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The annual convention Of tho Inter
State Temperance Union will DO held
ut Bohanan's Hall. in Lincoln. on Sep
tember .. beginning at 10 o'clock .. m.
The States entitled to representation IN
this convention arc iowa. Kansas.
North Dakota and Nebraska Each
State Is entitled to . delegate for every
90. 900 inhabitants and In addition fOus
Of the elective officers Of each State
temperance organization shall be, by
virtue OF their Offices, delegates 70 any
meeting Of the Union.
THE other night Mrs William Wagon
er. living six miles north OF Tocumsoh,
tried to commit suicide by cutting hcf
throat with = butcher knifo. Tho req.
Son WAS temporary insanity caused BY
recent confinement.
WILLIE. . twelvc-ycar-Old son OF
George HOllyor. was recently drowned
while bathing in the Big blue river. two
miles north Of B~arneston.
LIGHTNING recently struck . house oc-
cupicd by . Mr.. Hammond. three miles
northwest Of Nehawka, instantly killing
. young man named Wilkinson. lately
from Knox County. Mo-. and Miss Josie
Hoback. Of AvOca.
TUE Democrats d tho Third district
recently mot in convention at Columbus
and nominated William II. Thompson.
Of Grand Island, for Congress.
SOXE trouble occurred over the school
election in South Omaha last spring and
the contest was taken into court and de-
ston. The sitting member. Carroll. re-
fused to give up his seat Four mem.
hers sided with Funston and President
Parsons and One other with Carroll.
The Funston crowd refuses ~ act with
Carroll. and Parsons refuses TO give off,
cial cOgnizance to acts Of his opponents.
As . result the teachers salaries for
last year are not yet paid. nor are any
bills though there Is plenty OF money
in the treasury. No teachers have been
elected and President Parsons has
locked up the school buildings
EARLY on the morning Of tho 18th,
Charles Platt . farm hand that had
been discharged several years ago. sud-
denly appeared At the residence Of
Farmer Town. near Kennard, and with
out warning shot Mr.. Town dead and
then fatally wounded his young daugh-
ter Hattie. Pratt then fed but was
soon arrested and jailed 1t Blair. Dur
ing the night . mob assaulted the Jail,
took the prisoner out and hanged him.
THE Odd Fellows cOnclave for the
States Of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and
Missouri ended . two days sess.on At
P~lsttsmouth on the 18th. Large dele
gatiohs were present from all four States
Omaha was selected as the place for
holding the c~onclave next year and the
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent J. w. Humphreys. Of Shenandoah,
L.. vi~ce-president, Louis Beatman. Of
Council Bluffs, Ia; secretary. c. A.. Pat
terson, Of Omaha
Ar Chapman the other night Eta.
daughter Of E. COuger. eighteen years
old, was shot in the ankle by her brother
while he VAS loading . shotgun. An,pu-
tation was rendered necessary.
A correspondent 1T Wakefield says
that while workmen were recently grad
ing ON one Of the streets of that town
they unearthed the skeletons Of . large
number Of human beings, both adults
and children. The skeletons were found
almost entire and lying about two feet
beneath the surface Of the street In
dications were that they had lain there
from fifty to one hundred years. One
jaw-bone was found perfect. with twelve
teeth on each side. showing that its
pOssessor must have had . full SGT Of
forty.cight teeth and been . giant
TnE Clay County fair will be held
September 10 to 10!
THE Kearney County fair will he held
ut Minden September 9 tot.
THE other day Mr. and Mrs james
Lake. IN aged couple living about two
miles cast Of Newman's Grove, Platte
County, while attempting to cross the
track in front Of . special train, wcre
struck by the engine and instantly
killed.
TnE scheme for . canal from the Dis
NAL river to Broken how Is again being
agitatcd in order to provide work for
those who have lost. their crops BY
drought
Ma C~nRIsTEx. tho wife Of . farmer
Q Grand Island suicided the
other day BY hanging herself TO . door
knob Her son Was drowned not long
since and she was also suffering from
the result Of IN accident By . runaway
which brought On despoedency. and led
to sclf-destruction.
TnE fair usually held st Arnold Gus
TER County. annually. viii not b held
year On account Of the pooe vese-
table crops
w. w. Wiley. Of Pierce, was recently
struck BY lightning and instantly killed
. heavy shower. He ri riding
On . load Of wheat ut the time. bat the
team and wagon vere uAiajsre4
Tine new school hosse at 10 solaierS'
homo. neal Grand lslaaA Was severely
wrecked BY . late storm. and will have
70 Be- torn down and rebuilt
LINCOLN has secured the fraschiss Of
the defunct Des Aoines baseball cluh
TnE new planning mill at Kearsey
burned the other DoeniAg. Fully in
sared The Ase wss eviaeauy lie work
u n incendiasy.
FRANK AExswoRTH bookkeepee Soe
J. J. Brown. Huber Z Co, sewer COZ
tractors 1t Keaxney. vbea recently
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