V .HIM ! . ' It !
CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN
NORFOLK NEXT WEEK.
WEDNESDAY , THURSDAY , FRIDAY
It Is Expected that Many Delegates
Will be In Attendance An Interest
ing Program Has Been Prepared
for the Occasion.
[ From Wfdnmlny's
The district conference and Ep-
worth league convention of the Meth
odist Episcopal church will be held
In Norfolk Wednesday , Thursday and
Friday of next week , the meeting to
bo held In the Methodist church.
Rev. J. P. Poucher of this city Is
president of the district and has is-
aiied an address to the members In
forming them of the meetings.
Dr. P. M. Slsson , presiding elder of
the Norfolk district has also Issued
n call for the district conference of
pastors and lay delegates , to lie held
Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. :
Each league of the district Is en
titled to two delegates to the conven
tion , and as there are many leagues
In the district , It Is expected that
there will be a large gathering. There
will be preaching services Wednes
day night and the convention will
hold over the two days following.
The program , which was prepared
by a committee meeting in Norfolk
on Slay 15 Includes papers of fifteen
minutes duration each ; the ladles
quartet of the Stanton M. E. church
Is expected to be present to furnish
music ; an interesting question box-
will be opened and reports of league
officers and the annual election will
constitute an Important part of the
proceedings.
The following Is the program to be
followed during the convention and
conference :
Wednesday Afternoon.
Business meeting.
Appointment of committees.
Reports : 1 , presiding elder ; 2 ,
preachers ; 3 , local preachers ; 4 , ex
hort ers ; 5 , district stewards ; C , Sun
day school superintendents ; 7 , pres
idents of Epworth league chapters ;
8 , class leaders ; 9 , committees.
Disciplinary questions.
Wednesday Evening.
7:30 : Devotional exercises , Rev. , T.
H. Hard , South Sioux City. _ _
8:00 : Sermon , the Rev. Wm.
Gorst , D.D. , Omaha.
Jleception to the district Epworth
league and visitors by the local chap
ter.
Thursday Morning.
9:00 : Sacrament of the Lord's sup
per , administered by the presiding el
der.
9:4p : Business meeting : Creden
tials , appointment of committees.
Reports.
11:00 : "How we may secure the
active co-operation of young men in
the work of the league and of the
church. "
Papers by A. L. MIckel , Fender ,
and Mrs. Winebrenner , Randolph.
Thursday Afternoon.
1:30 : Devotional exercises , J. M.
Bothwell , Madison.
2:00 : "Character of the Coming Re
vival , " Mrs. S. A. Drias , Winside.
2:30 : "The Way of the Epworth
League , " Albert Hisley , Leigh.
3:00 : "Government and Objects of
the Junlon Epworth League , " Mrs. J.
L. Phillips , Laurel.
3:30 : "Books for the Epworthian
to Read , " Mrs. P. M. Sisson , Stanton.
4:00 : Question box , conducted by
the president.
Thursday Evening.
7:30 : Devotional exercises , Rev. E.
E. Hosman , Lyons.
8:00 : Sermon , Rev. P. M. Slsson.
Friday Morning.
9:00 : Devotional exercises , H. G.
Langly , Leigh.
9:30 : Election of officers.
10:00 : "What Has the Convention
Meant to Me ? " General testimony.
Adjournment.
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.
B. G. Button and family of Pierce
were In the city over night.
Miss May Johnson of Plalnvlew was
in the city yesterday and purchased
n fine piano.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Harrison of
Meadow Grove' were down to see the
Forepaugh-Sells shows.
John Hunt , pioneer of Antelope
county , was with the Tilden crowd
that came down to see the animals
and the circus.
E. P. Weatherby returned from
Camp Barnes at NIobrara last night
and reports that the attorneys are
enjoying a splendid outing. Burt
Mapes' big fish has finally been
weighed up and tips the beams for
twenty pounds. M. D. Tyler returned
to the camp at noon today , to remain
until the finish.
P. P. Boyens of Plainview will
leave next week for a trip to Ger
many , where he will remain for a
visit of several weeks.
Adolph Pasewalk , who has just fin
ished a course In the Norfolk busi
ness college , has accepted a position
as bookkeeper with Blakeman &
Coleman.
' Dr. J. M. Alden , superintendent of
the Norfolk hospital for the insane ,
went to Pierce on the morning train
to determine whether J. P. Heck , who
has been living with bis brother on
a farm , out of Pierce , is a fit subject
for treatment at the hospital. Mr.
Heck was the founder of the bank at
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1'lnlnvlcw nnd It Is supposed tliat the
troubles growing out of Ills fnlluri1
in tlmt capacity arc responsible for
the unbalancing of Ills mind. It lias
been a number of years since lie \vns
connected \Vltli tlio bank.
There will bo baptismal services nt
the Baptist church tonight.
The lire department will meet to
night. In regular session at the city
hall at 8 o'clock.
Manager G. T. Sprecher of the Ne
braska Telephone company received
the joyful news yesterday that he
was uncle for the llfty-thlrd time.
No circus day would be complete
without the rubber balloon man , and
ho was In evidence yesterday with
great bunches of gaily colored but
fragile toys.
The private car of Superintendent
Ware of the Union Pacific was In
the city yesterday from Omaha. Dl
vision Engineer Sklnimerhorn accom
panied Mr. Ware on the trip , which
is a tour of Inspection.
The Ice cream , lemonade , soda wa
ter and beer dispensers could not
have asked a better day than yester
day for their business and It kept
some of them better than on the Jump
to supply all demands.
Superintendent D. C. O'Connor of
the Norfolk schools will spend the
summer In the interests of the Mac-
mlllan book concern , nnd will leave
Norfolk tomorrow for Columbus
where he will begin his work. He
has been with this firm during the
summers for a number of years.
A monthly meeting of Northwest
ern railroad superintendents was held
In the headquarters of the company
at South Norfolk yesterday. There
were present General Superintendent
C. C. Hughes-of Norfolk , Superinten
dent C. H. Reynolds of Norfolk , and
Superintendent Harmon of Chndron.
Ex-Senator Wlliam V. Allen of Mad-
Isop , who had been camping with the
jiorthcrn Nebraska attorneys at Nio-
brar.i for the past few days" , returned
to Norfolk this morning and went to
Madison on the Union Pacific train
before noon. The senator enjoyed a
splendid outing with the attorneys.
The heavy black clouds that came
up from the northwest last night soon
after supper , looked particularly bad
for the people who wanted to go to
the circus , and the management took
the precaution to drive extra stakes
on the wind side of the tent and at
tach heavy ropes to prevent accident ,
but when the storm came It was a
very gentle affair. ' The dust was
whirled about a little and the loose
hangings of the tents Happed , but
that was all , with the exception of
a gentle shower that agreeably laid
the dust , but sounded much heavier
as It pattered down on the tent tops.
A number of the people of Norfolk
remembered tha. this was Hag day
and flung the stars and strlpos out
from Hag staffs in the business and
residence districts , commemorative
of the day thnt congress gave sanc
tion to the emblem woven by the
deft and artistic fingers of Betsey
Ross. On this one hundred and
twenty-eighth anniversary loyal
Americans will not admit that there
has over been a more beautiful or
appropriate banner created for a
great nation , and they continue to
admire It warmly and sincerely as
they observe these starry banners
floating In the breeze.
Henry L. Mayer , of the firm of
Mayer Bros , of Lincoln , and brother
of Sol G. Mayer of Norfolk , has been
In New York for several weeks re
ceiving treatment for the Indisposi
tion thnt has been causing his friends
some concern for nearly a year. Says
the State Journal : His ailment was
finally diagnosed to be ulcefation of
the stomach and was treated with so
much success that he has been out
of the hospital for two weeks and is
pronounced cured. In order that he
may regain his strength and make
the cure permanent he has been ad
vised to spend the summer abroad
and will sail for Europe late this
month. After spending the summer
at Carlsbad and Wiesbaden he will
return ready to take up business
again.
Long Pine Journal : Work on the
grading for the Northwestern's cutoff
and bridge at this point'is progress
ing slowly. Preparations are being
made to establish a railroad in the
cuts on the Davis flat. There will be
several trains of half a dozen dump
cars each , hauled by a team of hors
es. They will be loaded by hand la
bor and then hauled to the big fill
near the creek. Other methods of
moving the dirt In the big cut have
not proved very successful , and little
work will be done until the little
railroad Is put into operation. The
bridge gang has been busy unloading
the big steel cylinders for the piers
from the new track on the west side
of the creek , and will probably soon
be ready to commence work in the
canyon.
An accident which might have been
far more serious and as a result of
which , as it was , Mrs. Pofahl , daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand
Schultz , Is seriously bruised , occurred
last night between this city and Hos-
klns. Mr. and Mrs. Pofahl , who live
near Hosklns , were driving home
from the circus and when they
reached a point threp miles north of
here they" were struck at the rear of
the buggy by a runaway team. The
tongue on the carriage of the runaway
team was thrust through the back of
the Pofahl vehicle and was jammed
heavily Into the back of Mrs. Pofahl.
No bones were broken. Dr. P. H.
Salter was summoned and dressed the
wound. Mrs. Pofahl now lies at the
home of Mrs. William Marqunrdt nnd
will be able to be 'taken home aoon.
WHITE CITY OF CANVAS MELTS
DURING THE NIGHT.
MAMMOTH CROWDS SAW IT HERE
More Than Ten Thousand People
Wntched the Afternoon Perform
ance The Money Left In Norfolk
for Provisions Was Considerable.
Trom 'VVrdnr'rtny'K TnIv. ! )
The big circus day has conio and
gone nnd the Korcpaugh-Sells Broth
ers combination of the world's" great
est has vanished away from Norfolk
like the thin nlr. In the blackened
hours of the night time the big white
canvas city , which had sprung up
like a mushroom early In the day ,
melted nwny from the Qlney pasture
and by midnight had started speedIng -
Ing , on four big yellow trains , toward
Rloux City. Norfolk and Omaha were
the only two Nebraska cities In which
the rlrcus appeared , and the circus
made good.
Two big crowds. the afternoon
crowd a mammoth throng of people
who literally packed to overflowing
the big canvas until many were
obliged to stand during the perform
ance greeted the exhibitions of the
circus. Asked as to the sl/.e of the
crowd , one of the circus men stated
to The News that there were ten
thousand people in the tent. 'Another ,
It Is said , asked a citizen how large
a population there Is in Norfolk.
When informed that it 'is a city of
about .1,000 he Is reported as having
said that "wo have sold three times
that many tickets here. "
But the circus was worth the going
of miles to POO just as thousands
did go miles to see it. The drill ex
hibition of the Zunvos alone was
worth the price of admission , as
wore many of the other individual
features. The trained seals made a
strong hit , as did much of the aerial
work and the elephantine dancing.
The drilling Xuaves were the best
drilled lot of men ever seen In the
west nnd It is safe to assert that them
are no bettor drillers in the same
quantity of work , in the world. Ma
neuvering through the most Intricate
of movements with the precision and
evenness of clock work , these men ,
ever on the trot Instead of the regu
lation American step , formed a spec
tacle that was wonderful to a degree.
Every stop wns made in unison , every
gun pounded hte floor at the Identical
Instant , every arm went up or down
In the very same breath and at the
same angle , nnd more than this they
kept It up constantly nnd vigorously
until the spectators wondered why
they dldn-'t drop exhausted.
The Trained Seals.
The trained seals wore another
startling , nnd even more wonderful ,
feature. A dozen big black seals ,
trained like human beings , danced
about , played baseball with ono an
other and never once missed a catch ;
made merry music with bnso drum
and other Instruments ; tossed their
hats high In the nlr and caught them
on their heads ; balanced huge
spheres on their noses like Japanese
jugglers and went through other
equally impossible antics.
The elephants made a hit with
Iheir dancing a quadrille ami the
high air artists did some stunts that
were new and spectacular. Ono fam
ily were especially clever on tight
wire , also. The horses were well
trained and beautiful nnd the pa
geant of the nations was attractive.
The crowd at night was rather
small owing to the fact of the threat
ening rain , nnd owing to the fact ,
also , that almost everybody went In
the afternoon. Many people who had
driven in for the afternoon perform
ance had reached home before dusk
and many who came from a distance
by rail , remained in the city over
night nnd took trains out of town dur
ing today. A special was run east on
the M. & O. line last night after the
show.
Took In Some Money.
From the Immensity of the crowds
which bought tickets for the big show ,
: he side show and the concert , at
joth afternoon and evening perform
ances , It may be imagined that the
circus people gathered in some del
lars. When a few of their expense
items are known , on the other hand ,
it may be readily seen that they left
some dollars in Norfolk.
The price of admission to the cir
cus was CO cents for adults and 25
cents for children ; the reserved seats
were -25 cents extra ; the sideshow
and concert were 10 cents each ; lem
onade was 10 cents per glass. With
this variety , It is easily Imagined that
nearly a dollar , on an average , was
received from each spectator. When
the expense of transporting four big
trains over a railroad track Is con
sidered , together with the rental of
the cars , the paying of 1,000 people ,
some of them at high rates ; the feed
ing of these people three times a day ;
the feeding of the animals ; their ad
vertising and other incidentals when
all of these things are considered It
may be Keen that the running of a
circus is not all profit , after all. The
show people , for instance , bought $80
worth of flour from the Norfolk mills
lor the mere making of paste with
which to post their big show bills on
boards before the arrival of the cir
cus In town.
Battle Creek.
Rev. J , Hoffman went to .Bazllle
MillsIWpdncsday ; to join the Lutheran
.nlnlstcrs of north NobrnnUii who are
In conference there ,
Lambert Kerbcl went to O'N'olll
Sunday.
Ralph JonnliiKH was here Friday
from Tilden ,
Howell A very was hero Tuesday
from Tilden.
Prof. M. G. Doorlng was n Norfolk
visitor Saturday.
J. R. Gardcls was a business visit
or to Elgin Monday.
Chns. Marsh was hero Saturday
from Meadow Grove.
Edward Fuorst wont to Anokn Sat
urday on a business visit.
Mr. Miller of the Newman Grove
Reporter was here on business Fri
day.
day.Mrs. . Owen Wade of Norfolk was
visiting here with relatives Saturday
and Sunday.
The Tilden brass band will furnish
the music for the Fourth of July col-
obratlon hero.
W. A. Sutherland IH painting all
the buildings on C. L. Daniels' place
In Highland.
J. H. Llndcmnnn has moved to town
and his farm Is In charge of his son-
in-law , Thco. Ott.
James Consnlrt of the Platte Center -
tor roller mills was here on bURlncBB
the first of the wcok.
I Wlngate of Grayson countv , Nob. ,
Is out here visiting old friends and
Intends to Invest In land.
C. E. Floret ) Is having a now barn
built on his residence lot at the cor
ner of First nnd Herman streets.
Mrs. M. Warnko and Mrs. Chas.
Werner were visiting over Sunday nt.
the Henry Hllgon home nt Pierce.
J. L. Thorburn of Norfolk , special
agent for the Farmers and Merchants
Insurance company of Lincoln wns
bore on business Snturdny.
Halo Cox came down from Stuart
Saturday nnd Tuesday he nnd his
father Zac Cox , took KOIUO horses nnd
mules to that place , their future
home.
M. EndrOH of Norfolk finished his
work here Saturday and went to Til
den Monday with his men to put In
cement walks and crossings at that
place.
The Baptist and Methodist congre
gations will hold union Korvlcrs in
the grove at the county poor farm
next Sunday. Services will be held
In tha forenoon nnd afternoon.
Albert Hoffman , son of Rev. J. Hoff
man , who has just finished his study
at the teachers college In Addlson.
111. , has accepted a position as teach
er at the Lutheran school nt Darm
stadt , Indiana.
Ernest Cutowsky , who has boon
hero with his grandparents , Mr. and
.Mrs. Henry , Massman , for about n
year , , left Tuesday for the home of
his parents , Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cut-
kowsky , at NIcolet , Minn.
LIGHTNING AT AINSWORTH.
Struck a House But the Inmates Were
Uninjured. .
Ainsworth , Neb. , June II. Special
to The News : A heavy thunderstorm
struck Ainsworth yesterday afternoon
at ! o'clock , during which a bolt of
lightning struck the rosldouco of M.
C. Cralno In the east part of town.
It tore the Hue from the main portion
of the house , rlppod up pnrt of thereof
roof and ruined the celling of two of
the rooms. A woman nnd two chil
dren In the house miraculously es
caped other Injury than n severe
shock.
CROPS BOOMING AT SPENCER.
Farmer Was Seen Husking Corn
Perhaps the New Crop.
Spencer , Neb. , June 14. Special to
The News : There was a fine shower
here yesterday and the crops are look
ing fine. Small grain is heavy and
promises a big yield , while corn is
growing rapidly. The farmers are
very busy cultivating corn. Near
Baker a man was seen husking corn.
Perhaps it was a new crop such is
Boyd county wonderful things al
ways turning up.
Road Notice.
To All Whom it May Concern :
The commissioner appointed to lo
cate a road commencing at the S.E.
corner of the N.E. quarter of section
thence north between
4-21-1 , running
sections 3 nnd 4 , 21-1 nnd between
sections 33 and 34 , 22-1 , and terminat
ing at the N.E. corner of N.E. quarter
of section 33-22-1 has reported In fa
vor of the establishment thereof , and
all objections thereto , or claims for
damages , must be filed In the county i
clerk's office on or , before noon of' '
the 27th day of June , A. D. 1905 , or j
such road will he established without
reference thereto.
bated at Madison , Neb. , this the
23rd day of May , 1505.
1505.Emll
Emll Winter ,
County Clerk.
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the entire system , overcomes and
cures Indigestion , dyspepsia , belch-
pepsla Cure for what Is sometimes
called America's national disease
dyspepsia Is destined to eventually
work a wonderful nnd lasting benefit
to sufferers from this distressing and
mtud harassing condition. Sold by
Asa K. Leonard. '
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absolute I Hock System in the operation of
all trains was the
Chicago , Milwaukee & St , Paul Ry.
The St. Paul Road was the first railway to
light its trains by electricity. The St. Paul
Koad was also the first to adopt the steam-
heating system.
Through daily trains to Chicago from all
points on the main line of the Union
Pacific Railroad. For time table and
special rates see Union Pacific agent , or
write
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