THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , SEITKMHKU 5 , ii)02. ) 11 If You Intend to Buy n Pine Gold Wutch , or anything in Jewelry , Cloche of all kinds , Sil verware. Flatware , Silver Noveltioc , BOO what wo hnvo and got oar prices. IF YOU HAVE any Fine Watchec , Clocks or Jewelry for Repaint , bring them to us , whore yon will Ret good work done at fair prices. r G. F. W. MARQUARDT , JEWELER , NORFOLK , - NEBRASKA. If yon want tn buy or bnild a house the Elkhoru B. & S Association wil : make yon a loan on favorable terms. T. E. ODIORNE , Secretary. PARISH TRY 1DLEWSLDE CREAMERY BUTTER. PARISH Have you seen thab Beau- 'tiful Bigelow Axminster Rug in the window at Johnson's Furniture Store ? ONLY S2O.OO. His store is packed full with Nice New Furniture all sell ing on the same basis a little lower than you can buy it else where. Elegant Line of New Chamber Suites in Mahogany , Birch , Oak , Hungarian Ash and White Maple. The Weather. Conditions of the weather as recorded for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. to day : fj Maximum temperature 73 Minimum temperature 5 ] Average 01 Precipitation 00 Total precipitation for mouth 00 Barometer 29.60 ' I'J. Forecast for Nebraska : Generally fair tonight and Saturday , proceeded by threatening east portion. Cooler. FRIDAY FACTS. Mrs. F. G. Walters is on the sick list. The Norfolk second team , composed of amateur ball players of the city went to Stauton today to meet on the dia niond a team of that town. C. E. Doughty and II. L. Spanldin ) were elected representatives to the gram ledge by Norfolk lodge No. 40,1. O. O F. at the regular meeting iof that lodgi held lobt night. Word comes from Pocatello , Idaho that Ed. Grant , formerly of this oit ; bat until recently conducting a nalooi at that place , lost his entire property b : fire , with no insurance. The Sionx City Elk havo'eet apar Tuesday , September 23 , as lodge day a their fair. On that day prizes to tin amount of $350 will be given to score orders taking partin drilli , parades , etc The state unyodical missionary meet ing of the synod of Nebraska will mee here the first and second of October Abont CO ladies are expected from differ ent parts of the state. There will bo ai entertaining program , which will b published later. Good speakers will b in attendance. Meetings will bo held a the M. E. church. Reports from the north are to the ef foot that Savage , a small town on th Pacific Short Line , between Plaiuviev and O'Neill , was destroyed by fire las night. At the time the blaze broke on there was a strong south wind blowiui and there was no hope of saving thi town from the start , owing to the lail of fire fighting facilities. How the fir originated or what damage was cansei cannot be learned. Cold mornings and evenings ar readily made pleasant by the HBO of i Barler Oil Heater. Price from $4t < $12. Call and bee them at Deguer' hardware. Will pay highest market price ii North Nebraska for old scrap iron. B. MEYERS. The curtain at the Auditorium wil rise promply at 8:15 : this evening s that the production may be finished at ; seasonable honr. Lobsters. Karo. Something new in the line of enter tainment between acts will be fnrnishe tomorrow night at "Tho Christian , ' which will alone be wjorth the price o admissi n. WASTED For work in sugar bee fields families , single hands , men wit ! teams and wagons. Good wages paid long job. STANDARD CATTLE Co. Ames , Nebraska. Sturgeon is the piano man. BROWNIES ARE LOSERS. Green Family Takes the Second o the Series. Creighton , Sept. 5 , 11:30 : a. m.- Sreiial to THE NEWS : The Norfoi ; Brownies lost the second of the eerie this morning to the Greene bunch , afte they had it fnirly won. With the leai all the way through the game , th visitors had things their own way nnti the same awful eighth , when Bucklii was located for three of a kind and th game taken by the margin of a score the final result standing 5 to 4. Steele was the twirler whom th Wilkins' crowd were up against and h stayed his game through. In but on inning was he found at all. In that the third , he was located by concentrate ) energy and merciless ponnding for twi pair. The locals , with one ii the second and another in the fourth had defeat staring them in th face "nntil they were able to lam in their last time np for the thril ling three that closed the cord. Carroll the man who collided with Kenned ; with such disastrous results at Neligh nmpired the game and nearly got him self into another mix-up , bnt change * his mind. The rubber game Vill be played to morrow , when Glen Wilkins will throw Score : Norfolk 00400000 0 4 Creighton 01010003 * ! Batteries Backlin and Wilkius , Steeli and Gilliard. Baseball Scores Yesterday. National League Boston , 1.0 Plttaburg , 0-0. New York , 3 ; Cincic natl , 4. Brooklyn , 0 ; Chicago , 1. Phil adelphia , 12 ; St. Louis , 6. American League Detroit , 4 ; Phil adelphia , 13. Cleveland , 7 ; Baltl more , 5. St. Louis , 9 ; Washington 3. Chicago , G-l ; Boston , Ml. Amerfcan Association Milwaukee 1 ; Minneapolis , 5. Kansas City , 15 EL Paul. 3. Western League Kansas City , 8 Peoria , 7. Milwaukee , 4-5 ; St. Joseph 3-8. Denver , B ; Omaha , 4. Coloradi Springs , 5 ; Des Molnea , G. Quick sales and small profits at th ( Bee Hive. PERSONAL. B. W. Jones of Pierce was a citj visitor this morning. Oliver Utter went to Wayne ye&ter day to see the fair and visit friends , re > turning today. " ' Miss Emma Sonnenachein , who hai been visiting with Norfolk friends , returned turned to her home in Stanton this noon Mrs , John Grotty lias returned from r visit with friends nt Inman and will visit with Norfolk friends a while longer , She hui been joined by her husband who hn * jnst arrived from Dennis Texas Dr. R. A. Mittlestadt , dentist , Bishop block. Telephone 147 A. DRESS REHEARSAL. Splendid Entertainment Is Promised for Tonight. The drees rehearsal of The Christian , as put on by Hov. Franklin Baker , as sisted by Miss Esther Masontook place nt the Auditorium last night. Everything , is now in readiness for the public np- poarauco this ovoning. The final rehearsal of the play , to which a reporter for THE NKWS was ad mitted , was without n hitch. Promptly at 8 o'clock every performer WOB in place , the curtain was rung np and the parts gene OYoriwith.perfect regularity , ident ically as they will bo witnessed by n theatre fnll tonight. As presented by Mr. Baker and Miss Mason , The Christian will bo iv surprise to Norfolk people. Instead of an atmos phere of the amateur production , the interpretation savors of the professional play honso where { every move is exe- cntod with studied science and every tone has its artistic effect. Mr. Baker in hie role as John Storm is excellent. With remarkable native talent , tremendous energy , a flue voice and a figure fitted to the part , he is bound to take his audi ence at once and hold their sympathy hroughout. MihS Mason , as Glory Qunyle , is very superior. Her sweet , simple manner is refreshing , her pretty make np is taking and her clear , musi cal lines are delightful to hear. She lives all the intense feeling of her part and her every move is clover. Emotion rnns high at point K and at the climaxes of the third and fourth acts the audi ence will burst out in spontaneous ap plause. The special sc uery prepared by Payne is indispensiblo. The crowd of a hull hundred street urchins , appearing in rags , is realistic to n degree. The sup port all show wonderful training and Norfolk may look for a treat tonight. Celery nt Karo's. Miss Sisson , Miss Allbery and asingei from Omaha will entertain between acts at the Auditorium this evening. Crop Conditions. The crop bulletin issued by G. A , Loveland of the weather bnrean al Lincoln , gives the following as the general conditions in the northeast nortinn of tha Kt.ntn. in wjfiin.Vi Mnrltenr county is located : The moist , cloudy weather has bee unfavorable for threshing and hayinf and considerable has been discolored b rain. Shock threshing has progresse very slowly , and some grain has bee damaged , Corn continues to grow well , bnt i maturing very slowly , and frost bofot the lust of September would make a Ic of soft corn. Sngar beets are doing well , bnt nee warm , dry weather. Fall plowing is progressing well ; th ground is in excellent condition for seet ing. Pastures are good and cattle ai looking fine. Fresh oysters in can or bulk at Karo'i WARNERVILLE. Our school opened last Monday wit Miss Maud Tannehill as teacher. Miss Jennie Tannehill returned las Friday evening from a visit wit relatives in Indiana. The railroad company has placed i position at the station and stock yard two new force pumps. R. W. Linn has threshed 0,00 bushels of oats , the average yield bein GO bushels to the acre. P. Carbery sold a quarter section eland land last week to A. Dnrland of Noi folk. Consideration $4,000. Miss Agnes Carbery has returne from a visit with relatives in Iowa an is teaching school in district No. 1C. Mrs. Howard Verner of Staplehun returned homo Friday after a week' visit with her father , E/ . Hewlett , an other relatives. C. W. Pettitt returned Saturday froc his trip to Wisconsin where he went ii search of a farm. He was not ver , favorably impressed with thot countrj Bert Reed thought he wonld hav some fun with a nest of bumble bee Wednesday , bnt the bees convinced hit in about five minutes that the boot wa on the other leg. Bert now looks a though he had an aggravated attack o the mumps. Seats for the presentation of "Th Christian" at the Auditorium tonigh are 60 cents'and those who have no secured tickets may obtain them at th ! box office tonight. Spring chickens at Karo's. Those having eye , ear , nose or thron troubles should not fail to call on Di Seymour and his assistant while the ; are here September 10 and 1C at th Oxnard. Dr. H. 0. Mnnson , room 1C , over th FairEtore. Office and residence tele phone 150. Grandeurs of Peak and Chasm. The natural attractions of Coloradi are by no means confined to her minera spring resorts , her splendid parks , note to her beautiful mountain lakes. It whatever direction the traveler maj cheese by rail , if lie go to the mount ains , his journey is a succession ol glorious H-enery , varying in the char acteristics of placid beauty , grotesqui ruggeduess , and awo-iuspiring grandeur Up the capons , by heavy Rrafleg ant difficult curvoH , are stupendous walls rising perpendicularly or gradually sloping back toward the greater hllln , and yet again leaning forward above the chasm , an if threatening to couio tumbling down , projecting great rocks that hang unHpondod over the train an it glides smoothly by. It is n panorama of wonders and grandeurs such as belong only to the Rocky Mountains. To cuablo persons to reach Colorado resorts , the Union I'nciOo had placed in effect dnring the summer mouths very low rates. Fnll information cheerfully furnished on application to J. B > EL8KFKKH , Agent. Dr. F. G. Waltcre. Office over Bantu Bros. ' store. Oflloo telephone 18 Roei- deuce ITfi. Headquarters for good butter at the Boo HUo. Now goods arriving at the Bee Ilive every day. Dr. F. G. Walters , succeeds to the practice of Dr. F. W. Kiesan. Oilloo Cotton block. Everything batisfactory at the Bee Hive. IN VESTMENT OPPORTUNITY. Shrewd Capitalists arc Interested in Copper Mining A Local Affair. The rapidly increasing demand for copper , duo to present vast and over enlarging area of consumption , espec ially in the electric field and kindred sciences , as well as the arts , industrial , mechanical and domestic , allied to the relatively low productive cost of the metal , resulting from the improved and economical processes of smelting , has properly directed the attention of shrewd capitalists , all the world over , to the lucrative returns which are being obtained from judicious invest ment in legitimate copper properties , notably such as are held and operated by experienced , practical and reliable men , as the names of the officers of this company show : H. E. Owen , president , D. M. Owen treasurer , John T. Wertz vice president , James H. Kyner , secre tary. The Blanche Copper Mining Company offers 25,000 shares of its trpnsnrv nfnp.lt nt 12I. < r.nnfn fi alinrn Shares of the per value of $1.00 fully paid and non-assessable. This small block of stock is the first that has over been offered for sale , and is absolutely all that will bo sold at that price. Address all communications and foi such particulars as this article falls to make plain to James H. Kyner , secre tary , 1018 Now York Life Building Omaha , Nebraska. The chance of your lifetime ; the investment of a few hundred dollars will in a short time re turn sufficient1 dividends to make you independent. As provided in the articles of incorporation , the stock holders are not personally liable for in debtedness contracted by the company , which now invites public bubscription for its first issue of treasury stock , con sisting of 25,000 , shares , which ore offered at 12J < j cents per share , proceedt o be devoted to immediate develop ment in machinery and mining. In offering this stock the company feel that they can positively assure pros pective purchasers that the future out look of this mine offers bigger possi bilities than did Boston and Montana , which sold in 1894 for $12 per share , and at the present time is worth $4iG ! per share. There is no salaried officers , except those who actually render service , and no influential names bought to adorn its prospectus. Every officer [ and directoi has invested his money in the enter prise after making a thorough investi gation , and every dollar has been spent in developing the property. This is a clean-cut business proposition. The company is controlled by good , sound business men , and in bringing it to the attention of our readers we do so with the utmost confidence that every promise made by them will be fully carried out and that the compony will soon be placed among the big dividend payers of the country. Granada coffee , two for 25 cents , nt the Bee Hive. Always freeh groceries at the Bee Hive. New Sleeping Car Service to Hot Spring , S. D. Commencing on Tuesday , Aug. C , and continuing dnring the month of August , the F. E. & M. V. railway will run a Pullman sleeping car from Omaha to Hot Springs , S. D. , on train No. 8 , leav ing Norfolk Junction nt 7:50 p.m. each day , including Sunday. This will add greatly to the comfort of passfjengers , enabling them to go through to Hot Springs without changing at Bnffalo Gap. Please apply to the undersigned for reservations. H. 0. MATHAU , Agent. Low Fare Excursions To Hot Springs , South Dakota and the Black Hills.via the F. E. & M. V. rail- road. Excursion tickets will bo sold every day until September 15 , good to return until October til , to Hot Springs. Deadwood and Lead , South Dakota. Full particulars will bo cheerfully furnished as to rates , eta II C. M.vnm' , Agent. Farm and oity loans. Ta ! DURLAND TnrtuT On , GOODKYENINGIi Have you ordered your new shoes for fall wear yet FOUR 1IUN1)IMOD ) YHAHKOK PROGRESS shown in our Now Kail Shoo for Mon progress in fit , finish , style , durability , comfort and cheapness. Nothing goes backward here nothing of the crab kind hereabouts-- wo always have the latest and bo.st in the shoo lino. If yon don't know about it , glad to show yon. Hope to sell you. 3XT Commencing Saturday , August 211 , A Beautiful 6-Page Noiseless Slate ( liven with each pair of shoos purchased at the ii Palace Shoe Store. I FINISH OF TENNIS. Tomorrow's Play Will Determine Cup Winners. Tomorrow will close the tonniH tonrnoy that ImH been on among former Norfolk players for the pant week , Tlio final match in singles between .1. S. Mutliowhon and Franklin Baker will be played nt i ) : i)0 ) tomorrow morning and the finals in doubles will come oil' be tween Baker and Parker againut Mapuu and MathowBon at 1 : ! ! ( ) . It is expected that a largo gallery will greet the cloning ganicH of the tonrnoy and it is oHtimated that ladies will be among the devotees on the lines. MathowBon and Baker will have tennis enongh for one day. They are in both final matches , and on opponito sKicsoi tno not ootn times. Two ol the cups will go to them. The third will go to either Mapes or Parker. The match in singles may bo n clue to the result in doubles and it is not at all improbable that two cups will go to one man. Baker plays the more active game , Mathowson a steady one. Mapes is handicapped with a bad leg but will play regardless. Parker is improving constantly. Mathowson was picked for a finals man from his first game , and ho has fulfilled expectations. Baker was quoted in his initial round as a player of former skill who , with practice , could got a swift stroke. Ho has passed everything up to the finals and plays a good game to win at. Ho never loses his nerve and pulls matches out after the Orbt set has gone 0-1. Farms rented for nonresidentB. Col lections made. Insurance written by Gardner & Seiler. Special scenery has been prepared for the presentation of the prologue to "The Christian" at the Auditorium tonight. ARMOUR & CO. PAY CASH FOR BUTTER and EGOS AND POULTRY. J. E. BRUNTY , Manager , 129 Norfolk Avenue. Where to go for Flour , if yon want the very best for family or bakers' use , hotels or restaurants in where they keep the product of the Sugar City Cerial Mills. For bread , cake , pastry or cooking purposes in gen eral there is no better made. It is made from the best wheat , is unadultonito and is a genual favorite wherever used. Sugar City GeroallHills. M LOOKING FOR BAD EYES Eyes that are ho bad that the other opticians have fniled to fit them. Wo find many of that kind too , and take great pleasure in prescribing the right lenses , for this of customers are our advertisers. DR. MflRQURRDT , Eye Specialist A NEW AND COMPLETE STOCK OF CULTERY : : Neat Pocket Knives High Grade Shears First Class Razors Kitchen and Butcher Knives C : E. MOORE. Wide Awake. . . I , BUBHHOLX & BO , All Kinds of Gents' Furnishings = = - . . . .Strlctly.Up-to-Date PRICES RIGHT GIVE US A PALI , . . . .TRY. . . . THE . NEWS S. BEINDORFF , Grocer. < .