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From Columbus Telegram:
The body of a dead man lying near
the back door of the Fred Schultz sa
loon and lodging house was found by
Patrolman Frank Hagcl early Saturday
morning. From various papers found
in the pockets it was identified as the
body of James S. Palmer of Sidney,
Nebr. Sheriff Carrig took the case in
charge, and later id the day, acting
upon advice by wire, caused the body
to be shipped to the address of Roy
Hand at Sidney. Palmer was a man
about sixty years old and carried papers
as a pensioner of the civil war. He
had come in the night before from
Council Bluffs and applied for lodging
at the Schultz place. He claimed to
have no money, but later was given a
room. It is believed that during the
night he had difficulty in breathing,
and after finding his way outside the
building suffered an attack of heart
failure. Among the few personal of
fects found in his clothing was a ticket
from Council Bluffs to Sidney, and $9
in money.
From Norfolk Press:
When a Norfolk male "affinity" was
taken into custody one day recently he
had seventy-five cents in his pos
session, which he sent back home for
the wife and one child to subsist on
while he tarried in the bull pen. Veri
ly, it is not always the plutocrat that
is an affinity.
From Bridgeport Nows-Uludo:
Among the political announcements
this week is that of Fred R. Reddish as
a candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation for sheriff of Morrill county.
Mr. Reddish would make an excellent
sheriff and his many friends through
put the county will be glad to assist
him in winning the prize he now seeks.
Owing to the declaring of the non
partisan act void by the supreme court,
J. H. Steuteville has come out as a
candidate for the Democratic nomina
tion for county judge. Of course Mr.
Steuteville will have no coscientious
scruples against receiving Republican
votes, but the decision of the supreme
court made it necessary for him to
make a choice of parties.
Last Tuesday M- B. Smith sold a
lot in the new town of Broadwater to a
gentleman from North Platte, who
proposes to erect a hotel building
thereon. Broadwater is the youngest
town in Nebraska, and promises to
occupy a prominent place among the
municipalities of this great commonwealth-
As the passenger trains approach
Alliance from east and west the porter
passes through the coaches and calls
out in stentorian tones, "A-1-l-i-a-n-c-e!
Change cars for Bridgeport, Sterling
and Denver!" And when one stops to
think about it, those are the only citjes
in this latitude worth mentioning.
John H. Brubacher was in town last
Tuesday circulating a subscription
paper to raise funds for the erection of
a Catholic church at Angora- He was
very successful and as the site of the
building has been donated it is expect
ed that work will begin in a short time.
The new church will cost in the neigh
borhood of Si, 000.
From Goring Courier.
Work will he pushed on from North
port this summer and wo assert that
the crops of the Gerfng valley will lie
shipped out of the valley on the Union
Pacific this winter. This is a broad
statement, and the Courier would not
make it unless it believed it had excel
lent roasou for so doing. The new
railroad year, boginning July 1, is at
hand and with it the plans for the com
ing year. Engineer Wamser was in
the valley the first of the week, and
while here went tb different points on
the survey, and while he told nothing
lie made no secret of his inspection of
various details. Additional surveying
is probable, judging from certain indi
cations, but we claim on that point
that nothing will change or affect the
fact which is printed at the beginning
of this article. We do not know where
the line will cross the river, we do not
know where the depot or roundhouse
will be located, we do not know wheth
er the work will be in progress in a
week or a month, we do not know how
much farther they will build this year,
but we still make the claim that the
long season of patient waiting is noar
ing to a close, and that the good old
town of Gering is coming into her own,
and will take her place well up in the
list of growing and prosperous railroad
towns of the western part of the state.
So be it, and when the dirt begins to
fly, just watch Gering come to the fore
front. And we believe the friendships
aud relations formed through pioneer
days will make the great mass ol peo-
pie of the North Platte valley
with us.
rejoice
From Mitchell lndox:
Dr. Stewart went to Alliance this
morning where he will assist in an
operation on Mrs. G E. Alcott, who
lives north of here in Sioux county.
Mrs. M. B. Quivey, who has been
seriously ill, is reported better now.
Dr. Bowman of Alliance was hero Moti
day in consultation with the local phy
sician. The advisability of an opera
tion for appendicitis was considered,
but it was decided not to perform one
now.
From Dliyurd Truncrlpt:
Mrs. Colrick and daughter, Mrs.
Sturgeon, and children returned to
their home in Alliance Tuesday after
a visit with Laird Beaver and family,
and little Miss Helen was so pleased to
see her grandma and auntie
From Gretna Ureoze!
One of the famous chapel cars of
the extension work of the Catholic
church in the .United States passed
through Papillion on yesterday alter
noon's west bound U. P. train. It is
an ordinary coach with the interior
arranged as a chapel and is accompan
ied by several priests, says the Times.
It is used in localities where there are
members of the Catholic church but
where there are no Catholic churches
or priests. This is one of the first
movements of the kind in the religious
field and it is attracting widespread at
tention. .wwww,
Sidney Scintillations
We are pleased to announce that
The Herald has secured a Sidney cor
respondent, and hereafter ouV readers
in that city and vicinity will find some
items of local news, as well as the
large amount of other matter that will
be of interest to them.
The Union Pacific oil shed went up
in smoke Tuesday. A mail was pour
ing some gasoline when a locomotive
passed and ignited the gas. The S. V.
F. D. was conspicuous by its absence.
S. S. Hayman of North Platte, de
puty of the Modern Brotherhood of
America, organized a lodge of that
order here recently, and C. O- Holmes
of Cheyenne organized a lodge of the
American Order of Protection.
W. C. T. U. Notes.
The editor of this department is
pleased to announce that she has ar
ranged with Prof. J. L. McBrien, ex
state superintendent of public instruc
tion, for a series of heart-to-heart talks
on the "Abolition of the Rum Power."
There will be nine talks in the series,
the first of which appears this week.
The local union will meet next Tues
day at 3 p-m. with Mrs. A. T. Lunn,
524 Cheyenne avenue.
Modern Shoe Repairing Machine
M- D. Nichols, the shoe repair man,
has ordered from the Champion Shoe
Machine Co-, St. Louis, one of their
latest improved Champion finishing
and stitching machines, which he ex
pects to arrive within a few weeks.
This machine will be a great thing for
both the shoe man aud the customer.
By means of it the amount of work
that can be done will be immensely
increased which will increase the in
come of the shop, aud the customer
can get his or her shoes half-soled
"while you wait," a great improvement
over the old method of taking your
shoes to the shop and leaving them
there, and making another trip after
them the next dav or the next week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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I'lKST PRESllYTERIAS CHURCH
Subject for morning sermon by the
pastor: "The Rule of Right." No
evening preaching on account of union
service at Baptist church, at which Dr.
Bogue will preach, the subect being
"The Conversion of the Philippine
Jailor."
UNION SERVICE
There will be a union service Sunday
evening at the Baptist church. Rev.
Dr. Bogue, pastor of the First Presby
terian church will deliver the sermon?,
the subject being "The Conversion of
the Philippine Jailor."
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
"Source and Channels of Wisdom"
will be the subject for the morning
sermon. There will be no evening
preaching on account of the union ser
vice at the Baptist church,
For Sale White Steamer, 5-passen-ger
car, in good running condition,
cheap. Present owner not qualified to
handle steam car. C. H. Blackburn,
Mitchell, Nebr.
CLUBSMUSTBALANCE
Speed on Bases Not a Guarantee
of Success on Diamond.
BRAINS ALSO NECESSARY.
Past Man Without Usual Amount of
Gray Matter Will Loso Many Game
For Hia Team Sam Crawford and
Ty Cobb Compared.
The St. Louis American league fans
and baseball critics alike, displeased
with the recent poor showing of tho
team, claim that the Browim' downfall
Is duo mostly to poor base runulug nud
nre now crying for speed, speed, and
then more speed on the bases. Of
course a competent manager will pay
no nttcutlon to public clamor. He will
know his business and conduct his
team to best advantage.
A for speed. It is well, but give us
bvnltiM wltliout speed rather than
, speed without brains. Sometimes
speed is the quality needed, sometimes
um Ins. Of course both qualities In
moderation uro better than one quality
In vxccbs. But there nre n thousand
things to be reckoned In the building
of n ball club.
Slow men with brains can steal
bases. Fast men without brains can
not. Manager Frank Chance of Chi
cago is not fast, but he Is a grand base
stealer, no better not evenfy Cobb or
Hans Wagner. Cobb nud Waguer will
steal when there Is no good reason for
stealing, when n game Is won or lost
beyond hopo, for tho sake of stealing,
as Billy Hamilton was wont to steal.
But Chance will not steal save when
there Is great reason that he shall
steal.
So much depends upon environment.
Barbcnu. with Cleveland, could not
tcal a base. With Pittsburg he Is a
crack fbase runner.
It Is being urged against several of
the Brown players that they are poor
base runners that they are slow.
May there not be other Borbenus,.
fast enough to steal with other clubs?
Not n Cleveland player Is umong the
ten leading base stealers of the Amer
ican league. Cleveland, with Goode
nnd Lord and Turner, is not n base
running club. So, when with Cleve
land. Barbenu was not n base runner.
Pittsburg has four men In the ten
lending base runners of the National
league. They nre Wagner. Clarke,
Leaeh nnd this same Barbeau, who
could not got 0 yard off a base with
Cleveland.
Base running Is nu Important branch
of baseball. It opens up the field for
tho batter by pulling the inflelders to
tho bases. It gives a chance for scor
ing by forcing fielders to make hur
ried throws. Hurried throws nre often
Inaccurate.
For Instnuce. with the members of
BevernI American league team the
methods of Cobb, who scor- t.irre
runs nnd who steals more bases tliun
nny man In the game, are nil wrong
He is too "fresh." he doea the unex
pected, he stars, he excels, he suc
ceeds. Therefore he Is wrong and
everything ho docs Is wrong
Not long ugo a certain plnycrjon P.nn
Johnson's circuit was 11 1 palna to get
himself quoted as saying that Crnw
ford was n far hotter ball player than
Cobb more valuable to his team, n
better run maker. If not a better run
getter. Now, listen to that I
Crawford Is a grand batter nnd n
grand fielder of the old school, of
which Sam Thompson. Dan Brouthcrs,
Ed Dolohnnty and Uogor , Connor were
the best exponents. Crawford Is n
bettor ball player probably than tiny
of theso men, but In his day Roger
Connor was Just as good a hitter nnd
just ns fast n man as Sam Crawford.
Crawford can hit and he can Held
No doubt of that. But does he worry
the baseman ns much as Cobb does?
Will Crawford bent out a bunt or an
Infield hit? Will he take that extra
base?
No. Indeed. You can go hack to th
limit of your arm on Crawford and
await his hit with all confidence. It
may shoot past so fast that you can
not eo It. If It comes at you nnd you
get It you" have all tho time In the
world. There will not be any at
tempt to lay down and bent a bunt
Crawford Is n slow man. and he rarely
will boat out an Infield hit. Ho will
bo thrown out by fifteen foot on an
lnfleld tap thnt Cobb will boat n yard
On the bags will Crawford niako tb.?
fielder hurry that throw to third nnd
thus lot tho man on first go to econd?
Will Crawford pull that throw to the
plute? Will Crawford worry the
catcher ns Cobb does? No; 1 guess
not.
A considerable nmount of arrant non
sonfee Is being read that It Is brains
that win, another day that It Is weight
of wood, speed of foot nnd atrongth of
arm. At various times all those things
are needed.
Speed Is good, but brains ure hotter,
and It will not bo wise to loud n club
with speed to the exclusion of every
thing olse any uioro than It would bo
wise to load It with the brains of twen
ty Dick Paddons to the exclusion of
peed. But a team of Austins. Nlleses.
Speakora and Burches would perhaps
tut but -u sorry figure In front of 0110
of Bresnnhans or Chances. Of course
toaniB of Wagners or of Cobhs would
bo unbeatable.
So do not lot ns go speed uuul nny
more than brain mad, hut loo't for a
well balanced to&in, In which all things
will he well represented.
Bradley Batttnn Poorly.
Bill Bradley of the Clovolnnds Is hav
ing the woiikost batting sonson In his
career. Ho seems unable to placo
them safely-
PITCHERSAS HITTERS
Slab Men Have Improved Their
Batting Greatly of Late.
SOME ARE USED IN PINCHES.
"Hitlest" Twlrlera No Longer Popular
With Manager or Fant Mathew.
on, Mullin and White Frequently
Win Their Own Game With Hltt.
The dny 1ms arrived when the
pitcher of one team must pitch Just ns
hard to the pitcher of tho opposing
tenm ns to any other batter. Pitchers
who rank high In twirling nnd low In
hitting are becoming n rarity as the
game advances. In baseball's past It
has been the custom for pitchers to
"ease down" when tho opposing box
worker stepped to the plate. No pitch
er pitches his best all through the
game, lie takes things cnHy when n
weak batter comes up, nnd this bat
ter generally happened to bo tho op
posing twlrler.
Pitchers are getting to rnnk high nB
hitters. One of the necessary quali
ties of a good pitcher is to win his
game, nnd pitchers nro lenrnlng to win
them by hitting effectively ns well ns
pitching effectively.
George Mullin of the Detroit Ameri
cans nud Christy Mnthewson of tho
Now York Nationals, who hnvo prob
ably mado tho best showing In tho two
big leagues this year, have won mnny
of their own games by hitting the ball
hnrd and effectively. Mathowson has
piled up long hits nnd ranks well up
In the list of big league hitters with
a healthy average.
Tho premier Tiger box star has been
ap forty-seven times, scored seven
NAP ltUCKKll, KTAlt FITOHlin 01 TUB
JlltOOULVN NATIONALB.
runs and made thirteen hits, four of
which were for an extra base. His
average at bat Is .273.
Charlie Bonder, the red sklnued
twlrler or tho Philadelphia Athletics,
loads the American league pitchers In
hitting. Ills average Is .278.
"Doc" White aud Frank Smith o
the Chicago Americans, "Dodo" Crlss
and .tack Powoil of the St Louis
Americans, Arellanos of tho Bostons,
Luke of Now York and Wlllctt of tho
Tigers nil hnvo hotter uvorages than
several of the other 11111 on their
tuuns. Instead of decreasing their
hitting nvonigus those pjtehers are
Increasing thorn, hitting hotter ns thu
kouhoii grows older and awakening to
it realization of thoir own opportuni
ties at bat.
The pitcher who Is pitching good
ball can 110 longor walk to the pinto,
stand up while the opposing twlrler
putK three over without maklug any
effort to meet theju nud walk back to
the bench. The fans expect the pitch
er to do ns much In the way of hitting
as nny one else on the team. He must
help himself.
The argument has been thnt n pitch
er wastes too much cnorgy In running
bases and miiht make no offort to hit
tho ball. Therefore hitting became n
lost art In the pitchers' class.
They are regaining the art. nud nil
of them seem to bo making an effort
to moot the ball.
Take Addle Joss of Cleveland nnd
Edgar Wlllott of Detroit, two pitchers
who furnished nn Illustration recently.
In tho Hooond game of tho last series
that the Tigers nud the Naps played
In Detroit Donovan put one over the
pluto for .loss. The big fellow swung
with all the strength he possessed, nud
tho ball bounded past O'Lcury along
third base lino nud along the left field
foul line to the fence. If Joss had ox
tended himself he could have mado
third.
Wlllott furnished 11 like illustration
flu next dnj when "Heinle" Berger
"lot down" while pitching to him.
Wlllott swung ns Joss did on the day
.previous, and his hit wont for throo
banes.
In the National league there uro
many pitchers who can swnt tho ball
hard. Overall of Chicago Is a good
Mick artist. Willis of Pittsburg 1 nn
other. Foxon of Philadelphia has mud"
several home runs tho Inst two km
muis. Brooklyn has four box inon wh"
ran hat Mcln tyre, Hunter, Sennloi
und Uuekor.
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HEHINGFORD HERALD.
HEMINGFOKD, 110X BUTTE COUNTY, NEH., JULY 22, IQOQ.
Hemingford Happenings.
Kd. Snider had a horso bitten bya rattle
snake one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Grommct and son
took dinner with Mrs. Kuhler last Sunday.
Mrs, B, Johnson's niece cams Sunday
for a short visit.
The Beatrice Creamery Co. are putting
in a station in the building south of the
livery barn.
Chas. Ball's baby fell into a tub ot
water Tuesday, being quite badly burned.
Mr. Wikor from Alllaoco was here on
business Monday.
Frank Clark went to Alllaoco Monday
to attend to business for a couplo of days.
O. Scribner drove across tho country to
Hay Springs Friday to see his father, who
is sick.
Mrs. John Armstrong is quite sick at
present. Dr. Bowman from Alliance
came up Wednesday,
Mrs. Sherwood returned from her visit
to Omaha Friday and expects to go to
California in a couple of days.
The barn and shed in the rear of Ben
Johnson's house, better known as Mrs.
Sherwood's place, caught fire some way
Tuesday, causing quite an excitement.
Beryl Walker went to Wood Lake Wed
nesday for a visit with her sisler, Jennie
Hughes.
Bert Langford went to Alliance on busi
ness Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Comrade Stegnor came
here from Greeley, Colo., Tuesday for a
visit with Mrs. Clark Olds, she being a'
nieco of Mrs. Olds.
Bert Carr was called to Alliance on ac
count of sickness Thursday,
Mrs. Chas. Huck went to Denver Wed
nesday for a short visit with her brother.
BUYERS and
SELLERS
We Get Them
Together
MUTTON, Hemingford
The Old
Hardvyare, Harness
In order to make room for new goods will make special
prices on
Buggies, Spring and Farm Wagons
Agent for the well known Decring Hay Tools and Harvesters and J. I.
Case Threshing Machines.
In HARNESS My motto: "How Good; Not, How Cheap."
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Livery
and Feed
in connection
New Land Chances
FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION:
the Great Northern Railway.
COEUR d'ALENE RESERVATION: Register at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
(Buy tickets to Spokane.)
SPOKANE RESERVATION: Register at Spokane, Washington.
Registration dates June 15 to August 5th, inclusive. This is another of the re
maining few chances for this generation to obtain good government lands.
Call on nearest ticket agent for descriptive leaflet, showing conditions, ex
cursion rates, train service, etc
The Burlington-Great Northern, Spokane and Seattle train takes you through
the wealth producing Wenatchee fruit country, and shows you the wonder
ful upper northwest empire; every mile is interesting.
BIG HORN BASIN: A splendid choice of the government irrigated lands is
still left to homesteaders in this fast growing country.
320-ACRE MONDELL LANDS: Thousands of acres of these larger sized
tracts are now available for free homesteading in eastern Wyoming and
are going fast.
Land
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Her sister, Mrs. Frlel, accompanied her
as far as Alliance to have some dental
work done.
Mrs. Frank Olds returned to her home
at Chadron Wednesday after having spent
two months hero visiting relatives and
taking care of her sister, Mrs. Grommet.
Clark Olds and son, Harold, went to
Spokane Wednesday for a visit. He may
go on to Seattle beforo coming home.
Mrs. Miller from Sioux county came in
Tuesday to meet her daughter, who came
from Colorado.
Mr. Anderson from Alliance was here
on business Tuesday.
Rtv. Kuhlor and Ed. Solder went to
Idaho to look up ft location, going up last
Wednesday and returning today.
Mrs. Pete Swanson, Mrs. Jack Carey
and daughter, Edna, wont to Hot Springs
for a week's Outing Wednesday. ,
Will Nickelson from South Creek was
seen on our streets Wednesday.
Mr. Everett returned from his trip to
Denver Wednesday, where he went on
business a week ago.
Ed. Stagle'a little son was quite sick the
latter part of the week.
Mrs. Rustin and Jean came up from
Alliance Friday to stay on the claim a
couplo of days.
Jim Blundell is tho proud father of a
baby girl, born Wednesday, July 13th.
Will Crossely in some way cut his finger
off last Friday.
Gertrude Olds is nursing a sore finger,
caused by running it in wire.
Will Grabbert came up from Alliance
Saturday, going out to Wintens for a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Weber arrived from
Leigh, Nebr., for a couplo ot days' visit
last week.
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FROHNAPFEL
Heminoforij, Nebraska
Funerals
attended
with
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Register at Kalispeil, Mont.
D. CLEM DEAVER,
GENERAL AGENT
Seekers Information Bureau,
Omaha, Nebr.
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