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Show The Desperado Sic Waters y Shot. A ' : ; Memorable Ride. I Buckkti does Tnic Hot depend upon be testimony of a solitary local agent to recommend ii. Everybody says it is the ' ' best. Seld by M. D. Hammond, d2Q2 lw Ogdea and Logan. u40-3- w Bmidajr School Union Mcet-Iii- r. meeting of tbe Sunday School Union be held on Saturday, June 6th, at 11 will m. ro., io the Second District School-housA e. Superintendents and teachers are requested to. attend, to assist in arranging matters for the coming Jubilee. R, BAltAKTTNR, Slipt. Died. in England, March 28th, 1875, of old age, William Smith. Deceased was baptized at Bedford, in the At- - year' 18S9, by Elder Joseph Fielding, no of the first missionaries to England. Mill. 8tar. when you want a mower buy oae that is universally acknowledged to be the best. See the American Agrienlturiel far their opinion of the 8old by Duckeye. M. D. Hammond, Farmers, d'202-l- b10-- 3 Main St., Ogdea. .... Emigrants- Coining. We hve been i a formed that a eompany, composed of about 40 families, re on their way to Utah from Missouri, aDd are expected to arrive in a abort time. They are coining overland aeross tbe plains with a wa- bringing all their stock, farming implements and other gon train, and articles, with the intention of start- ing a 6mall colony somewhere in the , neighborhood of Grass Valley. Oue of the party passed through Provo recently, traveling in advance, to select a suitable location and make other arrangements for the company. The hard times, drouth and grasshoppers is driving a large number out of Missouri to Beck homes elsawhere. Utah Oouuty Times. Crop Prospect. From Mr. II. II. Cluff, assessor and collector of Utah couuty, we learn that everywhere throughout the county the farmers feci jubilant at the condition of the grain crops, and a bountiful harvest is looked forward to in the fall. There is a large amount of small grain sown itnd all of it looks exceedingly well. We wo afely predict the good times coming. Utah County Times. in the direc tion of our home. My heart gate a sudden bound, then fell like a lump of lead io my "Hadn't you better have the door bosom. A cloud of thick, dense unfastened, Eliza?'' said my husband, smoke. distinctly defined against the as I turned the key in the door and clear sky beyond, rose above the tree dropped it into my pocket. tops. I tried to speak but could not ' I don't know," I said doubtfully; utter a word. At last I said, steadying my voice: thee, after a moment's hesitation, "no, I think it had better be fastened. "I thiuk it must be the Alorriss n's; The childrm might get out and run isn't it to the left of our louse'r"' down to the gate at the fct of tlv; "No," he said quickly, as he seized meadow, an ! it is but a step from the whip and urged old Whitey to there to the creek, you know." his utmost speed, "IXm't you remem He made no reply, but stooped ber that when we are at the top of down and lookvd ut some part of the the hill the smoke lrom our chimney harness with a alight perplexed air. rises ju?t over the centre of that little "What is the matter now?'' I said group of cedars?" with Home asperity. Ala, I did remember, ai.d as he 'J ho truth is husband belonged spoka we reached the summit and saw iv.y to that numerous class of individuals enough to change our fears to cerwhose motto is never to do Neither tainty. spoke, but each what they cm put off till turned and looked at the other with while I, on the contrary, was prompt quivering lips and dilating eyes. decided.' Wi-.- me, to will and "My heatens and I have locked to do were synonyrrous, aud I had them iu!" l'ttle mercy for such a failing. I was fairly beside myself with "I fancy this little piece of twine terror I felt as if I must leap fro si will carry us through this time, but the vehicle and fly to their rescue. I will mend it Old seemed to understand certainly Whitey he replied, as I climbed into the that life or death dpeudjd on his efforts, and he exerted himself nobly. phaeton. Tho harttffs being adjusted to his On we flew, down the hill, dashing satisfaction, if not to mine, he seated through tho little stony brook, crosshimself beside me and nodding a last ed the road over the stubble-dow- n good-bto the little faces present bridge, whose rotten boards rattled we drove and started up from their places, against the window-pase- , off. that looked like past the hedge-row- s Our eottoge was situated in the one continuous raas of flying "jeen; little valley lying to the south west of past little cottages with the children whut was at that time the village of staring from the door, thinking of Lauoy, Canada. A hill of considera- nothing, caring for nothing but to ble highth, lay between us and the save oar darlings. I Jburied my village; on one 6ide a verdure-crowne- fice in ay hands, and rocked to and gently rising tlopc, on the fro iu my seat, almost bereft, of my other a more abrupt descent with a reason, as I thought of the scene rather circuitous road winding past that mip;ht be awaiting us. Imagi cntages and farm houses ot mure or nation conjured up all the dreadful less pretention. tales I had heard or read to add to Our present errand was to the my horror. Once only I raised my shop, to which we carried our pro- head and saw slender tongues of Came duce as it accumulated from time to cleaving the mass of smoke, which t me, aud received in exchange gro- had by this time increased fearfully ceries, clothes, etc. Our load con- in volume and density. sisted in pirt of a basket of eggs, At last, after what seemed an age, we was lh reality only a few min were to but consequently obliged drive rather more slowly than usual utes, we reached tho bottom of the I left, as I had often done before, lane which led to our cottajre. The the younger children in . care of angle was a sharp one, and we turn Grace, who, though but eight yesrs ed with such speed as to send the of age, was never more pleased than mud wheel oi the old phaeton high in when entrusted with some similar the air. How I got out I never knew. I I charged duty or responsibility. her not to take the baby from the am sure I did not wait for the horse cradle, but to rock him gently to to be stopped. Hushing to the door sleep if he awakened, or if he would I threw myself against it with such not sleep to amuse him with his play- a force as to break it in. The room was full of smoke, but as the open things until our return. It was a lovely day in the latter door dissipated it a little, I saw that part of September copious showers it was emptyl Then suffocated by the of rain had alternated with midsum- tmoke aud overpowered by the exmer suns, and the freshness of the citement I fell fainting to the floor. When coBciousness returned I verdure was undimmed. It was time found for the and "sere myself in the house of a neighscarcely yet with the children all about me the haa bor, yelbw leaf," thougn maples well livfrightened, of course, but bung out their contrast with the pretty ing green of other forest trees. The entirely unhurt. How the fire originated was a birds sang cheerily as they flutteied to and fro in the hedgerows, and mystery which he could never unnumerous groaud squirrels skimmed ravel. Grace, sitting with her bick and dropped to the stove, and with her attention along tho fence-rail- s and disappeared mysteriously. entirely absorbed by the pictures in the family Bible, did nt see it until his in rambled Old Whitey along usual monotonous fashion, and we ltover, the Newfoundland dog, who soon reached our destination. I had had been dozing by her side, attracta number of articles to purchase and ed her notice by his evident uneasi examine, as well as the merits of a ness; after which he spraog through new churn to discuss, and just as we tho window, fortunately taking the had settled all to our satisfaction, a whole sash bodily with him, and runneighbor whom we had not seen for ning at full 6peed to the nearest house, some time came in, which detained soon returning with some of its inus longer, so that when we turned mates. Grace, in the meantime, bravely our horse's head homeward, I saw with some surprise, as well as a slight letting down the two elder children feeling of alarm, that the sun had through the window, which was already set, and the seft, gray twi about four feet from the ground, took the baby from the cradle and light was stealing up the valley. Our load was a heavy one, my was about to follow, when the neighhusband having purchased several bors arrived. The house being old, ' agricultural implements of no great and built, as houses usually are, of weight individually, but collectively most combustible materials, notwithmaking no Mnall weight for one standing all efforts, soon became a horse; ?o that, though we wero ne- blackened, smoking ruin. ltover and Old Whitey lived to a cessarily anxious to get home, we wero obliged to drive moderately, good ol I age, and were afterward affectionate-renieinbrancfor particularly as the road wa$ not only held in occasion. services that on their hilly but rough. One evening, a year afterward, as Chatting upon the various litthj items of gossip which he had heard, we sat in our uew house, built on tbe we drove on until we "had nemly site of the old one, but more commoreached the top of the hill, when dious and comfortable iu every refire had turning to make some remark to my spect, I remarked that the one way, for husband, I saw a change come over benefitted us in at least ualhis lace, which struck mo with a unless the old house had been act sudden terror. He was as pale as a ly consumed we should never have hid the new one. . , corpse. "I have felt the henefit of it io Look!"' he aaid, in a voice hoarse BY (Special to tbe Omaha IlcraU.) Lincoln, Neb., 26 the notorious defperulo, McWaterg, was shot and ii'stamlj killed at the pen Jtentiary by one of the guards. lie was advancing on tbe guard with ten or fifteen men behind. He was armed with a heavy stone, and tbreatene I to kill the guard, who fired ou him, The ball entered the fide nf his face arid moged down, severing the jugular vein and lodging in the chest. This put an en to the disiur banco. , Nixib Death by violence is always sad There is a belief, earnest and wi le?prejd, that there is a germ of good in every human being, an 1 that there is a butter use thai any imtu may be put to than to kill him. Mo Wat era wan an exception to tbi-- i rule if there is any. lie was a natural despcraio, and had so often taken the life of his fellow men as to forfeit his claim to human sympathy. It will be recollected thalhe killed a man at Nebraska City in a paltry dispute about a bar bill. He then flml from justice to the Pacific Coast, and it was only a few week when an Oregon paper reacbeJ us, offerisg a thousand dollars reward for his capture. Ilia later crime was, if possible, more unprovoked than any other. He happened to be in a slight dispute with a stranger about a trifling matter and shot him dead When brought bao'c in irons, he made his boasts while at the depot in this city, that be would not be long in prison. Tbe pertinent fiorts that he made to escape are fresh In the minds of our readers. Tbe guard who killed him did a good deed, and one that must have a goo I influence on the discipline of the institution! with emotion, pointing A FARMEIt'8 WIFE. to-d- .V another way," said my husband r"t gravely; "it has taught me never to put off doing anything which should be done at once until a more conve- Weekly.SfriiMrt-eU& Daily. nient season. If the harness h;td tlmn les . Kta1iill throe where I earn given away on that day Kt..i limn ',,'"'n-th- e tain nn .MVn.l !., ,,n,1(: pHpr 'n, mended it so slightly before National y pree-i.tativ- Republican lVrtv.the although it would not have interfered with the safety of our chil dren, it would have added tenfold to our auxiety, because it would have delayed our reaching them. I made a vow then that if wp were permit ted to reach home without accident. I would u?e my utmost endeavors to overcome the habit of procrastination; and I think you will allow that I have been pretty successful, so that, in i)9TQ than ono respec4, we have reason to regard that as a 'memorable ride ' " it 1 ed y d, e UHien Not IN I KK- - KIKAN' 11.1. A It Ulootl. Hl column t L,v. i.M.h.r proBriv tliH umk-- FAMILY tr ,l,Hr if, cL.m i.,t joni uahiT ,H.cil rial, NEWSPAPER. nre carefully tny piar.tol ( t. u oninurciol l) i(irhnent comlacte.1 wild pent rare, ami pvcryti juc nil. la In ooi.e to Iiifcke f lie JHHKr.T hH'ORTi tn.li a flit. FKUr.KS au.l IlL'MNKSS Mi' Jf the Surtliwe.vt tan KEiA' l'1'ON. A bad little boy in Portland lit a pack of fire crackers and thr w them into the street to see them "go oft." Afraid of n-- ohjiN tMi.wb o matter. m,.l ,m.rt id r it h ,.!,.- -, i.t and profi able comi m,l mnot, tliH houi fire! :e. A Slulc Willing to go. Xcratla Indian volni lNThK-OVKA- The. icr Journal. it. ret mnrit.uml iu Urn. era of supine t. pu.it.on union l One of Ike liateman's mules came along and swallowed them before they "went off." The mule walked about fifteen feet aud stopped. Things wern't acting: right inside. He began to taste the smoke of fire crackers. lie laid his left ear around bis ribs and heard something against It was the crackers having fuu The mule picked up three and a half miles of straight road aud started. A negro met him about a mile the other side of the Alms house, going south white with prespiratimi, with streams of smoke shooting out of his nostrils, mouth and ears, while his tail stuck straight up, and a blue and green smoke about ten feet long lid lowed in the rear Ike found his mule yesterday morning sticking half way through a farmhouse near Paddy's Kun, still smoking The man had got his family out and put 'em into a lot of trees. Ike hauled his mule home when he got cool eutugh, on a dray. The man is going to move his bouse farther back off the road, and his wife and oldest daughter will be baptiid when the water gets warm. Louisville Cour in w,lyfl ..iti,',,, iU'ne. '."u ,;'', iA 'I he Leading Republican Paper IN TUB MOIMJnvi-vr- . ay a-i- Vm I WM.nrly ,.U1H. to the forfry .t.,( ...r" ""r--- 1 l .;..;; .... 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ROOK AN - 15 cent per year per year 8C cenU per year DAILY INTKIt-OCKASpecial arraiieuienta made with country pua liahera fur clu' l.i p with tueir publication. Sampla copies free Money can be seat by draft, money order, expi ana, er registered letter, at oV X The Austin Reveille of Wednes day says: "The bloody clothes of Leal and McCrecry, the two murdered men, and the mattress on which their corpses were laid iu the City Hall, were offered to a number of Indians, yesterday, but, notwithstanding their fondness for cast-of- f clothing, they shrank from them iu risk. Address horror, refusing to touch them. int;r-ocean- , the Indian who bosses the street cleaning cousented to remove 119, Lake St., ChicaoS' them for four bitt; but he would not touch them himself, but sublet the contract to an Indian boy, giving bim two bits. The boy dragged the articles to the foot of the grade, followed by a crowd of squaws, fascinaCOLLETT, AND ALL OTHIBS ted with tbe sight of the blood with rSYLVANUS MAY CONCERN: which tho articles were besmeared. That we, the undersigned, claim in the COAL MINES at Twin Creeks, It is the common impression that In- INTEREST Bear River Taller, Wyoming Tmitory, by t rto dians make no more account of hu of discovery right and liibor performed therein, man blood than they do of that of a which right will be maintained in the props wild animal, but their action in this conrts. PtMI-WKKKL- N Fi-uall- NOTICE. ONE-HAL- case refutes such a supposition. An intoxicated Indian was burned in a Nevada hut, aud an account of the accidsnt says that when the fire reached his stomach it lingered there, emitting a steady, blue flame until about a quart of bad whiskey had been consumed. 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