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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1904)
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MEXICAN MKXICAN MKXICAN MKX1CAN MKXICAN MKXICAN Mustang Liniment Mustang Liniment Mustang Liniment Mustang Liniment Mustang Liniment Mustang Liniment IH n. positive cure for Piles , euros ivll forms of Khcunmdsin. cures CuUetl 1'ihler hi cows. uest for Sheep alliiients. always jjlvos Hallsfaollou. drives out all lullaaiiuatloa. THAT IS THE QUESTION WHICH IS PUZZLING NOW. ARE PLANNING THEIR TRIPS The Leap Year Club Has Not Decided to Announce all of the Names , but the Silent Detective Knows Every Single One Intending to Marry. fKrom Saturday's Dnlly.1 "I'd Mho to know , " suggested Curi ous Cora when she had rustled Into tlio midst of the assembled Leap Your girls lust night , "how on earth that newspaper ever found out about all of those eight weddings that nro going to bo hold In June. Who told ? Foss up. Cheer up , girls , who told ? " That's what puzzled the whole bunch. And just who constitute the eight young women who are to pack their trousseaux for the matrimonial month of .Juno this season , is a question that lias been making life miserable to moro than a hundred gossips in the city during the past few days. "Who are the olght ? " ask the in quisitively Inclined.Vhero did you get that data ? " continuing , they In quire. Hut since they are unknown to moro than three women In the city of Norfolk and not oven thnt many girls who ought to be next to every approaching wedding , there hnvo been few answers to the riddle. One of the weddings is going to happen on Smith Fourth street. A second will take place on North Ninth. A third , and this will really start the procession , is coming .off at a very swell borne on the north side of Nor folk avenue , near its western termi nal. A fourth which hasn't been posi tively set is going to happen a little farther up the street and there will be another just this side and on the same side of the street. That makes six. Then there will a seventh down on The Heights , which makes all but one. And the eighth the ending eighth , which has been so much of a puzzle to the best of thorn well , the eighth may be announced next week , providing the announcement is re leased by the Leap Year club. The secretary knows and the bride and the groom , besides , but for seven more days the public can't know who they arc. The Trips. The question of the wedding trips lias been agitating the minds of the sixteen that are to leave their single days. Some of them have been mak ing Inquiry at the railroad olllcos as to how the country np west is looking it this season of the year ; others are planning to take in the world's fair onroute ; a couple are going east and still another pair would venture to the southland. Not all will go away at all some of them will go right to housekeeping and will make their honeymoon perpetual. Engaged Girls. Some of the engagement rings which huvo boon hidden in the jewel box on top of the dresser , are coming out with the summer's sun and are spark ling in the moonlight , now that they are given a chance. There is one en gagement ring in town which the wearer says isn't an engagement ring at all , and she is quite aggressive with young men who are willing to take her word for It. The boating season draws nigh and some of the girls who are alleged tote to be engaged to absent men , are tak ing advantage of the opportunities which the boating on the Northfork affords. During the week one girl who had been promised a canoe ride for many moons , was invited to go out on the river. "I'd like to , " she replied , "but you see , I've just announced my wed ding for the first of Juno , and I'm afraid I can't go. " DEATH OF FRANK O'SHEA. Prominent and Respected Citizen of Newman Grove. Last Thursday morning at C:15 : o'clock the spirit of Frank O'Shoa passed to the great beyond where v.ro are told there Is neither sorrow nor death. Frank was taken with a pecu liar illness last fall and while ho was not bedfast at first nor his physical condition seemingly injured , yet his mind weakened as time passed. After first positively assuring them selves it was best , Fran/i was taken by his brothers to tin St. Bernard hospital nt Omaha where it wivs hoped ho might regain his menial strength , hut all that loving hands and the best of medical skill in Omaha could do failed to help the patloa : . As tiino wont on ho gradually grow worse and the host anJ most skilled physicians were summoned but to no , i\uil. mid some dlffeiel a- in the cause of bis falling condition Hopeless as his ruse seemed hU relatives on May I Ionic him to N ir- folk to Dr. Suiter's siuiltarlui.i umlir the care of Dr. Maekay of Pint place. Dr. Maekay expressed lmpon of the patient's recovery while the three brothers and one sister were constant ly at his bedside , anxlous'y waiting for a change for the better until the angel of death closed his lips and eased all earthly pain. Ills death , of course , Is felt most keenly by his relatives , but the news was a piercing sting to the hearts of his intimate friends In Newman Grove , Ho was a favorite among us all and his departure to that mysterious land ' has cast a shadow of gloom which , time alone can remove. Frank was kind to all and possessed a forgiving spirit that few entertain. If any wrong act or deed was committed when In company with others ho was first to eenmiro soil' . While Frank haw left us , his many noble deeds re main In our hearts. Frank O'Shea was horn In I'lko county , Mo. , March 13 , 1S57 , and died at Norfolk May 12 , 1901 , aged17 years and 29 days. In the fall of 187-1 ho came with his parents to Mndlso'i county , locating a few miles north of Madison. In 1SSO ho went west , lo cating nt Leadville , Colo. , where he was later honored as foreman for a silver and lead mine. After spending a few years here he traveled through Idaho , California and other western states until the fall of 1801 when he canio to Newman Grove and associat ed himself In the real estate business with his brother John , and where ho IIUF since made his home. During their j residence here the deceased has been prosperous and accumulated consid erable.property. Funeral services were held from the Catholic church at Madison Sunday afternoon at P. o'clock , and the re mains were laid to rest in the Catho lic cemetery at that place beside those of his mother who preceded him a number of years ago. The funeral was largely attended , many coming from a distance to pay their last re spects to the dead. Deceased leaves his aged father , four brothers and one sister , Tom , Ed , and Ella residing at Madison and John and Peter at Humphrey. Newman Grove Reporter. . BATTLE CREEK. nattlo Creek , Nob. , May 20. Spe cial to The News : John Risk , jr. , will quit his position as clerk at Jo seph Severa's store this week and John Lund will take his place. The $ Hone company stallion , a French percheron , died last night af ter an illness of twenty-eight hours of inflammation of the bowels. The main stockholders were I. G. Wester- velt and William Wagner of Norfolk ; August lluebner of Iladar ; lloy Al- yea of Meadow Grove ; and F. J. Hale , Joe Osborne , Warner Daniel , T. D. Proece , and others of Battle Creek and other surrounding towns. Ernest Hans , the 11-year-old and only son of Mr. and Mrs. 13. F. Hans , was taken ill with ear trouble about two days ago. The boy , whoso pa rents are well known to Norfolk people ple , Is in a very critical condition. It was found necessary by the home phy sician. Dr. Tanner , to take iht patient - tient to Omaha for liuspitul truutmeiu , as it is thought an abocess hud formed In the ear. He was accompa nied by his parents , Seventy-three carloads of stock wore shipped from this place during the month of April. Is there a town of the same size in the state that can beat it ? Public schools will close Friday for the summer vacation. Al Ommcrman of Norfolk was transacting business hero. A. L. Best is going to build an ad dition to his hotel. The addition will bo 28x52 feet , two stories high. Lambert Krbel of Tllden was visit ing hero at the home of his sister , Mrs. Joseph Severa. Five carloads of stock were shipped from here to Omaha Monday and Henry Massman shipped two of steers. J. H. Gardels is having his building remodelled and evtonded. Emil Vollborg of WIsner who was hero in the saloon business four years ago , visited In Ilattlo Creek Tuesday. P. F. Zimmerman is sawing lumber at the E. F. Hans farm , five miles oast. oast.Edward Edward und Fred Fuorst started Tuesday by toamtoHookcrandCherry Tuesday by team to Hooker and Cher ry counties , with the intention of tak ing advantage of the Ivlnkatd home stead bill. Democratic caucuses will bo hold In Battle Crook and Highland pre cincts Saturday afternoon nt 3 o'clock. Blank leases at The News office. SWEET GIRL GRADUATES NEVER LOOKED SWEETER. SOMETHING DOING EVERY HOUR On Friday Night of Next Week Will Come the Graduation Exercises at the Auditorium and on Saturday Will be the Alumni Banquet. [ Kinin Siitiiiilny'M Onllv. ] Next week will he commencement ' week all over the state of Nebraska j' ' and the sweet girl graduates are1 counting the days the hours , almost , | until they shall have an opportunity I to line up before the eyes of their nd-1 miring friends , and look their prot- ; tlest. It Is the most Important week' ' In their lives until their wedding days i come along , and It has been said by some who have had experience In both lines thnt the graduation makes , the heart leap n trifle faster even than f the wedding week. | From now on until next Saturday j night there will be something doing ' to keep the young men and womnn ox-1 cited , who are about to receive their diplomas from the boards of educa tion throughout the district. The Juno days are coming just In time to i'iijoy the exercises and there will be ( lowers und moonlight and music in the very air. | The beginning of the final week's ' work for the senior members of the high school , Is tomorrow night with the baccalaureate sermon at the Con gregational church and continues with , i busy program from now on until the whole crowd shall hnvo been received as full Hedged members of the alumni association. The Junior day program i In which the school bids farewell to j the departing upper classmen , Is al ways full of Interest for the members t and their friends. Upon this occasion little "rousts" which allude to the various events that have happened during the course of the year , are brought Into clever play. play.The The commencement exercises In their real , olllclul form , como on Fri day evening at the Auditorium in this city , when the owenty-threo young folk who have completed their studios In the public schools , will slop out into the cold , cruel world. On the following evening the alum ni association will tender n banquette to the Incoming class at Marquordt hall , which promises to be a most en joyable affair. Already the bookstores and the drug stores and other stores , besides , have begun to be filled with those who are searching for graduating gifts. The postofflee clerks note , too , that there Is an especially heavy bunch of mall matter going through and they are re minded of Christinas. Final examinations have been com pleted. MONDAY IVIENTION. J. O. Stewart of Wisner was In Nor folk. J. A. Kline was a Sunday visitor from Neligh. J. W. Stout was down from Plain- view yesterday. W. E. Brunnon was a Sunday vis itor from Wayne. J. E. Walllck was a city visitor yes terday from Albion. C. S. Atkinson was down from Fair- fax , S. D. , yesterday. H. D. Wiggln was a Norfolk Sunday visitor from Clearwater. Mr. and Mrs. Will Vclgcrs are en joying a ivslt from her sister , Miss Llnd , of Sioux City. Mrs. O. J. Johnson returned Satur day from a week's visit at West Point , Mrs. Langly was up from Leigh yes terday to attend the funeral of Mrs. C. J. Hibben. Judson Mallory of Nollgh visited In town yesterday on his way homo from a trip to Omaha. Mrs. C. P. Parish has returned from Grand Junction , la. , whore she was called by the death of her father. Mrs. J. C. Aid of Council Bluffsss was in Norfolk yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. C. J. Hlbbon. Miss Elizabeth Ileos has resigned her position with the Norfolk schools , to accept a position In the Lincoln schools next year. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Bon and Mrs. H. M. Springer , Mrs. Hussong , Mrs. Bralnard , Miss Hralnard , Miss Nellie Clinginan and C. H. Torpin were down from Oakdalo yesterday to attend the Hibben funeral. E. C. Harris passed through the city enrouto home from the state con vention and a business trip in the eastern part of the atato , to Chudron. George 13. Chrlstoph loft yostorduy for Chicago In response to a mossngo Informing hint that his father WUB very low and likely to dlo In ono of 'Hi ' , i s \\iii mil inleiiiie tln > tv\ent\ ' hospitals dl thai eil > Ills lather lad pme from his home In Inwn In iaan operation performed. The West Side whlsl Hub will meet uiih Mr and Mrs. J. llauin tomorrow \Vest Point Republican : Minn : > phello I'alnior tiud I'M. Andenum of Norfolk took out n tnurrlugo HCOUHO liere yesterday. .1 W. Edwards went to Cornlen , Neb. , yesterday to shoo a company horse , worth flt.fiOO. He received $ 1.00 for going , besides liln expensed. This section of the slate IIOH boon melting more rain during recent wookn Ihnii the country to the Roiithnust. The shower of this morning cooled I he atmosphere III good shape. \Vuyno Democrat : Nevl week Mag nus Wesllund , for so long road boss mi this division , will take charge of a I rack laying gang of Co men , com mencing work tit South Hlonx City mid laying Stt-pound Mee | rails from there to Norfolk. The new ( rack A III lie u big Improvement , making the road bed for faster ( lino. Alnsworlh Star -Journal : Word reaches the Star-Journal olllco ( hut ihf Interior depnrlmenl and the land iluy preference for lUIng on adjacent hinds on nil claims entered upon since the approval of the Klnkiild bill. This will prove quite n disappointment to Hume who wanted to gel sections ad joining ranches for spi mlutivo pur- puses. This Is as It should he. Preston C. Brooks , a colored youth of twenty years , was tnken through Norfolk Saturday noon In charge of federal officers , mi mu In to Omaha where he will be tried on the charge cif robbing the I'nited Slates mulls nl Fort Robinson. For some time there have been letters with money in them , miwsed at the fort. Frldny u number of ilecoy letters were mulled nnd be fore the sack left town the bag was examined. The decoy letters were none. They were found In the posses sion of llrooks. lie will be hold in Omaha a prisoner until the fall term -side of the ledger. Word has been received by rela tives hero that Mrs. George Gordon , an aged colored lady who lived In Norfolk for many years , Is dying at her recent homo In Sioux Falls , S. D. , and ono of her daughters , Mrs. Sadie Uiibols , has gone to Sioux Falls. Mrs. Gordon Is the mother of Jane John son and Frances Coleman , well known in Norfolk , and grandmother of Hert Gordon. Mrs. Gordon was highly -pocted here. Her husband is bu rled In the cemetery here. He was n company cook during the civil war and his grave Is one of those annual ly decorated on May HO by the sur viving soldiers of that conflict. Riders of bicycles are complaining of the activity of the man or boy who .is responsible for punctures. Some of the riders of wheels are finding pins thrust through the ulr tube , while others are making their work more effective by slitting the rubber with u sharp knife. One Main street rider has had three tires slitSIIHDLUSHU has hud his tires slit three times and the action has become so decidedly monotonous and expensive thnt he lius > resolved to keep watch and the first thing the fiend with the knife or the pin is detected there will bo some thing doing that will not bo so funny , while the expense will he on the other side of the ludgor. Pierce Louder : C. A. Hoimers , jr. , returned Monday afternoon from An napolis , Maryland , whore ho took and successfully passed the physical ex amination required to outer the naval academy. Previous to this he was In Washington , D. C. , and passed the mental examination at that place. He is required to report at AnnuiKlls on the 15th of Juno to take up his school duties , and will remain there for four years before ho can perma nently go on hoard a ship , although every summer he will bo allowed to crulso on a vessel , but must return to take up his studies at the academy In the fall. On his way homo from Annapolis Chris visited with his fa ther at Sioux 'Falls , S. D. Nebraska Wins Track Meet. Lincoln. Nob. , May 23. In ono of the swiftest track moetH In the his tory of the state , the Nebraska uni versity defeated Minnesota yesterday afternoon by a score of 02 to 55 points- The milo record was shaved by the state of Nebraska to 1:12 : 1-5. The contest was alive with sensational foa- 1 turos nnd the spectators got the worth ] of their money nil the time the nth- lotos were on the cinders. Minnesota got both places In the loo-yard dash. Not a thing did she get In the polo vault , the shot-put or the two-mile run. Nebraska lost out on the relay race nnd the 100-yard dash. Even the host innrrlod man knows a young girl lie Ilirts with n little. POSSIULE THAT THERE IS A DEN OF THIEVES. THIEVES CANNOT DE TRACED Numerous Robberies Throughout the New Northwest Looks Like nn Or > - g.inlzod Effort of n Dolt ! G.ing of Unmllts Take Supplies. The robbery of the Crelghton meal market early Saturday morning or during Hie night preceding , and the hold getaway which the Intruders made with the iMio bacons , makes II seem possible and even probable that tin * meals were stolen for the purpose of carrying to a robbers' den at Home distance from the place , and to with It keep the burglars alive. During the pus ! year there have been numerous robberies of one sort and another In northern Nebraska. It hasn't been so very long since the EwIng - Ing bank was blown uiiil cash seen red. Again the Htore at Foster wus entered and robbed of a good dual. Then eaino the other bank robberies Iliul lit Me- lean und thill ul Nuper. Several stores In Norfolk have been touched for moi'e or less largo amounts during the sea son. There seems to bo nn orgunl/.ed bund Hint Is doing all of the work. It hasn't been a greul while since there was u crowd who entered n Neligh store. Thiit bunch was followed nnd \ finally captured over n Mir llurwell. It ) seems likely thai there IH a billing pluce somewhere In northern Nebras ka tolilch the robbers Invariably go. The robbery at Verdlgro last winter Is another case of It. Hounds that hnvo been put on the trail have never been ublo to truce the thieves for any satisfactory distance and the chuso has always been given up after u few hours or so of futllo fol lowing. The luck of railroads and of commu nication throughout the Inland dis trict of I lie new north west affords an excellent place for the ret routing thieves und the scurclty of human beIngs - Ings along Homo of the untruvollud paths makes II quite comfortably sufo for them to do these deeds. TUESDAY TIDINGS. A. It. OI nsnn was a city visitor from WIsner. Jeremiah Lynch was a Norfolk vis itor from Inez. Mrs. W. A. Peebles was down from- BoneHteel this morning. Mrs. G. Davis of Noligh was shop ping In the city yesterday. Mlsn Peters of Stanton was a vis Itor In Norfolk yesterday. Col. J. 1C. Simpson is much Improved in health though still weak. Frank K. Wright of Meadow Orovo bud business In Norfolk yesterday. T. H. Porter , of Omaha , special cor respondent for the Now York Herald , passed through the city from Lead City , S. D. Prof. M. G. Diwrlng was down from Battle Creek to attend the farewell reception given Prof. M. H. Singer at Christ Lutheran church last night. Charles Vlternu of Lynch , assistant cashier of the Boyd county bank , was In Norfolk this morning enmute homo from St. Paul where ho hud boon on the excursion. Mr. Vltornu reports that there was an linmoimo mob on the trip there was no excuse for the trip aside from the rates. A snappy gumo was pulled off between Minne apolis and Ixiulsvllln , which resulted In u shut-out for Minneapolis. There was a contrast In the weather - j or since Sunday , which was the hot test day of the year , the thermometer registering ninety degrees In the shade , while yesterday and today have been cool and almost chilly enough for lire and top coats. A night blooming cerens In blossom at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. H. G Mrueggemun on Madison avenue last night attracted a largo number of their neighbors and friends , nnd the blossom unfolded was ono worth see ing , and the fragrance of the choicest. Mr. und Mrs. Fred W. Wesner of 122 Third street , Council Bluffs , Iowa , have issued Invitations to the mar riage of tholr sister , Miss Nellie Grace Ferguson of that city to Mr. EdmunJ Ray Hayes of Norfolk , to take place on the afternoon of Juno 9. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes expect to bo nt home to their friends in Norfolk after June 13. C. B. Hartford states that the board of control is waiting somewhat anx iously to hear from the committee thnt has been doing the soliciting for the proposed state firemen's tourna ment to ho hold in Norfolk this sum- inor , and snys thnt ho Is expected to report not Inter than Wednesday night , by which time the committee . . him- completed the Work. MM repoit PHM 10 duili man McNeo of Hie lioiinl ol control at Keainey. Kvvlng AilMicate : on Monday night , May Hi , some miserable spool- men of humanity broke Into E. J. Spit tier's butcher shop by pryltti ; open the front door , nnd carried away smoked meats to the value of $10. The act was committed either by ti si ranger or a thing In human form. Any man acquainted with Mr. Splttlor thai was hungry and needed moat to eat , and no money to buy , could huvu got all they needed by jiiMt stating the fuels to him , as ho never refuses to give to these who are In need. Fremont Tribune : Tim mystery surrounding lh < > disappearance of Mrs. Mary Lyons and children who leit Fullerioii on April 15 for Walla Wiillu , Wush. , und were lost to lha liiiHbiind and other relatives after com- lug to Fremont bus been solved. A letter JIIHI received by Sheriff Bail- man from Mr. I.\ons . conveys the In formal Ion Hint Hie missing ones nro In Month Dakota , mid Hint they wont Ibere direct from Fremont. It IH pre sumed that the woman desires to os- Inbllsh residence In the northern stale HO she cun secure divorce. Lyolin says Hint he got his Information front the attorney for Mrs. Ogden. The hitler Is the woman In whose company Mrs. Lyons , bur sinter und two chil dren started for Fremont , from where they were to | ; o to Washington slul'- . Mrs. Ogden Is now In California. "It strikes iiH1 , " remarked n Im ,1- ni'iiH man In Hie city yesterday , 'Hiat It would be no bud plan to run an > ' \ ciirslon Into Norfolk ul a remarkuliiy cheap rule from thu new northwest. There are hundreds and even thou sands of people up on the Honostnol branch of the North western as well uswest to Long Pine ami Alnsworth , who have been used to going through Norfolk and who would bo glnd to drop In for a day's oitllng. If wo want to get acquainted with them , why not Invite Iliein down hero some day ? St. Paul did It last week with no possible excuse and thousands went. Elovun cars rolled out of Sioux City. Many of these towns north of Vordigro never knew Norfolk was on the map until within tin ; past your. They uaud to go by river to Sioux City or over- hind lo Vunkton , Norfolk Is now thu pluco lo como. Why not organize u commercial club nnd talk it over. Why not gel together ? The merchants of the little town of lloKklns , where there Is no nows- pupor , are doing things which prove valuable lessons to these of cities many times larger. 11. E. Fenner ft Co. . and F. 8. Denser are getting out little newspapers of their own once a week puiers | containing the news of their stores. They are holding special sales on certain things every little while and they are using the ru ral routes , paying | M > stuge on their posters and printing , besides , lo let the prospective patrons know what Is going on. It Is needless to say thnt they are making It win. Their suc cess at this feature Is merely a dem onstration of the fact that the same principles- apply to country stores as city stores that the same sort of 1m- man beings buy In a small town as In a large one. Messrs. Fenner and Ben- ner of Hoskins are currying out on a small scale at Hosklns just what the department stores of the city pay $5i,000 ) u your lor newspaper space * to do. The special sales are leaders and they draw. Small Blaze Suppressed , Guy Musslck discovered a small Jila/e creeping up on the barn ofGeo. A. Stupenhorst Sunday afternoon and notified Mr. Stapenhorst , who ex tinguished it with a couple of buckets of water No damage was done. AlwaysWelcome. Any time anywhere In the poor man's cottage or the rich man's palace. . - Peerless Beer is welcomed and enjoyed pure and wholesome * j/utir iltaler. Accent no other *