The In- :
ventor claims that the ground Is a mag- .
net and that with the proper use of big
i
Instruments , when they shall have beeu
perfected , ships at sea can be commuui.
cated with or battles directed from one
( i
ship to another. He claims that bullft ; '
tins could be sent from Washington to
every home in the country telling all
i
the important happenings of the day ,
at a slight cost As yet 300 yards is
the longest distance he has talked.
There "Was a. Boom On.
A citizen of a flourishing Western
town was boasting of the growth and
enterprise of the place to a group of j I
strangers in the smoking compartment
i
of a Western express train.
I
Only eight years old , and oue of tha
finest young towns in the West" j i
" 1 don't think much of It" said one of
the smokers.
"You don't ? " cried the man from tha
town in question , aggressively. "When
were you there ? "
"Used to live there. "
"When did you move away1'
"Two weeks ago. "
"Oh , well , you ought to see the placa
now ! "
Supply Water for New York.
New-York City has at present 80Q
miles of water mains , with three water
sheds that supply 400,000,000 gallons a
iay. What must be the length of tha
water mains that will supply the great-
gr city to come. Boston Herald.
Heavy.
"Germany's drink bill amounts to
$730,000,000 a year , " said the man with
the paper.
"There's liquidation for you , " added
the commentator. Philadelphia North ,
'
'American ,
The recent sandstorm from the Mo-
lave desert is said to have piled up
jand in Santa Ana thirty feet
Sir Robert Ball , professor of mathe
matics and astronomy at Cambridge
University , says America is doing more
ind better work in astronomy than the
tvhole of Europe combined.
The American Bridge Company , of
Philadelphia , will construct twenty
ateel bridges along the line of the
Uganda Railroad in East Africa , the
cost to be about $1,000,000.
The force known as heat Is of great
Importance. The earth is hotter below
the surface and probably has a very
high temperature toward its center. In
gome places not very far below its sur
face It contains highly heated rock. ,
which occasionally flows over the sur
face during volcanic eruptions. In oth
er places we find hot springs ha connec
tion with volcanic action.
One of the peculiar Industries of Ire-
laud which has recently received a
fresh stimulus is the manufacture of
poplin , a kind of goods in which silk
and wool are so combined that the silk
constitutes the surfaces and the wool
the interior part The silk conies from
China , but it is all dyed in Dublin , be
cause they aver in the Irish capital that
there is some quality in the Dublin
water which insures a brilliance and
permanence of color that has not been
attained elsewhere.
The charm of the yellow metal sel
dom asserts itself more clearly than in
the account given by tlugues Le Roux ,
a French explorer , of the method of
collecting gold from the placer mines
of Abyssinia. The precious metal is
found by the natives in small nuggets
and dust in the beds of streams. They
carry it to market in large quills , which
are as transparent as tubes of glass.
The brokers who buy the gold work it
up into the form of circles of the aver
age size of a heavy finger-ring. But
these circles are not quite closed , be
cause the purchaser always insists on
twisting them , like strings of molasses
candy , in order to detect possible adul
terations. Experienced lingers can tell
if the yielding metal possesses the "ex
act malleability of gold.
If it were not for the countless tril
lions of dust particles that float , sep-
jarately invisible , in the atmosphere ,
there could be no rain-drops , snow crys
tals or hailstones. From a perfectly
dustless atmosphere the moisture
would descend in ceaseless rain with
out drops. The dust particles serve as
nuclei about which the vapor gathers.
The snow crystal is the most beautiful
creation of the aerial moisture , and the
hailstone is the most extraordinary.
The heart of every hailstone , as Arthur
H. Bell shows in Knowledge , is a tiny
atom of dust Such an atom , with a
little moisture condensed about it , is
the germ from which may grow a hail
stone , capable of felling a man or
smashing a window. But first it must
be caught up by a current of air and
carried to the level of the lofty cirrus
clouds , five or six , or even tea miles
high. Then , continually growing by
fresh accessions of moisture , it Begins
its long plunge to the earth , spinning
through the clouds , and Hashing in the
sun like a diamond bolt shot 1'iorn a
rainbow.
Humor in New Jersey.
The following note from Camden ,
says the Philadelphia Record , shows
the progress of humor in that interest-
Ing New Jersey community :
Cauideu , N. J. , March 13.
Mr. Editor Dere Sir I thout I wood
rite you what happened here the othor
day My big brother goes to the high
school and there Is a lot of girls In
one of his class's and the other day
uis historic teacher sed that the old
iiluck what started first the lawyir lis-
IQCSS made his skollers argeue for
ipracktice that black is wite andvite
Is black and then one of them hoys
sed I can proove tht and she sed you
can ? and he sed I cau and he sed
there is a gurl on our street name
Wite and she married a chap name
'black and now wile is black and black
Is wite , but Wite and black are both
wite and both are black and then the
igurls all laffed and my big brother
laffed to
P. S. My brother is in the See Class
and 1 wont sign my name , do you
that is funny ?
In the Justice Court.
In the rural district a prisoner was ]
Drought before a justice who had been
his chum in boyhood. The prisoner ,
being on familiar terms with him , ad-
Iressed him as "Bill , " and contradicted
him several times.
"I'll have to line you for contempt of
eonrt" said the justice.
"That's all right , Bill , old boy , " was
: he reply. "Do what you like now , but
Lord have mercy on you when I git
ou outside ! " Atlanta Constitution.
A Vegetarian Argument.
It Is estimated that twenty-two acres
3f laud is necessary to sustain one man
m fresh meat The same space of land
f devoted to wheat culture would feed
people if to oats ,
forty-two ; eighty-
sight ; potatoes. Indian corn and rice ,
17G ; and if to the plantain or breud-
ruit tree , over 0.000 people.
Poultry in United Suites.
On the date at which the census was
taken there were $85,79-1,990 worth of
poultry on foot in the United States.
When a girl goes to have her fortune
told , she acts as guilty as a boy going
Into a saloon for his first drink.
MINER WAS SHOT DEAD
FIRST BLOODSHED IN CONNEC
TION WITH STRIKE.
Wilksbarre , Pa. , July 2. The.
first loss of life during the anthra
cite strike occurred at the Wildam.
A colliery at Duryea Antoniio Gui-
seppe , an Italian , was shot dead by
one of the coal and iron policemen
from behind the stockade * of the
colliery.
Reports differ as to the cause of
the shooting. The friends of the
dead man say he was walkng on the
road near the stockade when he was
fired upon. The man was on his
way from Scran ton to Duryea at the
time. Another report is that the
Italian tried to get over the fence
and would not heed the warning
frcm the policeman lo , go away. He
insisted on making his way into the
stockade and was fired upon.
There is much indignation over
the shooting and the sheriff of Lack-
awana county was summoned to take
steps to preserve order , as it was re
ported that there would be an upris
ing among the foreigners and that
they would attack the stockade be
fore nighi.
The body lay in the roadway for
some time. The coal and iron police
would not venture outside the
stockade to remove it , and the peo
ple living in the vicinity did not
want to take it away until the arri
val of the coroner. When the sheriff
of Lackawanna county reached the
suene he ordered the body removed
to an udertaking estaolishment.
Pottsville , Pa , July 2. Several
hundred strikers assembled on the
streets of St. Glair today , and , head
ed by a drum corps , paraded around
town. They then seperated and
marcher ! to the various highways
and paths leading to the washery of
the St. Clair Coal company , vhich
commenced operations yesterday.
Workmen on their way to the wasb-
ery were stopped and required to
return home , This many of them
did , but enough retured to work to
permit the washery to operate later
in the day. No violence was at
tempted
Couple Weds in Secret-
Fremont , Neb. , July 2. The rela
tives of two young people of this city
were taken by surprise last evening to
learn of their marriage at Wahoo | on
June 21. The matter had been kept a
secret by the pair and it was revealed
only by accident. The couple are
Lloyd Haven , son of Mr. and Mrs.
Platt Haven , and Miss Pearl Ryan ,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ryan.
The young man is not yet nineteen
years | of age and the girl is but seven
teen , but notwithstanding this the
parents of the twain say they will let
the marriage stand.
Two weeks ago Miss Ryan went to
visit a friend at Wahoo. Miss Bellows ,
for a few days. While she was there
Haven told his folks that he was going
to Omaha but instead be took a train
for Wahoo. He procured a license
there by representing himself , it is
alleged , to be twenty-one and the girl j
eighteen , and the county judge after
ward married them. ' They Qcame to
Fremont and went to their respective
homes , having agreed not to disclose
the marriage to any of their relatives
or friends here for a year ,
Yesterday a party of Fremont peo
ple attended a wedding at Wahoo , the
groom being a young man who is
known here. When he obtained his
license he said thatsomFremont peo
ple were to be present at his wedding ,
and the judge remarked that he had
married a couple from ibis city only a
few days before. Mr. Meilenz , the
prospective groom , looked at the rec
ord and found the names of Mr. Ha
ven and Miss Ryan. He reported this
to the Fremont people and they in
formed the relatives of the girl when
'they returned.
Best In State's History ,
Chicago , July 2. The Chicago ,
Burlington & Quincy crop report ,
issued today , complied from reports
o f nearly a thousand correspondents
shows that in Nebraska the corn
crop is in betner condition than ever
before in the history of the state ;
the acreage is about the same as
last year not less. The crop is well
advanced , and all conditions most
favorable.
The Nebraska acreage of winter
wheat is larger than ever before.
The crop is ready for harvest and
the yield will be heavy. Compara
tively little spring wheat was sown.
Oats are in excellent condition.
In Iowa good prices tended to in
crease the corn acreage. All reports
covering corn , oats , wheat and pota
toes are most favorable , and the
same applies to northern Missouri.
Dine With President
Washington , July 2. The presi
dent entertained at dinner Attorney
General Knox , Senators Lodge , '
bpooner and Keen , and Civil Service
Commissioner Garfield. The dinner ,
was entirely a social affair. Sena- ,
tors Allison and Dolliverand Repre
sentative Hepburn of Iowa were
among the president's callers. They |
came to make some arrangements in-1
cidental to the president's prospec
tive Tisit to Iowa.
DRIVE FIRST RIVET
TWO GOVERNORS SWING : HAM
MERS AT KEEL LAYING-
Seattle , Wash. , Jluy 5 The jformal
laying of the keel of the battleship
Nebraska took place Friday. The
fastening of the first rivet in the keel
was perlorraed by Governors Savage
uf Nebraska and Governor McBride
df Washington.
The ceremonies began at 10 o'clock
with the firing of a salute to the
visiting governor of Nebraska ,
though the formal oratorical program
was not opened until half an hour
later.
The distinguished guests arrived in
the yards in carriages at half past
10 o'clock , and their arrival was the
signal for the inauguration of the
formal exercises. The procession
moved from the carriages to the
grand stand in the following order :
Robert Moran , president of the
Moran Bios. Co. : Josiah Collins and
Hon. J. H. McGraw of the chamber
of commerce committee ; Governor
Savage of Nebraska and Hon. J. W.
Clise , president of the chamber of
commerce : Governor McBride of
Washington and Hon. Thomas Burke ,
master of ceremonies.
Members of the staff of the gov
ernor of Nebraska.
Members of the staff of the gov
ernor of Washington.
Col. Aldien J. Blenthen and Mrs.
Savage.
Ladies , members of the chamber
of commerce and invited guests.
The exercises were opened by Jos
iah Collins , chairman of the chamber
of commerce committee , who in a
few brief remarks introduced Judge
Burke , master of ceremonies. At the
close of his address. Judge Burke in
troduced Governor McBride of Wash
ington who made the address of wel
come and has had many complimen
tary notices
Governor Savage replied.
The presentation of Moran Bros ,
company to Governor Savage of a
small piece of steel , the material
punched from the first hole In the
first piece of steel shaped to become
a part of the keel of the battleship
under construction followed.
Then a section of the battleship
Nebraska was swung into position
by the great cranes. A red-heated
rivet was brought and placed in pos
ition and the governors of the two
states with their coats off and their
shirt sleeves rolled up above their
elbow , by atlernate strokes , flattened
the rivet into position.
When this task had been completed
amid the enthusiastic cheers of the
crowd and the tiring of guns , a repre
sentative of the company appeared
upon he scene and proceeded to pay
off the distinguished workmen for
their work. To each of the govern
ors he gave a. check for three cents.
With each of the checks was a vouch
er which the recipients will be re
quired to sign.
Officers Suspect Foul Play.
Sioux City , la. , July 5. rhe visit
yesterday of I. D. Flandreau , claim
ing to be an officer from Lake county.
South Dakota , and who sought to
thus obtain possesion of Maude
Holden , thirteen years old , who was
deserted this spring by her parents
ar. Homer , Neb. , uncovered sensation
al facts leadng officers to believe Lee
M. Balr , who married Mrs. Nora
Holden , MaudeHolden's mother , has
been killed in Lake county , South
Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Blair left
Sioux City in April in a covered
wagon , with Mr. and Mrs. James
Hainlein. Hainlein has lung been
in love with Mrs. Blair which result
ed in many quarrels. Three weeks
ago Blair disappeared in Lake county ,
and it is understood Hainlien has left
his wife and gone with Mrs. Blair.
The Blairs took Maud Holden with
them , and , though but thirteen
vears old , her mother forced her to a
life of shame. She was deserted at
Homer , Neb. , and returned to Sioux
City , where she has an uncle , but a
few days ago. Flandreau , in the role
of an officer , came to secure her. that
she might be forced to - resume her
life , but officers were notified and the
bogus official thrown in' jail. The
officers are investigating the reports
about Blair.
British Showed Neglect
London , July 4. At the request 01
Whitelaw Reid. Commander Cowles ,
former naval attache here , and Mrs.
Cowles met Lady Pauncefote and her
family on their arrival in London this
morning from New York , which city
they left June 25 on the American line
steamer St. Paul. Apparently owing
to some misunderstanding , no British
officials were present. But for Mr.
and Mrs. Cowles , Lady Pauncefote
would have returned to London with
out a single person to receive her.
Boy Drowned at Fairbury.
Fairbury , Neb. , July 5. Homer , the
thirteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. .
E. R. Bee , was drowned while swim
ming in a pond north of this city with
three companions. None of the lads
could swim but they floated about the
pond on an improvisec raft and while
Ithey were over the deepest place , little
Homer slipped off. His companions
being much smaller were unable to
rescue Dim and he sank the third time
NEBRASKA NOTES.r
A charter hus been Issued for *
jtate bank at Stockvllle.
The stuto convention of the
lian Endeavor socltics was helfl ? Ur
Jmana hist week.
Fremont girls have combined in a ,
.efusal of attentions from young mean
ho ise tobacco.
Prof.r Bruuer , of the state uniter--
Ity , experimented with moth
: id caught GOOO in fifteen nights.
Bellamy & Hornnng of Omaha *
iade the lowest bid of 81,000 for aj.
nange in the heating apparatus *
I' the Omaha postoffice building-
A system of four rural mail
; py mutes have been started frow
larvard. The carriers are Charles ,
. ' mbrook , Samuel Martin , George
I'nbertsou and William Johnson.
The Rev Paul Bandy at Fairfield
'cis resigned as pastor of the Con.-
rcgatijnal church at Fairfield auo >
liifl fur Berkley , Gal. , where he ha *
ccupted u call.
T. W. Cole of Nelson has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Nelson , Neb. , ;
ind A. C. McFarland , postmaster imj
Hoyd county to succeed J. M. McGin-
itie , resigned.
V. H. Herfel , a pioneer of A lie a
county , a week ago fell 'and injured
j his bead. He lingered on for several
iliysbut : died from the shock a&d
internal injuries caused by .his faJL
Captain A. R. Talbot arrived
Palttsmouth on his steamboat Hen-
jietta , bringing with him the ueir
pontoon bridge , which is to span tn *
Missourj river at that point.
George S. Nicholson , a farmer of
Germanville precinct near Hayes.
Center committed suicide by hang-
himself in the barn. He had been
in poor heatlb for some time and in
beileveri to have become despondent.
The complaint against Al Beard
was dismissed by Police Judge Cos-
yrove of Lincoln and he was orderett
released. Beard was accused of th
murder of J. Gillian and was
brought from Kansas City for triaL
While fishing in the North PlatU
river Chris Marycot , of North Platto
aged 16 , was seized with a fife , lell
into the water and was drowned.
The body was recovered in a few
hours.
Following is the mortage report
for Gage coutny for the month , ol
June : Number of farm mortgage !
filed 25 , amount $40,225 ; number re
leased 32 , amount 336,278 ; number of
town and | city mortgages filed 22
amount $15,295 ; number released 32 ,
amount $29,264.
Mrs. Lydia M. Legg has applied
for a divorce from her husband a
jeweler of Sutton , on the rgoond
of cruelty. She claims that two
years ago her husband threatened t&
cut her throat and that on Jnue 10
he endeavored to carry out bii
threat.
A cloudburst occured seven mile *
southeast of Bayard and Red Willow
reek rose twenty feet in half that
many minutes. The waters washed
away the house of Richard Vivian
and Mr. Vivian narrowly escape
drowning. A genreal rain and bail
storm followed and did considerable
damaue to small grain.
Mrs. H. A. Lock wood was killed
by a freight train while crossing
Main street in Valley. Her horse
was killed also and the buggi
smashed. Mr. Lockwood , her bus *
band was a candidate for county
treasurer a few years ago on the fu
sion ticket. He lives five mile nortb
east of Valley.
L. L. Wlnn whose real name i %
F. E. Mills , and who succeeded in
cashing about $300 worth of forge *
school warrants at Norfolk waved
examination and was bound cnrei
to the district court. Two hundred
dollars. of the cash was recovered
having been sent to Omaha in a ,
typewriter.
George Gould , assistant cashier of
the wrecked Platte Valley bank at
Bellwood , has been bound over to
the district court on a charge ol
being accessory to the issuing oi
forged paper. George Gould was not
officially connected with the bank ,
but assumed the duties of assistant
cashier during the frequent absence
of his brothers.
The city council of Lincoln sitting
as a board of equalization finished
the hearing of the complaint against
the assesed valuation of the Lincoln
Gas & Electric company and tha
Lincoln Traction company , nmde bj
the commercial club , and adjuornet
leaving the valuation as given if
by the commissioner of taxes un
changed.
Three hundred and twenty acres oj
farm land near Nebraksa City re
cently sold for 825.800.