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:-' Bk (Mirajdra oitnraL t . - . v JE "" - r j- - X" VOLUME XXIIL-NUMBER 2. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1892. WHOLE NUMBER 1,146. f Kvav THE OLD RELIABLE i Columbus State Banli j .' (Oldost Bank ln.tha ItataJ ," . . ' :' A- pgys Interest oe Time Deposits I AND t i Macs Loans on Real Estate.- IBSUE3 SIGHT DBAFT3 OH Oaska, Chicago, New Tark aa all Foreign Conatrioa FELLS STEAMSHIP TICKETS, BUYS GOOD NOTES in 1 Helps lib CaBlouuri when thoj Need IIclp. OFFICERS AND DIBECTOI3 t lk.yxdi:i: rsniirtAiin. rresid nt. K. II. 1IUXUY. Vico-rrosiilcnt. JOHN SrAUt'i-KU, i shier. 1L HUUGGEIi, G. W. HULST. COIIERCIAL BANit OP COLUMBUS, WEB. IIAS AN .Mlorizei Capital cf $503, Pail ia Capital - -.10,1)00 OFFICERS t o. n. snnr.To.N rmi. II. i: II. OKtll-niCII. Vlee-Trcs't. U. A. M:V t;S. Cnsh'er. ' 1) VMEIi SCtlllAM. Aei't Casta. STO CKHOLDEK3 : f II r! M.in, J. P Ilccter, M n:i .il' ILOehliicb, furl lHenko. . o:ie WVI h. YV.- A Mo Wliiter. J. jl.-.irv WnrJi'tuan, 11. M. 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A Iwok, "How to Obtain Patents," with refer ences to actual clients in your state, -county ox lotni. sent l ree. Atldress C. A. K mcvar . co. i. Opposite Pateat Office, WashutoBL,l. C THE WORLD'S DOINGS. Happenings of a Week in Condensed Form. COGGER'S TIN FACTORY SOON TO START AT ELLWOOD, INDIANA, To Kmplojr 500 Tin Makers Kventually Cot. McKInley and Uther Itlg Iluga to Attend the Opening on May 1 Other News Items of Interest. Col. Coaeer's Tin Factory. CblcaRO special: Col. A. Conner of Ak ron, Ohio, was at tho Grand Pacific this week. lie left for Ellwood, Ind., where tho first tin plate plant of any consequence will be opened on May 1. The plant is owned by Col. Conger and a syndicate of capital ists, aud they expect to turn out 2,500 boxes of tin plate per week. Col. Conger said 500 tin plate makers would eventually bo employed In the factory. Col. Conger and his friends regard the establishment of their factory as a triumph of tin plate tariff. "Had it not been for tho duty of 2.2 cents per pound on tin plate." bo said, "tho Ellwood factory would never have been started. When tho indus try Is established and the tin plate fac tories begin to compete with each other, then we won't need the tariff. Tho price we have contracted for our output Is about what the English manufacturers can lay it down in this country for." Tho opening of the Ellwood factory will 1 made the occa sion of a big demonstration, and orators and politicians far and near will be invited to witness the opening. Gov. McKInley, who lias bad experience with tin plate at Piqua, Ohio, will be Invited. An excursion train from Chicago, carrying guests of the company, will also be run to Ellwood. Cause of Death a Myntcry. Detroit. Mich, special: A gardener at Frose Point found the body of Lizzie Browno of this city, on the thore of Lako St, Clair. There was a mark between the left eye and temple, and when tho doctors examined the body no water was found in the lungs, showing tltat she had not been drowned, and immediately the supposition of foul play arose. The body was brought to the city. She bad some trouble with her eyes, and it was thought she was partially demented at times, The affair Is myster ious, as the external bruise is not sufficient to have caused her death, and the doctors are positive that she did not drown. Would Not Kxtend the Itehate System. New York special: The wholesale gro cers from various States and the managers of the sugar refineries combination have been In conference in this city. The chief dhcti'sion was on the advisability of re questing the extension of the rebate sys tem. It seemed to 1h the general impres sion that arrangements could easily le made with the trust, but the trust people would not agree to extend the rebate sys tem. Bobbed In a Cincinnati Bank. Cincinnati special: Thieves robbed a man in the Ohio Valley National Rank. A short time before the bank closed for tho day Henry Wendt, a steamboat blacksmith doing business at 10. East Second Street in this city, but who lives In Newport, Ky., entered the bank to discount a note for 81,000. He received S9S0 and turned to go out. At tho door two men jostled against him, picked his pocket, and got away with the money. Russian Colonists for Kansas. Atchison. Kan., special: J. P. Pomcroy, a Itoston capitalist who owns a great deal of laud in Western Kansas, Is arranging to bring several colonies of industrious Rus sians to this State. He lias already closed a contract with a colony for 8,000 acres of farming land in Graham County which will be settled this year. Was Pushed Under the Cars. St, Joseph, Mo. special: Q Willie Harding, a 14-year-old boy.wasrunovcrby a freight train and instantly killed, and at tho Cor oner's inquest two of bis companions testi fied that a third boy named John Hill bad pushed him under the cars. Tho police are now looking for Hill. Seized Contraband Opium. Tort Townsend, Washington, special: The Collector of Customs has seized the coasting steamer Missouri with a large amount of contraband opium. Terrible Crime of a Father. Niles, Ohio special: Samuel Williams returned borne from work crazed with liquor and attempted to drivo bis entire family from the bouse. His daughter, aged 20, tried to quiet her father and be sav agely attacked her with a poker, no struck bcr two terrible blows, one over the right eye and one on top of the head, fracturing the skull. He then rushed to the table, seized a common case knife and slashed bis throat, completely severing the windpipe. He died in a short time. The daughter is still alive, but no hopes arc entertained of her recovery. Chinese Arrested for Murder. Helena, Mont., special: Deputy United States Marshal Ramsey ot Rawlings ar rested Ab Let and Ah Bo, Chinamen, charged with tho murder of Yum Lee, an other Chinaman, on the Crow Reservation lust October. The latter was found dead in his cabin Oct. 12 with bis bead split open and all his money. S900, missing. Marshal Furay detailed Billy Kay, a Helena China man, to work on the case. Billy made a good detective and fastened the crime on the accused after months of careful work. A High rrlced Smell. St. Joseph, Mo. special: A queer suit was filed here in which the man placed the social value of his wire at S2.5U0. The plaintiff Is William Coffield, who sues John F. Tyler. Mr. Coffield asserts that the de fendant built a mule pen next to bis (Cof field's) residence, the odor from which made his wife sick. He was in consequence de prived of her society for a period of two months, and asks the court to grant him a judgment in the sum named as a compen sation for such loss. Fears Entertained for Cowboys. Paris Tex. special: Much anxiety is felt here In regard to the fate of the cattlemen who joined the raid on rustlers from here, and who wcro captured and taken to Fort McKinney. It seems tbas four of then were killed in the fight No word has been received from tbem in rcsponso to anxious telegrams of relatives. Unless news is re ceived soon a party will be sent to hunt for them. Co-operative Company Collapses. Newark, N. J., special: The Co-operative Purchasing Company, the last of the "get rich-quick" concerns, has collaDsed, and 500 book-owners, who paid in from $25 to flOO, lose all they subscribed. A warrant was issued for the arrest of D H. Marsh bank, the local representative, but be dis appeared. Moonshiners Killed by Officers. Little Sock special: A desperate fight between United States authorities and a band of moonshiners took place near Big Bay, Ark., in which T. C. Bryant, one of the moonshiners, was killed. The Marshal's posse captured several stills and a quantity of beer and whisky. Stock Going Blind. Columbus, Ind. special; There is a hue and cry about horses bein? blinded by vi cious parties in the Southern part of the State. arious reasons are assigned, but the principal one Is that the perpetrators are revenging themselves upon taose want- I ing tho stock law enforced. Among those first to suffer was Charles T. Myler, ex County Commissioner, who was conspicu ous in enforcing the law. This gave cre dence to the theory of poison, still many people believe the blindness is caused by some peculiar disease new to this vicinity. Two days ago the thoroughbred stallion Sullivan, owned by Wm. E. Moore, was blinded, and Mr. Moore claims to have found powder In the horse's eyes. Parties report that a contagious disease, called "pinkeye" is raging in tho County of Dubois and that the supposed poisoning In this county will develop into that disease, at present un known, whatever may ke tho cause. There are many valuablo horses rendered worthless by becoming blind In the last ten days. STOPPED THE WEDDING. Aa Octogenarian's Daughter Twice Pre vents Mis Marriage to a Woman or 22. Vinccnnes, Ind., special: James Ward, aged 83, a wealthy farmer of Lawrence County, Illinois, and Miss Nancy Jane San ders, aged 22, were about to bo married, when a daughter of tho venerable groom rushed Into the room and protested. The minister paused whilo a heated parley was held by the father and daughter. The pas tor finally withdrew and the wedding was declared off. Thinking that the daughter had gone home, tho old man sent for a Jus tice of the Peace, and a second time tho lovers stood up and iolned hands. The Squire had just begun tho ceremony when the daughter once more rushed into the room, snatched the license from the hand of the Squire, and dashed out of the house. This stopped the wedding. The daughter claims that Mr. Ward Is of unsound mind. She is his housekeeper, and declares that her father has a good homo and is well treated by his children. He is one of the wealthiest farmers in Lawrenco County. GETTING OUT OF DEBT. Only 932.37 or Obligations Per Capita In 1800, Against SGO.73 in 1880. Washington special: The census office issued a bulletin giving a summary of Na tional, Stato and Local Indebtedness for the year ended Juno 1, 1890. The dobt of the world in the census year. Including $1,689. 740,252 local and foreign debt, less sinking fund, was $30,3:18,132,93. The average an nual decrease in the national debt of tho United States from 18S0 to 1893 exceeded $100,000,000. The decrease per capita of combined National, State and Local debt in the same period was from $60.73 to $32.37. The value of property assessed for taxa tion increased 50 per cent., a reduction of debt and an increase of wealth unequaled in the history of any country in the mod ern times. Not Thankful for Favors. Chicago special: After an evening of tho wildest excitement a detail of police was left on guard at the shelter house of the Society in Aid of Russian Refugees. Twenty-five or thirty of these refugees, who had been housed and fed for the past four weeks, were provided with work, but in sisted upon a continuance of charity, pro testing that they were not able tj go to work. The agents of the society, after using every effort to induce them to get out, determined to eject them, and this was done. After a short time the refugees re turned, and, being refused admittance to the house, made an attack upon it, tearing down one of the door. The police were summoned and quieted the rioters, but the trouble was started again, the refugees be ing loincd by the street rabble, the police had to be called again, and after vigorous work the refugees were separated and tho situation patiently explained to them through an interpreter. They again set up the cry that they were unable to work, but after two hours of wrangling they were fe reed to leave. Ihey theatcned to mako trouble and a detail of police remains on guard. Herr Most's .Time Out. New York Special. Johann Most, who has been serving a sentenco of one year's imprisonment in tho penitentiary for preaching a revolutionary sermon on the anniversary of tho execution of the Chi cago bomb-throwers, will bo released. .The steamer Thomas S, Brennan has been char tered to convey Most across the river to the foot of Fifty-sixth Street, where a tre mendous crowd of his followers will receive and escort him to their hcadquartcrs,wher3 a reception will be tendered him. The ar rangements are in charge of the musical union connected with the New York and American Federation of Labor. Most in tends to resume the editorship of the Ger man Anarchist sheet, known as the Frcihcle. He may also take a trip to Europe next month. Socialist campers Murderous. New York special: John Ulrich Gam pcrs, a socialist orator well known in Brook lyn, went home drunk and quarreled with his wifo and two daughters. He complained of delay in serving supper, and then grum bled at its quality. One of his daughters told him that as he did not provide the food ho had no right to grumble, and he knocked her down. She 1b In poor health and sho fainted. She did not get up when he called her, and he kicked her. Mrs. Gampcrs ran to help her daughter, and as she leaned over to lift her up, Gampers shot, the bullet tak ing effect in Mrs. Gampers' back. Gam pers ran away. He was arrested later In a saloon after a desperate resistance. Mrs. Gampers' wound, though serious, Is not necessarily fatal. A Trunk Trust This Time. Oshkosb, Wis., special: Definite informa tion was secured of the formation of a Na tional Trunk Company, being consolidated of seventeen trunk manufacturing com panies located at Oshkosh. Milwau kee. Racine, Chicago, Cleveland, De troit, Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis. All tho concerns will sell out to the new company, which will have headquarters in Chicago. The capital of the company is $3,000,000. The object, it is claimed, is not to form a trust or to raise prices, but to divide the territory and reduce the expenses of sales. Inventories are now being taken in all the trunk fac tories in the combine. To Guard the Seals. Washington special: Tho United States steamship Ranger, will be put in commis sion at San Francisco on the 25tb, and as signed to patrol duty in Behring Sea, The other vessels selected for this purpose are the Yorktown, Mohican and Adams, to be reinforced by the revenue vessels, Corwin, Rush and Albatross. Seven vessels will comprise the American fleet to guard Behring Sea during the scaling season. They will be assisted by several British warships. The revenue steamer. Pear has been ordered to carry supplies to the ref uge station at Point Barrow. Alaska THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle Common to prime S3.25 ch 4.gn Hogs Shipping grades 4.50 A 4.C5 Sheep O.00 6.35 Wheat Cash.t g Corn Cash 41 Rye 71 Barley 60 Flax - 9. Butter Western Dairy 16 a .20 Eggs Western 12 .124 SIOUX CITY. Catte l"at steers 13.25 351 Cattle Feeders 2.65 3.0) Sheep..... ......-..- . 4.SS 5.90 Yv DCaIi .............. U vflw .. v J lOavU . ....... . . . a3 CmX .. Jcv OMAHA LIVE STOCK. Cattle Common to prime $3.35 Q 8.70 Hogs Shippers 449 i& 4.50" NEW YORK PRODUCE. heat .-. .-. t .jo jj Corn ...... ............ . .. .41 qj jh Oats Western .35 a ,f) THE EARTH TREMBLED. A Fearful Earthquake Shock Felt in Cal Ifornia. 8an Francisco special: The worst shock of earthquake since the memorable one ot 1868 was felt shortly before 6 o'clock in the morning. At San Francisco and Oakland it did no damage. At Winters it was very severe and caused a general destruction of property. A largo brick hotel, a bank building, Bartholet's two-story building, and in fact nearly every building injown was damaged. Tho loss is at least $50,000. The contents ot tho stores and dwellings wcro piled on the floors In promiscuous heaps. No one was hurt. The shock was from east to west. The quako was also severe in Vacavillo, sixty five miles northeast of San Francisco. A number of chimneys toppled over, but tho general damage is believed to be light. No one is reported to have been injured. The Inhabitants fled in alarm from the houses. The telegraph communication with Vaca villo and Winters was cut off for some time Tho shock was also felt less severely at Nevada, Nicolaus, Auburn, Chico, and Stockton. FEARFUL STORMS IN EUROPE. Merry England Under Snow and Sleet Bitter Cold in France. London Special; Tho severo weather which set In here last week continues. In many places tho ground is covered with snow a foot deep, and a regular blizzard oc curred. There has been enormous damai;o to fruit and vegetables. In many places the rivers overflowed their banks and the adjacent country is flooded, nnd crops de stroyed. In some places tho situation is really serious. Snow and sleet has pros trated the telegraph poles and cut off tele graphic communication So serious was the destruction to the wires that tho ordi nary force of linemen was unablo to copo with the difficulties, and soldiers wcro or dered to their assistance. Great damage was done the crops in the Channel Islands. A heavy storm is raging In North Wales and Cheshire. Advices say the cold -wavb is beginning to Ihj felt on the Baltic. Dis patches from Paris and the North of France say that hail and sleet aro falling and the weather Is bitterly cold. Alimony Not Transrcrable Oshkosh, AVis., special: Tho Supremo Court lias dismissed a second appeal in the case of Mrs. .Miriam Kempster vs. O. J. Ev ans of Minneapolis, thus closing a lawsuit in which the public took considerable interest. Tho plaintiff is the divorced wife of Dr. Walter Kempster, tho noted insanity ex pert, and formerly Superintendent of the Northern Hospital for the Insane. Mrs. Kempster, during her residence in Minne apolis, became indebted to Evans and as signed him the alimony granted her at her divorce to satisfy all her obligations. Later the question was raised whether alimony was by law assignable. The Circuit Court held that it was nut, and the Supreme Court sustained tho decision. Tho result was tho seizing of the trunks of Mrs. Kempster and her beautiful daugnter Agnes by a Minneapolis swell, who was enamored of Agnes and had advanced tho mother aud daughter money to go into business. Murdered His Accuser. Marino City, Mich, special: Word has reached here that a murder was committed' at tho farm of Mr Stephenson, four miles west of here. Mr. Stephenson employes several hands, among whom were Richard Cook and William Coolby. After supper Coolby was missing and was subsequently found biding beneath tho bed of Stephen son's adopted daughter, a young lady of( about 20 years of age, with his shoes and stockings off. When discovered there Cool by came from the room, but offered no ex planation. Later Cook and Coolby went to work In the barn. C While there Cook asked Coolby what be was doing under Miss Stephenson's bed and accused him of hid ing there for a felonoous purpose. This led to a quarrel which resulted in Cook's death. Coolby declares ho killed Cook in self-defense, the latter having attacked him with a pitchfork His story is not be lieved, however. Danger in May Day Parades. London special: There are grave fears of trouble in some parts of the continent on May Day. In Germany all demonstations will be forbidden, and it Is expected that tho socialists and anarchists will endeavor to show their strength, but will bo severely repressed. There are no fears of trouble from the genuine workingmen, who will spend the day quietly with their families. ( In Italy it is thought tho authorities will have their hands full in keeping a sem blance of order nnd preparations arc being made to use necessary force. In France tho socialists are preparing to hold processions everywhere, and it is expected 2,COO,000 men will be in line. While disturbances are not looked for, the authorities are prepared to meet them in case they occur. The demon strations will bo chiefly in favor of tho eight-hour day. The Modus Vivendi. Washington special: Tho Scnato Com mittee on Foreign Relations reported fa vorably on tho modus Vivendi convention with Great Britain. The convention com prises seven articles, tho first four being precisely similar in language to last year's modus, with the exception of a change in article 1 ot the words "until May next" to "during tho pendency of arbitration." Briefly stated, the treaty prohibits Great Britain and tho United States from seal killing in the Behring Sea and on tho seal islands (savo 7,500 seals to be taken on tho Islands by tho United States for tho sus tenance of the natives) during arbitration; it provides for the seizure of offending ves sels and permits the residenco of British agents on tho islands during scaling sea son. The treaty is signed by Secretary Blaine and Minister Pauccfote. Barns Burned and Cattle Killed. Norwich, Conn, special: Eastern Con-' nccticut farmers aro greatly excited on ac count of vandal outrages that have been perpetrated periodically for many months. Mansfield and adjoining rural towns among the high hills of Tolland County have been terrorized for nearly three years by a mos extraordinary series of outrages. In tho past year and a half not less than thirteen barns and shops belonging to farmers In Mansfield were burnedapd -many cattle were disemboweled or hamstrung in their pastures in the daytime. Lately tho mis creant has taken to killing stock with ar senic, and many farmers have suffered. A rich young farmer is suspected. Want Part of Philadelphia. Cumberland, Md. special: Mrs. Oelia Leslie died Intestate at Piedmont, W. Va., in 1868. Her heirs found among her pos sessions an old trunk filled with deeds and leases, on which they are trying to recover a largo section of Frankford, a part of Philadelphia, valued now at ?33,O0O,WO. The leases were made by William Fcfevre, whose heirs, Including those of Mrs. Leslie, have engaged lawyers to bring suit for re covery. The lease shows that tho land was never sold, but tbat timber rights and other privileges wera granted, the land It self to revert to Lefevre. In the property covered by the claim is the United States arsenal at Frankford. A Victim of "Jack the Knocker." Logansport, Ind., special: Dr. E. M. Chord, an old and well known physician ot this city, died from injuries received at the hands of the mysterious character known as "Jack the Knocker," who in the last month has assaulted a number of citizens at nighty-robbing none of them, apparently having no motive. He was identified, and an attempt to arrest him led to a running fire with the police, in which a dozen shots weie fired without any one being hurt. He escaped at that time and left the county, and his whereabouts are now unknown. A NEW ORGANIZATION. IT IS THE STATE BUREAU IMMIGRATION. OF Nebraska Citizens Organise an Associa tion to Encourage Immigration How It Will Be Accomplished .1st of Those Interested in the. Scheme. To Encourage Immigration. The Stato Board of Immigration is the name of an organization formed at the Lincolu Hotel at Lincoln by about fifteen representatives from a number of citius and towns in Nobraska. Ac cording to the articlos of incorporation the objects of the organization arc: First, to induce tho aprieultiiral and In dustrial immigration to Nebraska; sec ond, to secure manufacturing and busi ness entei prises for tho towns aud cities of Nebraska; third, to eucourago tho investment of capital in developing the resources of Nebraska; fourth, to ad vertise to tho world tho natural advan tages and wants of Nebraska; fifth, to be a general bureau of information and act as mutual agent in tho fur therance of these objects. The authorized capital stock of the bureau is 25,003, consisting of 1,00'J shares of 25 each. In addition to the regular stockholders tho bureau will take in associate members who shall pay a fo of $5. These associato members will share in all the general benelits except profits, but will not bo liable for any debts that may be in curred. It is provided that the board of directors shall declare an annual dividend from tho profits. The liual proviso says that no indebtedness shall be incurred by the association. At the meeting tho following gentle- men were present and participated in the organisation: C. C. Shinier, Omaha; V. M. Kelso, Omaha; It. r. Kloko, West Point; .1. A. Ehrliar.lt. Stanton: .left Hcdford, Omaha; .!. V. Harris, Omaha; P. P. Spanogle, Hod Cloud; IT. II. Oakley, II. J. Cosgrove, and C. .1. Krnst? Lincoln, and It. Van Aller, Friend. A t"inpor.iry organization was effected by the election of It. F. Kloko and C. C. Shinier Chairman and Secre tary respectively. The articles of in corporation and by-laws were adopted inul a board of directors selected as follows: Messrs. Shinier, Wolf, KeNo, Kloke, Ehrhardt, Hcdford. and Span ogle. Further proceedings wero de ferred until the first annual meeting of tho stockholders, which wili occur at Omaha on tho first Tuesday of .luly. WORK OF BURGLARS. Fired a Plattsmouth Residence to Con ceal Their Operations. Dlmmxo a terrific rainstorm accom panied by blinding lightning at I'latts liutith, the residence of Anton Kewbor ias struck by lightning and burned to fae ground. The residene: of Pat Ma Aonoy, in the same section, was also struck and damaged to sonic extent. A great quantity of rain fell and con verted the streets into rivers. I'nder cover of tho excitement occa sioned by the storm's damage, burglars effected an entrance into tho Postoflico in tho Itiiey JUock by boring a hole in the side door and turning the key on the inside. They bored a hole in tho safe near the combination and by means of a wrench or a similar tool they tore the combination out. Then they blew open tho inside of the safe and secured $300 in stamps and S100 in money, besides some registered letters which contained an unknown amount. About that time a descrtod dwelling in the north part of the city, far removed from the residence fired by the light ning, was discovered in Haines. It is supposed this building was fired by the burglars to assist in concealing their operations. Tho job is a very neat one and there is no clue to the perpetrators. SWINDLED BY FEMALES. A Lincoln Slan Done Up tor 94,000 by Two Fascinating Women. Lincoln special: A. A. Newton, a wealthy capitalist has discovered that he was neatly done up by a pairof. fas cinating women to the tune of nearly S 1,000. A few months ago a woman giving the name of Mrs. I lusted called on him and stated that sho had a wealthy customer for his suburban home. Newton was willing to sell for S3I000. The customer was Mrs. Mat thows; she told him that she had 810, 000 in the bank which she could obtain immediately, but sho preferred to wait three months aud secure a half year's Interest thereon. Newton agreed, ho gave her a deed and took her notes. Mrs. llusted gave as commission notes forS3'J,l03, due when Mrs. Matthews paid the first note. Newton never saw Mrs. Matthews again nor did she pay the first note. Tho ones he gave as rommission, however, turned up in the hands of an innocent purchaser, and in court Newton made public his side of the story. Ponca Is Alter It. A dklegatiox consisting of N. S. Potter and F. M. Dorscy of Ponca leave for Lincoln to represent the Ponca Driving and lair Association at the meeting of tho Association of Nebraska Trotting Horso l.reeders in that city in an endeavor to sccuro the August-meeting of that association for Ponca. Lib eral inducements will be offered and if that meeting can be secured Ponca will stand pre-eminent among tho horse cen ters of the State, no city having offered nearly the purses offered by their asso ciation for its duly and October meet ings. ' An Interstate Law Suit. Ax interesting caso came up for hear ing in. the court at KeaTn'oy. It seems (hat M. E. Webb gave Georgo Williams of that city, a mortgage, upon a team of horses. Soon after Webb's brother iirove the team to a poii.t in Iowa and fold them. Williams, hearing of tho sale, went to Iowa and claimed the team, returning toon after with them A sheriff' appears now upon the scene and replevins the horses. The question now pending is whether Williams' mort gage holds good. Nebraska Odd Fellows to Meet. The Odd Fellows of Butler, Polk, York and Seward Counties will cele brate the seventy-third anniversary of the.order in Seward. It is expected that 500 Odd Fellows will be present and take part in the oxercisc's. Great preparations are being mado for the event, and a grand ball and banquet will be oh the program for tho qvening. ' t f A Youth ill Criminal. ' At Ila'rtington Wm. Hallett, who has been lying in the County Jail the past few days, has been released, having furnished the required bail. Hallett is about IS or 19 years of ago and was bound over to tho District Court to an swer to the charge of assault with in tent to kill, he having maliciously as saulted August Fersten with a loaded billiard cue. Mock Owners Disturbed. Coxsidekaele uneasiness has been produced at Rushvillo by the discovery and identification of a disease among horses, which, it is feared, has pre vailed and spread, comparatively un noticed, for some time. A competent veterinary surgeon who was summoned - by a number of horso owners, has dlag-no-idd several cases and pronounces it of a vor.oral character. The diseaso originated in France, where it prevails to somo extent, but is ery rare in this country. It is incurable and almost in variably fatal, causing tho death of its victim in from six months to two years. Tho disease is believed to be confined, thus far, to tho Eastern part of Sheri dan County. Several meetings to dis cuss and adopt measures for its immed iate eradication have been held at Hay Springs, Rushvillo and Gordon. KlUed at Schuyler. Owen Green, a young man about 20 years of age, was struck and kiilod by an east-bound wild freight, about half a milo west of Schuyler. Ho was sub ject to epileptic fits, and while return ing home was taken with one and fell on the track. Tho engineor sounded tho signal when he saw him, and the young man partially raised up, but was unable to got off MM ack. The coro ner's jury brought ia a verdict of death by being struck by a Union Pacific en gine. Thoy attached no blame to the engineer, although his train ran fully 300 yards beyond whero tho accident happened beforo stopping, and was about fifty yards from the young man whon the engineor recognized tho ob ject on tho track to be a living person. Mashed Five Times. At Syracuse Jonas Sugdcn was se verely cut by Thomas Creasman. An altercation had arisen between tho two about a debt which Sugdcn owed Creas man. Creasman sued and got judgment, and Sugdcn entered a billiard hall to buy a cigar, and began abusing Creas man, who was seated there. Creasman arose and Sugdon showed light. Creas man struck at him with a poker. Tho proprietor of the hall interfered and separated them. Creasman then left the hall, followed by Sugdcn, and tho dispute was reopened outside. Creasman drew a knife and began act ive operations, cutting Sugden immedi ately under tho heart, three slashes in the back about the shoulder blade, and once or twice on tho head. Sugden's wounds were dressed and Creasman im mediately ran home. Sugden's wounds aro not considered fatal. Thrsw Away h Fortune. At Lincoln some six months ago, Arcnd Arends, a well-to-do farmer, hung himself because pretty Mary Van Hove, a neighbor's daughter, did not re turn his love. Arends left a will.in which he bequeathed his farm and posses sions, valued atSlo,000, to Mary. She went into court in rcsponso to a sum mons, but positively declined to file tho will for probate, dramatically tearing up tho document beforo tho astonished eyes of her relatives, and renounced her claims in favor of Arends' mother, who resides in Reynolds County, Mis souri. After ow Industries. At Rushvillo a committee cousisting of J. E. West, Postmaster Crow, and J. II. Jones of tho First National Bank, was appointed at the last meeting of Business Men's Association to confer with Kinney, Bridges & Rogers of Fre mont, with rofcrenco to putting in a 100-barrel flouring mill at that place. This action was taken in response to a letter received from that firm by the President of the Business Men's Associ ation saying that they had that place In view as a desirable point at which to put in a mill and elevator plant, and in quiring what the outlook was. Trouble Cauted-ller Death. At Wilbur Annie Sulie, who made her homo with her mother, Mrs. Za jacck, committed suicide in a deter mined manner. She sent her mother up town on an errand. When the old lady returned her daughter was found suspended by a clothes line to tho raft ers up stairs, dead. On the floor was a pool of blood from a big cut she had made on her arm with somo sharp in strument, evidently with a view to hastening death The deceased was divorced from her husband some time ago and brooding over her troubles and ill health had unbalanced her mind. Took StrychninclandDied. At Taylor Mrs. Robert Doughty committed suicide by taking strych nine. She was about 22 years of ago and the mother of two children. No reason can be given for her action fur ther than an hereditary tendancy to temporary insanity coupled with des pondency arising from the fact of her delicate condition. This is the second suicide near Taylor within a week. Joseph F. Propbst shot himself llandolph's New Venture. The special election held at Randolph to vote S5,000 in bends to sink an arte sian well carried almost unanimously. Contractor Kcarns, recently successful in securing flows at Niobrara and Yank ton, gives assurance that like results may be expected there. Well machin ery is now on the ground and will be set in position at once. It is generally believed that artesian water will be reached at a depth of 1,000 feet. Shot at Her Husband. At Nebraska City Mrs. John Bau nian, wifo of ono of the janitors at the Postoflico, whilo temporarily insane. went to tho oflico to see her husband. She walked up behind with a revolver drawn, evidently for the purpose of killing him. He turned just in time to cscapo death and grabbed her hands. As he did so the revolver was dis charged twice, the bullets entering tho floor. Charged with Stealing Hams. A German giving the name of Jergen Uben was arrested, charged with rob bing Nat Woodring's meat market at Cortland recently, taking therefrom a quantity of hams. Jergen had disposed of several of the hams and was under taking the sale of others when arrested. His Testimony Caused Trouble. While waiting for a train at Papil lion, F. A. Lanheine of Bellevuo, was assaulted and badly beaten by Deputy Sheriff Vic McCarty. Mr. Lanheine had just given testimony in a case on trial in the District Court, which is al leged to have provoked the row. Hubble Given the Limit. At Papillion Ed Hubble, the young man who eloped with the wife of Adolph Peterson, plead guilty and Judge Scott fixed the sentence at the full extent of the law S200 fine and one year's imprisonment. Charged With Rape. At Lincoln Frank Trudell, a young man at different times with the North western and Milwaukee Railway Com panies, was arrested,, charged with rape on a 11-y ear-old girl. It is a clear case against him. Columbus' New Industry. At Columbus the Consolidated Tank Lino Company will shortly erect three tanks with a capacity of 11.000 gallons of oil each, and will make that city a distributing point for a large territory. Livery Stable Burns at Silver Creek. At Silver Creek Henry Schlitt's liv ery barn burned. Thirteen horses, sev eral head of cattle and a number o! carriages were consumed. The loss, exclusive of insurance, will be $2,000. ME WORK OF CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS IN THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE. Bills Introduced aad the 'mportant re lags o a Week in the IToase and fen ate A Variety Topics ' Interest from Washington The Solens at Work. The proceedings of the house on the 15th were without interest, and ordinary the Record would bo small, but Milllkon will publish a brochure of "Plymouth Kock to McKInley," and Dolllvar will file for publi cation a scries of articles from the New York Tribune, and Smith or Illinois, will print a number of editorials and letters from tho American EeonomM, which will swell tho Record to a voluminous edition. Several other Republicans, by printing ex traneous matter, will bring Into public prominence the action of tho House. Tho bill to promoto the safety of natinal banks was referred to the Committee on Hanking and Currency, which it Is thought kills It. The privato calendar was then resumed, and tho remainder of the day was con sumed In considering the bill for tho re lief ot the heirs ot the Inventor of the Sib ley tent. In tjio Senate on the 18th Senator Vest Introduced a bill prohibiting contracts by tbo Postmaster General with any steamship company making unjust discriminations against any part of tho United States as to Imports by vessels carrying foreign malls. Senator Vest said it was reported that tho United States aud Brazil Steamship Com pany, ono of the lines enjoying tho mail subsidy, has refused delivery of coffee from Brazil at tho port of Newport News. This, he understood, was because of objections by merchants of New York City. Several other members said they had received reso lutions setting forth similar facts. The bill was referred to tho Committee on Com merce. The resolution of Senator Pfeffer asking the Secretary of State to obtain in formutlini concerning the use of electricity lu the propulsion of farm machinery and the propagation of plants In foreign coun tries was agreed to. Tho Senato then took up the calendar. Subsequently, on motion of Senator Sherman, it went into executive session. In the House on the 20th, after prelim inary busluess, the House resumed consid eration of tho Noyes-Itockwcll contested election. Wheeler ot Alabama, criticised tho majority report. Mr. Cobb followed, reviewing tho legal aspect of the case. Magner spoke in favor of Hock well, and pending further decision the House ad journed. MISSING LINKS. There aro said to be 135,000 Iopers In India. TuEannual crop of English walnuts in Southern California reaches, a million and a half pounds. It is said that Denmark, small as It is among nations, consumes twice as much liquor as Germany. The members of the Yale Corporation have voted to wear the academic hat and gown at commencement. The rarest thing in all Arizona, it is said, is a thunder storm. Sometimes thcro is not one a year. Bai.mackda's mother has crossed the Andes on her way to Mendoza, where she will visit her other sons, who aro in that city. The lowest temperature ever regis tered by the thcrmomctor in England was at Kelso in 1879, when the mercury fell to 16 below zero. A Scotch Presbyterian Church is en deavoring to save sinners by expelling a member who supplied a duchess with milk from his dairy on Sunday. Tiik costliest pocket knife made is sold for $25. Its handle is of solid gold and it contains two small blades only a nail life and a mimaturo pair of scis sors. Fortv-nine years after being wrecked a schooner sunk off Capo May inlet has been rescued by the waves Iroin her bed of sand, and within a week will be floated. The sea docs give up its secrets, after all. Samuel Davis of Whitney ville, Me., who is 84 years of age, shot four foxes in one day, making a totai of forty this season, lie says that ''foxes aro un common cute critters, but they're easy to got if you know how." Every politician has his notion of what may be. Col. Henry Watterson points out that the logic of the situa tion is that the only names that ought to be presented to tho Minneapolis con vention are those of Blaine and Mc Kinlcy. An enthusiastic reporter down in Texas went to a wedding the other day and was so impressed by all he saw that he indulged in this bit of fine writ ing: A cloudless sky, ruled by the radiant moon and gemmed with mill ions of stars, arched grandly tho nup tial night." There are some pcoplo who can't ap preciate poetry. Tho other day James Griffin of Plymouth, Pa., returned homo after an absence of eighteen years. When his wife saw him she remarked: "Begone, I will have eo Enoch Arden business here," and James departed, feeling that ho was a back number, sure enough. If we first lay down the sun and then place the earth one Inch from it, that being the relativo distance; then ff wo inquiro at what distance to put tho nearest fixed star, using the same scale, we will find that it must bo placed at a distance of eleven miles. Dr. Theodor Wolf, late the State Geologist of Ecuador has made a special study of the Aude; of that country, which he says are between ten and tweirty miles further away from the Pacific coast than most of our recent maps show. A wealth r hermit, who dwelt near Springfield, Ohio, has started for West ern Indiana with a cart made of old buggy wheels and shafts, to which ho himself was harnessed as though ho was a horse. A large dog accompanied him as a body gunrd. "Has the Jew, with his reputation as the champion of commercial prosperity, not found in the Yankee more than his match? Has ho not in reality been out done, and does not his future in these Darts seem but a drearv one?" Th foregoing inquiry appears in the .rlnicr fcou Hebrew, and the inquirer is Max J. UUman of New Bedford, Mass. Mark Kenniston of Phillips, Me., has a bull moose which he has raised from a calf, which is so tame that he turns it out every warm day to browse in the neighboring fields. He catches the big bull as easily as he would a pet lamb, and is breaking him to harness He hitched the moose to a wagon last summer, and was carried ten miles at railroad speed before he could stop tho animal. An amateur violin-maker of Portland, Me., has secured a prize in a spruce beam from an old house at North Yar mouth. The beam had been seasoning for more than a hundred years, and the thin little boards sawn from it eive forth the clear, mellow sound that Is desired in violin stock. Gemunder, the New York maker of violins, was in Portland recently, and secured some of the wood. In 1430 A. 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