The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-17

A JURY In the district court at PEN
der. Neb., refused 70 return verdict
which the court had directed. It was
in the case Of the county against ex-
County Treasurer Holss bondsmsn to
secure an alleged shortage OF s15, 900.
Judge Thomas ordered the jury to find
for the county. Tho jury refused. de-
clsring that 1t was . matter of con-
science In which they could not per-
NIT the court to interfere. The court
ordered the clerk to make tho record
show that the verdict was really re-
turned by the jury. The defense will
appeal and novel point will be tested
in the supreme court
A TERRIBLE tornado struck Port Ar
thur on the evening of the 18th blow
ing down many buildings and doing
much damage. Six people were known
to have been killed and many others
were injured. Advices from Winnie,
Tex, also stated that nearly all the
houses in that place had been blown
away. It was also known that much
destruction had been wrought st Sa-
bine Pass, with probable loss Of life
REV. Scorr HYATT and wife, Royal
Mcqueen and Miss Mae Tibbitts were
drowned while bathing in the Cedar
river at Waverly, Ia.
DR. GUIrERAs reported q case Of yell
low fever at Mobile, Ala, on the 18th
and apprehended serious outbreak
in that city. At jackson, Miss, ex-
citement was at fever heat over the
yellow fever scare and many people
were fleeing to the surrounding coun-
try.
| REV. F. G. B. HOWARD" noted
swindler who was confined in the PEN
itentiary at Columbus, o., escaped on
the 18th.
JOHN HUDMAN, a prominent farmer
living near Stephens, Ark, and his
two sons were overcome by gas in
well and were all taken out dead. Two
men who undertook to rescue them
were also overcome by the gas and
will die.
| AT Buffalo, N. Y, Frank Erne, Of
that city, knocked out Harry Becker,
Of Bayonne, N. j., in the fifth round.
The battle was very fast and scientific.
| A sENsATIoN was created at Denver.
Col, by the publication Of letter by
Norman c. Jones calling on the attor-
ney-general Of Colorado to retract cer-
tain statements or meet him on the
field OF honor.
| REV. G. B. WILSON. while leading In
prayer at the M. E. church at Guthrie,
Ok, on the 12th, dropped dead of heart
disease.
THE board Of health Of New Orleans
officially declared ON the 18th that six
/ rio,,u M un~ ~ a1clxu n~e T., ~ - to-
were yellow fever.
SENATOR CHANDLER, OF New Hamp-
shire, has given letter to the Aasoci-
ated press appealing to all republicans
to meet with Joyous welcome the first
step England may take toward bimet-
allism and make themselves heard
against the selfish outcries of the en-
gorged money-lenders Of New York
and Chicago.
WARRANTS charging murder were
sworn out for Sheriff Martin and all Of
the deputies concerned In the killing
Of 81 strikers and the wounding of 40
others at Latimer, Pa. on the 1lth.
The last spike In the Kansas City,
Pittsburg & Gulf railroad was driven
at $3.50 p. m. on the 11th and Kansas
City was connected with Port Arthur,
Tex, by a direct line.
TRAMPs at Pleasant Ridge, O., bru-
tally murdered John Jackson, a sec
tion boss, because he protested against
their shooting at his dog.
FIRE Of unknown origin burned q
business block at Hubbard, 10.
/ F. P. NYE, q merchant Of Arcata,
Cal, has just married an Ohio girl to
whom he has been engaged for 81
years. Adverse circumstances kept
them thousands of miles apart until a
few days ago.
AT Topeka, Kan, Mrs. Mary Chris
tian and little son accidentally fell
from the Rock Island bridge into the
Kaw river and went down before they
were rescued.
THE British steamer Cheang Hyo
Tong foundered during typhoon
while on a voyage from Penang to
Shanghai and 81 of the crew were lost.
A RECENT examination of the 40 ter
ritorial banks in Oklahoma shows
them to be in splendid condition.
In the United States court at Mus
kogee, /. T., Cyrus A. Brown, who was
convicted of first degree murder for
killing Daniel Cutbert, was granted
new trial.
THE Society of the Army of West
Virginia, In annual convention at Co
lumbus, O., elected w. H. Powell, Of
Belleville, Ill, president.
THERE was a killing frost at Willis
ton, N. D., on the 9th.
KELLosG O. GOULD, publisher of the
Little Rock (Ark.) Tribune, sensa-
| tionsl sheet, was driven out OF Little
Rock by infuriated citizens who took
exceptions to Gould's manner of con-
Quoting the paper.
THE Nebrasla republican state COM
mittee organized by electing Congress-
man D. H. Mercer for state chairman.
A REVISED list Of the victims OF the
terrible wreck on the Santa Feg near
Emporia, Kan, on the night Of the sth
places the number dead at IL. The
coroner's jury will meet and try to place
the blame for the catastrophe. The
loss TO the Santa Fe railroad will ex-
ceed 500, 900.
An alleged incendiary fire put stop
to an investigation of the office Of the
county treasurer at Mason City, Ia.
NBARJohannesburg South Africa. an
explosion Of dynamite In mine killed
Eve white men and 25 Ka6rs.
WITHIN radius Of so miles Of Jack
son, Tenn, no rain has fallen for .
1 period Of Eve months.
BANK clesrings At Kansas City, Mo-,
L ri, t6a Q<l. -, n IL -.