The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, August 14, 1903, Page 6, Image 6

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    Tllh WJIU'OhK MUWS : FRIDAY , AUGt'ST 14. 1'JO ' , ' ) ,
Seventy Per Cent of it Will be
Saved From Frost.
WHEAT WILL EQUAL LAST YEAR
Oats Will be 15 per cent. Dettcr Than
One Year Ago Acreage Is a quar
ter More Farmer" Have a Bright
Outlook This Season.
fKrom flntunlny'ii Dnlly.l
Regardless of tlio Into ttciiKon nnil
the extreme wet wonthor which thin
section of the country experienced
during the early months of this mini-
inor. tin- crop outlook nmnml Norfolk
IH wonderfully encouraging for mi
output fully equal In many Ihlngs to
that of last your , mid In HOIHO ro-
HpoctH oven btrttor.
From the bent ohtulnuhlo Informn-
lion a oonHorvatlvo outlnmto plucoH
the yield of wheat nn high r\H Hint ,
of last your a two-thirds crop with
acreage about one-fourth IOHH , The
rivlnn pounded , wheat to a certain
extent , but the weather of late has
brought It out well.
The corn crop IH tremendous. The
acreage IH about the tmmo IIH that of
lust year ami It IH oHtlnmted that HOV-
nty per cent , of It will bo wivotl
from front.
OatH will bo llftoun per cent , bettor
than last yoar'H yield , anil the acre
age IH one-fourth more than that of
n year ago , HO that a nm'iorlal gain
will bo felt horo.
lloportu from Tllilen Htato that
uven In the hall-Htrlekou district
corn , which wan cu'i clean , haw taken
a midden and HiirplHlng shoot upward
and will yield half a crop.
\\Millo HOIUO of the low land snf-
ferw Hllghty from the water , the up
land corn lloldH are fairly booming ,
uud HtalkH at pronout are HOV on and
ulghl feet high. The oarH are largo
and Hllk ban developed Hovornl Inches
In length , HO that the prospect IH
highly HatlHfactory.
SATURDAY SIFTINQS.
Mrs. .1. H. Gnlushu of Monroe , WlH. ,
Is In the city.
MHH ! Lilian Lulkai'i. han gone to
Omaha for a visit with her friend ,
IMIss Eleanor Coffeon.
MrH.Varon Hurhnrt of South Nor
folk wont to Nollgh today to Hpond
Sunday wl'ih her parents.
loHHo O. Knowlton , of JnmosUnvn ,
Ind. , in visiting at the homo of C.
Jl. Hakor , South Fifth Htroot.
Mrn. E. M. Iluntlugton loft yostor-
Oay over the M. & O. for a two weeks'
visit with her sinter In Iowa.
Miss Klorenco I'arker arrived In
the city last night from Genoa , where
ho has been visiting her sister.
Miss Nell Dlngman left last night
for Nellgh , where she will bo the
guest of Miss Ilertha Wlllo over Sun
day.
\V. H. Johnson Is In Now York
City purchasing the now stock of
fall and winter goods for the Johnson
Dry Goods company.
Ha/el Host , a soiled dove from the
Row , was drunk and disorderly cm
Vho streets last evening and paid a
line of $12 In police court this morn
ing.
llov.V. . .1. Turner and Rev , J J.
Parker will leave Monday for a bible
school near Chicago. The session
will clone with a trip around the
lakes.
D. Hanm will leave at noon to
morrow for New York City whore ho
KOOS to select a stock of fall and
winter goods for Uaum Uros. ' clothIng -
Ing house :
Miss Laura Hedge , who has been
visiting her cousin , Miss Nolle Ding-
man of South Norfolk , for the past
two weeks , has returned to her homo
In Fremont.
F.A. Heeler will leave next Wednesday -
day for Now York CUYy , where ho
goes to select a stock of goods for
fall and winter trade for Heeler Hroa.1
dry goods house.
Attorney George F. Hoyd of Oak-
dale wis In the city yesterday tak
ing In the sights under the escort of
Posmastor John R. Hays. He Is n
cousin of District Judge J. F. Uoyd.
The annual meeting of the W. C.
T. U. for the election of oillcors and
hearing the reports of dopnrtmonYs
will be held August 12 , at 15 p. in.
in the Methodist church. This cen
tral location was chosen to accom
modate 'chose who walk from the
Junction.
George Fox , a printer who formerly
worked in Norfolk , died at Addison
Tuesday , of sunstroke , aged 39 years.
He had been working In the ofllce of
the Monitor at Hloomflold until last
week when ho went to work with a
bridge gang and was nimble to stand
the heat of the outdoor work. Inter
ment was made at Wayne , Friday , his
mother making her homo vhore. Ho
leaves a wife and two children who
reside at Pllgor and a brother , James ,
at Randolph.
Rev. W. J. Turner noticed the an
nouncement in The News regarding
prospects for an athletic club in Nor
folk , and heartily favors the plan.
Ho suggests that n reading room
could be run In connection with the
gpmnaslum , tire reading room to be
supported by the churches am ! the
gymnasium to bo run Imlopendoiv lv
by the athletic club. With a \\eil
equipped gym. the young men or Nor
folk would find wholesome pastime
through the winter evenings and
would 'bo benefited.
jnmos Gnildoa and John Guildea ,
j
Imvo returned to Norfolk from
Omnlin where they wonY to nttond
the funeral of their aued father ,
Thomas Oulldoa , who died In Omaha
Tuesday morning. Poath came not
from drowning , an reported In an
Omaha paper , but from heart dlHo.iHo.
Mr. Oulldea had boon In the hahltfor
a long limit of Hitting on the bank
of the Htream which ran by the hos
pital. It IH thought tbnl In attempt
ing to MHO bin heart gave out and lot
him fall Into the waYor. Only a portion
tion of the body wiui covered by the
Htroam. Interment waH In Holy Sep
ulchre cemetery , boHldo the grave of
his wife.
COTTAOfpLANloF NORFOLK ,
Commission Returns From the Eaot
After Investigating Cottage Plan .
for Hospitals for Insane.
( From Tlmrmlny'H Dnlly.J
NOWH from Lincoln states that At
torney General Pront , ArchlYoct Tyler
and Superintendent KeniH hove re
turned from the ciiot where they
went to InvoHtlgato the cottage plan
for hospitals for the Inmnio , wl'ih a
view to recommending the adoption
of micli Hystom for the rehabilitation
of the hosplttal at this place. They
are now onthitHlaHtlc supporters of
the plan and 1'i will bo adopted by
the hoard of public landH and build
ings If their recommendations are ef
fective.
They visited the Institutions at
Kankakoo , ill. , Toledo and Masslllon ,
O. , and Logansport , Ind. , and are con
vinced that the cottage system IH the
thing , and will recommend Us adop
tion for Norfolk at the next mooting
of the board. Speaking of the ad
vantages to bo derived from the COY-
tago system Mr. Pront said :
"It provides facilities for the hotter
clnsHlllcatlou of patients In groups
of their own kind than does the old
system of housing Yhom all In the
Hume building ; It minimizes the dan
ger from lire or other accident to the
Institution ; It affords vastly superior
sanitation and offers many hardly
loss Important advantages for the
comfort and bettor care of patients. "
Of the different institutions visited
the attorney general said that the In
stitution at Toledo IH a magnlllcon'c
plant. In addition to the adminis
tration building , the steam plant
structure , the laundry and other OH-
Hontlal bulldlngH , vhero are fifty four
cottages detached , each capable of
accommodating from thirty-live to
llfty patients. There Is a central dinIng -
Ing room , and smaller ones In the
wards for such patients as are tumble
to take their meals In Yho main dinIng -
Ing hall.
At Massillon thorc is also a central
hall , with occasional smaller ones In
the wards. The main hall Is a sump
tuous apartment with marble wains
coting and ether ornrto and costlv
appointments , cosYlng without Its
furnishings about ? 70 000. The super'
lutondeut's house cost about $75.000
and there are a largo number of cot
tages.
The asylum at Kankakcc , III. , Is
an enormous Institution , accommodat
ing something over 2,000 patients and
having about -K10 attendants. It Is
not built wholly on the cottage plan ,
for there Is a largo main building
which formed the nucleus of the
Institution , and there have since been
built twenty-four detached structures
on Yho largo house order.
At Logansport , Ind. , the mansion
order is still more pronounced , the so-
called cottages being capable of ac
commodating 100 patients each and
being comprised of two wards , one
on each of two floors.
State Architect Tyler took copious
notes of Yho construction and appoint
ments of the best cottages as ho wont
along , which he will bo able to nil-
ll/.o In the plans for the Norfolk In
stitution should the board of Public
Lands and Hulldlngs conclude to ac
cept the rccommondaYlons of this
commission of Inspection.
THE RUNABOUT PURCHASED ,
The Swell Turnout Which Mag Will
Pull and Which Will be Given
Away , Is Selected.
iFroin Tuesday's DnIIy.l
The runabout which will bo given
away by The News on October 15 ,
to the most popular lady , was pur
chased this morning from H , C. Sat-
tier. It Is a handsome , rubber tired ,
beautifully polished runabout , up-to-
date In every respect and of the
HnosY make. It is lit for a queen to
ride in and anyone could bo justly
proud of it. It may bo seen at any
time at the Implement house of H.
C. Saltier.
Notice.
To whom it may concern and particu
larly to Oriu J Showoa.
Be it known , that L. E Durlaud hav
ing on the 4th day of November , 1001 ,
purchased at public sale at the treas
urer's offlee in Madison county , state f
Nebraska , of the then treasurer of snul
county , for the delinquent taxes of 1900 ,
the following described property , taxed
for said year in the name of J. Showes ,
to-wlt : North east quarter lot C ,
Pasowalks addition to the oitv of Nor
folk in Madis in county. Nebraska , the
said purchase being evidenced by cer
tificate of tax sale No f > 0 ( ! and the
taxes on said land for the years 1001 and
I'.tO'J having been paid by the under-
higuod on Sitd ! certificate.
Therefore notion is hereby given as
required by law , that the time of the
redumption of paid real estate for said
tax sale will expire on the fith day of
November , IflOU , and that immodiulply
thereafter the said Ii K Du-laud will
apply to the treasurer of said county for
a deed to the nbnve ilrscrib ( ! property.
Dated this ilrst duv of July , 100 ! ! .
L K. DUKUV D ,
Owner of certittcate.
By Jlnpos & Hazon , her attorney.
Wlghty-Foot Structure Com-
mcnccd on Spring Branch.
FIRST STREET MAY COME NEXT.
The Span to be Quilt Is Done by R.
A. Lovelace , and at Order of Mad
ison .County .Commissioners Old
Drldge Has Deen Unsafe.
[ From Tuomlfiy'H Dnlly. )
A now bridge was begun In Madison
county , two miles north and one mile
east of Norfolk , tills morning. The
now Htrucluro IH Yo bo olghly feet In
length , and will span the crook known
an Spring Uranch , at the John /Mir.
farm.
Lumber was hauled to the spot yes
terday and this morning a huge pile
driver , In charge of a large force of
men , was taken to the Kite. The work
will bo In charge of H , A. Lovelace ,
bridge builder and contracYor.
For many years the old wooden
bridge at this point has been In a bad
way , It had come of late to ho rather
unsafe and the necessity for a re
pairing was made apparent to the
county commissioners , under whoso
order the work IH being done.
Spring Uranch IH a stream which
Hews InYo the Northfork river at the
Hlllo farm , a mile and a half north
of the city. It IH Hinall In volume ,
but Its channel bun cut a deep course
along the route and long bridges are
essential.
It Is hoped by many Norfolk busi
ness mon and by farmers living south
on First , street that the bridge over
the Elkhorn , one tulle south , may
follow In reconstruction shortly.
Confer With Commlsloners.
A committee consisting of Carl
Xuolow , August IJrummund and Dr.
F. ( } . Wilkinson , appointed by the
city council , wont to Madison this
morning to confer with the counYy
commissioners to ascertain what
rights , If any , the city would have
with regard to the drainage along
Park avenue and from there Into the
river.
MONDAY MENTION.
George Klllen is homo for a few
days to visit friends.
County Clerk Emil Winter was in
the city this morning from Madison.
Damascus chapter No. 25 , U. A.
M. will meet In regular session to
night.
Mrs. J. F. Loach of. West Point is
the gucsY of Mrs. M. A. McMillan In
the Heights.
Miss Irene Dexter will entertain to
morrow evening for her guest , Miss
Wllcox , of Grlswold , la.
Mrs. Vail , mother of C. H. Vail , was
operated upon this morning for can
cer. She is resting well.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pllgor of
Madison wore visiting with Norfolk
relatives and friends yesterday.
MlsH Augusta Praditz , who has been
visiting at the homo of Mrs. Pilger ,
returned to Stanton this morning.
A game of baseball will likely be
played between Norfolk and BatYle
Creek at Battle. Crook next Sunday.
Mrs. John Wright and daughter
have gone to Omaha whore Miss
Wright will bo under a physician's
care.
care.Tho
The tri-stato tennis tournament at
Slonx City will be held this week. No
players are entered from Norfolk Yhls
season.
Miss Wllcox , of Grlswold , la. , is a
guest of her friend , Miss Irene Dex
ter. They were clnssnmles at Brow-
nell Hall.
Mrs. C. T. Richardson of Battle
Creek was a city visitor over Sunday.
She was enroute homo from a trip
to Canada.
Miss Minnie Mans and Miss Lydia
King of Stanton , a nleco of W. L.
Kern , loft last evening for Hot
Springs , S. D.
Postmaster-Editor A. C. McFarhmd
of Lynch was In town this morning ,
the guest of his brother , Norfolk's
popular city clerk.
A large number of the young people
of Norfolk enjoyed Ihelr Sunday's
rest In the cool retreaYs offered by
the Yellow Hanks.
Mr.and Mrs. Michael Schlaus and
Children of Lynch were visiting 'today
at the homo of Mrs. Schlaus' brother ,
H. Huscnpflug of this city.
Clyde Horsheiser , who has been
visiting during the past two months
at the homo of Matt Shaffer , returned
to the home of his grandmother in
O'Neill this noon.
Mrs. A. D. Cole returned yesterday
from a two months' trip in Pennsyl
vania and Now York. On her way
homo she visited a few days with
her son , Hal , at Corning , Iowa.
The missionary society of the Con
gregational church will meet in un
ion services with the Methodist mis
sionary society nt the homo of Mrs.
C. D. Jenkins tomorrow afternoon at
: > o'cock.
Mrs. H. K. Owen left today to join
her husband a'c Wichita , Kansas , ex
pecting to bo absent two weeks or
longer. Mr. Owen is engaged in
completing a railroad grading con
tract near Wichita.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Bullock re
turned Saturday night from a three-
months' trip Yo California and the
west and are visiting at the homo uf
their son , E. A. Bullock. They may
decide to locate In Norfolk.
During the drenching rain of Sat-
unlay afternoon , whoa water fell for
a Hhort time In cloudburst fashion ,
Norfolk's HtroeYH were filled and the
now ditches , long Norfolk avenue car
ried off the HiirphiH admirably well.
MlHH May Durland returned homo
Saturday evening from an extended
trip through aiiHtcrn HYalo-i. AVhllo
absent Hho visited friends , nt New
York , UoHton , Chicago and returning
waH the guest of Miss Coffeon of
Omaha.
H. L. Hombo made a round trip to
Omaha yesterday , to visit bin son
Harry , who IH' now In a hospital for
treatment upon an Injured knee. The
patient Is getYlng along in line shape
and great hopes are ontcrlalned for
a complete recovery.
About the limit In diabolical tricks
waH approached yesterday morning
when some Norfolk youth walked
along Norfolk avenue , In front of the
Muni block , and H'iabhcd a pen knife
Into both tires of a bicycle that loaned
ngalnHt the building. W. M. Rain-
bolt Is owner of the machine.
The Eagles have a now piano stool
to go with their prl/.e piano , pre-
Hented by H. U. Ward , resident man
ager of the A. Hospo Co. The Eagles
are getting their club rooms into
shape In Yho vacant room below ,
three IM > O ! tables have alredy been
Installed and ether changes are to fol
low soon.
John Smith , who claims no rela
tlonshlp to the venerable John
whoso head was not chopped off on
a rock In Virginia , and Charlie
Young , a farm hand , were picked up
on the streets Saturday night for be
ing drunk and disorderly. They luld
In Jail until this morning. John
paid $10 and Charlie $8 for Ihelr good
times. Olllcor Pllgor picked them
up.
C. C. Boverldge , of Fremont , well
known throughout the state and na
tion as a temperance worker , died
at Excelsior Springs , Mo. , Saturday
morning from heart failure following
an ntYnck of rheumatism from which
ho had been suffering. Mr. Bovorldgo
and his wife were known to a number
of Norfolk people and were here but
last winter In the Interest of the tem
perance cause.
Friends of Fred Cashln , a traveling
man who makes Norfolk and a mem
ber of the local lodge of Elks , will
regret to learn of an accident which
will keep him In a hospital for some.
Ho foil from u buggy In Ft. Dodge ,
la. , some time ago but did not con
sider his injuries serious at all. Word
through Otto Tappart , however , states
that now ho has been taken to an
Omaha hospital and will be laid up
for several weeks.
Horsemen state that prospects for
a race meet in Norfolk this fall are
not as bright as Yhey might be , just
nt present. The trouble Is , they say ,
that the dates are pretty well filled
already and that not enough money
coud bo raised ahead of time to war
rant the meeting. "If $2,000 were
placed in a bank , " said one of them ,
"for the pri7.es and expenses , wo
would have a mammoth crowd here
and we could find a date that would
bring the horses. "
HOW FAR THE POSTMAN WALKS ,
A Half Hundred Miles Every Day to
Cover the Norfolk Mall Car
riers' Routes.
[ From Tuesday's Dally. ]
While hundreds of people in Nor
folk are wont to see him pass the
door twice a day for six days a week ,
/ew people realize just exactly how
many miles the postman walks every
day of his life , except Sundays , to
give the patrons their letters and pa
pers , In fact the postman doesn't
exactly know , himself , for not one of
the carriers in Norfolk 1ms ever meas
ured the distance with a pedometer.
As nearly as they can figure It out ,
however , the city carriers stop about
a half hundred weary miles between
each rising and setting of the sun.
Each carrier is compelled to walk
over about fifteen miles of ground
during his eight hours of duty , to
keep the people of Norfolk posted.
Hut as long im that Is what the post
man Is for , ho doesn't complain. The
force of carriers leave the olllce at
S o'clock every morning and walk
practically all day long , from house
to house , dropping big letters and
little letters , blue letters and white ,
all along the way. They arrange the
letters , in order of the streets and
numbers , in little pigeon holes at Yho
postofllce before they start so that
when they get out on the routes they
have no trouble in locating just the
right envelope.
As an instance of their faithful at
tention to the letter of the law , the
action of one of the carriers during
the terrifllc shower of Saturday is
noted. William Darlington , who
takes mall to the west side , was out
on his route when the cloudburst hap
pened. The law says that carriers
shall not lose time when on duty.
The shower was one of short duration
but in strict accordance with the letter -
tor of the law , Carrier Darlington kept
on walking and returned to headquar
ters drenched through and through.
SIOUX CITY TENNIS TOURNEY ,
Nebraska Men are Showing up Well
at the Playing This Year
Pallor May Win Out.
Sioux City , Aug. 12. Special leThe
The News : The Trl-Slalo Tennis
tournament is on here. Price and
Peters , of Albion , and Fnllor , former
player at the Nebraska university
with chances for winning , are prom
inent ,
farmers About Norfolk Were
Forced Out by Rain.
MORNING DAWN A DARK ONE.
Soft Water Soaked the City In Solid
Sheets for an Hour The Ditch
Worked Admirably Well In DrainIng -
Ing Lightning Did no Harm.
fFrom Wednesday's Dally.J
Norfolk waH visited by another
heavy rainstorm early this morning ,
an a result of which all farmers In
the vicinity have boon driven from
their fields. The storm was accom
panied by sharp lightning , which
did no damage.
Morning dawned with a thick , black
cloud , Impenetrable by the rayH of
the sun , overhanging the entire sky.
At 7 o'clock It waH still as dark as
night and early morning lamps were
started going as quite as much ns
In the dead of winter , when the sun
IH such a late arrival dally.
Soft water dropped In solid sheets
for a time and tore around about the
streets In frantic madne.ss. Then it
sobered down into a steady rain , of
the usual typo , to which there was
no let up for an hour after.
At 8:110 : a strong wind began to
blow from apparently every direction ,
the rain still falling. The draught
played havoc with umbrellas and
those who had to be out and who
had to rely upon these for protection ,
went without protection mostly after
that.
Shortly afterward the dripping
stopped and the ugly clouds blow
away in the breeze. The ruin gauge
was filled with .90 of an Inch but the
barometer registered 110.00 at 8
o'clock , Indicative of the fair weather
which followed.
"Tho ditch , " which has come to In
dicate the now gutter along Norfolk
avenue , worked admirably enough in
draining.the business section of the
city of surplus moisture. A pretty
good current was developed In It as
Yhe water trickled down Into It from
the street center and then , added tea
a lot of other trickles , swept down
grade and was churned off Into a
side avenue.
TUESDAY TOPICS.
Mrs. W. N. Huse went to Hawarden ,
la. , today to visit a short time with
her mother.
About a score of Norfolk people
took the noon train for the west to
day , to attend the G. A. R. reunion
at Nellgh.
The annual meeting of the W. C.
T. U. will be held tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock In the parlors of the M.
E. church.
Mrs. F. W. Keller Is enjoying a visit
from her mother , Mrs. S. E. Muzzey
of Grand Island , and her friend , Mrs.
Patty Finch of Stromsberg.
P. J. Donohue , general agen'i for
the Great Northern in Sioux City , for
merly of this place , was in town this
morning renewing old-time acquain
tances.
A Norfolk girl brings word that It is
no longer Bostonian to say "fine and
dandy. " "Fine and daisy" is quite
the proper caper now when you mean
something pretty good.
Mrs. Semmler has sold her resi
dence property In North Tenth street
to A. White. Mrs. Semmler Is packIng -
Ing her household goods and will
visit for a time with her daughters.
Rev. W. J. Turner of this city and
Rev. J. J. Parker of Plainview , left
at noon today for Chicago where they
will enter a bible school. Returning ,
they will take a lake trip.
Mrs.W. J. Rupert of Sioux City , and
her niece , Miss Helen Glissman of
Doon. Iowa , arrived in Norfolk yester
day for a visit or several weeks with
Norfolk relatives and friends.
Cornelius Haskell , of Wakeollold ,
arrived in the city this morning for
a game of tennis. Ho and Charles
Mnthewson , jr. , will play local wielders -
ers of the racquet in a match this
afternoon.
This Is the season of year when
there Is , or should be , a let up on
the pocket book of dad by the kids
who chew gum. They can gather it
in of the kind In wads from the
gum weeds and wild sunflower stalks.
Dr. G. A. Young of Lincoln , assist
ant physician at the Norfolk hospital
for the Insane at the time of the fire
was in the city this morning greeting
former friends. Dr. Young is at pres
ent stationed at the hospital in Linc
oln.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Luikart left this
morning for Stella , this state , to at
tend the marriage of their son , Ed
win H. , and Miss Hogrefe , which
takes place this evening. Miss Lil
lian Luikart , who is to bo bridesmaid ,
left for Stella Saturday.
The notice of the joint missionary
meeting of the Congregatlonallst and
Methodist societies , published yes
terday , was erroneous in the day an
nounced. The meeting will be hold
Friday afternoon nt 3 o'clock , Instead
of Tuesday , with Mrs. C. D. Jenkins.
The News has been favored with
an Invitation to the twenty-second
annual fair of the Madison Agricul
tural society , which is to bo held on
the fair grounds at Madison Septem
ber S to 11 , and accompanying it was
the usual complimentary ticket ex
tended , by the management lo the
newspaper people. The fair Is ono
of the annual attrdcllons of the coun
ty. LlUo old wlno , it improves with
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Absolutely Pure
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age , and it is not to bo questioned
when it is announced that this year's
fair will bo the cream of them all.
Charles A. Madsen leaves tomorrow
for Chicago , where ho goes to take a
position with Park , Davis & Co. , drug x > ,
manufacturers. Mr. Madsen has * f
* '
grown up in Norfolk and has many
friends hero who will wish him suc
cess. Ho has learned the drug busl *
ness In this city , passed an excellent
examination before the state board
from no other preparation than his
his own individual study and the now
position Is a lit recognition of his
ability.
Water Commissioner J. E. Simp
son was seventy years of age yester
day , and , taking advantage of his
absence from his olllco , some person
or persons unknown to the recipient ,
installed therein a handsome and
comfortable ofllco chair. That Mr.
Simpson Is pleased with the work of
the trespassers Is putting It mildly ,
but ho would like to know just who
they were. They somehow seem to
prefer , however , that he should re
main In Ignorance , and are demon
strating that they know how to keep
a secret.
Deputy Game Warden J. A. Rainey
hired a livery team this morning and
drove Into the country west of Nor
folk for the purpose of tracing a party
of Norfolk sportsmen who went out
early in the day , equipped with \
guns , ammunition and hunting dogs.
It is said that word was sent to the
deputy warden by the sportsmen , In
the hope that he would follow. It Is
also said by those on the "Inside , "
that a number of tame chickens , I
picked and packed , were carried out
on the trip. Just what the develop
ments are will remain unknown until
the return of the parties.
Fremont Tribune : Mrs. S. L. Hayward -
ward of Nebraska City a few days
since swallowed two silver half dollars
lars and the physicians have been
unable to locate them so far. She
held them in her mouth while she lay
down to take a nap and on being
awakened rather suddenly swallowed
them. Saturday an X-ray picture was
made but even then the money was
not located. The physicians are at
a loss what to do. She has taken no
nourishment for several days and
complains of severe pains In her
stomach and it is feared that she will
starve to death unless she gets re-
llof.
llof.The
The latest fad in Norfolk is the
suspender belt , which has superceded
the shoestring affair that was so pop
ular for awhile. All the girls or " 'L- '
uearly all of them are now wearing (
the suspender belt , having ransacked
the stores , or sometimes the broth
er's wardrobe for the modish elastic
web. And some who have been
caught by the fad' will never see
their girlhood again , which only goes
to show how popular the fad Is. It
will be of short life however. Some
who adopted It early have already v ,
discarded the bolts. Perhaps the v-
boys entered a protest , or , perhaps ,
again , the rush of orders has
swamped the stock of the dealers.
MOST POPULAR LADY GETS MAG.
[ From Saturday's Dally. ]
The closing of the week's voting
in the popular prize contest of The
News , by which a handsome horse ,
a stylish rubber-tired runabout and
a standard harness to matcli will all
be given away free to the lady re
ceiving the most votes , gives a de
cided advance in some respects and
shows Intense interest on the part
of Norfolk people.
With today's ballot , Miss Lucy
Shaffer takes the lead by 800. Mrs.
Elsie Desmond Increases her standIng -
Ing by 700 coupons and Mrs. C. H.
Vail , landlady at the Oxnard. comes
ahead to third place.
The contest closes October 15.
The race Is still young , The prize an
imal , Mag , a handsorrs bay whom
ex-Sheriff George W. Losey selected
with export care , is now being driven
and will be hitched Into the prize ma-
about shortly.
Every paper contains a free vote.
Every paid up subscription to the
Dally News for ono year gets 312
votes ; a year's subscription to the
Weekly News-Journal , which is re
duced to $1 during the contest , gets
fifty-two votes. Thirty premium votes
go with each new subscriber secured
for the daily ; ten now subscribers
to the Weekly.
She's always ready to go with you
in any direction. She is not at all
shy , but perfectly steady. She has
stunning style and n pretty form. Her
eyes are a constant dream and she '
is nil in nil. That's Mag , who Is to
ho given away by the News.