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SATURDAY SIFTINGS
Jacob Qlcloh of Columbus was u city
visitor over night
F A Boyd was a city visitor yester
day from Humphrey
Mrs 15 Tanuor was a city visitor
yostorday from Battle Creek
Miss Winnlo Hartloy is homo from
Tlldou to spend Suuday
Principal Walter Pilger of Moadow
Grovo is homo for Sunday
Mrs O S Bargolt departed yesterday
for Missouri whore sho will visit She
was accompanied to Lincoln by Mrs C
S Itayos and Boulah
Missldello Taylor of Battle Croek
was in Norfolk yesterday
P M Housh was dowu from Neligh
yostorday on business
Mr and Mrs 0 H Vail Iwont to
Sioux City yosterday and roturued this
morning
J W Edwards has rocontly com
pleted a regulation half mllo raco track
on the fiold southwest of the creamery
Miss F W Mount who has boon vis
iting at the homo of hor brother E O
Mount roturued to hor home iuJOhicago
today
The plasterers have about finished ap
plying the hard finish to tho interior of
the Bishop block and tho carpenters
have commouced laying tho floor
Tho work of placing the big Corliss
engine in the electric light powor station
is progressing quite satisfactorily and
the new machinery will soon bo ready
for use
Pierce Leader Judge MoDonald is
sued a marriage license this morning to
Wiu Degner son of Fred Dogner of
Hadar and Miss Lena Marquet of Mad
ison county
Otto the two-year-old son of Rev M
Guhkecht pastor of the Lutheran
church seven miles northeast of Wayne
drank Home butter coloring Tuesday and
died Wednesday morning
One of Norfolks ball teams accomp
anied by quite a large number of enthu
siasts went to Stanton today to engage
in a contest with a nine of that place
this afternoon providing the weather
permits
Paul Zutz who has been suffering
with appendicitis for some weeks at his
home northeast of the city died at an
early hour this morning and the funeral
will be held from St Pauls Lutheran
church Monday afternoon
Jupiter Pluvius has settled the ques
tion of street sprinkling for several days
Yesterday afternoon aud last night 80
of an inch of water fell aud this fore
noon about as much more They were
the first severe thunder storms of the
season and considerable hail fell with
this mornings storm Vegetation is
very much freshened and is making a
rapid growth
Tho evangelistic meetings conducted
during the past two weeks in the Second
Congregational church at the Junction
by Evangelist Daly and wife will close
tomorrow evening There have been
several conversions and the church
members have been spiritually strength
ened and prepared to work with their
new pastor Rev Mr Baker who will
arrive from Chicago next Wednesday
and will conduct the prayer meeting
next Thursday evening Mrs Daly
will speak tomorrow at 1045 a m and
Mr Daly at 8 p m
Niobrara Pioneer A new company
has taken hold of the Atkinson North
ern railroad project and promises to
push to completion the line between
Atkinson and Perry on the Niobrara
river Tho old Atkinson Northern
grade will be used but the new road
will be a narrow gauge A party of
surveyors headed by Engineer W M
Wright of Rapid City started out Mon
day morning and has been going over
the survey Sam Hardy Al Miller
Ollie Campbell and Bab Blackmer are
in the party and are making their head
quarters in Atkinson
Bishop Williams of Omaha held con
firmation services in Trinity Episcopal
ohurch last evening before a good sized
audience considering the weather A
class of eleven persons was confirmed
Rev Mr Taylor of Neligh assisting
During the services the memorial bap
tismal font recently placed in the
church was consecrated After the
services an informal reception was given
the bishop at the homo of Mr and Mrs
O H Reynolds which was very much
enjoyed by those present The bishop
left today for Columbus and Central
City where he will officiate at confirma
tion services tomorrow
Last night after the close of the evan
gelists meeting in the Second Congre
gational ohuroh a large number of the
friends of Conductor John L Beach
took him by surprise and visited him at
his home to congratulate him on his
40th birthday In a few appropriate
and touching words Engineer Viele
presented Mr Beach with an elegant
hat The recipient was so over powered
with emotion that he could not find
words to reply Mr Beach values that
hat so much that he will not expose it
o railway dust if the boys want to
iuspect it they must call at his home
After the presentation there was musio
and refreshments and everyone had a
happy time
Goshen 111 Geuesse Pare Food Co
Le Roy N Y j Dear Sirs Somo days
since a package of yourGrain 0 prepar
ation was loft at my office 1 took It
homo and gave It a trial and I havo to
say I was vory much pleased with It as a
substitute for cofToo Wo havo always
used tho host Java and Mooha In our
family but 1 am treo to say 1 like tho
Grnln 0 as well as tho best colYoo I over
drauk Respectfully yours
A 0 Jackson M D
Farm laud and city property for sale
by G R Sollor
MONDAY MENTION
Frod Hardro was in town from Hos
kius yostorday
Dr A H Corbott of Madison was In
tho city Saturday
F Philips of Hosklus Is looking aftor
business in Norfolk
M A Oborg of Oakland was a Nor
folk visitor Suuday
W A Mesorvo of Crolghton was a
Norfolk visitor today
Dr J M Cherry aud wife of Wayne
wero In tho city Saturday
S F Hotzman of Battle Croek was a
Suuday visitor lu Norfolk
Geo II Spear was a passougor for
Lincoln on tho noon train today
Miss Hattlo Allbery mado tho rouud
trip to aud from Lincoln Saturday
W A Matheson and V Cizok of
Osmond wore Norfolk visitors Saturday
Mr and Mrs R B Wellor spent Suu
day with Mrs Wollors parents in
Omaha
T A Hughes of Sioux City is hero
visitlnR his son Secretary W W
Hughes of the Y M 0 L
Miss Ella Mullln went to Omaha Sat
day returning to Scribuer whore she
spent Sunday with friends
Tho temporature today is such os to
threaten a frost tonight if tho weather
clears aud tho wind goes down
A J Niquette who has boon assist
ing in the American Express olllco hore
has been transferred to Fremont
Vordigre Citizen Verdigro has or
ganized a base ball team that promises
to be the champions of Knox county
They have ordered new suits and a com
plete paraphernalia of base ball goods
The people of Columbus are rejoicing
over their prospects for a new and mod
ern opera house A local stock com
pany with a subscription of 1 1000 has
been organized many prominent citi
zens being interested
Mrs Fred Siegler arrived last night
from her homo in Illinois for an ex
tended visit with her parents Mr and
Mrs Ferdinand JJPasewalk and other
relatives and friends Mr Siegler ex
peots to join her here after his school
lets oat
Mr and Mrs G B Holahan departed
today for Fort Dodge Iowa where they
will make their home during the present
at least E 0 Rauch of Council Bluffs
Iowa has taken Mr Holahaus position
as local agent for the American Express
company
Guests of the Oxuard were treated to
some fine music by the Italian orchestra
last night that organization being here
to play for the Early Hour club dance
tonight Including the orchestra music
there was some very fine singing by a
quartet composed of Messrs Mead
Cassel Moler and Jackson
0 E Plass of Madison was seriously
injured Saturday afternoon by falling
from a scaffold which ho occupied with
another man while doing some carpenter
work Mr Plass struck on his head
and shoulders and was picked up in an
unconscious condition Two doctors
workedover him It is not thought
that any bones were broken
Saturday World Herald A O
Perry one of the directors of the Atkin
son Niobrara railroad left yesterday
to meet eastern capitalists who have
arranged to take the remaining 40000
thirty -year 5 per cent bonds that are
to be sold before the steel is laid on the
grade already built from Atkinson
Nob into Boyd county a distance of
twenty three miles The total issue
was 200000
Columbus Journal On Arbor day
Fred Steuger planted a hundred and
eighty trees peach plum apricot and
German prune He expects to have a
crop of pears this season from trees
planted three years ago and which bore
some last year From all present indi
cations there will he says be a splendid
crop of fruit He believes with many
others that a late spring is a fairly good
promise of excellent yields of grains and
fruits in Nebraska late springs hold
ing everything back until the weather
conditions are such that growth con
tinues without interruption after the
start is made
County Superintendent 0 W Crum
is here conducting his annual examina
tion of Eighth grade pupils He has just
completed the examiuation for spelling
and announces that the pupils of tho
Norfolk schools show a general average
of 87 in that study twenty six of them
being given a standing above 00 At
Newman Grove the general average in
this study was 70 at Madison 75 and in
country schools thus far examiued 78
A year ago the average of Norfolk pupils
in spelling was 78 and two years ago 08
This showing is exceedingly compli
mentary to the Norfolk schools aud
shows that they not only occupy a high
place among the other schools of the
county in orthography but are con
stantly improving
THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY MAY 10 1001
TUESDAY TOPICS
Mrs II L Suydor inndo tho round
trip to aud from Omaha yesterday
Miss Hiwlo Cooloy roturued last night
from a threo wooks1 visit in Omaha
Miss May Durlaud has gono to Plain
view for a weeks visit with hor parents
Miss Nottlo Pheasant departed today
for Butto this stato whore sho has ao
copted a position lu a millinery store
Reynolds Stowart aro opening their
muchluo works opposite tho waterworks
pumping station aud aro getting ready
for business
Tho man with tho pump has boon
removing tho rain water from tho ex
cavation for tho now Stortz block dur
ing yostorday and today
No frost camo last night but it is still
cloudy and tho north wind Is assorting
itself in a manner that prosagos a fro it
when it comes to oloariug up
Thoro will bo a meeting of tho mom
hers of tho Y M O L in tho league
rooms tonight at 7 30 for tho oluctiou of
officers aud to transact other Important
business
Jas Glldoa has purohasod tho Maltby
proporty at tho ooruor of Tonth street
aud Madison avenue and will tnito pos
session about tho 15th Mr Maltby ex
pects to loavo boou for tho south
Misses Susio and Agnes Thompson aro
oxpooted homo from Omaha this even
ing tho former having suftlolontlyro
covorod from tho attack of scarlot fovor
with which sho has boen suffering
A A Adams who travels fortho
Ohas Donovan cigar factory of Sioux
City has moved his family to Norfolk
aud will occupy tho Mlttelstadt house
at the corner of Tenth street and Madi
son avenue
Tho Fay school near Emerson has
been closed owing to nn epldemio of
scarlet fover there aud in westoru
Dakota county Tho disease was first
contracted by some campers who wore
fishing in Crystal lake
Members of tho Early Hour club en
joyed the clubs last dance of tho Boa
sou last uight the Italian orchestra of
Omaha furnishing tho musio There
was a good attendance and the affair
was a very pleasant one
Tho local committee at Fremont has
already been informed that moro than
fifteen volunteer fire departments of the
stato will bo represented with teams at
the tournament to bo held lu that city
during July
Tho weather forecaster promises a
light frost tonight and people who have
beans and young cucumbers up will be
doing the right thing to give them a
dressing of far coats This kind of a
deal is almost enough to cause a person
to take back all the beautiful things he
has said concerning Nebraska weather
At the meeting of tho grand couucil
of the United Commercial Travelers
held in Omaha last week Otto F Tap
pert of this city was elected as a mem
ber of the grand executive board for a
term of two years and 0 E Green was
chosen ns the grand representative to
tho supremo council which is to meet in
Columbus Ohio during June
Miscreauts entered tho cemetery at
Bloomfield and desecrated tho gravo of
Mrs J W Fouts by removing the
tombstone aud destroying flowers and
shrubbery They threw tho tombstone
into a nearby creek where it was found
after a lengthy search It is thought to
be the work of enemies of tho family
If sufficient evidence can bo secured
several arrests will bo made
Gordon Joarual Its tho same old
story in Gordon again this spring
You cant get a mechanic or a hand for
any kind of work unless you wait your
turn which is sometimes from two to
six weeks And yet we complaiu of
dull times and uot much doing Will
times ever get so dull in Gordon that
men will actually be looking for work
and glad to take a job when they find
it
G W Brown jr principal of
Browns Busiuesa college of Sioux City
Iowa under date of May 0 writes The
News saying Mr 0 H Brake of
Hawardeu Iowa signed a contract hore
this morning for the princlpalship of
the new school in your city This
makes the organization a certainty
Mr Brake resigns tho superintendence
of schools In Hawardeu to accept tho
prlnolpalshlp of Browns Business col
lege of Norfolk I expeot to close con
tract with Mr Cotton for tho third floor
of his building
An exchange has figured it oat that
the single girls will soon have their day
to propose to the boys as the 20th cent
ury will have twenty four leap years
tbe greatest number possible February
will nave uve buudays three times 1920
1948 aud 1070 The earliest possible
date on which EaBter can occur is Maroh
12 The last time it ocoured on that
datowas 1818 The latest date that
Easter can occur is April 25 It will be
once on that date 1043 The middle of
the century will be Janurary 1 1051
There will be 380 eclipses during the
century
Ex Senator W V Allen made his
first appearance as an
before the supreme court of tho stato
since his ofteo expired at Lincoln yes
terday He appeared in tho interest of
Leroy Alyoa who had been convicted of
assault with intent to inflict great
bodily injury upon Peter F Sullivon in
- T fir inwimi m iimo i mi a
Idollo Taylor primary Miss Stella
Stlrk sohool No 2 Miss Novolla Funk
with Miss Gortlo Wado oh assistant for
tho grammar room
Tho nowly appointed polico officers
resplendent iu now and neat lilting
navy bluo uniforms with a regulation
officers holniot as a finishing piece aro
attracting considerable notice on the
streets today uud lend color to tho belief
that Norfolk is getting qnito metropoli
tan lit least ho far as hor polico are con
cerned
S M Bond who lives in Norfolk and
has u run over tho Union Pacific be
tween horn aud Columbus will repre
sent the Omaha division al the national
mooting of tho Order of Railway Con
ductors which will be held In St Paul
Minn next week Ho expects to leave
Thursday Mr Bond Is 0110 of tho
oldoBt conductors on tho Union Pacific
systom
Tho following officers for tho ensuing
term wero oloctod by Mosaic lodge
No 55 A F and A M last oven
iug G T Sprochor master mason
Burt MapeB senior wardon Jack
Ricks junior wardon D J Koouig
stoiu secretary W II Bucholz trous
urer Tho appointive officers aro D
O OConnor sonior dc ason D Roes
junior doacon F A Bryant tylor
Tho winners of tho first prizes in the
rocont Bee dot counting contest wore
two Fremont people who stayed up all
night recoived thoir papers at I oclock
at onco counted tho dots and sent iu
tho results of tho count one at 1 27 in
the morning and tho other six minutes
later No pupors wero delivered in
Omaha until I oclock and thoy there
fore had nmplo opportunity to scoop
tho counters of that city Thoy wore
woll repaid for tho loss of a nights
sleop as one received an Emerson piano
and tho othor a Dinsmoro typewriter
Miss Miunio Van Horn only daughtor
of Mr and Mrs J II Van Horn of this
city was united in marriage to Charles
Piorco a business man of Winnotoon
this state at tho Cutholic church this
morning at 10 oclock Aftor tho cero
mouy a wedding breakfast was served
at the home of tho brides parents on
Madison avenue a few intimate friends
of the couplo participating Mr and
Mrs Pierce left on the noou train for
a wedding trip into Wisconsin and on
their return will begin housekooping at
Winuotoon Friends of the couplo in
Norfolk will join in cxtoudiug congrat
ulations
Boys who go away from homo for a
day often improve the opportunity in
tryiug to see how rude boisterous aud
disagreeable generolly thoy can bo
They may bo very gontlomauly at home
but become completely the reverse when
thoy think no home folks aro near to
watch them not realizing that tho
peoplo at homo may and most always
do learn of their conduct In view of
this teudouoy it is a pleasure to Norfolk
peoplo to kuow that the boys who went
to Stanton tho other day deserved the
following notice from tho Register A
ball game was advertised for Saturday
afternoon but the rain prevented tho
game being called The game was to
have been played between a nine of Nor
folk sohool boys and a nine from the
school here The Norfolk team came
down in the forenoon aud spent tho day
visiting tho Stanton players Tho Nor
folk boys wero a gentlemenly lot of
young fellows
Those who have revonuo stamps on
hand when the new law takes effect on
July 1 muy have them redeemed through
tho district roveuae collector who will
be provided with blanks for the purpose
Tho following from tho Boston Tran
script gives an idea of the method pur
sued Claims for tho redemption of ad
hesive documentary and proprietary
stamps if bought of a collector must
coutaiu his certificate as to the date and
amount of purchase If bought from a
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This is the Smallest
WlCKLES
Made ilso
in our
larger sizes
Sold
everywhere
tho district court Ho asks tho court to
ovorrulo tho lower court contending
that an information or indictment in
tho lunguago of the statute is uot suffi
cient especially when that statuto Is ex
pressed In tho form of a legal conclu
sion and recites 110 facts constituting
the element of a crlmo Tho corres
pondent of tho Sioux City Trlbuno says
regarding tho case Tho dofenso iH a
moro technical one but tho lawyers are
much interested as if Allen wins his
point it will make it easier to got off
accused cliouts bocuuso tho drawing of
a correct information is an art known
only to a comparative few of tho legal
profession Tho claim is also made that
tho constitution gives an accused tho
right to be fully informed of tho ulti
mate facts relied upon to establish his
guilt
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES
W 0 Eddy is iu Genoa looking after
boet sugar interests
Dr P II Saltor made a business
visit to Hoskins yesterday
Audrow Sponce tho Madison hotel
man was lu tho city today
John Romberg of Scribuer iB visiting
at tho homo of W H Cooloy
Mr aud Mrs J Biiuin entertained
tho West Side Whist club last evening
Miss Auuio Parker expects to leave
tomorrow for hor now homo in Kearney
Mrs E A Bullock entertained mem
bers of tho Kaffeo Klatsch this afternoon
Dr aud Mrs Frank Salter wont to
Omaha yesterday returning last even
ing
A B Dillon of Oakdalo Is iu tho city
today aud mado a cull at The News
office
A new walk is being laid in front of
DrSalters sanitarium on Koouigstoiu
avenue
Henry Miller has sold his dray team
and It is understood that ho contem
plates leaving Norfolk
Miss Nellie Haudloy will go to Koar
noy tomorrow to take part iu the high
school oratorical contest
Mr and Mrs H A Rowe have re
turned from a pleasant visit of teu days
with old time friends in Columbus
Mr and Mrs D J Koenigstein do
parted this morniug for Omaha where
thoy will attend tho grand lodge of the
Order of Eastern Star Miss Metta
Koenigstein will return with them Sat
urday
Dr Clemensha of Port Hope Canada
who has been visiting Drs P H aud
Frank Salter has decided to locate in
Fremont for tho practice of his profes
sion and loft for that place yesterday
morning
F F Thompson and E P Mueller
traveling freight agents of tho Union
Pacific and L Biendorf and A K
Curts traveling passenger agents for
tho same road are lu the city looking
after Uuiou Pacific interests
Stanton Register Deputy Sheriff
Porter and Clerk of the District Court
Allen Sharp took Mrs Ackles to the
Norfolk asylum Saturday It is
earnestly hoped that the unfortunate
woman may recover hor reason
Frank Osborne left for tho east on
the morning train and after a few days
in Omaha ho intends to proceed to
Rochester N Y and spend his vaca
tion at the Lee hospital with his
cousin Dr J M Leo He will visit the
Buffalo exposition enroute
The home of Charles Kanull between
hero and Madison was struck by light
ning last Saturday morning and was
considerably damaged Mrs Kanull
was struck on the foot aud reudered un
conscious but recovered soon afterward
none tho worse for her experience
This section of the state escaped the
promised frost last night aud vegetation
is booming aloug without hindrance
Farmers gardeuers aud others aro con
gratulating themselves on the escapo
aud the weather is warmiug with every
indication that the chilly spell is past
The following teachers havo been
hTOilStove
olootod by tho Hattlo Crook board of
oducatiou D It Vautlng principal
Mlfls Molllo Taylor Intermediate MIhs
If your detlef
docs not have
them write to
the nearest
agency of
STANDARD
OIL CO
dealer in stumps stieh dealers certificate
as to thndato of sale to olalmaut aud
the certificate of tho collector as to tho
dato of sale to the dealer must bo fur
nished Stamps that are uot in tho
samo condition as whoa issued will uot
bo redeemed unless their condition is
satisfactorily accounted tor Document
ary and proprietary stamps can bo re
deemed only when presented iu quanti
ties of f 2 or more face value and no
claims for tho redemption of or allow
ance for suoh stamps can bo allowed un
less presented within two years aftor
the purchase of said stamps from tho
government All claims for tho redemp
tion of stamps imprinted on chocks
drafts and other instruments will be
forwarded by the colloctor of tho dis
triot in which the order for tho imprint
ing was mado to tiio Washington office
If I lie claimant resides iu a district other
than that iu which said order was
chased his claim should ho proparod
and deposited with tho collector of tho
district iu which he resides
KcxuilnMelll dim Itncltiil
About ono liulf tho pupils of Ludwig
Koouigstoiu will give a recital TuoHday
evening May II iu tho M E church
commencing at H oclock As before ho
will havo pupils play representing flvo
different gnulos
Tho introduction of tho duo mid con
certo form two years ago by Mr
Koenigstoin shows off a composition in
a bettor light uud at tho coming recital
ho will havo two of thoso duos on his
program ono of a molodious aud
dreamy character iu a cantahilo legato
stylo tho othor ouo requiring moro
technical power iu tho bravura stylo
A few of Mr Koonigsteins own com
positions will ho played by his pupiiH
several of which havo boon copyrighted
while tho others yet romaiu lu manu
script His compositions now number
opus 8 His waltz iu 0 minor aud
barcarollo In D will bo heard for tho
first time in Norfolk
Owing to the many expenses con
nected with tho giving of a rocltal tho
small sum of ten cents admission will
be charged to dofruy oxponsos
Mr Koenigstein will play tho Nevin
A Day in Venice as tho final number
which is u descriptive composition in
four parts describing llfo la Venice
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every day Let us auswor it today
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