CONDENSED NEWS
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Conductor R. J. Burke lost a tirip
liis week on account of sickness.
Fireman B. F. Trenkle is till on
Ue relief. He whs threatened with
pneumonia
Passenger 'onlu loi Andrews is
laving off this week. Conductor
Frank O'Conners has Andrews' run.
Conductor Frank Roberts has O'
Connors' car and crew
Mrs. Richardson, who has been
with her husband In Crawford, re
turned o Alliance Saturday. Con
ductor Riohairdson Is acting as yard
master In the Crawford yards during
the absence of Yard Master Hilde
brand, who te visiting In Chicago.
Fireman J. W. Burns was sent to
Sterling last week. He returned to
his duties on the main line Sunday
During the block on the high line
two main line crews went up for ten
days to help out. They worked be
tween Bdgemont and Knglewood.
They were Conductors Rad Randall
and Tom Griffeth. and Brakemen
McCarty, Richards, Roberts and Kali
ler. They returned to Alliance on
Monday.
The water train between Crawford
ana Ardmone has been put on again.
Conductor Tom Campbell has it for
the present.
The many friends of Boss Banish,
a former brakeman here, will be
glad to learn that his health is grad
ually getting much better. He is
now living in Seneca, where he has
bought a drug store and is doing a
nice business.
We regret very much to have to
report that Alliance is soon to lose
one of Hie most popular and effi
cient dorks in the office, Mr. Don
Wagner, Train Master Nelson's chief
clerk. He has handed in his resigna
tion effective Feb. 10. Mr. Wag
ner came here a few years ago a
stranger, and by his tact in handling
men, and his executive ahjility he
has won many friends. Sir. and
Mvs. Wagner will go on a farm near
Kcwanna, Indiana. Mr. Wagner will
make a specialty of blooded cattle.
That rney may have the best of
health and prosperity is the wish of
their railroad friends here.
Conductor Shields, wife and two
soons are making a thirty days' visit
in Creston, Vlllisca. Iowa, and other
eastern points.
No. 4:! did not reach Alliance un
til 7:30 p. ni. Sunday. On the main
line two miles west of Tainorn No
40, the kC1 from Seneca to Lin
coin, struck a broken rail and the
whoke train went on to the ground.
No one was hurt except Lincoln Di
vision Train Master Steele, who was
ridfng on the engine and was badly
bruised.
Mrs Botwrt Holdcn of Sheridan
was a passenger on delayed No. 43
Sunday She went to her home In
Sheridan after a visit with her par
en is. Mr, and Mrs Regan.
Mr. ami Mm, It. K. McKenzie have
rented the cottage on Toluca Ave.
recently occupied by Klreninn Miller.
They will move about January 21st
Brakeman J. L. Thompson, who
has been spending the past month
with relatives In Iowa, came home
on No. 41 Sunday. He Is now on
1 1' isvenbuttle's car.
During the slack business last fall
a number of firemen wre laid off,
among which was Mr. Horn. Wheu
business picked up Mr. Horn was
sent for, which proves that he Is a
competent man. He spent the time
at the home of his parents, In Kear
ney, Nebr.
Brakeman .ludson, who is at the
hospital, is rapidly recovering and
will be out in a few days.
Brakeman Mackey, who has been
spending a few days in Chadron,
came back Saturday and at once re
ported for duty
Brakeman Walt hers of the oast
end was in Alliance Saturday!
The general grievance committees
of the different orders are holding a
meeting in Chicago this week. The
.O. R. C. here is represented by
Conductor Zollinger. The Sterling
division is represented by Conductor
Kubanks. The B. of R. T. delegate
Is Conductor l.eidtka.
Mrs. Murphy of Lincoln, who lias
been visiting at the home of her
.sister-in-law, Mrs. Fitz Patrick, was
a passenger on delayed No. 44 last
.Friday.
On Monday of next week Mtos Ag
nes Rowland will go to Omaha to
enter Ime St. Joseph hospital.. She
will be accompanied by Dr. Slagle
and Mins. Dan Fitz Patrick.
Traveling Engineer Morrison and
wife wiH leave on No. 42 Friday
niornimg for a few days' visit with
relatives In Lincoln.
Machinist Jagger, who has been
employed here the past three months,
lias resigned and will return to his
home in Ienver.
H is rumored that there will be
a new time card effective .Ian. 21.
One of the changes will be that No.
44 will be one and one-half hours
later.
CHANGE IN R. R. TIME TABLE
We wish to call attention to the
C. B. & (J. time table appearing in
thit issue of The Herald. A new
time card went into effect last Sun
day and as some changes were made,
persons who Intend to travel or
wish to meet others at the train
should consult the present time card.
BISHOP BEECHER IN ALLIANCE
Bishop Beecher of Kearney will
preach at the Kpiseopal church next
Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:40 p. 111.
A reception will be given the bishop
Saturday evening at the residence
of Mayor and Mrs. F. W. Harris
PLEASANT SURPRISE PARTY
Hev. and Mrs. Oeorge (5. Ware
were the recipients of a very pleas
ant surprise given them at Mullen,
Friday evening, January 5. The
Hooker County Tribune of last Fri
day gives the following account of
the happy event: "Friday evening of'
la U wee k at the home of Mr. and
Mis. Qruenig there was perpetrated
upon Rev. and Mrs. Ware a most
happy surprise party in their honor,
at which were present nearly all of
their Mullen Kpiseopal friends. The
enioyment of the occasion wata in
creased by the presence ot their
daughter. Miss Angela, who unex
pectedly had e-ome from Sioux Falls
for a brief Nai Year visit with li.-i
parents and friends. All who were
present assisted in making the even
ins hours Informal and enjoyable,
music being the principal feature of
the entertainment, after which (lain
ty refreshment were served. Mr.
an J Mrs. Ware had favored Mullen
Willi their helpful presence during
the Christinas exercises of church
and Sunday school and their friends
desired in this way to confer the
evidence of appreciation. Handsome
gift 8 were presented to them from
the Ijadies' Guild and members of
the congregation which included for
Mr. Ware a surplice beautifully embroidered."
The Denver Stock Show is am e
vent of unusual interest to the peo
ple of western Nebraska. Among
those who are in attendance this
week from this part of the state are
Mr.-. S. K. Warrick and her father,
H C. Burton, who left for that city
Monday, expecting to return tomorrow.
C, B. & Q.
Time Table
Effective commencing Jan. 14.
1912, Mountain Time.
Eastbound
Arrive Leave
No 42 Dully 12:l.!ain !2:4fim
No. 44 Daily 12:50pm 1:10pm
Westbound
Arrive leave
No. 41- Daily, Kdgemont. Black
Hills. Billings. :: ,-.."aiu tliiatii
No. 4.1 Daily. Kdgemont. Bill
lugs, 12:30pm 12:fiopm
Southbound
Arrive Leave
No .501 Daily, Bridgeport ,
Denver, 12:40am
(No. M Daily. Bridgeport.
Denver; dally ex c 1 :
Sunday. Guernsey I : lOpm
Froir South
Arrive i. .'
No :t02 Dally ;! :20am
No 304 Dally ll::0am
All grades of refined sugar were re
duced 5 cents per loo pounds.
lxon Bourgeois declined the task of
forming a French cabinet, tendered by
President Fallleres.
Major General Wood asked the
house appropriations committee for
additional field artillery.
The plant of the Knabe Bros. Piano
company at Norwood, O . was destroy
ed l fire. lx)sa, $200,000.
American Federation of Jjilior offi
cials urged the house labor committee
to create a department of labor.
Fire. helieed to be Incendiary, prar
ticallv destroyed the Healy theater
at Hlbbing, Minn The loss Is $50,000.
The house steel inquiry committee
subpoenaed ,1. H, Reed, Carnegie's
counsel and Secretary Knox's former
law partner.
The Russian steamer Rubs foundered
tiring a gale In the Black tea with
the whole of its passengers and crew,
totaling 172 pel sons.
The New York- state convc ntlon to
elect delegates to tho national Repub
lican convention will be held in
Rochester on April 9.
Forty persons at Maxbasa, N. D.,
are suffering from ptomaine poisoning
from eating pie at a chicken pie sup
per given at a church there. All will
recover.
Mayor Rohert W Spoor announced
that he hud purchased the Denver
Times, an afternoon paper. The Times,
he asserted, would be Independent in
politics.
A band of Bulgarians threw three
bombs Into an open air mass meeting
at Zikov.a, near Uskiib, European Tur
key, killing three persons and injuring
twenty-two.
Bert H. Franklin, a detective arrest
ed on a chat go of bribery in the mur
der trial of James B. McNamara at
los Angeles, has agreed to enter a
plea of guilty.
Dr. John Grier Hlbben Stuart, pro
fessor of logic, was elected president
of Princeton university by the lioard
of trustee s of the Institution. He suc
ceeds Wood row Wilson.
Pennsylvania's Gettysburg anniver
sary comiriFsion urged $."fto,ono appro
priation before the Gettysburg con
gressional committee for the erection
of a permanent memorial.
Seven llrei were lost In a fire which
gutted a thiee story frame building on
Bronxdnle avenue. New York. Those
who perished are Thomas McDonough,
his wife and five lioarders.
The continued cold in eastern Colo
rado has frozen many water holes
and the consequent water shortage
has increased the difficulties of caring
for thousands of range cattle.
The menace of meningitis in Dallas
and oth''r cities of north and east
Texas has instilled such fear among
all classes of population that public
gatherings have been abandoned.
The final ballots of the English coal
miners for or against a national strike,
which will affect 900,000 men, were
cast. It Is known that the results will
show a vote overwhelmingly in favor
of a strike.
Mrs Ray Phillips, wife of a mem
her of the Minneapolis fire depnrt
fHsnt, and her four-year old daughter,
Grace, wore found dead in their home
under clt enmstances which so far have
baffled the police.
Twenty six Moros were killed while
they were attempting to ambush a
party of American troops on the island
of Jolo. Lieutenant McGee of the Sec
ond cavalry was shot twice and one
American soldier was wounded.
Five person were hurt, three ftal
ly, when the steering gear of an au
tomobile broke on a grade six miles
north of San Diego. Cal. The ma
chine leaped an embankment, carrying
the occupants to the bottom of a gorge.
retective William .1. Burns was not
guilty of the crime of Kidnaping when
he captured John J. McNamara at In
dlanapolls and took him to California
laFt April Judge Anderson said the
ease against Hums was without merit.
George Parker, colored, of Omaha,
the Creighton university medical stu
dent, charged with killing Mrs. C.
Jackson, colored, with a razor at St
Paul. Dec. f, was adjudged insane by
Judge Ba?.lllr and was cotuniiiteii to
the St Peter insane hospital.
Tlie administration building at the
Mass:( hi;si tts leper colony on PenioW
e ye Island, at the entrance! 01 Buz
zard's l.av, was burned, causing a loss
of $10.0110 Mirl of the other buildings
were on the other side of the island
and at no itie were they in danger
Fo'-mer Governor and Cnifed State
Senator elect lames K. Yardamnn ol
Mississippi was exonerated of all
blame In alleged irregularities con
cerning the handling of executive con
tingent iiiiids, when the Joint legis
lntive Investigating committee repoif
ed.
Fire dvKtrovod the lour story build
iitg occupied by the St Louis Bag and
Hut lap company, St IjiuIs, causing a
Ium gf $'0,000 Adjoining buildings
ere damaged by water Two firemen
were overcome by smoke and were re
no-.ed to a hospital in a serious con
'lit ion.
Protests f70ni the Ne w Yot k Society
of Public Accountants that BrltiKh ac
count, ints ate Installing cost-keeping
system 'n American navy yards and
are thus becoming familiar with secret
manutai luring processes used In the
liavj ' nils' d the introduction of a res
olotion by Represi ntal ve Harrison 01
New Vmk asking Secretary Meyer
for inioi ni:ilon.
IANUARY
CLEARING SALE
You Simply Cannot Afford to Shut Your Eyes on a Money Saving
Opportunity Like This
This year we meet the Clearance with a bigger stock than
ever before, forcing: us to the very extreme of price cutting in
order to move this volume of merchandise out in a short time.
It's up to you to derive as much benefit from this forced
price reducing as possible.
The All Important Overcoat Clearing
Sale '2 Regular Price
$21 00 Overcoats $10.50
15.00 Overcoats 7.60
12.50 Overcoat 6.25
One hundred and fifty coats in this
sale.
Young Men's and Boys' Overcoats
One Half Price
$11.00 Young Men's Coats $6.00
8.00 Young Men's Coats 4.00
5.00 VounK Men's Coats 2.50
8.50 Boys' Coats 4.25
5.00 BoyB' Coats 2.50
4.oo Boys' Contis .... 2.00
This sale includes all Overcoats In
the house except Fur Overcoats.
Young Men's Suits Clearance Prices
lt 50 Suits $11.98
12.50 Suits 8.98
10 00 Suits 7.98
9.00 SuitB 6.00
Clearance Sale on Men's Suits
$20.00 Suits $15.00
16.00 Suits 12.00
25.00 Suits 18. 75
Clearance Price Men's Pants
13 Off
$:! 00 Panta $2.00
6 00 Pants 4.00
3.50 Pants 2 .13
One-Fourth Off on All Men's Duck
Coats.
Men's Smoking Jackets Clearance
Price One-Half Off
$5.00 Smoking Jacket $2.50
6.50 Smoking Jackets 3.25
9.00 Smoking Jackets 4.50
Men's Bath Robe -One-Half Price.
Clearance Sale of Men's Underwear
65c Heavy ffleooed shirts and
drawers 32c
$1.25 Underwear, all goes at .. 82c
All our men's fine neckwear goes at
3 1 , 35, 45c.
Men's Sweaters Clearance
Priee Orte-Thlrd Off
$4.50 Sweaters $3.00
3.00 Sweaters . . 2.00
2.50 Sweaters 1.67
Clearance Sale Men's Senate Dress
Shirts
rujOJJhlra
HOSE Men's heavy cotton hoBe, 8c
Men's pure thread silk hose, $1
mutiny 69c
CU.aranoe Prices on Leather Suit
Cases, Each $3.79
Clearance Price Ladies' Underwear
$1.25 union suits 98c
65c ladies' vests and pants .... 44c.
65c children' union suits 44c
Do not overlook our Silk Department
36 in. all silk, black chiffon taf
feta per yd 89c
Clearance Prices on Rug - Our Stock
is itihe Most Complete n the City.
THIS GIGANTIC
SALE IS FOR
CASH ONLY
NORTON'S
A PROGRESSIVE CITY
Many Herald readers are familiar
with the name of Puyallup, the city
in Washington where some of Box
Butte county's old time citizens, G.
M. Parker and family and C. H.
Britton, now re id A calendar is
sued by the busj.iet men of that
place gives some Information show
ing the city to b one of the most
progressive of any of its size in the
I .1 It flulnm II IMlllJlUl-
I 1 1 I ' i ' I HI II n o a, f -
tion of only 5,500 but has four public
schools, forty six teachers, 1,405 pu
pils. High school with four years' ac
credited course, six miles of paved
streets, twelve miles of graded j
streets, thirteen miles sidewalks, ten i
churches, electric railways, telephone,
system, and gravity water system j
owned by the city. By the way. Buy-,
allup Is a dry town, although located j
la a wet country. It has no saloons,
which fact may surprise some people
who think little or nothing can be
done in the way of municipal Im
provements without the revenue de
rived from saloon licenses.
A drunken man staggered into a
c hurch ejti Sunday and sat down into
the pew of one of his neighbors The
preacher was discussing about preva
lent popular vices. Soon he ex
claimed. "Where is the drunkard ?"
The drunken man was just far
enough gone to think the call per-
i sonal, so rising heavily he replied,
i "Here I am," and remained sta.id
! log while the drunkard's fate and
character was eloquently portrayed
I A few minutes later the preac her
reached another head of his disc ouin
I and asked: "Where is the hypo
crite?" fl flly nudging his neigh
I boi the drunkard said in an audible
whisper: "Stand up Ixmie, be intans
' you this time Stand up and take it
like a man. just M I did It will do
you good." Ex.
Are Your Telephone
Facilities Adequate ?
You, as a merchant, a professional man, or a
farmer, know that most business these days is trans
acted over the telephone. l'eople do things in a
hurry. The lack of complete telephone equipment
is a great handicap in any line of business. It means
loss.
You may need additional telephone t'i vie We
have telephone equipment you should have, what
ever your line of business. Our m$uttTr will ex
plain the equipment b01 suited to your wants.
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE CO.
Boll Telephone Lines
Beach Nearly Everywhere.
Win. S. Ilardlson of Strasburger.
'Sheridan county, was out last week
in spkte of the intensely cold weather
buying cattle, and stopped ov-ri
Thursday night in Alliance. Mr. I
Ilardlson was formerly in the real
estate business in Chicago. Buying,
caitle In ws4ern Nebraska when the
thermometer registers away below
m t is quite a different proposition
from occupying a comfortable city
office, but he seems to be equal to
t he tahk of doing either.
Or. Boland, phone t!5.
Hev C. K McFall. who is well
know! as a souMi Sheridan county
ranchman and who has been a local
preacher for some time, accepted at
the last sesslon of the Noil h went
Nebraska conference of tin M. K
church, appointment as pa.tor of the
l.ivaca charge, in Cherry county,
with three appointments. He has
been spetiding the motU of a two
weeks' vacation in Alliance visiting
.it the home of his daughter, Mrs.
.Melvin Hale, tcM'ininatiiig his vUit
yesterday and returning to his pas
toral c harge Mr. Me Kail inform
The Herald that he like his work
where he is situated very much and
is getting along nicely . Hereafter
The Herald will keep him posted on
happenings in this part of the sUte".
If you like The Herald subscribe
Very Serious
It is a very serious matter to ask
for one medicine and have the
wrorg one given you. For this
reason we urge you in buying to
be careful to get the genuine
BLAck-DraugHT
Liver Medicine
The reputation of this old, relia
ble medicine, for constipation, in
digestion and liver trouble, is firm
ly established. It does not imitate
other medicines. It is better than
others, or it would not be the fa
vorite liver powder, with a Larger
sale than all others combined.
SOLD IN TOWN Pa