The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-05-13

jugular. Az that moment wafer
Clark, "A brother Of Charles, rushed
from his yard and fired four shots
into the PROSTATE body OF DR.. Muir.
fee, any one OF which would have
proved fatal.
Then DR.. Murfee's son Howard,
appeared, firing first at Charles Clark,
shooting him through the head.
Then he fired three times at Walter
Clark, one bullet entering the fore
head. Walter Clark fired again.
shooting Howard Murfee through the
heart. Excepting Walter Clark, all
died instantly. DR.. Murfee was sixty
years of age and leaves wife and
four children. His son was aged
twcnty-one. Charles Clark was forty
and unmarried. Walter was thirty.
three and leaves wife and one child.
The same element Of ferocity is
present i'm the Okolona shooting as at
the burning Of the negro, viz. the
shooting "a body after life had left
it, the delight in killing for its own
sake.
The governor of this big, rich state
ought to have suitable residence
provided by the state. The most
appropriate house offered to the state
in the capitol neighborhood has Il
large drawing room, small reception
room, large dining room and large
square hall. And yet the house is a
moderate sized one Of the kind occu-
pied by men with medium incomes.
After the house is bought an appro-
pratiOn for heating, lighting, and
household expenses should be made so
that the chief executive may assume
the extra social duties of the position
without embarrassment.
''Cherchez la femme the French
say. But in Lincoln when a man
asserts his interest in the city con.
tinuously and interrupts all other
business to assert his anxiety for the
city, and petitions the council to go
slow, etc, it has become habitual to
look for the personal motive which is
exciting him to such activity. Not
very long ago the good DR.. Farnham
was a witness in street car case and
presented bill Of such proportions
afterward that the company remon.
S.rated at such an eXOrbitant esti
mate Of his services, whereat DR..
Farnham, the good, swore revenge.
Whether his addresses to the council
on the subject Of the Traction com.
pany settlement have anything to do
with his pique on that occasion, stu.
dents of human nature are not pre-
pared TO say but they have their SuS-
picions.
The senatorial pure food investiga.
ton has listened to testimony from
Prof. \. S. Mitchell, chief chemist of
the Wisconsin dairy and food com.
mission, to the. effect that nearly
every butcher in Illinois EMPLOYS
preserving liquids on the scraps of
meat used in manufacturing ham.
burg steak, bologna sausage, wiener.
wurst, etc. Farmers use it to pre-.
serve butter ana milk, mixed with
glucose: in large quantities it Is used
in the manufacture of jellies and it is
the same stuff which is used to pre-.
serve cadavers in the medical colleges.
1t arrests decay and fermentation
and as that is what we eat food for
and as we cannot get any nOurish.
ment from it till IL begins to decay
the effect of this embalming fluid on
the tissues Of a living stomach cannot
be healthful. In spite Of this uni.
versal use of embalming fluid and
alum and other adulterants EMPLOYED
for the purpose Of deceiving the Gus.
toner about the freshness of the
goods he is purchasing no sort Of bill
is so difficult to get through congress
as one compelling the Gamer of meat.
vegetables, fruit and baking powder
To label his cans with labels which