TJiE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , JULY 20 , 1U04.
OUPT. WILLIAMS WILL HAVE THE
BUILDING READY.
WORK LASTS MORE THAN A YEAR
The United States Government Build-
Ino In Norfolk , the Flnett That Hat
Deen Built In Any City of This Size ,
la About Finished Now.
I From KrUlny'B Unlly. ]
Washington dlHpatchcn announce
Hint tlio department IIIIH boon notlllud
thnt the United States court IIOUHO
ft ml postolllco building In Norfolk
will he ronily for occupancy on AUK
ust 15. Superintendent (1. 1C. Wil
liams , of the CongrosiH Construction
company , who has boon In tlio city
Huporlntondlng the work on tlio htrnc-
tnrc for n year , conllrniK the report
.nntl PoHtmnHtur .lohn II. Ilnys , togoth-
< sr with his force of employes , IB get
ting romly to tnko poHHOHslon of the
handbomo nuw quarters about the
middle of the month.
.ItiHt now Superintendent Williams
IB mulling the worU as fast ns ponnl-
hlev to got It ready by the dntu Hot.
There la a handsome line of now box
es the prettiest , perhaps , In thotitato
today. The pollHhcd Interior , llnlKhed
In the llnost sort of style , given a
tone to the cdurtluniHo thnt In most
superior In every way. Norfolk ho-
IHK "no of the United States court
towns of Nebraska , the npper portions
tions have been finished for that
work , with conrt rooniH , federal pris
ons , secret Hlalrwayn , and so tin. Thu
United States marshal will have ning-
ulflcent quarters for his olllces and
the judges will own palaces for theirs.
Even the prisoners who are sent to
Norfolk may thank the government
for the courtesy , ns the grub afforded
together with the apartments will
probably make It seem like a luxury
for fair.
The government building In this
city Is the finest , says Superintendent
of Construction James It. Fain , that
baa ever been built within the limits
of the American continent for a city
of this she. The architecture follows
that of the building nt Annapolis , and
Is Imposing to a degree. When the
cement walks are llnlshed , together
with the parking of the place on the
outside , the sight will bo very much
more attractive.
The work on the building has con
tinned more than a year. It was to
have boon finished by the llrst of
May , but delays in the shipping of
material from the east have hold up
the contractors and they have done
mighty well to got done so soon.
A largo number of local men have
been given employment for the four
teen months by the work of construe
tlon.
tlon.Tho
The building is much liner on the
inside , oven , than out.
SPAULDING PLAYS BALL.
Famous Beatrice Team Strengthened
by His Acquisition.
Lealand and Fred Spauldlng have
been playing ball with the Schuyler
team during their recent trip through
the southern part of the atato , but
Lealand is now with the Beatrice
team , formerly the Creameries. Con
cerning the changes In that team the
Lincoln Journal says :
"In the coming series in Lincoln the
Beatrice team will present a slightly
reorganized personnel. Ilammoll ,
second baseman , and Fenlon , left
fielder , have severed their connec
tions with the team , and their places
have been filled by the substitution
of Wall and Spauldlng. The two were
formerly of the Schuyler team. Wall
played his first game yesterday with
Beatrice and landed on the ball for
two hits. Spalding will not join the
team until next week. Ho will play
nt first , where his work Is of a high
class , Captain Townsend moving into
the outfield. The addition of Spalil-
ing and Wall will more than compnn
sate for the defection of Hiunmell and
Fenlon , and the result will be to ma
terially strengthen the team. Both
of the new men are strong in the
field and hit the ball with much bet
ter result than their predecessors.
The record for the season , Including
yesterday's victory over Schuyler ,
shows that the Beatrice boys have
won twenty-three games and lost only
six , while nine of the victories have
been shutouts. This is an enviable
record and it is seldom equalled in
amateur circles. "
FRIDAY FACTS.
Adam Pilger of Stanton had busi
ness in the city Friday.
M. B. Meyers and family of Stanton
were city visitors Friday.
, W. 0. Hall went to Nellgh Thurs
day afternoon on business.
Mrs , I. Powers went to Omaha to
day for a visit of a few days.
Mrs. Robert Howe of Randolph is
Jiere for a visit of three weeks.
O. G. Meredith , who has boon vis
iting on the coast for some , time , is
expected in Norfolk to visit over Sun
day with his brother , Dr. 0. R. Mere
dith.
dith.A
A number of Bonosteel tourists
who passed through tills city today ,
enroute home , stopped off for a short
time In Norfolk. Among the Stanton
crowd wore R. Y. Apploby and John
A. Erhardt. A. L. Oleson was among
the crowd from Wlsner.
The Norfolk Foundry and Manufac
turing company is busy just at pres
ent getting threshing outfits ready
for the srttMin by overhauling the ma
chinery. They arc Junt now complet
ing the work on a traction engine
that looked about ready for the crnp
pile when the work commenced but
It will bo dlfllcnlt to tell It from a
new engine when the work 1 com-
pelto.
O. I ) , Van Orman , who shot hlniHclf
at York yesterday morning because
of hlH Infatuation for Mrs. Charlton ,
the widowed mother of five children
who rofnned to marry him , was for
merly a resident of Norfolk and con
ducted a carriage trimming and up
holstering shop on North Third Htrcet.
Ho had boon paying attention , to
Mm , Charlton for Homo I Into and vis
ited her Hovoral times Just previous
to the shooting. On one visit ho ex
hibited a revolver and said he Intend
ed to make way with himself If Him
continued her refusal to wed. Ho
Hliot himself In the left breast In
front of the widow's door and the
doctor who attended him said that
ho could not survive. A married
daughter of Van Orman haw been
summoned to hlH bedwldo at York
from Omaha.
The restaurant and hotel men at
Norfolk and particularly at the Junc
tion have had a line run of business
during the Iloncsteol rush and par
ticularly Is this true from the through
trnliiH which carry no dining carsnnd
only atop at Fremont and Norfolk be
tween Omaha and BonoHtcol. Fre
mont likewise has a generous share
of ( ho patronage. The Tribune says :
"HiiHlncas houses on lower Main
street , particularly those In which
liquid refreshments and eatables arc
Hold , have boon enjoying the blggeat
patronage they have over had since
the rush to the Rosebud commenced
in earnest. Passengers by the score
Jump from the trains as soon as a
stop IH made and hurry to the coun
ters where they can satisfy their up-
pclltcn. One restaurant proprietor
says ho has killed and sold nearly
Hoven hundred chickens thla week
and baa not been able to accommo
date all his customers. "
OWENS ARE SUED FOH $20,000 ,
Mrs. Cuthbertson , of Omaha , Asks
Damages for the Alienation of
Her Husband's Affections.
Mrs. Mildred O. Cuthbortson , of
Omaha , through her attorneys , has
Illed a suit In an Omaha court for
$ 120,000 damages against Henry 13.
Owen of tills city and David M. Owen
of Omaha , railroad contractors , who
employ her husband.
The woman alleges the Owen
brothers alienated her husband's af
fections and caused him to desert
her In September , 1901) ) , since when
she has been without his former sup
port of $75 a month.
Mrs. Cuthbertson Is tlio woman
who several weeks ago Is said to
have attempted to shoot her husband
In the courtroom when ho was up to
bo sentenced under the Nebraska
statute for failure < to support his
family. Cuthbortson was sentenced
to one year In the penitentiary on
the charge and Is now out on n su-
perseroas bond.
BATTLE CREEK.
Deputy County Treasurer Frank
Peterson of Madison passed through
Battle Creek Wednesday enroute to
Keya Paha county for a visit with his
father-in-law , John A. Sutherland and
family.
James Gillesple has bought the ICO-
aero Click place In Schoolcraft pre
cinct from Frank Huddle , for $40 per
acre.
acre.W.
W. G. Day of Jefferson , Iowa , nr-
rived here Wednesday for an extend
ed visit with his son , Station Agent
W. C. Day.
Mrs. Nellie Miller of Omaha is vis-
Itlng here this week with her brother ,
Dr. H. O. Munson.
Jake Barnes of Cody , this state , Is
visiting here Wednesday and Thurs
day at the homo of his uncle , W. A.
Barnes.
The new Battle Creek hotel , of
which T. D. Best Is proprietor , will
open up for transient business Mon-
day.
day.Mrs.
Mrs. Hallack of Stuart is here foe
treatment by Dr. H. O. Munson.
NORFOLK EXCURSIONISTS RETURN
Party of 114 Went to the Rosebud
Reservation to Register for a
Chance at the Homesteads.
Tlio Norfolk excursionists who went
to Bonesteel Thursday have returned
and are enthusiastic over the Rose
bud country as is everyone who has
visited the reservation. The excur
sion was conducted by Dr. C. A. Me-
Kim , H. 13. Hardy and S. R. McFnr-
land. One hundred and fourteen people
ple took advantage of the low rates
offered to visit the new northwest and
nearly all of them registered for n
chance at the drawing which takes
place next Thursday. There were
about forty people hero from Colum
bus and Spauldlng to Join the excur
sion , but the Norfolk men found it Im
possible to handle them in addition
to their own crowd , so the men from
the south organized an excursion of
their own and went up into the new
country. It took two cars to accom
modate the Norfolk party.
This excursion with the others that
have gone before , besides the numer
ous people who have gone up on the
regular trains should bring Norfolk's
contribution to the rush in the neigh
borhood of 500 people who have gone
up to try for chances on the home
stead drawing.
MEMBERS OF THE ORDER MEET-
INQ IN CINCINNATI.
FUNNY PRANKS OF THE BOYS
Northern Nebraska's Lodge , Norfolk
No. 653 , IB Represented at the Con
vention by Past Exalted Ruler W.
M. Robertson of This City.
( Krom Krldny'H Dnlly. ]
ISlhs of the country have been hav
ing n great tlmo In Cincinnati during
the week. Norfolk lodge No. Gdii , IH
represented by Past Exalted Ruler
W. M. Hobertson.
The following Incidents Indicate
tlin character of fun that Elks have
been having on the streets :
Cincinnati , July 21. A big 131k ,
with his antlers lowered In dejection ,
bandages around his IcgH , plasters
over Ills nose and n hat held between
bin ItncoEt , sat turning a hand organ
In Fourth street yesterday , while lite
brother ElkH dropped nickels und
dimes Into the hat.
Seeing that the I3lks were dropping
nlniH the public did likewise until
there was a nlco hnt full. Then a
mighty shout wont up , "Come on
Ullll"
The blind beggar was up in a
trice. Ills oycH resumed their sight
and hlH legs their functions , and the
whole merry crowd went off to find
n. place to spend the money. They
did not have far to go.
The "blind beggar" was Archie
Harborton , of Texas , one of the most
Ingenious practical jokers In the
I < ono Star state.
"Huy do balloonn , buy do bal-
loonn , " screamed an Italian vender
In Vine street , holding aloft a big
hunch of tugging red and green bal
loons.
"All right , I buy do balloona , see
'em go , " exclaimed .lohn Masterman ,
of Iowa , as he severed all the strings
with a sharp knife.
The Italian fairly screamed with
rngu. He made n wild dlvo up into
the nir , but moro than a dozen bal
loons wore oven then up above the
skyscrapers.
The crowd howled and screamed
with delight.
After the last balloon was hanging
over Covlngton Mr. Mnsterman gave
the Italian a ? 2 bill.
Ed Warren was the joker for the
13lks from Cuyahoga county.
All yesterday afternoon ho ha.l
crowds of Interested Elks and other
citizens going to Fourth and Walnut
to see the young woman jump from
the top of the big skyscraper In a
parachuto.
Several country visitors took it to
bo a sure enough part of the "big
show" that Ed kept telling them
about , and they walled patiently for
nn hour or so to see the bloodcurdling
ling jump which Is still to be made.
The Cleveland brothers demon
strated ability In suppressing silver-
tongiu'd orators who were trying to
! old forth In front of the Cleveland
headquarters.
Just when the orators would get
to the most soul-stirring part of their
talks the Clovelanders would throw
a handful of new , shining pennies In
to the crowd near the speakers.
That was overytlme the signal for
a scramble , hustle and racket on the
part of the small boys , whose shouts
and cries and struggles distracted
the listening throngs and left the
speakers stranded and without a sin
gle listener.
They finally had to move off to
other regions.
A has le squeak box !
This Instrument of torture Is seem
ingly omnipresent with the Elk.
Everywhere you go , the squeak
box Is In exldence.
Crowds of Elks , each twisting the
handle ot one of these noise makers ,
meet you on every hand.
The Squeak Box Brigade Invaded
the big downtown department stores
yesterday. They filed In the front
entrance , grinding out an anthem of
agony on the machines , to the de
spalr of the floor walkers.
The shop girls plainly enjoyed the
fun , which probably was "the reason
the floor walkers didn't.
On the brigade went , from one
store to another , up one aisle and
down another , saying "Hello , Sis ! "
to the saleswomen and "Hello , Bill ! "
to the men , and finally leaving by
some other door than that which they
entered.
No ono seemed to strenuously ob
ject. In fact , most of the persons
seemed to wish they could forget
their troubles as easily as the Elks.
HE FOUND IT A GREAT COUNTY
E. B. Knuffman , of Norfolk , Has Re
turned From a Trip Through
Boyd County.
E. B. Kauffmnn of this city has just
returned from a trip through the new
northwest. Up through Boyd county
he drove for several days , and lie
has come back to Norfolk delighted
with what he saw. All around
Spencer and Butte nr.d Nnpor he
drove , and the crops , ho says , are as
pretty to look upon as freshly paint
ed canvas. The corn stands high.
Is green and fresh and strong and
healthy. The fields are as clean ns
a pin , all cultivated in fine style and
much better taken care of than the
average in an ordinary country.
"The crops were far advanced , "
said Mr. Kauffman , "and I just wish
ed that 1 owned n section or so , BO
I could go out every morning and
look over my fields. The country Is
certainly great. "
RIVER IS VERY LOW.
Northfork It Dropped Lower Than In
a Long Time Past.
The Northfork river IH the lowest
today that It has been In years , on
account of the repairs being made nt
the Sugar City Cereal mills dam.
The water In the channel Is being rapIdly -
Idly drained out and the stream haa
almost dropped to bed rock already.
The repairs will be of n permanent
nature , In making the dnm moro sol
id by the use of rocks and concrete
where wood planks had served here
tofore. The water Is so low that boatIng -
Ing Is quite Impracticable.
LANDSEEKER IFALLS PROSTRATE
Aged Man Returning From Bonesteel
Suffers Illness on Streets of
Norfolk.
An aged landsecker , returning from
Honeateel and wearing a brass badge
emblematic of the Rosebud rush , fell
prostrate In the big doorway of Baum
Bros , store at noon and was unable to
speak ot those who were nuxlous to
care for him. Ho seemed to have no
friends to take care of him. There
were no physicians In the crowd am !
he was llnally taken away by J. H
Conloy , and put to bed. The man
was not Intoxicated , being evidently
very 111. Ills name and address
could not be learned nt noon.
NEW MANUFACTURING ENTERPI
Omaha Man Here Wanting to Manu
facture Concrete Fence Posts.
There Is a prospect for the estab
lishment of a now manufacturing In
dustry In Norfolk , Messrs. Owens
and Headbloom of Omaha being
hero to Interest someone In Nor
folk In taking hold of the enterprise
of making cement fence posts and
turning them out for the trade. The
advantages of the new post is Its per
manency as it will not rot , rust or
burn.
HANDED DEFEAT TO NORFOLK
BOYS ON HOME GROUND.
NEW BAND FIRST APPEARANCE
Tomorrow the Militia Boys of This
City Will go to Hosklns to Play
With the Locals at That Place.
Other Games of the Day.
[ From Saturday's Dally. ]
WInsldo baseball boys handed Nor
folk a defeat on the home grounds
yesterday afternoon In as Interesting
a game as has been seen by the fans
of this city for a good long while.
The score was 9 to 7. The game took
place on the old park , north of the
city on Fourth street.
For the first time In a public way ,
the young ladles' brass band of Nor
folk , Miss Catlin leader , made Its ap
pearance upon the streets to really
make real music. They made a hit at
the same time. Assembling at the
corner of Fourth street and Norfolk
avenue just before the game , the
young women turned out some migh
ty creditable stuff in the way of pop
ular music and were cheered by the
bystanders.
Marching to the park , the band
gave a serenade for The News ofllce
which was appreciated.
AT HOSKINS TOMORROW.
Norfolk Militia Baseball Players Will
go There to Play.
Norfolk's militia baseball team ,
will go to Hosklns tomorrow for a
game with the team of that town. As
Hosklns is playing rattling good ball
this year , an Interesting bunch of In
nings Is anticipated.
SUNDAY GAME AT HUMPHREY.
Two Well Matched Teams to Meet
for $50 a Side.
Humphrey and Platte Center will
meet In a base ball contest on the
Humphrey diamond tomorrow after
noon for a purse of $100 , and a num
ber of Norfolk people expect to take
in tlio fun. If a dozen or more go a
round trip rate of a fare and a third
may bo secured , and it Is probable
that this number will go. The two
teams are said to be strong and even
ly matched and good sport Is prom
ised for those interested in the game.
NORFOLK MEN A CREDIT.
Barrett , Dugan and Cameron Had the
Quietest Bonesteel Place.
D. 13. Cameron lias returned from
Bonesteel , and Pete Barrett , also.
Charlie Dugan of this city is still
there. Messrs. Cameron , Dugan and
Barrett are credited with having run
the quietest place In Bonosteel.
There was never a sign of trouble In
their establishment. There were no
flat joint games or sure-thing grafts
allowed. Everything was on the ab
solute square and the citizens made
good with the people of Bonesteol.
"Tho legitimate business people of
Bonesteel heartily endorsed your pa
per , " said Mr. Cameron. "They fought
against the graft. It was the crook
element that hated the advertising. "
THE DROUTH CONTRASTED WITH
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL NOW.
ONLY ONE SEASON OF FAILURE
Since Then the Crops Have Been
Abundant and the Rainfall Plenty.
Vegetation Wai Shrunken and
Shriveled and Prices Boomed.
[ From Friday's Dally. ]
This sort of weather Is not even a
gentle reminder of the summer of
ten years ago In Nebraska. At that
time the grass was brown , the leaves
on the trees dead and shrunken , the
corn shriveled and dried until the
leaves grated and rattled against each
other as In a December wind storm.
The ground was dry and as hard as
a brick and the wind came In suffo
cating gusts from the southwest ,
whirling the dust up into the air in
reat clouds that obscured the sun
nd made It shine with a brassy light
hat was none the less hot and blls-
erlng. The people hoped for rain ,
rayed for rain , because it was hard
lines anyway and it was realized that
he loss of all the crops would cause
ufferlng and want In many homes ,
nit no rain came and the season
ilosed without even n shower to lay
ho dust and clear the atmosphere.
The beginning of the drouth started
ivlth a frost late in May and there
A-as no rain to afford a recovery from
ho blighting effects of that freeze
\nd none came afterward. There was
jloom everywhere and forebodings as
o what the winter might brln'g forth
bothered even those who had money
and property that would carry them
hrough the drouth. It was a year
f calamity and disaster and there
ivere many ready to give up the strug
gle In hopeless despair. It was a dry
winter also and the next spring start
ed in dry. A little cloud would be
watched with an eagerness that the
finest work of art would fail to at-
ract , but nothing came of them.
Finally , one glad day , there was
rain. It came down in a flood. The
people rejoiced. They rushed out
nto it to get a thorough wetting. It
felt good and refreshing and thera
was a hope for the crop that was
just starting. The raindrops accumu
lated dust from the atmosphere until
each was turned into a splash of mud ,
but it was rain , and from that day to
this there have been crops during all
the seasons that have passed. It was
a drouth such as had never before
been experienced , and may never be
again. It was a calamity from which
It took the country a number of years
to recover and the story of Nebraska's
suffering was so constantly and
fectually paraded before the people
of the east that some of them to this
day look upon this as a drouth strlck
en state where crop failures are abun
dant.
It had an effect on the market , that
year. When the corn began to cur
and shrivel in Nebraska that cereal
was quoted at a reasonable figure on
the board of trade , but as day after
day passed and there was no pros
pect for a change the prices on the
grains that Nebraska produces began
to soar and when the harvest time ar
rived they were almost out of sight
Indicating that Nebraska was an in
fluence on the market with her grain
crops. Fortunes could have been
made by speculators if the weather
man had given then a gentle tip o
what was to happen in Nebraska
Some of them did make fortunes bu
many more might have been In bar
they known It.
Ten years ago , this month was ai
dry as tinder. Tills year , with more
than a week ; of the month to hea
from , the rain gunge has recorder
nearly four Inches of water , and more
Is likely to fall any day. There is too
much wet , if anything , and farmer !
would be glad to return to a shor
season of drouth In the Interests o
their growing crops , that need sun
and warmth more than they do rain
and clouds , but they are not longing
for anything of the kind that hap
pened ten years ago. One year o
that Is enough for a life time , and 1
may never again be experienced here
SATURDAY SIFTINGS.
R. S. Lewis , sheriff of Custer conn
ty , and T. V. Garlock , a merchant o
Custer , S. D. ; F. O. Lambertson , o
Hot Springs , and W. W. Hlllis of Ho
Springs , were in the city with a party
of seventeen men who had been to
Bonesteel to register.
Norfolk has some wholesale houses
that do rushing business right now
Charles Rice lias been in the game
on the Rosebud proposition. During
the period of registration he has
shipped $ ( i,000 worth of beer to Bone
steel , and has sent up 9,553 bottles
during the last week.
One portion of the summer may
not bo better than another for fence
making , but the fact that two or
three fence-making schemes are now
being shown on the streets of Nor
folk is an indication that this may be
a particular season for the introduc
tion of fences to the people of Nor
folk and vicinity.
The tri-stato tennis tournament to
bo hold in Sioux City on August 10.
10 , 17 and 18 promises to bo an af
fair that will bo of great Interest to
all of northeastern part of Nebraska
and of southern South Dakota. A
number of players from this sectloi
are making plans to go. Albion
Newman Grove , Humphrey , Plain-
view , Pierce and several other towns
are putting up * good tennis this sea
son.
son.Nebraska
Nebraska people have read with a
good'deal of Intercut In previous sea
sons how people In Colorado and oth
er reputed summer resorts have had
use for blankets and comforts to keep
warm during the cool nights , but dur
ing the past two or three seasons
such announcements have not had
much attraction for them because
they have been experiencing just
such temperatures here. Tills sum
mer there have been but one or
two nights when there was heat
enough to cause any degree of
discomfort and there have been
moro of them when heavy coverings
were comfortable. Last night was
one of them. The minimum tempera
ture was forty-eight degrees , but six
teen degrees removed from a frost.
There was a heavy dew and the day
has not boon uncomfortably warm.
It Is weather cool enough for anyone
and not many have been seeking the
coolness of the mountains and the
ocean or lakeside breezes haVe had
no appeal to their attention.
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"Good Health"
attends all those
WHO DRINK
PEERLESS BEER
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delicious
Indigestion Causes
Catarrh of the
Stomach.
For many years It has been supposed th t
Catarrh of the Stomach caused Indigestion
and dyspepsia , but the truth is exactly the.
opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re
peated attacks of Indigestion Inflames the-
mucous membranes lining the stomach and
exposes the nerves of the stomach , thus caus
ing the glands to secrete mucin Instead of
the Juices of natural digestion. This is
called Catarrh of the Stomach.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
relieves all Inflammation of the mucous
membranes lining the stomach , protects the
nerves , and cures bad breath , sour risings , a
sense of fullness after eating , indigestion ,
dyspepsia and all stomach troubles.
Kodol Digests What You Bat
Make the Stomach Sweet.
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the trial size , which sells ( or SO cents.
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Prices Paid
at all Times.
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