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THE NOIIKOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUKNAI FJRIDAl MAY 21 .909. the Norfolk Weekly News-Journal jwB , Established " 1881. The Journal. BBtnbllghod 1877. THEjHU'aE PUBLISHING COMPANY. wTNi Huso , N. A. 1I ° . President. _ _ _ _ Bccrotnry. Every Friday. Hy mall nor year , $1.50. Entoml nt the postolfico nt Norfolk , n Bccond clnns matter. onTToiit'S ! Editorial Department No. 22. Business Oinco nncl Job Rooms No. II 22. _ _ " 'They seem to bo In earnest about enforcing the pure food laws down In Kentucky. The court lias decided tlmt Moach Hargls niUBt go tp the peniten tiary. Chicago has passed an ordinance forbidding persons to , kiss on a street corner. Without regard to the legal ity of the transaction , kissing on a Htreot corner IB altogether unsatis factory. Fanners cannot afford to spend much tlmo reading bulletins from Mars with wheat and corn at their present prices , so perhaps that $10- 000,000 mirror better not bo purchased In the hope that some Martian would catch a glimpse of his face In It. The Mexican government deals out stern punishment to offenders. Four teen men were summarily tried and executed by a drum court martial which means that they wore executed without a fair hearing without legal counsel or witnesses , summoned to thnlr defense for participating In the burning of a house , That's not much like an American trial for the most heinous crime. New York Is to take the Initial step In establishing farm colonies for the unemployed who come under the term "tramp" or vagrant. It Is the general concensus of opinion that the meal ticket Is n failure and the bread line only breeds more paupers. Now the determination has been reached to put them to work and If the plan suc ceeds . .It will bo extended throughout the country. FOR BETTER ROADS. The movement on foot In Norfolk for better roads , Is Important and should meet with Instant encourage ment and support. Better roads wll ! make the distance between farms and town shorter , will give the farm ers more profit on every bushel of grain they sell , and will materially benefit the town , Itself. There Is need on all sides for better roads. Beverly , Mass. , where President Tnft will make his summer home , Is admirably situated for that purpose. Ho will be within easy communication with many of the diplomatic corps who spend the hot weather there , and will also bo near Hamilton , the homo of Mr. Meyer , the secretary of the navy , and Haverhlll , the homo of Jus tice Moody of the supreme court. At the world's conference of the Young Men's Christian association , to meet In midsummer at Barmon-Elbor Held , in Germany , the American rep resentation Is likely to vie with that of England. Not many years ago It was u rare thing to go across the ocean as a delegate to an international convention. But the Increasing ease and speed of railroad and steamship travel , together with the Increasing tendency to cross the Atlantic In sum mer , has made possible the holding of well attended gatherings of Americans in Europe. There arc many signs that a really new Spain , politically and economl cally , Is near at hand. The most strlk ing evidence of this advancement Is the negotiation of a four per cent loan of $200,000,000 , with the statemen that the funds so provided will be devoted -voted to public works , such as colont zatlon , reforestation , Irrigation and th construction of canals , bridges , high ways and public buildings. The deca dent silk Industry Is being systemat ically revived. The navy is to be re built and the nation is advancing all along the line. Six thousand native Filipino teach ers have been trained during the ten years in which the islands have been in American control , and are now competent to give instruction in the English language. Instruction is not confined to the "three R's. " There are well equipped schools of manual train ing , domestic science , agriculture , and oven fisheries. The whole system is administered by Dr. David P. Barrows , a graduate of the University of Cali fornia , and associated with him are about 700 American teachers , nearly 200 of which are women. They have in operation a model school system of the American typo , adapted to the con ditions and exigencies of Malayan life. BETTER CROP OUTLOOK. It Is surprising what a difference one little week can make In crop pros pects. A week ago people were beginning - ginning to feel disconsolate over the outlook , because of the lack of rain , but things have been wonderfully freshened up by the several showers of the week , and good cheer is in the air. According to the Burlington rail road crop report , all that is needed from now on for a bumper crop all iilonR the line , Is favorable weather. And on top of this , come Interviews with James J. Hill and Charles M. Schwab , both giving volro to the be lief that business conditions will very rapidly Improve all over the country. All In all , prosperity seems assured for the coming year. In Huddorsflold , England , ono of the great manufacturing towns of York shire , n unique method has been adopt ed to Prevent the excessive mortality among Infants. The mayor took up the matter of needless loss of Infant life and , with the co-operation of his medical health officer , made it his business to see that mothers were told how to care for their little ones. The mayor offered a prize of llvo dollars lars to every mother In the city who could show him her baby allvo and well at the und of Its first year. A greatly reduced rate of Infant mortal ity has ruled there since , and the week ending April 3 there was not a single death of an infant less than a year old In a population of 100,000. The May issue of McCluro's con tains a very comprehensive article from Arthur Woods , deputy police commissioner of Now York city , concerning - corning the dlfllcultlos In the way of detecting , and excluding Black Hand- ers from this country and the need of mete rigid police surveillance of members of the recognized criminal classes. These Black Handera find In America a veritable paradise , Inas much as they escape the constant po lice surveillance to which every man who has been convicted of a crime is ubjected for years after ho has rved his term of Imprisonment , and ho violates any of the surveillance equirements ho may bo arrested and mprlsoned. In Italy the criminal is nder a national police syste'm which overs the whole country , which pre- ents a man with a bad reputation in no city from going to another and tartlng In with a good record as far s ho Js known by the authorities of ho latter place. America has no na- lonal police system. GOOD BYE , NORFOLK-YANKTON. Authoritative announcement from fankton that Work on the Yankton- Norfolk projected railroad has again alien through , will be received with Considerable disappointment In Nor- 'oik ' by a good many people who had 'alth ' In the recent movement. Many others will merely laugh up their ileeves over the failure which they 'orecasted. ' Whether or not the abandoning of ho project Is due to the fact that clear title could not bo had to the old lglit-of-way , seems questionable. It seems hardly reasonable that a man capable of promoting such a project ivould lack the business sense to in quire Into this phase of the question before going ahead. But on the other hand , Just what was to be gained : rom n cold bluff , Is not apparent on .he surface. It Is quite evident now that there , vlll be no Norfolk-Yankton line unless remont Hill returns to life. The commission appointed two years ago to investigate the govern ment printing plant has reported that there Is room to prune expenditures quite extensively In this department as in most others. Not only is the of fice - rather extravagantly , but all the other departments are out rageously extravagant in their moth' ods of ordering public printing. They make a practice of ordering an ample supply of any document or publlca tlon , preferring to have a largo sur plus rather than a possible deficiency The result has been an accumulation of agricultural year books , congres sional records , and so on , practically worthless and on which the govern ment is spending $13,500 a year storage. Engineers estimate the weight of these surplus publications to be not less than 9,500 tons. This is enough to start a factory for utilizing this old paper for new paper mate rials. The most salient features of the much talked of Des Molnes plan of city government are first , the Individ ual responsibilities of the commis sioners ; second , the removal of ap pointments from the realm of ward politics and the" election of the ap pointive olllcors upon the basis of ef ficiency and adaptability , and the ref erendum of franchise rights to the people. There is no danger of the franchise grabber. The opportunity for the people to get a speedy hear ing directly with the man responsible for the conduct of the affairs of the department they deslro to appeal to. Perhaps the best word to be said for the plan is that the citizens of Des Molnes , after a two years' trial are generally very well satisfied with the new form of government and are pre pared to give- substantial reasons for .their faith , while the Idea Is rapidly spreading and other cities are taking the matter of a change to the com mission system under serious consid eration. There seems to bo world wide re volt against the liquor traffic. Europe Is as thoroughly aroused against a continuance of its evils as is America. ' Finland abolished Intoxicants by1 a vote of its parliament. Iceland has adopted national prohibition. The Russian duma ordered the royal eagle removed from the vodkabottlcs and the skull and cross-bones put In their place , with the word poison written In largo letters beneath them as a warning to the people. Statistics In England show a doorcase of thirty million dollars worth of Intoxicants In the consumption during 1908. In Paris placards are placed on bulletin boards In conspicuous places saying "Whoever puts alcohol In his mouth takes out his brains , his money , his ' health , his happiness. " In America elo.cn thousand saloons were put out of business In 1908. With'such an In ' creasing sentiment against the traffic as those facts Indicate , the shrewd I . business man will endeavor to. got any capital he may have Invested In any department of the liquor tinfllc , out at the earliest possible date. WHAT REAL PATRIOTISM MEANS. It Is a constant wonder to the rest of the world how Japan , burdened as the government Is with debt , man ages to meet her financial obligations. The answer Is given by Adachl Klnno- sukl , editor of the far cast , In the ono word-patriotism : "Our greatest asset - set ( " he says , "Is sentiment. " What would bo the result If the United States government should say to her wealthy sons , "You are receiving $100- 000 income , and wo want you to give $30,000 a year to the support of the government ? " Would Uncle Sam get it ? Yet the people of Japan are per forming the financial miracle of glv- inc un 30 ner cent of their net income every day without a murmur. It will readily be seen that in a government for which such sacrifices as this are made there Is no graft In the conduci ng of its financial affairs and that aves much money for the use of the atlon. What a lesson America might earn from the devotion of these little Town people to their country. What night not we accomplish If every American citizen were sufficiently pa- rlotlc to bo strictly honest with the ; overnment and to cast his vote for : ho best Interests of the nation , rather han for his own selfish Interests ? DEATH OF CHRIS SCHAVLAND. The killing of Christopher SchaV' and by a careless automobile driver n Lincoln has Justly aroused the pee pie of Madison county , the victim's liome , to a point of intense indignity and if there is any way in which the lute driver can be prosecuted for his arelessness , It Is to be sincerely hoped that such action will be taken by the proper authorities. x News of the death of Mr. Schavland was a severe shock to his hundreds of 'rlends ' and admirers in this county. Chris Schavland was a man of abso- ute integrity and honor , and Madison county would swear by him to a man , without regard to political parties. As treasurer of this county , Mr. Schavland rendered the very best of service ; personally , he was a clean , admirable man and there was a mag netism about him that naturally drew men to him. He was a comparatively young man , with a future In store for ilm. He was a man of ability and of dignity. He realized the responsibil ities of the public office he filled , and lie did his public work as carefully and accurately as he would his own. He was one of the old school of pen men , his handwriting being classed among the most beautiful in the state. Madison county sincerely mourns the sudden taking off of Chris Schav. land and is keenly aroused over the manner of his death. If the auto drlv er was guilty of carelessness or fast driving , as It appears , he should be punished to the full extent of the law. He has killed one of the finest specL mens of manhood in Nebraska and his punishment , though It can not re store the life of Chris Schavland , can at least stand out as a warning to other reckless drivers and perhaps save other lives from such drivers as this. BANKERS' GUARANTY STAND. Considerable has been said regard ing the attacks which are to be made upon the new bank guaranty law in Nebraska by bankers , themselves. It remained for Mr. Yates of Omaha to explain just why the bankers don't like the law. This is what ho says : It Is unconstitutional , because it provides for the levying of a tax of 1 per cent of the $60,000,000 of do- poilts in Nebraska banks. No tax can be levied in any such way. We are going to contend as the law pro scribes that a tax must bo levied on property or certain occupations. This law proposes to levy a tax in an un heard of manner and not by assessing it against the capital stock of the banks , but against the deposits ac tually against the debts of the banks. They will not pay proportionately , be cause the bank with $100,000 capital , which has $200,000 in deposits will pay on the $200,000 whllo the bank with $100,000 capital , which has $600,000 deposits , will pay on the $600,000 and not on the capital stock. There are technicalities In the title of the law ; in the fact that it con tains so many provisions that it Is not one law , but a new chapter to the banking laws , but laying all these things aside , the state could never c61- lect the tax In our judgment , and II is just as well to test it on the start as to wait until there is a panic and then hnvo the people lose their money , because of the failure of banks started by irresponsible people who could not start a bank if it was not for this law. Then the legitimate , bankeia will refuse to pay , The state | will say they will close up a bank i which does not pay. What If every ' member of the Nebraska Bankers' as- I Boclatlon says ho will not pay. Will I the state of Nebraska put all thuso ; banks out of business ? Not yet. Tl'O Nebraska law Is framed differ ent from any law over framed In the world before. It Is dangerous to de positors Instead of being a safeguard , i misleading them In the belief that I the Plate has a fund collected and In I the treasury to pay depositors Imme diately If a bank shuts Its doors. As a matter of fact when the total of 1 per cent of deposits Is all assessed ( It will amount to $000,000 to protect depositors for $60,000,000 In Nebraska banks , but not a cent of It will bo col- i lected. It will only mean the banks must credit the amount on their books I to a fund which they must set asldo to help pay the losses of some other follow If he fnlln. For this reason the bankers of Ne braska are going to fight this law as well as test It because It Is repre sented to be Bometnlng It Is not a guarantee as safe and certain as the government Itself , which will make the people's money as safe In the hands of a crooked banker as In the hands of one who has a reputation for honesty covering a life time. AROUND TOWN. What'll you have ? Hand-tooled your lawn yet ? The life saving crow has scored. The violets have arrived at last. Let your furnace fire go out yet ? The dandelion crop senms to be safe. Is Fremont Hill dead , or Just for gotten ? The straw hat will soon bo showing a deslro to get ahead. It's about time to begin doing your June wedding shopping early. What reason Is there left for ex changing with Ynnkton papers ? Madison had little trouble getting a new depot. Why not try the same method ? If apple blossoms cost more than roses , they'd be more popular , a Nor folk woman says. The conviction of the kidnapers is another evidence that America is de termined to protect its infant industry. That Yankton-Norfolk suspense was something frightful. But it was noth ing compared with these two weeks of drouth. Resolved , that .it's easier to build a railroad across the Missouri river jack In Ohio than It Is here near : he river. The next man who starts a story about the prospects of a Norfolk- Yankton line , ought to be shot on : he spot. The meanest woman has been dis covered. She is a Los Angeles lodg ing house keeper who charged the icirs for gas Inhaled by a girl suicide. The News was first to discover that the Norfolk-Yankton road project was going to be revived. It is now first to print the story that the revival Is over. About Norfolk. Stanton Register : Robert Broker was hero from Norfolk Wednesday. He Is running a livery barn in the Sugar city , and is making money. Seven years ago he left Stanton coun ty and bought land in Antelope. This winter he sold 160 acres at $65 per acre and still owns 160 acres at Co penhagen , in the same county. A. town is building up on his land , one store being already built. Pierce Leader : Attorney H. F. Barnhart came up from Norfolk Thursday and at this place he Xvas Joined by County Attorney Stewart and then went to Osmond and settle' ' a lawsuit. The two legal exhorters were driven up In an automobile , and on the return trip the distance of four teen miles was covered in twenty-five minutes. There's nothing too fast for these disclplest of Blackstone wlien they get to going. NEBRASKA POLITICS , J. A. Porter of Fierce want * Hie democratic nomination for aliprlC o Pierce county. Sheriff Dwyer of Pierce will no seek re-election , according to the Os mend Republican. Ewing Advocate : Senator Ernes L. Myers of Newport Is being boomed for gubernatorial honors on the republican lican ticket in 1910. Should ho accop it is' assorted ho will poll a heavy vote in the western part of the state Newport Republican : There Is no doubt as to the popularity of E. L. Myers in this Fifteenth senatorial dis trlct. It was proved last fall , \\hofl ho ran ahead of the republican ticket Again this spring it is brought to on attention by the expressions of ap proval forthcoming upon the sugges tlon made of his candidacy for gov < ernor. Madison Chronicle : The Chronic ! ' heartily Indorses the sentiment of th Norfolk News regarding the candi dacy of S. R. McFarland for county clerk on the republican ticket Mr , McFarland has hold the position o deputy during the encumbency of the present county clerk , and has shown himself to be a careful , painstaking official and his nomination by the re publicans for the office of clerk would be fitting recognition of his splendid record as deputy. The Crolghton Liberal proposes Senator Donahue as the democratic candidate for attorney general In I 1910. The Liberal Is another demo- cratlc paper which has thus como out boldly against the Omaha World-Her ald In that organ's attack on the Don * oluio bill , Democratic papers like the relghton Liberal and the Columbus Telegram , edited by men like Green and Howard , are apparently throwing their support openly to Governor Shal- lenborgor and his faction as against Congressman Hitchcock and the World-Herald line-up. A Heart Story from Alnsworth. Alnsworth Democrat : Returning af ter a lapse of twenty-one years to find that the woman whom lit- had deserted at the altar , had long since died , and his daughter , whom ho had never Keen , or supported , or oven taken the trouble to Inquire after , happily mar ried and possessed of a good homo of her own , was the lot of a man who was once n familiar figure In these parts. He arrived hero recently , and by means of relatives of his daughter located her and she was then made cognizant of the fact that her father was alive. Back of these few facts lies a story of a woman's love , heart aches , poverty and privations seldom heard of. Wants Divorce After Forty Years. O'Neill Frontier : After nearly forty years of married lite , Nina Peterson on Tuesday filed a petition for divorce In district court , alleging that her spouse , Leren Peterson , Is extremely cruel , abusive , insulting , will not sup nort her and numerous other allega lions. They were married in Den mark In 1S70 , the plaintiff being sixty five years of age and the defendan sixty. They have resided at Ewlng in this county , the past ten years. Be sides real estale at Ewing valued a $2,000 , the petition Involves $5,625 ii money , most of which Is in Ewlng banks. Of this sum , the plaintiff says $2,500 $ is deposited to the credll o lierself and husband bul she canno ; et a dollar of it without his consen A'hich he will not give. She alleges hat he refuses to supply her with money or Ihe necessities of life amen on April 26 drove her from the house She asks for temporary alimony t maintain her action in court , a dl vorce and such permanent alimony as may seem just and proper to th court. OVER NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIES. Stanton will organize a commercial club. Beemer- working lo get a' plo\ 'actory. The Methodist parsonage was egge recently , some eight or tepi eggs be Ing thrown. Lieutenant Colonel Fred Gegner , of Madison , has resigned from the state militia service. Dr. F. M. Slsson delivered a lecture at the Albion opera house on "Willie Bill , William. " C. F. Preltauer of Lincoln county has succeeded J. C. Demel as editor of the Butle Register. II. G. Corell of Plalnvlew is now vice grand chancellor of the K. P. lodge In Nebraska. The Madison high school's graduat ing class this spring is composed of eleven young men and eight young ladies. Ainsworth Democrat : With but two mourners present , the Brown County Agricultural society was given decent burial and now reposes in peace. Nlobrara Tribune : There's a strange face in monkey heaven. One of Glaus Hansen's inonkeys died and , as It was a good monkey , we suppose it went there. While shooting rats at Albion , Guy Johnson accidentally shot a compan ion , Leo Kinzer , In the leg below the ankle. The boy's foot will probably I be saved. Sheriff Thomas Coleniau of Boyd county , a Trljvp land winner , is to re tire from office to try life on a Trlpp county homestead In the northeastern part of the county. Joseph Holden sued John McNeil Illo at Butte as the result of a difference of $10 in a dispute over the sale of some seed wheat. The costs in the case were over $100. Crelghton , Osmond , Hartlngton , Ran dolph , Belden and Coleridge will con test in the annual northeast Nebraska high school field meet , held at Hart- ington on Friday , May 21. Newport Republican : County division IIH' vision talk is abroad in Cherry coun ty , the largest in Nebraska. Judge Westover was reported to be In favor of it , but declines to mix in the affair. The Butte Gazette , editor by Mrs A. R. Armstrong , was "of ago" re cently , having boon published for eighteen years. Mrs. Armstrong is a decidedly successful newspaper wo man , and her paper covers its field remarkably well. Crelghton Liberal : An echo of the hunting tragedy of last winter , when Hans Jensen , living five miles southeast - east of hero , was accidontly shot by Walter Brandenburg , was put into a lasting remembrance when the living > member of the tragedy placed a Inju dollar monument over the grave f the victim last week. For the third tlmo In five years , the omo of Joe Wler , living north of 'alrfax , S. D. , lias boon destroyed by re , No one was at homo and some nemy Is believed to have started the laze. There was no Insurance and o furniture- was saved. Plalnvlew has selected J. G. Hanlon f the Nebraska military academy , at jlncoln , as superintendent , to sue- ccd Dell Gibson , who goes to Lyons , llss May Botliwoll , principal , goes to Enterprise , Ore. , at an Increased sal- ry. Madison Post : In splto of many do- ilals by members of the two Madison elophono companies , tUore Is a per- istout rumor to the effect that there vlll soon be a consolidation and the business conducted under one manage- nont. Pierce Leader : Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mohr wont to 'Wall ' Lake , la. , to at- end the celebration of the eightieth ilrthday anniversary of the former's nother. Each .year the children of ho qrand old lady gather nf Wall Lake and celebrate their mother's jlrthday. The Trlpp County Index , W. E. Brldginan editor , has been revived and s now appearing at WItton , one of the government townsltes In Trlpp county. The Index was first pub- lulled at Lamro , and was at that tlmo : ho only paper In Trlpp county. The Lamro Journal has since been started. Wlnsldo Tribune : Win. Hoffman's youngest boy accidentally shot him self through the hand yesterday morning. Ho was handling a shot gun when it suddenly wont off , the entire charge going through his hand. lir. Cherry was Immediately sum moned and dressed the wound and ho Is getting along nicely. The Pierce G. A. R. , on Decoration day , will unveil a soldiers' monument measuring twelve feet in height , with a life-size figure of a soldier with a musket at parade rest surmounting the pedestal. The monument will cost about $800. Judge Williams has been invited to deliver the address on the occasion of the dedication. Madison Chronicle : A spent bullel from a rifle or revolver passed through the hat of the little son of Robert Reeves as he was driving the cow home from the pasture Wednes day evening , and scratched his scalp drawing blood. No shot was heard and It Is not known whoso careless ness was responsible for the little fel low's narrow escape. Butte Gazette : As we go to press we learn of the attempt of Frank Svo boda to commit suicide. After secur Ing strychnine at Brlstow for that pur pose , he went to Fort Randall , where lie was discovered in a barn belonging to Tom Donland. Ho was In a crltlca condition , but by prompt action his life was saved. Svoboda had been working for Donland. , Lamro Journal : C. P. Jordan o Rosebud received a telegram an nouncing the sudden death of his ' brother , Col. W. H. Jordan , which oc curred at Portland , Ore. 'Colonel Jor dan was a graduate of W st Point am served In the army during the clvl war. Ho also had two brothers who . were officers In the union army. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to Mr. Jordan in his hour o bereavement. Wlsner Chronicle : Bernhard Pes tel was hammering out a plowshare last Tuesday when a sliver of the steel flew into his eye , penetrating the eyeball and puncturing the iris He came to town Wednesday to have it examined by Dr. Riley , who ad vised going to an oculist at Omaha He went to Omaha Thursday morn Ing accompanied by his father , Gus tav Pestel and Dr. Riley. It Is a very serious Injury , with the chances ver ; much against saving the sight of th eye. "Sneak day" Is bothering Nebraska school teachers. Ainsworth big ; school students held a "sneak day last week , and the boys in the Plerc senior class also came In line. Spring always brings trouble to the schoo room , Dallas and Elgin have both had court cases , the teacher at Dalla losing out and the teacher at Elgin winning. At Rushvllle , recently , tw ! teachers were egged by the roughe element among the students. BotI teachers resigned. Alnsworth Democrat : John Shane Is exhibiting a curiosity in the shap of mastodon bones. The finding o - the bones was remarkable only for th reason that they were found at a - depth of 181 feet when Mr. Shanor wa engaged in sinking a well on th ranch of Harvey Hurlbut , about four teen miles north of Alnsworth. Th ' drill penetrated about 100 feet of'solh lock before the bones were encoun tered. The finding of this relic of pre . historic ages at this depth Is strange Indeed , and affords opportunity fo . scientists to explain. Wayne Herald : County Superin tendent A. E. Littoll's long continued - and serious illness has interfered ma torlally with the oversight of the schools In the county and his plan for the same. However , his many friends are glad to know that ho has been a little bettor than holding hi own the past week. Since last Thurs day the attendants have been able to got the fever somewhat under contro and It has been a little lower each day then heretofore. They have no ! 7 given up all hopes of his recovery , S and ho still lias a fighting chance. F Alnsworth Democrat : W. D. McAn- drew this wool ; received consignments - monts of trees some from Waiikogan and others from the lllack lllllB 7,000 In all. The trees are pine and Bpruco and many of them will bo planted In Alimworth , others on Mr. McAndrows' farms nearby , and n thousand or so will bo sot out by Wil bur McAiulrow on bin ranch south of AliiBWorth , Mr. McAndrow has al ready done as much no any ono man In Brown county to convert the coun ty from n treeless country to ono abounding In timber , and hla last ef fort In this direction Is to bo com mended. Wayne Democrat : Win. V. Allen of Madison has filed now suits against' number of Wayne saloon men and ox- saloon men , In behalf of Mrs. W. F. Nloland , In the sum of $ fi,000 each suit. In a former action u demurrer by the defendants was sustained by the court , In that individual milta should bo Instituted Instead of bunch ing the defendants together. The In- enturcs for April 27 are Chas. En- res , J. H. Rohdcr and their bonds- ion ; Chas. Nlos , Herman Mlldner and omlsnicn ; Carl C. Thompson , Peter 'hoiupson and bondsmen. This will n'lng the matter up again next term f court. O'Neill Frontier : Wednesday bolng ho thirty-fifth anniversary of the ar- Ival of Colonel Nell Drennan to what s now O'Neill ho was treating his rlends to cigars. The colonel says 10 had walked all the way from WIs- ier and was foot-store and weary when on the evening of May 12 , 1874 , ho anded hero and made up camp for he night. lie has been through all ho vicissitudes of pioneer life and haa vntched the town grow and expand from the first shanty to Its present proportions , and takes a commendable pride in It all as well as a keen in- ; orest in the development of , the : ountry and county in general. Yankton Press and Dakotan : The Bounty of Meyer was stricken from : ho map of South Dakota by the last legislature and In Ha stead wo have two counties Todd and Mcllette. 3encral Todd was the pioneer of the former territory and the first delegnto In congress. Mellette was the last governor of the old territory and the first governor of the state of South i Dakota , both men of distinction who * should be rewarded by a place on the I state map. Todd county was created ' by the first legislature in 1862 and oc- I cupled a triangle southeast and ad joining Gregory county. It was sub sequently taken from Dakota territory and added to Nebraska. Spencer Advocate : A woman hail ing from somewhere down east stop ped off at Spencer with a baby to let. It was a fine little fellow about six weeks old. She called on several of our motherly ladies In town and finally after departing her troubles to one of our good ladles who always has an interest in the welfare of those who are in trouble , she was induced to keep the child till the woman could have an operation performed. Well to make a long story short the woman left and never returned. By this time the foster mother had become quite attached to the child , but she feared when her husband came home , who happened to be out of town for a few days , that he would scold her so she at once set out to look up some of the mysterious woman's relations and flnnlly found a 'brother at Vordel who took the child In charge. Burke Gazette : The Gazette man has thoroughly enjoyed the reports of the discomfiture of the young men when Hyacinth Nightengale , the hold er of No. 145 , filed on his Trlpp county homestead. Picturing to themselves the probable beauty of a maiden with so euphonious , fragrant and musical a name , the gallants all put on clean collars and had their pants creased for the day on which Hyacinth waste to file. Imagine their consternation and disappointment when a tall and angular red headed son of Erin with freckles on his chops responded when "Hyacinth Nightengale" was called. Hy is a prince , nevertheless , and al ways paid his subscription to the At kinson Graphic promptly when the editor of the Gazette was running that sheet , and used to Jam wind into a slide trombone beside us In the Atkin son band. Ho takes his whiskey straight , votes the democratic ticket , attends mass faithfully , and raises as much corn to the acre as anybody. We don't know why they named him Hyacinth. It must have been a pre natal Inspiration , for he looks more like a sunflower. Alnsworth Democrat : A. W. Scat- tergood and Charley Fey , a traveling man , had an experience while driving from Long Pine Tuesday afternoon which they do not , care to have re peated. Mr. Scattorgood had been at Bassett attending court and finishing his business there at noon , came to Long Pine. Hero ho found Mr. Fey about to start for Ainsworth , and de cided to accompany him. The two men ate plenty of dust , ' the wind blowIng - Ing a perfect gale , but nothing of note occurred until they reached a point near the Shade ranch. Hero they wore enveloped In a perfect cloud of dust and then , not more than forty feet ahead of their buggy appeared a black odd-shaped cloud , which commenced doing business at once , picking up everything In sight. After remaining almost motionless for a moment or two , the cloud moved southward , snap ping off a telephone post near the ground and , in fact , mowing every thing in its path. It was an embryo cyclone , and both men are still con gratulating themselves on their for tunate escape.