THE IB 20 PER CENT OFF for the next twenty days on all bed room suits. Come in and look over our bar gains. S. A. Pratt Billiard and Pool Parlors Finest Brands ot Cigars, with such leaders as Denbys, Havana Sticks, B. B’s., and other choice smokes. Your patronage appreciated First Door, West of First National Bank Loup City, Nebraska, the price on my harness. | Bring your harness and collars for repairs and oiling now is the time to get ready for spring work, als o put in your order for new harness and have them made to suit you, the price is right in spite of the big advance in price of leather. I have not raised Yours for business JAMES BARTUUEE: I. G. PAGELER Auctioneer Loup City, - - Nebraska 9QOOCOOOOOCOCO(>OeOOOOQ« ‘ I will call sales in any part of Sherman County. Phone or write, Jack Pa^eler Loup City, Nebrask i IT |S easy now TO OWN A FARNi Here isan opportunity for the farm renter, the farm hand, and others to take advantage of Uncle Sam’s generosity and become a farm owner The New Homestead law gives you title to a govern ment irrigated or a Mondell 320 acre free homestead in three years and allows five months absence each year; thus a re si. dence of 21 monuhs now makes title as against 6'J months under the old law. Personally Conducted Homeseeker’s Excursions first and third Tuesdays I wi'l be glad to take a personal inter est in helping you, Write today for maps and illustrated folders. D.CIem Deaver, Immigrant Agent 1004 Fsrnam Street, Omaha Nebraska _ _._ THE NORTHWESTERN Entered at the Loop Ultv Po«t<>fTtre for trap*, mission through the mails as second class matter. Office Phone, - Red 21 Residence, - Black 21 .1. W. BURLEIGH. Editor and Pnb Litchfield Nlan Found Dead in His Room A phone message last evening about 6 o’clock to Coroner A. S. Main, stated a man had been found dead in Litch field and tiis presence was needed. An hour later, l)r J. E. Bowman with his car Cook the coroner. Sheriff Williams and the editor of the North western to that village. Upon arrival, the coroner and party, followed by a large and curious crowd, were taken to a rooming house on the east side of the main street, and to a room on the second floor, where lay the body of the dead man in a natural position upon tiis bed, with no evidence of a struggle or anything to suggest other than that tie had died a natural deatii. Several questinos were asked by Coroner Main and it seemed -as though such satisfactory answers were given that an inquest would not he necessary, such however appeared not to be the case, and in order to satisfy all minds, an inquest was ordered and the sheriff summoned a jury com posed of C. A. Potter, W. D. Fisher, John Anderson, W. I. Cravens, J. E. I | Bowman and J. YV. Burleigh, they were duly sworn and evidence was | heard from various witnesses, which gave forth the following facts of the j man, his character, history, period up ' to the time he was last seen on the ' Saturday morning preceding his death, I etc., which are condensed in the fol I lowing: The man was August YVest phal. aged some 51 years, and had two i sisters, Mrs. John YY'ebber and Mrs. Kohls, both living near Litchfield,and one brother who lives in Illinois. He came to Lichttield ten or twelve years ago and had been working on farms and doing odd jobs here and there for a livelihood. Before coming to Litch field he had divorced himself from his wife after some 13 years of wedded life. He was of a very taciturn dis position, scarcely ever speaking unless spoken to first, never quarrelsome, had no enemies and not beyond two or three friends that he visited and then only at intervals, lie lived alone in his little room, cooking his own meals, and was almost in the nature of a recluse. He was possessed of no property, save the few little things i’i his rooms goocfly array of clothing of all kinds, and perhaps a small amountof money, iri the neighborhood of 850, in the bank, besides some 812 found in his clothes. The evidence showed lie was badly afflicted with asthma, was in poor health, though not under the care of any physician. Several persons saw him last Saturday morning, the last seen alive. Being •of such a nature as to win no friends to speak of, his absence was not noticeable to any extent till last [ evening, when two citizens of the ! I town remarking his non-appear-1 ance, concluded to go to his room and see how lie was. Not fettingamwer t) their calls and the j door found locked they broke it open j and found the bodv as stated, and ” l fastening the door immediately noti- j tied others of the find and the coro ner was called. Dr. C. E. Paul, to whom the dead man looked more than to any other; John Weber, brother-in-law, and Henry and F. A. Kohls, nephews of the man, were the witnesses, and the only ones from whom the jury received any information. At the close of the inquest, the jury retired to the office of Mr. Potter, and after dis cussing all points before it, rendered the decision, ‘'That said August Westphal. to the best of our knowl edge and judgment, came to his death from natural causes, the direct cause probably la grippe, and remote cause asthma.-’ The relatives took charge of the body and were to bury it today. Gounty Attorney Gase Appealed The county attorneyship case has been appealed to the District Court. Yesterday, R. J. Nightingale & Son filed an appeal bond and precipe for transcript in the contest case and it will come up in the District Court at the coming term. Young Mother Deserts Ghild 1 his moin'ng, Mrs. J. W. Jor.eswent to Lincoln tiking a deserted baby to the home for deserted and neglected children. The case is a peculiarly sad one. Some few weeks since at Litch field, a young woman named Estella Fike took her infant daughter, born about Thanksgiving time, to the home of Mr. Howard Lang, leaving it there with the remark that she thought they would give it needed care, and leaving the house boarded an outgoing train and disappeared. Mr. Lang took the infant to Lincoln, but thev of course refused to accept it, at the home without the necessary order of court. Later, in process of law. the mother was located at Bro ken Bow. after being trailed to Scottsblulf. Buffalo county and other points, and brought to Loup City. Monday morning, fvccompanied by her attorney, N. T. Dadd. The mother claimed site was a domestic and could not secure places to work, when burdened with the babe, and finally Judge Smith ordered the babe com mitted to the care of the state board of dependent and neglected children, and Mrs. Jones, who had the child in her care for a number of days, was comissioned by the court to take the infant to Lincoln as per above stated. It is suspicioned who the young man in the case is, and it is also under stood that while ids present where abouts are unknown, lie maybe found and made to do rightinthe premises, 1 with all that statement means. I Miss Adelle Nickerson Leading Lady With Sanford Dodge. Miss Adelle Nickerson is making rapid strides in her work and this season she has been engaged by San ford Dodge to play the part of Ro salia Eventural in "The Right of Way". Miss Nickerson had never seen the part played, so to all intents and purposes, it is as if she had crea ted the role. Although Miss Nicker son lias played sueli great parts as "Juliet", "Marguerite", ‘’Portia". ‘■Faustina", etc., the role of the sweet, winsome village girl Rosalia is entirely different and. requires as much talent to make it effective as any of the others. That Miss Nickerson succeeds so well is owing to her training and! ability.' She was born in Wyoming but \/as educated for the stage in Boston. People born and bred in parts of the world where climate con ditions are unusual, seem to in iierit dramatic talent and instinct. This is true of the people who are i natives of California; it is also true of the children of the Rocky Moun tains. Western life is a daily drama only is real. Miss Nickerson has imbided this spirit as a child drinks milk. This, in some measure ac counts for her dramatic and artistic ability. She will be seen here with Mr. Sanford Dodge as "Rosalia" in "The Right of way". This is a role that made Miss May Buckley famous. Don't forget the date nor Miss Nickerson in this play. E. G. Taylor went to Omaha on business yesterday morning. A. B. Conklin was up from St. Paul Monday on business. Miss Marhha Lewandowski returned home to Ashton Tuesday after a two weeks’ visit with her sister. Mrs. J. J. Slominski. It is reported that Grandma Dun lap has been quite ill for several days Dast and at ths time of going to pres s her condition is growing worse. While playing at the grounds after school hours last evening. Karl Ga’s teyer had an ankle severely sprained, laying him up for a few days. Mrs. LuiahT. Andrews of Holdrege, state organizer for the P. E. O. Sister hood, was entertained at a 6 o’clock dinner by the P. E. O. ladies at the home of Mrs. C. C. Outhouse last Thursday. A. C.Ogle this week received a car each of Ford and Buick autos, and a I visit to his garage would tend to! inake one think Pete was going into I the wliolsale auto business, it being chock full to the doors. We understand that a new lady man ager of the Gem Theatre arrived in this city early Wednesday morning j and will make her home with Mr. and j Mrs. A. O. Lee. Papa Lee’s smile! is more expansive than ever. Choicest of congratulations. _m m m Clear Creek Items A dance was given at Mr. Kratzer’s ; Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Zahn were ’ Grand Island visitors last Fridiy and | Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Adams spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Coppersmith. Mr. Chase of Mason and Mr. Everett Knight of Lincoln took dinner with Mr. ard Mrs. Geonfe Zahn Fri day. , l : | Russell Adams was Ijauling wheat last week. A large crowd attended the dance , at Mr. Lane’s last Saturday evening, j Mr. Russel Adams and Miss Ruth. Van Dyke spent Thursday evening; at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. j Miller. Frank Kuhn is busy harrowing stalks. Mr. Foe and Mr. Bennett are hold ing protracted meetings near Ra venna this week. The Aid Society meets with Mrs. Frank Kuhn this week. Rockville Notes Peter Jensen returned from an ex tended trip through the west, Wednes day evening, and reports having had an excellent time. Quite a number of the members of the I.O.O.F: lodge of this place went to Loup City Wednesday night of last week, to attend the dedication of the new I.O.O.F. hall at that place. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. John Sea beck, Jan. 23, 1913, a son. Mrs. E. Cords, Mrs. G. Werner and sister, Mrs. Christine Ebeling of New York, visited at Loup City on Wednes day and Thursday of last week. Miss Edith Stran and Mrs. John Burman went to Grand Island Satur day to do some shopping. Miss Olga Cords went to Danne brog Friday morning to have some dental work done. ; Win. Jakobs, Sr., went to Loup City j Friday night to look after some busi ness. Miss Editli West of St. Paul came up to visit friends over Sunday. F. C. Sundstrum was up to Loup City visiting a couple of days last week. Along R. R. No. 2 Those on Routes 1 and 2 who at ; tended the Commercial club banquet j were Chris Oltjenbruns, Will Hawk, ' Will Brown, Wash Peters. C. J. Nord sted. John (lallawav. Will and George Peterson. Edgar Foster visited a couple of! days at Lincoln the past week. Ray McCullough drove Route 1 last Friday and Saturday. Mike Klirnek built Vern Alleman'sj new windmill tower and raised it to i place tiie past week. There w as no school in the Brodock | district last Friday. Mrs. Alfred Jergenson has almost! completely recovered' from her serious accident on Christmas day. Ernest Daddow was working at the home of Jim Rouslie last Friday. Last winter at this time we had had two and a half months 6f severe winter weather. lTp to this time we have had only one bad day this winter. It is appreciated by the carriers, as they have not forgotten last winter’s siege. The old saying: Plenty of snow, good crops, did not come to pass here. With so little snow this winter we should have plenty of rain next year, if last year is any thing to go by. Iver Lynne and Lars P. Nielson were shredding fodderat Iver Lynne’s farm last Thursday. Miss Lula McFadden visited at home over Sunday. E. C. Kilpatrick marketed hogs at Loup City last Thursday. Miss Lettie Peugh went as far as Lincoln with her sister last Fridav. Why don't some one get a bill passed to enforce the road laws that we al ready have, instead of making new laws? We have some good road laws now if enforced. Those on Routes one and two that attended the dedication of the 1.0.0. F. hail last Wednesday were: Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hendrickson, Mr.and Mrs. F. A. Pinckney, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Gilbert, Ed Flynne, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. James McBeth, J. E. Roushe, Oliver Brodock and sister, .Jessie McFadden, Luther Goodwin and Will Henderson. Miss Lettie Peugh accompanied Zelda to Lincoln last Friday. She visited Winnie Outhouse and re turned home Saturday evening. M rs. Fred Johnson is on the sick ! list this week. Mr. and Mrs. Throckmorton from Valley county are visiting friends on Wiggle Creek. Last Monday evening the friends and neighbors completely surprised Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Burt, it being their twenty-fourth anniversary. They spent the evening playing games and after an enjoyable luncheon was served they departed wishing them future joy and happiness. Misses Eva Goodwin and Lettie Peugh visited at J. E. Roushe’s Mon day night. Supt. Currier visited Dist. 36, Mon day. He gave the pupils a very help ful talK. Those neither absent nor tardy in Dist. 3(5 for the month of January were: Hazel McFadden, Curtis Roush and Vergie McFadden. Adeline Daddow and brothers spent Sunday at Mr. Goodwin’s. N. T. Daddow has purchased the Gilmore place south of Austin and j will move there next month. Art Heed was over from Greeley the first of the week superintending the shipment of his mother's ho; se hold goods to that place, where si o and her family will make their fu ture home. Yesterday, .Ian. 29th, occurred the nuptials at the Catholic church at 9 o'clock in the morningf of Mr. Joseph Woznick and Miss Julia Danczak, two of our popular young Polish peou.e. There were joyful wedding festivities that day and evening at the home of the' bride’s parents in honor of the glad occasion. Editor Beushausen of the Times went to Grand Island and Lincoln yesterday morning. A little political bird whispers that our democratic contemporary has the postoffice bee buzzing inordinately loud in his bon net, and is tr. ing to tit himself into the shoes of our popular postmaster, D. C. Grow. Nuf sed. Wednesday, January 29, at noon, a pretty wedding occurred at the home of Herman Sperling, north of Ashton, when Ills daughter, Dora, and Mr. Murray Rich, of North Loup, were united in marriage. A congen ial company, composed of relatives of the contracting parties, was present to witness the ceremony, ana partake of the splendid dinner which fol lowed. The bride was attended by her two sisters the Mssses Mcllic and Ollie Sperling, and the groom was attended by Mr. Fred Christensen. They will make their home near Nnrt\h T,nnn_ Road Notice iMcPheeters) To all wliom it may concern: The Commissioner appointed to locate a road commencing at road No. 146 and running thence on section line be tween sections 22 and 27, west one mile and terminating at road No. 121, ail in town 15, range 16. has reported in favor of the establishment thereof and all objections thereto or claims for damage must be tiled in the office of the county clerk on or before nocn of the 3rd day of April. 1913, or such road will be established without refer ence thereto. Dated at Loup City tins 21st day of January, 1913. \V. C. Dkitkhichs County Clerk. Last pul) Feb. 20. Notice to Creditors SSh'eerminNCourn%ka i Iu l,‘e Our. In the matter of the estate of August Zel ler. deceased. To the eredifois of said estate: You are hereby noli tied, that i will s‘t at the county court r<>« m in Loup City, in said county, on the 22nd day of August. 1913, to receive and examine all claims against said estate, with a view to their adjustment and al lowance The time limited for the presenta tion of claims against said estate is the 22nd: day of August A.D. 1913. and the tin e limited f»»r pa\n;ent of debts is one jear from said _2nci day of August. 1913. Witness my hand and the seal of said county court. this 21th day of January, 1913. E. A. SMITH. I seal i County Judge. (Last pub. Feb. 20.) Notice of Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration State of Nebraska » , Sherman County t ss 3he State of Nebraska To the next of kin and all persons interested in the estate of Joseph Chelewski. deceased, late of aald county: Notice is hereby given that on January 27th 1913. a petition was filed in the County Court of said county , for the appointment of an ad ministrator of the estate of Joseph Chelewski. deceased, late of said county, and that the same was set for hearing Saturday, the 15th day February. 1913. at the hour of id o'clock in the forenoon, at the office of E. A. Smith, county judge of said county, in Loup City in said county, at which time and place all per sons interested in said estate may appear and be heard concerning said appointment. Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 27th day of January. 1913. [seal] E. a. Smith. County Judge last pub. Feb, 13 Order of Hearing and Notice of Probate of Will State of Nebraska f County of Sherman i ®* In the County Court of Sherman County, Nebraska. To the heirs, legatees, devicesand to all per sons interested in the estate of John Brown deceased. On reading the petition of David Browr praying that the instrument filed in this court on the 18th day of January, 1913.aud pur porting to be the last will and testament of the said deceased, may be proved and alio wee and recorded as the last will aud testament of John Brown, deceased: that said instrument be admitted to probate and the administra tion of said estate be granted to said David Brownasexecutor.lt is hereby ordered that you and aliipersons interested in said matte*, may. and do, appear at tbe County Court to he held in and for said county, on the 18th day of February, A. D. 1913. at 10 o'clock a. m. to show cause, ii any there be. why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted, anc that notice of the pendency of said petition and that the hearing thereof be given to all per sons iuterested in said matter by publishing a copy of this order in the ixmp City North western a weekly newspaper printed in said county, for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. Witness my hand and seal of said court this 25th day of January. A. D.. 1913. E. A. Smith [seal] County Judge (Last pub Feb. 13) OVER 65 YEARS* EXPERIENCE v Trade Marks Designs Copyrights &c. Anvone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain onr opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica tions at.rictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive tjx-cial notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. 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