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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1904)
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CUI-CH Spavin utul Ultighouu. - or * MEXICAN MEXICAN MEXICAN MEXICAN Mustang MEXICAN Liniment Mustang MKXICAN Liniment Mustang Liniment Mustang Liniment Mustang Liniment Mustang liillaiiiinatloiu Liniment Uiltler In CO\VH. for Sheep nilnientM. ulwiiyH lveH HiillHfiiutlon * ( IrtveHout all . . euren Caked Best In u poHltl vc cure for Piles. ciircH nil forniH of KliuiiiiiutlHin. SUCUMBS TO ILLNESS AFTER SEVEN WEEKS. LIVED HERE THIRTY-TWO YEARS | A Little After 5 O'clock Last Night , Mrs. S. W. Hayes Passed Away at the Home on West Norfolk Avenue. Early Came to Nebraska. [ From Satuiilny'H Daily. ] After nn Illness of about seven weeks , Sarah P. Hayes , wife of S. W. Hayes , passed away at the home on West Norfolk avenue shortly after 5 o'clock last night. ' Although the end was not unexpect ed , It came with no less a shock upon the community when It was known last evening that Mrs. Hayes loved by every man , woman and child who was blessed with her acquaintance had quietly passed to that sleep which knows no awakening. The funeral will ho held Monday afternoon at 2 : no from the house on West Norfolk avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes are among the oldest settlers lu northern Nebraska. Having come west the year after the war , settling in Fremont in ISfiGand moving to Norfolk- 1872 , they have been Identified with the growth of this city from the merest village , for the past thirty-two years. Horn at Harrington , Now Hamp shire , April 1 , 1S21 , Mrs. Hayes was just eighty-three years old. Sixty- three years ago Mr. and Mrs. Hayes were married at Harrington , and thir teen years ago they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in this city. city.Those Those who knew Mrs. Hayes were her friends sincere , sterling friends. Particularly among the early resi dents of the city was i Mrs. Hayes known and loved. To them she had been kind in time of need and the call of distress was never heard by her that she did not respond In a generous motherly fashion. Those who were here a score or more years ago all remember the many kind of fices administered by Mrs. Hayes and to them her taking away brings a feeling of vacancy and grief that only those know who have lost a member of their family. She was a faithful wife , a good moth er and nn exemplary Christian , always ready to sacrifice her own comfort for her children and her friends. In the early days of Norfolk , Col. and Mrs. Hayes were largely instrumental in the organization of the Trinity Epis copal church at this place , and have always been associated with It since. Mrs. Hayes was the mother of two children Mrs. J. S. McClary of this city and Warren Hayes of Indianap olis. Since coming west when the country was still young , Mr. and Mrs. Hayes and Mr. and Mrs. McClary have made their home together , and her grandchildren have meant as much to Mrs. Hayes as could children of a mother's own. Warren Hayes was notified of his mother's death , but he wires that it will be Immopsible for him to reach here In time to attend the funeral. J. W. McClary , a grandson , came from Wyoming a few weeks ago to be with Mrs. Hayes , when It was known that perhaps she was suffering from her last Illness. While the family has the genuine sympathy of the community In their affliction , that feeling Is particularly strong for Col. Hayes , whose happy wedded life of nearly two-thirds of a century Is thus rudely brought to a close. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes have ever been popular in the city , and Col. Hayes has long been a factor In the municipal life of Norfolk. In Masonic circles he stands at the very head In the state. He Is past master of the grand lodge , and his counsel and wisdom have long been sought and listened to. In his loneliness he has the assurance that not only his neigh V * . bors deeply sympathize with him but that the vast army of Masons all over Nebraska will let their tears mingle with his over this affliction which has come to him In his old age. This Is the second break In the fam ily of Hayes In seventy years , the other being the death of Mr. Hayes' I brother at Fremont eomo months ago. MONDAY MENTION. n. W. Sposlor of Lincoln spent Sun day In the city. W. N. Huso left this morning for Lincoln to attend the republican state convention. Policeman Pilger hauled In a trio of' plain drunks Saturday night and gave them free beds In the city bas ilic. ilic.Tho shoo stock of Stapenhorst & Co. , which was sold last wool ; to House & Ameilon. has been sold to John Wamborg of Verdel , Hoyd coun ty , and Is expected to lie removed to that place. Goo. A. Hrooks Is In the city from Hazllo Mills. H. A. Huberts was a Norfolk visit or from Albion. F. C. Marshall was a city visitor to day from Center , H. J. Hlllerbock of Osmond was In the city this morning. Goo. W. Chambers came down from Niobrara on the early train. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hill of Hassett were arrivals lu the city on the early train. Goo. W. Mitchell , C. F. Chamberlain and L. A. Quuvey wore city visitors from Osmond. Mrs. Hayes of Fremont , widow of the only brother of S. W. llnyo * and her daughter , Mrs. Carrie Nye , also of Fremont , are in the city to atH'iid the funeral of Mrs. Hayes. Tlio section house in which em ployes of the Chicago , St. Paul , Min neapolis & Omaha railroad keep their materials , near the Northfork river bridge , was broken into last night and relieved of three rain couts. There Is no clue to the robbers. Word from John Hrldge of this city , who is attending college at Oberllu , Ohio , states that he has been serious ly 111 for a number of days , his heart having been affected by a severe cold. He Is bedlast at present and will bo for three weeks yet. He Is packed In ice around the region of his heart. The Norfolk high school base ball team met defeat to the tune of II to 3 at the bands of the Oakdale high school team Saturday afternoon. The boys louiid some strapping young fol lows on the team at that place and while finding it impossible to win , \\cnt In to give them a battle for the honors and succeeded in holding the score down to less than four to one. All business men and citizens in terested in the prospect of holding the state firemen's tournament here again this summer should lie prompt in their attendance on the special meet ing of the fire department tomorrow night. The local firemen stand ready to do their full share If the business men want the event , and the state firemen are ready and anxious to come if the town will invite them. The matter must be definitely settled at the meeting tomorrow night. Tbo work of filling the Dexter cold storage was completed Saturday af ternoon and 10,000 cases of eggs are now packed away In Its roomy vaults ready for the market when the hens cease their activity and permit a rise In the price of eggs that will make It profitable to place the stock on the market Eggs hereafter taken in will be sent east for the Immediate mar ket or to bo stored In other cold sto rage plants owned by Mr. Dexter. The roof of the government build ing has arrived at the painting stage and the Haunting assertive vcrmilllon that Is being applied as a primary coat is disturbing the atmosphere for quite a distance. The painters com menced applying it yesterday mornIng - Ing , and the showers that followed were considered a natural sequence. It Is very loud and it is persistently held by scientists that much noise provokes precipitation. Preparations for tlie alumni ban quet which is to be held on the night of May 28 , still progess nicely and the present Indications denote a most suc cessful event. Members are taking active Interest and as tne class which graduates is the largest that has ever gone out of the Norfolk high school , more than ordinary Importance at taches to the affair. It Is expected that a number of the old graduates who have been away from the city , will try to be present. The novel sight of a threshing ma chine at work In the field at this sea son of the year was witnessed east of town at the farm of Fred Schroeder - der last week. The grain threshed was rye that was placed In the stack last July. The kernels were plump and uncolored , and the grain brought a good price on the market soon after the job of threshing was completed. Only the dry Nebraska winter would make It possible to keep a grain stack In condition that length of time and then the grain would need to bo well stacked. JOHN BRIDGE IS SERIOUSLY ILL Brother , Earnest , Left at Noon for That Place Latest Message Says Out of Danger , Earnest Hrldgo loft Norfolk at noon for Oberlin , Ohio , where his brother , John Hrldgo , Is reported to bo so- rionsly 111 with peritonitis. Several telegrams have been exchanged In regard to his condition the past day , The latest message states that the pa tlent Is out of danger. LEAP YEAR CLUD THINKS IT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE. MANY OF THEM ARE SECRETS But for All of That the Gossips Have Got Next and Can Name the Full Sixteen Resigning School Teach ers and Unseen Diamonds. The Leap Year club thinks It ban done good work. It feels that Its ef forts have boon productive lu Norfolk and in northern Nebraska generally As n testimonial of what IUIH been accomplished by the club , it Is Hinted by the members Hint there are going to be eight woddliigH In June. JUH ! wlio make up the Hlvteen In dividuals who are going to ll\e as eight hereafter , IH not dolliilloly given out by the secretary. Talkative Til lie. however Insists Hint HIP IUIOWH what she IH talking about and sa\s the marriage HCOIIHOR Issued next mouth will show for fair. Not all of HIP people who arc to IIP Included In this string of netlVos. be long to tlip Leap Your club. In fuel not oven half of tliPiu are members , though n few can give credit to ( lie organization for their luck lu Hie The gossips of the town are just now wondering how all of the girls have worked It. Rome of Ihoiu are wondering when those who luuon't already , are going to succeed. And thosp who Irnvo won by belonging to the club have turned in to help their Hlstor-cltibfolk out. The girls In the secret baud are a little wrought up over the fact that so many of the coining events have leaked out Into the public chatter. Some of them have even kept their engagement rings hid for mouths , In an effort to keep the matter dark , and all their precaution ends In a cipher. "If I had a ring , don't you think I should wear it ? " asks the maiden of this type , who goes home at night to watcli the binding solitaire sparkle. Hut the world finds out quicker than anybody else. One young woman lias oven re signed a position In a nearby city's school. The papers of tbo town say that "she will finish the term. " The young man declares there's nothing to the story but the world knows better. "Pretty generally , " says Knowing Nellie , "when you find a girl resign ing her position as a teacher of schools , you will hear of her wedding within loss than a year. H' & a cinch. A good many times they merely go away to teach In order to make a win ning and when their art has boon sue cc'ssful , why shouldn't they quit ? School teaching , after all , Is but a stepping stone to marriage. " And then Nellie counts thorn up , just to prove the point. "When a school teacher resigns , " says she , "it's a good sign. " Before adjourning last night a vote of thanks was awarded Hon. John H. Hays for his little speech in behalf of Norfolk girls the other night , when the Lincoln men were hero. "I be- Hove in home Industry , " said he. "I believe Norfolk men should marry Norfolk girls. " The girls believe so too. They thought he had struck about the prop er tune. To Organize Boys' Band. A boys' band Is to be organized In Norfolk. W. C. Ahlmann has called a meeting and those Interested are re quested to be present at the Ahlmann bicycle shop next Sunday afternoon. It is anticipated that fully fifty will be there to start and a good bunch of musicians developed. GAVE AWAY A PIANO AND ORGAN C. R. Adams of Laurel and Mrs. Millard - lard Green of Norfolk Held the Lucky Numbers. The Sturgeon Music company held their drawing Saturday night and a largo number of people were attract ed to their place of business on Nor folk avenue by the event. Entertain ment was afforded during the evening by the Ceclllan self-player , presided over by Miss lloxlo Sturgeon , while Miss Opal Olmstead rendered piano music. The Judges of the contest wore P. F. Spropher , Dan Craven and W. H. Hlakomnn. who awarded the organ of the Farrand make to Mrs. Mlllard Oreon of this city while the piano , a Howard Instrument , wont to C. H. Adams of Laurel. Every purchaser of an Instrument during the sale was given a chance to secure one of the free Instruments. The sale resulted lu the BeJlIng of ihiit > nine mg.iiif itinl \\oiit t ) t\\ pi .IIIDS making a loinl of nl\i > one suit's , or an monigo of a little more ilian one sale a day for the sixty du.VH Tin1 Sturgeon MiiHlo company an * more than pleased with I lie HUOCOSH of thin venture and promlm- that the people of north Nebraska may look for another ehiiueo for Homolhlug good lu tbo near future Funeral of Peter Juhl. The funeral ol Peter Juhl , who dim ! last wee ! ; , was held from the homo and Inter the ehureh In thin city yes terday afternoon In spite of the rain , which pomed continually , a very largo nail tribute of honor and re spect to the memory of Mr. .lulil. BATTLE CREEK. Itatlle ( 'look. Neb. , May 17.Spo - elul to The NewH. MHH ! Hannah Kirby - by , Hie I < i year old daughter of Mrs. Mary Klrliy , who wns taken nick with peritonitis Monday last , died early Saturday morning. The luneralIIH held nt ID o'clock Iroin the Catholic church and the remains laid to rest nl St. Piitriek'H eomulory. The lu- iiernl wan conducted by Uov. Father Walsh of Norfolk. Tbo funeral WHH largely attended , nearly all the pu pils of the high school being there. .1. .1. Orr went by train to Lyinnn , S. 1) . , where ho Is going to build a house on IIH ! claim. M. .1. llnghoH whipped one carload of ImgH Monday morning. diaries FloroH had hlH residence paiulod. ( . 'laroiico Pratt of Norfolk \\IIH vis iting hero Sunday with IIH ! relatives. Aug. Wol.sky , ( 'lain ( lohrlng , Andy Thompson , Carl .lolmnnsen and ( ! eo. Seckol , jr. , will leave Wednesday by team for l.ymaii county , S. I ) . , whuio they have taken Misses Delia Uenvln and .loKephlnc llaiiHen ( ( turned Sunday night Iroin Chicago where they have been about nne year with relatives and friends. William Spilinor of West Point IH here putting in a crop on his farm three miles east , which he recently bought Iroin Henry Setinulgur. Albert Plnacek , who has been em ployed hero nt ( IIP Uu/lck meat mar ket , went to Verdlgro Monday whore he has a similar position. Holy communion services were hold at the Lutheran church Sunday and the collection on that day was donat ed to the deaf and dumb mission at Omaha. Frank Itoberls , who has been workIng - Ing at Grand Island for six months , is visiting with friends here and at Meadow drove. Wade & Proece. real estate , have moved their olllco to the building be hind the ( Mti/eiis State bank. Charles Hiown IH adding a two story addition to his ranch woat of town. Ills foreman , Thomas Taylor , will have ample and commodious room for Ills family now. The ladies of the Baptibt church gave a very successful strawberry so cial at the opera house Saturday night. Miss Hell Dufphey has taken a i > o- sit ion at A. H. Maas' store. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Day arrived Friday for an extended visit with their son , Station Agent W. C. Day. Aug. Volk at Hlakely Is building a new and large barn on his farm. Mrs. E. Tanner and Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Martin departed Saturday for a ten days' visit at the world's fair In St. Louis. J. W. Ilogers of Norfolk has been bore on business last week and with Chas. A. Probst went from hero to Newman Grove. During the absence of F. E. Martin , the Enterprise will be In charge of Herman Hrurnmund of Norfolk. Robert Cox , who was suddenly tak en down with pneumonia , Is slowly Improving. Artistic job printing at The News STOLE SAVINGS BANK WITH $28 An Unknown Intruder Enters the Apartments of Oscar Uhle and Gets Cash. While Oscar Uhle was busy workIng - Ing In his grocery store on Norfolk avenue , some unknown intruder en tered his apartments over the store , took a savings bank that was found there containing $28 , and made a get away. Mr. Uhlo has not found trace of the bank thus far. Ho offers , how- over , to have it returned with no questions asked or to relinquish the key upon demand of tbo taker. For Sale 280 acres dairy farm , 3 miles or Alnsworth , good C-room house. Cow barn stands 30 heat cows. Horse barn the best Improved In the county. Address John DeBolt Alnsworth , Neb. The News has the latoat typo facoa for Ita job work. GRCAT POSSIHILITHIS AFFORDED UY ITS USE. IT STIMULATES PLANT GROWTH First Tests Not a Success , Out Later Developments Prove Its Utility. Scheme Has Long Uecn a Dream by Scientists. WiiHlilngloii , May 17- The electric farm IH n proHcut day reall/utlon of dream * of HCCIIHH | ! | | of the punt , 1ml Its fiiUcHl poHHlbllllloH me lint mea sured by any achievement HO far ob tained , lu the cffiirlH to InoronHo tbo yield of our cropH attention IUIH re poutcdly been drawn to the wonder fill effect of electricity In Hlliiiulntlllg growth of pliints hill the oxporluioiilH made In the early part of the proHent decade .Instilled no PXtoiiHlvo use of IliU agon ) lu ordinary ngi-ioulliiie Little more was aceoiupllHhod than dciiioiiHtnitod of certain Hpoelaeular resullH. For Instance , tbo tire light WIIH found to RtlinulntP the growth nf let I lice and nidishoH HO Hint they could I in Increased three or four fold within nn Incredibly Bhort lime The color of llowtTM WIIH changed ami lu lonslIlPd by the electric light when applied nightly and ordinary plant spoils could be niiide to germinate lu half lite usual length of time. Those I'pHiillH Hpecliicular to a do- grpo. wore of IOHH definite viilue than appeared at IIrut Might , because they were necoiiipaliled by oilier phenom ena Unit partly offset their good. The InteiiHely brilliant Mowers that wore born and manned In u few da > H easi ly Miooiiiubod to ordinary InlliioiiooH iif decay. Their vitality had been nb- Horbed In the forcing IIIOCOHH , and the colors wore not able | o hold long In broad daylight. Tbo iiioiiHlroiiH rad ishes , Hovoiiteeu Inches long III Home iiHtanopH , were liiHtoloHB and Insipid , ill by to the very core ; the wheat grain was solft and lacking In llrmnosH if texture , and the do7on and one ilantH forced by the electric arc light acked the nocuHsary vitality to per- lotuiite their kind. lint In the past few yearn the Hold if electricity h H boon oxlendeil ; Its llrect and Indirect application to dif ferent lines of work hotter understood mil a knowledge of UH actions In af fecting plant and human life more generally upproci'ilod. Atmospheric Electricity. Atmospheric electricity Is now rol- poted on Borne farms ami distributed by underground wires to different parts of tbo fields. The more or IOHS ibiindanco of electricity In tbo air Ictormlnes the value or this method ; but it Is certain that little of this can be used by the plants for their own growth unless artificially supplied to them Hy iireann of tall poles , sur mounted by copper receivers , the at mospheric electricity at a consider able altitude can bo collected and car ried by wires down to the soil. Dis tributing wires of small sizes placed under the soil then scatter the elec tric llntd around In small quantities. Plants growing near the wires obtain an abundance of the stimulating agent and they ros | > end to its Influence. The amount of electricity in the atmos phere changes according to the weath er , and some days the soil becomes saturated with It , and the plant growth Is remarkable at such times. The production of nitric acid , or rather the extraction of It , from the surrounding atmosphere , has also proved a great Ixxm to farmers. The application of nitric acid to the soil to stimulate plant life by readily transforming the materials Into avail able food promises to save HIP farm ers many thousands of dollars and to Increase the yield of the world's crops many fold. The production of nitric acid by electrical discharges in'o ' Hie air has become an Industry of I''f by which the trade is supplied v\iMi nitric acid at much lower cost than ever before. Hut more than this it promises to revolutionize farming in the future. Hy means of an oli-fTic arc and a small machine the air r pumped Into a cylinder and it c..m s out the other end with nitric acid < , p orated from it. There is no reason why the fu'-i-e farm should not bo installed with it.s own electrical machine for extracting nitric acid directly from the uir In this way a chemical change ih.it n > w takes months to develop can bo ob tallied within n few hours. The application of the electrical current to the growing plants by means of wire netting In the soil , or by the arc rays , has received peculiar attention from those Interested In truck gardening and greenhouse work. In the latter the arc and Incandescent limp Inive I n I'lnploscd more I him e\ic | | llncnl'ilh TenucbBcc Stock Drecdero. NiiHlislllo , Tenii. , May 18 The WIIM u largo mid roproHPiitatlvo atten dance nt ( lie mooting of the Tonrion- iiee Live Slock llHNOolillloil held In tlifl Hluto capllol today The neimloli wan culled to iii'dei at 0 o'clock drill morn- lug Governor Fruzlor cordially greet ed the dologuloH mid Prof. Andruw M. Sonle explained the purpose and plan of the mooting. Permanent organiza tion WIIH effected ami Urn remainder of the day WIIH devoted to paporn and dlHoiiHuloiiH nn vurloiiH topics of In- toroiit In thorn- engaged In cuttle ralH- lug and ( lie breeding of homes , mulo.it and iiheep. North Dnkota G. O. P. Furgn. N 1) , May IS.Tlinro waa a full at tendance of de.loaloR | and many vlnllorn prcHcut lliln morning at the opening of the republican Htatu convention. The convention will chooHo eight dolognloH and an many alternate to represent the slate at the national convention at Chicago. The utiilo nominating convention will beheld hold at Craud Folks In .Inly. Today'u convent Inn will Indorse Roosevelt for ronoiiiliiallnii JOHN LEONARD GETS THIRTY DAYS AT MADISON. POLICE CALLED TO HIS HOME Striking His Dettcr Half , Former Railroad Employe Spends a Night in City Cell and Thirty More in the County Dnutilc Is Disagreeable. HccaiiHo he beat his wife at South Norfolk yoHlcrday afternoon , John Lcoimid , a lormer employe of the N'oi III western rallioad , waH sentenced tlilH morning to servo thirty days In I ho county jail and IUIH beun taken to .Madison by Chief of Police Kane. Leonard lives on South Fourth Hi reel. lie IH said to have boon drink ing heavily of late and to have hit- come very disagreeable Striking bin bettor half , Leonard created a distur bances which brought a call for thu police. He WIIH in-rested hist night , chucked Into a < < iih and put behind I lie bncH nut II today. The trial was held In Justice Fill- ler'w court and the ilofondont pleaded guilty. FIND FRESH GRAVES. Thirty Russians are Buried Near An- Ju Koreans Carry Hurt. Seoul , May 18 noon Tbo Japan ese consul ut Pliii ? Y.i'ig wires that over thirty HiiHsInn graves have been found near Anju. The retreating Cossacks carried fourteen wounded with them. Four of those dlod at Kalchung. The cossacks readied Mluajeiig on Saturday last , forcing the Korean coolies to carry their wounded and their grain loot which they bad slo/ed at the roadside vil lages. LAST ATTACK PORT MAY 13. Japanese Who Landed at Pitsewo are Preparing to Attack. Ixmdon , May 18. A dispatch to the Contra ! NCWH from Llan Yang says that according to news which reached there today from Port Arthur there has been no further attack on the port since May 13. The Japanese who landed at Pitsewo , it is added , appear to be pushing preparations for land attacks Always Delicious. Peerless Beer In ) w.tl by tin' f.unoim I , it.tl I'rtXHH UtUHT tininoHl uxacilnir fun- UtUoiih Ot I'RMIllllU-tH imiHJtutl by tumury HI ll-UCII. , . , ASK YOUR DEALER. f no ot rr. JOHN OU.ND UKEWINd CO . U CTOIM , WU.