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T1IK NOHKOLK NKWS FRIDAY , Al'Ol'ST ' 18 IUU5. DARTIE ELSEFFER RECEIVES A LOAD FROM SHOTGUN. WAS FIRED DY FARMER DIETZ A Party of Boyn Were Swimming In the River Wi-.rre It Flows Through Dletz' Land and Refuoctl to Leave. Then Me Shot Was Old Difficulty. For swimming nt a forbidden niol | In tlio Klkhorn rlvor yoalcrday afternoon - noon , llartlo KlMcffor , Ilio 18-year-old win of Mr. and Mi * . .1. H. KlHeffer of this oily , was Hhni In Ilio loft lex , IIH ! thigh belli * fdireddod. by KuKdio Dlotx , a funnor , A 12 bore HlmUnn ; watt used. Two whom woio fln'd dur ing Ilio proKi'piw of a ( Minrrol bolwoon Dlot nnil a 1mlf do/en IIO.VM wlui wore HwlnitnliiK In Hi1 rlvor ul a point whPro It Mown through his Irvtid. El- Hotter will recover nnloH8 iinforHOon Infoptlnu roMiltn from Ilio wound. DloUt wan arroKtod nil 11 charge of shooting mid wounding with Intoiit lo Inlllct great hodlly Injury. Mo wan brought Into rourt tlilH morning. According to I ho Hlory told hy the IIO.VH who composted Ilio HWlmmlng party , ( hey had IIPPH threatened ho- fore yesterday's occurrence and , after having liuon advised hy altorno.vB thai they had u right to awliu In any portion tion of the rlvor and that tlioy were not trespassing In the acl , tlioy took the precaution to disrobe on another man's land and then waded up at ream to Uio favorite HwlmmliiK liolo , which Is off Dlotz' promlnon. Rovon ItoyH wont to the Elkhorn at ahout ! o'clock In the afternoon to nwlin. They were Sam Ersklne , I/ow- oil Erakltto , Hartlo ElBOffor. llarlaud Johnson , Spencer Uutlerneld , Harold GOVV nnd Archie ( low. Four of them , Harold ( ! ow , Arrhlo flow , Sam Ernklno and llartlo ElRoffor , wont Into the vva- tor while the other three ladti mil on the hank. Dlctz Approaches With Gun. The trouhle utailcd twenty mlnntoH after the lioya had been In the river , when Dlotz approached , nun In hand , and ordered the swlmmern to net off bin property. "Get out of that river there It la my propeily , " ho is re ported to have said. "Thin In public properly. Yon don't own the rlvor. Yon told im lo ask a lawyer and wo have , \Vo asked three lawyers ahont It and they said the riv er In public property and that wo have u right hero. " was the answer which waR given to Dietz. "I've soon County Attorney Koonlg- Htoln , " Dlotz Is said to have declared , "and he has deputized mo to arrest you. " After that Plot ? attempted to urge Ida dog Into the water after tbo Hvvlm- mors hut the dog rofiiHcd to go and the farmer walked down stream , pur suing the three lads who had not gone swimming and who had started to run to got off Dietland. . Then Diet ? returned and renewed his orders to leave hla land. The boys paid no heed to the threats for flvo minutes. Then the farmer pointed his gnu toward the crowd and fired Into the water. The load struck within a few feet of young ElHoffer. At this the swimmers ran for the bank , whore their clothing lay , calling out to Dlotz tlmt they would have him arrested. Rncc for the Clothing. In a race for the clothing , Diet ? won. Ho reached the garments , which had been left on Burr Taft's land , and started toward his own land. The boys pursued him. seeking to regain their clothes. Dletz turned nnd said according to their story , tlmt ho wouldn't give np their clothes. " will keep you hero until I can get a marshal and have you arrested , " Diet/ is said to have declared. Still hard pressed by the crowd lie hind him , Diet ? turned and threatenoi to shoot "Hoys , If yon come a stoi further. I'll fire , " ho Is said to liavi told them. "Uut we kept on after htm. " said on of the boys of the crowd , "for wo wanted od our clothing. "And in a momen Dietraiseil his gun , aimed deliberate ly at Elseffer , who was about eigh feet away , and fired. The load struc' him In the fleshy part of the left thlgl Elspffer did not fall. Some of the she struck him In the right calf and I was the few shot In the right l rather than the heavy load in the left that gave him his pain. The left leg torn to pieces , gave him no pain whatever over and ho walked down to th stream to hatho his wound. Then h became weak , lay down on the ban and waited for a carriage. Struggle for the Gun. A flerco struggle for the gun fo lowed the shooting. Dietz had reloai ed the weapon after having fired hi first shot so that the boys knew on loaded shell still remained in the bar rel. They jumped upon him and aftc a hard tussle for Dletz is six fee tall and very heavy they succoedec in wrenching the gun from his grasj In the struggle Dietz dropped th clothing. Later , while the boys wor dressing , Dietz made three attempt to recapture his gun , but all withou success. At one time Harold Go\ went to the road alone. Dletz followe and In another fight tried to get th shotgun. The firing piece was hande to Marcus Reynolds , who came alon on a pony , and was brought to towi It was taken to the Gow homo for saf keeping. After the shooting , Elsoffer * wounds were bathed by his comrade with cool water from the river. Dot teams that had drawn the party t the river had been brought back t lie city by the three lads who hadn't ' one Hulnimlng They wanted to gel policeman and n doctor , nnd had for- otton that the buggies would ho need- d for carrying Ilio wounded boy. A arrlago belonging to George Evans an presHed Into service for carrying Jlsoffor. lie wan traiiHported from IP river to HIP buggy on a stretcher lade from Hacks. Ills father and a urgeon met the party onrouto homo. Dlolz , nftor the hey had been iroiiKht to the city , ( darted for Nor- illt. He went a tnllo east and entered 10 city hy the Find. Hlreet reid HO uit when Countable Ira Hamilton cached bin farm ho found the farmer ad eluded him. At 8 o'clock hint Ighl Diet/ wan arroHled. lie had al- < ady given himself np lo Countable ariner. In whono charge ho remained nil ) thlH moinlng. Trouble of Lonfj Standing. The trouble Hoomn to dale back for considerable period. Pletz liaH lalmed Hovoral Union that n\vlmmors nnnyed him and ban threatened pa- enln of boyH who freiiuetit Mm rlvor. 'ol long ago ho told Charles II John- ou Mint lllllPRH hi * IHIVH Uepl oill of ic river Micro , they nikht M hut I. I don't know that \oiir I > OJH are lived np In II. " DietIn Raid to have eelared , "hut the Innocent may miffer llh the gullly If they don't stop. " It IH staled Dial iiomo lime ago wlmmerR disturbed fishing apparatiiH In the river , which belonged lo Dlolz. and that thin aroimcd his wrath. Ho came lo County Attorney Koonlgsteln nd asked what might be dono. Kocn- gntoln told Pletz to ( lie complaint gainst the trpHpansorn that the law ould protect him. Diet * claimed ml the boyn made nuisances of themselves , exposing themselves with- n sight of his family , and that ( heir ogs HO disturbed bin cattle that they lecamo of no use to him. It was evidently with thlH In view , icrefore , that Dlotz attempted to re- aln the clothing and thus hold the oys on his land , where ho hoped lo draw thorn , until ho might arrest them. Dletz wan formerly proprietor of 10 saloon at Iladar , Neb. a small ! ! Hlatlou live mlloii north of Norfolk. I Court adjourned al noon until 2 p. j i. and other witnesses are now on ! in tnnil. ' The trial of Eugene Dletz , charged llh shooting and wounding Barllo El- MTor with Intent to Intltct great bod. ly Injury , was called In Justice Elso- y'a court at 10 o'clock , .lack Koenlg- telu , county attorney , and I. Powers , pled for the prosecution. M. D. Ty- > r has been retained by the defense. Pleads Not Guilty. Dietpeladed not guilty to the liargo against him. Witnesses called y the court , for use during the trial , ore Harold Gow , Archie Gow , Sam 3rsklno , Lowell Erskluc , Harland ohnson , Spencer Duttertlold and Dr. 'aahjean. Wltnens Tells Story In Court. Harold Gow was the first witness xamincd. He test I ( led that the boys ndroBsod on Taft's ground and valked np the middle of the rlvor to place called "Stump Hole , " the only dace In the vicinity that was deep nough for good swimming. Ho had lover seen Dletz before. Ho know hat the swimmers were not wanted n that part of the rlvor but ho had isked Attorney Weathorby and was in- ormed that the rlvor was public prop erty. Dlotz ordered them out but hey did not go. Ho sot his dog on hem hut the dog would not go Into he river. Ho went away , came back with the gun and shot Into the water within two feet of ono of the hoys. They started to go out and went after their clothes. Spencer Buttorlleld did lot go Into the water and ho got all of the clothing ho could. Dlotz took the rest. The hoys came up and toolc after Dlolz to get their clothes. Ho warned them to stand back. They told him that they wanted their , clothes. Ho went on , they after him. . Ho turned around and they stopped , i He told them not to move. Gow was four feet from Dletz , Elseffor eight feet and the rest further uwav. El- softer took n step and Dletz aimed and tired. Archie Gow and Elsoffor bathed the wound. Elsoffer experienced a sudden shock but no pain Harold Gow and Ersklno jumped on Dietz to prevent him from shooting again. Ho tried to open the gun , but they got hold of It. After n 15 minute struggle he finally gave it up. Later ho tried to get It again. Marcus Reynolds came along on a horse and took the gun to Nlelsou's , near the Chicago & North western tracks. Several boys came to town for a doctor , taking with them all of the horses. A wagon was found under the bridge and they took It to bring the wounded boy to town. Diet ? helped carry the boy to the wagon and said ho was sorry ho had shot , but that they had forced him to do It. The boys were naked and had no weapons. After the shooting , ono boy cot a club. They made no threats and no assault before the shooting. Gow further testified that It was the right barrel of the gun that had been discharged and that the shell was load ed with 4V4 drachms of powder and No. G shot. Ho found the wads this morning. Physician's Testimony , Dr. Tashjean was sworn and testi fied that ho had been called to serve Elseffer. The boy was brought Into his office and then taken to the homo of his parents. There was a bad flesh wound In the middle of the left thigh and In the calf and ankle of the right foot from gunshot wound. If no com plications set In the boy ought to bo well In n few weeks. The wound Is dangerous , however. There was no powder In the wound. fFrom Thursday's Dally. ] Eugene Dletz , the farmer who shot and wounded Hartlo Elnoffrr , ono of a nulmnilng party at the HIl < horn Tuesday afternoon , has boon bound over by Judge Ulsely to the fall term of the district court on the charge of Hhootlng and wounding with Intent to Inlllct great hodlly Injury. The ball wan llxed at $700. A friend of Dlelz dopoidted enough cash with the countable hint night to Hccnro his release , and ho went home. ThlH morning ho returned and guvo the required bond , The boyn who had not testified yoH- terday morning were put on the stand In Mm afternoon , nftor the court hnd resumed , and they all told practically Ilio same story MH to the shooting. They weor Arehlo Gow , Sam Eraklno , Siencer | Hullorfleld , Harland Johnson and Lowell KinKlne. Dlolz , himself , did not go on the Bland nt all and the dofoimo during Ilio entire hearing offered no evl- deuce and no loHttmony whatever. Attorneys for the state at first oh- Jecled lo dlHCuanliig the testimony pro- i willed hut later inado brief arguments. County Attorney KoonlgKloln said that while the farmer prohablv had n right to Iti ep ' ) | ( > off ol his premises , yet he had no right to nhoot on the piov- ociitlnn afforded and that ho evidently Intended to kill. Attorney Tyler , for the defense , said that the IIO.VH had no right on the promlncH of Dletz , hut made hm argu ment brief. Judge Powers said that a man who couldn't control bin temper any better than Dlotz had. ought to bo In the pen itentiary and that that In where Dletz will land. GREER , MILLS & CO. View of Live Stock Market at South Omnhn , C. A. Mallory , Manager. South Omaha , Aug. 111. This has been the ( liHt real good week wo have had In the cuttle deportment this sea- sou , fully HO per cent , of the cattle are westoniK , mostly fiom Wyoming , although we have had some shipments from Idaho and Utah. The quality of the range cuttle IH good. a has been predicted by people In position to know. As usual under those condl- ' itloii" " ) , the market ruled woalt. prices I i MUIIWI1IK U Ill'lllUf 111 limn in iw ou i 1 centH compated with the bent time last ! week. The greatest decline has oc-J j I currcd In butcher stock aud common ! ' to fair grades of Bteers. Strictly choice corn fed cattle are not plentiful and they show the least decline. j Wo look for n faiily steady market for I he few strlclly choice , well-ma tured cattle but Btlll consider the general , eral outlook uncertain until we see1 what the next few weeks will bring forth. It will take several weeks of liberal receipts of range cattle to al low the marketH to become properly adjusted , after which we believe the demand will improve and with M j con tinued good prospects for a corn crop , we do not bellovo that feeders will sell quite as low as seemed probable a month ago. We still advise our readers to cor- rosopnd with us fully , either as to their feeding cattle or any fat cattle they may have on hand. Hogs Receipts of hogs this week show some Increase and as usual af ter such a continuous advance with prices high enough to Invite free ship ments , the trade shows a reaction of 10 to 20 cents compared with the best time this month. The provision market has also had a reaction but these conditions are onlv natural nnil should bo cniiaiilered healthy , as there Is always two sides to the market and shippers should con sider this proposition at all times. The range In prices has widened somewhat , common hogs selling at a greater discount than over. The bulk of the hogs , however , at the present time are selling at in.SOffjn.OO. Wo look for lighter lecelpts again within a few days and think the out look favorable for a moro steady mar ket at the decline. The pig crop Is considered reason ably good throughout and with alar < ; o' corn crop we naturally look for more liberal receipts of hrgs later in the season hut wo do net believe tbo avail able supply of marketable bo or the next few weeks is very lame. We advise our readers to ship their hogs just as soon as they are toady eras as soon as they have a carload ready' as these prices are good enough for I i anybody. | i Sheep and lambs The supply of' l sheep and lambs In all markets con- tlnues moderate , In fact , about the lightest for this season of the year for' several years. The demand from all quarters continues urgent and prices have reached the highest point ever' known In August Wo have handled a good percentage' of the sheep hero this week and have1 sold range lambs nt $7.00 sttalght , without any sort ; yearling owes and wethers mixed at $5.50 ; wethers $5.00 ; owes $ -1.75fr5.75 ( ; feeding lambs $5.75 dfC.lO : feeding yearlings , $1.75 500 ; feeding ewes , $4.25(5I4.50. ( Wo look for larger receipts during the next few weeks nnd months and naturally look for some reaction from these extremely high pi Ices but from the present Indications , thcie is noth ing to wairant a belief In much per manent decline as we look for a strong demand also thioughoiit. Wo advlso any of our readers who expect to feed anything this season to correspond with us fully as to their wants and wo will give them the best Information obtainable. Welcome New Daughter. Mr. nnd Mrs. A. Peters , living on South Fourth street , welcomed a now daughter this morning. A FIELD OF FORTY-FOUR HORSES AT NORFOLK RACES. ENTRIES CLOSED LAST NIGHT The Prospect Now Is That the Races Here Next Week Will be the Best That Have Ever Dcen Attempted In ' Norfolk. ll-'rom Thnriilny'H Dully. ] Forty-four horses , Ilio greatest string of Hteppera over congregated In Norfolk , linvo been entered foi the races which are to take place on the Norfolk track next Wednesday and i Thursday. The entries closed at C 'o'cloek ' last evening , am ] every one of i the n'x ' rlups'es is MUM. aotre of thorn i hav'ng ' moro than the required number of ontrlon. The races for the two days are an follows : Wodii ' ' ' ! } ' 3:00 : dot or pnco , $ lfiO : 2'3r. trot or 2:10 : pace , $150 ; 2:18 : trot or pace. $150. Tilling . ' . " trot or 2-0 ! ! pace. $150 : free for all tmt or pace , $2fP ; running , half mile aid iepen $75. The purse' ) are hi i enough to at tract good hor&c , art ! tint Is just fie kind that have entered . ) r the rr ; es. Among the speeders that will go In the free for all Is "Capt. Mack , " owned In Pierce county and said to be ono of the fastest animals In this country. Kay Ilros. of Nollgh have some good horses entered , and the prospects are that every class will bo fast. With good horses assured for the coming event , all that Is asked now Is fair weather and lots of people to wit ness the races. Having drawn a brand of weather that made It Impossible to hold the races on July 3 and 4 , the commit tees feel that bad weather Is not duo them next week , and they are not speculating on it at all. The track was never in hotter condi tion than It Is today. It has boon giv j en constant work since the July raina ceased , and is smooth , solid and fast. Every stall at the grounds Is filled with a good horse. WorK on the giand stand has hern going on several days , and when com- ploted there will bo a seating capacity for 2.000 people. To the old grand 'Htaud which was formerly used at the base ball games. DO feet have been added , making the whole 13G foot long. The railroads have authorized reduced - ducod rates to Norfolk from surrouud- IIIK I' wns during the races , nnd it Is figured that big crowds will witness the events on both days. THURSDAY TIDINGS. Mrs. A. G. Ryal went to Lincoln this morning. C. D. Case of Wood Lake was a city visitor over night. George Thornborg of Oakdalo Is In the city visiting relatives. J. II. Ilarnes of Arlington transacted buslne&s in town this morning. Dr. P. H. Salter went to Winslde on professional business this morniu ; ? . Miss Eva Carpenter has gone to Neligh to visit fi lends for n few days. Henry Hnecnpflug and wife returned last night from Excelsior Springs , Mo. Mr. and Mrs. August Steffen re turned last evening from St. Paul , Minn. , where they were visiting with Mr. Steffen's parents. Judge Barnes went to Omalu this morning for a two days' business vis it. W. B. Vail went to Pllger this room ing on business connected with the races. "W. J. Woods of Spencer , proprietor of the Woods hotel , was in No-folk yestetday. Hcniy Hogan of Shellsburg. Iowa Is In the city today on business with the Northwestern. Win. H. Livingston of Neligh Is vis itlng his brother , J. M. Livingston on North Eighth street. A. L. Rice , a telegraph operator for the Northwestern , was In the city to day on his way home tc Exeter from Anoka. The Boston Bloomers , a baseball or ganization composed of young women , are In northern Nebtaska and will tour this foctlon of the country next week. Mrs. John R. Hays went to Omaha 'this morning. After visiting there a few days , she will ho joined by Mr. j ' Hays , nnd they will go to Denver to see their son Charles. | ! County Commissioner J. H. Harding ' of Meadow Grove was In the city over night en his way home from Madison , , where ho had been attending a meetIng - Ing of the county board , j ' Crelghton , Neligh. Stanton , Battle I Creek , Madison and Norfolk all of | ' them are getting icndy for the biggest series of race moot Ings ever Been In ( this section of the country. Mrs. Kathleen Richardson of Mead ow Grove , who had been in an Omahn hospital for several weeks , was in the city last evening enrouto to Meadow Grove , where she will remain for a few weeks. The Norfolk orchestra went to Wayne today to play nt the old set tlers' picnic this afternoon and even- Ing. The Boston Bloomer girls played a game of baseball at Wlnsldo \ ester- day afternoon and play at Battle Creek this afternoon. M. A. Mlhills of this city yesterday sold a fine pig to L. Richardson of Battle Creek for $25. The pig was but four months old nnd Is a prize package In pork for fair. H. Krasno has rented the house be longing to Mrs. Josephine Hull , corner Koenlgsteln avenue and Tenth street , recently vacated by N. A. lockwood , * .A who has gone with his family to Lamar - mar , Col. Charles Mathowson of this city , who IH attending the trl-stato tennis tournament In Slonx City , was beaten In the third round by Bailey of Sioux City In three long , hard sets , score C2.IO , fi-0. The play ban reached the finals today and Interesting contests are on this afternoon. The ton-years-old son of Mrs. Gus Encker fell from a lumber wagon yes terday , fracturing his forearm just ibovo the wrist. Ho wan vlnltlng his grand parents , Mr. and Mrs. LIchtou * berg at Iladar. The lad wan brought to Drs. Boar & Pllger , who made him BH comfortable as possible. Miss Opnl Madsen wan hostess last evening at a hnyrnck rldo party. About a do/en frlerds were Invited and Iho evening In the moonlight was tliorrtiK'i'v ' ' proved The pnrty made n trljt to ITndnr and roluni , lafor being pervod vltVi rnf-f 'Mrrtits at the homo of Mn . Mni1 n on Madtann avenue. Rtptn VPtorl nrl u f. A. AleKIm ar- rlvod tMs morning from O'Neill , vvboro ho was cri'lrd bv n dlre-ino atnoiiiT borers whloli IR taking a num-j bop of thnlr orpi'no ' llvpq. Swamp fe-1 vor Is the ailment which Is doing the mischief end the phiguo has not yet yet been stopped , according to Dr. McKlin. Ho hopes to he able to stamp ( t out The M. B. A. Is planning a big time for their picnic which Is to be hold In Frpytlmlcr's park next Tuesday. It Is expected to secure the hand that plays hero at the races to furnish mu sic during the day and In the evening Altscliuler's orchestra will play for the dance , which Is expected to bo one of the enjoyable features of the event. "Dick" Washington returned this morning from the encampment at Kearney , where ho was serving as cook. He says he had a good time , but John Wilson , the second cook , had the misfortune to break a toe while running away from the sham battle. Dick thinks if he had stayed there an other week he would have been as black as a "nigger , " the hot sun was so hard on his completion. The fro t predicted for last night in northern Nebraska by tbo weather bu reau , fulled to mntorlnll'/o and the corn crop has kept on galloping along this morning just as though there bad never been any forecasted freeze. But although the frost itself failed to put In an anpearanco , a cold wave did come along , just as the weather bu reau said it would , and the man in the outlug suit today looks all frozen up A stroncr south wind started blow ing this morning from the south. The icurest the temperature came to frost- ng last night was C5 degrees over hirty degrees away from the line of 'reezo. ' The highest temperature yes- erday was 71 , leaving but a range of line degrees for the twenty-four hours an unusual condition. The committee selected hy the Com mercial club to open negotiations with the railroads to the end of securing a better freight rate for Norfolk , held a meeting last night and arranged the preliminaries of the.forthcoming con ference. Two members of the commit tee were not present , so that practic ally all that was done was to fix the date of future meetings. It waa de cided to hold a meeting of the com mltteo on Wednesday evening , August 23 , and to go to Omaha to confer with railroad managers on Friday , the 25th , providing of course that a meeting can bo arranged for that day. Chairman Robertson announced that he hnd al ready seen Superintendent Reynolds of the Northwestern , and that gentle man had waived a meeting with local officials hero and had volunteered to arrange a conference with officials In Omaha at the convenience of the com mittee. Friday , Saturday and Sunday are to bo red letter days in Madison. On these three days the saengerfest will hold forth and great preparations have been made by the citizens of the coun ty seat to entertain the visitors. Spe cial trains will ho run from various parts of the state and there will be ' , thousands of people in attendance I Norfolk people will no doubt send a I largo delegation on ono of the U'ree days and maybe on all of them. On Sunday there will probably bo bun dreds who will drive to Madison from this city , and many who will go down on the morning train and back ni night. The railroad service is gooc for an all day \-Islt at that point , re turning home in the evening , and It is presumed that if Norfolk sends a good delegation to Madison , Madison will return the compliment at the race meeting which will be hold hero next week. A small flood , a high shooting foun tain from ono of the city water hy drants , and a condition of excitement for two hours prevailed at the corner of Phillip avenue and Twelfth stree last night as the result of tampering with the city hydrant. Workmen who had been placing a cement crossing on Phillip avenue , turned on the water hydrant with an ordinary wrench. I was easy enough to start the fireworks but when It came time to shut off the stream , there was something doing Ono of the small sot screws In the hydrant was lost In the shuffle nnd the stream of water shot straight up In the air for a long distance. The work men were unable to cope with the sit nation and Water Commisslono Brummnnd was notified. By first shut ting off ono of the water well gates In the main , thus stopping the flow a the hydrant , he was able to cap the opening again. Ho was half Incllnec for a time to cause the arrest of the men , but did not because they were doing city work. The flue Is not less than J50. V Powder Perfect In quality. Wloclornto In prloo. Battle Creek. Alfred Doorlng has taken a tem porary position In the Hainan drug slnrn Mlnq Ella Hnerman went to St. Louis Tuesday , where she will take , n course of training an a nurse In the Lutheran hospital , of which her sis- i lor , Mlsn Minnie , Is superintendent. * 4 ' iMI w Bertha Huerman arrived home v ( last week from a New York hospital , whore ulio has been bend jiur o , and may stay home with her parents for a yenr. Will Stafford was hero from Norfolk i Saturday | Clias. Werner was at Norfolk Tues- | day. day.P. P. H. Ingoldsby was confined to bin room on account of sickness this week. John Berry Is painting his house on his farm south of town this week , C. Beyer , a student of the Lutheran university at St. Louis , who haft been visiting here about six weeks with rel atives , departed Tuesday for his homo at Altenberg , Mo. Ho was accompa nied by bis niece , Miss Emma Beyer , and nephew , Goo. Docrlng , who will make a three weeks' visit there with relatives. Prof. Albert Hoffman , son of Rev. J. Hoffman , left also Tuesday , and after a visit with relatives will go to his new place as teacher nt the Lutheran parochial school at Darm stadt , Indiana. Mrs. A. Krlvonlk of Meadow Grove wan visiting hero Tuesday with her daughter , Mrs. Lambert Kerbel. The Scott & Barrett circus was in town Saturday. For a while a side show had the best attraction. It cost only 10 cents to got In but when some of the boys came out they were minus from ? 5 to S25. But when Marshal Flood Interfered it was almost too late. late.Mrs. Mrs. Clms. Flood and nephew , Willie - lie Tlood , are hero from Bancroft , Iowa , visiting relatives. Harry Reavls and Michael Rooney , jr. , started Sunday by team for Cherry county on a prospecting tour. James Taylor , an employe of the i Norfolk insane asylum , was visiting relatives hero Sunday. Battle Creek has had an Increase again. Thomas John Morris arrived Sunday at the homo of Druggist T. M. ind Mrs. Morris. Ho Is the first vis- tor of that kind at this home. Tues- lay another boy made his appearance at the home of Mr. nnd Mrs. Kyle 3ayer , the flrst one , also. Max Wilde was up Sunday from Norfolk. Chas. T. Haman was a Norfolk vis- ' tor Sunday. s Monday Herman Hogrefe shipped a ' * ' carload of hogs and one of cattle , and ' ) John Rodekohr ono car of hogs. Tues day John Praener sold a car of hogs to Howard Miller. A large crowd witnessed an Interest ing ball game here Sunday afternoon Between Pierce and Battle Creek. They played ten Innings and the result was 8 to 9 in favor of Battle Creek. C. C. Johnson and Wm. Rooney were umpires. Thursday afternoon the Bos ton Bloomers will nlnv hnrf > nn the diamond with Battle Creek. A large crowd and plenty of fun Is expected. Miss Lena Glaus of Fremont was \ visiting hero tbo first of the week with r her parents. Miss Nellie Sullivan of Meadow Grove was calling on friends hero Sunday. Thos. Wade went to Iowa Monday on business , and returned Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Krahn nnd Mr. nnd Mrs. Barneke of Norfolk were visiting Sunday at the Win. Blerman home , north of town. Postmaster F. H. L. Willis started Wednesday for Portland , Ore. He ex pects to be absent ahout three weeks. Fred Simmons sold his livery busi ness to F. L. Truman of Ainsworth , who took possession immediately. Mr. Simmons Intends to travel on account of the poor health of his wife. The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Den nis Connelly was christened at the Catholic church Sunday. Joseph Kerbel of South Omaha Is visiting hero this week with his daugh ter , Mrs. Anna Sovora and sons , Lam bert and Ludwlg Kerbel. Mrs. Eva Zimmerman and daughter , Mrs. F. E. Martin , departed today for i an extended visit with friends nt Al- .L coster , S. D. , and Boscobel , WIs. T Miss Eggleston nnd Paul Hogrefe are assisting clerks In M. L. Thomas' store during the absence of Miss Em ma Byer , who has been head clerk for several years. Prof. M. G. Doorlng went to West Point Wednesday. Prof. Robert Zohner arrived here Wednesday from Presser , this state , for a visit with his parents. , t Purchased Rooming House. Mrs. Rrannlgan and Miss Maggie O'Connor of Butte have purchased the rooming house of Mrs. E. J. Fergu son at South Norfolk and have taken possession. The house is full and doIng - Ing a good business. Very Low Rates to Denver , Colo. , via the Northwestern line. Excursion tickets will be sold August 12 and 13 , with favorable return limits , on ac count of various meetings. Apply to agenU Chicago ft Northwestern R'y.
