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"Yes, I'll wed you, Robin, and maj
my dead father's spirit guide me!" As
she spoke, the eirl slipped one of her
small cold liands into her companion's
brawny one. He clasped iteacerly.
"lHcss ye, bless ye, Hepsy!" he mur
mured brokenly, "and may some spirit
guide me too;" and he raised one strong
arm to the sky as though in supplica
tion Standing thus, they made a strange
picture and one not devoid of pathos,
the cold, uncompromising New Eng
land sky, forming an effective back
ground. The girl was slight and tall,
and of a type rarely seen among the
bleak lull of this country. Her com
plexion was of a warm brown tint not
produced alone by exposure, while
brushed back from her lejw brow, was
a mass of dull yellow hair. But neither
of these was the striking characteristic
It was not the color of her eyes alone,
but their expression, that was apt to
haunt one. There seemed to be an in
tense longing burning in them some
thing sought for, but never found. She
stood now with one hand resting
lightly on the meadow bars, while the
other lay in that of her companion.
He was a tall, strong-built Scotchman
who, although brought to this country
when but a lad of fourteen, still re
tained much of the dialect of "his ain
countric." He looked supremely happy
iust now. After a pause he said.
"It's getting sair cauld for ye, lass:
let us gang home noo." The girl, who
seemed to have forgotten his presence,
started at his words.
"Yes, Robin." she answered, and to
gether they walked silently home
ward down the rough, uneven, side
hill path, Hepsy just a little in ad
vance. She walked with a peculiar
swinging motion which was but an
added charm to her slight figure,
clothed in its loose-fitting, dull-colored
homespun. Robin followed, his mind
reveling in a lover's paradise; what
emotion was lacking in Hepsy was
more than made up on his part.
At last they reached the tumble
down hut which Hepsy and a poor,
worn-out mother and a full half doien
rollicking children called "home." It
was a low, slant-roofed cottage, such
as can always be found on the bleak
est and coldest hills in New Hamp
shire, surrounded by some scraggy
poplars w'lich tossed their naked
branches i: the March wind as though
some wild glee convulsed them. At
the gate, or what was the remains of
one, for in reality only one shattered
post now stood lo mark the place, the
lovers paused, although the girl would
have continued to the house, had not
Robin laid a detaining hand on her
arm.
"Hepsy, my lass, will ye say that
agin, please?" he asked tremulously.
He had been living over in his mind
her words, and it seemed but a mo
ment sicw she had spoken them. She
looked at him a moment as though
she was recalling her mind to the pres
ent with an effort, and then repeated
her vow as though it was a lesson she
was called upon to recite. Robin
drew her unresisting towards him,
and clasping her to his manly
heart he murmured broken
Scotch endearments. The giri sub
mitted to his caresses, the same un
natural look in her eyes and her mind
seemingly far away. And it was not
until a hot tear fell upon her "cheek
and she looked up to see Robin's honest
eyes brimming over with tears, and
him repeating, "I've waited sae lang,
lass, and noo 1 have ye, mine ain bon
nie bairnic!" that she drew herself
away from his embrace, and with her
hands tightly clasped, said resolutely:
"Yes, Robin, I will wed you, and
that as soon as you will." And so the
wedding day was set,and at no very
distant period, as may be imagined.
fcfcThe days came and went, and Hepsy
was now Robin's wife, or Mrs. McAl
pine, as she was rarely called.
Robin's cottage was a warmj comfort
able one, but unlike most women,
Hepsy never did anything to make it
more homelike. Before his marriage,
he had looked with envy at some of
the other herdsmen's cheerful homes
and though he sometimes thought of
it now, he did not mind much the
bare walls and uncurtained win
dows as long as he had
Hepsy to look at As for ncpsy, stJe
did the necessary household duties and
then, with her hands clasped on her
knees, sat before the fire, or occasion
ally, when the weather would -permit,
went to the church-yard where she
communed with the spirits ofjthe de
parted, she said Robin, after vainly
rinff to reason her out of this habit,
oilered to accompany her on the tedi
ious wilk, but she refused gently.
"No. Robin, it's when I'm alouc up
there with no living thing but the
wild birds and such, that 'I hear the
spirit voices all 'round me. my father s
among thc:n. calling me to follow
them; and I try-but 1 cannot seem to
find them. He told mc when he was
dying, to listen when the. wind blew
and I would hear his voice, and 4 do.
ah. yes, many voices and music! And
sometime "
"Dinn says that; dinna. .1 canna
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near it, lass," Robin answered
brokenly, but he remonstrated with
her no more.
He remembered her father, a bent,
white-haired man, whose tired eyes
were continually dwelling upon the
scenes of a mystic world and whose
cars listened to spirit voices. He was
the closest companion of Hepsy. a
mere slip of a girl then, and she always
accompanied him on his long,
aimless wanderings. Robin re
called one instsnee in par
ticular; it always came back
to him when Hespy was in one of
those strange moods and filled him
with vague uneasiness. It was one
night and he was returning from the
village through the woods, when he
heard voices.' He had stopped, con
cealing himself behind some shrub
bery. There before him in a small
clearing stood the Jather and daughter.
A stray moonbea'm touched the old
man's white hair and made the drawn
face look more than usually weird. In
his hand he grasped a knotted staff
with which he struck several times on
the stump of a fallen tree, admonish
ing the spirits to come forth, to reveal
themselves to him.
Crouching close beside him was Hep
sy, her hands clasped convulsively in
her dress and her eyes gazing stead
fastly ahead of her with a strange,
rapt' expression. She was listening,
straining every nerve to catch the
sounds which were not for mortal! ears.
His voice rang out clear in the night's
stillness:
"O ye souls of the departed. I de
mand that ye give some evidence of
your presence. Come forth! Come
forth."
He struck heavily on the trunk of
the fallen tree for the third time, mur
muring some strange incantation which
Robin failed to catch. At that mo-
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ment, a hare darted through the copse
with a whirr, dislodging some late
nuts which fell to the ground with a
faint rustling sound. At least this was
all the wondering Scotch lad heard,
but the father and daughter uttered a
simultaneous exclamation and the for
mer began chanting again, his
voice trembling with joy. As
for Hepsy, she had fallen
on the moist sod in a swoon. This
scene had so impressed itself on Rob
in's mind that he recalled it in these
later years in its minutest detail, and
sometimes when the expression'in
Hepsy's eyes was more than usually
dreamy, he feared, though he refused
to acknowledge the thought to his
own heart, that she had inherited her
father's taint. It was but natural,
being so mnch with him, that she
should take his death to heart as she
did. Thus he argued.
The expression in her eyes grew
more and more unnatural. She lived
a life entirely remote from his. Some
times he felt this, poor man, and,
though he could not express it even to
himself, tried in ever way to convince
himself to the contrary by lavishing
more endearments on her calling her
his "ain bonnie bairnie. his ain sweet
lass," etc., but nevertheless he grew to
dread certain days in which his wife's
face was more intense. At first she
talked a great deal about the spirit
land . and how we can converse
with the spirits of our departed
friends, but she scarcely ever spoke
now. A baby was born to them, but
it was a poor, sickly little thing that
cried feebly during three days of its
tiny life, and died with Robin ap
parently sole mourner.
And so things went on at the cot
tage for about two years. One blus
tering March day Robin came home to
find Hepsy gone out and the ashes
cold upon the hearth. He rebuilt the
fire and sat and patiently waited for
her, but in spite of himself he felt a
strange uneasiness she went out
so seldom; where could she be?
Certainly not in the grave-yard!
The road was a perfect mire. He
got up from his seat and looked into
their one little bed room. There lay
herevery-day dress on a chair. He
went softly in and took one sleeve in
his hand; ft seemed to him it almost
held her slender, brown arm. He laid
it down carefully. No, she had not
gone there, for she would have worn
this dress, and somehow this reflection
brought much relief to his mind. Just
then he heard the outside door open.
He came quickly out of the bed room
and saw Hepsy. She came in panting
as though from a run. She slipped by
him and went into the adjoining room
where she changed the gown, hanging
her best one away in a large clothes
press. When she reappeared in the
kitchen in this familiar garb, Robin
felt better. No questions were asked,
nothing whatever was said as to where
she had been. She went about prepar
ing the evening meai, Robin watching
ber. She looked more beautiful than
usual; there was a bright flush on her
cheeks; some loose locks had escaped
and wandered over her forehead, while
her gown was a little open at the
throat, for in her haste she. had neg
lected to fasten it Robin noted every
detail. He was very contented and
happy that evening, telling Hepsy
what he was going to do the coming
May.
Til make a wee bit of garden for ye
lass and it winna be lang noo fore ye
caplant the seeds I'll get in the toun,
o come,
faintly.
And she assented, smiling
OR. JOBOKXSOS, :
CXJMBVOTAXT ASD MEDIUM.
:
HASirESTATIOKS AXD SPIRIT -ItAPPINOS '
BABFMEST Of MAtTOtET'S GROCERY".
:
P. M. SHARP!
These words-printed in black letters
of enormous size on a flaming yellow
bill, attracted .Robin's attention as he
was coming home next day. An ad
vertisement for anything but baking
powders, pills, cough syrup, etc., was
so rare a thing in the little New Hamp
shire village, entertainments of any
description being as scarce as four-leaf
clovers, that it was not a matter for
wonder that Robin stopped short be
fore it and, with his head thrown well
back, spelled it through from begin
ning to end. To be sure he did not
understand clearly what it meant
out - the expression "spirit v rap
pisgs" threw some lifht on the smbject
ana ne nastened borne earlier than
usual to tell Hepsy about it and
to offer to take her that evening.
He was so full of the thought of giving
her pleasure, that he did not notice
the small foot print in the fresh snow
on the door-stone and leading down the
path. He pushed the door open eage
ly. A lingering fire burned on the
hearth; at sight of this Robin's hear1
gave a great throb she was gone
again. He felt keenly disappointed
and troubled. A vague feeling as
though something direful was going to
happen, was already happening, pos
sessed him. He sat down before the
fire, but he could not think: his un
easiness increased. He wished he
knew where she was had asked the
night before.
The twilight was fast deepening into
night when he emerged from the cot
tage and took the path up the hill
leading to the "grave ground," as it
was commonly called, but he pursued
the rugged path only a short way, he
felt a conviction that she was not
there. He retraced his steps, but coa
ued past the gate to the village beyond.
Something impelled him, he knew not
what, to turn towards llaudlet's gro
cery. The windows of the basement
were darkened, but he could hear
groaning and singing voices and mu
sical instruments all mingled together
in one ominous discord. He shuddered
and descending the rotting stairway,
opened the door quietly and entered.
A perfect babel of voices greeted
his ears, and the dim light from a
kerosene lamp dazzled his eyes at
first, but soon he could see quite
plainly. A circle, composed mostly
of women, sat grouped around
an aged man; or, at least he ap
peared to be aged, judging from the
flowing white hair and beard which
fell with striking distinctness on the
long black cloak which completely con
cealed his figure. But who was that
beside him? Who was that, her beau
tiful eyes lilted -vith intense feeling,
hev slendei brown hands locked hotly
together, bending forward as though
to drink in every word of the speaker?
Robin controlled a wild impulse to
make hi-, presence known, and stood
perfectly still.
"My friends," the medium was say
ing, "you have heard voices and rap
pings from the spirit land, I will now
give you sight evidence of the exist
ence hereafter."
A stir passed through the group of
excited women.
"Will some one please turn down
the lamp," he continued. This was
done. Butjt is needless for me to de
scribe a dA seance, they arc the
same the d over. The same de
vices and rpds were employed that
convert so many credulous souls to a
faith which is sacrilegious rather than
religious.
"Hepsy, Hepsy, I'm come back to
you!"' was whispered faintly through
the room, in a sighing voice like that
of the wind.
The Scotchman started violently and
at the same time there was a heavy
fall. He sprang forward to where he
had seen his wife sitting and was
down at her side iu a moment.
"Hepsy, lass it's me Rooin!" he
said, striving to raise her. Some one
turned up the light. There lay Hepsy;
her yellow hair, like burnished gold,
mingling with the white beard of the
medium, as he bent over her. Robin
took her roughly from the man and
carried her out into the night
Fiercely, he strode along; he could
not explain his anger. She soon re
vived and struggled like a frightened
bird to free herself.
"Nae, I winna let ye gae!' he said in
a stified voice which was harsh for
him.
At these words she was silent and
lay in his arms, offering no further re
sistance. He carried her swiftly up
the hill to the cottage. ' He pushed the
door open. It was cold and dark with
in, but he stumbled on, never releasing
his burden until he laid her gently on
the bed. His unreasoning wrath
had burned itself out and
he went about the house,
lighting the lamp, building the fire and
preparing tea for Hepsy. She lay on
the bed where he had placed her, her
luminous ej-es following his every
movement as he went back and forth.
She could see him through the open
door, bending over the hearth and care
fully tasting the tea to see if it was
right before bringing it to her. She
drank it when he brought it. and hand
ing the cup back smiled faintly. He
was amply repaid, but still the feeling
of coming trouble would not leave him
and did not until bed time when Hepsy,
slipping off the bed, came to hissideas
he was fastening the door. Looking
up into his face, she drew down his face
and kissed him. This action, which
drove every fhought of ill out of Rob
in's mind, was enough in itself to have
made any woman anxious, because
Hepsy had never beenSknown to offer
a'caress before bnt Robin was only a
man.
The wild north wind tore roughly
around corners and whistled loudiy.
rattling blinds, opening doors, seizing
pedestrians and twirling them around
like pieces of paper in a summer
breeze. The Scotchman battled bravely
with the gale although he felt far from
brave in spirit. He dreaded to enter
the house; He had come to know what
to expect she was gone. He knew
this somehow without glancing at the
hearth, although the gust of wind ad
mitted by his entrance, blew the coals
into a fitful blaze. He went straight
to the bedroom to the clothes press;
throwing the door back revealed Hep
sy's blue gown gone! He looked
around for her other dress. Ah, there
it lay in a heap on the floor. He picked
it and placed it carefully on the bed be
fore returning to the kitchen. He
walked like an old man now. Some
thing, told him she was gone forever,
though' he vainly struggled against the
conviction. Sitting down, he tried not
to think, bnt Hepsy's face ana Hepsy's
voice would return. At last it grew
unbearable; he went into the other
room and possessed himself of the old
dress. With this he returned, and sit
ting thus before the fire caressed it
tenderly. The medium had left the
village, at least, Robin had noticed
that the sign was down, that was one
relief. Perhaps after all, she had only
gone to some neighbors and would
soon return. -
Just then a gust of wind blew the
door open and on the night air the
shouts of angry men were borne in.
Robin rose and staggered to the door.
Nearer and nearer; they came, until
they entered his little side gate and
came towards him a group of angry
neighbors. Was he dreaming! A man
stepped up to Robin and placing his
hand on his shoulder, said:
"Shall we lynch him? Old Jorgen
son, the spiritualist?" He added, see
ing the dazed look on the Scotchman's
face.
"Why?" Robin gasped.
The man turned away.
"O man alive, don't you know? O
boys." he almost sobbed, "Rooin don't
know, he really don't know!"
"I dinna ken, lads," said Robin,
pitifully.
"Where's Hepsy, where's your
wife?" asked the leader, tremulously.
Robin staggered back, "Where!
where!" he repeated. "0 Hepsy, my
ain bairnie, ye're nae dead are yeV"
he sobbed, holding out his arms into
the night.
"No, Robin, rid yourself of that
thought But what's this?" the man
askid, taking from .the table a previ
ously unnoticed note. He handed it to
Robin, who was now trembling vio
lently, but he motioned to the leader
to read it for him. It was such a cruel
and yet such a pitiful little note which
told, as plainly as they could make out
by the ill-written and misspelled
words, that sli6 had gone with old .lor
genson, her 'affinity' as she expressed
it, who had said it was her duty to go
and preach to the people. And so she
had gone, leaving this poor 'hungry
soul, to go out into the world, un
schooled and untaught As one after
the other, those rough men read the
note, tears filled their eyes.
"He'll hang, if I have my say!"
sdoke one man, "and never fear,
Robin, we'll bring your Hepsy back to
you."
Robin clung to the back of a chair
for support At last he spoke. He
seemed to have grown suddenly old.
"Lads, ye are all my friends and as
my friends, I say dinna tech that mon
Jorgenson. Hepsy ha gone and it was
her will and and so help me!" As
he spoke he fell heavity to the floor
with his head on Hepsy's gown.
They raised him tenderly and placed
him on the bed.
Years have passed and Robin's cot
tage still stands, but the herdsman's
boy always hurries by the spot which
is said to be haunted by a white-haired
Scotchman, who sits moaning over a
woman's dress.
tens or Interest.
There are ten main lines of railway
centering in London. Of these t',210
suburban trains run in and out daily,
while the main line trains are only
about 410. In lfS'J the ten lines car
ried 400,000,000 suburban passengers.
The first Safety bicycle was brought
out in lS7f, and its inventor was
laughed to scorn. Before the year
closed there were thirty styles of
them on the market Now there are
over r00 varieties from which to pick.
Tsudo Sanzo, the Japanese police
man who attempted to murder the
Czarewitch of Russia, has been sen
tenced to life imprisonment. Accord
ing to the terms of the law, this was
the heaviest punishment that could be
inflicted upon the man.
The Trans-African railroad has been
completed from Loanda to Ambaca.lUO
miles in the interior. It is the only
railroad in operation in equatorial
Africa. It has been built by native
workmen, and daily trains are run
over the line.
A marble company in Rutland, Vt,
has recently made six marble columns
over nineteen feet long and nearly
three feet in diameter Thej' are in
tended for use in Whig Hall, Prince
ton, and are said to be the largest ever
turned in this country.
Four boys of Birdseye, IncL, found
an old coat near the railroad, and be
gan tossing it about and beating each
other with it A bank note slipped
from beneath one of the patches. The
boys ripped the coat to pieces, and it
panned out 1,711.
Marquette, Mich., has the most ob
stinate member of the female sex yet
known. A woman recently refused to
get off the track for a passenger train,
saying that "it was just as easj' for
the train to take the side track as it
was for her." She was earned from
the track by the irate conductor.
Next year will bo the centennial an
niversary of the first visit of white
men to what is now the State of Wash
ington. In May. 1702, Vancouver
visited the coast of the State. In the
same year and month Capt Gray, in
the American ship Columbia, entered
the great river which now bears that
name.
One of the delusions of the crazy King
of Bavaria is that the carpets of his
apartments are of thin glass and must
not be trodden upon. Another of his
hallucinations is that th j walls of the
rooms are hung with newspapers, and
from them he reads aloud to his at
tendants imaginary stories of the
events of the day.
(".Guessing parties are quite popular
in Michigan. Invitations are sent to
the young men in "our set" from the
young ladies, to this effect, "Party in
our set' this evening. Guess where
and come there." Shortly after eight
o'clock the hunt for the house begins,
and sometimes it is quite late before
the right house is found.
An enormous flight of eagles was
seen lately from the village of Bjel
gorod. in Southern Russia. They
numbered into the hundreds, it is told,
and during their passage obscured
the rays of the sun. They alighted in
a forest, and after departing it was
found that they had devoured ten
horses, several sheep, and a vast num
ber of smaller animals
I tbe Earth' AxU Cfaanslus?
Observations made for some time
past at Berlin, Potsdam, Prague, and
other cities of Europe have shown
that their geographical latitudes hare
decreased by u-io of a second. It is
supposed that the axis of .he earth has
shifted by that much in space, and in
order to settle the matter an expedi
tion has been sent out to Honolulu,
which, being the antipodes of Central
Europe, will show an equal change in
the opposite direction if the explana
tion is correct The expedition will
remain there foi a year under the di
rection of Dr. Macuse, of tbe Berlin
observatory.
There b No Nelaele TPowder.
Hiram Maxim, the scientist and
electrician, snys it is a mistake to sup
pose that the discharge of a riflo
loaded with smokeless powder is
noiseless. There is, says he, no such
thing as noiseless gunpowder. The
report from a discharge of smokeless
powder is much sharper and higher
pitched than that from black or ordi
nary gnnpowuer: it cannot, however,
be heard anything like so far away.
The recoil of the piece is much less,
also, with smokeless powder.
A FARMER MCRDEBEft
COLD-BLOODED CRIME COM
MITTED IN ILLINOIS.
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A Quack Sheet His Ksaeleyer aaA Is
Threateacd with Ljrachtaa; Miritr
the Result or am Old Tea KeperU
of Other Crlaass.
QuiKcr, 111., April 2J. Adams county
was thrown into a whirl of excitement
to-day by a coldblooded murder which
was perpetrated at 7 o'clock yesterday
morning on the farm of John 'Aaron,
about twelve miles east of this city.
A quack calling himself Dr. J. W.
Jameson and known as the Indian doc
tor has been living at Mr. Aaron's
farm for the last two mraths, claiming
to be able to cure Mrs. Aaron of a can
cer which troubled her. This morning
before breakfast he demanded that Mr.
Aaron give him $300, and on being re
fused commenced to abuse him.
Charley Aaron, the son, then inter
fered, and told him to wait till after
breakfast.
Instead of answering the "doctor"
pulled a revolver and fired at the son,
the shot striking him in the neck, sev
ering the jugular vein, and producing
death shortly after. The murderer then
leveled his revolver at the old man,
who is over 70, and again demanded
$300. Mr. Aaron said he did not have
that much money in the house,
but the murderer insisted, and
with the revolver at his head compelled
the old man to fill out and sign a
check for the amount lie then fled,
but was pursued and captured near a
bridge and the posse wanted to hang
Jameson right there, but a constable
protected him and brought him to
Quincy and turned him over to the
sheriff. Jameson is a negro, not an
Indian, and is about 40 years old. The
murdered man, Charles Aaron, was 30
years old, was very popular in the
neighborhood, and had served a term
on the board of supervisors.
TAKING I'JU-
.- iO .DOUGLAS.
That Foist Will Be Reached Sandaj
Probable Ontcoine of the Trouble.
Encashment ox Dry Cheyenne
RrvEB, Wyo. (via courier to Douglas),
April 25. Troops and cattlemen are
almost played out by the march and
the last two days' progress has been
slower than earlier in the week, when
the blizzard was sweeping over the
country. Major Fenchct, the com
manding officer, iu conversation with a
correspondent here to-day, paid
a tribute to the people of Buffalo
and Johnston counties. He thought
their every action was clearly
within the pale of the law and that
they had conducted themselves admir
ably at a time when any ill-advised
action would have resulted in the shed
ding of blood. The mayor also spoke
highly of Sheriff "Red" Angus, saying
he was every inch a gentleman.
The captured cattlemen are not com
municative to a remarkable degree.
While eager for news from the south
ern part of the State, and especially
Cheyenne, they are silent when ques
tioned about their expedition and its
real object. They will probably be
arraigned before some judge, give
bond, and once more be free men.
This will probably be the end of the
whole trouble."
They Ask for a Fair Trial.
Cheyenne, Wj'o., April 25. Gov.
Barber received a telegram last night
from Gov. Francis of Missouri saying
that it had come to his knowledge that
former Missourians now residing in
Wyoming are threatened with mob
violence. He begs that Gov. Barber
will use his influence to the end that
these men may be given a fair trial if
they hae been guilty of violating the
laws. Gov. Hogg of Texas addressed
to Gov. Barber a like communication.
Lawbreahlng- Will Be Pnnlshed.
Cheyenne, Wyo., April 25. Attorney-General
Potter, referring to the
cattlemen's difficulty, said that he had
nothing to do under the law with crim
inal prosecutions until such cases
reached the Supreme court, and then
his duty was to represent the State;
that if the cattlemen and their asso
ciates in the Northern expedition had
committed any crime they would be
brought to trial before the civil courts.
Killed Becaase He Was a Rustler.
Helena, Mont, April 25. William
Corker was found murdered on the
Crow Reservation, fourteen miles from
Rig Timber, last evening. It is claimed
that Corker has had the reputation of
being connected with the rustlers.'
Whether this was the immediate cause
of his death is not known. This is
the third case of this sort reported
since the war on rustlers was begun in
the cattle countries.
General Bussey Vindicated.
Washington. April 25. Gen. Bussey,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior, ap
peared before the House Special Pen
sion Office Investigating committee
Friday to answer the charges made
against him by Gen. Dugan. Gen.
Bussey said he had failed at New
Orleans, owing $150,000, and settled at
25 cents on the dollar, and in less than
twelve months he paid" 100 cents on the
dollar on all confidential debts. Rep
resentative Little moved to strike from
the record the assertions made by Gen.
Dugan as to Gen. Bussey's character,
saying they had proved unqualifiedly
false, and the motion was unanimously
adopted.
John K. Tanner Accepts.
Chicago, April 25. John R. Tanner,
the Louisville, 111., statesman, will ac
cept the nomination of sub-treasurer
at Chicago. Mr. Tanner came to the
above conclusion at a late-hour confer
ence last night with his friends, and
after having slept on his resolution
overnight he decided to announce him
self and he this morning sent a short
dispatch to Senator CnUom announc
ing his acceptance of the nomination.
Will Fight for Free Sugar.
Washington, April 25. The fight
for free sugar in fact as well as in
name is likely to begin in earnest in
the House next week. A favorable re
port on the resolutions of Mr.( Scott of
Illinois, calling upon the attorney
general for information as to what be
has done against the sugar trust will
probably be agreed upon by the House
committee on the judary at its aect
imr next TusiiiT ;t-- - --
NEBRASKA.
GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES.
A Railway employes club has been
organized at Ravenna.
Chadron has enough Keeley grad
uates to form a club.
Nebraskans who went- to Creede are
beginning to return.
A lodge of the Knights of Pythias
has been organized at Valparaiso.
Peter Moran of Grant county cleared
1300 for an acre's yield of onions.
. E. Pennington was arrested in
Lincoln for passing counterfeit money.
The horse stock is seriously affected
with distemper in portions of Cherry
county.
A steer marketed in St Paul re
cently stood seven feet high and
weighed 2,110 pounds.
The Northeastern Nebraska Press
association meets at South Sioux City
the first Monday in May.
A republican club composed entirely
of farmers has been organized in Elk
precinct Nuckolls county.
Canals which will furnish water for
400,000 acres of land are under con
struction in Cheyenne county.
W. S. McCiuhan. son of an old res
ident of Morse Bluff, sustained fatal
injuries by falling from a wagon.
The Grand Army of the Republic at
Davenport will build a two-story hall.
the ground floor to be used as a town
hall.
Mrs. Rebecca Benedict of Silver
Creek believes she is one of the heirs
to $62,000,000 left by the Corbets at
Harlem, N. Y.
As a result of the recent revival
meetings at Wayne, the Methodist
church has received over sixty persons
as probationary members.
Tho Bayard Transcript publishes a
picture of the curious formation, Chim
ney Rock, which rises GOO feet high,
five miles south of Bayard.
The Norfolk Beet Sugar company
made contracts for 200 acres more of
sugar beets, making in all GOO acres
to be raised in and about Platte Center.
The German Lutheran school teach
ers of northeastern Nebraska held a
conference in Norfolk for the purpose
of discussing topics in connection with
their work.
Thirty electric arc lights will illu
minate the streets of Beatrice the com
ing three years, and the city gets them
at the extreme low rate of 8 per light
per month.
The Cortland Herald says the next
legislature should formulate and adopt
laws which make it compulsory on coun
ties and townships to keep tho roads
in good condition.
The canal bridge five miles east of
Elm Creek gave way, precipitating
George Meilinger of Kearney and a
loaded wagon into the stream. He
escaped uninjured.
An old man in Lincoln, who has
carried the mail between the depot
and postofiice for some time, was killed
the other day by falling under the
cars. He was 71 years old.
Code & Innes. general merchants,
Schuyler, made a voluntary assignment
to the sheriff for the benefit of credi
tors. The liabilities are not known as
yet The assignment is thought to bo
only temporary.
Anna Ough. eldest daughter of H. S.
Ough of Ough, was found dead in bed
She was about 1G years of age and had
for a number of years been afflicted
with epileptic fits, to which her sud
den death is attributed.
Carrol Remmit, living on Spring
Creek, Custer county, was arrested re
cently by Constable Holman on a war
rant for steal -ng a lot of ivory rings
from Frank Willington's harness. He
plead guilty and was fined.
Ed Hubble, the young man who
eloped with the wife of Adolph Peter
son, of Sarpy county, plead guilty,
and Judge Scott fixed the sentence at
the full extent of the law $200 fine
and one year's imprisonment
Miss Fannie Bradley, a girl of 15,
residing near Houston, in York county,
was thrown from her horse, dragged
by her clothing for some distance, and
wouid have been killed had the horse
not been caught by accident
Ben Winmnger, a prisoner from
Cortland held on a charge of grand
larceny, made a desperate attempt to
escape fro-M the Gage coanty jaiL He
had placed a dummy in his cell and
hid himself under a table in tho main
jail room. Tho sheriff, however, was
too wide awake and Winnegar failed
to gain his freedom.
The town of Somerset in Lincoln
county, comes to the front again with
a complaint to the state board of trans
portation, this time against the ex
press companies. Last weeic the
board decided that the railroad com
pany must receive all freight consigned
to parties in Somerset and deliver the
same at that point Now comes John
M. McConnell with a complaint that
express matter directed to him at
Somerset is stopned at Wellileet tho
first station this side of Somerset. He
asks the board to compel the express
campanies to deliver his express pack
ages at Somerset
Saa Domingo Said to Be Sold.
Amsterdam, April : 3 - -There is re
ported here a most sensational and re
markable international transaction
which cannot fail to make a great stir
England and Germany. The transac
tion consists of the virtual sale of the
Island Republic of San Domingo to a
private company in the United States,
the sum agreed upon being fixed at
$3,500,000 in 5 per cent, debentures se
cured on the revenue from tobacco and
other articles. The report lacks con
firmation. Indiana's Grand Commander- Meets.
Evansville, Ind., April 21. The
Grand Couimandery of the Knightft
Templar of Indiana commenced its an
nual meeting in this city yesterday.
All business houses and many
dwellings were elaborately dec
orated with flags and bunting.
On arrival at the asylum the Grand
Commandry opened a business session,
which lasted until 6 o'clockr The vis
itors, several hundred in number, were
banqueted by Lavaltette CommaaeVsry.
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First National Bank
COX.T7
DIRECTORS: .
A. ANDERSON. Pree't.
J. H. GALLEY, Vice Pree't.
O.T.HOEN. Cashier.'
G. ANDERSON. P.ANDERSON,
JACOB OUEISEN, IIENRY RAGATZ,
JOHN J. SULLIVAN.
Statement of Condition at the Close ef
Business March 1, 1802.
nxso tracts.
Loans and Discounts $301,791 44
IL8. )JoniU 15.SUU0U
ltail Estate, Furniture nnd PL-tares.. Jt,5lt) .
Due from other hnnks....$:S?,433.XI
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Cash on Hand 2D.5UU.tf7 53.B15 05
$ Mlti 71
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in
Snriilus Fund
Undivided profits
Circulation
Kediscounts ,
....$ 60,000 CO
.... SO.00O U
m ta, 101 V
.... 18,500 00
5,620 40
.... 187,131 M
$2M,41t(71
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Nebraska. VD
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