Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NOKKOl.K NKWS : FRIDAY , JULY I. 1U04.
I ;
NOISY CREATURE 18 ACCOMPAN
IED DY HER NEIGHUORS.
SHARES WITH THE SPARROWS
Over a Hundred Species of Birds nrst
and Spend the Summer In Cities
and Towns Great Shade Trees
Give Them Shelter.
Hlnl of Ilio forest , of the viiHt not-
itmk'H , of the wilderness , wido-rnng-
Ing niul tree , picturesque In Its snowy
plumage and swooping Might , noisy
nnd luinibuslU ; and neither seeking
nor avoiding the companionship of
Its congeners of the woodH , Ilio blue
jay la tlio lust lilnl wo would expect
to become a resident of our dooryards -
, yards In tlio city. sharing with the
sparrows scrnpH In tlio gutters of Ilio
Hlroola. Twenty years ago a lilno
jay would IIP considered u rani avln In
Madison county , Init today largo col
onies inalio tlio towns tlielr iierpetnal
IIOIIIP. Last year Heveral wintered
In Norfolk , an nmiBiial event In a
pralrlo country , all of which Illus-
tratPH tlio capacity of crcalnroH to
adapt. themselves to environment.
Since shade Irotm liavo heon planted
nnd tlio towns of Nebraska liavo become
como verltahlo forests over ono hun
dred species of hlrds nest and spend
the Hummer In town. How quickly
they liavo discovered that In the wn-
tor sprinkled lawns of tlio city , nlco
fat worms are feeding almost upon
the surface among the roots of the
grass and that on the fruit trees and
In gardens nil hack yards food In
endless variety and quantity exists
for all. Tlio natural timidity of the
birds has worn off and I hey liavo
learned that ( hey can rear tholr fam
ilies with greater safely and with a
fraction of the lahor Involved In their
erstwhile homos In the Holds and
woods. The barking of dogs , the rat-
( lint ; of vehicles and ( lie whooping
of children have become familiar
sounds. How ( lie kliinlilnl.vlin in
his native haunts draws an Imaginary ,
circle around his home and lights
every creature that Invades It , he-
comes reconciled to living among
sparrows , rohlns and jays and rearing
a hrood In an ash tree with n lawn
mower running beneath It is a puz
zle. Any day on the lawns may ho
seen jays and hlackhlrds seeking
grubs and worms , nnd touching el
bows , or wings , rather. The black
bird or purple grackle has also como
to town and ho Is delighted with the
change. What a cavalier ho Is too ,
carrying food all day long for his
mate and her babies , for no ono ever
sees the female blackbird away from
her nest during Cine brooding HOIIHOII.
The blackbird's special tidbit in the
line of food Is a crust of bread and
ho finds plenty about town. The robIn -
In , always a companion of mankind ,
has become so common that he no
longer elicits comment although
twenty years ngo ho was rare as the
the bluojiiy. With hlrds factors fa
voring their presence In any locality
are food and shelter anil there Is no
reason why Norfolk should not have
hundreds of species nesting within
the city limits. Some other birds that
nest within the corporate limits are
quail , ordchard ami Baltimore orioles ,
peewees , wruns , t brushes , brown
thrasher , martins , swallows , doves ,
the American cuckoo and rarely a
southern redblrd.
J. H. Mackay.
Fly Nets.
A discount of from 1C to 20 per
cent on all llynets the next thirty
days. Now is the time to buy them.
Paul Nordwlg.
FRIDAY FACTS.
Dr. C. A. McKIm was In Untile
Creek yesterday.
Chaster A. Fuller was In Tllden
yesterday on business.
Julius Altschnler and Kmll Moollcr
luivo gone to Atkinson for an outing
nnd fishing trip.
Mrs. Goo. D. Bnttorflcld and daugh
tcr Edith loft Hits morning for Dav
enport , Iowa , to visit Mrs. Butter-
field's parents for a short time.
P. G. Cunningham , 700 Pasowalk
avenue , returned last evening from
five weeks' trip through Wyoming
and Colorado. During hl traveling
Mr. Cunningham has covered o,500
miles of territory.
Fremont Tribune : Frank Cane ,
who was recently transferred to Nor
folk , came back to Fremont long
enough yesterday to pack his Irnnk
and oilier belongings. Norfolk will
bo his headqarters permanently In the
future.
Chas. K. Hall , president of the Hall
Land company of Orchard was In the
city yesterday on business. Mr. Hall
states that business Is lively at Or
chard and that the town Is progressIng -
Ing very satlsfaclorlly. The excellent
crop prospecls are making deals in
land lively and there arc prospects of
many now settlers locating In that
portion of Antelope county.
Arthur B. Roberts has returned
from a business trip west.
Mrs. E. B. Taylor loft at noon for
a few days' visit with her parents at
Missouri Valley.
T. F. Memmlnger of this city an.l
C. S. Smith of Madison went to Battle -
tlo Creek at noon on business.
Mrs. H. Haaso and Misses May and
Elizabeth Schelley left last night for
Hot Springs , S. D. , where they will
visit for two or three weeks.
Frank II. Scott of Stanton passed
ihrouKh Ilio city onroutu to
whore IIP wont to adjust ! a claim In
HIP Modern Brotherhood of America
lodge.
UrnUcmnn Krlckbaum of the North
woMtorn has just returned from a two
veekN1 visit In Ihn cant. During hla
< tay ho naw the accident at Pcorlti ,
III. , In which several thousand bar
rels of whiskey exploded , H.500 cat
tle burned to death and fifteen men
were killed.
,1. II. Davis of Nellgh was In the
city a short Unto at noon , on his way
( o Pierce for a short visit ,
Miss llortha Pllger IH attending
school at Wayne and Miss Olelln has
KOIIO to visit with her and ether
friends.
Messrs. Detrlek and Meredith , mem
bers of the legislature from York
county , were In the city over night on
Iholr way to llonosleol.
Mrs , Frank Emory of Chicago ar
rived on the noon train to spend the
mimmer at the homo of her parents ,
Mr , and Mrs. Herman ( ierecke.
.lames Hamilton of Sioux City , for
merly a well known traveling Bales-
man of Norfolk , IH here today meeting
old friends and attending to luminous.
Marln Wagner and Will /Mr. re
turned at noon Irom Watorlown , Wla. '
where for the past year they liavo
been attending the Northwestern uni
versity.
The West Side whist club enjoyed
a very pleasant picnic at the factory
cottage last evening.
The Host hotel at Bat lie Creek Is
fast Hearing completion and will be
one of the best hotels along the line.
The ladles' aid society of the Jo
hannes Lutheran church gave n very
enjoyable Ice cream social last night
at the homo of Mrs. Jos. Schwartz at
the Junction. They were fortunate
In securing a strictly "Ico cream"
evening and found a ready sale for
( ho frozen sweetness , so much so that
the supply had to ho replenished. A
largo number attended.
Mrs. K. C. Harris of Chndron
passed through on the noon train en-
route to the east. She goes to wit
ness the graduation of her son Fred
I'rinn Yiil ( >
T. J. Morrow Is home from the
east , having visited with his daugh-
or at Sedro-Woolloy , Washington , and
, vlh ( friends at Seattle , Portland and
jther places of prominence In the
.vest. .
.vest.Mr.
Mr. Peterson of Tneoma , Washing-
Ion , visited his old friend Van Clove ,
[ he well known commercial traveler
who lives on Koon'gstoln ' avenue. Mr.
Peterson has been hero for several
ilays and left today. He represents
11 wholesale llsh house on the coast.
C. 1) . Jenkins returned yesterday
noon from Ftcniont where ho had
been attending the pi puMst conven
tion "Our folks have llxed up a deal
that will beat the republicans all to
smiifh as sure as fate , " Is the kind
of enthusiasm that Mr. Jenkins Is
loaded with since the meeting.
Fremont Tribune : Harry Hausor
has received a largo number of tour
nament badges and some posters ad
vertising the coming firemen's tour
nament at Norfolk August 2 , o and
I , for distribution In Fremont.
A tent has been erected In the yar i
of the Dudley livery burn for the
Hlcker line stock sale which takes
place on Tuesday. Some of the fancy
stock has been received and propera-
tlous for the sale are proceeding sat
lsfaclorlly.
A number of the residents of Philip
avenue who have been missing chicle
ens f-om | their coops have discovered
who the fellows aie that have been do
ing the thieving r-.ul threaten to make
It Interesting for them If Ihoy con
tinue tholi depiedatlo'is.
Fremont Tribune : J. C. Cook went
up to O'Neill , lii't p'jun y , lo defend
Dell Swee' . the farm hand who is
ehnigi'd with assault on a 1-year-old
girl who after\\r.ds died from the ef
fects of a loathsome disease. Sweet
will bo tiled by jury at a special term
of district court.
Madlsou Chronicle : Mrs. J. U. Car
ter came down from Creighlon on
Saturday last and remained over Sun
day with her husband , who Is in the
employ of the Braasch Drug company.
Mr. Carter accompanied her on the
return trip Sunday evening as far as
Norfolk. They have rented the huoso )
now occupied by P. Hubcndall , and
as soon as that gentleman moves Into
his own house , Mr. Carter will have
his household goods hero and become
n Madison citizen.
CAPTURE MASTICK IN DAKOTA
Man Wanted at Alnsworth for Serious
Offense Will be Brought to Ne
braska.
Alnsworth , Neb. , June 27. Special
to The News : Clair E. Mastlck is ar
rested In South Dakota for the at
tempt to commit a statutory assault
on the person of Tlllle Kachmaster , a
10-year-old girl who was working al
the Alnsworlh House here. The
sheriff Is now In Lincoln for requisi
tion papers to bring him back here.
PLEADS GUILTYBEING BRIBED
_
Former Member of House of Dele
gates Accepted $2,500 of Boodle
Si. Louis , Mo. , Juno 27. Edmund
Busch , a former member of the
house of delegates , pleaded guilty today
"
day before Judge McDonald In "tho
criminal division of the circuit court
to the charge of bribery In accept
ing ? 2,500 of the $45,500 boodle fund ,
for his vote on the city lighting hill.
Sentence will bo pronounced Fri
day.
FRANK TOLUBA , 14 YEARS OLD ,
NEAR NIOBRARA.
WAS PLOWING CORN IN FIELD
Yesterday Afternoon at 4 O'clock ,
While Plowing Corn Near Nlobrara ,
the Youth Bitten on the Ankle by
a Rattlesnake Out of Danger ,
Nlobrura , Nob. , June .M. Special
to The News : Yesterday afternoon
at about I o'clock , Frank Toluha , a
boy fourteen years old , was bltlen on
Ilio ankle by n rattlesnake , while
plowing corn.
Ho WIIH hurriedly driven to town
and given over to the charge of a
physician. Ho Is now out of danger.
Wabash Railroad.
Now world's fair trains dally.
Leave Omaha at 7 : Ifi a. in. , 0:110 :
p. m. ; leave Council Illnffs at 8:00 :
a , m. , 0:15 : p. m. ; arrive world's fair
station n't 7:115 : p. m. , 7:00 : a. m. ; ar-
rlvo SI. Louis at 7:50 : p. m. , 7:15 : n.
m. ; leave St. Ldnls at 70 : ! ! p. m. , 9:00 :
a. m. ; leave world's fair station at
7:15 : p. m. , 0:15 : a. m. ; arrive Coun
cil Illnlfs at 8:05 : a. m. , 8:15 : p. m. ;
arrive Oiiiuha at 8:20 : a. m. , 0:00 : p.
Compare this time with other lines.
Juno 20 , new train service will be
established between St. Louis and
Plttsburg , Pa. , and Chicago and Pitts-
burg over the Wabasb R. R.
The Wabash lands all passengers
at and checks baggage to Its own sta
tion at main entrance of world's fair
grounds. Think what this means :
quick time , extra car fare saved , and
a delightful trip and you are not all
tired out before entering the exposi
tion grounds. All agents can route
you via the Wabiish It. R. 1'or beau
tiful world's fair folder and all Information
mation address ,
Harry E. Moores ,
G. A. P. D. Wab. R. R. , Omaha.
THIEVES DELIBERATELY ROBBED
HOUSE OF RUG.
DID IT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
Mrs. W. W. Roberts , Cleaning House ,
Hung Carpet In Woodshed When
She Went to Get It , She Found
Burglars Had Beat Her to It.
[ From Satunlay'H Dully. ]
One of the rawest , boldest daylight
burglaries that has como to light t < x > k
place In Norfolk yesterday afternoon
when unknown parties made away
with a carpet from the homo of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Roberts. The
thieves have not been apprehended.
When caught If they are caught
they will be hauled up on the carpel
' ) ! fair. Tle : carpet will have to bo
located , however , before the thieves
may be put upon it.
Mrs. Roberts was cleaning house.
She hung a lingo carpet in the wood
shed , wherein to heat the thing. But
the burglars did the healing. They
heal the owner lo Ihe woodshed and
took Ilio rug away with them , lo lack ,
11 down on tholr own floors.
The value of the haul ran Into
many dollars , In round figures
though the figures around the carpet
were on the square type.
When ordering your Fourth of July
beverages , ho sure to Include a good
supply of Guild's celebrated Peerless
beer. Order through your dealer , or
John Gund Brewing Co. , La Crosse ,
WIs.
SATURDAY SIFTINGS.
W. T. Bro was here from Stanton.
Mrs. H. H. Latz of Bonesleel was a
visitor In Norfolk.
N. D. Jackson was In Norfolk dur
ing the week from Nellgh.
Rev. W. J. Turner has gone to
Crete where he will address a meetIng -
Ing of young people tomorrow.
Mrs. H. L. McCormlck loft on the
noon train for a visit with her sister ,
Mrs. Chas. McDonald , nt Pierce.
Frank Twlss , for many years clerk
at Ihe Oxnard , leaves tomorrow for
Pierre , S. D. , where he has accepted
a similar position.
Mrs. Lester C. Riddle , formerly
Miss Hlldreth Slsson of Norfolk , Is in
Ihe city for a visit at the home of her
parents , Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher M.
Slsson. Mr. nnd Mrs. Riddle live In
Delaware. Ohio. Mr. Riddle will visit
the world's fair at St. Louis , whore
Mrs. Riddle will meet him later.
The work of placing the cement
pavement about the government
building is proceeding apace nnd the
black dirt for the lawn will soon he
in.
The trees that were retarded In
tholr development by the late sleet
storm of last year are advancing re
markably this year and a mngnlllcent
growth of follago Is the result.
A now real estate company has
been formed at Tllden. It Is known
ns the Tlldon Uuid company. J. W.
Bush is president , C. A. Davis vice
president , C. H. Slhloy secretary nnd
treasurer.
The frogs are making themselves
manifest since the rain of last night
and the boys who have making good
sums of spending money by Ihelr
deals In frog legs are likely lo find
an IntcrcMtliiK crop In the near fti-
tu ic. .
The executive' committee having
In chaw ihc arrangements for the
state llromen's tournament will meet
In the city hall tomorrow afternoon
to further the preliminary work and
meet the bills that have thus far
been Incurred.
The city Is putting In a number of
walks for those property owners who
huvo refused to comply with the or
ders of the council and expect to put
In others. A carload of brick Is be
ing used for the purpose and more of
the material may be ordered for Ihe
same purpose. The present adminis
tration Intends to enforce Its orders
regarding condemned sidewalks and
the sidewalk condition of Norfolk
promises to be greatly Improved be
fore the end of the present season.
Preparations are about complete
for the big stock sale which Is to beheld
held In this city next Tuesday. There
are already hero a line lot of hand
some animals which will ho sold un
der the hammer. It Is anticipated
that persons Interested In line stock
will arilve In Norfolk from a hun
dred miles In all directions for the
purpoMof picking out what they
need from Ilio sale. Farmers are
coming to the conclusion that they
may just as well deal In line stock as
poorer kinds , whereas there Is no
dllference In the cost of maintenance.
EXPECT BLOOD SHED OVER LAND
FILING THERE.
THE MILITIA IS IN READINESS
Cattle Barons There Send Cowboys
to File on Land Fenced by Them ,
and Homesteaders Resist Settlers
are Armed for Battle.
Lincoln , Neb. , Juno 28. Governor
Mickey has received requests from
the olllcers and sheriffs of Cnster
county for tlio militia to help keep
order at Broken Bow and the sur
rounding country and has ordered
company M of Broken Bow to bo held
In readiness.
The trouble arises from the fact
that the cattle barons have sent their
cow boys to file on the government
land that is now fenced and to Inter
fere with the homesteaders at Brok
en Bow. Many of the homesteaders
are armed and bloodshed Is expected.
THE WORK OF RECOVERING BODY
Several Men Put In Their Time and
Paid Expenses of Finding Re
mains of Willie Stahl.
J. F. Lindsay , I , . A. Clark , Ed.
Hiirko , Julius Lehman and Fred and
John Krantz were among those who
deserve especial credit for their ef
forts toward the recovery of the re
mains of Willie Stahl , the boy who
was drowned in the Elkhorn at the
Kraut/ farm last Sunday.
Besides putting In their time they
went to the personal expense of buy
ing dynamite , grappling hooks and
other material that might aid in the
recovery. Lehman furnished two of
the boats and S. L. Murphy one.
There were three crews In the river
at the time the body was recovered.
Murphy and Keeker wore In the boat
that took the center of the stream
and they were about thirty-live yards
In advance of the boats containing
Lindsay , Clark , Burke and Lehman
when the body was discovered. Mur
phy notified them of the discovery
and immediately rowed to the round
house and the First street bridge ,
while Lindsay , Clark and Lehman
took the body from the water and
conveyed It to the round house of the
Northwestern.
Some of the men were on duty
night and day from Monday until the
body was recovered Thursday. Lind
say Is credited with doing most of
the diving and on one of his dives
had a narrow escape from drowning
himself. He became langled In a
barb wire and carries some severe
scratches on his limbs as the result
of the entanglement.
W. A. Emery contributed the forly
rods of hog wire that was stretched
for a net at the First street bridge to
prevent the body from floating past
that point.
The funeral of Willie Stahl was
hold Thursday afternoon at I ? o'clock
from the German Evangelical church
on South Sixth street and Pasewalk
avenue. Rev. Geo. H. Wagner , pns-
lor of the Evangelical church at Stanton -
ton ofllclated , and gave a very Im
pressive talk.
A large number of tlio friends of
the family were In attendance and
beautiful ( lowers decorated the cas
ket. Interment was in Prospect Hill
cemetery.
Willie Stahl drowned In the Elkhorn -
horn river lasl Sunday afternoon
while bathing , and the body was not
recovered until Thursday morning ,
when It was found about two miles
below the place where the fatal acci
dent took place.
New York Bank Closed.
Saratoga , N. Y. , Juno 27. The First
National bank of Saratoga , with de
posits of $890.000 , closed Its doors to
day.
day.Tho
The action was the result of a run
on the part of depositors who had
heard lhal the hank's condition was
shaky.
STREET FIGHT WITH A CRIPPLE
MADE MERRY MILL.
MADE RAID ON A BEER VAULT.
Like So Many Mice , the Toughest ,
Roughest Score of Men That Ever
Beat their Way , Were Seated About
a Case of Beer When Trapped.
[ From Saturday's Ually.l
A street fight with a crippled
tramp In which two olllcers mixed ,
together with a raid on an empty
beer vault In which , like mice In a
nest , wore found a score of the
toughest , roughest hoboes that over
struck Norfolk , gave excitement plus
to the police department of Norfolk
yesterday nl'ternuon.
The llrst follow arrested Is a crip
ple who has been In town for ten days
past. Arrested on the night before
by Chief Kane and turned over to
the outside world with orders to re
move his frame , tlio "crip" still staid
In town and was spotted during the
afternoon by the chief. Olllcors
Kane and Pllger landed on his hide
but ho resisted arrest. Furiously he
fought and with the lasting qualities
of IL bull mm. He was In at the bit :
show , the side show and the concert.
Finally ho was tossed Into a wagon
ami hauled to the city jail where , af
ter he had been sent Into his cell ho
created enough of a disturbance to
get into trouble again.
In the face ho was struck and on
the hard , stone lloor he was stretch
ed out , bleeding , with a blow.
A little later the olllcers made a
laid on a small army of tramps who
had camped In tlio empty beer vault
a few blocks south of the Northwest
ern city depot , on South Seventh
street. Here were found a score
seated In a circle and getting their
hobo belts on the outside of a good
fresh case of beer.
The moment the olllcers put In an
appearance , tlio social crown lit oui.
To the tall grass they literally How
to the green weeds that grow
around the vault. And there , with
the sunllowers high enough for shel
ter , they suddenly and Individually
dropped to the earth like so many
prairie chickens in a well covered
hay Held.
When the mists had cleared away
the blue coated representatives of
the law had a quartet to the good ,
and Ihe case of beer bottles besides.
Into a wagon were loaded the four
and the dead soldiers for the trip
up town. The other dozen and a
half were not to be found.
None of the bunch carried guns.
Ono of them had a razor and all hud
knives.
One of the crowd was a man who
might easily attract attention any
where. He had been , evidently , at
one time a miner . lie claimed be
had and no ono would doubt it
been in an explosion , and the greater
part of his face was missing. There
were the spots where Ids cheeks
ought to have been and his Jaws
and forehead and lips. But the real
genuine articles' had gone sailing
high in tlio air when the explosion
struck khlni.
Five of the bottles In the entire
case were still undrunk.
The crowd were locked up In sepa
rate cells at the jail. "This is not
human , " remarked the fellow with
the missing face. "Tills Is cruel.
I've a notion to go to stealing If this
Is the way yon treat a man. "
CROWDS WILL ARRIVE ALL NEXT
WEEK.
COME FROM ALL DIRECTIONS.
Real Estate Dealers Throughout the
New Northwest Expect to Benefit
by the Influx Homeseekers Will
Want Land When They Lose Out.
[ From Saturday's Dully. ]
The preliminary work and the pre
liminary inllux of people Into the
new northwest for the purpose o" be
ing all ready for the beginning of
registration for the Rosebud reserva
tion lands , has about been flulshe : ! .
On Monday and nil during the com
ing week , the real rush , the genuine
incoming of actual homeseekers will
bo started.
It is just one week from next Tues
day morning that , in accordance with
the proclamation of President Roosevelt
velt , the registration for chances to
draw land out of the big bunch of
free acres , will begin. By that time
there will bo a very large number
of persons in Fairfax and Bonesteol ,
waiting to get their names on paper.
The Northwestern railroad com
pany Is making every preparation
for the great rush of Intendent home
steaders. O facials In Norfolk are
working night and day , gelling the
now time card In shape for iclual
running of trains.
Just at present the hours of the new
train service are not definitely do-
tormlnod upon. There will bo Ihreo
passenger trains out of Norfolk each
day , In all probability , and on rush
days there will bo many more.
The biggest Initial rush Is expected
for July 4. On that day theie will be
mammoth excursion parties In Mor
folk ,1'rom all directions. They will
coino from Kansas City , from Chica
go , from Omaha , from Sioux City
and St. Paul. A largo parly of ex
curslonlsts Is being made up in St.
Paul , which will arrive hero for the
Honesteel trip. Another Is forming
In Kansas City , from a largo terri
tory In the soulh.
As Norfolk Is the gateway lo the
reservation , being the hub of the
railway rails which run lu from
every direction , the ireiilur portion
of those fifty thousand persons will .
pass In nnd out of Norfolk. In ono
way and another benefit will reciilt.
The hotels hero will , of course , do
a big business because of the Rose
bud rush. And Incidentally , on that
account , the grocery stores and the
meat markets and the milk man nnd
everybody else who has things to
eat for sale , will benefit by the ,
crowd. 1
Incidentally every town hi the
northwest will gain from the Inllux.
With Ill'ty thousand people on the
ground , and but 2,100 drawing
farms , It Is easy to see that the rest
of those -17,000 persons who have
spent their time and money to como
west In order to look over the land ,
will keep their eyes out for bargains
In real estate. Hundreds will como
from the eastern side of America.
And they are coming for a serious
purpose , bent on a serious mission
of getting homes. |
As a result of the surplus of perj
sons those who do not draw , the
whole of northern Nebraska will bo
Hooded with possible purchasers.
Every real -estate dealer will re
ceive a share. The crowd that Is
left will Investigate north Nebraska
and the result will bo that hundreds
and thousands of big deals will bo
made. In Gregory county , too , the
real estate men who live at Fairfax
and Bonesteel will be busy.
HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
FROM M. E. CHURCH.
WAS OWNED BY MASTER OF NOTE
Reared in Old Kentucky by Uncle of
Marshall Field , She Later Moved to
Missouri Husband Was Killed Dur
ing War , and She Remarried.
IFrom Monday's Dally. ]
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Gor
don was held from the M" . E. church ,
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock , the
G. A. R. and the W. R. C. having
charge. Rev. J. F. Poucher preached
the sermon , a touching dlscource
upon the life of slavery and freedom
which Mrs. Gordon had lived.
Elizabeth Gordon has lived a life
which few persons in this country to
day had gone through. A slave during - .
ing her girlhood days , owned by a \
southern master of note , married tea
a man who was killed during the civil
war and later to George Gordon , her
early life was a thrilling one to a de
gree.
She was born in Lexington , Ky. ,
seventy-four years ago. Her master
was Larkin Field , an uncle of Mar
shall Field , the great Chicago mer
chant. A short time before the war ,
Mr. Field moved to Grimily county ,
Mo. , taking his slaves with him. At
that time Archibald Nance was the
husband of the young woman who
died in Norfolk. Nance was killed in
the war and In 1875 his widow was
married to George Gordon at Fremont ,
Neb.
Neb.About
About a year ago George Coleman ,
a son-in-law , moved from Norfolk to
Sioux Falls , taking the old lady with
him. All winter she has been ill and
a week ago she was brought back to
Norfolk , where she lingered for a few
days , finally dying in the old home
that had sheltered her for so many
years , on Braasch avenue.
Lizzie Gordon was one of the oldest
former slaves In the north. Before
the war she was owned In the south
land and after the bloody strife was
over , she came north with her hus
band and settled In Norfolk. Among
her children here is "Aunt" Jane , a
character well known to Norfolk pee
ple.
"She was the only friend I had on
earth , " said Jane , in speaking of her
mother. "With her gone , there is
nothing left In the world for me to
live for. She was a good mother to
us children. When I was little , and
we were all owned In the south , I
used to think I was abused. But my
mother was the best mother In the
world , nnd she's all I had to live for.
I don't care now when my time shall A
come I hope It will bo soon. My '
mother Is dead and she was all In all
to me. "
Prisoners at Alnsworth.
Alnsworth , Neb. , Juno 27. Special
to The News : There were four
tramps brought in from Long Pine
and put in jail hero for stealing a lot
of clothing from George Smith's dry
goods store , their real names not
known.
Madison Won Game.
The militia boys of company L , N.
N. G. , went to Madison to play against
the baseball team there. The score
was 12 to 7 against Norfolk. By a
combination of Emerlck and Madison
the soldiers were beaten. Bovee , the
pitcher for Norfolk , struck out four ,
teen men and the fighters batted out
three three-base hits.