THE NOIIKOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUKNAI FJRIDAl MAY 21 .909.
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" '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
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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.
