-HWp(-'pvjS ' "ITT" 8r -W"' ' w ' rff-y. W t- ?? T1S? WT-W y j"Wf" let - V. rMsT V . I 5 t W: LOCAL PARAGRAPHS. I Miss Bessie Kibble returned Tuesday from her visit at Hyannis. The board of county commissioners will convene January 15U1. ' County Clerk Mounts is spending a few days in Omaha on business, J. W. Guthrie went to Chadron last Tuesday to spend a few days. Mr; and Mrs. Ross Merrill welcomed a baby boy to their home last Sunday. John Calm and Amil Planansky were down from Hcmingford Tuesday on business. N D. W. Lee was up from Bridgeport Wednesday. He says that town' has a bright future. Mrs. M. F. Nolan returned Tuesday morning from her visit with her parents at Stuart, Iowa. Mrs. M. F. Donovan is enjoying a visit from her mother, Mrs. B. C. Cavin, of Crawford. S. K. Warrick went to Lincoln yes terday to attend a meeting of the trustees of Wesleyan university, Johnny Elmore went to Omaha again yesterday on business. He may return for the K. C. initiation Sunday. Mrs. J. P. Reardon entertained a number of ladies at dinner Tuesday complimentary to Mrs. Hampton of Denver, Rev. Father Dobson of Sidney and Rev. Fyther Heinzman .of Edgemont were visiting with Father McNamara this week. Tom Collins, living about thirteen miles north of the city, has been quite ill with pneumonia but is improving at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hampton of Denver have been the guests of their son, G. G. Hampton, and family for several days. Mrs. Win. B. Clark returned the latter part of last week from a couple of weeks visit with relatives in Minn, eapolis, Minn. Sheridan county sent five prisoners to the state penitentiary recently. Ev idently they believe in conviction over in Sheridan county. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church were very pleasantly enter tained by Mrs. J. A. Hunter at her home yesterday afternoon. tr Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Briggs came in from their ranch ""east of here last week to spend Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rowan and other friends. The kids are in high glee since the recent fall of snow and "sledding" is fine. According to the weather man, this month will see considerable of the flaky whiteness. Miss Rosella Rose returned Monday from Broken Bow, where she has been visiting the past month with her ,par ents. She is again at her usual place in the central office. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Lambertson mourn the death of their infant child, who passed away last week. The little body was buried in Greenwood c.eme tery last Sunday. R. J. Stockmyer, postoffice inspector for this district, has been appointed in place of C. F. Dutton, transferred. Mr. Stockmyer's family arrived here Saturday where they will reside. Among the Hemingford visitors to the county seat last Saturday r were Prof. Wm. Deaver, principal of the high school at that place, and Miss Bertha Parkyn, teacher in the inter mediate department. A. D, New of Ellsworth cried the big administrator sale of Hanks last week, and a very good sale was had. On next Tuesday, Dec. 1st, he will cry the big sale of Otto . Smith. Hay Springs Enterprise. Gregory Zurn received recognition recently in the order of I. O. O. F. from the grand master who appointed him district deputy grand master of this district which composes the lodges of Alliance and Hemingford. The members of the B. of L, E. No. 622 and their wives are invited to be at the K. C, hall after meeting on the 'evening of December 10th to be enter tained by the members of the G. I. A. No. 309. ' Dr. Bowman of Alliance was called in consultation on Tuesday in the case of Mrs. George M. Adams, who has a severe attack of typhoid fever. . A trained nurse has been sent forCraw ford Tribune, Fred Meyers, an employe at the Burliugton yards, left Tuesday morn ing for Columbus, Ohio, where he will spend about a month visiting his par ents, whom he has not seen for over four years. Dr. Bellwood returned Tuesday from a few days stay near Hill Citv iu the Black Hills. The doctor was called there professionally but found time to have a little hunt after big game and got some. After a pleasant .visit here Thanks giving, Miss Blanche McDonald re turned to Lincoln last Saturday after noon. Owing to the severe illness of her sister, Mrs. Rhodes, residing at Beaver Crossing, this state, Mrs. W. S. Coker left for that place last Monday. Everybody come to the oyster sup per social at L. J. Schill's, six miles southeast of town, Friday evening, December ttth, for the benefit of school district No, 34. Nate Hart was down .from Lead, S. D., a couple of days this week at tending to business matters and greet ing his many friends. Mr. Hart re ports business pretty active in the Black Hills. Walter Kent came in from Long Lake today holding his neck in a "be careful" attitude, which indicated a boil. Mr. Kent reports a fall of from five to six inches of snow in his neigh borhood. Mrs. R. Simmons advertises the ar rival of a fine, new stock of Christmas novelties at her millinery store. When out walking call and inspect the stock. Some fine articles may be had fof Christmas presents. W. W. Norton is making a special price 'on overcoats and clothing and the ad. of this popular store, which appears on the first page of this issue, will tell you where you can get a genu ine bargain in mighty fine goods. Read it. C. E. Rosenberger of Nonpareil pre cinct jvas in the city Monday. Mr. Rosenberger, who is one of the sub stantial farmers of the county, has just completed a fine, new residence on his farm four miles south of Heming ford. A number of young lassies have been having fortnightly parties the past month or two at the homes of each one in alphebetical order. Last night it came to the O, and Miss Theresa O'Donnell entertained in great style at her home. Mrs. Kraemer came down from Al liance Tuesday evening to remain over Thanksgiving with her mother, Mrs. J. H. Minor, the doctor arriving last night in-order to be present at the big feed at the Minor home today. Hy annis Tribune. Fire in the basement of the rooming house, conducted by the. Byrnes sisters, called out the fire department last Fri day night about nine o'clock, The heating plant started on a rampage but the fire was discovered before much damage resulted. Mrs. W. B, Young entertained her Sunday Schoolclass last Thursday night at her home on wesi Wyoming Ave. About thirty young people were pres ent and they spent the evening in playing various games, after which supper was served. Extra number 1943 east, in charge of Conductor D. W. Kenner and Engi-. neer C. E, Wills, got six cars off the track at the west switch at Lakeside yesterday evening about 7:30. The accident was due to the brake rigging on a car coming down. One dollar and costs was the sen tence pronouueed on a stranger, by Police Judge Bullock, who wished to show that Alliance was not a dry town last Saturday night. A jail sentence was necessary to liquidate the indebt- ness to the municipality. The friends of Mrs. Thos. Beck, formerly of this city, now residing at Long Beach, Cal., have been informed of the illness of Mr?. Beck, who is in a hospital at that place for treatment. Her condition, we are pleased to state, is not considered "dangerous. Conductor W. J. Hamilton has been at home the past week on account of a bad cold and other physical ailments. This sudden relax from a most strenu ous life on the road is not to Will's liking. However, the patient is con velcscing and " W. J, will be himself again" in a few days, Adam E, Burkett and Mrs. Minnie Sward, both of Alliance, were married yesterday at the First Presbyterian parsonage, Rev. Bogue officiating. Mrs, Sward has charge of the Burling ton section house. Mr. Burkett has been an employe of the Burlington for a number of years. The night cook at the Northwest hotel was up before Judge Bullock last Saturday charged with carrying away a quantity of cigars and bacon from that popular resort. The damage was considered to amount to about $10, which the defendant liquidated. F, J. Betzold was a business visitor at Council Bluffs,Ia., last week where he went to transact matters in the auto mobile line. The Jackson, for which Mr. Betzold is agent iu western Ne braska, is doubtless one of the mbst popular machines on the market and several have been sold by our Alliance agent. Aside from being the agent of the celebrated Jackson auto, says a Council Bluffs paper, Mr. Betzold in looks and size, is a twin brother to the president elect, Mr. Taft, Dan Egan, of Hyannis, well known iu these parts, has placed his two little daughters in St. Agues' academy where they will receive schooling under the tutorage of the Franciscan Sisters. Mr. Egan, being a member of Alliance council Knights of Columbus, will take part in the initiation next Sunday. Judge Sullivan, of Columbus, who was appointed to one of tho places on the supreme bench by Governor Shel don, tendered his resignation after setving one day. The only reason yet made public by Judge Sullivan is for "sufficient reasons." His action cre ated a sensation at Lincoln yesterday. The position pays 54,500 a year. The new Brunswick bowling alley Dismer & Becker, proprietors, has re served Wednesday afternoon and Fri day evening for tho exclusive use of lady visitors who enjoy the game of ten pins. The alley is in superb con dition so that lovers of the art of twirl ing the balls may have the best that can be arranged in the way of a bowl ing alley. H. G. Furmau, a prominent stock man whose ranch is near Marsland, was in the city yesterday accompanied by his son, Burt, who recently return ed from Lincoln, where he has been in school for the past year or two. The young man will soon establish a bank at Marsland. The institution will-have the confidence of that community and doubtless will be a successful venture and appreciated by the citizens there who have felt the need of a bank for several years. The general quarantine order issued by Health Officer Stevenson will be raised Saturday night and things will go along in the channel they were pre vious to the issuance of the order. All danger of an epidemic is now over and the quarantine on private houses is be ing lifted at the rate of four and five a day j Cases are being discharged from the pest house at the rate of seven fir eight to one new case, and. the disease has been checked promptly, owing to the active measures taken by the ,jfwberehis services are ,.of an. apprecia- thori ties. Sheridan Enterprise, Obituary (California Independent) Mrs. Minerva J. Sturgeon, mother of Mrs. M. U. Ellis and of Messrs. P. B, and J. Paul Sturgeon of this city, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, on the 17th of March, 1850, and died in this city Monday evening the gth inst., and was laid to rest in the beautiful Ever green cemetery the following Wednes day afternoon. Early in her life at the age of 17 she was married, and very shortly after united in membership with the Metho dist Episcopal church, iu which she lived, a very faithful member until her death. In the year 1894 she and. her husband and family moved to Califor nia, and shortly after located on Boyle Heights, of this city, where her hus band died more than nine years ago. They became identified with the Boyle Heights M. E. church and entered heartily in all the spiritual activities of that church. Returning from 'a lenghty visit to her daughters in the east more than a year ago, she located near the Brooklyn Heights Methodist church and at once associated herself with that society, and, as long as her health permitted, was very faithful in her attendance to its services. For some time she had been in poor health; but through all her suffering her faith in Christ was clear and strong. The end came swift at last. Suddenly the Master called her to Himself; but she was perfectly ready to meet her Lord, Sweetly as a babe nestling on its mother's breast, when the shadows of evening had deep ened into night on those watching around her, she fell asleep in Jesus. A good woman, a loving mother, a faithful wife and a devoted Christian, she has entered into her reward. Besides those mentioned above, she leaves behind her to mourn her de parture, two daughters, Mrs. Enoch Boyer of Alliance, Nebr,, and Mrs. J. M. Robinson of Arcadia, Nebr.; as well as two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Weekly, liviug at Clinton Mo., and Mrs. U. H. Emick of this city. Her fuueral was held from her home Wednesday, the nth, conducted by Rev. F, Smith, her pastor, assisted by Rev. J. W. Liscomb and Rev. Alfred Inwood, pastor of the Boyle Heights M. E, church, Rev. Alfred Inwood, A watch free with each boy's suit from now until Christmas at Norton's. Big Doings with Knights Next Sunday The initiation of candidates into the order of Knights of Columbus, which was to have taken place last Sunday was postponed till nevt Sunday. More than thirty lambs will be initiated into the mysteries of Knighthood and a most imposing exercise is looked forward to. District Deputy Arthur Mullen of O'Neill will conduct the initiatory work assisted by tho local team. The Daughters of Isabella will serve the banquet which will follow tho initia tion and takes place at tho opera house. Several after-dinner speeches will bo delivered and the whole affair will bo elaborate. Hagerman-Cktr Marriage. June is said to be the month of roses and weddings, but December seems to have entered as a close rival. Here in Alliance, anyway this order of things exists this year. Among tho popular young people of this locality to join fortunes in connubial felicity are Mr. Otto Hagerman and Miss Rose Coker who were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rowan yesterday. Rev. Vallow of the M. E. church officiating. The young couple started on a wedding trip on 44 yesterday and will visit fpr a few days before returning to their home which is fifteen miles southwest of this city where Mr. Hagerman has a ranch. Shiwirs-SHHify Nuptials. Cupid stole a march Wednesday last week, when he quiotly brought gcther two hearts that beat as one of to- in the persons of Mr. William Showers and Miss Florence Snoddy, both popu lar young people of this city. So adroitly was this union consummated, that only a few were aware of the mar riage till several days after. The cere took place at the Methodist parsonage and the pastor. Rev. Vallow, was in league with the little laccratcr of hearts by performing the marriage ceremony. However, it is well that such is the, case for they are among the young people of Alliance that The Herald desires to congratulate and wish a long and happy life. The groom is employed in the service of the Burlington system, tjve nature. His bride Is a member of the-Flctcher insurance agency and we understand -will continue in the office as heretofore. Those overshoes and rubbers that you have been waiting for are here. Norton's, n., si-xt. A good, family milk cow, fresh, for sale. Inquire at Herald office. 51-it Do you want to provide a Christmas present every year for your wife or child? See Gray & Guthrie about an Income Bond. st-it An Income Bond takes tho place of a husband's or father's salary after he is gone. See Gray & Guthrie for par ticulars. wwwwwww, 5ixt The Bee Hive store for all kinds of notions, candies, etc., etc. The Alliance and Box Butte county Anti-Saloon Leagues will pay $100.00 for the arrest and conviction of any person found illegally selling intoxi cating liquors in Box Butte county, Nebraska. 51. tf FACTS J The news items of the home com munity. jThe things in which you are most interested. J The births, weddings, deaths of the people you know. J The social affairs of our own and surrounding towns. That ra tfca Ua4 of facta tU paper dvM jrea la ajarr tuoa. Tbay ar carUlnlT worth taa ubtcriptioa prica. LEGAL NOTICE' in the District Court or llo Butte County Nebraska. John O'Keefe, Plaintiff) vs, I Robert Garry und Mrs. I Oifcrjr, wife of defendant, Hobort Uurry, firtt real I name unknown, Defend- I ants. J Hobort Curry and Mrs. Curry, wife of de fendant, Robert Curry, ilmt real name un known, non-resident defendants, defendants will tuko notice that on the 2nd day of Decem ber, 1808. John O'Keefe. plaintiff herein, tiled his petition In the district court of Box Butte County, Nebraska, against said defendant!., the object and prayer of which are to foreclose a certain mortgage exeoutod by the defendunt, Itobert Carry, to J. I. Cane Threshing Machine Company upon the Southeast Quarter of Sec tion &. In Township 8rt, of Range 00, In Hox Unite, County, Nebraska, to secure tho pay ment (if two certain promissory notes, both dated Auguxt 15, 1WM, botu for the sum of 2W.000.UO each, one due September 1st. 1000. and other due October 1st. 11W, which said two promissory notes und mortguge shearing same was duly aligned and sold to the plaintiff, for a vuhiublu consideration, on February 9th, 11)07. by J. 1 Case Threshing Machine Corn puny, and plaintiff Is now the owner and hold er of said two promissory note andsntd mort gage securing s tmo and entitled to all moneys due thereon, that there is now due on said two notes and mortgage the sum of $730-Kl, for which sum. with Interest from this date, plaintiff prays for a decree that de fendants bo rcoutred to pay same or that said premises may bo bold to satisfy the amount found due. You are required to answer said petition on or before the Uth day of January, itoy. JoiiNO'K'EKrr, l'lalntitf. Uj W, Mitchell, hla attorney. Dated December 2nd, 1908. fji. Dec 3 iw BOUNDING THE INFINITE. ! I Are the Number ef Stars In Spaei Without Limit? How many stars are there? tt la nol known, hut most HHtronomors bcllev tho number Is not unlimited. The ar gument Is that with an lutlnlte tint verse of stars the heavens would bfl one uniform blaze of light. Tho more distant Rtar are, of course, dimmer; some arc too far nway to affect the naked eye at all, hut no matter how slight tho unlla mi inllnlte number of thoin would produce the effect de scribed. Ah there U no uniformly blazing sky, the number of stars, though possibly Immensely great, must be limited. This argument Is supplemented In u recent astronomical paper by a similar one drawn from gravitation. Kvcry star, no matter how distant, exercises Its own power of attraction on every other heavenly body, Including our earth, However, ns tho earth's center Is farther away from the attracting body than Its surface Is, particles on the earth's surface are attracted with greater force than those at the center, and tho practical result Is to lessen the force with which the earth's mass Is held together. Now, If the number of stars Is infi nite, this decrease would bo so great that weight on tho earth wbuld practi cally cease to exist Moreover, the same conditions would prevail every where throughout a boundless universe and probably all masses would be dis rupted. That this result docs not oc cur Is a proof, we are told, that the number of heavenly bodies In exist ence is not infinite. These arguments make certain as sumptions that may or may not be granted; they can neither be proved nor disproved. The argument from light as sumes that light waves aro transmit ted through space without loss; that from gravitation assumes that the same thing is true for gravitational attraction. If light or gravitation is absorbed or lost in somo way when passing from star to star, the number of stars may bo infinite after all. At its best the speculation Is more curious than con clusive. Chicago Record-Herald, STRENGTH OF AN EAGLE. Wonderful Power In the Bird's Claws and Legs. Whllo I cannot give any positive proof of how much a bald eagle can carry, I should suppose, declares a writer in ForpHt and Stream, that he could carry at least as much in pro portion to his weight as a hawk or a horned owl, 1 have the recorded weight of a male bald eagle weighing nlno aud a quarter pounds and a fe male weighing twelve pounds. k A horned owl will weigh from four to Ave pouuds, and I have several times known ono to carry off a large house cat; Ono cat was very large, and the owner told me he could hoar the cat cry as he was being carried off. Now, any one who will weigh a large house cat will find it to weigh at least ten pounds. I have seen a goshawk carry off a hen fully twice its own weight, and 1 have taken from u marsh hawk a very large chicken which would weigh more than twice what the hawk would. The marsh hawk Is one of our weak est hawks, hut he had carried this chicken over a quarter of a mile. My belief is that if a hawk or horned owl cau carry more than twice its weight (and I know positively that they can) then an eagle could, If occasion re quired, do us much In proportion to his weight, which would be to carry eighteen or twenty pounds. Once when an eagle, shot through the body with a rifle bull, lay on his back I up ended a long rouil .skid aud dropped It on Jilm. Before It reached him he stretched up and caught It in ids clays and held It the length of his legs abovo him. I walked up on the skid and stood above him, und he easily held me and the skid, which 1 should Judge would weigh more than twenty pounds. I took pains to be weighed the 'same day and weighed 110 pounds. Put a stick in the claw of a wounded eagle and let him grasp a small tree with the other, aud a man must be stronger than I over was to take the stick from him. The Call of Egypt. Egypt calls even across the space of the world, and across the space of the world he who knows it is ready to come, obedient to its summons, because in thrall to the eternal fascination of the "land of sand and ruins and gold,' the land of the charmed serpent, the land of the afterglow that may fade away from the sky above -tho moun tain of Libya, but that fades never from the memory of one who has seen it from the base of some great column or the top of some mighty pylon; the land that has a spell wonderful, beau tiful EgyptRobert Hlchens In Cen tury. Soma Satisfaction In That. Mrs. Ilewllgus You say that if a burglar wants to get into the house he'll get In iu splto of everything you can do to keep him out Then what la the use of your taking so much pains to fasten all the doors and wiudows? Mr. Ilewllgus I want to give him all tho trouble I possibly can, blamo him! Chicago Tribune. Those Dear Girls. Maud You say Jack once proposed to you. I don't believe it He satd I was the only woman he ever loved. Ethel Yes, dear, but be didn't class me among women. Ho used to call me his angel. Boston Transcript No man was ever so much deceived by .another as by himself -Grevllle. fWWWW BUSINESS LOCALS. A.j'WW W' "Crown" Mrs. H, C, Hakcu, public stenog rapher, Commercial olub office. Phone 677. w 48-ow Lost, a Masonic charm. Finder wilt please leave same at freight depot and receive suitable reward. 48.2W Wauted A good, reliable man to sell ten and coffee at once. Grand Union Tea Co., Omaha, Nebr. The ''Crown" I wish to announce to the public that I have onencd tin a nlinn Minn at 406 Box Butto avenue, first door south ot quarters hotel and being competent to do work neatly and promptly, I solicit a share of your patronage. Chas. Watteyno. 48'3-w Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk. Try Pardy's Cottage Bread. See F. E, Reddish for loans on real estate. wvww 7-tf Go to Pardy's Bakery for your Pies and Cakes. ' Dr. Alien, dentist. Opera house blk Pardy's Bakery is t West Montana street. The " Bent' Crown" For Rent A large east front room, close in. Inquire at Herald office. Fir Sate Two story dwelling, eight rooms, with furniture. Corner Niobraria and Dakota street. Apply to F. B. Dismec. 40-tf. J, Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk. Piano tuning and repairing, phone 498, ww,- The Geo. P. Bent "Crown" Piano Wanted to Winter -300 to 400 cat tie, plenty of hay and range. Dr W. Albright, Konomi, Sheridan Co.. Neb.. or Hall & Graham, Alliance. Wanted to buy small house in north or west part of Alliance. Inquire at The Heiald office. Lady, with good education, desires, a position in Alliance as clerk,- Can give good references. Address box .1198, AU!a?Ut 49'2r Pianos and Sewing Machines See Threlkeld Phone 498 Notice is hereby given that no hunt ing will be allowed on the premises of the undersigned, D. H. Briggs, Mrs. M. H. I'atmoub No one' allowed on premises with gun and dog on all jand owned and con trolled by undersigned. T. L. Biuocs. W. H. Brick. Furnished rooms for rent at 404 Wyoming avenue, or phone 205, Wanted Anyone having a car of more of potatoes to sell, write us best prices; smooth, screened, matured stock. Johnson Bros., Nebraska City, Neb. If you want to rent a house, flat, store, or barn, see S. . Hiller. He has them. 30-tf. I have a few thoroughbred Plymouth Rock cockerels for sale at $1.50 cash up till new year, and pullets at 75 cents each. H. P. Larson, Antioch, Nebr. Far Sate Cheap Relinquishment for section of land. For farther particulars address G, C, ca reThe Herald. 50-3W" NOTICE Complaint having been made that railroad crossings have been obstructed by trains for an unreasonable time, in some instances for one hour, trainmen and switchmen are hereby notified that henceforth when crossings are closed formorc than ten minutes and com plaiut is filed, those responsible for such obstruction shall be arrested and srosecuted. The law is that crossings shall not be obstructed for more than ten minutes on public highways. S. C. RECK. County Commissioner I BUSINESS LOCALS. ? LITTLE GEN Shoe Repair Shop G. P. GiMRB, Proprietor REPAIRING NEATLY DONE Haven't got a machine to sew soles on but will guarantee that hand sewing will stand the test better than machine. GIVE ME A TRIAL uq B ox Butte Avenue