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'- r - CV'. - " Ar --v H. --,, v r k. - -W-; V 1 (Mumlras -si -2n - iVT - a,r -$ f- - -3? v v tf- .s 32flt WHOLE NUMBER 1100. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1891. VOLUME XXH.-NUMBER 8. lontmiL ib . r. I r I v I Raw . - .e IK . - S . w :i DinECTOTWl a. Miaaaaas. Psaat. J.lLOAJJ.TWPresT U.A. o Avnuuioir. t unmoi. - MWB9?V mTum Firs! National Bank Report of Oenditioa May 17, 1M0. hm aad Dteecmta I V aw WB (H fceileit. farnisereaad Satan s.. lieefnmo.ker btnba. ,T7I.M U. ,Tenry.... efSM raafc an kNl .U,M.I mtn.H ifavwTS H" en.S aar lM...... .....,..,.. !T4irt4elprcati ?:attoai kuk a tM outstanding .... 2 VUUIM.WI. A .. gnsinesM furiM. 3, If. KIIMAIV, DFUTCHER ADVOZAT, OBee ever Colaahas &tU Bnk. Odavtwa. Rebrstka. - O UIM.ITAN KEEtMBna, rroiJAT:r5ir .law; OBee Fitat National Bask, Calamae. Kebracka. J. at. XHtVB, ' DRAY and EXPRESSMAN. UcbteaA beer? kaolin. Goods rue. ifcsdqcpttcnatJ.P.BaenrJ aii Lone. 93 a&d Si. X'AUBLE BRASBHAW. X . (aaccg tsort to fatMe 4b JhwaaTQ, f BRICK: aTAKJRfelBl SVTontreetara ncd builders wtlj fad. brick fimVclass end tffprtU at rsrtoaaale fates. We are alto ortnued to do all aiAA.cdbttett arete. J K. TURNER ft COn Proprietor and Pabliafcete at the CCL7V39S 2C7UAL sal til B. fAltttT JOVUl, Botfc. Pf.t-Eil to &nr addreea. for X2.C0 a saar. at rid 1 in aUTanco. Fajult Jocbsul, f LOO a yenr. .w. k. mcallistek. w. m. cobkilius ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Culambaa. Nab. E.CBOYD, MAHrrACTTTBEm or Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware! JobWrk, Rcoflnff aad Oattar ing a Birtcialty. kVChi on on istn attest, Kraoaa Tbirtecnthatrect i:th Bro-'a eU Rtf etaou on Cbas. F. KMArr. Fbijtk B. Ksifa KKAPP BROS.. Contractors and Builders. KaUtsatca farclahad oa brisk and atona trerk and piMteri&s. free. 8pecial attaatia (inal to arU'iBs ballan, aaatlaa, eie, Btalalaa a&d tack poiatiac old or n brick work to rfare at nmesed brick, a apacIaUy. Corraap&aaaaca vmjiiim. imncaHi)cjii .kI..u1 ITVau... i.A Z..k.. ZiOIMJlg KNAPr BBO&. Colombia, Nth. FOB SALE. A FINE IMPROVED FARM for aula in Shell Crook Taller, scar Colnmbue, containing 300 '.acTtm of laad: abont 12U acrea fimtt r ccJtiTaticn; 10 acres heavily timbered, rs iiia-nJiT mostly in clovrr and bias gnrf ircstare and hay lacd; 150 frnit treea, app!, paara. cherry, plama, ctc.eome boarisir: all kiuda of orannsrntal trooa and ahrnba; ISO full4yanna crapt rinoa. The fans ratlra la feseod, and di ided i ito amall field by fence. Dwelling hoaaa tit ecTen roomfl, uranaiy, corn cribs, larse bona labia witli bnr-inow, c&ttlo barn which hold a toes of Lay; hoc hoste; 2 wells; rnnain water la tntturc. For further particulara inaaire at JovnsM. oflloe. or address. IL BL, care of JocaV ttii ColaiMbca. Near. StaaxU A STRAY LEAF I DIARY. JOURNAL OFFICE OARDa ENVELO NOTE BILL Era SUBSCRIBE NOW TIE MUHK JOWUL TIE AIEtlGAH HAttAZIRE, W qfar MtmM m Tr.mMM. AwJeeNAX.le rleaWai ta, to tba hast laadfaaaurj i PUJaa aaaarajsail The ifa lie cal eJfc-elae aaoaik. rotad eaUialr ta AaMraeaa UM ta. A rini Tli its sat aai Ptuiwaa. aau : ska ealy decMaal i aaaant of Aaserloia lan;i. . ii m as ajoaa aa asv ok in mw wk- .faraiskiaciBiajaaroaer 1.2ttpamcf i-e vara, wnaaa aw tnoa5.iast aom. ttlakaaailSllr Bluatfated. aa.- is aaaataera. maaaaliiai S wi oaaraUaeM(aa fee BBora BMraawiate aaasV ttaa a yaara aaljacrii Laad aaeri Am:. aaseiat c'-i U inMea ta Ta Aai iKi 4 lis. It i:l be rsaeHaTIf bfilliaat aariac th r. nadcaaf Ji ALO TniTaaaKaa. S KJKBial- RX-ZDEa HEAD6. dodgers! in lei mi SD1IJUUZED HAPPENINGS. A Brief Compendium of the Busy World's Events. DK BRIGGS SUSTAINED. THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEM INARY STAND BY HIM. The Directors af the Seminary Declare tke Veto by the rresbrterlaa Geaeral Aa- eeaabljr niecal saa He Oaa Caatlama te Hold His FeslUea. The directors of Union Theological seminary have declared their position on the question of the right of the gen eral assembly of the Presbyterian church to veto the transfer of Prof. Charles A. Briggs from the chair of Hebrew to the chair of bibical theology. They ay, after having taken legal advice, they see no reason to change their views on the subject of the transfer of Dr. Briggs, and are bound to discharge their duties under the charter and constitution of the seminary and to adhere to them. The intent of the veto passed by the general assembly at the recent session in Detroit was that Dr. Briggs should cease to bo professor in Union seminary. The effect of the resolution given above is that it is the judgment of the direc tors that the veto was a usurpation of the powets given or intended to be given to the general assembly, and since the veto was illegal the appointment will stand, and Dr. Briggs will continue as professor during the coming year as during the past seventeen years. Friae FlajhtlBS; aad Lwxary. Sevrbax big capitalists of San Fran cisco have united in the formation of an athletic club, solely devoted to pugilism. John D. and Adolph Sprcckels, sons of the sugar king, are the prime movers, and they have secured the co-operation of many rich men, including ex-Senator Fair. The club will be named the Great America. It will be wholly de voted to pugilism and the members will bo given a monthly show, with every luxury that a first-class theater affords. Troubles of the Switchmen. Up to to-day not more than 6 per cent of the locked-out switchmen in Chicago have been taken back by the Northwestern. The reason given for this condition of affairs is that the trainmen object to the rc-cn-gagementof the Chicago switchmen, feeling that the tables might be turned if too many of them found their way back to the company's employ. A Missouri Twister. Special from various points in west ern Missouri report that a cyclone did much damage. In tho vicinity of Carl ton. Mo., four houses were partially wrecked and six barns entirely demol ished. Whole fields of wheat were laid low and much damage was done "to orchards. At Macon, Mo., wheat was damaged to the extent of 850,000. Will Uet oftT Easily. SECBETAnr Tbact says the next step will be to send the Etata back to the United States to stand trial. There is no expectation the officers and crew have jeopardized their liberty by sur rendering. It is believed in official cir cles the Etata is not likely to suffer heavily as a result of her escapade. Saved By Its Speed. The Indianapolis fast train ran into a tornado near Crothersville. The engine and train swayed fearfully and the pas sengers were panic stricken. The train was running nearly fifty miles an hour and it is believed its speed alone saved it from being wrecked. Will Be Open la 1897. Ex- Sesatob Muxes, of New York, president of the Nicaraugua Canal com pany, expresses himself more than satis fied with the condition of affairs in tho canal work and confidently expects it to be opon to business in 1897. The Grip In Alaska. News from Alaska is that the grip is creating great havoc among the natives. Hundreds have died at the rate of a dozen per day. There i no doctor on the island and no medical stores. Ko Redaction In Corn Duties. Is the lower house of tho Prussian diet Caprivi stated that the ministry had decided against any reduction of the corn dutirs, as a general state of dis tress did not exist. No Judge Until December. Pkesident Harbison has finally de termined not to appoint tho nine new circuit court judges until December. He says that no members have yet been selected. IN THE EAST. Ixcobpobatiox papers were fifca" a Columbus, O., of the Consolidated Oat meal company, with a capital stock of S3:0,000. All the oatmeal mills of the country are thus brought under one management. The directors of tho American Sugar Refining company havo decided to de clare a full semi-annual dividend on preferred stock and set aside enough to provide for the dividend on preferred stock for the rest of tho year. The United States supreme court dur ing its last term completely smashed the high record of cases disposed oi at one term of court, settling 617 cases, against 470 which has heretofore been the largest number passed upon at a single term. The rumor comes from Washington that Secretary Noble is soon retire from the cabinet and accept a prominent diplomatic position abroad. Political gossip connects Ex-Congressman Carter prominently with the vacant cabinet chair. A dabixg and almost successful at tempt to steal the body of P. T..Barnum, the dead showman, was made at Bridge port, Conn. An excavation in the ground several feet deep had been made, when the ghouls were discovered by the watchman. President Kennedy and Cashie Kennedy, of the Spring Garden bank, Philadelphia, which failed recently,have been held in bonds of 820,000 and 815, 000, respectively, to answer to the charge of making false returns, false entries and for embezzlement. The presidential train, in its trip ended last week, was .on portions of twenty-two different railroads, and the average speed of the train when run ning was scheduled at thirty-three miles an hour, but often when time had been lost between terminals of roads sixty six miles an hour was run. Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott preached a semen at Plymouth church on "The Two Theologies," which may place him on the list with Dr. Briggs. He charac terized the old as a belief that God was outside of man, the new that he was in man. He denied that the bible was either isherant or infallible. It was a mixture of the human and divine and lis glory was that It showed God and nan to be essential In nature. He found no fault with the old and was sorry that some others did. It was a step to the temple. Still, while he honored the steps and was glad to have traversed them, he was unhesitating in his avowal that he would not bring them back. Assistant Secretary Nettxetox di rected the return to their native coun tries of two Italians and one Swedish immigrant who, since their arrival In January have become paupers. Under the new law they can be returned at the expense of the company bringing them. This is the first order of the kind issued by the treasury department and indi cates the vigor with which the sew law Is to be enforced.. Of the fifty-two Episcopal dioceses of the country over one-half have taken action with regard to the confirmation of Bishop-elect Brooks and only one third have withheld their consent. It is believed iu some quarters that even if the standing committees agree, the house of bishops will reject the nomina tion, but the general opinion seems to be that Dr. Brooks will pull through by a satisfactory majority. The May debt statement just issued shows an apparent increase of 1600,000 in the debt since the 1st Inst. This is due to the fact that the disbursements during the month were unusually large, leaving less money in the treasury May 29 by about the amount stated available for the payment of the debt. The pen sion payments were 88,500,000, leaving $17,500,000 of such payments for the present quarter to be met during the month of June. A deluge of rain and hail, accom panied by big wind, visited a large portion of Ohio and Indiana, and ex tending up the lake region. At Cleve land 61-100 of an Inch of rain fell inside of seven minutes and tho streets were turned to rivers. At Lima. O., a young man was crushed by a falling tree. In many places hundreds of windows were smashed by the descending hail. A train on the Wheeling & Lake Erie suffered from the bombardment, the windows in the passenger cars being smashed, the headlight demolished and a hole knocked in the roof of the cab. While a crowd of 4,000 were witnessing the Latonia races at Cincinnati the hur ricane appeared. When the wind top pled over the upper seats and rolled them downward it was with great dif ficulty a serious panic was averted. Many slight casualties in various places are reported, it being pronounced the worst storm that section has experienced for years. IN THE WEST. Chicago is to have within the next four months a practical duplication of Madison Square garden of New York. It is to be situated on the east side of Dearborn street, covering the block between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets. The land and building, which is to be three stories high of stone and brick, will cost over 8400,000. A plain style of architecture will be employed, and the building will be utilized for all purposes for which Madison Square gar den is used. Chairman Findley of the Western Passenger association ruled that tho Chicago & Alton shall pay over to the association 8200 for the offense of failing to make effective the ruling in connec tion with the rate from Kansas City to St. Louis and $300 for a similar offense in regard to the rate from St. Louis and East St. Louis to Chicago. Gould is finding the Union Pacific a heavy load since he undertook to save it from the hands of a receiver. It is now proposed to take up a large amount of bonds now due by issuing a collateral trust bond secured by the same col lateral. It is a question if the investing public will agree to shift the risk from the present debt holders. In an interview with ex-Senator Tabor in Denver he is quoted as follows: "I had several friendly chats with Prcs dent Harrison during his late visit, both in Glenwood Springs and Denver. You may say from tho president's conversa tion that he will recommend the free coinage of the American product in his next message." About 200 stone cutters struck at De troit. Two months ago they demanded 81 per day. The bosses ultimately offered S3. 73. The men had been work ing for 83.C0, but refused to compromise and struck. A monument to.Gen. Grant, presented to the city of Galena, the old soldier's homo before the war, was unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. Hon. Chaunccy M. Depew was tho orator of the occa sion. The Aita-Caiifornia, the oldest news paper on tho Pacific coast, has sus pended publication because for some years it has been financially unprofit able. Five hundred lathers of Chicago have struck for an increase of 20 per cent, in wages. All big contracts in the city arc interrupted. The Rock Island's gross earnings for May are 81,281,798, a decrease from the same period last year of 8183,213. THE SOUTHERN SUMMARY. ScuwEisruBTH is booming his religion in the Missouri valley and has been at Kansas city. The following is a des cription of him as he appeared to a re porter: The long robe, girdle and san dals of the day of Christ were missing. On Mr. Schweinfurth's feet were light silken hose and dark bronze kid slippers; a neat fitting pair of black trousers, and waistcoat of rich material, and over the vest a light check smoking jacket, with silk braid and trimming, about completed his attire. He was elegantly dressed ana a heavy gold chain and locket hanging from his vest showed that he appreciated good jewel ry. On the question of the immaculate conception Mr. Schweinfurth said: "I merely accept the testimony of these ladies and I know that they are right. In one case it was a married woman upon whom the blessing fell and no question can be asked about this. In the other case it it true and unques tioned that the miracle was wrought." The grand jury in the New Orleans Hennessy jury bribery case has made its final report. Referring to the regular proceedings about the court building, the fact is mentioned that the list of tales of jurors in the Hennessy case was delivered to the defense nearly twenty four hours before it was given to the attorneys for the state. The grand jury was unable to ascertain who was re sponsible for the matter, but urged the officers of the court to place the respon sibility where it belongs. The opponents of Senator Call in the late contest over his re-election in the Florida legislature are staking a strong effort to induce Gov. Fleming to with hold his signature frost Call's certificate of election and then declare that no legal election was held and appoint an other man. Robert Schilling, secretary of the ! new people's party, has issued the call for the committee of the party to be j held in St. Louis Jnne 13 to arrange plana for the comiag campaign THE WEATHER AND CROPS. The Weakly Bulletin Issued Shewa FaveraMe Reports. The weekly weather crop bulletin says: Showers In the spring wheat .re gion of Minnesota and Dakota the past week have been light and in some local ities injury has resulted, but the crops are doing fairly well. In the Missouri valley the weather was generally favor able for small grains, but too cold for corn. The drought in northeast Ne braska has been relieved. In Kansas the crops are improved, especially wheat. The prospects are generally good in Iowa and Missouri. In some sections corn is being replanted, owing to damage by cutworms and a small area was plowed under be cause of injury by the Hessian fly. In Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Illi nois the rain was very light and badly distributed, and the cold weather re tarded the growth. Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, however, report a good con dition and the indications are that the pending drought will be succeeded by general rains within forty-eight hours. In California the grain is Improved, while the hay, strawberries and cherries are damaged by the rains. The fruit prospects in southern California are im proved, but the ripening is retarded by the cool weather. In Oregon the weather Is favorable and the crops are doing well. FOREIGN JOTTINGS. The state department has received official information of the peaceful sur render of the Chilian Insurgent steamer Etata at Iqulque. It had on board 5,000 rifles and also ammunition taken from the schooner Robert and Minnie off the port of San Diego, Cal. It had no other munitions of war than those belonging to the ship and had transferred nothing to the Esmeralda, with whom it com municated off Acapulco, Mexico. The Etata will now be sent back to San Diego, probably under convoy of a cruiser. It will be delivered to the United States court officials at San Diego and the proceedings against it will be resumed. The surrender was made voluntarily by the leaders of the Chilian insurgents. Their desire had been com municated to the Washington govern ment, which accounts for orders sent to the Charleston to cease the chase it had started upon. The Jewish relief committee in Ber lin states that the daily average number of expelled Russian Jews passing through Charlottenburg is 600, most of whom are going to America. Relatives are wait ing, ready to provide for some of them in Paris and' for a few in London. The police will not permit them to enter Berlin, so they spend one night at the Charlotten burg station and then proceed by train toward their destinations. The director of the relief committee says the commit tee suffers from no lack of funds, money and goods being freely given, while a number of tho exiles are already sup plied with money. The expulsions con tinue in St. Petersburg, where groups of Jews, Including well-dressed women, are to be seen in the streets under the escort of gendarmes, going to the police station before they are started for tho frontier. Mr.Paknell will certainly marry Mrs. O'Shea in July. Those best informed declare that the tenacity with which Mr. Parnell has clung to his position as leader of the Irish Nationalists and the desperation with which he has fought the battle with his political op ponents are largely due to the in fluenco of the divorced wife of Capt. O'Shea. Should sho win the probate suit now pending regarding the disposal of the legacies of her aunt, Mrs. Wood, she will become passesscd of 100,000. It is also rumored that after his mar riage and the prorogation of parliament Parnell and his bride will visit America. Trade statistics for Costa Rica for last year show a remarkablo change in imports, the United States now having a larger trado with Costa Rica than England, France or Germany. The total valuo 'of imports last year was S4,250,000, of which the United States furnished 81,500,000. The report from the British consul to his government just made public expressed surprise that the United States should now stand first on the list, when only a few years ago its shipments did not nearly approach those of Great Britain. It is reported that the czar, in re sponding to an appeal made by an ex alted personage on behalf of the Jews in Russia, said he was determined to continue his measures of repression. The Jews themselves, declared the czar, had forced this policy. There had never been a nihilist plot hatched in which they were not concerned, and they actively engaged in propaganding ail such measures. The international Templars confer ence at Edinburgh, Scotland, discussed the status of the Catholic members and resolved that it is not a violation of tho Templar obligation for a member to communicate the work of the order to the clergy under the seal of the confes sional. At a banquet in Paris the imperialists grew enthusiastic over the prospects of the re-establishment of the empire They decided to press their campaign for the overthrow of the French repub lic with renewed vigor. Lake Ilmen, in the government of Novogoro, Russia, has been the scene of terrible hurricanes. Nineteen timber vessels have been wrecked and all their crews drowned. Reports received by the Paris com mercial exchange indicate that the yield of corn this season will be only two thirds of the average amount. The recent census of Ireland shows a population of 4,706,162 males and 2,317, 076 females, being a decrease of 468,674 in the total since the last census. At the annual meeting of the St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute railroad, at St. Louis, in his annual report President and General Manager Parker refers to the desire of the management of the road to introduce the principle of profit sharing in the financial policy of the company. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. CAiTU Common to prime .t 4 75 6.25 Hoos Shipping grades 4.40 4.60 Sheep 4.12J4Q 5.25 Whbat Cash 1.01 CORH Cash.. .......... .--.. .47 OATS 44 .44 AIC, sItw " ""-T - - 49 f t iv &7ULX lel& Bcrrnt Western dairy 12 .16 Eogb Western 15 .15$ SIOUX CITY. Cattle Fat steers t 5.25 a 5.50 CATHX Feeders 3.00 Q 3.75 Hoos 4.10 Q 4.55 CSaHnr wOU f w TV HKenX VJ Oats : .35 .33 W laaaJn. Lwt OMAHA LIVE STOCK. Cattxx Common to prime. S 3.0 CIO Hoos Shippers 4.10 4.35 XEW YORK PRODUCE. Wheat .-.....$ l.nGfe i.l? OOSlt.... ..--.. ............. 63 t& .61 OASaWattam ..... .... AA w M WON BACK HIS LANDS. COL. KING'S SUIT AGAINST MRS. PILLOW. r. The Supreme Caurt aff Teaaaasea Restores :!' UlUt w.-a WF. ft r vai WIMW1 OTTCMW Mil W v Him -Sensational hteey BaealUJ. The Supreme Court of Tennessee has rendered a decision in one of the most sensational cases ever tried In this coun try, and in which murder played an Im portant part It was from the chancery docket, and was that of VL Clay King vs. Mary E Pillow. King is the author of "King's Digest of Tennessee," and has a reputation throughout the South for brilliancy as a lawyer and courage as a soldier. Ho fitted out a company of cav alry for tho Confederates during tho war, mounting his men on horses bred by himself in Kentucky. He fought his way to tho command of a regiment and "Clay-King's Tigers" made a name as the most desperate regiment of cavalry in the Wfe'sVfiOt even excepting Forrest's troopers. King is now in jail on a charge cf murder. Mary E Pillow is the widow of General Gideon J. Pillow, of Mexican war and chil war fame, and a woman of rare qualities of mind and person. She and King formed a liaison about ten years ago, and occupied tho King manor house, about forty miles from Memphis. The I artuership was alleged to bo a pureiy business affair, but Mrs. Grundy said otherwise. It was an open secret that King was very much In love with Mrs. Pillow, and about three years ago he filed a bill in chancery asking the court to divorce him from his own wife, stating as a reason that ho wanted to marry Mrs. Pillow. Tho bill never saw the light at that time, for King withdrew it before the newspapers got hold of it A short time later Mrs. Pillow filed deeds from Colonel King giving her all of his property plantations in Arkan sas and real estate in Memphis in con sideration of his having a home under her roof during his life. Still there was no scandal, but finally the fair widow ousted the Colonel from tho plantation. He then tiled a bill against her in chan cery reciting that sho had swindled him out of his estate. The widow came back at him with a voluminous cross bill charging him with robbing her and try ing to force her to live with him. Ho responded with an anw?r containing a stack of love letters from Mrs. Pillow to himself Tho case was tried last fall, and King won it The affair was supposed to bo settled but it was not, for on the 22d day of last March King met Mrs. Pillow's attorney, David II. Poston, on Main street and shot him without a word of warning. Postcn died the not day. On account of tho prominence of tho murde:cr and his victim the tragedy created intense ex citement Postcn was very popular with brother lawyers and King is de cidedly unpopular, consequently ho has found it ncco-sary employ non-resident lawyers to assist in defending him. The Supremo Court has now ronacrca a decision in tho suit of King vs. Pillow, affirming the C hancellor's decree. This puts King in a better shape financially to fight for his life in the Criminal Court than ho would otherwise have been, bulj public feeling against him Is very strong, and unless he dies in jail, which is not uulike!y, as ho is 65 years old, he will projbably ba fouud guilty of murder. His counsel havo endeavored to get a change of venue, but failed. LOOKING TO HARVEST. Tllleia or the Soil Ifcp3rt I r-ispecis Falr'y Good. Showers in the spring-wheat region of Minnesota and the Uakotas during the last week havo been light and not well distributed, and in somo localities some injury has resulted from drought and frost but crops are doing fairly well. In the States of the Missouri Valley the .weather was genr rally favorable for small grains, but it was too cold for corn. The drought in Noitheast Ne braska has been relieved by generous rains In Kansas all crops wero im proved, especially wheat, which is well headed. Prospects arc reported as generally good in Iowa and Missouri; frost did littlo damage; iu somo sections corn is being replanted, owing to damage by. cut worms and in a small area wheat wa plowed under on account of injury by Hessian fly. Missouri reports wheat average; meadows no. or better, and fruit except apples, continue excellent In Wisconsin, Mlchisan, Indiana and .Illinois rain was very light and badly distributed, and tho cool weather re tarded growth. The effect of the week was generally injurious. Many farmers in Illinois are replant ing corn on account of Its injury from insects. Grasses and grain are dying in Wisconsin on account of droughts, and some fruits are injured by frosts in Michigan. Indiana and Illinois, how ever, report grain in good condition and the indications are that tho pending drought will be succeeded by general rain within forty-eight hours. Crops wero generally improved by recent rains In Ohio, although frosts injured wheat in northern sections. Cool weather has. retarded all growth In Kentucky, where the outlook is not promising and wheat has been injured by rust Local showers have given temporary relief in Tennessee, Arkansas and north ern portions of Louisiana, but In locali ties not so favored cotton has been injured and in somo sections p'owed up and corn planted instead. In Texas, where nail injured crops cotton has been replanted and reports state that corn, cotton and wheat are in good con dition. The drought continues over the greater portion of Louisiana, and all crops are more or less Injured. In the east por tion of the cotton region the prospects are much more favorable, owing to re cent rains, but the cool, cloudy weather was unfavorable, though South Carolina reports the crops in good condition. Ex cessive rains in central North Carolina, attended by cold weather, retarded growth, while drought continues in the vicinity of Wilmington. Old-VI arid Names. ATNA signifies a furnace, dark or smoky. Sicily signifies the land or country ot grapes. Sardinia signifies footsteps, of men, which it resembles. Rhodes signifies serpents or dragons, which are produced there in abundance. Syracuse denotes bad flavor, so called from the unwholesome marsh upon which it stood. The English of, Caledonia is a high hilL This was a' rugged, mountainous province in Scotland. Africa signifies a land of corn or ears. It was celebrated for its abundance of corn and all sorts of grain. Gaul, the ancient name of France, signifies yellow-haired, as yellow hair characterized Its inhabitants. Asia signifies between or in the mid dle, from the fact that geographers place it between Eurooe and Africa HiBERNiA is utmost or last habitation, for beyond this to the westward the Phoenicians never extended their voy ages. Italy signifies a country of pitch, from its yielding great quantities of hlar.lr nlth Calarirla. rural vri it n&aaA I from the same characteristic. NEBRASKA'S CROP OUTLOOK. rhe Proepeete Hare Not Been Better Since the First Seel Was Broken. The Nebraska weather service bul letin for the past month shows that there has been an abundance of rainfall in all but the extreme western part of the state. In that portion of the state a little cast of the middle, running from north to south, the rainfall was over five inches, reaching a maximum of 6.07 Inches at Oakdale. The extremo west ern part of the state had less than an inch, and the northeastern corner only a littlo over an inch. The number of rainy days, and of clear, and cloudy days, was nearly normal. Thcro have becn.but two seasons sinco 1878 that a greater amount of rain fell than this spring, tho exceptions having been in 1882 and 1883, when there were falls of a very small fraction of an inch more. According to reports from overy section of the state the outlook for farmers has not been better sinco the first sod was broken In Nebraska. There is a larger acreage of small grain in nearly every section from which reports are received, and corn will also bo largely increased, although planting had just fairly begun n many parts when the reports wero made. Gathering; or Newspaper Hen. A large and representative gathering of newspaper men assembled at Oxford Dn account of tho meeting of tho Repub lican Valley Editorial association. Ar rangements were about completed for a short excursion to the mountains some time in July. By an amendment to tho constitution the boundary of tho district has been extended to include all terri tory south of tho Platte and west of Thayer county. The annual election of officers resulted as follows: President, ,T. D. Stinc, Superior Journal; vice-president, F. Bert Rislev, Culbertson Re piUillran; secretary, J. L. Lashbrook, Oxford Standard; treasurer, W.E.Smith, Arapahoe Pioneer. The Welcome Knln. A scries of splendid rains throughout Nebraska have improved crop prospects 100 per cent. The yellow and withered wheat and grain fields have been given a new lease of life and look rich and green in the June sunshine. Tho drouth was assuming serious proiiortions. but tho prospects are again Mattering for a bountiful harvest. Corn was the least sufferer from dry weather and is mak ing magnificent strides in growth. It is now on an average between four and six inches high. Shorter Culls. The chief of police of Osceola gets the reward of 8700 for tho capture of Mcln tyre, the escaped murderer from Sioux City. Several acres of sandbar land accre tion from tho Missouri river to the southeast corner of Burt county bids fair to cause a great deal of trouble. Three separate families claim the small tract and all of them live on the land. Tho trouble which has been brewing for some time culminated in a pitched bat tle, the men, women and children all participating. Clubs and broomsticks were freely used and guns were brought out, but no shots were fired. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha depot at Florenco was burned, caused by lightning running in on the wires. Additional proof of the ennning of Mrs. Shccdy has come to light. It not only appears that she refuses to pay the 52,500 expenses Incurred by her uncle. M. B. Biggcrstaff, in her bohalf during the trial, and in addition left him re sponsible for 83,(MM) of Judge Weir's feo, but that she also shows a disposition to repudiate the fee or S12.000 promised Mr. Strode, her principal attorney. The case known as tho "Marietta white cap case" at Wahoo came to an abrupt termination by the failure of the prosecuting witness to show up. During a fierce electric storm which prevailed at Fremont tho residence of John Hammang was struck by lightning. The bolt passed through a bed in which two small boys were sleeping, scorching the clothes, but not injuring the occu pants in the least. The residence of H. B. Andrews, thirteen miles northeast of Mcrna, was struck by lightning. The houso was almost completely demolished, and al though at the time it was struck thore wero eight persons sleeping in the house, no one was injured. The lightning tore every bedstead but one to pieces and bolts of lightning went through every room. Carl Carlberg while riding on horse back collided with a team near Wake field, during a storm which made the night pitch dark, and will probably die from his injuries. nENRY Bolford, proprietor of tho Spring Garden dairy at Omaha, was dragged to death by his frightened team. J. Mulkue, of Nebraska City, made two attempts to end his life, one by cut ting his throat and the other by hang ing, bnt he still lives. Arrangements have been completed for holding an exposition of a novel character at Nebraska City in Septem ber. It will comprise an art gallery, curio hall, agricultural department, merchants' display, stock show, etc. Judge Alexander H. Connor died in Kearney from blood poisoning, resulting from carbuncles. lie was one of the oldest citizens and a prominent member of the bar. He also served two terms in the state senate. The annual gathering of the Ne braska turnvercin occurs at Fremont June 25. Friday was traveling man's day at Hastings. One hundred and fifty trav eling salesmen and forty Hastings young men and 110 young ladies enjoyed them selves at a banquet and ball. Herman Brenhoff, a young man 19 years old and deaf, was struck by a train while switching at Crete and fatally in jured. Gov. Thayer has appointed Chris Hartman fire commissioner and William Coburn police commissioner. Two stallions got Into a fight at the Geneva fair ground stables and two bull dogs sailed in to separate them. One of the dogs was killed and the other got hold of a stallion's nose and held on until the other stallion could be driven away. Newton Gamble killed three rattle snakes on his farm west of Madison. Each reptile had thirteen rattles and a button. During memorial services at Orleans a party of boys went to the river to bathe and Eddie Tenycke was drowned before help could reach him. The body was recovered. W. More marketed a hog at Wake field the other day that weighed 340 pounds and was as destitute of hair or bristles as a Mexican dog or skinned eel. It was shipped to Sionx City. The Buffalo county bar has appointed J. N. Dryden to confer with the regents of the state university relative to estab lishing a law department in the Institu tion. The entire bar of the state is asked to co-operate. The heirs of the late David Burleigh, of Friend, demand 85,637.15 from the town, claiming their father's death was caused by falling from a high sidewalk. Niobrara expects to hY9 MOthar brewery in a short time. THE BUSINESS WORLD. THE GENERAL OUTLOOK CEPTIONALLY BRIGHT. ex- ef ta Sieilan Taaar Dlsi ntflitant tie ail Reports af rata Crepe frnaa the Frtaelpal Ajrrtenltnral Seetlens From one end of the country to the other business is seasonably active, and the general outlook is exceptionally bright The month of May is always richer in prospects than in results, how ever, and this year It has sot violated the time-honored rule, says the Inter Ocean. - In a negative way a good deal of ground has been gained. The usual labor disturbances havo proven remark ably insignificant outside the iron regions of Pennsylvania, and eves there a final settlement has happily been reached. Tho enemies of tho grain crops have not carried on their ordinary work of devastation In the principal agricultural sections, and the European cons'iming markots have not spent a very great amount of money or energy In depressing the prices for our prod uce. Then, again, tho United States has seat nearly 830,030,000 In gold to Great Brit ain and Europe during tho past month without causing tho slightest semblance of financial distress In this country. When resumption occurred the Treasury held 8114,C0a,000 in gold, besides that held for certificates outstanding, and that was all tho gold apparent In the country; now there Is about 8214,000,000 in tho Treasury, and about 8100,000,000 iu circulation in tho country, or was May 1. Russia s seemingly insattaDio ae mands for the yellow metal aro yet quite inexplicable to financiers on this side of tho Atlantic, and no satisfactory excuse for their continuenco has been made by foreign bankers. This enormous gold ex port from New York has had a strongly conservative influenco upon both the speculative and legitimate Interests, and served to keep loanablo funds fairly well employed at profitable rates of in terest But tho chief end of this peculiar con dit:on or financial affairs will bo ono of great profit to America. It will demon strate to tho world at largo that the United Status is a nation of Immense monetary resources, as well as a land of unparallollcd powors of production. The apparent easo withwhi:h our markets have absorbed the tons of millions of American securities that foreign holders have returned us since last autumn has given them a higher place in the estima tion of investors abroad than whole de cades of wiso and honest administration and any amount of handsome Interest bearing operations would do. Last November tho great Bank of England was forced to call upon tho leading financial institution of the most prominent republic of Europo to re lieve its po-uniary distresses and in order to avert a world-wide panic. For more than a month now tho proud old monarchies of Great Britain and Europe havo sought monetary aid and support from the most prosperous republic of tho "New World." Thore are In these two statements a decidedly significent sug gestion to tho subjects of kings and princes, and ono not unworthy of con sideration by somo of our own dissatis fied people. 'RUN DOWN. OF COURSE.' Mysterlowa Case of the Schooner Thomas Hanse. Tho disappearance of tho schooner Thomas Hume, from Muskegon, Mich., to Chicago, lumber laden, is ono of those unfathomablo mysteries of tho Great Lakes which havo In years past dark ened tho lives of hundreds of tho kin dred of thoso who have disappeared. Not certain that death has claimed tho husband or father, wives and children cling vainly, year after year, to tho hopo that some time the loved one will return to his home. Captain Lee, of Chicago, who Is conducting a search for the missing boat when asked his opinion of tho fato of the vessel, said: Collision run down, of course, just as tho W. C Kimball was run down. If she capsized she wouldn't sink, and I don't believe that stanch, stiff vessel over capsized. Somo steamer ran her down. People say no captain would bo heartless enough to loavo a crew after runnintr their vessel down. Pshaw! I have sailed these lakes forty years, and I know of several such cases. Tho flno schooner Magellan was ono of them. If the officers of some steamers seo a b'g loss to pay for, you bet thoy keep mum." For days the reporters have been endeavoring to learn tho names of the crew, but to no purposo. Tho Humo, liko all other vessels, kept a book on board. That book is lost with her, and no list of the crew was left ashore. The owners of the Hume can give only the namo of tho master Capt Albrightson. Even tho Seamen's Union has no list of the crew. It was ascer tained to a certainty that tho mate was Olof Johnson, but tho names of the other five seamen have not been learned. Johnson was 25 years old and was a single man. His brother and sister live in Chicago and his parents in Europe. Capt Henry Albrightson leaves a widowand six children in Chicago. Vessel-owners gen erally urge that Congress should pass a law making it compulsory for masters to leave a list of the crew ashore each time they go out It is a matter that the masters must attend to themselves, as they often pick up crews a few hours be fore thoy leave port. These men on the Humo shipped in Chicago, but as their names are not known it is of course im possible to nay at what ports their fami lies reside. A Waaderlns; Heir. A private letter from Vienna says that Count Stephen Karolyi, one of the most powerful and wealthy members of the old Hungarian aristocracy, has just re turned there from tho United States without having succeeded in his mission. The object of this journey across the Atlantic was to recover his son, the young Count George, who landed in Boston accompanied by an actress named Barlska Frank, the star of one of the fourth-rate theaters of Buda Pesth. According to the statements of the old Count the woman forms part of a gang of Vienna usurers, whoso sole object Is to exploit the family of the young man. The latter has been In their power for more than a year, and it was only when, toward the end of last summer, he was on the point of making a full confession to his father of his troubles and of ap pealing to blm to save him from their clutches, that the gang, fearing to lose their prey, causing Barlska to induce him to eiope with her to America. In February the Connt received the news that his son had married the ac tress, and he immediately set out for the United States. On reaching New York he began a search for his son, visiting Boston, Philadelphia, Washington. Chi cago, San Francisco, Baltimore. Atlanta and New Orleans. At the latter place all traces of the couple were lost The L Count accordingly returned to VlennaJrf The object of the gang In keeping father and son apart will be easily appreciated whan It is stated that the young Coast Is an only son and legally entitled on tho death of his father to at least oae-balf of the letter's vast fortune. Accordisc to the Hungarian laws he cannot ho des lnherited, and Is, therefore, being per suaded to discount his future iBheritaaco at a ruinous rate by the gang. OLD Columbus State Bank FAYS lifEIEST W WTV JOES LNIS N KM. ESTATE. ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS OH Raw BUYS GOOD NOTE8 'S: OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 1 LEANDER GEKBARD, President. R, H. HENRY, Vice-President. 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