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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
When Grant was President.

A rare old document was filed in the
office of County Clerk Pohl at Colum'
bus Tuesday. 1t was a patent from
the United States, conveying to Chris
Martens the north half of the south
east quarter of section 8, town IS,
range . west in the county Of Platte,
signed by Ulysses 5. Grant, president.
per T.. ID. Williamson, secretary, and
attested by S. X. Lippincott, recorder.
The instrument vas issued to cover ap-
p~lication No. 21s from the Grand Is
land land office, and has been in the
possession of Mr.. Martens for more
than twenty-three years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
Unfortunate Little Egypt.

Little Egypt" who sometime ago
secured notoriety through the famous
Seeley dinner at Delmonico's, New
York, was arrested in Omaha Satur-
day in company with several tramps.
She had run away from Chicago to es-
cape a ~villianous stepfather and vas
on her way to her mother, whom she
had sent to Kansas City. She was
dressed in mems clothing and had
passed for a youth among her male
companions. Omaha officials kindly
secured her transportation to Kansas
City. She had been sick 50 long she
was no able to earn the salary she u.s.
ually does, hence her present plight.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
TO HOLE COMPANY CAMPS
No Regimentai Encampment for National
Guards This Year.

No Regtncntal Encampment for National
Guards This Year.
The militia board was in session
Wednesday at the Office of the adju-
tant general and decided that instead
OF regimental encampments this year
each company Of the national guard
shall hold a two days camp of instruc.
ton at their home stations. OF course
il two or three companies wish to get
together at their own expense, IA bat
talon camp may be enjoyed.
The motion as carried by the board
was:
Moved that the companies of the
Nebraska national guard be assembled
at their home stations for instruction
in the authorized manuals of drill,
guard duty and target practice in com
pliance with section 81, chapter so,
session laws of 1897, for "a period of
W days prior to October |, 1897. And
that the officers and enlisted men of
the Nebraska national guard be al
lowed for such service such compensa-
ton as is provided in section 81 of said
chapter So"
This pay is ST a day and one ration
or communication thereof for all enlisted
men and the same pay as for officers OF
the regular army for officers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
INTERESTING LEGAL POINT
Suit to Settle the Beneficiary In Fra
tcrnal Insurance.

Suit to Settle the Beneficiary In Fra
tcrnal Insurance.
c. A. Gafford, administrator, VS.. the
Royal ~Hylanders ~fraternal association
is the title of a suit begun in the dis
trict court at Beatrice Tuesday which
involves an interesting legal question.
Charles Seymour, who with his wife
was drowned while bathing in the riv-
or near Wymore several weeks ago,
held a policy in the company for 81 900.
The association has approved the claim
for the death benefit and this suit is
for the purpose of establishing the le-
gal beneficiary. Mr.. and Mrs. Sey-
mou had no children, but a son Of the
former from his first wife is still liv-
ing. The question at issue is whether
Mrs, Seymour had more than a life in
terest III the policy and whether she
Or her husband died first, the latter
question being apparently n uncer-
tain of solution. Administrators have
been appointed for the beneticiaries Of
both sides OF the family.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
Speak Well OF Nebraska.

A party Of seventy business men IN d
representative bushes SIS men and farm
ers have just returned to Chicago from
a trip through Nebraska, where they
spent six days moving from point to
point in a special train placed at their
disposal by the Burlington road. They
report the crops as something phenom-
email. Farmers are paying off their
mortgages from proceeds of the great
wheat crop and will o o begin to har-
vest M of the greatest corn crops in
the history Of Nebraska. All say Ne
braska farmers are in excellent shape,
anticipating a long period Of pros
perity.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
CONVERSATIONS.

The corner stone Of the First Con-
gregational church at Hyannis was
laid Saturday. Appropriate exercises
were held at the opera house. AS this
was the first exercise of the kind in
the county considerable interest was
manifested.
The contract for printing the bar
docket of the supreme court was let by
the state painting board to the Wood.
ruff Dunlap company at AZ cents per
page. Jacob North bid the same and
the State Journal company 9 cents
higher.
All but five counties have now sent
in the mortgage record, From the to-
tails of forty-eight counties it is es.
timated that there are S4OO, 900 more
farm mortgages satisfied than filed.
As for city mortgages, the amount ia
81 DOC. 900 more satisfied than filed.
This includes mortgages satisfied by
foreclosure and sheriff's deeds.
A small boy named John Carpenter,
aged about ten years, who lives at Red
Cloud, but who VAS visiting at Frank
lin, fell from a horse SATURDAY. and
broke his arm. II was a bad break,
the bone cutting through the flesh.
j. L. Paschal, foreman of the Platte
County Argus, returned to Columbus
recently from a three months trip
through Nebraska and Colorado. Mr..
Paschal travelled overland with his
family and says the western part of
the state is In the pink OF condition.
Nothing but favorable comment on the
enormous crops are heard on every
! hand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
Luetssrt's Trial Begun.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2+-After two pre.
iiminary hearings and three months
confinement in the county Jail. Adolph
l.. Luetgert, the wealthy sausage
maker, charged with the murder OF
his wife. was put on trial before
Judge Tuthill In the criminal court
to-day. Both the state and the de-
sense believe that loon yeniremen will
be examined and that a week will
pass before twelve men acceptable to
both sides will be found.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
FOUND ON II RAG
Unknown Man Killed by the Cars Near
DakOta City, Neb.

Two tramps coming into Hubbard
about midnight Tuesday night report
ed seeing Il dead man lying on the rail-
road track just west of Hubbard. Cor
oner Murphy was notified early
Wednesday morning and went to the
place. The dead nan was badly cut
up. having both arms and one leg cut
off and a head bruise. He was about
thirty-fve years old, weight about lao
pounds. wore a dark mustache and
had on jeans pants and dressed as o Ia
horer. He was seer in Hubbard dur
ing the evening and it Is supposed that
in attempting to beat his way on the
train going south. leaving Hubbard
about II o'clock, by riding on the brake
beam, he lost his hold and fell under
the cars. He WAS buried by the
county,.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
lNDIA'S REVOLT SERIOUS.
The Powerful Afrides Up In Arms-Eng-
lish Forts Attacked.

lish Forts Attacked.
LONDON, Aug. "a. An official dis.
patch from Pcshawauer
that the Afridis attacked Ali. Musied
this morning and adds that they were
attacking Fort Maude at 10 o'clock.
The enemy's line is q mile and a half
long. Another body Of Afridis, the
dispatch continues, is moving toward
kadam. All of the Afridis are said to
have joined in the uprising. This
probably mean q protracted cam
paign and desperate fighting. A gen.
eral revolt of the Afridis was what
the Indian government feared the
most and 1t now seams to have taken
place.
SIMLA, Aug. GA large force of
Afridis has just been reported to be
advancing down the Khy Der pass, and
The so-called mad mullah, or fanatical
priest, who is melting the natives Of
that territory against the British, 10
salt to have collected the Mohmands
for an attack upon Michni and Shah
kadr. The Royal Irish regiment and
u representative native infantry with
q battery Of mountain artillery, have
been ordered to Kohat
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
Three-Acro Plant Burns.

WOODBURY., N. j., Aug. 24.-The
main buildings of the II. p. Thomas a
Sons company, fertilizer manufacture
ers, on Mantouls creek, near Pauls-
boro, were burned to-day. The loss Is
estimated at $3.50, 900, upon which
there IL shout 500, oOO insurance. The
buildings covered three acres and con.
tanned expensive machinery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
One Fatally Injured.

The threshing machine engine Of G.
W Piper exploded Wednesday while
at work on the farm Of Squire Crosby,
seven miles northwest Of Benedict,
with disastrous results. C. w. Piper
was so badly injured that his recovery
is not probable and n number of 9TH
ers were more or less injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
A Rainbow 1T Night.

Citizens of Beaver City were the
other evening RECALLED with the unusual
sight of a rainbow al night. 1t was
just as the full moon rose over the
eastern horizon. A small shower was
passing south of town, but the sky in
the east and west was clear. A per-
feet rainbow was reflected in the west.
ern heavens.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
Charge of Forgery to Face.

l.. NJ. Kellar, a travelling salesman
who is wanted In Knox county, Ill, on
a charge of forgery, and for whose
capture a reward has been offered,
was placed under arrest at WILDER by
Sheriff Dorwart Wednesday and is be-
ing held until the arrival Of the sher.
III from G~alesburg.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
clicked 70 Death by n Mule.

BURLIHsroS, Kan. Aug, a4.-This
morning James Douglas, u farmer and
stock raiser. was kicked to deat tn by a
mule while getting into his wagon at
bis home on Big creex, lie came to
Coffsy county In 1887 He was born
u Manchester, England. In iss8.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
Preparing for the Conventions.

Representatives of the democrats,
populists and free-silver republicans
met at the state house. Lincoln,
Wednesday night and made arrange
ments for the reception of the delegates
and their entertainment during the
conventions to be held Sept. I.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27

BosroN. Mass, Aug. eA-Edward
Parker Deacon was yesterday COM
mitted to the Mclean hospital at
Waverly, a maniac. He belongs to an
old distinguished family Of this city,
On February II, 1892, he killed Emile
Abeille in Mrs. Deacon's apartments
at Cannes. France.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
TAILORS GO ON A STRIKE.
Fifteen Hundred Coatmakers Demand
Increase Of Wages.

New YORK, Aug. e+.-The 1900 OBJ
orators on fine coats, members of Pro-
tsctive Tailors' union No. IL Of the
Socialist section, went on n strike to.
day. An increase Of 25 per cent per
garment is demanded. weekly paw.
ments, the recognition of the union
and a nine-hour working day. This
strike will close l2o shops.
Two thousand cloakmakers, EN-.
Ployed by Baumann & Sporting, II.
WeldorR 4 Co., the Syndicate Cloak
company. Bernstein & Newman, Ru,
bin & We'll and Bloom Bros, are on a
strike for an increase of wages.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
pea,h of . Pioneer Nebra.kau.

Mrs. Henry Holly of Plainview, aged
tifty-nine years, was buried Tuesday
after an illness of many months. The
Holly family were among the first res
idents of the county, having settled
there nearly twenty-five years ago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
THE WOMAN BANK ROBBER
Cora Hubbard of Pineviiie, Mo-, Raid
Notoristy, Not An Ideal bandit

Notoristy. Not an Ideal Bandit.
JOPLIN, Mo-, Aug, 24.-The two
Pineville, bank robbers captured at
Weir City, Kan, Saturday, and
brought here, were taken to South
west City yesterday morning, where
they will remain until their trial.
The woman robber, Cora Hubbard,
Is about 10 years of age, but claims "a
De 70. She Is short In stature, with
black hair, cut short, black eyes and
q greasy dark complexion. She Is
anything but prepossessing. She talk,
freely and at times admits participa.
ton In the robbery by relating a few
happenings during the raid. She han.
dies q Winchester like a man.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27

WMMISGroN, Del, Aug. ii.-After .
shut down of six weeks the Delaware
iron works at Newcastle resumed OPP
erations yesterday, giving employ.
ment 70 between 400 and 500 persona
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
Thrown From His Wagon.

A. II. Stone OF McCool Junction, at
one time owner Of the Stone mills, and
one OF the oldest residents there was
thrown out of a wagon and it is re-
ported that his arm is broken, A cow
staked in the road is what scared the
team.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27

HAVANA, Aug. N.-A special dis.
patch from Madrid says there 10 NO
doubt the Spanish government will he
willing to extend the commercial
treaty with the United States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27

WEI Orl DI COONIlES
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION.
Butler-Corn is maturing slowly, the
nights being too cool; threshing pro.
crossing rapidly; more rain needed for
fall blowing; potatoes short crop.
Cass Corn has made good progress,
and early planted is beginning to dent.
Clay-Too cool for corr to do its best,
but good week for general farm work
considerable wheat in shock and being
threshed.
Gsge-Good week for threshing and
blowing; ground in fine condition; corr
maturing rather slowly; early corn be.
ginning to ripen.
Hamilton - Threshing in progress;
spring wheat and oats yielding we'll;
corn looking we'll, but most too cool to
mature fast.
Jefferson-Most corn will be fully az
good a. last year; some late corn needs
warm weather; large yield Of hay.
Johnson-Cool week, not very good
for ripening corn; late corn is filling out
good, but needs dry. warm weather;
large amount Of winter wheat will be
sown.
Lancaster-Corn crop ripsDipg slowly.
Nemaha-Early corn doing we'll; nights
too cool for late corn; fall blowing in
progress; grapes plenty, and coming
into market; potatoes not more than
half q crop.
Nuckolls-Favorabls week for corn to
mature; fall plowng in progress; some
wheat sown.
Pawnee-Continued cold and damp
weather keeps corn back; light frost first
Of week, no damage; fall blowing we'll
along.
Richardson-Cor doing 40 we'll &c
car be expected with the cool nights;
late corn needs three weeks Of warm
weather; wild hay q good crop; q large
acreage OF winter wheat will be sown.
Polk--Rsther cool week for corn. but
it seems to be maturing we'll; getting
too dry for blowing.
Saline-Nice dry week for threshing
and blowing. but Q little too cool for
corn; late corn is caring we'll. but more
warmth and moisture are needed.
STANDARDIZED too cool and dry;
corn making Glow progress; pastures
suffering; too dry to pillow.
Stewardship very dry, and corn is
not gaining very much. crop is bound to
be very light; q large acreage Of wheat
will be put in.
Thaysr-Late pieces Of corn In roast.
Ing ear; early corn getting hard; fall
blowing in progress; threshing from
shock continues.
York-Ground too dry to pillow we'll;
corn is keeping good color but needs
rain; corn is two weeks later than usual.
NORTHEASTERN SECTION.
Antslope-Week cool and cloudy; not
the best weather for maturing corn. but
crop doing we'll; haying in progress;
about halt the stacking Of small grain
done.
Boyd-Corn still in fisttering condi.
ton; some early corn beginning to dent;
threshing In progress; wheat fair yield
and Of excellent quality.
Burt-Too cool for corn, many late
shoots In all fields, and there will be
much soft corn; fall blowing in progress.
Cedsr-Corn looks fine but needs
more hot weather; stacking done; millet
being cut; a large amount Of fall pillow.
ing being done; ~threshing In progress;
oats . good crop; wheat = light crop.
Colfax-A favorable week for corn
and grass.
Cunning - Threshing is progressing
slowly because Of damp weather; corn
10 maturing slowly and 10 backward.
er0p will b b'l0" average
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
A. Iows. Of Not. XIII. a,u..,,.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. e%.-John
@ Bills, ex-state senator and ex-mayor
and . leading lawyer Of Iowa, com.
ipitted suicide By shooting today.
1s wss ds;PoaAsnl oyer lAslins health.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
Furnished by the Government Crop and
Weather Bureau.
O6A HhI oUu/
LINCOLN, NEB.. Aug. "a. 1897.
GENERAL

The past week has been cool. the
daily mean temperature being below
the normal every day Of the week, and
the average deficiency being Sc. The
daily maximum temperatures we're
above 30 generally on only two days
OF the week. The minimum tempera.
lures we're below 500, and in many
places we're between 4Oo and 45o. A
very light frost, doing no damage, is re.
ported from q few places.
The rainfall was confined to local
showers. and was generally very light.
The amount Of rainfall exceeded 1 inch
in Burt and Lancaster counties, and
exceeded half an inch in a few email
areas scattered through the southern
and eastern portions Of the state.
The week has been unusually favor.
able for stacking, threshing and haying.
Stacking Of small grain is nearly com.
plsted. Wild hay is being cut, and the
crop is generally good. The third crop
OF alfalfa is being cut. Fall blowing has
continued, but the ground is getting
rather dry In most sections, and in many
places the ground is too dry for fall
blowing to succeed.
The cool week has been rather unfa.
vorable for corn, but 1t has made fine
progress in all sections. Late corn
needs more rain in many counties, and
all corn needs warm weather.
REPORT BY COUNTIES.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-11
ONLY A NAME.
A Change that was Made for the Moment
WAS kent for Life.


A gentleman living in Boston told an
interesting story the other day about
how some of his blood relations hap
pened to have a family name different
from his own. 1t seems that during the
prosecutions in Scotland these particular
kirkpatricks went over to Ireland and
settled in Belfast. Subsequently the
head of the family came across the
ocean, and, as soon as he was estab
lished, sent for his wife to join him,
bringing with her their four sons, two
of whom were old enough to make strip
ling soldiers had some eXigency demand
ed such a sacrifice. The journey was
undertaken in a slOw-going ship, bound
for New York, and while she was some
where in midAtlantic the war of 1912
between England and the United States
broke out The ship, when nearing our
seaboard, was overtaken by q British
cruiser, which put her about and es
corted her to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The
officer in command of the cruiser de-
clared his intention of impressing sailors
and soldiers from among the passengers.
A mother having more than two sons
would have to give up all over that num-
Der who might be available for military
or naval service. Mrs. kirkpatrick, who
was a quick-witted woman, instantly
planned ruse, which she justified in her
own mind by calling it ruse de guerre Ca
trick of war;. She stood two sons in one
part of the ship and two in another, and
was accepted, without detection, as the
mother of both pairs, though she called
herself kirkpatrick in one instance and
Fitzpatrick in the other.
After they disembarked the deception
had to be kept up. as they were con-
stantly under the eyes of British Off
GERS. The interrogation by the cruiser re-
suited in the family settling in Halifax
instead of the United States, but even
after peace was restored the two Kirk
patrick boys found it much harder to
get their name back than it had been to
exchange it on shipboard. In fact, they
never get it back. Those who had come
to know them as Kilpatricks refused to
know them as Kirkpatricks and in the
course of time the effort to reclaim the
family name was abandoned as hopeless
The variation in prefix made eXpedient
pro tenn. by the intermeddling cruiser
seems to have been ordained to continue
sine die.-Harper's Round Table.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-11
NEW STYLE OF TURRETS.

They will be Used New Battle
ships.
Steel turrets of new design have been
adopted by the navy department for use
on the battleships Alabama, Wisconsin
and Illinois. They are the design of AS
Sistant Naval Constructor Dashiell and
are unlike those carried on any other
warship. In the proposed turrets 13-inch
guns will be installed, capable of most
destructive fire. and at the same time
We'll protected from bOmbardment or as
sault of any kind. The main features of
the new turrets are vertical walls on the
rear and sides and a sloping plate in
front. The plates are of uniform thick
ness of II inches. the front plates sloping
IL degrees to the horizontal At such an
inclination it will be almost impossible
for any prOjectile. no matter how heavy
and with what velocity it is sent, to pene-
trate the plate, while the vertical plates
would resist Pinch shot at 2000 yards
range.
One of the chief advantages of this in
clined plate over the vertical plates that
are used in the construction of all turrets
in other warships is the DETECTING quail
ties it has. 1t has been recognized that
the necessity for keeping the turret guns
trained at all times on the enemy opens
the immediate front or exposed part of
the turret to serious consequences, while
with a curved plate that will defect the
prOJectiles it Will be almost impossible to
do the turret any great harm when the
Qenect1Ve parts are presented at the tar
get.-WaShington Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-11
AN IDAHO SAPPHIRE.
Placer Miner Picks Up the Largest Gem
of It's Kind in the World.

Placer Miner Picks Up the Largest Gem
of Its Kind in the World.
At Tacoma recently a mining man told
Of a wonderful find in Idaho. He saws
that an Idaho man engaged in placer
mining walked into the Denver Miners
bureau recently, and after looking around
stepped up to George Taylor's gem coun-
ter, and showing a piece of blue crystal,
asked IayOr II he knew what it was.
Taylor nearly lost his breath as he
recognized thar it was a sapphire of the
purest water, and the largest he had ever
seen. The gem was nearly Il cube, being
about one and half inches thick, one
and half inches wide and two inches
long. IL was WaterWOrn, showing plainly
the pebbly conformation gradually as
sumed by gems formed in the beds of
mountain torrents, the edges being very
much rounded.
This is the first sapphire of any size
discovered in Idaho. They are frequently
found in Montana, and some very fine
stones have come from there. The owner
of this stone is operating placer mines in
Idaho, and the gem was found in the tail
ings and preserved on account Of it's
bright blue color.
News Of the find reached New York.
and an agent of Tiffany, after examining
the stone, offered $1,000 for it. The owner
decided that if it was worth that in the
rough it was probably worth much more
and he is now on his way to London
where he expects to realize it's full value
The stone is almost perfect the only
blemish being a fracture on one side ex-
tending less than an eighth of an inch
into the stone. Taylor stated that in his
opinion it was the largest known sapphire
in the world, the weight being 20 carats.