The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, October 17, 1902, Page 13, Image 13

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We Are
Prepared
to do Fine Hopalr Work on
Wntohcs , Clocks Diamond
Jewelry , and in fact anything
iu onr lino.
We Assure
You
prompt and satisfactory work.
Our . prices are right. Try
us.
G , F. W. MARQUflRDT ,
JEWELER ,
r NORFOLK , - NEBRASKA.
PICKING UP BARGAINS ,
If you want to buy or build a house ,
the Elkhorn B. & S. AssBociation will
make yon a loan on favorable terms.
T. E. ODIORNE , Secretary.
QUINCES
. . .AND
SWEET
APPLES
ARE
PARISH
It Pays to See
OPIAS. H. JOHNSON
before you buy
anything
iu the Hue of
Furniture ,
Carpets ,
Rugs ,
China ,
Pianos ,
Lamps ,
Chamber Suits ,
Dining Tables ,
Dining Chairs ,
Iron Beds ,
Fancy Rockers ,
Couches ,
Wedding Presents.
Choicest and cleanest line ii
all North Nebraska to picl
from.
The Weather.
Forecast for Nebraska : Possibly
showers tonight , followed by fair Satnr
day. Cooler.
FRIDAY ACFTS.
Additional local news on the lost pag
of today's issue.
Mr. Harry Dewey nnd Miss Mabe
Nyrop of Noligh were married at !
o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Firs
Congregational parsonage in this city
by Rov. W. J. Turner.
The Elks will give their opening ba !
and reception at the club rooms and hal
this evening. Only Elks and thoi
Indies nro Invited. Tlio grand march
' will begin at K o'clock sharp.
I A party of 15 or 20 Norfolk people
| went to Plainvlow today to hear Hon.
V. J Uryan talk on the political situa-
on this afternoon , The delegation
was decorated with badges announcing
hemsolves for D. J. Koonlgstein for
tate seiuitor.
There will bo a regular meeting of
Damascus Coummndory , No. 'JO , 1C. T. ,
anight at H o'clock. A special mooting
will bo hold tomorrow evening at the
amo hour for the purpose of conferring
ho illustrious order of the Red Cross
pan two candidates.
A largo number observed the eclipse
f the moon last night. It began on-
oriug the earth's shadow about 10
'clock and at 11 it was about totally
oncoalod from view. It was a flue
poctaole and the evening in which to
observe it was perfect.
"Camillo. " the masterpiece of Alex
ander Dumas , as presented by Miss
CourtnoyjMorgau and her company nt
ho Anditorltorimn last uight was
rerv satisfactory to the good audience
hat was iu attendance. The company
was above the average in capacity and
ho piece was of a character that Is
lighly appreciated by a largo class ot
heatrogoors. Miss Morgan's role is a
lifllcnlt ouo but she handled it In a
manner to elicit the approval of those
) resont.
. _ . . , . ,
In moving a trunk Tuesday morning
a baggageman for the Elkhorn at Fro-
nont noticed a liquid running out from
beneath the cover. The smell of it re
vealed the fact that it was pure Ken-
noky rye. The trunk was opened and
ixhalf gallon jugs of the liquor were
ouud loosely arrangoa , so mat one 01
hem had broken open and another had
cracked. The owner was a Hebrew
who had expected to save freight charges
by shipping the whisky as baggage.
The liquor which was spilled was worth
$2.00.
Geo. Stalcop , the mover , took advan-
; age of the bright moonlight last night
and the absence of traffic on the street
to move the Eisoley double house from
Second to Sixth street on Main , and it
will likely bo taken across the Main
street tracks tonight when there is a
surcease of the operations of engines
and cars that takes place during the
day time. When the house reaches its
location in Hayes' addition it will be
divided and made into two cottages ,
one of which will bo located on
Twelfth and the other on Thirteenth
street.
A covey of lato-hatchod quails came
into town yesterday from their haunts
in the suburbs and evidently got lost in
the metropolis , for they presented the
unusual spectacle of perching on shade
trees and wandering nrouud on the
street on Norfolk avenue. Messrs.
Shurtz Ss Jenkins had a case of wire
rat traps in front of their store , and one
of the quails took refuge msido a trap
where It was caught by J. C. Adams , who
gave it to JJr. Mackay. Tlio doctor now
has a pair , male and female , in the
window of his office , the other one
having wandered in there early in the
summer. They stay among the vines
in the window and seem perfectly at
home.
Work of laying the mains for the gas
plant is being rushed along at a rate
which shows that the construction
company is taking advantage of every
moment of the fine weather. Several
gangs of men are at work digging
trenches aud laying the mains. Con
siderable of the work on the west side
has been completed and it is the expec
tation that by tomorrow night all the
mains iu that part of town will bo fin
ished , as well as the whole length of
Norfolk avenue. With a continuance
of good weather it is planned that the
mains will be ready to test by Saturday
night of next week , by which time the
machinery at the station will bo ready
to give the system a trial.
Columbus Journal : David Thomas
of Postville , this county , whom wo
mentioned last week as just returning
from his trip to Wales , gave us many
interesting items. Mr. Thomas had
nearly decided that he could not return
to America this winter on account of
not being able to secure a berth in a
steamer. He waited several weeks before -
fore ho got passage and says many were
turned away. On the Gampaigna there
were 1,500 passengers besides the crow
of 485. If the ship had not run into a
fog , which delayed them two days , the
trip would have been made in five days.
Mr. Thomas was in Liverpool when
news of the peace terms with South
Africa was received. Ho had the ex
perience of witnessing the great jubilee
demonstrations , and says the people
fairly went wild. Mr. Thomas says
that the climate in Wales is delightful ,
that this summer has been quite cool ,
so cool in fact that ho has worn his
overcoat a good part of the time. Mr.
Thomas has lived in America thirty
years and thia is his third trip to his
old homo. ' _ _
The long looked for fine flannel waists
have arrived at Baum Bros. It will
bo worth while to BOO thorn.
I
Dr. F. G. Walters , succeeds to the
practice of Dr. F. W. Kiosau. Office
Cotton block.
Will pay highest market price iu
North Nebraska for old scrap iron.
B , MEYKKS.
George Hodges the Victim of a
Murderous Assault.
LEFT BY THE ROADSIDE TO DIE.
A Colored Man Slashed with a Razor
In the Hands of a Whlto Cornpnn-
Ion Assistance Canio in Time to
Save His Life.
George Hodges , n colored man about
(1 ( years of ago , lies at the homo of Jane
ohusou , iu South Norfolk , with his
uroat cut nearly from oar to ear. Ho
was slashed with a razor about 11 o'clock
XBt night , by one or two men who wore
vith him. It is without doubt a cane
f attempted murder and robbery , and
hat the man is alive is owing to his
omarkablo physique rather than to the
ntoutiou of his assailants.
Ho was found at 1 o'clock this morn-
ncr Imlf a block east and a block north
f the Main street bridge by Policeman
Coch aud a hack driver named Hilly
lahu. Hahn had driven his'hack past
ho place whore the man was found ,
nd his attention was attracted to the
prostrate form by his team shying Ho
mrricd up town and reported to Police-
uati Koch that a man was by the side
f the road either dead , injured or very
Iruuk. The two returned to the place
aud the policeman attempted to arouse
man. Ho BOO mod to bo only par-
ially conscious , and the officer natu-
ally thought ho was very much iutoxi-
atod. After takiuir him by the shoul
der the colored man aroused enough to
point to his throat. The moon was still
uudor the oolipso and the police lighted
a match to see what the trouble was.
Thou ho discovered a huge gash across
he man's throat from which blood was
lowing frooly. An examination of the
urronudings disclosed that the man's
clothing was saturated with blood aud
hat he was lying in a puddle of the
ame life substance. No weapon could
be found in the vicinity , with which the
wound could have boon made , thus ( lo
ng away with the idea of suicide and
ettling the fact that someone had at-
empted to murder the man by cutting
lis throat.
The injured man was placed in the
hack and brought to the oillco of Dr.
Vlunsou. Dr. Mackay was called and
; ho two physicians worked over him
until 5 o'clock this morning. They
found a gash five iuohes across his
throat , cut clean aud sharp , indicating
that it had been done with a powerful
blow and probably with a razor. The
windpipe was cut almost in two , all the
largo blood vessels were laid bare and
several of their branches had been cut ,
aud the nerve that supplies the vocal
cords had boon severed , producing pa
ralysis of speech. The wound was
filled with earth with whicn tlio man had
come in contact during his writhiugs
on the ground. One of the doctors
stated that it was the worst looking
wound ho had ever seen in all his ex
perience. The man's face were a coat
ing of clotted blood aud his coat , vest
and shirt were saturated with mud
formed by his own blood mixing with
the earth , in which ho had been lying
for two hours.
The doctors found it difficult to do
anything for him. His windpipe was
nearly severed and so clotted that it
was impossible to administer choloro-
form in the usual way , and it was
found necessary to give it through the
hole in the throat. When ho was
under the influence of the anesthetic ,
the doctors inserted a silver tnbo in the
windpipe , closed the blood vessels aud
finally placed 15 stitches in the wouud
across the throat. The man was weak
and delirious from loss of blood when
brought to thorn , and they gave a sa
line injection into the viens to supply
for j the loss of blood. This revived him
and he was able to toll something of
himself. 1
When the doctors had finished work
ing j with him , ho was taken to the city
jail where ho was made as comfortable
as possible on a cot placed in the corri
dor. At that hour in the morning an
other place could not be found for him ,
but 1 about 10 o'clock ho was removed to
the ( homo of Jane Johnson in South
Norfolk ] , whore ho is being cared for.
The doctors think his chances for re
covery are favorable.
Hodges is to all appearances an intel
ligent 1 , hard working colored man. The
clothing ( ho wore was substantial and in
good f condition , such as any honest
working man might wear. The
answers i to questions were given with a
thorough I understanding , although it
had to bo done by making motions with
his ] hands or writing. His penmanship
is i good considering the circumstances
under which ho is laboring.
Ho was unable to speak , but by mak
ing signs and writing it was learned
that his name is George Hodges and
that ho has boon at work shoveling coal
at the Elkhorn round house for the past
mouth. Night before last he quit work
and yesterday ho and his partner , whoso
name ho gives as Max Spahr , a white
man , were paid off , Hodges receiving
$23.00 and Spar if 13.00. Last night they
cauio up town with a fireman named J.
A. Baird , and together they drank a
considerable during the early part of the
evening. About 11 o'clock they decided
to visit the roHortH UITORH the river and
started out with Unit purpose.
The Ntory hodirod from the colored
man , IH tlmt hu hud about iJ'JO.OO in hlH-
liocketH at this tlmu , aud that when thn
trio reached an isolated pliico Ills
two companions pounced upon him ,
cut his throat and rohhi'd ' him of liln
inoniy. llln Matomont IH that S ] > ahr
struck him and that when hu attempted
to defend hliuKulf Spuhr Hlashcd him
with the razor , while Hulrd reached
into bin innldo pocket aud took the
pockotbook.
Warrants were issued thin morning
for the arrest of Max Spahr and J. A.
Baird. The latter was found working
on hlu engine in the sugar factory yards.
When questioned ho admitted that ho
was out with the colored man and his
partner last night. He said that both
were strangers to him and hu simply
wont with them because of lack of
other company. Ho was with them
when they commenced to quurrul and
when they clinched ho ran , as ho did
not want to beoomo mixed up with their
troubles. Hu denies absolutely that ho
had any hand in the robbery and eluiniH
ho did not know that the colored man
had his throat out until this morning.
Ho sayH Spo.hr had a razor last night , UN
ho hoard him trying to soil it to Hodges
ourly in the evening.
The foot that Baird wont to work at
the usual ( line this morning on his on-
ginu , looks rather favorable to the truth
of his story. However , ho is being held
pending an investigation. Ho has been
working on the Elkhorn Hinco the first
of the month , coming from the B. & M.
His homo is at Hastings. Ho tele
graphed his father this morning of his
trouble.
Spahr in the meantime could not bo
found this morning and IIUH not since
been located , although Marshal Kane
and his force are hunting him. The de
scription of him is rather lack
ing. Ho is said to bo a young
man 21 or 22 years old , smooth
shaven and wearing a black shirt.
Neither of his companions could tell
what kind of a suit ho had on nor do
they remember his hat.
Sturgeon IH the piano man.
Skating Rink Open.
Wo wish to announce that the roller
skating rink in the upper story of the
Oluoy block , at the corner of First and
Main streets is now open to the public ,
and invite the patronage of former pa
trons of the amusement aud all who
wish to learn.
The hours will bo from 2 to 5 in the
afternoon and from 8 to 11 in the evou-
ing of each clay.
Wednesday and Friday afternoons
the rink will bo for the uho of ladioH
only , with Wednesday afternoons free.
HOLLINOSWOHTII & Sl'KAU.
Yocum , piano tuuor. 'Phono 58.
RATTI
Fred Brechler went to Inuiau Tues
day.
day.Mike
Mike Plonzek drove to Madison Fri
day ,
John Magnor has had his residence in
Highland park repainted.
Holy communion services were held
at the Lutheran church Sunday.
Henry Massmau and sou , Frank , were
business vibitors to Norfolk Friday.
Very nearly every farmer's wegon go
ing out of town is loaded with lumber.
Hard times I
Mrs. Owen Wade of Norfolk was
visiting with relatives the fore part of
the week.
The creamery is receiving milk but
three times a week Mondays , Wednes
days and Fridays.
Mrs. J. Ames left for Grayson county ,
Va. , Tuesday , for an extended visit
with relatives.
0. A. Hodman has been eeriously ill
for a week and J. D. Hoover has been
laid up for about a month.
Chas. Brown of Omaha shipped a car
load of cattle and one of hogs to Omaha
from his ranch west of town Tuesday.
Dr. J. M. Alden of Pierce , republican
candidate for state senator , was renew-
ingjold friendships here Wednesday.
Tom Mayhow drove to Norfolk Thurs
day to haul up the pile driver , to bo
used on the river bridge north of town.
Mrs. C. F. Montross and son , Lynn ,
returned Monday from a brief visit with
her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Qnivoy , at
Pierce.
Corn husking has commenced in this
vicinity. A good busker can niako $3
a day and board , as the farmers are
paying from three to three and a half
cents a bushel.
Chaa. Young of Madison is building anew
now dwelling 10 by 32 , 10-foot posts ,
for Win. Tiedgen , two miles south. The
now addition is to bo connected up with
the old house.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Hilgon of Fierce
were visiting with relatives and friends
hero Tuesday. Years ago Mrs. Hilgeu
lived near this place on a piece of laud
called the "Bee Hive" farm.
Mrs. O. H. Maas nnd throe youngest
sous wont to Oloarwator Tuesday for a
visit with her parents , Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Haman , aud Mr. Maas went to
O'Neill to look after his farm property
in that neighborhood.
The high school has been closed about
two weeks on account of changes being
made in the heating system. Norfolk i
workmen are in a fire pan for the I
SEE
OUR
Children's Hats
and
Caps !
BENDER'S ' MILLINERY.
heating plant. Probably they will bo
done by next wool : and school will re
open.
Tlio Lutherans have commenced tlio
moving of Homo of tlio bulldingH on
tlioir property. The Sofll'ort dwelling
they recently bought will bo movud
east of the clniroli school IIOIIHO anil will
bo used for a second UI\HH RomotimoH.
Prof. Dooring'H residence will bo moved
further north and an addition 1(1 ( by 18
foot , and ouo and a hulf ntorioH highwill
bo bnilt.
Farm and oity loans.
TIIK Dmii'Am ) THUBT Co.
Premiums.
For every Bon Ton or Sun Shine flack
returned in good slmpo to the Sugar
Oity Cereal" Mills , you will receive a
needle case containing two puckagoH of
the l 0bt noodles.
Kotnrn two Bon Ton or Sun Shine
Backs and receive a package of "Wheat-
ling.
ling.Dr.
Dr. F. Q. Walters. Olllco ever Banm
Bros. ' store. Olllco telephone 18 Resi
dence 175.
IteHtuurunt , doing good business , for
ale. Inquire at TIIK NKWS oillco.
Dr. II. 0. Mniibon , room 1(1 ( , over the
Fair etoro. Ollk'o and roHidenco tele
phone ino.
COPVWICKT.
A DAINTY SHO FOR
A DAINTY WOMAN
is not difficult to necuro if the buyer
knows how to buy ana the seller knows
how to sell. Being both buyer and
Boiler , and claiming knowledge in both
lines , wo can suit you in Fall and Win
ter shoes , and suit you in price , us well.
The Palaee Shoe Store
STAC6NHORST & CO.
Heating
Stoves
in great variety big
ones , little ones for
hard or soft coal. A
few bargains in seconc
hand heaters.
C. E.
MOORE
Fall
Hats
We Are Not
Good Guessers
SOIIIO Opticians ( It ghlHHOH
by gucHHtng and the UHO
of big wordH. Wo have it
good optical reason for
every iiins wo preHoribo ,
and can explain it to you
111 Ttlfltn tfilirUuli lln vrm
like our way i Most folkH
do. When in Need of
Glauses Lot Us Frovo to
You that Wo Do No
Gucsa Work.
DR. MMPRDT ,
Eye Specialist ,
Don't Get Behind
Uio times , but keep nj >
to date by buying your
furnishings and cloth
ing from
J. W. Humphrey
Wide AwaML
H BUBHHOLX X BO ,
All Kinds of Gents'
Furnishings
- = 3-
. . . ,
StrIctlyUp-to-Dato ;
PRICES RIGHT GIVE US A OALL
A Successful Baking
always follows the use of Bon Ton or
Sunshine flour , made by the Sugar Oity
Cereal Mills. Whether yon make bread ,
cakes , pies or any kind of pastry , you
will find these brands safe and reliable.
Try them once and you'll never use any-
other.
Sugar City Cereal IKills.
If you want the correct
style in . . .
FALL HATS
get them of J. & E.
DURLAND . . .
As they are the only Norfolk
Milliners that visit the Chicago markets.