THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL.
, NORFOLK , NK1MASKA , , ' , .
PART ONE FRIDAY Dl'X'MiMItKR 11) ) IJI02. PAGES 1 TO 8
Sioux City Manager Buys Nor
folk Theater.
'TOOK POSSESSION YESTERDAY.
New Proprietor Controls a Circuit
of First Class Opera Houses and
Is In Position to Book High
Grade Attractions.
Prom Sntnnlny'i Dully.
The ownership of the Norfolk Audi
torium has changed hands , the prop
erty passing into the possession of Mr.
A. B. Boall of Sioux Oity. It will bo
remembered Hint Mr. Boall came to the
city Wednesday morning aud looked
ever the house in company with ex-
Governor Jackson and Mr. Gardner of
Dos Molnos , president and secretary of
the Royal Union Life Insurance com
pany of Iowa , owners of the property.
The party left for Slcux City that after-
tioon , and the transfer of the Auditor-
inm was closed on Thursday. Yester
day morning Mr. Beall returned to the
oity aud took possession. Ho expressed
himself well pleased with the bouse and
said ho thinks it is unusually good for a
town tbo size of Norfolk. Ho admitted
that it needs the addition of some
draperies in the boxes , carpets on the
floors , and a few other accessories , to
make it all it ought to bo , aud ho hopes
business will justify adding these in the
near future. When this is done Nor
folk will have as neat aud tasty an opera
house as is to bo found anywhere.
Mr. Beall is manager of the Grand in
Slonx Oity aud of the leading theatres
in Council Bluffs , Iowa , SionxJFallB , S.
D. , and Mankato , Minn. Now be has
a chain of five houses , and it is needless
to say that ho is in bettor position to
secure- higher class of entertainments
> . than is possible for any manager of ono
, . house to do. In conversation with a
Ij \ reporter .for THE NEWS last evening ,
' Mr. Beall said he should make every
effort to send the best shows to be had
to the Auditorium. While it is late to
make new bookings , ho believed there
is n strong probability that he will bo
nble to gee Hanford and Whitoslde dur
ing tko season , and ho has n number of
otlier first class attractions that ho
hopes to book for Norfolk , in ad
dition to those with whom Mana
ger Spear has contracts. He said
ho should try to make the Auditorium
a credit to Norfolk and he hopes to have
the hearty co-operation of the people of
( i this city to that end. He proposes to
\ make the standard of the house so high
'
' " that when n play comes it may bo de
pended upon that it is right. Ho says
the fact that an entertainment is adver
tised for the Auditorium is to be taken
ns n guarantee that it is worthy the pat-
ronnge of theatre going people. Ho
hopes to have such plays as will attract
not only local people but people living
in towns tributary to Norfolk who en
joy something good. His plan will bo
to have one first class attraction about
once a week during the season.
Mr. Boall is a genial gentleman whom
it is a pleasure to moot. As Norfolk
people will have occasion to know him
better , it may be well to introduce him
by saying that bis name is pronounced
as though spelled Boll. That ho is
n thoroughly competent theatre 'man
ager there can be doubt , as good reports
of the nttraction furnished are received ,
from all the towns whore ho has opera
houses under his management.
While tbe ownership .has changed it
does not necessarily moan that the local-
management will bo changed. Mr.
Beall will want someone living hero to
look after his interest , as it will bo im
possible for him to give it personal at
tention. Goo. H. Spear has had charge of
the house since It was opened January 15 ,
1001 , and the people of Norfolk would
be glad to see him retained in that
capacity. Mr. Beall had not reached a
deoisou as to what he would do in this
matter when he left for Sioux City this
morning , but no doubt an announce
ment may be expected within a few
days.
A Good Entertainment.
From Saturday's Dally :
"A Thoroughbred Tramp" was pre
sented at the Auditorium to a fair
audience last night by a competent com
pany in which Ed. Niner took the lead
ing part as "T. Rush Thompson , P. B. ,
a peripatetic pedestrian. " The scenes
were stirring , climaxes startling and
some of the specialties caught the popu
lar fancy. The scenio arrangement of
the piece was good , the railway train
representations being especially new
and deserving of mention. The style
of tbe play is not of a kind that is pleas
ing to nil , but it is ono that perhaps has
the largest class of admirers of any , and
one that usually attracts a good house
in Norfolk. Some criticism on the
actions of a number who were in the
nudienco was hoard that was not of a
creditable nature to a Norfolk audience.
Especially during the dark shifting of
scenes was this disturbance marked.
Uncle Josh Spruceby.
The patrons of the Auditorium will
A
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bo entertained Sutu'day night , Dee 20 ,
by the bin comedy production ' 'Unolo
Josh Sprucoby" . This popular play
comes well recommended and will no
doubt bo received with enthusiasm hero ,
Tlio plooo Is staged with every nttontloti
to stage roiiliflin , All tbo Fconen are
wull mounted mid noted. Tbo startling
"saw mill" scene IH said to bo n master-
plooo of Htago mucliniilMii. Muny
specialties fire Introduced mid tbo Hiiborb
solo orchestra onrrlud by the company
nil go to make 's a very dullghtful
production. " * .
Helen G , * < Cancels.
From Suttmluy'i Dnli.P . ,
Spuar n fy ' not lee this
morning that llolou ( A ° < frt who was
booked to appear in the S > rlum on
Doconibor HO , would bo ob tj , . ' caiu-ol
her date , aH the route of th. * mny
bad boon changed. She nlsv ' ) ! H
her dates in Sioux Oity and v < ioil
Bluffs , HO it would Boom that Hho is to
keep entirely away from this Hoction of
the country.
PETS ORDERED RELEASED.
Tbo Game Warden Performs a Mighty
Duty.
Editor NHWH : The state game warden -
don recently visited Norfolk , presum
ably in the interest of tbo duties of his
olllco , and bo found but ono case of
violation of the law. Last Bummer any
person canoeing down the North fork
could run into from three to live fish
nets strung across the river in the four
miles between the dam and the junction
of the Elkboru ; every slough between
the Yellow banks and the Horseshoe
Ima hnnn rnnftfitnrllv Rdinnil. ntiti within
n radius of 10 miles of Norfolk I venture
to assort COO quail have boon killed this
fall and winter , but the game warden
discovers but one violation , viz : my
retaining in captivity a brace of pot
quails ; and bo orders them released
from n temperature of 75 degrees to
minus zero , into the drifts and the
clutches of the man with tbo gun. Did
the warden make any arrests for seining
sloughs and stringing gilliiots across
our stream ? Did ho go down to the
dam and construct a fish-gate to permit
fish to ascend the river to spawn ? Did
he arrest n single one of the hundred
and one persons in this vicinity who
shot quail ? No.
It is not the duty of the ordinary
citizen to inform tbo game warden of
violations of tbo law , especially when
the law is a foolish ono Ihat people will
not respect. It is the duty of the war
den to discover nets himself , as well as
violators of the law , and punish them.
That is what ho is paid for. The trip
of the warden to release my pots must
have cost at least $25,00 , an expensive
luxury to the state of Nebraska.
Poor Bobble and Margie I They will
find no little pile of wheat or juicy
apple for dinner out in the snow drifts
of Christmas , but more than likely the
man who in this town is the loudest
about the protection of game , will betaking
taking advantage of their helplessness
and will pot shot them.
J. H. MAOKAY.
REBUILD THE HOSPITAL.
Dr. Teal Recommends it and Reports
Three Patients on the Rolls.
The Lincoln correspondent of the
Omaha Bee states that Dr. Teal has re
ported on conditions of the Norfolk
hospital for the iusano as follows :
"Dr. Frederick F. Teal of the Norfolk
hospital for the insane in his report
filed with the governor calls attention
to the success of the homeopaths and
their treatment of disease at that in
stitution. The death rate since homo-
opathio treatment has been introduced ,
said the report , was the lowest in the
history of the institution , being only
3.05 per cent. There wore 265 inmates
in the hospital December 1 , 1000 , and GO
now ones admitted during the year. A
total of SO' ) cases wore treated during
the year.
"The report contains a complete
history of the fire and to that attributes
the increased cost per capital to $230.02.
At present on the roll of the hospital
there are three names and these persons
are at their homos on parole. The dis
position of tbo patients has been as
follows : Lincoln hospital , 128 ; Hast
ings , 135 ; disoharged as cured , 84 ; died ,
19 ; homo on parole , 3.
"Dr. Teal reports the value of state
property at Norfolk to bo $125,000 , and
he recommends the hospital bo rebuilt
to accommodate 260 persons.
"The appropriation received was
$174,000 ; expenditure from December
1 to April 1 , 1001 , $18,521.71 ; from April
1,1001 , to December 0,1903 , $30,709.35. "
Reached the Limit.
A Chicago dispatch says : National
Bowling Champion Fred Strong , has
rolled 300 , the first time he has ever ac
complished this feat , In a oity club game
at Mussey'n alloys. He made nine
strikes on one alley and then finished on
another.
This feat follows up his sensational
performance in the Chicago league last
night when Strong , bowling with the
Colts , averaged 248 5-3 , the second high
est average for three games over rolled
In competition.
G. A. Baxter Pleads Guilty at
Grand Island ,
GIVEN A TEN-YEARS SENTENCE.
Baxters Formerly Lived In Norfolk ,
The Woman Being a Daughter of
Ed. Ellis , the Plasterer Wife Ac
cuses Husband of the Crime.
0. A. Baxtor.a colored man 01 yoatsof
ago , \\ho moved from this oity to ( "Irand
Inland , was sentenced to 10 years In
the ponituntiary at ! ( hut place Hut-
urday night , after having pleaded guilty
to murdering liiH 4-monthn-old bubo , al
though ho assorted IIH ! innoct'iiuo of the
orimo , while pleading guilty. * Hnxtur
was accused of the crimu by his wife ,
who is about lit ) yearn of ago and is a
daughter of Ed. Ellin of this oity , hav
ing boon married hero about two yearn
ago. In n conversation with Judge
Thompson , who sentenced the man ,
hold yesterday nft'ornoon , Haxter mild
that the death of the child was an ao-
cidont , that ho never intended to kill It
and that murder was not in his heart
Judge Thompson has ordered the shvr-
iil not to take the prisoner to Lincoln
as yet , Indicating that the case may bo
ro'Oponed.
The coroner was notified of the death
of the infant by n negro neighbor Fri
day afternoon and told that Its death
had taken place under suspicious cir
cumstances. Ho wont to the hut in the
southern part of Grand Island occupied
by the Baxters to make an investigation
lie waH soon satisfied that the cnno
warranted n thorough examination
He summoned the county attorney ,
chief of police and the shorifV , and prose
cuted his investigation with the result
that Baxter was arrested.
According to the story from Grand
Island , Mrs. Baxter WBH very much
afraid of her husband , who seemed to
exercise a hypnotic influence over her ,
and when ho was removed from the
room she broke down and told her story.
She said her husband had often
threatened to kill the brat , that ho had
arisen that morning in a cross mood ,
that when she , discovered him in the
room where the sleeping infant lay , she
tried to got in , ho shoved her back , she
pl'jftdeil with him not to kill the child ,
he threatened to kill her too if she over
told anyone. The woman wont out of
the house into the yard and told a
neighbor boy , which led to the coroner's
notification. The unfortunate woman
stated that he bad threatened to kill her
before and had once attempted to strike
her with an axe.
The negro was promptly arrested and
placed in the county jail. The babe
and the pillows , weighing eight pounds
each , were taken charge of by the cor
oner and county attorney.
Friday night Attorney Horth had
Baxter taken up from the jail to the
sheriff's olllco and put through the fire
of a rigid examination. Ho told some
conflicting stories but maintained his
innocence of any premeditated murder.
Ho admitted putting one pillow over the
child's face-the "other at its back like. "
When confronted with1 the evidence of
his wife ho stared at the attorney but it
was more a look as if ho doubted the
words of the attorney than of surprise
or indignation. He firmly denied the
crime , said he hod never threatened his
wife , had not shoved her from the door ,
had never expressed the thought of mur
der against the child. While appar
ently much worried and once or twice
on the verge of breaking down , he
maintained to the end that he had no
intention of killing the child and would
rather go to the blook at once , [ mention
ing the guillotine. Ho said ho had
formerly lived at Llnwood.
At the coroner's inquest Mrs. Baxter
related practically the same story ex
cepting that in some of the details an
even stronger case was brought out
against the old man. It was developed
that ho had placed two pillows over the
child's face and body , bad put a quilt
over this and covered a heavy buffalo
robe over the quilt. Mrs. Baxter states
that they came hero from Linwood day
before Thanksgiving and that at Linwood -
wood ho had threatened the life of tbo
babe by throwing it into the creek and
that on the night she took refuge at the
homo of Baxter's sister. Mrs. Fears , a
colored lady living near the Baxters ,
corroborated in part the story of the
mother.
It is said hero that both Baxter and
his wife were simple minded folks , in
fact it is intimated that neither was
right mentally , a circumstance that has
evidently not been brought out in the
investigation at Grand Island.
The Modern Sugar Beet.
It is a' curious fact that the sugar
beet has enormously increased in sugar
contents since men began to use it for
sugar making purposes. When Napol
eon first took up the question getting
sugar from beets , the sugar contents
was seldom in excess of 7 per cent.
Now n beet that will ijot give 12 per
cent is considered only fit for cattle feed ,
and noino bouts glvo over 20 per cent of
mtgnr.
Soils Ihat grow good siifMir booln nio
that Imvu a good supply of llnio.
What urn known lias llmnrock soils aio
good for theno roots. That , with other
thlngH , IH tbo roanon why the plant IH
ono of the profitable specialties of tbo
Htuto of Nebraska. Honvor City Tlinon-
Trlbuno.
Nebraska Is her own Hweet self ngnln
having evaded the grasp of Old Hoiens
and the Front King.
FEEDING CATTLE.
Whont Versus Corn In a Ration Tor
Fattening Steers.
Tin ) following HynopHlH of experiment
! l , in bulletin No. 75 , contains the ro-
HiiltH of oxporlmoiitH by I'rof. 15. A.
Hurnett , at the agricultural experiment
ntation of * ho university of Nebraska ,
which should bo of value to UIOHO who
are feeding or fattening oiUtlo , Thosn
wishing fuller information on the sub
ject can obtain tbo bulletin free of cost
by writing tbo agricultural experiment
station at Lincoln.
Twenty yearling steers , mostly grade
IlerofordH of good quality , were divided
Into four lotn. Lots 1 and 2 had been
fed grain on grass during the preceding
Rummer and were in much heavier flesh
than lots II and -I , whluh had only grass
during the summer. One lot of each
kind was given n wheat ration and one
of each a oorn ration. While the ex
periment was primarily intended to
test the feeding value of wheat an com
pared with corn , It also furnishes inter
esting data on the relative economy of a
long feeding period with n shorter one.
The experiment proper wan begun
December 1 , 1001 , and closed May II ,
11)02. ) The experiment was divided
into two perlodn , the first eleven weeks
and the second twelve weeks. During
t.ho first period the rations were 80 per
cent ground wheat and 20 per emit
bran , as against 80 per cent , ground corn
and 20 per cent bran. The roughness
consisted of alfalfa hay in Ixith canon.
During the second pnrlod thoho rutionn
were slightly modified , ono being nitulo
70 per cent wheat , 15 per cent corn , and
15 per cent oil meal , the other 70 per
cent corn , 15 per cent wheat and 15 per
cent oil meal.
The average amount of food consumed
and gains made by each etoor in nrnh of
the four lots during the entire period of
twenty-throe wookslls as follows :
The steers in lot 1 averaged , Decem
ber 1,1001 , 107 > 1 pounds. Each con
sumed 22-18 pounds of grain , mostly
wheat , and 1307 pounds of roughness ,
mostly alfalfa bay , and gained 2 ! ) I
pounds. In this lot 12 1 pounds of feed
was required to make one pound of gain.
The steers in lot 2 averaged 1020
pounds each and consumed 2218 pounds
of grain , mostly corn , and 1397 pounds
of roughness , mostly alfalfa. The aver
age gain of each steer in lot 2 was 279.
In this lot 18.28 pounds of food wore re
quired to make ono pound of gain.
The steers in lot it and I as previously
stated were given no grain during the
previous summer and therefore weighed
loss December 1. The steers in lot 3
averaged 985 pounds each. They were
given the same kind of ration as lot 1
but consumed 2425 pounds of grain ,
mostly wheat , and 1392 pounds of rough
ness. They gained 310 pounds each ,
[ n this case 11.11 pounds of Joed was
consumed for ono pound of gain.
Tbo steers in lot 4 averaged 075
pounds each and consumed 2121 pounds
of grain , mostly corn , as in lot 2 , and
1397 pounds of roughness. Those steers
gained 320 pounds each and required
11.8 pounds 'jot food for ono pound _ of
gain.
gain.Making
Making an aveiage of lots 1 and 3 ,
wo find in the case of the wheat steers
11.85 pounds of food was required for
ono pound of gain. Averaging lots 2
and 4 it was found that the corn steers
consumed 12.48 pounds of feed for one
pound of gain. This shows that the
wheat ration proved five per cent more
efficient than the corn ration.
By making an average of the steers
in lots 1 and 2 , and those in lots 3 and
4 , it is found'that the summer grain fed
steers required during the winter 12.8
pounds of food for ono pound of gain ,
while those in lots 3 and 4 required
11.42 pounds of food for ono pound of
gain. This means that the steers which
were grain-fed during the winter made
11 per cent larger gains for the food
consumed than those which were grain
fed during both summer and winter.
In the financial statement as pub
llshed in the bulletin , wo find each
steer in lot 1 , on wheat , credited with a
net profit of $8.97. Those in lot 2 , on
corn are credited with $11 30 each.
The steers in lot 3 give a net profit of
$20.29 and those in lot 4 of $18.97. In
figuring profits , wheat was valued at
$1.10 per hundred and corn at $1 per
hundred.
The profit on pigs , which fed on drop
pings , amounted to about $4 per steer
and was credited to the steers in the
financial statement. This emphasizes the
importance of providing pigs to follow
cattle oven when the cattle are given
ground feed.
Dr. Bryant's Place of Business
Gutted by Fire.
THE STOCK IS A TOTAL LOSS.
Insurance ) ofOi'100 on Building and
! T.GOO on the Slock Alarm Was
Turned in About Midnight Neigh
boring Buildings Threatened.
1'rom Tiinniln } ' Dully ,
Dr. V. A. Hryant'H drug store , junt
oant of Hut HIioiToggo Imkory on Kusl
Norfolk nvomio , WIXH gulled byjllro liiHl
night about 12 o'clock , nnil.tho stook In
praotlcnlly n total lonn.
The flro started in the rear mid of the
store room , buck of the wull paper and
| > roHoriptlon , canes and appimrn to linvo
lioon from spontaneous cnmhiiHtlon.
In the room where the lire nturtod , there
wan a tank of ooal oil and other oil
stock and the flro had burned but a few
moments when this oil blazed upland
the flames produced were fierce , quickly
burning all combustible material nearby
uid sending the flamim through tbo
culling and roof. The building is u
frame ntruoturo , erected In tbo early
lays of Norfolk , and hud Ixmomo an dry
is tinder , making great fuel for tbo
blnzo. By the tiino the dromon were
iblo to dlreot water on the flro the ruin
of the drug store had Ixion nlmont com
plete , and the buildings of K. J. Hulior-
roggo , and that occupied by Walters'
second hand store , adjoining , were seri
ously threatened , Hoth of UIOHO are
frame structures. The Shorroggo build
ing is separated from the Bryant
building by n space' of about
two foot. It in two storloH high while
the Bryant building was but
ono story , and when the flames burst
through the roof of the drug store the
llromon had great difficulty in prevent
ing the spread of the flames to the
HohorroBgo block , but were so success
ful that the outer boards were barely
scorched. The building occupied by tbo
Walters' etouk of second band goods is
a story and a half high and it is about
six foot from the Bryant building ,
Only tbo roof was exposed to the fire
and this was only charred in spots
where cindorn had fallen.
While the flamon were confined to the
roar end o tile Bryant building , the
fierce heat , the smoke and the water
wrecked the front portion and ruined
the stook. The front windows of the
building and the glass in the show cases
were wrecked by the boat , while the
sumo cause , in addition to the smoku
ind water so ruined the stock that but
ittlo can be roali/.od from its sale.
Many of the bottles containing medi
cines and chemicals were broken by the
heat and the contents of those not
jrokon were so heated that the corks
were blown out , and a casual view of
the stock would indicate that but very
ittlo could bo saved from the wreck.
After the alarm the firemen worked
with energy , and but for thotr prompt
ind vigorous action the frame buildings
idjoiulug would undoubtedly have been
destroyed , and the loss resultant from
the flro would have boon much greater.
An almost total absence of wind aided
the firemen materially in their efi'orts.
The fire was first soon by Night
Policeman Kooh who gave the alarm.
The firemen had some difficulty on the
start with their hose frco/.lng , but when
ho water had cleared the lee out , short
work was made of the blaze.
The building was insured in the Gor-
mania of Now York for $ -100 which will
probably place it in as good condition as
t was before the flro. The stook was in
sured for $500 in the Western Underwriters -
writers , which will not cover the loss ,
as the stook is so near n total loss
that little or nothing can be roali/.ed
from that which remains.
Dr. Bryant left for his home last
night about 1) ) o'clock and did not know
of the damage to bis property until
notified by his brother after the break
fast hour this morning. Mrs. Bryant is
visiting in Iowa. The doctor Is of the
opinion that the fire started in the
partition between the two rooms.
He had a comfortable flro and
two Rochester lamps burning be
fore he loft lost uighc and thinks it
possible that the fire may have started
from the chimney flue which was in the
partition , as the fire appears to have
burned both ways from the partition ,
bat was the most severe in the back
room , where there was quite a stock of
oil and wall paper.
Dr. Bryant has been in the drug busi
nesa at his present location for the past
17 or 18 years , having placed the build
ing on its present site. The building
suffered some loss from a windstorm of
some time ago that damaged theOxuard
and other buildings , but the owner
never realized any insurance from it.
When the doctor located he was in the
center of the business section , but It has
been gradually moving west and for the
past several years he has not enjoyed a
lucrative trade. He recently wrote n
book from which he hopes to retrieve
his loss in the present instance.
The doctor now uwaits settlemeui
from the Insurant ! ) ) I'oinpanldHand until
( lion hiMVllt iniiko no plann forlhufn-
turn. The people of Not folk nlnc'eruly
ny input hl/.o with him In MID IOHH bo him
sustained
Seize Half a Thousand Quail.
When ( ho Kllchorn train arrived at
Proinonl , yesterday morning , two Imrroln
of quail were mil/ml by Deputy ( liimo
Wai don Uoorgn I < , Curtor. They con
tulnod ubont fiOO birds. The penalty for
killing qmill at thin SOIINOII of the your
In $ fi 00 for oaoh bird , so HOIIIOOIIO Manila
to bo mulcted $2,500.
Tbo blrdn were shipped from Verdi
gro , mid consigned to n ClhlrngoniMroHH ,
proMiinably a hotel They were din-
gulned by having liulf a do/on dienncd
ililokonn placed over them In onolt
mrrol.
They were taken to Lincoln by the
l/fllllft U/lllflf . .III
ributod among thu slate iiistitiitlonn ,
u iiuoordanco with the law.
The seizure is the largest over made
since the game luw ban boon in force
I'ho immii of the person who shipped
the birds ooiild not , bo learned , the ox-
irenn uiosminm'r taking tbo wny bill
with him before It could bo Innpoo'tod.
DEFORE TWO COURTS.
Objected fo Treatment of Walton Girls
and Made to Pay tor it.
I'rmn Tiiomliiy'B Dully.
For about the hundred and 'ntoonth
line , hero and olnowliero , Tom Lenvy ,
formerly of Tildon , was ronponsibln for
seine canes In court , yesterday , In fact
hero wan a ease in oaoh of the couitn of
the city. Lenvy and a Now York Mfo
nan , i\l. \ Sohufalt , board at tbo 1'aciflu
lotol , and during tbo breiikfunt hour
bo latter objected to Loavy'n conduct
it tbo table , finally taking him in hand
and giving htm chastisement that wan
ntorprotod as unmutlt and battery in
mo of tbo courts and disturbing the
unco in another. It seomn that Lonvy
md boon surly to the waiter girls , if not
kbiiHlvo.and tbo last straw was when one
of them united Leuvy to pans tliofttigarcr
cream or something , and the gentleman
replied that bo would when IK
hroiigh with it. It is then alleged that
Scliufult called him n bard imtiiu and
iftor leaving the table laid in wait for
Lenvy and took a smash at ono of hln
eyes , about oloslngitbo optic and break-
ng tbo skin on the cheek bone.
Lonvy at once wont to tbo court of
Fustlco Klsoloy and got out papers for
the arrwit of SohnJolt , but lu the u.euu *
line the insurance man had hoard thiit
joavy was up to and wont to Conloy'H
court and pleaded guilty to the rliargo
of assault and battery , thus forestalling
ho action of tbo officers. Ho was not
Jiiroful enough , however , to plead guilty
o all charges and was brought bo-
'ore Police Judge Hayes , where bo was
Inod for disturbing tbo peace , thus pay-
ng double for what in the uood old
lays of knighthood might have tanned
in act of gallantry. However , there
VOH no question of his guilt in the
eyes of modern law andho pleaded
fiiilty in both instances.
Loavy has some sympathy from tbo
'act ' that ho is a man well along in years ,
but ho has a reputation for posflessing
a cross and surly disposition that no ono
can put up with. Ho wai a frequent
isitor to Not folk in the early days aud
often managed to got into trouble on
boso visits. lie owns a farm near
Tildon and his troubles with tenants
are periodical and notorious iii that part
of the country. Ho had Tttroublo
with a tenant last snmmorand the diffi
culty reached such a phase that ho has
seen fit to take up his residence in Nor
folk and has remained hero since.
It is told on him that during the
Spanish-American war he took the part
of the country's enemies with inch
vigor that ono night ho was routed out
of his room at Tildeii and made to pa
rade the streets in scanty attire , waving
a Cuban flag , ail of which tends to give
sympathy for Sohufalt with those who
know Leavy aud his reputation. The
courts did what they could by making
the fine of the defendant ] [ as light as
possible.
Was Only Coal Tar.
A pair of smooth swindlers have been
operating in and around Greenwood ,
Nobr. , during the past few days , and as
a consequence there are many irate vic
tims hoping they will return this way.
The two young men drifted into Green
wood and immediately started in to dis
pose of a new and wonderful Jstovo
polish , which they warranted to last
forever and to make a rusty stove look
like glass. Their plan was to rub the
stuff over the leg of n stove and tell
their intended victim not to allow it to
get hot for two days. The polish was
indeed a beautiful one , and they had no
trouble in disposing of n large amount
of the stuff at 50 cents n pint. At the
end of two dnys they disappeared.
When a stove which had been polished
with the stuff was fired up the nroma
arising from the " "
"polish" was something -
thing awful , and it burned with the
rapidity of tinder , leaving the stove la
an extremely rusty condition.
An investigation by a local chemist
proved the "polish" to be nothing but
cool tar , which ordinarily Bells at 40
cents per gallon. Cumiug Conntr
Democrat.