t i H A f K TUESDAY TOPICS 1 P French of Wayne visited friends an tho city yesterday Dr O A McKlm went to HoskinH yostcrdny nnd again today Geo W Myers of Nellgh wns n city -visitor yesterday afternoon Wm Mooro of Stanton transacted business In town yoRtorday Mrs J K Simpson entertained a fov friends nt whist lust evening Sheriff Losoy 1h ovor from Madison ngnin today on olllciivl busiucRfl Miss Mary HoriHky has pone to Ver dlgro to vinit her brother for some timo Mr and Mrs Chns S Brldgo will xmtortnln tho West Siilo whtot club Friday evening K 11 Konyon linn bought tho farm of C A Darling four miles Bouth of town comprising 100 acres Miss Wood did not leave for KniiR iH thiH morning ah intended bnt will try to got away tomorrow County Attorney Mapcs wont to Mad kou this morning to attend the meeting of tho county commissioners Goo A Brooks banker mill ownor juid morehant of Brns llo Mills wuh in town yoBtorday between traiiiH Regular coinmnnicntiou of MoRiac lodco No 55 A F fc A M will bo hold nt Masouic hall thiH evening Miss Pilger who hm been vlhlting TelatlvoB in tho city rotnrnod to hor homo iu Plainviow thiH afternoon Gustavo Schult 7 of Fremont and Guh Ivraogor of Boomer wore viBitlng with their frioud II W Winter yoBtorday Frank Hirsoh and Henry Johnson with their wivoH drovo up from Stan ton Sunday afternoon to visit friouda in tho city Tho baby loy of CharleB BrlggR living at South Norfolk diod yeBterday after u bovero illucBB of a month Commissioner Hughes came down from Battle Creek hiBt night and wont to Madison thiH morniug to attend a meeting of the board WiBner was represented in the oity yeBterday by B S Emley B Dugnn H T Andorson J P Smith K Kiuzel 11 Jrbucklo and C Sohrntz Lottie Pheasant loft over the U P this morning for Lincoln where Bho will make her homo for sonio timo with Jior Bister Mrs H 12 Gregory I H Seabnry of Plainviow passed through the oity this morning onrouto to Everett Washington At Lincoln he will bo joined by U 12 Foster XT 32 Foster who recently Bold tho Plainviow Nows is now on his way to Seattlo Washington whero ho goes to nee the country and locate if it suits -him It is reported that John Froythalor has purchased what are known as the Fucslor lots on North Ninth street and that ho will erect a residence on them 4his spring Geo W Meok6 and C M Smith of Kansas City Mo are hero to handle the iron work on tho now bridge of tho F 32 M V over tho Elkhorn river four miles west of town Burt Mapes has purchased a farm of 150 acres four miles north of this city Deponent sayeth not when Burt will move out and commence working his newly acquired possession F H Webster W H Wobhter Joo KronBe and Geo Larson composed a party in town over night from Crestou on their way to Plainviow near which plaoo they go to take farms Henry Hoobner a morehant of Hadar died at his homo iu that place yesterday morning of pnonmonia He hod been sick but four daj Mrs Hoobuer is still very low with the same dsjaso Tho board of county commissioners is holding a special meeting at Madibou today for the purpose of going over the records of back real ostato taxes and to devise ways and means of having them collected Ward Parmelee and family relatives of Bon Bar6hiugor who lived at 32mersou but who have been visiting hero several days left thiB morning for Gilroy California where they will make their homo in future Tho four-mouths-old baby boy of Al Holbrook living five miles west of the city died yesterday Tho funeral was held from tho house at 2 oclock this afternoon and tho little body was laid to rest iu the Best cemetery It is anuounced that the Uniou Pacific will soon commence tho erection of a now double track steel bridge over the Loup one mile west of Columbus Thia will make the sixth steel bridge tho company has built tiuce the lino wus opened On account of an accident on the North western yeBterday afternoon both the Union Pacific and F E ic M V trains were four hours late last night bringing the Elkhorn in about midnight and tho Union Pacific about 1 oclock this morning TheMuslo Students club met with Mr and Mrs Lndwig Koeuigstein last evening and it was onoof the best yet Symphony and concerts was tho sub ject and the feature of the evening was the first appearance of the clubs orches tra and a cello solo by Mr Bohuert M Lodor has witnessed the Hon of a numtwr of tho presidents of tho United Statofl but ho could not attend the cerrmonloR in WaHhingtou yesterday But to hIiow that ho wanted to do something In commemoration of tho day ho placed a 12 foot Mexican palm in the Trooadoro which 1h proving a curiosity to all who seo it Tho tree makes an attractlvo ornamont to hiH place of bunlncFR MADISON G B Spooco of ColnmbuH was in town Saturday Banker Brodball of Lindsay was in town Friday lost Several more cases of seal let f over are reported this week Mllo Martlndalo 1h building n barn on tho lot recently pnrohohod of Ed Craig Goo 12 lUohardRon was looking after business at CreBton Friday of last week Tho county commisslonorH were horo Tuosdny and Wednesday looking over the delinquent tax list Harry T Craig and Miss Maggie lackhon wero quietly married Sunday afternoon by Rov Fowler James NicholB was iu Wayne and othur placos in Wayno and Cedar counties this week on business Burt Mayes was down from Norfolk TucBday looking after a inihdemeanor caso before Justice Richardson Tho son of Mr and Mrs J II DoGroot diod Friday evening and was buried Sunday Rov Morning of tho Presbyterian J church conducted services at tho family residence throo miles north of town Shorill LosoyH grey team became un manageable while Mr Losoy was driv ing down Main street Wednesday and had things thoir own way for a whilo After turuiugithe corner at First street and running east nearly half a mile Mr Losoy got control of them and re turned to town Tom Webstor passed through hero Monday with four loadH of house hold goods eurouto to his new homo near Plainviow Mrs Webster and daughter Jennio camo up from Croston Tuefiday and visited nt tho homo of E T McGoheo until Wednesday morning when they took tho train for Plainviow Mortgago record of Madison county for tho month of February Farm mortgages filod 111 amount - M5 farm mortgages released 40 amount 7815 oity mortgages filed 15 amount 15405 city mortgages released 17 nmount 7000 chattel mortgages filed 100 amount 2901858 chattel mort gages released 84 amount 28505 il MEADOW GROVE Bud Lewis was in Tilden Monday and Tuesday luzio Lewis is on tho sick list suffer ing from tho grip Tho infant sou of Bob Crooko is very sick at this writing Mrs John Recroft of Plainviow is visiting relatives in this city Harry Sundorlaud and Frank McCul lam drove to Battle Creek Sunday Cora Edwards spent Sunday visiting with Bettio llalsey at Battlo Creek Cashier W A Witzigman spent the Sabbath visiting relatives at Norfolk Principal Walter Pilger passed Satur day and Sunday at liiB homo in Nor folk Frank Roberts of Battlo Creek was in this burg last Sunday the guest of MiBS Eva Christiansou Messrs Mori Hike Clyde Yeoman and Hoy Stanley of Tilden spent Sun day iu Meadow Grovo Fred Boeoh who has been quite sick with puoumouia is very much improved at tho present writing Jim Sams ex cook of tho Giove hotel left Monday evening for Casper Wyo ming whero ho will resido iu the fu ture Miss Nora Dunn returned to this city Thursday evening after an extended visit with datives in the state of Mis souri Mamio Mabel and Roy Crooko came homo from Fremont last Sunday even ing to attend tho funeral of Mrs Bob Crooko Tho Grovo hotel has agaiu changed hands Mrs Story tho owner and former laudlady of the hotel being in full possession Miss Vera Stewart who has been n resident of ihis burg for the past six months loft for her home six miles south of town last Saturday After but a short siege of illness lifes last enemy has removed from ns Mrs Robert Crooko Mrs Crooko died at 1 1 oclock hist Saturday evening Tho fu ueral took place Monday afternoon at 1 oclock Thero was a good attendance at tho dance last Friday evening a number of young folks from Battle Creek being present The music furnished by the Bohuert orchestra of Norfolk was first class aud the usual good time was en joyed by all Mr Elmer Stilwell met with a very painful accident last Saturday afternoon Whilo making lard the double dipper ho was using in some way exploded throwiug boiling lard to tho four winds Some of the hot lard stmck Mr Stil wells hand scalding it quite severely Curd of TliuukM Qur siuccre thanks are due and nre hereby expressed to tho neighbors aud frieud i who so kiudly assisted during the illness aud death of our baby Mk asd Mas C L Bkiggs it j THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY MARCH 8 1901 WEDNESDAY WRINKLES Frank Johnson was a passenger today for Fremont W M Anderson of Elgin was a Nor folk vioitor today 1 12 Brown of Ponca was a Norfolk visitor over night W J Gow is confined to his homo with an attack of tho grip Tho Methodist church at Stanton is being enlarged aud Improved J W Manor and John South of Hum phrey were in Norfolk yestorday Sol G Mayor is oxpected homo tonight from hlH trip to Now York aud tho oast Postmasters Arnett of Madison was a visitor to tho metropolis yestorday It is reported that thero aro Bovoral cases of small pox in Emerick neighbor hood Judgo Barnos loft lint night for Lend City South Dakota called thero on legal business Mr and Mrs W L Mote of Plain viow were shopping in Norfolk this morniug Frod Duukel of Fremont has beonVl judged iuHano and will bo brought to tho hospital horo William Biggcrt has purchased soveu acres of land near his homo iu Edge- water Park addition Tho people of Hooper have organized a telephone company and proposo to own their talking facilities N J Davis is reported very low at his homo o t cast Norfolk avonuo and it is boliovod that ho cannot live Henry Schweder John Dawson and J O Boiler wore a trio of Humphrey citizous iu Norfolk yoBtorday Tho 7-years-old daughter of Johu Rix living cast of tho city is reported dan gerously sick with puoumouia Kuox Tipple proprietor of the Stan ton hotel was in tho city today greet ing old friends and acquaintances F Lambert aud family of Osmond are moving into one of the Rome Miller houses in tho west part of the city O E Doughty goes to Tilden today to assist in conferring tho Encampment degrees I O O F on 14 candidates Joseph Schaffer who has been work ing iu the creamery leaves in a short time for Oklahoma whero he will en gago in farming Dr Fletcher M Sisson of this city is conducting tho funeral of one of his old parishioners Mrs Charlos De La Martyr at Fremont today Tho receut storm was particularly severe in the vicinity of Chadron and Btockmeu were considerably worried over its consequences Richard Tews who has lived here for the past two years has purchased a farm in Holt county and will remove to that part of the state 60on Dakota City is agitating tho enact ment of a curfew ordinance requir ing all children under the age of 15 to be at homo by 8 oclock at night West Point is assured of a 10000 douatiou toward building a hospital and old folks homo at that place Tho town is expected to contribute a site Leo Miuien Miss Auna Weston and Helen Sohlberg wore the successful con testants in tho High school oratorical contest held at Oakland Monday night Tho members of the Weills family are now all on tho high road to recovery so ninch so that Miss Marjorie will leave tomorrowto return to hor studies at Vassar Mrs II B Miller died at her home two miles east of Wiusido Monday even ing aged 02 years She leaves a hus band and a large family of grown children W E Powers editor of tho Piorco Leader has gone on a visit to his brother and sister ut Crawfordsvillo Ind Dur ing his absence the Leader is in charge of W L Kirk Tho state legislature will undoubtedly provide for a state voteriuariau at a Balary of 1 500 per annum and an al lowauce of not more thau 500 for actual traveling oxponses The Kiesan Drug company is haviug a new floor put In their store room and other improvements made preparatory to placing tho now fixtures which are expected to arrive soon A 12-year-old girl at Omaha touched a lady for 80 last Friday night It may be expected that the next newB from the metropolis will bo that a creep ing infant has robbed a bank Tho west bound Elkhorn train on Monday night killed a team of horses and demolished a wagon belonging to Joseph Stoliespart a Bohemian farmer rtfe living five miles west of Newport While working on the new poultry packing house at York a piece of a spike ho was driving flew off and struck Edward Gilbert in the eye He will probably lose the sight of the member A Niobrara citizen proposes to run an automobile line betweenThat town and Yerdigro for the accomodation of trav elers He is bnlldlug the auto himself aud expects to make his first trip soon The Tilden Citizen bays that M T Brown although a resident of Autelopo county has been drawn on the jury for the Madison couuty term of district court That county line must be hard to find Traveling men state that country merchants are buying more goodB of a sri vi better quality than over before at this season of tho year Tho merchants nro anticipating a big trade and nro prepar ing for it Gonoral Superintendent O C Hughes of tho F 12 M V came up from Omaha in his special car last evening nnd started on a tour of inspection over tho Albion lino accompanied by Super intendent Reynolds Tho story comes from Niobrara that a plucky commericnl man who was de termined to mako certain territory hut could not find moans to cross the Mis souri hired a row boat and made his way through tho ico in this dangerous manner A party of South Dakota people wore in tho city yesterday on their way to Plainviow where thoy will occupy some of tho fortilo farm lauds of Piorco county They wore Adolph Hauson Adolph Larson Edward Rasausou aud Philde Rasausou It is stated that within 10 days tho Central Pacific railroad willhavo passed into tho hands of tho Uuiou Pacific under tho uow reorganizatiou plan and that tho r ad from Omaha to San Fran cisco will bo operated from tho gouernl offices in Omaha Tho Odd Follows of Fremont havo taken n room iu tho now hospital which is to bo furnished by tho lodge and bet aside for tho sole uso of members of tho ordor This move is taken in tho belief that sick brothers can be better cared for in that manner thau in any other way Tho cillootors of delinquent personal taxes in Omaha arm themselves with distress warrants and aro accompanied by a furniture van on their trips Wheu a person fails to pay his bed or table is loaded into tho van and carted oil and sold This should bring delinquents to time Tho farmers around Farnham ore con gratulating themselves over haviug es caped some trouble with grasshoppers It is asserted that tho eggs of tho little critters hatched out during tho recent worm spell of weather and that the cold snap following froze the youngsters so stiff that they will do no harm this soa sou Thoro is little probability that tho state convicts will be sent to adjoining states for safe keeping as was talked shortly after tho penitentiary at Lin coln was partly destroyed by fire The portion of tho building not injured will accommodate tho prisoners and it is proposed to utilize their services iu the work of reconstructing the cells It seems that the raw March wind of yestorday was but the remainder of the blizzard which raged in western Ne braska the day before Disagreeable as tho wind may have been it was not nearly so bad as though it had been ac companied by snow This section of the state has not been visited by a bliz zard during tho winter which is not a matter of regret Edward Gardener the second man to be tried for the murder of Herman Zahn of Snyder last January has been sent enced to life imprisonment by Judge Grimisou at Fremont The prisoner was much affected by the arraigmeut of the judge and his emotion was very great when sentence was pronounced The trial of William Darrell the third of the gang was begun yesterday morn ing While yesterday lacked several degrees of being the coldest of the winter yet it was certainly one of the most disagree able The raw cold wind subsided last evening and today the temperature is mild and spring like again When those people who left for Idaho yesterday hear of the return of genial weather they will be sorry thoy went Just why auy one would leave farms iu the neighbor hood of Hoskins where is somo of the best soil in tho state to try an experi ment iu an uukuowu locality is a ques tion that would puzzle a wise man un less it bo the natural disposition of man kind to roam around over the country Certainly Nebraska is good enough for any ono and no better opportunities can be offered in any section of tho couutry than aro to be found in this state today Ttirrn Gorinaui Killed Berlin March 0 The war office has received the following dispatch from Count von Waldersec dated Pe king March 5 A patrol of 25 under Lieutenant Wnltmanich located a strong force of Chinese troops west of Lung Sunn Khan tho Germans los ing three killed nnd one wounded Colonel Ledebur was dispatched with four companies from lao Ting Fu to clear Ansnllng pass as far as the great wall and to permanently guard the pass Mnmlurlui to II Iunlibcd Paris March u At a cabinet coun cil held nt the Elysee palace yesterday the foreign minister M Delcnsse an nounced that nil mandarins guilty of crimes nt Peking would be punished Two decrees provided by the ninth article of tho collective note hnd been promulgated enumerating the punish ments announced and ordering the suppression of depredations in the provinces where the anti foreign out rages had occurred nhcriuen Adrift on Floating Ice Silver Creek N Y March 4 fishermen were carried out on Lake Erie off Silver Creek yesterday afternoon on fioatlng Ice but 17 of them wero rescued The Other four have probably peribhed Their names are Henry Turner John George James McUratle uud JulluBLudwJtr THURSDAY TIDINGS Adnin Pilger was noticed on Norfolks streets today C W Taits was In tho city yester day from Piorce J B Hume of Madicon was a city visitor over night W E Kent of Platte Center was in Norfolk ovor night W S Borbner was in Norfolk yester day from Plaiuviow Peter Boggoson of Tildcu had busi ness in Norfolk yesterday C II Folsom or Plainview had bnsl noBB In Norfolk yesterday S L Buchanan of Albion bad busi ness in tho city yesterday Mr and Mrs 12 D Annet of Albion wero in tho city yesterday Mrs M 12 Lobuow is arranging to niovo to Omaha next week Norfolk lodge Royal Arcanum will meet in regular session touight Ed Wnguor nnd Harry Schab of Hooper were iu Norfolk yesterday Mrs C L Gossart of Oakdolo was n visitor to this metropolis yesterday Robert Howe wos down from Plain view yesterday visiting his parents Mrs T F Memmingcr of Madison is in town the guest of Mrs C B Bur rows Miss Eva Dolen is here from Randolph visitiug her sister Miss Jennette aud other friends Editor A P Childs was down today for tho first timo after a two weekB siege of sickness The Y M O L is planning for an entertainment and social to be given on Friday night tho 29th Jan House has sold his residence on North Eleventh street and will move on to n farm near Hoskins Editor Evans of the Meadow Grove Press and Jas Dunn of tho same village were in the city yesterday Geo A Brooks came in from the west last night and went on to his home in Bazile Mills this morning Mrs Ed Olmstead and children left today for Iowa to join Mr Olmstead and make their future home there F F Thompson of Omaha traveling freight agent of tho Union Pacific was looking after business here yesterday Isaac Weills who has been visiting his brother Rev J C S Weills left at noon today for his home xn Pittsburg Pa W F Nehon dairy agent of the Bal timore Ohio railroad was in the city yesterday looking up business for his road Mr and Mrs L A Ottmer arrived last evening from Omaha and are visit iug her parents Mr aud Mrs C C Elgin Geo D Folmer commissioner of public lands nnd buildings made a flying trip to the Norfolk hospital for insane yesterday Mr and Mrs E A Bullock went to Harlan Iowa yesterday to visit with Mr Bullocks father and mother They will be gone about two weeks The framework for another ice house is up near the Creighton branch of the F E M V The Schiltz vault is completed and is being paiuted a bril liant rod Mrs W Anding of Pierce passed through the citytoday on her way to Madison in search of a horse that es caped February 20 while being led by Mr Anding M Carberry one of the prosperous young business men of Warnerville was iu town yesterday He leaves for the east in a few days to visit friends in Iowa and Illinois for a mouth H D Smith and wife of St Paul Minnesota are in the city for a few days Mr Smith is an instructor with the railway department Iuternntioaal Correspondence schools of Scrantou Pa F M McCormick formerly freight aud passenger agent for the Union Pacific at Los Angeles Cal was in the city yesterday enrouto to Atlanta Ga where he goes as general agent for the same com any Rev A S Eechlund of Newman Grove has been elected as one of the directors of the Omaha Orphanage by the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran conference which has just completed its annual session in Omaha O D Hamstreet contemplates remov ing from Norfolk iu a 6hort time and re engaging in busiuess Mrs Hnmstreet and two sous left last night for Johns town where they will visit until Mr Hamstreet shall have decided on a loca tion Mr and Mrs Goo D Butterfield of Creighton passed through the city this morning euroute to Jacksonville Florida Mrs Doe mother of Mrs Butterfield was with them and during their absence she will keep their little daughter at her home in Davenport Iowa Theron Nye the first mayor of JFre mont elected in 1871 died at his homo in that city at 11 oclock last night aged 73 years He has been a resident of Fremont since 1857 and was county treasurer two terms and had been county commisslouer One sou Fred Nye was one of the editors of the Omaha Repub lican and another Ray was a member irVMjs of tho firm of the Nye Schnclder com pany Sioux City Tribune The Nobrnhka Woman Suffrage association will give May Day entertainments nil over the stnte this year Tho officers will iRsne a small booklet containing recitations written by Nebraska authors for the occasion nnd Will Reed Dunroy of this city will contribute Bovoral selections to the booklet Columbus Journal An advertise ment in an eastern paper Btated that on receipt of 100 a large book of GOO pages would bo sent to any address It is just tho kind of book for sporty young men was added This last doubtless has brought tho firm a great many dol lars Several Bloomiugtou youths sent their dollar each and received a bible It was not Buch a book as they expected but if thoy will mako good use of it read thoughtfully just n little in it every day it will do them great good Sheriff Herman Stamer of Boyd couuty was in the city this morning enronte homo from Marshall Minn with a prisoner named Frod Brailoy who broke jail in Boyd county August o0 lost He was subsequently ar rested at Armour S D but again broke jail before tho sheriff had an op portunity to lay hands on him He is wanted in Boyd county to auswer to a charge of assult Brailoy had a pre liminary hearing and information was filod against him before ho made his escape and he Is now being taken to Boyd county to appear before district court which meets April 15 The sheriff placed his prisoner in tho jail hero while ho went and secured a needed rest not having Blept for 48 hours Thoy will proceed on their trip west this evening The sheriff got his priB oucr at Marshall yesterday morning The Norfolk Nurxery Sells feeed potatoes pure Etry Ohio Six WeekB Early Triumph and Early Peach Blows Also ash box elders elm und maple 8 to 12 feet high Cherry apple plum trees and small fruit plants forest trees seedlings rose bushes flowering shrubs aud evergreens Call on or address E D Hammond Norfolk Nebraska Ordinance No 250 An ordinance imposing a license tax on bowling alleys Be it ordained by the mayor and city council of tho city of Norfolk Nebraska Section one That it shall be unlaw ful for any person or persons to operate or manage a bowling alley in the city of Norfolk Nebraska without first paying a license tax of 1500 to the city treas urer of said city for each year In case application is made after the beginning of tho municipal year council may ac cept a pro rata of payment Section two If any person or persons shall violate the provisions of this ordi nance they shall be lined upon convic tion not less than two dollars and costs and stand committed until both are paid This ordinance to be in force after passage and publication according law Passed and approved December 1900 W M Rodertson Attest Mayor S R McFarland City Clerk its to 0 Help Nature I Babies and children need proper food rarely ever medi 1 I cine If they do not thrive on their food something is wrong They need a little I help to get their digestive j I i i I I machinery working properly 0S3fci COD LIVER OIL WmWYPOPHOSPHITESorLIMESSODA will generally correct this difficulty If you will put from one fourth to half a teaspoonful iii babvs bottle three or four times a day you will soon see I a marked improvement For larger children from half to j a teaspoonful according to ngc dissolved in their milk you so desire will very j irg power If the mothers milk does not nourish the baby she needs the on It will show an effect at once both upon mother and child 1 j oc and i go all druggist S OTT U UOWNi Chemists h M il II I New York t v -- yyrrrifi3rarfrwv V Ugj