B-a- JO TUESDAY TOPICS J Mmirty of Winsldo wna in tho city ytRtordny Chiw Ulrloh wns i city iitor today from Wurco Put Stnnton of Tiltlon wns n Snndny Norfolk MIbh lliumon of Mndlson is vlfllllng with Norfolk frloniln Ootuitv Attorney Minion hnrt ImnIiiopr 1n Mndlpon ycstonlny John MoNbil l homo from Uloomfluld for n two wcckfi visit Tho county commissioners woro In session yostordny nt Mndlson Mrs L It Prltohnrd of M endow Orovo Is visiting Mrs 1 G Coryell Dr Wilkinson of Otnnhn Is In tho city looking nftor tho needs of nntlimtH Mrs Kretl Snutulora nud Miss Snnndors woro city visitors yesterday from Stan ton 1 A Ileolor has roiio to Now Yoik City to nnrohoao n sprhiR utook of dry goods Mrs 11 13 Warrlok rotnmed last night from n vifilt to her parents at Carroll lown Al KIroIow departed todny for Oali fornln whom lie nmy conolndo to mako ills future homo MlssliillinnLnikart room to Tiltlon -tonight and will spend tho rest of tho week visitiuR f riouds A Bbipmont of wostorn horses ramo In this noon ovor tho Union Pncitlo and passed on throiiRh to Slonx Olty Tho interior of tho storo of 0 P Parish has roce ntly boon greutly im proved with now papor and paint Editor 3 13 Mnrtin of tho Hattlo Creek Kntorpriso paid one of his ous tomary viBts torNorfolk yestertlny M L KoBsitor a banker nt Silvor Creek nud Postmaster Snulres of tho Bamo citr wore in Norfolk today on busiuess P R Millor of Calhoun MiBsouri who ciuno here to attend tho fnnoral of his sister Mrs Beswick dopartod for homo this aftomoon Mr and Mrs Frank Duvib havo moved to town nud will occupy tho honso on Sonth Fourth street recently vncntod by Mr antVMrB Banner John R Hays W II Buoholz and W N Huso wont to Lincoln this uftor noon to seo how an ngroumont nmouR oropublicuuB affoctB tho legislature Qilbort Fleming of Saundors county has purchased the W II Buoholz form of 120 ncros eight miles west of tho oity tho couHidertion being 5000 Mr IPloming will move onto tho property and develop it Plaiuviow News Elmer Ilnmmoud lias bought tho Phil Sires barber shop mad leased it to J W Howe of Norfolk who has boon employed in the shop for omo time Phil Siroais nt present un decided as to what ho will do Tho classes of tho NorfolktHigh school and also tho foot ball team havo been having their pictures taken for tho pose of procuring outs and illustrating the Milostono which tho Senior class contemplates issuing at the close of the school year Messrs O G Somers JI h Snyder and W W Hughes returned last uight from Hastings whore they had nttendod the state Y M O A convention Thoy enjoyed a very pleasant and profit able session nud will givo a report of tho proceedings at tho Sunday aftomoon mens mooting The farmors of Knox county aro in arms against the coyotes and -wolves un there The wolves are large gray fel lows and do not hesitate to make a meal off of calves or pigs it tuere are no chickens convenient Tho animals are very bold and oome close to the houses even during the day time The Verdigre Citizen contains an ao count of an acoident whereby the two-years-old child of Mr and Mrs Anton Tichy lost its life sUst Thursday A pot of boiling coffee was nccidentiy over turned on the little one and although not badly scalded itho shock undoubt edly caused its death nt 11 30 that night Miss Maye B Olaflin daughter of Mr and Mrs F M Olafiiu formorly of this city waa married nt the home of the brides parents in Washington D O 3aat Wednesday to Fred U ewton Clarke of Omaha Rev Charles T Honso pastor of the North Capitol street JM E church officiating They will make their homo -in Omaha The weather today appears to indi cate that tlie ground hog baa lost bis grip and that the season for planting radishes is here Gardners are advised not bo led into premature activity how ever by the blandishments of Old Sol as there are quite likely to be a few light frosts before spring fully openB -that would nip tender plants Columbus Telegram Deputy Sheriff Adam Smith assisted by Jerry Oarrig took O H Wells to tho Norfolk asylum Saturday evening Wells was adjudged insane by the board of examiners about a week ago He is about 55 years of age and has a son in Oklahoma and a brother in Iowa who visited him here before he waB taken to Norfolk The fourteenth annual ball of Elk horn Valley lodge No 101 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will be hold at Marquardts hall on the night of Fri day February 28 Bohnerts orchestra will f mulsh tho music and as usual on theso occasions a grand good tlnio Is niiHnltmtiil liv tllOSO who Will llttOMll Out of town people from all along tho lino between Misiourl Valley anil Lour Pino nro expected to bo presold Sup per will bo served at tho Pacific hotel About 80 pnoknges of whisky averiiR Iiir a Rallon oaoh woro destroyed at Teknnmh Sunday nlRht bolng taken from tho express olllco and spilled upon tho depot floor FortwoyeiirsTokninah hns been a dry town and wholesnlo liquor dealers of Council BIhITh havo distributed through thnoxnrcsH company Thoy ship about M0 worth a month tho packages beliiR sent 0 O 1 It Ih thought tho deed wiih porpotnilod by rouglm and that consider iblo of tho liquor was drank A womans fas cinator was left behind but it is thought this was a blind Bloodhounds have boon sent for and an effort will bo inntlo to capture tho burglars Mullah Advnrntn 1j Brogdon is mourning ovor tho disappearance of a fat roll He was out celebrating Sun day afternoon and sonio timo during tho nftnmnoii nr liltrht ho was touched to tho timo of frt00 00 and somo vnlniiblo notes Ho hns no recollection of what transpired during that timo and only discovered his loss on Monday morning Ho thou found that his pockotbook con tainiiig 00000 in chocks of dopoBit two notos and ovor 20000 in cash was roiio Tho pockotbook with the chocks of doposlt wero found Monday morn ing in tho alloy back of G W Rapps but tho ciihIi and notos woro not thero No cluo has boon discovered ns to who tho thief was Mr Brogdun was lucky to get tho pockotbook back Mombors of tho Muslo Students club onjoyod a very pleasant mooting lust night at tho homo of Mr and Mrs 13 O Mount Tho themo of tho ovoning was Sonntns and three interesting papers woro presented and rond by mem bers of tho club Tho thome was il lustrated by Ludwig Koonigstoln with Sonata PathotiquoOpna 111 by Beethoven Tho subjects of tho papors wero Sonata Form Skotoh of Reginald Do Kovon and Adolph Jouson and In Mom orlum of Verdi Tho roBt of tho ovon ing was given up to tho rendition of in strumental and vocal honntos Two pleasing features not down on tho pro gram wore solos by Miss Becker nnd Mr Greono which woroi heartily en cored Tho club two weeks houco will moot at tho homo of Mr and Mrs Lud wig Koonigstoin IoIhoikhI tlui Plnlil A now phnso of the cornstalk disease has developed at Lynch according to the Suu and it is a phaso that has surprised tho peoplo Tho Sun says While B B Hodgo was out in his stnlk Hold tho other day ho discovered that some one had laid out poison for his cattlo His attention wns cnlled by tho dog sniffling up toward tho husks on a hill of com nnd shaking it a small ball of groaBe rolled out This sot him to looking further and ho soon found thorn to bo plentiful Several of them woro brought to town nutl turned over to the doctor who pronounces them poison Whoever the onlprit may bo has ovidontly taken advantage of tho fact that cattlo wero dying in different parts of tho conntry from somo unknown disoaso and thinking no suspicion would ever fall upon them nor that anyone would ovor know tho cause of their cattlo dying has poiBoned tho field August Van Hovo living near by has lost nineteen head of cattlo during t e past sixty days and Jacob Nowton has lost ton head Thoy havo offered 500 reward for tho arrest and conviction of tho guilty parties lluumiuiiil Lnuiblanu An Ideal lleulth ami VI later tKamurt The passouger department of the Illi nois Central Railroad company has just issued a now edition of Hammond Louisiana as a Winter Resort a beau tiful illustrated folder showing a few of tho winter attractions in and about Hammond copies of which will be mailed freo on application to the under signed For those in good or moderate cirouni etauco no point iu the south offers such inducemontB The olimate is unsur passed The artesan water excellent Society almost entirely northern and the hotel and boarding house accomoda tion far superior to any town of its size in the north and at lnoderato rates J F Mekuy Asfit Gen Pass Agt 111 Oeut RR Dubuque Iowa Cotly Confidence Editor Bryan has sent ns his prospect us If Editor Bryan wants our paper hell have to subsonbo for it We haint got any use for Editor Bryan Weve figured up what it cost ns to bonk our judgment on Candidate Bryan It cost us one squirrel dog that we had refused 25 for one demijoin of bugjuice one oyster supper one bat nnd 65 cents in cash Hickory Ridge fconriau David Ojty Neb April 1 1000 Geuesoe Pure Food Lo Roy N Y Gentlemen I must say in regard to Graiu 0 that there is nothing better or healthier Wo have used it for years My brother was a great coffee drinker He was taken sick and the doctor said coffee was tho cause of it My brother has been well over since we started to use it Yours truly Ljuje Sociiok THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY FEBRUARY lo 10Q1 WEDNESDAY WRINKLES W U Hoffman loft this noon for Chi cago to purchaso furniture Mr and Mrs 11 II Herbtson of Mnl ison Mere In Norfolk yostortlny Miss Ktti Diirlautl returned last night from hor visit with Plaiuviow relatives Mrs Fred Matlson hns been quite slok for the past two days but was somowhat bettor this morning This is another of thoso dojlghtful spring days and nppnrontly all who can are out enjoying tho weather Miss Miunio Bloy of Madison Is tho vf - guest of friends and will romnin ovor for tho Valentino party thlB ovoning Georgo Thlelo hns gone to tho St Joseph hospital at Omaha whom ho will submit to an operation for his lame log Mr Mrs F K Fulton aro moving into tho cottago on Madison avonuo lately vacated by Mr and Mrs O J Stockwell Dr and Mrs O S Parker havo hrokon up housekeeping and will spend tho balance of the winter at tho homo of Rev J J Parker The funeral of MIrh Augusta Korth was hold this afternoon from Christ Lutheran church nnd tho reinaluB wero interred in Prospect Hill cemetery St Valentino is preparing to havo his representatives pay numerous visits to morrow if tho dopletod stocks of valen tines iu Norfolk may bo an iudicntiou L L MoKlm loft this morning for Sioux Oity to timo up his work as oity circulation manager thoro for tho Boo H 13 Johnson has nssumed tho duties of Boo manager in Norfolk Mr and Mrs L M Drake who diavo boon guests ot tho homo of Mr nnd Mrs W H Buttorllcld for a couplo of weoks loft yoBtorday noon for Burlington Iowa and from thero will go to St Louis Mo Mrs Cnthor writos hor parontB Rov and Mrs S F Sharploss to tho effect that Mr Cathor has been promoted to tho position of cashier of tho Chiuo California Bugur factory nnd that they will move to Chino from Oxnard Mr nnd Mrs A G Witmer havo roomed at tho home of Mr who and Mrs O S Hayes for the past two years hare rented tho cottago on South Sovonth street rocontly vacated by Conductor Fox and will keep houBO Norfolk lodge No 7 A O U W will give a ball tomorrow night St Valentinos day at Marquardts hall Bohnerts orohoBtra will furniBh tho music nud a fine timo is anticipated by tho many who havo signified their in tention of nttondiug Tho prospect is thnt tho Valentine social to bo given this evening in the Mast hall by the Trinity social guild will be one of the largest attended and most ploasing oventB of the season Tho twee A Proposal under Dillloulties will it is said alouo bo worth tho price of admission Carl Johnson who lives west of Verdi gro had his arm dislocnted about six weeks ago and enlisted tho services of a blaokBinith to got it buck in place He has lately concluded that perhaps a sur goon would have done better service than tho blacksmith and has decidod to have tho errors of tho forrnor corrected He iB therefore being treated in tho Salter sanitarium Niuotoon of the young men of Nor folk met last night in the Boo agency rooms in tho Miller building and organ ized the XYZ olub The club is or ganied for social purposes and tho members hope to realizo a general good timo as tho result They expect to rout rooms for club uses and hope to furnish it with a library organ games and other articles for conveuieuco and pleasure The rooms will bo open- each evening and afford tho members n pleasant place to spend a few hours They hope the club will grow iu membership until all tho desirnblo young men of tho town will bo benefited The following officers wero elected President H E John son vice prosidont Marshall Loavitt secretary and treasurer Ed Dixon j Everett Carriok Busi ness meetiugs will be held once a mouth Throo cans of blueberries for 20 at Fair store cents DellKhtrul Ither M uilo Prof Alfred O Muller of Omaha and Des Moines who furnished zithor music at the Tyler Johnson musicalo yesterday afternoon called at The News office this morning and favored the force with a couplo of selections Ho plays the harp zither from which he elicits musio as harmonious ns pleasing and almost as voluminous as the expert pianist draws from his instrument The sweet tones of the zither seem muoh sweeter wheu produced under the magio touch of an artist and Mr Muller was certainly an adept An Evening on the Dreamy Sea was reudered with an especially pleasing effect and it is sin cerely hoped that Norfolk people may frequently have an opportunity of hear ing Mr Muller He also entertained tho pupils of the schools ouo who was present speaking of it as follows Three hundred children assembled in the High school room this morning to spend a half hour with the taleuted zithor expert Prof Alfred O Muller of Omaha For this pleasure thoy are in debted to Mosdomes M D Tyler and O 1 Johnson nndor whoso nusplcos Prof Mullor camo to Norfolk Tho muslo rontlorod was of tho richest and most in spiring character Both teachers nud pupils woro oharmod and dolightod So rare n musical trent has not often been onjoyod by tho school It is tho wish of all that another opportunity mny bo glvou to onjoy tho products of Prof Midlers inspiring creations and rich gifts IlnllKhtfill Mtifttcnln Mrs M D Tylor nnd Mrs O J John son woro hostesses at n musicalo given yoBtorday afternoon nt tho homo of Mrs Johnson ou KooniRStolu nveuuo Tho woathcr was perfect and more than 100 Indies responded to tho invitatiouHspond ing tho nfternoon in an exceedingly en joynblo manner In tho serving of dainty refreshments tho hostosBos wero assisted by tho Missos Tomplo Fnnnio Norton Alotta and Ellzaboth Stowart Francos Johnson and Clara Rudat Muslo of a delightful diameter waB tho feature of tho nfternoon tho per formers bolug Alfred O Mueller zithor soloist of Omaha Ludwig Koonigstoin pianist Miss Beckor vocalist and MIrsos Fannie Norton nnd Clara It mint iu a piano duet Tho following program wiib rondorod Instrumental solo Old Folks at Homo Mazurotto Ludwig Koouig stein Zither solo An Dronmy Sea Hans evening on tho Franc Alfred O Mullor Zither solo British Infantry March Steiuer Alfred O Muller Instrumental solo Vulso Chopin Ludwig Kooiugstoin Vocal solo Sannnor Ohauii undo Miss Becker Zither solo Loves Dream Firu stein Alfred O Mullor Instrumental duet Leo Sylphes O Baolimanu Fannio Norton Clara Rudat Zither solo Dob Moines Schottish Mullor Alfrod O Mullor Zithor solo MockiugBird Muller Alfrod O Muller Vocal solo Saucta Maria Faure Miss Booker Zither musio Alfrod O Mullor Secured 1uiiiiirh The following from tho Columbus Journal would indicate that a consider able responsibility devolves upon tho messenger of a telegraph or telephone company and carelessness on their part may prove quite an expensive luxury to tho company employing them A suit before Justice Curtis last week is somothing out of tho ordinary so far as the servico of telephono com panies is concerned although it bears some resemblance to suits nguiust tele graph companies R H Mosgrovo claimed 110 in a damage suit against the Nebraska Telephone company September 24 he was informed by let ter from a wholesale house in Linoolu that he would bo called up that evening by phone to talk over tho matter Ho wont to tho local operator and left word as to where a messenger would find him but it seems that tho night opera tor was not informed of this The mes sage camo but was not delivered Two dnys aftorwards Mosgrovo received a letter from the wholesale house stating that as thoy had failed to reaoh him by telephono thoy had employed another man Mosgroves claim was that he was out of employment a month and four days and he asked judgment for the amount he would have received had he been employed Tlje justice gave Mr Mosgrove judgment for 50 and costs flutter Kept With Sueur During our editors recent visit to England his attention was called to the strange color of tho butter sold on many markets it is frequently called glazed or lacquered butter To give it this special coating the butter niuBt first be thoroughly washed pressed in to shapo corresponding to tho local de mand and is then kept in some cool place A solution of sugar and water is heated and the butter is painted by means of a fine brush with tho thin syrup Under these circumstances tho surface portion of the butter melts but at once combines with tho sugar solution and when cooled has a shiny lacquered appearance rather hard to the touch Tho air being excluded tho butter thus prepared has considerable keeping pow er nud continues to remain fresh with out the uecessity of resorting to salting Tho Sugar Beet Free of Charge Any adult suffering from a cold setfled on the breast bronohitis throat or lnng troubles of any nature who will call at A K Leonard swill be presented with a Bample bottle of Boschees German Syrup free of charge Only one bottlo given to one person and none to children without order from parents No throat or lung remedy ever had such a sale as Boschees German Syrup in all parts of the civilized world Twenty years ago millions of bottles wero given away and your druggist will tell you its success was marvelous It is really tho only throat nud lung remedy gouerally endorsed by physi oiaus One 75 cent bottle will cure or prove its value Sold by dealers in all civilized countries Wanted Representative in every county in Nebraska Man or woman good pay steady employment L H Watts 502 Karback blk Omaha Neb THURSDAY TIDINGS John McNeil wont to Sioux City to day on business John T Brosslor of Wayne was a city visitor yesterday Dr A J Johnson was a Madison visitor yostorday 0 B Harrington of Alford was iu Norfolk Tuesday Houry Porrino wns in tho city from Wisnor yestordny W J Gow was a business visitor to Meadow Grovo yostorday Rovcnuo Collector Soeloy was in tho olty yostorday from Madison Mrs A B Lnno of Scribnor was visit Iiir Norfolk frlouds yestordny Mrs R B Wollor nnd slBtor Miss Wilholmy are visiting Piorco friends to day Mrs G W Klrkpatrick of Piorco visited Norfolk friondB between trains today Mrs T O Van Horn who hnB been very sick for somo timo is again nblo to bo out Mrs P A Shurtz was nblo to be out today for tho first timo siuco Now Years Tho YP SOEof thoCougregatioual church will give a social in tho church parlors Friday ovoning The ladies guild of Trinity church will moot with Mrs 0 H Reynolds to morrow afternoon at 2 U0 Superintendent F W Teal of the Norfolk hospital for the insnne returned lust night from a visit to Omaha and Lincoln W H Hognowood of Wayne is in tho city on his way homo from attend ing tho Woodmen of tho World conven tion at Kearney Another of thoso balmy Italian days a valentine for ovorybody and ono heartily appreciated with compliments of tho weather clerk Dr Edward Blair of Wayne was yes terday endorsed by tho Nebraska camp Modern Woodmen of America for tho position of head physician of the order There will bo no dance at the Norfolk hospital for the insane tonight as lias been customary but there will be a general reception for the peoplo of Nor folk next week C O Gow went to Tlden today os tensibly on business but it has been hinted that he is interested in the out come of the boxing match advertised to take place this evening Norfolk lodge No 46 1 O O F will meet this evening for work in the First degree A full attendance of membors is desired Visiting members of the order are invited to bo present Mrs H S Coolidge of Columbus is in the city enroute home from Lead City S D and is accompanied by a friend Mrs Scofield of Stunrt Both are guests at the home of Mr and Mrs O D Jenkins v Some people appear to believe that the Smith who is to engage in tho sparring contest at Tilden tonight is Emory Smith formerly of this city They ure mistaken Emory Smith is in better business Pat Crowe waa registered at the Ox nard yesterday The Omaha police havo not yet investigated and are not likely to it was probably some Norfolk joker who delights in registering under a fictitious name Tho A O U W ball to be given this evening at Marquardts hall promises to be a largely attended and pleasurable affair Bohnerts orchestra will furnish the musio which is a guarantee that this feature will be first class The postofllce has been flooded today with the tender and sometimes senti mentally silly missives with which St Valentines day is oraiunrily observed and tho force of employes have been re minded somewhat of the conditions that prevailed on Christmas The Congregational church of this city is soon to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the national home missionary society The first of a series of such meetings was held in Lincoln yesterday and others will follow in Omaha Nor folk Neligh Grand Island and other towns A party was given last evening at tho home of Mr aud Mrs E E Adams on South Fifth street in honor of Miss Jennie McCormick aDd in commemora tion of her 18th birthday The evening was very pleasantly spent with musio and games for entertainment while choioo refreshments were served The iufant child of Mr and Mrs Ohas Richardson who live near the round honso nt South Norfolk died this morning The family ib In very poor oircumstances and had no money with which to pay the necessary funeral ex penses The hearts of some of the geu erous citizens were touched by the facts and Mayor Robertson aud G A Luikart were circulating a subscription paper this morning which met with very erous responses The open meeting of the Wednesday club held yesterday afternoon with Mrs Frank Salter was a most successful af fair aud greatly enjoyod by about fifty ladies members of the club and their guests The eutertaiument was a happy combination of Shakespear nud St Valentine the ladles being reminded of the holiday by the presentation at the door of henrt shaped valoutines bearing familiar quotations from tho famous author and tied with club colors similar devices being employed throughout Mrs Unpen nud Mrs McBrido woro tho most successful ut placing characters and names and tied for first honors each missing but ono guess Dolioious re freshments wero served tho caterer hav ing employed tho heart shape in their formation A pleasing feature of tho afternoon wns tho duot by Irs Morris Mayor and Miss Becker Tho St Vnlentino pnrty given in tho Mast hall last evening was a most on- joynblo event nutl Its success is a flatter ing testimonial to tho mnunging ability of tho young lutlks of Trinity Social guild who had it iu chnrgo Tho farco A Proposal Under Difficulties wns very cleverly rt udered by Miss Woills Miss McNish Fred Roborts nud Ray Huycs Music waB roudored by 0 J Chapmans grnphophouo nnd nn instru mental trio consisting of Mrs D J Koonigstoin nt the piano A G Bohuort violin and Max Anums cornet Tho hall was tastefully decorated with repre sentations of hearts in honor of St Vnl entino flags and other embellishments There was a largo attendance tho society taking intfdlGS and making about 40 clear Ico cream and cako was served throughout tho ovoning by mombers of tho society An en joy nblo season of dancing followed which lasted until a late hour Eight room house iu good location to rent at a low rental C S Bhidoe r i That cough j Hangs On You have used all sorts of counh I dies but it does not I yield it is too deep I seated It may wear itself out in time but I i wr liills vsx X a id i nunc uauiK iu produce la grippe i pneumonia or a j ous throat affection I You need something I that will give youf strength and build I up the body SCOTTS EMULSI ION I i j will do this when everything else fails There is no doubt about it It nourishes T L strengthens builds up and i makes the body strong and j healthy not only to throw off this hard cough but to l Fortify the system against f further attacks If you are run down or emaciated you should certainly take this nAitMtfkinri IIUUI 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