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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1901)
5 i f M i M U v I u n s h II j I I i tf 1 I J Fir i rv L v 1- In M1 Lli i 8 IIS ftf i r aftS - ML Norfolks September Enter tainment Given Impetus EXECUTIVE BOARD CHOSEN IlimtnrM Mm nnit Cltlfn rroto to In- tertnhilnn Miinnar Itrllltltig th Mb troinll f North Nnhrnhit Kliiitnrn ConiniKliin MuMlic ImreM Tho enthusiasm of Norfolk citizens for a fall entertainment wan again in ovidonco Inst evening when tho public mooting nt tho city hnll was culloil to order by Mnyor KoonigsUiln nd tho matter of ndvnnoliiK tho arrangements was taken hold of in a iniinnnr that augurs well for tho success of tho fti val Tho discussions and HnggerttiniiB were vigorous and timely and tho nonti mnnt was if posslblo nioro strongly in favor of nuoh an ontortalnniont than at tho previous meoting It Ih proposed to givo something oriRinal in tho way of a fall carnival which howover will includo old and popular sports and ainuHomouU in I In program and tho promoters boliovo that Hoveral days of ontortaiiimont will ho provided that will bo entirely satis factory to the guests of tho city an well as to tho pooplo of Norfolk Alrondy tho word bus gone forth that Norfolk has reserved thojflrst week inSoptombor for entortalning tho pooplo of tho tributary country and many nro making plans to attend Tho key note of such an entortalu liieut is usually found in tho immo and it was Anally dotoriiilnod that Norfolks carnival should bo known as tho Harvest Homo Fohtivnl which will indicate that a special effort will bo uniilo to ontortaln formers and all those dependent upon their prospority Tho attractions for tho Harvest Homo vol will bo of a varied character and all pooplo will find something of especial interest in tho entertainment A motion prevailed that tho meeting proceed to elect a board of maniigors to hnvo supervision of tho onturtaiumonfc and tho following wore elected separate votes being taken on ouch Judge H D Kelly Hubert Utter Scott Holbrook O K Hartford and II W Winter Those represent an enterpribing class of busi ness men ami It is believed that their selection means the success of tho festi val Tho mooting was udjournod until uoxt Tuesday oveulug whou further re ports will bo hoard and other stops taken toward advaucing tho work in hand at which time all citieus are In vited to attend and lend their on couragemont Tho old soliciting committoo whioh reported progress was continued and tho nowly elected numbers of tho board of manngors who were not on tho com mittoo were added thereto aud thoy ox pect to make a thoiough canvass of tho oity before Tuesday night Some havo feared that tho occasion would result in a harvest of fakirs to tho detriment of those who attend This will not bo tolerated Mayor ICoouightoin und his police force will aid tho board of managors in suppressing anything in tho fako lino oud with this determination on tho part of tho man agement and tho city otllciuls light lin gered people will bo given such dis couragement that they will not dare at tempt to ply their trades Tho pro moters are going In for a wholosomo good timo for thoso who attoud aud will use their utmost endeavors to soo that none go away disappointed Ileal Kxtute TraiiHfer Tho following are tho transfers of real estate in Madison county for tho week ending July 20 1001 aa re ported by D J Koenigstoiu ollloial ab stactor Hiram Damon to Ira A Church qcd to noH of uei 35-24-1 W P Hutonison to John S RabiuHon wd part of vacated street north of block 1 Park add to Madison Maggie Sessler to Mark Sosslor wd part of e 4 128 tf A J Anderson to Gustav Nelson wd n u it ot lot 12 diock 10 u it add to Newman Grovo Cora K Harvey to D S Wyaut wd lot tt block 22 iu sub dlv of outlot 5 It It add to Newman Grovo Geo W Losey sheriff to William T Seurles deed section 30 21 4 Silas W Deuel to Zora Hoydou wd lot 20 Silas W Deuels 1st add to Meadow Grove P V Lowis to Charles Evans wd lots 1 and 1 block 1 Lowis add to Meadow Grove John Hoin to Wm P A Schmidt wd s 22 ft of lots 1 and 2 block 9 Mail ison Thomas J Kennedy to H J Wyuholf wd ewj4 11-22-1 subject to contract Owen ONeill et al to August Steffon wd lots 3 and 4 block 23 Battlo Greek Owen ONeill to Lee Braun wd lots 1 aud 2 block 23 Battle Creek D Mathewsou to J J Parkor bj of ws of lot 3 block 4 Haases suburban lots to Norfolk Geo W Losey Bheriff to Battlo Creek Valloy buuk sd lot 3 block 10 Battle Creek Josef Vojacek to John Frederiok Dedermauu wd lots 7 8 block 2 Dedor maun6 2nd Add to Norfolk 100 Almira L Burr to Walter O Elley wd center 22 ft of nls of lots 3 and 4 block 21 Barnes Add to Madison Allco W Berry to Trustees of Trinity M E church Madison a parcel of laud in block 34 and lot 0 block 31 Clark Madison Mill Cos Add to Madison Owen ONeill et al to Roso F Avery wd lot 5 block 8 Battle Creek P E MoKillip to Alvis Potmosil wd B of uti 25-21-4 2400 Homo Miller to lrank w of lot 23 Wards pub Lambert wd lots to Nor- folk fil V P V Lewis to Amy J I wd lot 7 block 3 Lowis Golgrovo Add to Mnnilow Grovo 20 Jeremiah O AI Mahnnoy to Francis J Casey wd sw4 27-21-1 Augustus fattier to C B Burrows C1 lot II block 2 Kouulgsteins3rd Add to Norfolk II Stato of Nebraska to W K Andrews deoduwVi 1023 I fillOO Nulinmlin Snlillnni Doputy Labor Oomissionor Watson has prepared some interesting statistics relative to the part Nebraska played in ho civil war and In tho war with Spain Tho following is a summary of tho fig ures Civil war Number of mon enlisted from Nebraska 3157 number of deaths 21 killed 202 died numbor of members of tho G A H iu Nebraska 5825 number of pensioners iu tho stato 1 000 numbor of Womans Belief corps 135 j numbor of Womans Roliof corps mombors 3150 old soldlnrs died iu Ne braska 18000 doaths last year 470 Spaulsh Amorlcau war Ainu enllstod In First Nebraska 11170 killed In ac tion died of wounds aud iHsooho 04 men enllstod iu Second regiment 1331 illod of disease in Second regiment 24 men onllstod in Third regiment lll died of disnaso iu Third regiment 30 SEVERAL ACCIDENTS Thirteenth Street Gulch Responsible for Moro Woo From Monday Dully Last Friday ovoniug at about 11 oclock tho sound of a crash a womans scream and a mans very decided whoa camo from tho ditoh recently dug nloug tho oast sido of Thirteenth street nt the head of Madison avenuo As tho travolorn hnd gathered them selves up and got away before anyone conld dross and go to their holp it is presumed they escaped much damage On Saturday evening about 10 oclock members of Goo Williams foinily on their way homo wore caught Thoy wore thrown into tho ditch tho cariiago overturned upon thorn and their goods scattered Very fortunately the ladies escaped with nothing worse than some bruises nud scratches aud tho only ap parent damngo to tho carriage was a broken lamp Neighbors camo to their holp and their cool headed well trained horso took them home An hour lator a farm toam jumped tho chasm and man aged to got tho wagon over without overturning It Asa K Leouard was another victim of tho Thirteenth street ditch last ovon iug Ho attempted to cross in tho dark aud his horso fell and floundered around but no largo dauiago was douo to horse carriage or occupants Tho ditoh iu its present couditiou is a trap for tho unwary jiud is liable to cause very serious acoldonts Kniery Oerecko From Houilny u Dully A very pretty wodding was celebrated this morning at tho homo of Mr nud Mrs Herman Gorocke ou West Norfolk avenue whon their secoud daughter Nolle Mildred was united in marriage to Frank Wyllys Emory of Chicago iu tho presence of about fifty guests Tho ceremony took placo promptly at 10 oclock Hov Air Weills pronouncing the words of tho beautiful ceremony of tho Protestaut Episcopal church The brido was attired in a simple but pretty gown of white and carried a shower bouquet of white sweet poas She was assisted by her sister Mrs Asa K Leouard as matron of honor Mrs E O Mount aud Julius Hulff produced tho swoot strains of a wedding march that ushered in tho bridal party aud filled tho rooms with melody At 11 oclock a dainty wedding break fast was served by Ave girl friends of tho brido Misses Edith McOlory Minuio and Fauuio Norton freuo Dex ter and Lillian Luikart Tho table and rooms wore beautifully doooratod with sweet peas smilax aud asparagus tho fragranco of tho tlowers loading their charm to the occasion Alany beautiful presents wore received uy mo coupie among mem ueiug a handsome pinuo tho gift of tho grooms father Air and Mrs Emery departed on the noon train nmid showers of rice old shoos fully tagged and with the best wishes ot frieuds for Chicago where they will bo at homo after September lc Tho groom is spoken of in very com plimentary tortus by those who know him Tho bride U ono of Norfolks most popular young ladles She has grown to womanhood hero aud has been an important factor in society circles Sho will bo especially missed ou account of her sweet voico whioh has repeat edly oharmed Norfolk audiences as well as thoso of other towns Hearty con gratulations and best wishes are ex tended by her Norfolk frieuda Career aud Character of Abraham Llncolu An address by Joseph Choate Am bassador to Great Britain on tho careor and character of Abraham Lincoln his early life his early strugglos with the world his character as developed in tho later years of his life and his ad ministration which placed his name so high ou the worlds roll of honor and fame hasboeu published by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway aud may bo had by soudiug six 0 conts in post age to F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago 111 THK NORFOLK NEWS Kill DAY JULY 20 1001 A II BIS I Old Sol Furnishes Greater Por tion of the Heat PLAINVIEW DOES UP NORFOLK The Amusement is Woll Patronized in Splto of tho Heat Plalnvlow Comes Down on a Special Trln Visitors Score 17 Norfolks 4 From Monilnrfl Dnlly Despite tho torrid woathor that pro vallod yostorday afternoon there was a largo atteudanco at tho baso ball gamo at tho now park north of tho olty when tho Plalnvlow aud Norfolk teams en gaged in a coutost A special train from tho Croighton branch brought four coach loads of people and Norfolk con tributed enough to swell tho orowd to a thousand ork moro Tho grand stand was not largo enough by about half to accommodate thoso who Boughj protec tion from tho suns blistering boat Tho gato receipts wore moro than 100 but owing to the ground meuts about as many got admission without paying as thoso who did Thoro wore many wouiou presont and their enthusiasm was scarcoly loss than that of tho nin and boys Tho Nor folk baud was present and furnished in spiring music at iutervals Tho gamo was not closo ouough to bo of the greatest interest although there was soiuo excellent playing ou tho part of both teams Tho battery work of the Plaluview team was almost faultloss and oxcelleut support was given by tho field Tho work of Norfolks battery was also good but there were some de cidedly weak efforts ou tho part of tho outfield aud whon tho Plaluview boys found the ball it was almost equal to a score Ohas A Smith of Tilden who has au excellent reputation iu that di rection umpired tho ganjo ious were uniformly fair and impartial Wluder was the second man up on the Norfolk sido Tho ball struck his bat near his hands nud glanced off giviug him a sharp blow In tho eyo that retired him from the game His face was badly swollen and eyo closed a few minutes after tho accidout When Norfolk made three scores iu tho first two innings aud gave Plain viow a goose egg iu tho first there was considerable Interest taken but Jwheu iu tho second inning Plaiuview knocked out six scores it was practically con ceded that sho was playing a winuing game During tho third and fourth innings both teams added nothing to ohauge the score but in tho fifth and sixth Plaluview added six tallies aud lu tho oighth five Norfolk Becured one score lu tho soventh and tho result of the game was 17 to 4 iu favor of tho visitors The score by innings was Plaiuview 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 -17 Norfolk 12000010 0 4 Tho batteries were Plaiuview Lothaby Alberts Norfolk Wilson Buchner Struck out Lethaby 18 Wilson 0 Errors Plaiuview 4 Norfolk 5 Safe hits Plainviiiw 10 Norfolk 3 Bases ou balls Off LeMiaby 4 Hit by pitched ball By Wilson 1 Three baso hits B F Fosberg Two base hits Buchnor2 throws Lethaby Buchner 3 Fox 2 G Fosberg Wild 2 Stolen bases Carroll F Fosberg ELECTRIC LIGHT BONDS Original Stockholder Questions the Advisability of Voting Them Nqrkolk July 11 It would seem to mo very foolish for the tax payers to voto sixteeu thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting au electric light plaut for the city Ordinarily most people are in favor of a municipalitys owning Its own franchises where a service is rendered the public but this would appear to bo an exceptional case Public spirited citizens twelve years ago took stook for an electric light plaut here Every- ono couiu snow ou paper wuat an enormous revenue it would yield They put twenty thousand dollars into the plant they sold light to tho city at a big price ns we believed but it did uot pay Private consumers wore taxed for light more the citizens claimed than any town similarly conditioned still tho enterprise was a failure Good help was employed at low figures and every effort mado to ktep the plant alive without asking it to pay tho owners iuterest ou their investment but in vain The enterprise was a flat failure The stockholders hoped agaiust hope but finally lost all they put iu it After going without interest for years they sold the stock at about twenty five cents ou tho dollar Possibly that amounted to enough to make them whole on tho iuterest on the money put in but no more Would tho city do better now Wo thiuk not It will cost at least 25000 to put in a plant equipped to perform the work satisfactorily The iuterest in tho investment counting wear and tear and repairs will amouut to 10 per cent however low the bond iuterest proper will run That makes 2500 per annum Tho necessary coal will come to estimated 1500 Even if we use the water works help and tho en gineer hasJaBt asked for an assistant for it alouo now wo will havo to havo at least one moro man there andn man for tho streets to care for tho lamps otc Wo cannot expect to get them for loss than 1 200 a yoar Hero wo have au annual investment for the tax payers to raise monoy on to the tuno of over five thousand dollar annually Now why should wo do better than the old plant did Will moro people take light Wo think tho past says no In tho old days tho citizens had not lost so much money from public spirit Thoy thought wo would grow as fast as Jack the Giant Killers beau stalk they wore booming private proporty and spending present monoy ou future hopes Tho old company had no othor plant to couipoto with They also had a good revenuo from tho oity which tho city would not havo AU this is now chauged If thou tho old company could not bo mado to pay nny Interest under such favorable conditions it looks as If the city would not pay ex penses by long odds As a genoral principlo people do not sock to go into a business that has just signally failed to produce any profits We bought the water works at 50 per cent on tho dollar It was and excel lent plant water was a necessity tho consumption Is flvo times ns general as a fancy light Few people will use the light at prices high enough to protect the city Wo will havo a divided patronage wo will destroy tho plant uow iu exlstance here The light the city now has costs it about 000 a year Wo can get along with what wo havo If the few people who are out so much at night waut more they can furnish it for themselves eusier than they can pay their extra tax The plant will bo poor we will havo dim and broken lamps Last year from four to flvo thousand dollars was ab solutely wasted in au attempt to get artesian water a water that is so brackish salt and full of mineral that it would have been unfit for household use if it had beeu obtained I am not censuring the old council Some of them are on this board now and they probably meant well but that they made a mistake is clear to every one Such things will happen They are more likely to happen with an electric light plant where confidence mon can work schemes than iu a water plant Let us waste uo more money now Something will come up that we will all be in favor of and then we can vote some bonds This issue would bring us up to our limit again now aud our bauds will be tied for the future If wo have money to spare let us put it in the school fund and get it out of debt Wo havo big debtB it included resulting from an extravagant public spirit already exhibited to which wo all gavo money Let us catch up bBfore we put ourselves out of breath again Let us masticate what wo havo bitten eff al ready before we fill our mouths so full wo cannot shut our jaws If 15500 will not put in the plaut and we get half way along how are we going to get enough to holp us out Issue city scrip voidable at law as we have been doing When tho city treasury gets a surplus iu it and we want to spend it it may be time thou to talk of putting iu baths aud light Iu fact we need the baths worse than we do the light now The light we need now is light turn ed upon this soheiue proposed to the suffrages of the oitizons ou July 20th Original Stockholder Nortltftrn Wisconsin Kallway Farm Lands For Sale The Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha railway has for sale in North ern Wisconsin at low prices aud easy terms of payment about 350000 acres of choice farm lands Early buyers will secure the advan tage of locations on the many beautiful streams aud luke3 which abound with fish and furnish a never ending and most excellent water supply both for family use aud for stook Land is generally well timbered the soil fertile aud easy of cultivation aud thiB is rapidly developing into one of the greatest sheep and cattle raising regions in the northwest Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Alinn eapolis Duluth Superior Ashland and other towns on Tho Northwestern Line furnish good markets for stock aud farm produce For further particulars address Geo W Bell Laud Commissioner Hudson Wis ot G H MacRae Asst GenIPassAgtSt Paul Minn Goshen 111 Gonesse Pare Food Co Lo Roy N Y Doar Sirs Some days since a package of yoarGrain O prepar tiou was left at my office I took it home and gave it a trial and I have to say I was very niuoh pleased with it as a substitute for coffee We have always used the best Java aud Mocha in our family but I am tree to say I like the Graiu 0 as well as the best coffee I ever drank Respectfully yours A O Jackson M D What bliiill We Have for Desert This question arises in the family every day Let us answer it today Try Jell O a delicious dessert Pre pared iu two minutes No baking add hot water and set to cool Flavors Lemon orauge raspberry and straw- J berry At your grocers 10 cents f SBtaawbua Pens of Dennis McNeil Near the Creamery Robbed THE WORK WAS CLEVERLY DONE Lincoln Blood Hounds Placed on the Trail and it was Followed to the Northfork River Where tho Maraud ers Embarked A Blind Trail Found From Tuomlnyn Dnlly A clover sot of thoivos helped them selves to ton or a dozen hogs belonging to Donnis AIcNolll at about 3 oclock yes terday morning taking thorn from that gentlemans pens near the creamery whore he has about 100 head feeding on the refuse of that institution Tho hogs were young ones weighing 80 pounds apiece and it is thought there were several men ill the gang that did the work Tho disturbance they mado was hoard by the family of Martiu OMeara liv ing uearby but up effort wab made to disturb tho thieves at their work ow ing to fear that thoy might make trouble aud as uo one was at the creamery tho gang had peaceful posses sion of the field until thou- work was completed As soon as tho matter was reported Ohlof of Police Couley sent for F G Emmons the Lincoln blood hound man and when he arrived with his dogs yes terday they experienced uo difficulty whatever iu gaiuiug a start ou tho trial Shoo tracks were plentiful aud ono place was found whore a member of the band had taken a seat iu the mud leaving an imprint ou which no dog could be fooled It was uo trick for the dogs to follow the trial to the North foik river but hero is where the thieves cleverness foiled the dogs cuuuiug Every indication went to show that tho hogs had been loaded in a boat but where they disembarked had not been discovered this morning although the dogs were worked on the trail late last night and early this morning Across tho creek a scent was taken up but it weut only a short distance and then re turned to tho river The fellow who made the track dropped his match case and the dogs siezed upon this and chewod it to pieces before they could be stopped The fellow either got out to mislead the dogs or for purpose of onnoisauce IS very toot or tne stream banks will be thoroughly covered before the search is given up however aud the trail may yet be taken up How they could get far without leaving a trace is aj mystery because the sugar factory dam on the north and tho mill dam on the south would necessitate the boat being unloaded at same point be tween The officers presume that the uuloading may have been douo at a bridge iu such a manner as Jto cover or confuse the scent It is quite probable that if thieves were clever enough to think of the boat scheme to confuse the houuds they would be equally successful in unloading without betraying them selves It is said that a buggy was driven to the creamery about 10 oclock Sunday night aud those it contained looked over the ground but the two events may have been entirely separate At least they have not beeu connected Some of the footprints left were so distinct that tho officers think ithey would be able to convict at least one of thieves by his shoes alone if thoy but had au opportunity to compare the shoe and tho imprint Late this morning it was thought that another clue had beeu discovered but the dogs had not yet beeu started upon it and it is not known what will develop until a test is made although at present it appears as though the robbers had made good their escapo Letter IlHt List of letters remaining uncalled for at tho postoflice July 22 1001 Alartha Ave E Becker W E Camp bell John Derr A P Doe 2 W M Hale E Hartnian F O Heckman Mm Julius Hahny Oral Jones Byron H Kent Alias Estella Lonsdown A H Laue H H Magee Wm Ranisy D D Roberta Tyler Scoville J N Simp son Emma Winter Ella R White If not called for in 15 days will be sent to tho dead letter office Parties calling for any of the above please say advertised P F Spreciier P AI Bridge for Sale Sealed bids will bo received by the board of commissioners for all lumber and material contained iu the bridge now crossing the Northfork of tho Elk horn on Alain street Norfolk Nebr Bids to be filed with H W Winter on or before noon July 27th 1901 Phil Bauoh County Clerk Return ticket from Norfolk to Denver at reduced rate Call at Leonards drug store Lost A blue soldier blouse and a pair of side curtains for a top buggy J A Herron Leigh Nebr The News keeps its job department up-to-date with the latest faces of type and does its work iu approved style iiirrn ri I THE BOND PROPOSITION A Voter Replies to Original Stockholder Norfolk July 23 Iu yesterdays News under tho hood Eloctrio Light Bonds Original Stockholder makoa au attempt to show tho peoplo of this city that it will be a mistake to voto tho bonds To do this ho goes Into figures to some extent Ho says it now costs tho olty about 100 per yoar but tho records show that it costs from 1200 to 1400 per yoar and tho city then haa only six arc lights and flvo or six oil lamps Tho uoxt oBtimato Indulged in is that the plaut will cost 25000 whilo parties stand ready to put in a plant up to dato In every respect within tho amouut of the bonds The uoxt esti mate is that tho running expenses will amount to over 5000 per year while Fremont with a much larger plaut pays but 2200 and tho revenue derived pays all expenses and that too iu com petition with two independent lighting plants one gas and ouo electric owned by private iudividuals Original stockholder overlooked the iucomo to the olty from private consumers enough to pay running expenses then the whole city will be lighted instead of two blocks Leaving such matters to bo investigated by the voters it may not be out of place to state that tho city has been paying tho present lighting com pany 12 per month each for arc lights but at the last meeting of tho council the lighting company submitted a prop osition to furnish the city 30 arc lights at 0 each per month providing the city would make a 6 yoar contract at that rate being one half the former cost to the city and that too while the lighting company has been losing money at 12 You will notice tho lighting company did not offer to furnish loss than 30 lights now for a less time than 0 years and not until the call for a bond election was made Whether or not such a propositiou is made at a loss we leave to be figured out by tho voters This proposition would cost the city 180 per month 2100 per year or 12900 for sx years nearly enough to buy the new plant then not niore than one half the city would be lighted besides as above stated Eremont only pays 2200 per year including all expenses and ruus a much larger plant 50 to 80 arc lights and all night service The above propositiou amounts to more than it will cost the city to run the entire plant while it is fair at least to presume that the city will derive some income from private consumers to be deducted from the running expenses Let there bo light A Voter BEQA Rev Si3Son of Norfolk preached in Bega Sunday afternoon Andrew Gust from Wamus is staying in this vicinity for a while O Olson of Fremont is visiting at tho home of his uncle Mr Heudrickson Airs Alohne nud sister Clara Heud rickson were Norfolk visitors Satur day Airs Alacomber and Airs Giles of Norfolk visited with Airs Luudqulst Friday Will Brown from the Canadian settle ment passed through Bega on his way to Hoskius Sunday The Epworth league postponed their meeting Sunday evening and a largo number of youug people went to Hos kius and heard Rev Sisson For a Repiiblic We Must -Have Men For a successful business there must be buyers A well equipped store a well assorted stock of goods efficient clerks all attract buyers but no mat ter wnat tne store no matter what the stock no matter how 1 1 agreeable or efficient the help t J buyers will not be attracted un- less they know the facta Telling the facta in regard to your bad ness is advertising That method which will tell them to the largest number of prospective buyers is the best methed It is obvious that the best method of telling the facta to the buyers of this community I is through the advert UInc ml- x urans of this paper Are you employing this method to the best advantage MMmmS T 4