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(ffllttmlra WHOLE NUMBER 1,270. VOLUME XXV. NUMBER 22. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1894. irarral 8 I L ' r r t Ml - NEBRASKA NEWS. A reunion of northwestern Nebraska veterans will be held at Valentine Sep tember 13 and 11. W. A. Hemleben, night clerk at the I'aciiic hotel in Norfolk, killed a mink in the rear of the hotel. Bert Clayton was dragged into a barb wire fence by a runnaway team and died from his injuries. Young Walter Warrington, arrested for housebreaking in Hastings, will do a term in the jeforin school at Kear ney. Arabella Uritton, an Omaha servant girl, attempted to end her life with morphine, because of disappointment in an affair of the heart. The dwelling of Charles Roman of Fairbury was destroyed by fire. The breaking of a kerosene lamp caused it. Loss, S100; no insurance. Tlie exact cost of ihe recent encamp ment of the Nebraska National guard has not been ascertained. The esti mated total cost is between S1S.O0O and Si:t,(X):. 1'ev. U. Spencer of the Auburn Epis copal church preached his farewell ser mon and lias left for California, having accepted the pastorate of a cnurch near Los Angeles. IJcv. .1. W. Stewart of York has ar ranged and had printed and neatly loiiiid in llcxible leather and paper a little volume entitled "The Recorded Words of .Icsus." l'ire destroyed a large hay barn be longing to .John Novotnj at Schuyler, and also the oflice of Levi I'ainter. lloth buildings were a total loss. They were fully insured. Mrs. O'Kourkc, of Plattsmouth, died suddenly last week from heart disease. She was a sister of I'atrick (nllmore, the former famous leader of the New York band of that name. The barn and sheds of ex-State Sen ator W. W. N il.son, five miles south of C'hadron, burned last week. Origin of the tire is unknown. Loss, SI, 000; in surance, $:)), Omaha Fire. The second annual session of the northwest Nebraska conference of the Methodist, Episcopal church will con vene at (.'hadroii September 111 to 10. Itisliop Foster of ltoxbury, Mass., will preside. Two insurance agents who struck Fremont about two months ago have disappeared and their landlady mourns the loss of their hoardbill. Two girls, whom they promised to marry Septem ber 1.1, are also mourning their depart ure. While Charles Woods of IJoonc coun ty was helping to run a steam thresher across a bridge the bridge gave way ami the engine went through. Woods mi tiered a broken leg ami was scalded in the face and several places on the I oily. lesse Roberts was arrested at Ash land on a warrant sworn out by Miss .Louie Core, charging him with rape. Deputy Sheriff Whitlock served the warrant Koberts states that he is in nocent and will light the case to a finish. A vigilance committee was formed outside of Neligh recently and the men who were suspected of stealing hogs from Uev. Mr. Crilliths were notified thai six. days would be given them to j:et out of the county. Two days were Mltlh'lCIlt The Farmers' and Merchants' bank of led Cloud caught tire anil was dam aged to the euteut of SI, 000. Insur ance S",,oo i. The Chief newspaper plant in the basement sustained a loss estimated at Ss0(, caused by water; covered by insurance. Anton Stumin, a farmer of Otoe county, fell from a load of poles he was hauling. The hind wheel of the wagon passed over his body, lie got up with out assistance, apparently uninjured, but died about thioe hours later as a icsuli of internal injuries. The Omaha Weekly 15ee. (twelve pages), the leading weekly of the west. js making a special offer of 10 cents fiom now to November l."ith. Send 10 cents in .silver or stamps to The Omaha Ree, Omaha, Neb , and receive the Ree during the entire campaign. Plans and specifications have been drawn and submitted for a new three story brick hotel for Oakland with all the modern conveniences. It is un nerstood Omaha capital will build it. provided Oakland citizens donate the site, which has been agreed to. Walter Hand was taken to Fremont from Crawford, as a prisoner by Sheriff Milliheu and placed behind the bars in the county jail Hand is charged with having mortgaged a team a few months ago and then traded for another team, with which he left the country. Quite a sensation was created at Rlair when a dog having all the ap pearances of hydrophobia ran into Dr. It. F. Monroe's yard, trying to bite everything in sight The doctor hat! a gun handy and succeeded in killing the annual before it bit any person. .lohn Novotny's large barn at Schnv lcr was burned. C. 11. Painter's stock yard office near the barn was also burn ed, but all other stock yard property was saved. Novotny's loss is 51,200, in sured for SS00. Painters loss, S.100; in sm ance. S100. Cause of lire unknown. In a light at Tecumseh resulting from a drunken brawl, .lohn Flavin severely cut Rollie Curtis, the 10-year-old son of Amos Curtis. Young Curtis had Flavin down when the latter drew a kntfc from his pocket and cut Curtis in the stomach, side and thigh, inflict ing three ugly gashes. The cut in the stomach in all probability will prove fatal. .lohn Sonnenfield, a blacksmith at Rromheld, has been arrested for rape, on a warrant sworn out by one Lizzie Smith, a domestic Cy Dunn, the Desoto murderer of William Taylor, was taken from Hast ings to Rlair by Sheriff Mencke of Washington county. Frank M. Cattoin (or Cratten) of Lin coln, attempted to commit suicide at the t'rand Palace hotel in Chicago by taking a dose of morphine. Cattoin would give no reason for his attempt. He gave his age as 40 years and his oc cupation as an electrician. At last ac counts he was in a precarious condi tion. An elcven-months-old child of .Geo. Gerald, near J'.utte, while plaj-ing with some watermcllon seeds, got one lodged in it-; windpipe. It was immediately taken to Ruttc, and the doctor suc ceeded in safely removing it by an in cision in the neck, known as tracheoto my. The child is doing welL Gordon Journal: An item in the State Journal last Tuesday said that Mcrvin Herbert, of Gordon, lost a pocketbook containing S200 while ram bling in the sand hills. It was a fact Merv. did lose S270 from his trouser's pocket, but he returned to the place where he bunked and found it again. It was a lucky find. The old settlers' reunion in Dakota county was attended by 8,000 people, and old and young entered into the occasion with much spirit. Miss Edith Wehn, the 17-year-old daughter of E. II. Wehn of Wilber, was fatally burned by her clothing' catch ing fire at a gasoline store. Elmer Lewis, an exconvict, was sen tenced to ten da's' imprisonment on a breai and water diet for assaulting his uncle. Prosper Sparks, at Saint PauL Lewis had been living with Mr. Sparks for several months without paying any board, and was told that he would have to hunt a new boarding place. He grew angry, knocking Sparks down, bruising him considerably, and lied. The Tecumseh canning factory has been operating with a full force of hands for the past two weeks working on tomatoes. Another week will be spent on this vegetable, as the man agement of the factor hopes to can several carloads. Apples will then command the attention of the force. The tomato yield is good in Johnson county notwithstanding the drouth and apple crop is fair. At Omaha Mrs. Otto Wilson, while laboring under a temporary fit of in sanity attempted to drown her two children in the cistern. She was over heard by a neighbor telling her little girl and boy to undress as she was going to give them a bath in the cis tern. The children protested and the mother returned to the house and pro cured a butcher knife, which she was brandishing about when taken in charge. Pursuant to call of the county com missioners of Howard county a mass meeting of the citizens of the county was held iu the court house for the purpose of forming some plan to assist the inanj' who will need help the coming year. It was the largest gath ering ever assembled in the court house. After considerable discussion a committee of thirteen one from each precinct was selected to formulate a plan for relief. At Chadron after a two days' and an all night session the coroner's jury brought in a verdict to the effect that Matt McNearncy came to his death by a blow infiictcd by party or parties un known. Charles O'Connor, John A. Miannon and a young boy who were under suspicion were at once released. Francis Henry, the boy, whom many think knew something about the Mc Nearncy murder, was rearrested later on the charge of perjury. A very peculiar and somewhat suspi cious looking article was picked up in the road some four miles southeast of Exeter by a couple of young men. It is a piece of inch gas pipe, about eight inches long. One end seemed packed with gunwads, the other end, the edge of which has been hammered to form a rim, is packed with something un known to those who have examined it The suspicious resemblance to a rude dynamite bomb prohibits anyone from examining it very closely. About a month ago a young farmer by the name of France, residing near Geneva, tied his horse, attached to a neat top buggy, at the public square and went to church. After church ho found the horse where he left it, but the buggy had been stolen. The dis appearance of the vehicle continued to be a nrysterj' until last week when it was found in the possession of a stran ger who gave his name as Perry, and claimed to be driving from Clarks to Chester. He was arrested and charged with stealing the buggy. Washington dispatch: Senator Man dcrson, w ith several beet sugar manufacturer.- of his state, called on Secre tary Carlisle this morning and discuss ed w ith him the intent of the new tariff as to paying a bounty on sugar. He contended that the section relating to the payment of bounty meant that no bounty was to be paid after the bill be came a law. August 27, but that all .sugar manufactured prior to that date was entitled to a bounty under the Mc Kinley law. Senator Manderson said he only appeared for the beet sugar manufacturers of his state who were entitled to .?r.o,ooo bounty. Secretary Carlisle said he would give the matter consideration and render an opinion as soon as possible. No Kxtr.i Srttftifin. The governor on being asked whether he had fully decided not to convene an extra session of the legislature said that after much correspondence and consult ition such was his decision. To call one, he said, would be excep tional among the states similarly alllicted and would give Nebraska an advertisement which should be avoided if possible. What an extra session would cost the state he could not say. The last regular session cost the state over S11",0(K). The state could hardly alTord to take upon itself the expense of an extra session at this time, ami if in the end the state should decide to grant any aid, it would be better to save this money for that purpose. The condition of the state finances is not such as to give much promise of aid. The constitution fixes the limit of state indebtednes-s at S100.000; which limit was reached by the issue of that amount of bonds to relieve distress in ls'.M. There is no monev in the gen eral fund with which to meet any ap propriation for relief. In fact, that fund is many months behind iu meet ing current demands, and a large state indebtedness is growing upon us, bear ing 7 per cent interest, because of the inability to pay warrants as presented. '1 he governor further said that but a few months would elapse before a reg ular convention of the legislature, com posed of men fresh from the people, well prepared to consider the wants of the several sections, and what would be best to do under the circumstances. He said he was well aware of the ex tent and degree of distress, both pres ent and anticipated, on account of the unprecedented drouth, but thinks it the duty of the several counties and precincts, with the aid of the charit able organizations and the kindly dis posed, to undertake to provide for the distress till the next legislature shall convene at length. A hile cutting corn near Springfield. Ira N hite accidentally severed a blood vessel in his shin with the point of a knife, and the How of blood could not be stopped for a considerable time. C. R. Gaussen, assistant passenger anil ticket ajrent of the Iron Mountain route, with headquarters at Memphis, will ou September 1 become the travel ing passenger agent of the Union Pa cific, with headquarters in Omaha. Mr. Gaussen is an old friend of Assistant General Passenger Agent 15. II. Payne of the Fniou Pacific, and is regarded as one of the best men who could be appointed to the position made vacant by the removal of F. N. Prophet G. W. Strong has sold his creamery at Falls City to M. GianninL Mr. Strong will return to New York. Cy Dunn, accused of the murder of William Taylor at Desoto, was arrested just inside the limits of Adams county by Sheriff Harris of Hastings. Sheriff Harris boarded a train and arrested Dunn as soon as Adams county was reached. Dunn gave his name as Seig lcr, and claimed to live south of Juni ata, but when some Silver Lake town ship people called at the jail and iden tified him as Dunn he threw off his alias and acknowledged that he was the slayer of Taylor, saying that he committed the deed in self defense. TWQDOftES miFiQ OSINEMICnAUD oi&-- -3'M& was l,ie aaugn &tt&g3u sfcS tiered widower. with whom she lived in the pret ty town of Don tan, She was a live ly girl, and un der engagement in lo mnrriml to F -i i Yl a deserving and promising yuuiijj lawyer, named Theodore Mans field, the son of u physician. Every thing was in fine trim for the wedding, the bridal trousseau almost completed, and even the ring bought, when an awful thing took place. Mr. Michaud and Doctor Mansfield, the father of his prospective son-in-law, while playing a game of domin oes, fell into U quarrel. At first, really a polite one, then an angry, then a furious one. Doctor Mansfield called Mr. Mich aud a cheat, and Mr. Michaud called the doctor a liar. The doctor gathered the dominoes in his hands, and was about to hurl them at the head of Mr. Michaud. He thought better of it, however, caught up his hat, stuck it ou his head side ways, crammed his fists into his pock ctsand, without an "adieu," marched out of the house, calling his son to follow him. The end of the affair was a dissolu tion of the matrimonial engagement between Theodore and Rosine. In vain Theodore remonstrated. In vain Rosinc wept The- old gentle men were not to ba moved by the unhnppiucss of the young folks. All the deeds that had been drawn up were canceled. The little house which had been furnished for the bride and groom was let to a family temporarily sojourning in the placc.and the lovers were forbidden to speak another word to each other as long as they lived. At last, having bribed Rosine's maid to keep his secret, he confided to the hands of the irirl a letter to her mistress, in which he begged her to steal from the house that night and wait under the pear trees beside the garden wall, until he should come to her. Rosinc, who had never disobeyed her parent in her life, felt as guilty as though she were about to commit a murder, when she stole out of the side door to keep the rendezvous; but, nevertheless, her heart beat high with hope at the thought of meeting Theo dore once more, and when at last she saw through the darkness a form gradually riso above the wall, and proceed to ascend by means of a rope which was fastened on the other side, she with difficulty refrained from screaming aloud. "Theodore!" she whispered; "oh, Theodore! my Theodora! That it should be wrong for me to meet thee! that we, who were once betrothed lovers, should come to this!" Rut the next moment he had caught her hands and kissed them, and she forgot all but that they were together. This was the first meeting, but it was not the last. Night after night, when the old gentleman was asleep, snoring peacefully, Theodore and Rosinc sat side by side, more familiar ly than they ever had done before, in the garden under the psar trees, while Nanncttc, the maid, kept watch outside the little side door. All this had been going on for some time, when one night Rosinc took her usual place to wait for Theo.lore. She heard the stealthy steps as usual. She saw the lithe form mount the rwall and stand in full relief against the golden moon, just at that moment rising. Then a faint cry of horror fell upon lrcr car, and he vanished FELL PRONE ON Till FLOOIl. from her sight There was a start ling and ominous thud upon the earth without, a groan and silence. Theodore had slipped and fallen to the ground. For some moments he remained insensible: Rosine, nearly mad with terror, stood wringing her hands within the garden. Her maid, who had seen all. hur ried down the path. Neither of the girls knew what was best to do. At last Nannette, a stout young girl, clambered up into the largest pear tree, and managel to get her chin on a level with the wall. She could not see anything below, but she heard a movement "Mr. Mansfield," she whispered, "speak if you possibly can. My mis tress is nearly frightened to death." A faint voice replied: "Give my love to your mistress, I am not much hurt, but it will be best for me to go home now. I think there has been noise enough to attract at tention. Then the two girls ran indoors, Rosinc in a terrible state of agitation. She knew that Theodore had been more injured than he would confess. And this indeed was true. He had broken his arm, and felt a deathby faintness creeping over him. His one hope was to get far enough from the house of old Michaud, to prevent any suspicion of the manner in which he had met with the accident; and at the first turning, he left the street and hurried on, hoping to procure some assistance before he lost the power of speech and motion. At last, amid the darkened win dows, he saw one in which a light burned. Drawing nearer, he saw i 30 5c ! M jsl JeaL 2ZE kV tfSrWJg) Blot Si1 III that the door stood open, and heard some noise within. His strength was nearly gone. He made use of what remained to stagger under tho doo1 way, and fell prono in the hall, at the foot of the stairs, just as an old man in a night-gown, with a lamp in one hand, and a poker in the other, rushed down them, shouting at the top of his voice: "Thieves! Murder! Help! Police!" This old man was Hector Gritnme, a reputed miser, who" had just beford wakened to find two masked men ill the room, one of whom held him while the other plundered his cash box. After much struggling he had succeeded in dealing one of the ras cals a heavy blow with a cudgel, which he always kept within reach, and had been knocked senseless in return. When he came to himself ho was in perfect darkness, and it had taken him some time to strike a light; but, to his great joy, When ha had done so he found, as he supposed,' one of the robbers lying wounded in his hall-way. The old man's shouts soon brought assistance, and he told his story as people usualty do, in a manner which reflected the most credit upon him self. "Rut this is Theodore Mansfield, the son of old Dr. Mansfield," cried one of the assembled group. "Ho is no robber, sir." "Nevertheless, it is all as I said," declared Hector Grimme. And on his word, the poor wounded Theodore was carried to prison. It was some time before ho under stood the charge that had been made against him, but when he did, he at once formed a noble resolution. Suf for what he might, shame, im prisonment, whatever it might be, he would guard Rosine's honor. No one should ever know that it was iu endeavoring to meet her nlonc at midnight, iu the garden of her father's house that he had met with this accident The day of the trial came nt last. The court was crowded. Hector Grimme was ready to swear to his story. The policemen and neighbors, were witnesses to the fact that Theo dore had been found lying insensible at the foot of the miser s staircase on the night of the robbery. The prisoner himself had only his position and good character in his fa vor. Not a word would he utter in his own behalf, save a simple asser tion of his innocence. Dr. Mansfield was weeping like a child. Mr. Mich nud, who had always liked the young fellow,and whose heart even softened to his old friend in his affliction, was very much moved. The prisoner only was calm All was over. Nothing more could be said. The final proceedings were about to be taken, and none believed that the prisoner could possibly es cape the sentence of the law, when suddenly there was a stir near the door, and the crowd parted to admit two persons, who forced their way toward the bench on which the judga sat. At the sight of the pair, Michaud started to his feet Refore she threw her veil back, he recognized his daughter, Rosine. The prisoner also uttered a low cry. Disregarding them both, the girl ad vanced toward the judge, whom she knew by sight Ignorant of all forms of law, she only thought of saving Theodore, whose motive for silence she quite understood; and, fearful lest she should be too late, she spoke at once. "Sir," she said, "I have come as a witness for Theodore Mansfield. I know how he met with his accident, and I know the motive for his silence. It is for my unworthy sake that he allows himself to be misjudged. It was to meet me in my father's gar den that he climbed the stone wall from which he fell. I saw him fall I and my maid Nannette and we arc ready with our testimony." Mr. Michaud gave a cry and started forward. Doctor Mansfield also ut tered an exclamation as he sprang to Michaud's side. 'We might have known," ho said "We were young once." The miser, re-examined, owned to the fact of having been insensible for some time, and confessed th it he did not see the faces of the robbers, and Theodore Mansfield was soon set free. Rut now that he was free, an 1 now that she had done her duty, the con sequences of her disobedience awaited Rosine. She stood trembling at her father's side, but he did not look un kindly at her. "Sir," he said to Doctor Mansfield, "whatever we may think of each other your son is a brave fellow, worthy of the best lady iu the land." "Sir," said Doctor. Mansfield, "I cannot but esteem the father of so brave and charming a young lady." "There is but one thing for us to do," said Michaud. "Rut one," said Doctor Mansfield, extending his arms. Thereupon the two men warmly shook hands, and all went home to gether to Michaud's house, where the marriage engagement was once more formally announced, and an early date set for the wedding of Rosine and Theodore. A f eper in Buffalo. Ruffalo feels uneasy because c leper named Shcehan has boon visit ing the town. Tho poor man, who is a nativo of County Kerry, began working on railroads at Pittsburg in 1SG0, and a few years ago hal charge of a gan of Poles and Huns. A round spot appeared on his torchcad some time ago and has since de veloped rapidly into tubercular lep rosy. He has been treated by many ignorant doctors, and is now doomed to end his days in the lazaretto at Tracedie. .V Fog Creator. Smokeless powder has Iften fol lowed by a chemical combination called a "fog creator." A German named Kcihm is the inventor. It is a shell which when it explodes en shrouds in darkness tho troops at whom it is aimed. It also causes soldiers to cough. . mail I'ronts. Imrglar Bill Got any children? Slippery Sam. moodily I had a son onct. I traincl him up to snatch pocket-books from ladies out shop ping? Wot became of 'im?" "He starved to death." RECONCILED BY THE DEAd. A Family Breach Which Hal Existed feir .Many Year. Healed. Nearly eighteen" year's ago Mr. Hartfcldt, a wealthy country mef chant in tho wostern part of Michi gan, died, leaving his estate to bo dividod botwacii His two daughters and the children of ft sou Who was dead, says a writer in tho Phila delphia Times. The husband of ono of the daughters, Mr. Leach, was ap pointed executor of tho cstato and served in this capacity, but whon the properly was divided tho othef daughter declared that she had been defrauded of her rightful portion. Sho could furnish no proof, however, and having art aversion fo carrying tho thing into court dropped tho matter, but never forgavo her sister and her sister's husband. Sho moved to Corunna and for years had beard nothing from her relatives and married a Mr. Franklin without announcing her intention to them. 30 that they woro ignorant of her new name, and her children have known nothing of her former home or friends. Mrs. Franklin was therefore amazed when a week or two sinco hor eldest daughter Mil dred camo in about dusk and asked her what had become of tho strango gentleman who had just entered tho house. Mrs. Franklin had seen nothing of any visitor, but, on hor daughter insisting that a man had gone in at tho street door just before sho herself had como in sho made in quiries among tho servants. No ono had seen anyone except members of the household, but the girl still in sisted that she had soon tho man dis tinctly, though sho had not been able to catch a sight of his face. I'lio subject remained a mystery and had nearly passed from the minds of tho household, when a few days after tho girl camo to her mother saying sho had again seen tho man who had spoken to her on the pave ment before the house. He had given her this message: Tell my sister Kate that Mary is going to die and that it is her parents1 will anl mine that they be reconciled." Ho men tioned tho girl's aunt by name, a name sho had never heard before. Mrs. Franklin, after her daughter had described tho man and she had recognized certain chara -tcristics of her long dead brother, was much agitated by tho occurrence, but be ing fckoptieal in regard to all spirit ual matters made no movo to com municate with her family, fearing that sho would bo laughed at for be lieving so strango a message, and, deterred by pride, several days passed before sho heard anything further in regard to it, but different persons, members of hor household and visitors, reported to her that sorao unknown man was always about tho house. Some saw him walking in tho twilight in tho street beforo tho house, tho servants met him gliding softly through tho halls, and passing into this room or that, only to have vanished com pletely when tho apartment wa searched. At last tho youngest child, a little boy of G or 7, came running to hor ono morning with tho story that ho had been awakened tho night before by a man who was standing by his bed, and who had told him to tell his mother that "Aunt Mary was dying and wanted to see her." Mrs. Frank lin yielded then and took tho first train for her old home, whore alio found that her sister was indeed dy ing. A reconciliation followed which both sisters bolicvcjl had been brought about by a brother dead over twenty years. Tho sick woman said that all during her illness sho had been thinking how grieved tho'r par ents and brothers would bo even in heaven to know that sho died unrec onciled to her only sister, and had had a dream in which her brother had said to hor to leave it to him and ho would bring Kato homo again to ice her once more. I"ol!ovln Direction i. It was raining pretty hard when the old man camo into the parlor. In fact, tho rain was rattling on tho tin roof of tho porch so loudly that there could bo no doubt about tho weather. Er how is tho weather out?" asked the young man who was call ing on tho daughter of tho house Ho asked in trepidation, because ho knew he was none too welcome. Tho old man looked at him for a moment and said: "Clear." And the young man cleared. Faith aul Works. "There will bo a mooting in this church to-morrow evening, breth ren," said tho Nebraska pastor, for tho purpose of praying for rain. At the same time and placo we shall tako up a collection to do fray the expenses of bringing to this neighborhood the rainmakers who have been so remarkably successful in other portions of tho state. It is hoped there will be a very large at tendance. Wo will now cloac by singing tho doxology." Chicago Tribune. The Hoy Wa i:iSht. The good, kind, old gentleman looked down benignantly on tho small urchin blacking his shoes. "Now, my boy." he said after ho had finished blac'cing his shoes, "what would you think if 1 gave you a nico new'-rl bill?" Tho boy, down on all fours, cocked his head up at his prospective bene factor. 'I guess I'd think you wanted 95 cents change," ho replied, and tho suoscqucnt proceedings prrved his guess to be correct. Camblin in train. Gambling on the next rain and its duration has become so great a vice in Calcutta that the government has been callod on to suppress it Clerks on the way to their oflices stop at commission houses to place bets, and the women have been seized with the mania so that they not only pawn their own and borrowed jewels, but go further to procure money to gamble with. The book makers risk no money of their own and charge a small commission for handling the bets. Antl He is night! If I were to formulate my theory of success, it would tw soracthin j Hlse thU: A little ail in a little paper no good! A little ad In a bi;j paper some good! Abl:j ad in a little paper some ooJI A bU ad in a sood paper best of alii FraaU II Stcvcas, in the Fourth Estate. HE COULD NOT BREATHE A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE IN EIGHTY FEET OF WATER, A New York biter TelU How It Fools to Suffocate The Air Homo Attached to Ills Olvins Suit Hroko anil Shut Off His Supply of llrcath. Hero is tho autobiography of suf focation from tho New York l'rcA Tho victim is William Ulsson, who was eighty feet under water in a diving suit when tho air hoso broke and shut oiT his supply of broath. Ho was trying to attach a hawser to tho anchor which tho bisr steamer La Tourainc, lost oil Quarantine) a few weeks ago. Olsscn was hur riedly brought to tho surfaco and soon after taken to tho Long Island eoliego hospital in Brooklyn. Ho was well enough to lcavo tho placo a few days ago, and just before going away ho related his amazing experi ence to a reporter. His story is as follows: "About 2 o'clock in tho afternoon I had found tho anchor and had made fast ono line. It was not strong enough, I thought, for a 700 pound anchor, and I was about to make fast another line. 1 had been working rathor hard, and found myself short of breath. I straightened up and signaled for a little more air. I noticed Irom tho sound that the wheels abovo woro going around very fast, as though the men abovo had difticulty in send ing me what little air was then com iug. Then I got tho signal to make ready to como up. At tho samo in stant I was jerked oT m feet by tho tightening of the life line. Quick as a tlash.it seemed, all the air stopped. Oh, such u feeling! "I seemed to bo hours going up. It was really but a few m'nutes not over two, 1 am told. My lirst sensation was a terriblo smothering feeling in my chest I couldn't breathe. My breast felt as if it were being squeezed in an enor mous trip hammer, which was grind ing my bones into my lungs. Then all tho bleod in my body seemed to rush to my head, ray eyes seemed to Htart straight out of my head, until I could soo them about two feet away.although everything was really black around inc. Tho top of my head felt as if it were about to blow oil and let out a tido of something which seemed to come from my feet, my hands aud my inside. My neck felt as if a big, thick rope thicker than it was wide was being drawn tight, tighter, oh. so very tight around it. Tho back of my neck stiffened so that I felt that I could not movo my head. It seemed to me that I tried to movo my head and my neck struck a knifo which, sharp us a razor, seemed to go clear through my neck and circle round my collar bona "My collar bouo then seemed to be pressed way down into my lungs, aud it felt as if that big bone was a double-edged curved sword reaching from one shoulder to tho other over ray chest, then circling round over my back. It seemed to scoop out i my heart, lungs and oth r organs. I did not feel any pain in thoc or gans, though I realized that I was losing them. My throat grow dry and hot. so hot that it scorned us if I had a rag ing lire in there, and it seemed as if tho heat from this lire rapidly went clear through my head and out through my cars and nose. "Then tho darkness began to bo lit by many stars. I never saw so many stars bo forc. 1 could sec millions and mil lions and millions of thoni. and each one of them seemed to shoot each of its livo points clear through my head. "I could feel that I was moving up. As I ncared the surfaco tho fearful pressure on my ehost and head cased a little. I felt relief, though tho darkness was just as black and the stars just as dickering. "When I reached tho surfaco I was dazed, but I was conscious. I know what was going on ail the time. I could feel that the men above who woro turning tho wheel were making desperate efforts to get me out of tho water. "When I reached the surfaco and the face glass was removed, I took a long, deep breath. Nothing 1 ever had in ray life seemed as sweet and as nice us that lirst breath, it seemed as if I could not get enough of it "By that time the stars had dis appeared. I could get a faint gleam of light, though I could not see any thing. The smothering scn-ation was gone. My eyes no longer seemed to be outside of my head, but instead seemed to have been shovca away in. I could not open them. Tho flesh around them seemed pu "cd out to where the eyes were when I was under the water. It was broad day light, but the sky seemed to be very cloudy, a, ir a big storm w,i3 coming on. My face was stiff and sore. The pain then was in my neck and shoul ders My eyes smarted dreadfully and I could feel that blood was dripping from them. In a short time 1 could see a little daylight, but it hurt 1 knew my mouth was full of blool, but I could not taste it I co ghed up a lot of it The men worked over me awhile and then took me to tho hospital. It was a frightful experience. I'd rather die right oIT than go through it again. It would be easier, I think. Mr. Olsscn was a strange-looking specimen of humanity. His face was black in spots and blue in patches. Deep black circles surrounded tho livid, blood-red eyes, wh'ch seemed to project in dcmon-liko licrcencss. The skin on his neck, chest and shoulders, especially at tho back ol his head, was terribly discolored. The whites of his eyes were fearfully bloodshot It will probably bo weeks before they become white I again. J ho e.elids, a'tuough a deep, dark blue, are slowly regain ing their natural color. Altogether, his was a remarkable experience and ono from which only a man of extraordinary vitality could recover. ". hs I ropr 1 I.iri. Whcro are you going?" asked the lightning bug of the mosquito. "Up to the mosquito bar for re freshments," was the reply. A MODERN SIR WALTER. How a Laborlncr Man Saved a TVoraaa Skirt From the Mud. s. She was a fair South-sider who was on a shopping tour, says tho Chicago Times. She carried threo bundles too procious to bo left for delivery wagon and a mackintosh and two boxes of candy also balanced in uncertain equilibrium about her. Ho was a big, plain, everyday, work ingman and his weapon was a pick, with which he waged successful war upon tho cobblestones and tho dirt of a badly mutilated street Threo littlo strips of wood were supposed to bo enough at tho point whoro sho dismounted tho car to cnablo foot passengers to cross tho muddy thor oughfare, but just as she camo op posite tho man a littlo tilt of the llitnsy pontoon bridgo sont ono of hor daintily shod feet up to tho anklo into a lino mud hole, and whon sho drew It out it was a sight to mako ono weci. Sho could not go on without hopelessly soiling tho edge of her skirt. Sho could not stop for bundles. Sho stood in potrified perplexity. 'I hen ttc upirit of Sir Walter Ra leigh showed itself. Tho pick was dropped and tho man grabbed a lit tle stick and said: "Wait. miss, an' I'll clean yor shoo otT." Thoro seemed to bo nothing else to do. so sho waited. Tho rest of the gang leaned on their picks and shovolsaud watched out of tho corners of their eyes. When ho had done all Jho execution ho could with tho slick and quito a respectable pilo of clay had been scraped from tho small shoo he whisked out a red bandana handkerchief a sort of substituto for Raleigh's cloak and. still kneol ing beforo her notwithstanding her protest that ho would get it dirty, proceeded to clean tho shoe with that Sho thanked him and walked down tho street with a little blush on her check. He touched his well worn hat and gazed after her for a lew moments, then stutTcd tho ban dana in his overalls pocket, saying. "It wasn't very clean, anyhow." and was again a common laboring man. GOOD FORM IN THE WEST. Instance In VUlich l-uthcr Cnrrccto 1 tho Manner f Hid Snn. "You may say what you plcaso about tho wild and woolly West," quoth the drummer to an Eastern swell salesman, "but I know some of tho people thcro have very good ideas of tho usages of tho best so ciety." "Well, they don't observe them very closely," argued tho Fasternor. "I think they do." responded tho drummer; "at least they do in tho Southwest An instanco cllno under my notico some time ago in a wild part of Texas. I was at a tavern table whcro all tho other guests wcro of a rough typo, and as most of them had been drinking pretty freely it did not requiro much dif ference of opinion to precipitate a row. An old fellow and his son were sitting together and somebody called ti.o son a liar. By hotel regulations nobody at tablo had a gun, tho rulo being that all weapons bo loft in tho safe until after meals, and, of course tho young man didn't shoot his in sulter on tho spot. He was on his feet, though, as soon as tho objec tionable epithet reached him. and ho grabbed tho knifo from his plato and started for the offender. His father, however, caught him. 'Bill,' he said, as cool as a cu cumber, 'what air you goin' to do?' Ho called mo a liar" shouted Bill, waving tho knifo aloft Well,' oxclairacd tho old man in an angry tone, 'ain't you got no table manners at all? Put down that knifo and take a fork.' "Could an Easterner do better than that?" concluded tho drummer, and, says tho Detroit Frco Press, the Eastern man conceded the point All!tli Collins' Mint I'opulnr Work. When, aftor moro than thirty years, a book is still sullicicntly pop ular to mako a reappearance in a sixpenny edition, with a first print ing of 100,0 JO copies, it may well bo considered to have passed the high water mark of success Such fortuno i- just attending Mr. Wilkio Collins admirable story, "The Woman in White." "The Woman in White" has sold better than any of Wilkie Collins' other novels, "The Moon stone" being a good second and "Man and Wife" third The Critic. Not Always a lrnwl.oI. "Isn't it a nuisanco to have a treacherous memory?" Not always. Some days ago my wife told mo not to forget to call a veterinary physician for her poodlo or it would die. I forgot" Chicago Record. Arnir.t 'ntcrnally. A Cincinnati man cut his hand and his physician recommended arnica. The sufferer took the medicine in ternally and is now sore all ovor, his wounded hand causing him the least pain. GRAINS OF GOLD. Truth is never afraid to wait. A long facj is not a passport to heaven. Th2 troubles wa mot fear never happen. There is nothing more contagious than example. Go I never gave any bo ly the right to b disagreeable. Hurry and worry ar: both great enemies to health. No prayers except those the heart speaks are heard in heaven. People who are not to b ; trusted in triiles are not to be trusted anywhere. A reformer is often a man whoso naighbors wish he would begin on himself. We are all the time making charac ter, whether we arc doing anything else or not Statues arc moulded by littlo touches. Characters arc formed in the same way. The world is not suffering so much for want of more preaching as it is for more practice. You can't tell much about man's re ligion by what he docs when he knows he is watched. One of the hardest lessons to learn is that we arc made out of the samo kind of clay as other folks. THE OLD RELIABLE Cpltualms - State Bank J WHitflfctllTluDOCllJ : ." lala Um n Etal Estate A nHT DBAIff CI OUmo, Mi Tmrk ul all ULII : IRAMIII : TIGHTS. BUYS GOOD NOTES ABft ! IU CMtoaen vh tWy Nrf Kal OFFICERS AND TUUECTOUS: IiEANDER Gerrarp, Pres't, B. H. Henry, Vice Prest, M. Brugoer, Cashier. John Stauffer. (J. W. Hutsr. L -or- COLUMBUS, NEB., HAS AX Authorize Capital of - $500,000 Paid in Capital, - 90,000 m OFFICERS. O. H. SriELDON. l'res't. H. 1. II. OEI1LRICII. Vlco Pres. CLARK GRAY. Cnslilor. DANIEL SCIIUAM. Asa't Cash DIRECTORS. If. M. WiNsrow. II. T. H. OEni.mcn. . II. Sheldon, W. A. McAlmsteh, Jonas Welch. Cam. Kikmmc STOCKHOLDERS. S. C. GUAY. J- llENUY WUnDEM AW, GEKHAlin LOSEKX, Henhy Loseke. , claiik Gkay, Geo. W. Uallet. Daniki. Sciikam, A. F. II. Oehmucii. FltANK KOKEll. J- 1. llKCKEft ESTATE. Rebecca ueckeu. Rank of deposit; interest allowed on time deposits: buy and sell oxeliange on United States anil Europe, and buy anil sell avail able securities. Wo shall bo pleased to re ceive your business. Wo solicit your pat ronage. THE First National Bank OFFICERS. i A. ANDERSON. J. II. GALLEY. l'rebldunt. Vice 1'ros'U O. T. KOEN. Cashier. DIRECTORS. ""1 O.AKDER80N. P.ANDIMON. JACOB QBEISEN. . DENBI BAGATZ, ' l JAMES 0. REKDEK. Statement of Ihe Condition at the Gloso r Business Jilj 12, 18U3. KESOUUCE3. Loans ami Discount I 241.407 5? Real I-state Furniture und FIx- turrs 10.71 9") II. S. llonds 15,-) 0) Duo from other banks 37.R7t; 3t Cash on Hand U1.W7 M W.74.1 83 Total ... $333,100 W LIABILITIES. Tapltal Stock paid In... Surplus Fund Undivided profits Circulation Deposits I fAnro (X) ai.cxo 0) 4.57H CO LVifUlW) 2r,ll'J 37 Total ;xuw;m HENRY GASS, UNDEETAKEE ! Collins : and : Metallic : Cases ! tST Repairing of all kinds of Uphol ttery Goods. Lit COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA Columbus Journal 13 PBEPARFD TO TCHNISI! ANTTHINO REQUIRED or A PRINTING OFFICE, -WITH TIIZ- 1FTHB- COMMERCIA VmQ'Tv --t fcy'' J ml ar COUNTRY.