tils TOPICS OF TEE TIMES.
'A ' CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Comments and CriticiuitiH Unwed Upon
the Happenings of the Day Ilintori-
cal and News Notcu.
The beauty of the ? 300 sacque is
only sealskin deep.
A man's good work lives after him
it isn't always identified.
Appearances are often deceptive am
disappearances are usually more so.
; There is danger that the water in the
great trust flotations may drown the
country.
Hall Cainc is a living proof of tlie
fact that it Is possible to get rich iu
spite of the critics.
1 Nothing jolts the harmony out of
'an orchestra like the trombone playei
who gets off his bass.
Booth Tarkington made one short
campaign speech and was elected. A
word to the wise would be sutficieut.
The woman who has company man
ners would be surprised to find out
how many people besides her husband
know It.
After Mr. Ziegler has sent two or
three more expeditions to the Arctic
be may not think so badly of Bald
win's effort.
Colonel James Jeffries claims that
he Ls unable to find anyone who' 5
willing to fight him. He'll come alon :
one of these days , .Thu.
It seems that about the only way the
Gould family can keep their toy Couut
Castellane in the French Chamber of
Deputies is to buy the chamber.
A German scientist advocates isola
tion as a cure for lying. Still a good
many people will cling to their old be
lief in the efficacy of the club.
Young Mr. Rockefeller tells his Sun
day school class that It is more blessed
to give than to receive. Mr. Rocke
feller himself is a very liberal giver
of advice.
Susan B. Anthony acted as a brides
maid in Rochester not long ago. It
looks as if Miss Anthony were begin
ning to concedede that man after all
is to be tolerated.
When a person asks "How are you ? "
fasten , if you wish to retain his es
teem , to tell him that you are well , so
that he may not be delayed in telling
you how bad he feels.
J. Plerpout Morgan is opposed to
any change in our present banking
laws , doubtless owing to the fact that
he does not wish at his time of life to
be compelled to master an entirely new
financial condition.
A "College of Optics" offers to grant
degrees to "classes of one thousand' '
for twenty-live dollars each. This
ought to be an eye-opener to those who
need the services of an optician. "Now
Is the time to get up clubs. "
Asbestos towels are among the curi
osities of the day. Whon dirty it is
only necessary to throw them into a
red-hot lire , and after a few minutes
draw them out fresh and clean. In
case of the otHce towel It has to be left
'in the blaze a little longer , if the fire
doesn't go out to rest.
From the description of that pre
historic skull that the Kansas scien
tists are bothering their own heads
over , the owner "a glacial man , doli
chocephalic , low browed and progna
thous , having nearly the same stature
as our people of to-day" may very
likely have been an early day prize
fighter.
The President of Bryn Mawr sol
emnly informs women that cooking
and dusting are not intellectual occu
pations. But neither is shopping. And
there Lsn't anything very intellectual
jfibout the work at the ribbon counter
jor In the factory. Even the tyrant
{ man has to put up with occupations
that ore not intellectual. But what
/ of it ?
We wear out words , says ex-Speaker
Heed , and shed them as we do clothes.
The philological fact saves the lau-
jjuiige from being permanently degrad
ed by slang terln.s and phrases , for al
though some now words do not wear-
out , yet the shedding process never
stops , and the lovers of undefiled En
glish are unceasingly grateful that it
does not.
"Some philanthropists , " said General
Booth , recently , "euaeavor to reform
men by washing their shirts. The Sal
vation Army proposes to wash their
hearts , and teach them how to wash
their own shirts. " The illustration is
homely but pertinent. General Arm
strong once took to task a visiting min
ister at Hampton who prayed that the
Indian students might have the rough
places made smooth before their feet.
"Not at all ! " exclaimed the fine old sol
dier. "Pray rather that these Indian
boys riuij * march on over the rough
places , not stumbling , and undis
mayed. "
Shall thi' huslmml play second fiddle
to the dog ? Because Mr. Long was
compelled to eat with his wife's dog at
table he-has filed an action for divorce ;
because Mr. Talburt disapproved of the
conjugal attentions to FIdo he "beat his
wife into Insensibility. " Love me , love
my dog , Is not true of husbands , how-
ever forcibly it may be brought hom
to lovr rs. Hence the necessity of spe
cial homes for dogs , or special homea
for husbands , as fancy may direct. Or ,
better still , a dog clause in the marriage
contract. Yet there was undoubtedly
much of truth in the sigh of the Gallic
woman that the more I see of my hus
band the more I prefer my dog an im
provement on Mine , de Stael's generali
zation.
It is hardly an exaggeration to say
that boys the world over will rogre *
the death of George Alfred Ilenty ,
whose books for years have boon their
delight. Mr. Henty's caivcr admirably
fitted him for that special dopjjrtmont
of authoriship. lie was of Enirlisli
birth and was educated at Camhridg" .
lie served actively in the Crimean war
for a time , but finally was invalided
home. A few years afterward , in the
capacity of a correspondent , ho was in
the field in the Austro-Italian , tlu
Franco-German , and thy Turco-Por
viau. wars , and was with the Abyssin
Ian and Ashanti expeditions , as well
as with Garibaldi in Italy. Durinjj
these years , of exciting , perilous , and
picturesque adventures in variou *
parts of the world , from the walls of j
Paris to the jungles of central Africa , ,
this trained observer accumulated an
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ample stock of just that class of ma
terials adapted to stories which boy ?
most eagerly devour. He told them
tales , as did Othello to Desdemona
Of most disastrous chances ,
Of moving accident by flood and fieKl ,
Of hair breadth 'scapes i' the imminent.
deadly breach.
and , "this to hear , " they not only , like
Desdemona. "would seriously incline , "
but eagerly and enthusiastically "in
cline , " and with such practical results
that both author and publishers were1
delighted. No other writer for boys of
the present period has had such vogue.
He was remarkably industrious and
wrote with the greatest facility. Two
or three books a year was an easy
task , and one was just as Interestini :
as another. lie never repeated him
self , though he has produced between
eighty and ninety stories for boys , and
at the time of his death , in his seven
tieth year , was engaged upon more.
The interest of his storios never
flagged , and the sources of his adven
tures seemed well nigh inexhaustible.
Amongst the duties which public-
opinion in the present day is disposed
to require of public school teachers
the training of the rising generation in
manners. The schools are more and
more expected to be the source of all
good things to those who receive in
struction In them ; but there seems to
be a danger lest , In making such large
demands of the schools , parents may
be divesting themselves of some of
their own rosopnsibilities. Manners
should , in the first place , be taught at
the home : and the atmosphere of the
school ought to be favorable to the es
tablishment of proper social habits ;
but we doubt whether It is desirable
to impose on the teachers any direct
or formal Instruction in what may be
called the technique of manners. If
a child is rude or coarse in manner he
or she should be suitably admonished
and instructed , and made to feel that
such and such acts are below the level
of conduct which it is desirable to
maintain in the school. A simple ref
erence to the golden rule will generally
sullice on such occasions ; for the rud
est person does not enjoy rudeness on
the part of others. It Is vain , however ,
to expect too much of average human
ity. Every one cannot walk in the
high places of the earth : everyone can
not gather the rarest flowers of hu
man culture ; everyone cannot be a
Damascus blade. There Is just one
thing that is open to all men for the
dignifying of their lives and the ele
vation of their characters. They can
look into "the perfect law of liberty , "
and catch a vision of the equality of
human rights. Here Is the one true
and practical foundation for manners
a sense of our own rights and of the
rights of our fellow men. What gives
the aristocrat his easy manners is the
enjoyment and practice of equality In '
the circle in which he moves. Where
social life is intense social usages be
come established and thoroughly un
derstood ; hesitation and inauvaise
honte are banished. That source of
good manners is not only a restricted ,
but it is to-day a dwindling and much
perturbed one. A better and wider
school is wanted ; and it is to be found
in the cultivation of a sense of human
worth and of a consciousness of the
essential equality of all men. Timidity
and bashfulness , and mealy mouthed-
uess in all its forms are fatal to good
manners ; and so , on the other hand ,
are swagger and self assertion.
Beautiful Marks o. Maple.
Nobody seems to know what cause it
s which produces those delicate and ,
jeautiful lines in maple , known as |
Mrd's-eye. Some people think they
: ome from the hundreds of little.
tranches which shoot out over the !
runk of the tree as soon as a clearing
s made around It. Expert timbermen > '
; ay that is not the case. The only way
o tell a bird's-eye maple tree Is to cut
t. There are no outward signs by which
me can judge. The Railroad Gazette
ells a story of the late George M. Pull-
nan. Many years ago he was offered a
nahogauy log for $3.000 , to be cut into
eneers. It was supposed to be a very
ine piece of wood , but this could only
e determined by cutting it. He de- j
lined the offer , but agreed to "take the
og cut Into veneers for what it was j
vorth. The owner had it sawed and i
vas paid $7.000 for his veneers. Any j 1
me who can discover the secret of de-
erminlng the Interior nature of wood l !
rom'thc outside will have a fortune. j
The man who wins a Imif-iulle d.sh ' ,
tarts out ufoot and wii.cs m ahead.
ON TRIAL FOR L'FE. '
Boy of Fourteen Years Before Bar of Jostlce-
Openlng of Borchers Case.
Columbus , Jan. 6. Upon the con
vening of court Monday afternoon for
the Borchers murder trial tbe at
torneys for tbe defense asked for sep
arate trials for the two boys who
Stand charged with the crime , and
Herman tbe elder , who is alleged to
Dave fired the fatal shotwas brought ;
In court. Contrary to a common pre
diction.the securing o ! a trial jury was
quite an easy matterconstiruing only
two hours and not extiausting the
regukr panel of twenty-four names.
The question asked the jurors by
the prosecution was : "Have you any
opinion upon the subject of capital
punishment that would preclude you
from bringing in a verdict of guilty
In a case where the punishment would
be death. "
All but three or four of the twen
ty men examined answered "No. "
The defense asked in every in
stance : "Have you any opinion as
tj the criminal responsibility of
children under fourteen years of age
that would prevent you from accept
ing the instructions of the court as
the law in this case. "
Nearly every man said "No. " The
trial jury consists of August Boett-
cber , John Deegan , J. F. Belf'ird , Z.
T. M ran , H. L. Kunnemau , Henry
Gehring , John Finger , Lucius Hung
ford , T. C. Ilogan , Gus Ernst , DaviJ
Bchupabch , Gus Halgrean.
The boy being a native of Germany
it is an interesting fact that six of
the jurors are Germans , three being
Eiisb , two Americans and oce
Swede.
Uoui.ty Attorney O'Brien , In stat
ing the case to tbe jury , sketched
the crime in details as it nas al eady
been published , referring to Herman
as probably over fourteen years old.
and saying tbat the evidence would
show that the gun used was nought
for the specific purpose , with inoDLy
tak n from the pocket of the man
who was to be killed ; that the boys
minutely described the plot and its
execution to the coroner's jury , and
that the object of the ciime was the
possession of the farm on which they
lived. He said that the third boy ,
eight years old , who was not held as
an accomplice will tell the story of
its perpetration , his story being the
only direct identification of the foot
and bones found in the straw stack
as those of Gerhard Borchers.
A. M. Post , furmer chief justice of
the supreme court , in making the
statemi ut for the defense confessed
that tne facts in this case are so pe
culiar that nothing of the kind has
ever before come under his observa
tion , and that he had never previous
ly investigated the law applicable
here. He declared that 300 years ago
In England children were put to
trial , ct nvicted and punished fi-r cap
ital offenses the same as adults , hut
in ur land in this day such an ad
vancement in law has been made
that the burden f pri of rests on the
prosecution to show , not only that
tbe child has taken a life , not inly
that there was premeditated malice ,
but that it hid : capacity to know and
did know , not merely the moral re
sponsibility , as learned at the fireside
or the confessional , but the logical
consequences of the ace as well.
He asset ted that the defense would
attempt to show that Herman Borch
ers , not fourteen years of age until
next August , did not , and could not.
fn m the nature of his borne life ,
realize either the muial or the leg il
responsibility under which he acted ,
if it is proven here that l.e killed
Gerhard Horrhers. He dcsi'ribed the
Step-father with whom the boys live
alone as a man singularly mnrope.
without those liner elements so nec
essary in the family lile , hniriinti nn
communication vvltl' the bnys , other
than instruction to do this'or that
and being almost a stranger to his
neighoors. Hesnid the buy was taken
from school at the ago. of seven and
since the mother's death had acted
as conk and washerwoman. He said
if the boy is guilty of any offense it
is murder in the second dotiree , ai d
railed the atentinn of the jury to the
fact that 'f the boy is convicted the
lunge will have no puwer tu commit
Dim to an industr al school which
can be d' ne with the most favorable
conditions for his ultimate good in
the event of acquittal.
Hy agreement of the attorneys , the
Jury was allowed co separate under
strict injunctions of the court not to
alh'w any one fco apnruach them pri-
vat ° ly in reference to the case.
August Johnson , uncle of the boy ,
is t e only relative or friend showing
enough sympathy for him to tike ; a
seat within rhe bar railing , though
another uncle and tbe maternal
crandfather were in the court room.
Tbe latter's wife is a sister of the
man who was killed , the families
having inter-married. George and
John Borchers. brothers of tne de
ceased , were present , the latter being
accompanied by the eight-year-old
boy.Juhn , whose testimony tomorrow
will probably be tbe most intensely
Interesting part of the proceedings in
court.
Shipping Quail in Coffins.
Ca'-bondale , 111. , Jan. 6. Quail are
oeing shipped from Franklin coun y
to St. Louis in coflins to escape the
name laws , according to the confess
ion of Noah Moore , who was arrest
ed yesterday for violation nf the game
law Moore says ] 200 quail are
parked in a cotlin and shipped as a
: orpse. Arrests are promised by the
jame wardens. TLe warrants have
been out for Moore for about a year ,
but he had successfully evaded all
officers-
FASTEN THE CRIME
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY PICTURED AS
MURDERER.
COLUMBUS COURT STCftY
OETAILS GIVEN OF THE KILLING OF BOR-
CHEHS
YOUNG CHILD TESTIFIES
Child Brother of Defendant the First Witness
But His Recital Plain Others
Corroborate Testimony
Columbus , Neb. , Jan. 7 John ,
the eight-year-old son of Gerhardt
Borchers , for whose murdei Herman ,
the stepson , is on trial , spent nearly
the entire forenoon Tuesday , on the
witness stand , the lirst hour beii'g
consumed in establishing his com
petency as a witness. Very diffident
and apparently much frightened at
fir t by the questions of the attor
neys as to the nature of an oath and
the divine punishment of falsehood ,
he lost his embarrassment and show
ed a clear understanding of each
step in the crime when asked about
it.
He told of the stealing of the
money , buying of the gun , for the
express purpose , on Herman's part ,
of killing the father , the hiding of.
tbe' weapon and the tiring of the
fatal sh ) t at the father as he sat in
the house reading. He further , de
tailed the dragging of the body to
the straw stack , and the burning of
it to get away with the father's Sun
day clothing and the chair on which
he sat when shot , relating also , that
Herman had threatened his life in the
event that he told of the killing ,
t George Borchers , brother of the
murdered man , testified that th
bnys told him their father , after act
ing strangely fur at time , had packed
his grip , given them S3 and disap
peared. The witness went to the
home of the deceased , found the boys
preparing hog reed with an outdoor
tire , dangerously near the house and
barn , and upon remonstrating with
them was told that the place was
theirs and that they had a right to
do as they pleased. He hunted about
the premises for the father and upon
fiading charred bones in the straw
sCck was told by the boys that they
were chicken bones which had been
thrown into the lire. This was before
the foot and skull were exposed to
view. Buckles and buttons were also
found. He testified that a year ago
last August Herman told him he was
thirteen years old.
Former County Judge Robinson , a
member of tbe cotonei's jury , told
of srrue of the preliminary work of
that body , but was oevs.i : ted , after
considerable controversy , from relat
ing the alleged confession of the de
fendant to that jury.
Sheriff Byrnes told o the stand of
obtaining a confession from the de
fendant as first obtaining the story
of the crime from the two younger
boys stating that the confes5Tjn was
given without duress or compulsion ,
the bo > s being at the time unaehis
surveillance , but nob in custody , but
nothreits or promises being given to
obtain the confession. He said Her
man told him somewhat reluctantly
of taking the money , buying the gun ,
practicing fora fewdavs with it dur
ing the absence of the father , who
was then away from home , of firing
the shot which killed the father , ac
cording to the plan which he and
August had talked over in the pres
ence of John , and the subsequent de
tails as revealed in John's testimony.
It was an icy morning and the straw-
siacK was several years' old and this
was why a load of fresh straw was
hauled from another stack to burn
the evidence of the crime.
Must Stand Trial.
David City , Neb. . Jan. 7. Mrs.
Lena M. Lillie must stand trial in
the district court in the charge of
murdering her husband , Harvey Lil
lie. This was the decision of County
Judge Skiles Tuesday evening at the
conclusion of a hearing which has oc
cupied nearly two weeks , and around
which has centered greater interest ,
prohabiy , than any criminal case in
the history of Butler county.
With the consent of the county at-
tornry the defendant was icleased on
bail in the sum of ten thousand dol
lars which was furnished by her fath- :
er and another friend.
The concluding day cf the hearing
was given over to the defense , bur
the testimony of the few witnesses
called was brief and calculated to
disprove the theory that the revolver
found was the one with which tha
murder was committed , nnd also t < i
show that the relations of Mr. and
Mrs. Lillie were amicable , and their
conduct such as was to be expected
from a devoted man and wife.
Murderer Tries to Escape.
Ogden , Dtah , Jan 7. William
Brown , who yesterday was sentenced
to a term of forty years in the peni
tentiary for murdering a Chinese
gardner near this city several months
ag , made a desperate attempt toes-
cape from jail last night. When ac
cidentally discovered Brown had suc
ceeded in sawing through two bars ol
his cell and'had almost severed a
third. A m.ist minute examination
faiip.d to locate the saw.
BREAK INTO VAULT.
Burglars Make a. Good Bank Haul at Louis
ville.
Louisviile , Neb. , Jan. 9. This city
was the scene of a bank robbery at
an early hour Thursday morning that
gives evidence of having been com
mitted by experts. It yielded its
perpetrators the neat sum of S4 200
in gold , silver and currency , and un
less the hounds are effecthe in tracK-
ing them the robbers seem ilkely to
esoa pe.
The robbery occurred some time
between 2 and 3 o'clock this morn
ing. The Bank of Commerce , which
is the property of Tom Parmele of
Clattsimnith , president of the inde
pendent telephone orangi/.ation of the
> tate.is located next dour to the pnst-
Ilice. and entrance was gained to it
'iy ' breaking into the postoilice , drill-
rur a h-ile large enough to permit a
nan to crawl through the two-foot
' rick wall into the bank vault , thus
ivoiding Ihe burglar alarm , and dy
namiting the safe within During
lie early morning hours people in
'he vicinity were awakened by a re-
: inrt of the explosionbut none seemed
NI have beeti prompted to deem it
myihing unusual. Shortly afterwards
nan were heard walking clown the
-treet adjacent , but no one got up to
observe the meaning of the noctur-
ial visitation.
This morning when Jesse McGrew
ame to work in the orinting office
\liii h adjoins the bank he peered in
that iustitiition and discovered the
wreck of the vault , and investiga-
ion disclosed the meaning of the
vreck. There was a burglar alarm
n the door of the vaultmd the safe
vas ostensibly burglar proof , and the
cunning mariner in which the bur -
I irs avoided detection or interrup
tion proves them to be cracksmen.
Quarantine Will Be Rigid.
Tuscon , Ariz. , Jan. 9. Informa
tion from the office of the secretaiy
f state of Hermosillo coi corning the
plague situation is as follows :
The strictest quarantine is rnain-
ained at Guayamasa against Mazat-
' m. A cordon of soldiers has been
stablished from the tidewater on
the boundary line between the states
> f S'mora ' and Sinaloa , the soldiers
'icing stationed within sight of ea-h
'ther along the entire distance with
instructions to shoot anyone encieav-
ring to pass the line. The strictest
.cind'of patrol is kept along the cfas1" .
No passports are issued to ships to
dear from Guaymas , and no ships
ire allowed to enter from any point.
Guaymas is depending entirely upon
her own resour-es for subsistance.
The most thorough system of fumi
gation and sanitary regulations has
heen adopted. Lime and sulpher are
issuer ] daily to the poor people and
bne streets and yards are cleaned
daily. Governor Isabel has been
placed in charge by the federal gov-
rnmpnt. He brands the reports of
the last few days to the effect that
'he plague has secured a foothold in
Guavrnas or in any of the border
towns between Guaymas and Inaloa
is false
Washington. Jan. 9. A dispatch
has heen received at the public health
ind marine hnspitil service from the
board of trade at Tuscon , Arizona ,
calling attention to tbo existence of
bubonic plague in Mexico and re
questing that necessary steps be
taken to prevent- i s spread into Ari-
7. na. The president of the superior
h -ard - of health of Mexico has official-
lv announced to the authorities in
Washington that the plague exists at
Rnsinada and Mazatlan , Mexico , and
has requested the public health and
nririue hospital service to notify the
bureau of American republics that
the South American countries
through them may be informed. Dr.
Orubbs , a mediccal representative
of the public health and marine hos-
nital service now at Los Angeles , who
h is beeu Investigating the situation
in Ensanda , and Dr. Alexander , tbe
medical representative at Ensanda ,
have ' een directed by tbe sureein
treneral to take necessary action ID
the matter.
Made Effort to Linch Him.
Rpno , Nev. , Jan. 9. A special to
rhe Gazette from Eureka confirms
MIP story of the tragedy enacted at
MIP Keystone mine yesterday , when
iperintendent Taylor was set upon
hv twelve union miners. Two men
re dead and another is just alive ;
> till another has been given up by
the doctors and a fifth is not serious-
! v hurt.
There was intense excitement
.im-ing the miners and it was thought
that Taylor would be lynched last
r iylit. The sheriff succeeded in spir
'tHu Taylor and Assistant GasKill
ot Elv for an unknown destination.
Details are hard to obtain , as Ely
is a remote camo far from railroad or
tel graph communication , being 150
miles southeast of Eureka.
Forgery Cause of Failure.
Nacngdocbes , Tex. , Jan. 9. It is
Haimed that the developments in
pip failure of the Wettermark bank
tt NaooL'dochps and Henderson show
'h .r forged notes and receipts to a
HIP amcunt caused the suspension.
M is also stated that investigations
i-f disclosed SllO,000 in fraudulent
* per
A member of the-firm.it is claimed
disappeared and a warrant has
on sworn out charging him with
1 -ri > ery.
Nebraska Notes
Mrs. Mar.A. . Ilibbard of Utlca ,
was found dead on her kitchen Uoor.
The amount Invested In the Si
berian railwaj is S40J,700,000.
Pat Carter , 18 , ol Table Rock , had
his hand torn uir in a corn shredder.
Charles Miller is in jail at Fremont
for stealing $40 from a saloon at
Scribner.
Mihcaei Clare , aged 79 years , died
at his hcme in Cortland. A family
of siv children suivivc him.
At Elk Crock George Clark had
his hand caught in a pulley and the
flesh was toin from two tinkers
The cwinry recorder's statement
made shows that for the month of
DecennjiM- mortgage reduction for
Otoe county was SIO.O O.SO.
The G. A. Murphy farm , located
four miles north of Beatrice , was
sold to F. II. Kimmerling for $3,000
cash , or S50 per acre.
The Water and Light company of
Nebraska City refused to cominuo
their contract with the city for
lighting the streets , and as a conse-
iieuence the streets are in darkness.
At Elmwood G. W. Swacker's 14-
year olu dautrhter had the thumb of
her left hand caught in a washing
machine breaking the bone and
laceratiui : the llesh.
Manager Caner of the Nebraska
City water company is to be succeed-
9d February 1 , by B. P. E-fan uf
LJhicago , formerly of Lincoln and Ne
braska City.
John C. Beard , a resident of ITum-
bnldt. dropped dead at his home of
heart disease. ? .lr. Beard was an old
settler and a member of the Grand
Army , lie leaves a wife and two
children.
Because he lost his job as freight
conductor on the Burlintgon thruogh
excessive drinking , W.V. . llambell
killed himself ty swallowing carbolic
acid. The suicide was committed a6
his home inVymore , his wife and
child being away visiting in Lincoln.
Charles H. McDaniels , one of Ssvift
& Co. 's chicken pickers , died at
Beatrice from the effects of sixty
grains of morphine taken the night
before. McDaniels and his wife , who
name to Beatrice from tnperiorNeb. ,
two months ago , bad quarreled and
separated on account of McDaniels
drinking heavily. The deceased was
3G years old and had S2.000 insurance
in the Knights and Ladies of Secur-
John Neville , a farmer living Tour'
miles nortb of Wnnoo , met with a
fatal accident. He was hauling corn
and attempted to drive across the
railroad track ahead of the Eikhorn
; assenger train. The train struck
the wagon and demolished it and Mr.
Neville was thrown some distance.
alighting on his shoulders , fie was
picked up um-onscious and brought
back to Wahoo by the train and med
ical aid was summoned. He 'was
about 45 years of ago , married and
had a large family. Mr. Neville died
in the depot waiting room.
Several had cases of cattle being
poisoned by eating hay which con
tained ergot have come to light
around Fremont. One herd of cattio
northwest of Fremont is in an es
pecially bad condition , nearly all of
the 150 head showing symptoms of ; t.
A number were ordered shot by the
veterinary. The disease affects the
hind feet , which swells up and in
some cases actually rot and fall off
before the animal dies.
A convention of sugar beet growers
of that part of Nebraska is called to
meet in McCook Saturday atferooon ,
January It is proposed to have
an exchange of ideas and experiences
fr. m practicl growers of beets the
past season fur advantage dring the
next season. An association of su
gar beet growers will also Lie formed
during the convention fur the pur
pose of promoting the sugar oeet in
dustry in southwestern Neoraska. A
full attendance ol farmers is urged ,
as the matter is considered of first
and largest importance tu them and
to the locality.
Anna Morrell , whose husband was
killed in a collision at Table Rock *
Neb. , December 16 , while acting in
the capacity of fireman , has begun
siit in the district court in Gage
county against the Chicago , Burling
ton & Quincy railroad for 850..00Q
damages. It is alleged that some ol
the crew were asleep on the train
which crashed into the engine occu
pied by Fireman Morrell. The suit
is brought on the grounds that the
company violated the law in compell
ing its employes to work without the
required amount of rest. It is the
largest suit or the kind ever insti
tuted in Gage county.
George D. Follmer.commisisoner ol
public lands and buildings , esti
mates the expenditures in his de
partment at § 64,780 for the next bieu
niuoj. He recommends that the land
of the penitentiary land fund t
either sold and the money applied tc
penitentiary repairs , or Ise attached
to the educational lands. In fifty-
eiijnt counties 165,711. 60 acres of land
have been leased. All lands have
been leased at a higher valuation thas
formerly.