i. " vrtM o. iMWtmiiiM > oo inru
Timr.i : uon.sr.M LOST ix TIII : n.inx
or I. . < \ ,1OII > M > X.
sTAUTun rno A I.AXTIJIIN
Tlir ( Inner of HIP Properly In .Hoiup-
whnl Sinned Whll" Trli < K < n ? H P
Ihe ll iretlooil Wiirk of the 1'lre
Comimii- Their Krcond Hun ,
PLAINVIKW , Nob. , Kept. 21. Hpo-
uliil to Tlio NOWH rinlnvlo\v lind an-
otlior Urn last night , thl * tlinn the IIIP
linrn of 1. . C. Johnson lining badly
burned. Two of the throe IIIIPHOS which
wore In Ilin liiirn i\t Ilio time nro dead
und tlio olhnr will luivo In lie ktllnil
The tire compnny did grout work nnd
auvnil the Hholl of tlio luirn nftor tlio
lutrrlnr lind been liiinuid out.
The tire started about 8 o'clock Inat
nlKlit. Mr. Johniton WIIH In tlio liny loft
with n Inntorn , wliloli lie not down on
tlio Moor while ho pitched lilay down to
lin lirvl-unn Whllo ho WIIH lit WOPlt. Ill
mime innn 11 or tlio Inntorn foil to the
iniuiKor holow und Hot lira to the hay.
The Damon Hprnad cinlolcly and noon the
whole Intorlor of the harn wan allro.
Tlio alarm WIIH given and the now llros
company niiulo u quick run to the placet.
Tliom WIIH Kooil prcHHiiru In the water
nmliiH and II did not tnko the company
long to got the IIro under control , ul-
thiniKh It hud oiiton tip about every
thing of valiio on the liiHldo of the
barn. When the company airlvod on
the HCisno Mr. .loluiHon WIIH still Innldo
the bnrn trying to load thn hnrnoH out ,
nnd the Hrumon hud dlillculty In getting
( ho man to desert hln faithful hoiintH.
Ills hair and imiHtiicho were badly
eliiKod but ho IH not burned othorwlHo.
Thl In tlio Roeond ( Imo the 11 ro com
pany huvo boon called npnn nlnco the
waterworks were completed and the
company formed. The watorworkn
were up to requirement ! ! and the IIro
lighters behaved lllto votorann. II. L.
Scott had a threshing machlno Htorod
In n Hhod adjoining the barn nnd It
WIIH fenrod that the Hum OH would tnko
this and other hulldlngH close by , but
nothing wan Injured but the harn.
KAVOIIAIII.K FOR COIIK.
It Wn * n ( iixiil Week to .11 uttiro NP-
lirnnUii'N Vlilnf Crop ,
LINCOLN , Sopt. 21. The general
Hiimmary of the weekly orop btillotlr
IHHIUMI from the UnlvorHlty Htatlou yesterday <
torday la aa follown :
Cool weather provallcd during the
Urst four duyH of the week ; the lust
three daytt were warm with mnxlmun
temperature ranging from SB degrees
to 00 dOgrOOH.
The rainfall WIIH conllned to showers
which occurred In the HoutheiiHtorn par
of the Htato during Tuesday , The
amount of rainfall WIIH from ono-hul
Inch to slightly over two InchoH.
Frost WIIH general over the stut
Wednesday morning. It WIIH light Ii
the Houthorn and western portloiiH , an
heavy In the northwest. 1'raotlcally
no damage wan canned except to tondo
vegetation and garden truck ,
The weather IIIIH boon favorable fo
maturing corn , most of which IH out a
danger from damage by frost.
Haying IH nearly completed nnd
lurgo crop IH bolng secured In excel
lent condition.
Potato digging Is progressing ; ylol
Full plowing und seeding have ad
vanced rapidly ,
FOR SALE A GOOD FARM WAGON.
II. U , THOMAS , n. F. D. No. 2.
'
< 10ViUXOIl'S : I'AllTY SM.VI.I , .
Htnff Ollleer * do Not Cnrr < o RO to
Senltle.
LINCOLN. Sopt. 21. Oonorul J. II.
Culver has thus far received answers
from two members of the governor's
Htnff who desire to attend the ceremo
nies ut the launching of the battleship
Nebraska , at Scuttle. Col. George 13.
Jenkins of Falrbury , and Col. C. D.
Eviins of Columbus , and aonornl Culver -
vor constitute the three who have slg-
nllled their Intention of going. The
cent of the trip has been estimated at
J105. General Culver believes that
the state officers will BO nnd bo thinks
at least thirty people will comprise the
governor's party. General Culver will
send out another letter to members of
the governor's staff urging them to
make their Intention known. Col. II.
' * $ P. Shumwuy of Wnkoflold , and Col. J.
S. Dew of Tecumseh , hnvo sent In con
dltlonal acceptances of the Invitation ,
I
MITIIKH.VNS.
Anuiuil Sei * lon of the Synod nt Fre
I mont Till * Week.
The Gorman Evangelical Lutheran
It Synod is In session nt Fremont begin
ning nt 10 o'clock this morning nnd
will continue over Sunday , services
bolng held In the Salem church of that
city. Rov. Mr. Haussmnn , pastor of
the Johannes church of this city Is In
il attendance and Rev. Mr. Pfolffer of
'Madison , who formerly had charge in
Norfolk , is likewise In attendance and
will assist In conducting the mission
feast Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Rov. J. H. Dirks Is president of the
synod.
Following Is the program :
Opening service. Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock , Rev , II. J. Dirks , pres
ident of the synod.
Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock ,
"Home Missions" Rov. J. H. Hancock ,
II. Wiemken.
Friday evening , "Education" Gev.
Geik ; "Church Extension" Rov. O.
Klntt.
Sunday morning nt 10 o'clock , pre
paratory service Rov. Goodej sermon
Rov. Kllngor.
Afternoon at 3 o'clock , mission feast
Rev. Koolen and Rev. Pfelffer.
Evening at 7:30 : , ordination service
Rov. Monnonoch und Rev. Schumann ,
All services will bo conducted in the
Gorman language.
SerlouNly III.
It Is reported that the little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Farrell is seriously 11
at the home of Mrs. Farroll'a parents ,
Mr. and Mrs. W. IL Doxter.
PLASTERING AT THE HOSPITAL
\\nrli on the ! Niirfnlk Hum" for the In-
mine I * I'mureNNlnp Very .Hnll-
fnelorll.v on the HIM ,
Slate Aioliltort Tylur ntul Contractor
durdnrnon wet n up from Llnroln yon-
onlay to look ever thn work In pro.
; roi H ut the Norfolk honpltal for the
IIIHIIIIO and lind It progronHlng very
Hiillhfactorlly. Tlieie IIIIH been n de
lay In HPiMirlng facing brick from the
WhroiiHln workn boruiiHn of n recent
Htorm < but thorn IH a nupply now on
bund and the work IH moving along
very nlroly.
Tim iiliiHlnrnrn huvo commenced tin *
lulling the walU In the bnlldlng.i that
am ready for thorn and It IH hoped to
liavo the ndmlnlHtrntlon building nnd
ono or two of thn cottages In roadlnexH
for occupancy before cold woatltnr Hold
In , There IH Mill ronnldorahlo work to
bn done to finish the contract , but ev
erything IH moving along nicely nnd It
In hoped to have the liiHtltutlon ready
for USD nt leant by the beginning of
the your.
Mr , Tyler expucdi to vlnlt the hoHpl-
tnl again next week.
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.
A gooil sized ilologatlon of Norfolk
people went to Htanton today to attend
the county fair In HCHHOU ! ut that place
The Indies Aid society of tlio M. 1C ,
church will moot In the liidloH * parlor
tomorrow at 2,10. : A full attondunco Is
oslred hUHlnoHH mooting.
Thorn was n very ploawnnt Hoolul HOH-
Ion of the LndlcH guild nt tlio homo
f Mrs. DoHinond yoHtoiduy afternoon ,
iIomlamoH lliuullck , Tracy and White
VOrO llOHtOHHOH.
A week from Saturday the open HCU-
on for the hunting of prairie uhlokoiin
iVlll commence and there IH a prolmhlll-
y that u largo number of huntcm will
. out und attempt to legally got nt I
ho birds thut huvo boon loft by thn
aw bronkorH.
The Sugar City Cereal mill company
omplotod thn work of Improvement
o tholr water , power that has boon In
iirngross for Home time und the mill
ivlll again roHiimo buslnoHH Monday ,
timing out the food material for
vhlch there IH Hitch n Htoudy and coni
ntant demand at thlH tlmo of the year.
The HOIIHOII IH closing with an unitsu-
il amount of building activity nnd the
lumber of mon In the building trades
receiving constant employment hero I
H hit go. It IH iiHiiul for the riiHh to be |
ever after u few week * of activity In
the nprliig , but there are fair prospects
Ihikt tliln your tliere will bn an nbund-
unco to do until well up Into the win-
tor.
Will Oxnam loft this morning for
Lincoln ,
J. H , EVUIIH of Crouton was In the
city ypHtorilny.
I'M. Vromun wus u city visitor from
Fairfax yosterduy.
Frank H. Strudllng of Blair was In
Norfolk yesterday.
Enoch A. Main WIIH In town from
Magnet yostorday.
O. H. JohiiHon was n olty visitor yes
terday from Bloomllold.
P. M. Moodlo WIIH u Norfolk visitor
yontoiduy from West Point.
O , C. Korkow of Fremont bud busl-
ncHH In the city ycHtordny.
II. G. Howell WIIH In the city today
from Plalnvlow on business.
ErncHt Mooney and N. Mlnnohan were
up from Wlsner yoHtorduy.
N. D. Jackson cumo down from Ne-
llgh on the early morning train.
Mrs , W. II. Bradley of Anoka wns In
the city today onrouto to Albion.
Dr. O. R. Meredith was called to Stanton -
ton today on professional business.
Hon. W. M. Robertson has gone to
Savage to organize a Roosevelt club.
Mrs. Tom Scott of ICournoy Is spend
ing the week with Mrs. J. S. Mntbow-
son.
son.M.
M. Cnmoady and C. A. Neville were
Norfolk visitors yesterday from Plaln
vlow.
Mrs. Robert Fell and Mrs. Frank Wll-
Hams oC Toulon , III. , nro visiting In
the city.
Charles Appol was among those who
wont to Stanton today to attend the
county fair.
J. R. Cruson of Custor , S. D. , arrived
In the city last night for n visit with
his daughter , Mrs. J. W. Humphrey.
It. I ) . Stocking of O'Neill , represent
ing the Httnford Produce company of
Sioux City , was In Norfolk on busi
ness ,
Walter Pllger returned to Omaha
yesterday to resume his studies In
C'relghton medical school. This Is his
senior year.
E. G. Wells of Newman Grove was In
the city today. He was a resident of
Norfolk thirty years ago when the
town was very much of n village.
Herbert J. McCallum , who has been
spending his vacation at the homo of
his parents , Mr. nnd Mrs , J. S. McCal
lum on North Tenth street , has re
turned to Lincoln to take up bis stu
dies In the university , where ho Is a
junior.
Fred Spatildlng Is homo from Omaha
where ho wont with his brother Leland -
land , who left this morning for Phila
delphia.
Rbv. Robert Callow nnd wife were
In the city this morning on their way
home from the Wayne conference. Ho
has been assigned to the Lindsay
chnrgo for the ensuing year.
F. B. Alderman , formerly In the mon
ument business hero , now manager nof
the Iowa nnd Nebraska Marble com
pany of Omaha , was In the city today
putting up a family monument for Fred
Shollev.
James Hamilton , well known In
Not folk as one of the oldest traveling
men In service making this section ,
Is In the city today from Sioux City ,
renewing acquaintances with Norfolk
friends and selling some goods.
Rev. J. F. Poucher Is anticipating
with considerable pleasure n visit from
his father. Rev. John Poucher , next
week. The older Mr. Poucher Is nt
present piesldlng older of the New Al
bany , Indiana , Methodist district , but
has an offer of the presidency of a
prominent eastern college. Ho Is n
recognized authority on the Hebrew
language and IH the author of a number
bor of works on that subject , and has
also contributed to a number of ency
clopedias. The Norfolk minister rep
resents the fourth generation of Poach
ers In the Methodist ministry.
ci : \\ii.i , OMV in : oi'ii.v
ONI : iiorii iiiiuArTiii. : :
I'HO.M U 'I'D U IN Till ] AITKIINOON
I'lin AHInK Afilntiint 1111 niimtrr ( Irn-
rrnl Orilprn I'lmlinniilrr lln ) to Clone
tlir Omcp In Hip lUpiiliiit , tliiin 1'rr-
fnllnu lrll\pry uf l.ntr Mnll.
t'omincnolng on Hoptambor 25 , tlio
Hunday bourn at the Norfolk poMollloo
will ha changed from two to ono ,
Heretofore , nltim Mr , Hayfl became
postmaster the Sunday hours have bn
from 1 to 2 In the afternoon and from
A to 9 In the evening. Hereafter , how-
aver , the olllco will bo open from 2 ti
3 In the afternoon und not open ut nil
In the evening. This cbiingo WIIH not
brought about through an effort o
Mr. Hays , but rather without bin sanc
tion and approval , While the law does
not provide for tlio opening of the
olllco for morn than ono hour on Hun
day , Mr. Hays IIIIH always given pee
plo un opportunity to got mall for an
\ \
hour In the afternoon und for another
hour | , In the evening Ho has kept the
olllco open the oxtru hour voluntarily
HO , that tlio public might bo accommo
dated. , | The traveling men who Sunday
bora are particularly Interested In the
Hunday evening mall , Monday morn
ing | , they leave on tholr trips , taking
the ( early trains before the postolllco Is
open and If they do not got tholr mall
Hundny night It dooH not roach thotn .
In | , many cases before the next Saturday. |
So well pleased wcrn they with thin
arrangement ( l when It WIIH Inaugurated
that the traveling mon'n nHsoclutlon
passed | a resolution commending Mr.
Hays i for It ,
Now the olllco In to bo closed In tlio
.
evening because the acting llrst assistant -
ant postmaster general has so ordered
It. | Who ban boon coaching the acting
llrst assistant po.stmastor general Is
not t known , but no doubt some ono has
called lilH attention to the fact that
the t law IH bolng Htrotchod In Norfolk
to | accommodate the public , bringing
forth i an order as follows :
Postofllco Department , First Assist
ant , Postmnstor Genornl , Division of
Correspondence ( , September 14 , 1904 ,
The PoHtnuiHtor , Norfolk , : Sir You uro
Informed | that under the regulations of
this i department postmasters nro re
quired to keep their ofllcos open on
Sunday for ono hour only. You should
not open the poNtolllco on Sunday night
for thn distribution and delivery of
mall that arrives after G p. m.
If mall arrlveH ut your olllco on Sun
day forenoon , the hour from 1 p. m. to
2 p. m. would Hcem to bo Hiiltlcleut , nnd
will enable you to muko delivery of
Sunday mull.
Very respectfully ,
J. J. HOWLEY ,
Acting First Asslstunt Postmaster Gen-
oral.
To this order Mr. Ilnyn replied as
followH , from which It will bo scon
that the action was not brought about
on his motion :
NORFOLK , Nob. , Sopt. 19. First As-
Hlntunt PoHtmiiHtor Gonorul , Washing
ton , D. C. Sir I acknowledge receipt
of yourH of September II , 1904 , In
structing mo to keep this olllco open
on Sunday for distribution of mall for
ono hour only. Your InHtructlons will
bo compiled with. However , allow mete
to express regret that you did not see
proper llrst to communlcnto with mo I
about the advisability of UUIH curtail
ing the hours for Sunday delivery.
Yours truly ,
JOHN R. HAYS.
The now arrangement will be not at
nil pleasing to the general public and
particularly the traveling mon. Of
course It IB n nlco theory to have the
Sabbath quiet and no business of any
kind transacted on that day. But In
this practical , hustling ago that sort
of a thing looks rather Puritanical. A
few years ngo the writer spent n short
tlmo nt Asbury Park , N. J. Only sepn-
ratcd from It by a small lake Is Ocean
Grove. Both those places are great
summer resorts nnd thousands of people
ple throng there during the heated
term. Ocean Grove has some quaint
Sunday Ideas that would hardly do In
the west. Promptly at 12 o'clock Satur
day night the gates of the city nro
closed and they have real gates that
.
effectually block the streets and until
.
after 12 Monday morning no team Is
allowed to drive along the steels , no
bicycles will be permitted to travel
and every person Insldo the city limits
is expected to walk sedately to church
and then walk sedately back again to
his room , where ho Is supposed to
spend the interval between sessions
of church In solemn meditation.
,
Even the depot In tlio town Is closed
.
on Sunday and no railroad train Is al
lowed to stop Inside the city limits on '
that day , this provision being one of
the conditions of the acquisition of
right of way through the town. When
the writer wns there be thought the
Sunday Ideas of that New Jersey town
were being overworked , and he now
thinks the Sunday postolllce regula
tions are being strained In Norfolk ,
partlculnrly as the new order will give
no opportunity to receive a large part
of the mall that comes on that day ,
which Is by way of the Northwestern |
and M. & O. evening trains.
In changing the time one hour later ! ,
which he Is permitted to keep the
oillce open on Sunday , the postmaster
Is providing against the Northwestern
train from the east bolng late , as Is
frequently the case. If the train Is
on time the mall Is supposed to reach
the olllco about 1 o'clock , which gives
tlmo to distribute It before 2 , but when
the train Is late It Is often after 2 be |
fore the distribution Is finished. The
hours will provide against this contin
gency and Insure the public that the
noon mall will be available , but the
people will hnvo no opportunity to re
ceive any of the evening mail from the
cclvo evening mail until Monday morn-
Ing.
There seems t bo a prevailing opin
ion that when the postolllco Is moved
Into the government building the lobby
will remain open nil day Sunday. Under
dor the order just rccolvod the Sunday
hour at the now postodlce will be iden
tically the same as at th old.
LEASES PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO
( J. W. ( loililliiu TllkpN I'liNxrioildii of the
I. .11. .Mill' ? I'ltotOKttiplilp HlinliiPMH
Toil il } ' .
A deal linn been completed whereby
O , W. ( loddlng , who recently opened a
studio oppoilto the government buildIng -
Ing on South Fourth xtroot , comes Into
possession of the I. M. Macy business
under the terms of a lease. Mr. God
ding In thoroughly versed In the art
of turning out good work , nnd IIIIH n
reputation In Illinois nnd other states
for high grade work that In excellent.
Mr. Macy ban not announced his In
tentions during the term of the lease ,
but It la supposed that ho will take the
opportunity to rent up from his ceaseless
loss toll. For many years ho IIIIH boon
In business hero and IIIIH built up an
enviable reputation for line work
throughout northeast Nebraska , his pa
Irons coming from many miles. Ho la
confident thut Mr. Godding will hold
the trade by giving tlio same satisfac
tion , nnd ho hopes that he may ho
successful In turtlier extending thn
business.
TIIIIII.ES I'Olt.MAM.V ACCEI'TS.
Outline * III * Ideii of Iopiillt I'rlnolOXC
pie * mill Tell * Why They .Should Win ,
LINCOLN , Sopt. 22. Thomas Henry
Tibbies of Lincoln , populist nominee
for vlco president , has forwarded his
formal letter of acceptance to the
populist national committee. Ho de
clares that the populist party IH not
welded to temporary Issues , such as |
the free coinage of silver or tlio gold
xtaiidaid or the personality of candi
dates for president , but IH for u gov
ernment pulley that will tend to popu
late the country with the best nnd
hihi
brainiest men nnd women. Among th *
Issues which ho believes arc of Im
portance are the government owner
ship of railroads , government creation
of money , withholding special privi
leges , prohibition of alien ownership
of land , thn labor question , postal ex
press , the referendum , the suppression
of trusts , Independence for the Phlllp-
plncso nnd the Income titv.
INDICATIONS AIU3 FOIL AN I.MMKNSIO
CUOWI ) .
WAYXK SI'HAKS FOIl ISO SHATS
Otlu-r TDV.IIN Will DoulitlpHN Iluvr Illg '
Ip | ' > KiitloiiN nnil If They Will Let I
Their WiintH lie Knonii They Will lie '
Cured for.
[ From Thursday's Dally. ]
Evidence Is accumulating that next
week Is to bo n great occasion In Nor
folk In political nnd base ball circles
und with the weather continuing cold
It Is probable that the politics will
overshadow base ball , though the
games nro certain to bo played and
the purses paid whether It Is too chilly
for ' the spectators of not.
From Wayne comes the Inquiry
whether that town can have ICO seats
reserved for the Cannon rally und from
other towns nnd sections of the tribu
tary country comes similar Indications
that the crowds at the Cannon meeting
will be Immense. The local committee
IH fully determined that none shall
leave the city disappointed If they
have any means of ascertaining how
much room will bo required to care
for the crowds , and they hope to hoar
from all towns In the territory as to
how much of n delegation they will bo
represented by that they may bo nbl
to make their plans accordingly.
It has about been decided to arrange
for nt least one overflow meeting nnd
others will bo provided for If need Is
. shown by the returns from the towns
'
that are expected to attend.
In a campaign year that Is said to
have been more apathetic than usual
there Is some surprise shown In the In
terest that Is being taken In the Can
non meeting , nnd It Is expected that
the presiding otllcer of the house will
address us great or greater crowds
than have ever before assembled In
Norfolk , not exclusive of the time
when President Roosevelt himself vls-
ited the city as vlco presidential candi
date four years ago.
Men In nil sections of the country
express n desire to see nnd hear "Uncle
Joe" Cannon nnd his companion , Con
gressman Watson , who Is likewise said
to be n very Interesting speaker. The
Auditorium has been secured nnd If
necessary other halls will be hired for
overflow meetings. Norfolk is expected
to turn out , Itself , a crowd sufficiently
large to more than till the Auditorium ,
but there Is a sentiment that the vlsl-
tors must llrst be cared for and an
overflow meeting or several of them
will certainly be required If othei
towns show the same Interest as
Wayne has shown In speaking for 150 ;
seats.
Following Speaker Cannon on the
2Sth Is Hon. M. F. Harrington of
O'Neill , who will come to present the
democratic side of the question. He
Is one of the most gifted orators In led
state nnd will draw a large crowd
dn
without effort. There Is n desire on
the part of the fuslonlsts to have the
demonstration on the 28th equal that
of the 27th and the local committees
arc stirring matters to see that a good
crowd is In attendance and that the
liem.
occasion does not lack In enthusiasm.
For the base ball features there wi.il
be good gomes and plenty of Interest
If the weather Is not BO cold as to pre-
eur
vent the enjoyment of the sport. Four
teams with blood in tholr eye will bo
lined up for the contests and the purs
es and there will be some Interesting
Jolly 1'nrty.
Miss Elizabeth Sharpless was hostess
nto a Jolly party of young people last
night. They had a bontlro on the lawn
where the guests roasted marshmallows -
ling
lows , and with music and the serving
of refreshments the evening was on-
nof
inJoyably rounded out. Miss Seymour of
La Porte , Ind. , was the guest of honor.
IAM > AltlSTOCHArV IS NOT 1MIOII-
AIII.I : .
I'ltACTit'Ai , iMiiMnu is TIII : o\n
The IHtlillnK of the Fertile Mnrnhnll
Field llnnrh of Eleven Seel Inn * Into
.Sinnll Form * llrln * Out Some
Thought * on I.nnileil Proprietor * .
Another bonanza farm Is gone. The
announcement Is made that the Stan
ton brooding farm In Htanton county ,
which hriH long been the bent known
stock farm In the state , Is to bo sold
und will be cut up and sold In small
tracts. The ranch comprises eleven
sections , or 7.SSO ncrcs. It linn been
largely devoted to the growing of fine
cattle , nnd wns one of the best equip
ped farms of Its kind In the country ,
both In material resources und In
men. It was owned by Marshall Field
of Chicago.
Nil rnnnnii bnH lipmi n.qnlirnnd for tlio
abandonment ' of the business. Such
ventures : nro not abandoned , ns n rule ,
except for reusons , however , nnd that
Is that they do not pay. Had the onIdc
{ torprlse been a dividend payer it Is
not likely that the owner would have
sacrificed the results of years of effort
In building up a plant nnd reputation
for Its product. It would have been
easy to Interest capital In the enterprise -
prise and to have sold the entire plant
"s It stood had It been a paying busllot
ness.
The bare fact appears to bo therepr
fore , that Marshall Field , ono of the
most successful business men In the
United States , has failed to nnd n
capitalistic venture Into the field of
agriculture nutlsftictory enough to
warrant Its continuance. Ills eight
thousand acres of valuable land will
therefore pass into the hands of mon
who will both own It nnd farm It. It
IB worthy of note that the Bllby ranch ,
another largo tract in northeastern
Nebraska , has been thrown on the
market In the same way within the
present year , nnd Is bolng rnpldly
made ever Into farms of eighty or a
hundred nnd .sixty acres. As the for-
mutton of no largo agricultural outer-
prises to take the place of these two
have been announced , It Is evident that
"big farming" In Nebraska Is on the
wane this year. There used to bo an
old saying to the effect that "ho who
bj the plow would thrive , himself must
either hold or drive. " A growing num
ber of citizens who have tried entre
preneur farming nro now willing to
subscribe : to the truth of the saying.
Within the last year or two warn
ings < have been flout out from varloun
fearsome Individuals , saying that the
big capitalists are reaching out for
the farms , that they want them for
playthings , and that there Is danger
they may attempt to build p an arls-
tocracy of landed proprietors In this
country. Any big capitalist who has
such aspirations Is respectfully refer
red to Marshall Field , after which , In
nil probability he will try to be con
tent wtlh Ills present aristocracy of
stocks nnd bonds. Meanwhile , It Is
to be hoped that American farmer will
pay oft the rest of bis mortgages nnd
continue to hold the title to his farm ,
which carries with It the only aris
tocracy in the world worth having.
State Journal.
APPROPRIATED RAILROAD TIES
II u r re 1 Heed Tnxed $23 nnd Could for
Helping IIIniHcIt to Union Pnellle
Timber * .
On complaint filed by a detective of
the Union Pacific railroad company
Burrell Reed appeared before the Jus
tice court of S. W. Hayes yesterday
and pleaded guilty to appropriating
twenty-three ties that had been re
moved from an old bridge on the Elk-
horn.
horn.When
When new , tics are valued at a dollar
lar each , but these bolng second hand ,
the court fixed their valuation at fifty
cents each. The company was found
to be entitled to Indemnity In twice the
valuation of the property taken and
Mr. Reed was assessed $23 and costs ,
bringing the amount to be paid to some
$33 , which was paid.
Mr. Reed used the ties supposing that
they had been discarded by the bridge
builders as valueless and that they
would He there and rot if not put to
use by himself or someone else and
was naturally surprised when papers
were served on him and the Inforrna-
tlon conveyed that he was to be pros
ecuted.
CHEEK.
F. J. ' Hale and John A. Wright were
business visitors in NorfolkTuesday. .
Mike Plouzek of Emerlck Is assist
ing his brother-in-law , W. Koryta , In
the saloon. Mr. Koryta will travel
awhile for bis health.
A. D. Wlllberger of Anoka was vis
iting here the middle of the week with
relatives.
John A. Wright and W. L. Boyer were
In Nellgh on business Monday.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Hllgen of Pierce
were visiting here from Saturday un
til Monday with the Warneke family.
Czar Johnson went to Omaha Tues
day to resume his studies at the
Crelghton medical college.
John Crook was down here from
Meadow Grove Monday.
Sam Kurptgenwelt of Madison was
visiting here the first part of the week
with his son Carl.
Mrs. Lizzie Carrablne and children
were visiting Saturday and Sunday
with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Owen
Wade.
T. S. Morris has moved Into his new
residence on the corner of First and
Herman streets.
Clarence Pratt wns visiting Sunday
with relatives near Meadow Grove.
F. E. Martin is moving his dwelling
on First street ICO feet further south.
P. F. Zimmerman is boss of the Job.
Commencing last Sunday the services
In the Lutheran church will start at
10 o'clock In the morning and at 7:30 :
In the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. O. II. Maas and little
son , Alvln , were visiting Sunday nt
Norfolk with his brother Herman Maas.
S. F. Heltzman , foreman on a car-
pouter gang for the Northwestern , was
visiting hare Sunday with his family.
Ho loft the same day for Wlnnotoon ,
whore ho nnd bin mon are at work now.
Robert IJorn wns here from New
man Grove Friday.
Joseph Shipley han rented his farm
to Charles Mozer and will move to
town nnd occupy the house ho bought
from Dr. Daniel ,
Mr. nnd Mrs. C. A. Probst took In the
show In Norfolk Friday.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Lorenz Hanson wore
vlnltlng hero Saturday nt the home of
O. H. Maas.
August Habokoat Is hero from Chicago
cage for n fllx weeks' visit with his
brother , Henry Hubokost.
Chan. Fonsko drove to Norfolk Tues
day ,
Lone Whlsman bought the property
cast of Morris' residence. It did be
long to E. H , Lulknrt of Tlldon.
T. D. Prooco wns down to Norfolk
Tuesday on business. Mike Wade , his
brother-in-law , cumo up with him for
a visit with relatives.
Mke * Norfolk.
FREMONT. Sent. 22. To the Editor
of The News : Denr Sir Hnpponlng to
bo In your city two or three days ngo
I was very much surprised at the res
idential part. On my former trips I
never bad taken tlmo to go west of
tin railroad tracks , nnd really had no
very good idea of the residence part
of the town. Viewing It from the rail
road It is not particularly attractive.
I do not know of any city that has
more delightful and healthful building
locutions than Norfolk west of the rail
road tracks. I was particularly
pressed with the now bouses being
built just west and south of the Crelgh
ton dopot. I counted about twenty
houses hero In various processes of
manufacture , some Just completed , oth
ers just nicely started. In fact the
beautiful streets sloping to the sunny
south , the elegant lines of shade trees
nnd the pleasant , comfortable homes
all made a very attractive picture , and
I simply i write to congratulate the people
ple of Norfolk on this situation , as we
outsiders hear a great deal about the
floods in Norfolk , coming from , I sup
pose , the "North Fork , " nnd more re
cently "Corporation Gulch , " that Is
said to render living on the west side
very unpleasant semi - occasionally ,
although it Is apparent that this does
not affect the part of the town I refer
to nnd is probably the reason it is
growing so much faster than any other.
Yours respectfully ,
JOHN PAUL JONES.
NOItl'OI.IC WOMEN HAVE PLACED
TONS OP I-'UUIT AWAY.
f CIIKVP AND OF CJOOD ftUAMTY
Krom the Beginning of the Strawberry
.SOHNOII , to the Winter Apple Time
Fruit * lime Keen Abundant nnd tb
1'rlofN lleiiHonnlilc.
Never has the Norfolk housewife had
such nn nbundnuce and variety of fruit
nt her command nnd never has there
been n busier canning season for her.
Prices have been reasonable nnd qual
ity of fruit unexcelled and thousands
of gallons of jellies , marmalades , pre
serves , fruit Juices nnd just plain
canned fruit have been placed nway for
winter use. This has made business
good on the sugar market and the de
mand for cans , jars nnd glasses has
been constant and of large proportions.
Everything that will hold Jellies , jams
or preserves has been pressed into
service and some of the women have
robbed their tables of necessary dlshe
that they might use them In storing
away luxuries for the winter.
The season commenced early and
promises to continue late. From straw
berries to peaches and grapes and
pears tliere has been an abundance of
fruit throughout the season at cheap
prices and the average housewife could
not If she wanted to , resist the tempta
tion of placing as much of it away as
possible.
Just now the grapes are coming on
the market In abundance , peaches are
plenty and cheaper than they have ever
been before , pears are abundant , and
the late varieties of plums are cheap
and of excellent quality. Apples con
tinue to be manifest on the market and
there is a surfeit of good fruit of ev
ery seasonable variety.
Much fruit of the choicer variety Is
shipped in from a distance , but the dis
tance is not as far as formerly. At one
time this counttry looked exclusively
to California and the extreme east for
its fruit , but the area of fruit produc
tion has been gradually extending , until -
til now much of it comes from Iowa ,
Missouri , southern Nebraska , Colorado
and other neighboring territories.
The Immedlatao territory is coming
I up in the fruit matter and this sea-
I aon there has been a great quantity of
home grown fruit on the market. Add-
I ed to this are the wild fruits , of which
there are no better grown for the mak-
I ing of jellies and jams , and these have
I been abundantly used. It has been a
great fruit season throughout and the
Norfolk family that does not enjoy
I these luxuries through the winter will
bfc rare indeed.
Thi Sick Lint.
J. C. Yououm , the aged piano tuner
for the Sturgeon Music company , is se
riously sick with a carbuncle , at his ,
room at 405 Phillip avenue.
Col. Simpson seems to be losing rath
er than gaining strength , and each day
he becomes slightly weaker. Mrs.
Simpson , on the contrary , is gaining
and her chances are improving every
day.
day.A.
A. Osborn , who is very sick with
stomach trouble , does not show the im
provement thnt could bo wished for.
See II. C. Truman for window shades.
Fly Net Sale.
I will soil flynots for the next thlr-
ty days at a discount of from 16 to
20 per cent I nm overstocked with
them nnd they must go.
Paul Nordvrlff.