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Conditions of the weather us recorded
for the 24 hours ending at 8 u in to
day
Maximum temperature 101
Minimum temperature OS
Average M
Precipitation t0
Total precipitation for month 07
Barometer 2050
Forecast for Nebraska Generally
fair tonight and Saturday Cooler to
night
FRIDAY FACTS
The dust is now being moved south so
that it may be returned by the next
wind from that direction
Dr Sisson says that Bishop McCabo
who was due for a date at Lyons nixt
week has been compelled to postpone
his visit until the 21st
A party of young ladies in honor of
Miss Alma Koch of West Point who is
visiting at the homo of Carl Asmus en
joyed the coolness of Tafts grove and n
bath in the Ifrkhom yesterday after
noon
A hay rack pnrty treated Mr and
Mrs Tyler of South Norfolk to charivari
list evening the newly married couple
having just returned from their wed
ding trip to Hot Springs S D Mrs
Tyler was formerly Miss Mamie Lund
of Battle Greek
Dakota City Eagle O W Goodsell
who for the post six months has been a
sub muil messenger clerk Jast Saturday
received his permanent appointment
and has been assigued to the Emerson
Norfolk run He will remove with his
family to Norfolk
The following ball games in which
the Norfolk team will participate have
been arranged for next week Oakdale
vs Norfolk Tuesday on the home
grounds Norfolk vs Stanton at Stan
ton on Wednesday Croiijhton vs Nor
folk hero on Friday Norfolk people
will therefore have the opportunity of
seeing what promise to be two good
games next week
A news report from Bassett states
that trees are flourishing on the aban
donedfarais in the sand hill districts of
Hock county and if prairie fires can bo
prevented the county will 60ou have
magnificeut groves and timber Fines
which were two feet high when set out
J2 or 13 years ago have now attained a
height of 25 foot and cottonwood trees
are 35 and 40 feet high
Special rates will be made by the
railroads for the Norfolk district M E
campmeeting at Beemer beginning the
ith Rev McGregor of Omaha will dp
the evangellstio work and Dr F M
Sisson of this city presidiug elder of
the district will superintend the meet
ing and assist at the services It is ex
pected that there will be a large attend
ance and a good meeting
Norfolk people need not be
sivo of a Hood ns fur as the bixroiuetor is
ablo to till For tho ptvt two or throe
days Dr Salters Instrument lias shown
nn Increasing low prcssurobut yesterday I
it commenced to riso again with noj
greater atmospheric dlstuibiuico than a
chnugo in tho direction of tho wind
Tho cooler temperature of last night
and today is thankfully received how
ovor
Mr Brown of tho business collcgo
Btates that tho prospect for a good at
tendance at tho coming term is very
llattering and he hns been very busy
since coming to Norfolk at arranging
preliminary details of tho work and re
ceiving applications for admission Ho
is compelled to return to Sioux City to
morrow on business connected with his
college there but will pay another visit
to Norfolk soon Menntiino Principal
Brake will bo working hero in tho inter
ests of tho Norfolk businsss school
Tho presiding elders of tho four dis
tricts of tho North Nebraska M E con
ference met at the homo of Dr F M
Sisson in this city yesterday to ontlino
tho work of the conference which is to
bo held in Noligh this fall Bishop Cyrus
Fobs presiding They wcro Hcv J
W Jennniugs of tho Omaha district
Rev J B Millard of the Grand Island
district Rev Win Gorst of tho Noligh
district Rev Mr Sisson Is presiding
oldor of tho Norfolk district The min
isterial and lay delegates attending this
annual conference number several hun
dred people and Nolighs accommoda
tions will probably bo taxed but the
ontorprising citizens will undoubtedly
meet tho conditions and come out of it
with honor
Fresh fish at GHssninns
Special excursion train to West Polufr
will leave Norfolk city depot on Sun
day August 1 at 8 a m account base
ball gnino Ono and one third faro for
tho round trip good going on special
train and returning same day
Wo have a cibh customer for a good
residence property of 1 or 7 rooms well
located Tiiacy Durland
Houses for sale
T EOdiornk
Foit Sale Several good farms near
Norfolk on easy terms also a largo list
of city property G R Siilir
O L Barr foreman of tho Mast Hose
company requests members of that or
ganization to meet at tho city hall to
night for practice
MADISON
Hermnn Barney is homo from his
trip to Illinois
Work on tho Prince building is being
pushed rapidly
Miss Amelia Bauch is visiting Miss
Helen Little in Fairviow
Miss Maud Whitla is visiting her
brother W WhTtla this week
Mr M Storey of tho Grove hotel at
Meadow Grovo was in town Saturday
Manager Sprecher of the Nebraska
Telephone company was in town Tuts
day
R C Miles and son Delos drove to
Emerick Monda returning Tuesday
evening
Tho rain has come near0 Madison but
not yet reached hero Just bouth of here
a lino rain fell Saturday afternoon
Mrs Herman Fricke and sou Charles
were passengers for Humphrey Sunday
to visit Mr and Mrs Doc OShen
Geo Richardson and wife drovo to
Battle Creek Saturday evening George
going on to Meadow Grovo on the even
ing train
Mr Hood and Miss Forster were mar
ried at tho residence of Judge Bates in
stead of tho residence of A Fisher as
stated last week
Frank Peterson and wife neo Mies
Myrtle Sutherland are now receiving
congratulationsof their friends as they
were married early in December
District court was in session Tues
day ufternoon Geo H Bishop ob
tained a judgement against R A Stew
art and others trustees of the Norfolk
college
Farm mortgages for July filed 20
3 142501 j released 2l0705 city
mortgages filed 9100 released 12
0445 chattel mortgages filed 10
124187 released 84 8388007
Spring chicken at Glissmans
We make loanB on real estate at
lowest rates Elkhorn Building and
Savings association T E Odiorke Sen
Ptui Amorlcun Imposition Kxcumlon
Itutes
Excursion tickets will bo 6old by the
F E M V Northwestern Hue on
May 0 1120 21 and 28 with a return
limit of 7 days at 3055 via standard
and 2501 via differential lines
Every day until September SO with
return limit of 15 days at t8f0 via
standard and 3030 via differential
lines
Every day from May 15 to September
0 good for return until October 31 at
4775 via standard and 4535 via differ
ential lines
Full particulars will be cheerfully fur
nished all inquirers
H C Matkau
Agent
Dr Robert B Johnson olllco in Mast
block over Norfolk National bank
For Sale Well improved farm on
bottom laud two miles from Norfolk
4000 per acre G R Seileh
T11K NORFOLK NKWS lUlOAV AlTUTST 2 1801
It 611 1
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IB
City Council Docs Considerable
of Importance
CONTAGION IS WIPfiD OUT
The Electric Light Company Makes a
Proposition to Sell that is Promptly
Rejected Mr Braasch Must Have
Coal at Contract Price
City council met in regular session
hist evening Present Mayor Koonlg
stoln Council men Hrnnunuud Clem
ents Degner Gow Ulilo Westervelt
Walker Absent Spellman who ap
peared and took his scat later
The minutes of the meeting of July
18 wero read and approved as road
Tho auditing cnnnnitteo reported
bade as correct the Juno reports of the
cleik and treasurer and tho report was
accepted
Councilman Uhlo reported that com
plaint had been niiule to him t at pr
ties n tho Junction wore sprinkling the
streets and garduns using tho lire hoso
Water Commissioner Stltt htated that
tho hoso used was an old ono discarded
bv the lire department and that they
had authority to sprinkle tho streets
and ho had loft the matter in charge of
J Horsheisor and it would bo properly
attended to
Tho street and ally committco re
ported that on July 211 tiny examined
and condemned the sidewalk in front
of Spencer As Ovolinuus storo or along
tho north side of lot Burrows K Eg
berts addition to Norfolk ami recom
mended that a culvert bo ordered put in
thiough thoU P R R right of way
on Madison avenue and Seventh street
Tho committco was instructed to notify
tho Union Pacific Railroad company to
put in tho said culvert and their report
was accopted
Tho public works committee reported
that they had been obliged to purchase
a higher priced coil for tho waterworks
as tho coal ordered by Mr Brauseh had
boon delayed although ordered in good
time
Attention was called to tho dangerous
condition of the open ditches on Thir
teenth street and tho street commis
sioner wns instructed to put n railing
along tho ditches on Thirteenth street
and also on Madison avenue whoro nec
essary
A report regarding permanent side
walks from City Engineer W II Lowo
was read and ordered filed
Mi Walker stated that several prop
erty owners at tho Junction desired the
city engineer to officially establish grade
and curb lines for them nt their expense
and tho city engineer was instructed to
officially establish grades and curb lines
for tho property owners at tho Junction
as requested they to pay tho expense of
tho work
Tho Norfolk Electric LigJiJ nnd
Power company presented the following
proposition
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of tho city of Norfolk Nebr
Gentlemen In view of tho fact that
the city is about to put in municipal
lighting nnd in view of tho further fact
that tho city is not large enough to sup
port two plants on a profitable basis we
will sell you tho plant of the Norfolk
Electric Light nnd Power company the
price to bo determined in tho following
manner The Norfolk Electric Light
nnd Power company to select ono ap
praiser tho city of Norfolk to select one
appraiser in case these two can not
agree then a third appraiser to bo se
lected by tho two already selected Die
final findings of thise appraisers to bo
the price to bo paid and the price to be
accepted Nono of the appraisers to be
residents or property owners of Norfolk
Nebr
If tho city of Norfolk will accept this
proposition within 30 days tho Norfolk
Electric- Light and Power company will
discount the valuo found by the ap
praisers ten per cent
Dated Norfolk Nebraska August 1
J 001
The Norkomc ElkctricLioht Power
Co
By H H Patterson President
A motion was made and seconded
that tho proposition of tho Norfolk Elec
tric Light and Power company bo re
jected
Roll call Ayes Brnmmund Degner
Gow Spellman Uhlo Westervelt
Welker Nays Clements Motion car
ried
A communication from W II Emgo
statiug that ho had been fined by the
water commissioner for using his lawn
hydrant out of hours although ho used
it to protect the fresh paint on his house
from the blowing dust and asking the
council to decide whether ho should pay
the fine or not was read and on motion
tho position of the water commissioner
was sustained
The treasurers report for July was
Presented and read showing the follow
ing balances genoral fund 2187 in
terest fund 2208 89 water fund
938 99 road fund 35788 sinking fnud
545000 ilro department fund 55
street light fund 3082 Tho treasurers
report was referred to the auditing com
mittee
The report of the police judgo for
July showing fines assessed 12 col
lected 10 uncollected 2 was rend and
referred to the auditing committee
The report of the street commis
sioner for July was read and ordered
filed
Dr Bear city physician reported the
city now free of smallpox and scarlet
fever ns tho last quarantine
been taken down
The following claims were lead as ap
proved by the auditing committee and
allowed
1 11 Conley snlary and killing dogs
card had TURNER KILLED BY NUDSON
o
Mtrtiu Kane salary for July W
II 11 Iloytfluly salary 10
f R McFuland salary and postage
and pcusc election i1
H 1 Kelly first quarter salary f0
August Hiunitnund HrHt quarter snl
ary 12 50
Julius Degner first quarter salary
12 50
Oscar Uhle first quarter salary
12 50
Ah Minder Bear city physician sal
ary for July 25
John OBanlon quarantine patrol
man 1S
V E Hartford snhuy chief of Ilro lie
paituient 12 50
W 11 Lowe sniveying 11
M R Green hauling booths to Second
ward for elect ion 1
M H Green hauling hook nnd ladder
truck to Third wind lire
O F W Maiquardt repairing electric
clock 150
A G Kborhnrdt meals for prisoners
2950
Roy Lee hauling away and burying
do id cat 75 cents
John Kraut livery hire 3
Fred Klentz stieot spiinkling 20
Anton Ruchol rent of room for elec
tion 250
Frank Salter two months salary as
janitor at city hall 5
Herman Koch cleaning Third and
Fourth ward hoso houses 75 cents
Albert Degner hardwaie 1 15
Canton Bridge Co one steel tubing
for sowi r 37 HO
D Signer work on streets with team
John Gleninions work on streets with
team 1750
T Willo woilc on streetH with team
7 50
William Znstrow work on streets
with team 20
Herman SainnieH work on htreets
82-
John Bonniugwork on streets 2130
W D Utcker work on streets 10 10
John Whitfoith work on streets
1 50
August Thomas work on stieets
1500
Fied Thomas work on streets 870
Edwards fc Bradford Lumber Co
tiling lh25
Ludwig Wetzel salary and extra
work for July IK 15
W 11 Widanmn0 assisting water
Commissioner in houso canvass 25
W 11 Rish new bib on Fourth street
fountain 2
Fred Klentz freight nnd dniynge 3
Fred Nordwig work on fountains and
boilers 11
Oscar ULle supplies for water works
280
I j L Rombo repairing Fifth street
fountain 1 50
Hurley Widamnn assistant engineer
at water win ks 3150
Albert Degner supplies for water
works 95 cents
The bills of the Norfolk Electric
Light and Power Co and C W
Braasch weie read as not approved by
tho auditing committee
Tho bill of the Norfolk Elec ric Light
Power company wns referred to tho
committee on fire and police to see if
they cannot havo it reduced
Tho fire aud police committee was in
structed to make a contract with tho
Electric Light company for tho street
lights nt so much per light per month
The bill of O W Brnnsch was taken
up and a motion wns made and sec
onded that the bill bo allowed as
charged up to tho present time Ayes
Brummond Clements Degner Gow
Spellman Uhle4 Nays Westervelt
Walker Motion enrried
It was moved and seconded that tho
committee on public works require Mr
Brnnsch to furnish coal at the contract
price of 385 per ton and in case of his
refusal to purchase the coal of other
dealers aud chargo tho difference in
price to Mr Braasch Ayes Clements
Degner Gow Spi llman Uhle Walker
Nays Westervelt Not voting Brum
muud Motion carried
Ordinance No 251 regarding certain
sidewalks was read tho third time aud
passed the rending
Tho council canvassed the election
returns with the following result
xne total number of votes polled was
131 Of these 831 expressed themselves
in favor of tho bonds and 103 wero
against mnking a mnjority of 228 in
favor of tho proposition
Tho vote by wnrds was ns follows
WARDS IOR AUA1NST
First 70 20
Second 107 30
Third nil 17
Fourth 41 1
Total votes cast 831 103
On motion tho bond proposition wns
declared carried
Tho mayor city clerk nnd city at
torney wero constituted n commiiteo to
have tho bonds piepared aud to negoti
ate for their salo
The same committee in connection
with tho public works committee was
authorized to advertiso for paus nnd
specifications for the electric light
plant
On motion the council adjourned
A Shooting AflrayMn Montana Results
Fatally
Oiualiii August 2 3 110 p in - Special
to Tmc Nivw A dispatch locolvcd
hero today from Missoula Mont con
tains tho information that Ira Turner
was shot ami killed lust night at a
woodchoppers cabin near that place by
Henry Niulson his father In law
Nudson claims that Turner was Dentil g
his wife but the girl takes her hus
band s part Nudson gave himself up
to tho officers and is now under iniest
The dispatch further states that Nudson
and family fonueily resided in Norfolk
Nudson Not Known
A somewhat hurried investigation
was made to learn if a person by the
name of llenty Nudson ever lived here
but without learning that he had and it
Is likely that nanus or localities may
have been mixed The investigation
will be prosecuted farther however
For Saik I0000uoicsIii North Da
kota For salo on crop payment plan
It Kiiliit
Telephone Noo33 KpauldingH
storo for gasoline or oil
Sturgeon is tho piunn man
I or Sa iii Well impioved
with SO head graded
from Buffalo Gap S
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PERSONAL
11 Ij Spnuhling went 6 Madison
this morning on business
Miss Minnie Mley was a Norfolk guest
yesterday from Madison
Tony Hull of Winsitlo is a guest at
tho homo of G K Doughty
P J Humes and A A Bley ofMndi
son were in the city yesterday
W 11 and Kil Johnson wero passen
gers for Madison this morning
Mrs Andrew Billerbeck of Osmond
was a city visitor this morning
M S Moats and W A MoatB of Ran
dolph wore city visitqis yesterday
John Read returned last evening from
a visit with his brothers in Chicago
Mr and Mrs II H Ilerbison were
city visitors yesterday from Madison
Misses Mamio Matriiu and Kthel
Doughty will go to Lincoln Tuesday to
visit
Mrs Ziisoho leturned today from a
three weeks visit with her folks lit
Hooper
Superintendent S G Strickland of
tlio M As O enioied a cool niuht in
Norfolk
W J Rni ot was ovi r from Emerson
yesterday greeting old friends and ac
quaintances
o
Mr aud Mrs Mrs E B Konyon rt
tnmod last evening from their outing
at Dulutli and tho northern lakes
Otto IJollcrninn who has been teach
ing school at Marshfield Wis returned
homo last evening to spend ins vnciwiou
Misses Minnie Fricko and Willa Allen
who have been visiting Norfolk frienis
rotururfl to their homo in Madison this
morning
S II McClary arrived yo terdjy front
Rocky Ford Col for n visit witli his
parent and to renew tho acquaintance
of many old friends
W II Johnson will lenvo for the cast
tomorrow for tho purposo of purchasing
tho fall stock of goods for tho Johnson
Dry Goods company
Prof O P Barbour of Morning Sido
Conservatory of Music of Sionx City
wns visiting in tho city today tho guest
of Mr and Mrs Goo N Reels
Ed Woods of Coleridgo nnd Jack
Davoy of Ponca wero in tho city this
morning onrouto to West Point where
they will play bull this afternoon
Father Weber loft this morning for
North Platto whoro ho will tako tem
porary charge of tho Catholic parish for
three weeks and will then go to Wayne
ns pastor
Miss Emma Mueller will go to Hot
Springs S D next week to rest and
recuperate Her sister Clara will tako
her place in Beeler Bros storo during
her absence
Rev J J Parker who hns been hero
for several days visiting old friends left
this morning for Omaha to fill Rev
Herrings pulpit in tho First Congrega
tional chinch next Sunday and will pro
ceed from there oii his trip to Boston
Dr R A Mittlestadt dentist Bishop
block Telephone 147 A
Boiled ham at Glissmaus
For Sale Ranch one and a half
miles from Tilford S D 1500 acres
deeded land 2000 leased land plenty
living water all fenced well improved
Prico 20000 Would tnko some Nor
folk property nnd farms to suit
G R Skiu r
Excursion to Columbus and Return
On August 10th account of Riugliug
Brothers circus tho Union Pocific will
sell tickets at one fare for round trip
205 Train will leavo Norfolk at 730
a m arriving Columbus at 905 a in i
Returning lenvo Columbus nt 7 p in
arriving Norfolk at 9 p in
F W Juneman ngeut
Coming in its Own Palace Cars
Tho Great Eastern railroad bIiowb
will bo here on Tuesday August 13 in
all its splendor It is a veritable city of
white tents and all the acts are new and
II
original They iiIko havo tho finest
lnulo iuh female iquestriaus fioui all
piuls of the woilil They also have n
lingo and cosily liiiuiiigeiie of wild ani
nials from all pints of tho known win Id
Donl miss tho fteo outside exhibition
on show giouiuls after tho grand street
parade
11 35 to St Paul and return
12 35 lo Minneapolis and leturn
111 III to Dulutli ami return
Tho 1 St P M iV railway will
sell on June IH to 30 and on July 10 to
August 31 at above rales final return
limit October III For Information ru
guiding return tit lint call lib union
depot 1 W Junkman
Agent
UAtTLIi GRt LK
Owen ONeill drove to Norfolk Mon
day on business
Young Henry Iteif left his homo hero
Sunday for an unknown country
Julius Gardels of West Point urrlvod
hero Monday to assist m painting mid
decorating somo of our newly built ioal
deuces
Our last weeks report did not appear
in your paper Tho onuso of thiH is
we sent a boy to the mall and ho got
thine hut tin late
Rush Anderson who lives six inlloH
south of Tihhin was visiting hero Hut
unlay and icpoited tho corn in faircoif
ditiou in that community
Saturday afternoon lightning Hi ruck
Joe Dlttriks dwelling but not much
diiinago done Wo excolui a big
rain but it fulled to rouueot
John Harding of near Meadow Grovo
was visiting here Fiiday with ichitivcH
Johnnie told us ho would havo about
500 bushels of apples in his oi chard thiH
year
Otto 11 Maas went to his ranch near
Inmiin lust week to sort out a caiload of
cattle for the Onijiha maiket Ho wont
through hero with it Sunday and re
turned Tuesday
Tho big safe for tho now bank ar
rived Monday aud the next fnoruing
the bank opened its doors for legal busi
ness Now wo havo two good banks in
tho center of the county
In our neighborhood our farmers am
very busy threshing at present Small
grain turnsout better than was oxpmtnd
Theie is lots ol wheat that gooH above
20 bushels and oats from 50 to lit
Monday a new strei t lump was tiled
hero on the bank corner It was a fluo
light hufwe dont know if tho villngo
board will put them in Theio was
some moonshine also at tho t i mo of
ih trial
W and A B Richardson and
fiuiiihuH wont to the Yellow I inks
Thursday for a littlo rest and sport
Tho Baiks have been crowded with
people limn all over this country for tho
last two weeks
Pi of M Dooring and sou and Miss
Emma Buier returned Wednesday from
their two weeks visit with i datives at
Altenburg Mo Miss Minnie Iluur
ninnn who has been htnying for two
years in St Louis returned with them
George ONeill of Baltimore Mil ar
rived hero Monday for a visit with
his cousins tho Misses and Owen
ONeill Mr ONeill has just made a
trip to tho Pacific coast but ho states
he nover seen a better country for farm
ing than right hero
Farm and oity loans
Tub UuKLAvn Trust Oo
CITY STYLES
AT LESS THAN
CITY PRICES
We will pell all our Hats
Trimmed and Street Hats at
GREATLY
RcDUCED PRICES
J E DtiiWD
CRSEiLER
Sale and
Boarding Barn
Horses Bought and Sold
Commission
Braanch Avenue
and Third St
on
PHONE 44
MRS H H HULL
Manicuring
Shampooing
Baths
TULEVUONE No 17
Rooms on North Ninth Street