THE NORFOLK NEWS : 1'MUDAY ' , OCTOBER G , 1905.
OFFICERS GETTING DU3Y WITH
HORSETHIEVE9.
NUMBER WERE CAUQHT LATELY
Doth of the Connoyers , Deb Nlckemon ,
nnd Others Have Deen Taken Snld
to ba Number of Deputies on the
Reservation.
Nnpor MownI I Is very evident ttmt
n general round n ' f "linil inon" IH
being systematically carried on by
the sheriffs nnd U. S. mnrRhnls nlong
tlio borders of Koyu I'nlm and lloytl
counties. Nohrnxlcn , nnd Gregory couu-
ty , S. I ) . About twenty doputloH nro
nt work on the various onsen nnil re-
RUHR Rhow tlmt they menu business.
"Hob" Nlekon < on was picked up In
the Routhorn part of thin Rtato iioino
two weeks ago. Jolin Connoyor was
cnpturod nt Gregory InRt week and IR
now liold at Sioux Fnlln. , llm UnyoH
wns plncod In Kansas ix few ilnyn ago
and will bo brought bnck for trial and
Claud Connoyor wan cnpturod by two
doputloR wlillo ho wan at dinner at
JOUPH' ranch last Wednesday. Mono
of thcso bad inon Rhowed the leust
disposition to dlo with tholr liootH on
wlion they were arroslnd but , on the
contrary , hnvo boon perfectly willing
to nccompany the olllcern and bo good.
FRIDAY FAGTH.
George llerry has gouo to Colorado
on business.
Geo. V. Sehinltt of Osmond was In
town over night.
Frank Lambert of Foster onmo
down on the early train this morning.
Gnrflold Mathers and Harold Stan-
nard went to West Point this morning.
.lolin Holland of Gregory , S. IX. Is
visiting his frload Fred Deorland at
Col. Cotton's.
Mrs. C , T. Mlbbon wonl to Itandolph
this morning to visit her slstor , Mrs.
Robert Howe.
Win. Jasper of Plnlnvlow nnd Ehlor
IIoppo of WniiRii were In the city on
business today ,
,1n < > naroy of the CKnnrtl hotel was
called t < > Sioux City this morning on
act-mint of the death of bin unelo.
.1 M Kelly , represent Ing Uio Sioux
CH\ Printing company , was In the city
o\ir nlgbt and left for tbo west this
\ parly of ladles were here from
Rntiion yesterday. They were Mrs
.T 13 Urown , Mrs. A. Kenney , Mrs. .1.
H Mnr"ton.
Senator F. , T. Halo of Battle Creek
was In tbo city yesterday advortlalng
a Inrgo H tools tmlo which bo proposes
to hold In tbo near fnturo.
Mr. and Mrs. , T. C. S.Vollls expect
to lonvo next Tuesday for a thrco
weeks' visit through the east. They
\\ill go to Chicago , Now York nnd
other points.
Mr. nnd Mrs , .1. J. Sherman of Chicago
cage , who hnvo been visiting nt the
home of Mr. nnd Mrs , 11. 13. Owen ,
North Twelfth street , loft today for
their homo.
Butte won a game of baseball at
Bntto from Lynch Wednesday after
noon.
The tlrst dancing party of the sea
son to bo given by the Trinity Social
guild , will bo given tonight 'In Mar-
Qiiardt ball.
Judge lloyd and Court Keportor Pow
ers returned at noon from Wayne ,
\\bere a term of district court has
been In session this week.
Uniinle Hull , known to n number of
Norfolk people , baa been given tbo
position of electrician nt the city elec
trical station In Fremont.
The Junior Endeavor society 'of the
Concri-nntlonn. ! church will bold a
ln\Mi social at the homo of llov. and
Mrs W .1. Turrer this evening , be
glnu'HR at 7 o'clock.
Mr and Mrs 11. J. McCallum are
{ inciting their household goods and Mr.
Mc al urn will leave Monday for Oak
land , 'o\\n. ' where he lias a good po
sition. Mrs. McCallum has taken
rooms at Mrs. Cole's and will remain
in Norfolk for a couple of weeks.
The Nebraska Telephone company
has secured the contract for stringing
a. private telephone exchange to tbo
insane hospital , where a private
switchboard with twenty-live keys will
bo Intsnlled. The various telephones
will reach Into the several otlleo build
ings of the Institution.
Wedding Invitations hnvo been re
ceived hero for the marriage of Lil
lian Beatrice , daughter of Mr. nnd
Mrs. B H. Hoblson of Omnhn , to Mr.
James Farnoy of St. Louis. Both nro
graduates of the state university.
Miss Roblson is a member of Delta
Gamma sorority nnd Mr. Farnoy is n
member of Delta Tan Delta fraternity.
They will live at St. Louis.
Over $200 from one acre nnd a quar
ter of water melons in Madison coun
ty is not n bad record. But C. B. Clay
ton of this city has done oven better
than that tills year. From the water
melons which bo raised on this Httlo
patch one and n quarter acres Mr.
Clayton has already realized $105 in
cash and ho still has 300 melons at
the farm to be sold this season.
Invitations hnvo been received by
Norfolk friends for the marriage of
Miss Adnollo Cady , daughter of Mr.
nnd Mrs. Adtlison Cady of St. Paul.
Neb. , to Mr. George Pyne of thatplatpj
The ceremony will taKe place IUTOJM
Methodist Episcopal church nt St. Palff
on the evening of Wednesday , OctoS
ber 11 at S o'clock. They will bo nt
Lome In St , Pnnl after December 1.
Miss Cady hns visited In Norfolk.
She Is n grndunto of tbo state univer
sity and n member of the Delta Delta
Delta sorority
Fairfax Sun-Review : A disastrous
prnlrlo lire swept through the Dull
creek valley the llrst of the week nnil
"IcHtroyod about .100 tomi of bay nnd
u largo frame burn. The following
HottlerH Buffered from the flro In the
IOHR of their hay : lion BtiRHell , 20
IOUH ; HalHlon boyH , IHO ( OUR ; Mr. Dur-
roll , Ifi Ions. CoiiHldernblo other hay ,
the ownoni of which wo have not
learned , wan caught In the blnzo nnd
totally doRtroycd. Thin flro Hhotild
servo as a warning to every ROltler of
the HoHobnd to coiiRtruct an effective
tire guard about his claim.
Tbo dlnputo that has boon raging for
u long tlmo between the Inrgo mail
order lioiiHeR of the country on ono
Hide and country inerchnnlH nnd Hinnll
JobborH on the other , baa boon ap
pealed to tbo postolllco department
nnd turned over to P. V. Dcgraw.
fourth assistant pontmaHter gonornl.
The dispute grown out of an order of
the department ( tint rnrnl free deliv
ery boxen should bo numbered. Fol
lowing this order came rcnucHtn from
mall-order IIOUHOH tlmt they bo permit
ted to address mall to the boxcw ns
well as to Individuals. Country mor-
chnntH nnd Hinnll JobborH miy mich
pormlHHlon ; will drive them out of
buHlnoss. Mall-order houses declare
their request IH In line with a well-
established policy of the department ,
which permits mail to bo nddroHflod to
city lock-boxes by number.
llnllroad men throughout the coun
try nro preparing to open a campaign
for a reduction In their working hours.
Their efforts to obtain better condl-
tloiiH will bo begun early In Decem
ber , when the committees represent
ing the live big organizations to which
they belong will confer with the olll-
clals of the various rnndH. While It
is not expected that a formal demand
for a readjustment of the schedule of
working bourn will ho made then , the
matter will be broached and tbo olll-
plain nntlllcd of the position taken by
the rnllnmd men's organizations. The
olllcerH of the llrollierhood of Hull-
road Trainmen , the most , powerful IIH
well an the most progressive of the
live orguiil/ntloiiH , are to take the lead
In the movement. More than 100,000
men will bo alYeetcd by the demands
of the workers. Of those , .215,000 are
members of unions.
Gregory advocate : A novoro hall
storm visited Gregory county Friday
evening. About tlvo o'clock a genlle
rain paused over lo the Bonlhonut and
soon after another heavy bank formed
In the northwest nnd cnmo over. Hall
as large as liens' eggs fell thick and
fast. There was no wind. The roar-
lug , whch Hounded much louder than
the passing of an express train , could
lie heard for a quarter of an hour be
fore the storm broke. Several windows
dews were broken and felt roofs weio
torn up badly. At Dallas the storm
was more severe. Several glasa frontn
were demolished , nnd the roof to their
now hotel was completely ruined. It
\\as reported that ono hail slime wont
clear through the roof. The damage
lo crops was slight as corn Is matured
and other crops are harvested. Many
Bought their cellars , thinking from the
roaring that it was n tornado.
Pierce Leader : Bert Miller Informs
us that ono day last week while ho
waa out hunting on the Wm. Prahl
farm northwest of town , ho was al
most bitten by a largo rattlesnake.
Ho was hunting chickens and his dog
had discovered what bo thought to bo
a covey and refused to advance at the
urging of his master. Walking to the
front to see what was the matter , be
was Instantly stoppeil by a rattling
and kind of hissing noise and upon
looking a few feet In front ho beheld
a huge rattler just In the act of springIng -
Ing at him , lie suld he lost no time
In moving and got a club and went
after Mr. Snake nnd finally bad him
killed. Only four rattles were found
but he said that the snake must have
had ton at least an it was the largest
ho had over seen , but In the pounding
ho had destroyed several. Uort says
ho wa frightened so badly that he
had n headache for three days.
Valentino Republican : Citizens of
Valentino were thro\\n Into n fever of
excitement Monday a's the result of
four young people failing to return
from a drive In the country. Tills
anxiety was due to the fact tlmt the
young people drove to the country Sun
day afternoon Intending to return In
the evening nnd not returning that
night It was feared they were out in
the thunder storm and probably struck
by lightning , llnrt the young people
not returned n little after noon the
next day a searching party would have
In a few minutes more been on the
hunt for them. Their detention is
said to bo duo to their team getting
away and the Inability of the young
men to catch them sooner. Experi
ence of the young people in the car
riage over night must have been n
chilly ono but their safe return caused
n reception of warmth from relatives
nnd friends that probably repaid for
all the coolness they encountered the
night before.
ENFORCE BICYCLE ORDINANCE.
Mayor Announces That Arrests Will
be Made.tEjgHh Fines. Etc.
The bicycle "fflJHKnnce. according tea
a notice signcd'hy Mayor John Friday ,
is to bo rigidly enforced In Norfolk
hereafter , with arrests , fines and Im
prisonments.
I The ordinance provides that blcyc-
Jlsts must not ride on any sidewalks
when the roads will permit riding on
the street , and tlmt Ijcy must never
ride on the sidewalks of Norfolk nv-
enuo east of Sixth street. When they
do rldo on sidewalks , during the pe
riods when roads nro not In good con
dition , whcellsts must dismount upon
meeting or pnssing pedestrians and
1 must walk around persons.
DLAKEMAN & COLEMAN DUY
DUILDING FOR THAT PURPOSE.
OUT RATE 18 WHAT THEY WANT
On the Strength of the Rnte Which
Has Deon Asked for by the Commit
tee Representing the Commercial
Club , Well Versed Men Will Act.
I From IMilnv'n
Blnkomnn & Coleman , who have Just
purchased the old Piano wnrehoiiHoon
Phillip nvenno , hnvo done HO with the
end In vlow of ofltnbllRhlng a whole-
Halo house In Norfolk In cnHo the "out"
or distributing freight rnte , nskcd for
by the committee roprcRentlng the
Norfolk Commercial club. IH granted
by the NorthwoRtorn railroad.
Tbo firm will rebuild the big ware-
hotiHO , have asked for a trnckngo from
the NorthwcHlcrn rend to run nlong-
Hldo tbo building , nnd will do a gen
eral traiiRfer hunlnnnn In farm Implc-
mentH out of Norfolk.
Mr. Blnkemnn and Mr. Coleman
have both hnd experience In thin par
ticular branch of wholesale dlstrlbnt-
Ing. For years Mr. Blnkomnn was
mnnnger of the local distributing
house of the Piano manufacturing
company , nnd ho Is perhaps an well
versed on the freight question as any
man In Norfolk. Moro than that , ho
ban had the actual experience In the
business , which many theorists Inck.
Mr. Colomnu , who represented the
sumo tlrm through this territory , la
also well np on the subject , because
ho sold goodn to be distributed out of
Norfolk nt the freight rntcR then In
existence ,
"Out Rate Is The One. "
"Tho out rate Is the one that we
need , " said Mr. Blnkcmnn to The News
last night. "Wholesaling Is what wo
need. The rate that lias been asked
for would give us-that wholesaling.
If the rate that has been asked for by
the committee from the Commerclnl
club Is secured , we can make a distrib
uting point of Norfolk. So far as om
retail business is concerned , we add
Hie freight lo the cost of the goods
anywav , and It. entn no figure in com
petition. Other towns would get the
same rate as we , and therefore , that
ht not the great point for which we
must strive nt the present time.
"Wo have lind during tbo pnst yea - r
a number of transfer contracts will
various manufacturing concerns , nm
have distributed a few carloads o
goods out of Norfolk even nt the pres
cut rates. But wo can not do that
business on tbo present rate bnsls. "
Transfer contracts are contracts
with manufacturing houses by virtue
of which the local llrm handles the
goods In carload lota , distributing It
smaller quantities Norfolk's geographical
graphical location gives It a declde (
advantage in this regard ,
The statement of this llrm , who are
so well acquainted with the frolgb
schedules nnd with distributing of ma
chlnery on a large scale , to the effec
that they can nnd Intend to do whole
snlo transfer business out of Norfoll
provided the rate that has been askei
for Is granted , shows that , after all
the Commercial club committee nr
working In the interests of Norfolk
the wholesaling point , nnd that , nl
lowed to carry out their plnu nnhln
dered , they will , in the end , bring t
Norfolk what the city has lacked an
woefully wanted for many years-
wholesaling and distributing throng
northern Nebraska.
CITIZENS OF RENDER SIGN PETI
TION TO AID.
WAS SENT TO BISHOP SCANNEU
Father Schell , Who Has Been Fighting
the Corruption Around the Wlnne-
bago Reservation , Is Upheld by Many
Citizens of Render Town.
Ponder , Nob. , Oct. 3. A petition ,
generally signed by citizens of this
place , has been forwarded to Bishop
Scannoll , asking him to aid Father
Schell In defending the rights of the
Indians.
Father Scholl baa been fighting the
corruption on the reservation , where
nil manner of law was broken In cheat
ing the redmen.
Not long ago ho was assaulted by
lawbreakers who were chocked In
their work by his aggressiveness.
NOBODY RUM OVER.
Telephone Inquirer Heard Falsij Re
port on the Street.
The News telephone rang today.
"Hello This the News ? Was any
one run over by't frelght train connui :
Into town 11 : * irtoinlng ?
' No. " " ' J5
"Wasn't somebody run over ? " 3m
s'No. "
jilt was reported two men were run
- Glad to know it isn't true
obliged. "
Inquiry at railroad ofllces In Norfolk
showed that there was not the slight
est trace of foundation for any such
report.
A Question Answered.
Norfolk , - Neb. . Sept. 28. Editor
'News ' : In yesterday's Issue you re
fer to the saloons near the residence
, of Gov. Hocb , and ask "What Is the
'matter ' with Kansas ? " I recently
heard Gov. Hocb nnnwor thin question
by giving another : "Did you over llvo
djolnltig n neighbor whoso farm was
vorrun with cockle burrs ? " Nuhrnu-
a linn n law against murder. Nol-
enllnd came Into our mldnt nnd killed
wo pontons out of ono family . In duo
ourHo of time ho wns hung. Lot un
10 patient. In due course of time the
Kirder saloon will disappear from Kan-
us If Nebraska and other states keep
heir weeds down. M. II. O.
THROWN FORTY FEET.
Farmer Near Paplllon Fatally Hurt by
Railroad Train.
Paplllon , Nob. , Oct. 2. Claude
larrmsen , n farmer , was probably fa-
ally hurt hero last night by n Union
'aclflc train. The horse ho was rid-
ng became frightened and stopped In
rout of the train. The horse and
Idor were thrown forty feet.
UNITED STATES PENSION AGENT
IN IOWA.
WAS MANAGER OF THE REGISTER
Hon. Richard Clarkson , For Thirty
Yearn Manager of the Iowa State
Register at DCS Molnes , and Well
Known In Northwest , Dies Today.
Dos Molnes , la. , Oct. 3. Hon. Rich-
aril Clnrhson , U. S. pension ngent for
owa and Nebraska nnd for thirty
oars mnnnger of the Iowa Stnte Reg-
slor , died hero this morning.
Ho wns a brother of J. S. Clarkson ,
collector of the port at Now York.
OUR 2,000,000 TELEPHONES.
Some of the Wonderful Things Telephones -
phones Do Nowadays.
When the present wide use nnd the
eng distance elllclency of the telephone -
phone nro considered , it Is hard to bo-
love that It is only twenty-eight years
since the representatives of the then
newly Invented talking Instrument an
nnunccd In their ilrst circular :
"Tho proprietors of the telephone
the Invention of Alexander Graham
Bell , for which patents hnvo been is
sued by ( lie United States and Great
Britain , are now prepared to furulsl
telephones for the transmission of nr
tlculato speech through Instrument }
not more than twenty miles apart
Conversation can lie easily carried 01
after slight practice nnd with the oc
cnslonnl repetition of a word or sen
tencc. On first listening to the tele
phone , though the sound Is perfect ! }
audible , the articulation seems to be
Indistinct : lint after a few trials the
car becomes accustomed to the pecu
liar sound and llnds little dilliculty li
understanding the words. "
Now there are over 2,000,000 tele
phones In this country alone , and In
stead of twenty miles one can talk 1 ,
COO , and the practical talking longtl
is still increasing.
Not less surprising thnn the wonder
ful development In the ofllclency of tin
telephone Is the multiplication of the
uses to which the Instrument Is np
plied. A recent advance , In many re
spects remarkable , Is the prlvat
branch exchange for large stores.
A store in New York hns a switch
board with fifty trunk lines. Connect
> d with the switchboard are 1,000 tel
ephoiies. Customers are able to us
any one of these as a public telephone
md can have the free use of them t
any part of the store with which the
may wish to talk. Either in the stor
or nt their homes they can give order
lo any department.
This system Is also made to form n
essential part of n new method of ad
vertising in which the personality of
the salesman in its relation to regular
customers is turned to the advantage
of the house. Clerks are encouraged
to call up their acquaintances or cus
tomers , and toll them of any good
things in the way of bargains that maybe
bo available. Where an employe Is
both widely known nnd popular , this
method of business solicitation Is of
ten employed with astonishing suc
cess.
cess.A company which takes charge of
the stenographic work of various oftl-
ces , maintains a staff of efficient sten
ographers. The subscriber can at any
tlmo communicate with the office
through a telephone , which Is Installed
by the company.
Ho Is nt once connected with n stenographer -
ographor , who takes his dictation eith
er by notes or on the typewriter , as
preferred , using his personal station
ery , which is , of course , kept on file ,
The finished work Is then Inclosed
without folding in a largo envelope
sealed and delivered nt once by spe
cial messenger service.
Tbo value of the telephone In conn
try districts wns well Illustrated b >
an Incident in northern Iowa. A farmer
or who was president of a rural tele
phone company had devised a signal
for all patrons of his system in case
some ono on the .line should bo In dls
tress or In neejjof help. Six lonj
rings , followed5lyn | | short pnuso ant
then six shgraRihgs mean that n general
oral rally was called. Following this
general alarm , the operator nt the cen
tral station was to give the number ol
rings indicating the person at whose
house there was need of assistance.
A party of thieves blew open the safe
in a bank nt Quimby and stole $3,000
The sheriff Instead of starting at once
In hot pursuit , gave the double si :
telephone call to every farmer In thi
district and before they could get nnj
distance the robbers were surroundet
and captured.
TANTON FOOTRACER DEFEATED
AT GRAND ISLAND.
HERE IN FIREMEN'S TOURNEY
Champion Who Recently Won a Race
at O'Neill , Goes Down to His Second
Defeat Much Money Changed
Hands and 1,000 Saw the Race.
( From Snturclny'H Dally.l
Al Marks , the Stanton footracor ,
van defeated In a dash nt Grand Island
his week. Marks will bo remembered
hero an having been leader of the
Stanton running team which won the
irlzo hero at the first state firemen's
tournament held In Norfolk.
A couple of months ago Marks won
a footrace at O'Neill In which a local
unncr was backed by many of the
sports of that town. In that race ,
darks won by n neck. During the
spring of the present year Marks wont
> vcr Into Iowa to help running teams
hero In the firemen's tournament of
lint stntc.
A report of the race at Grand Island
bays :
About a thousand people witnessed
i foot race In this city Monday after-
10011 between Frank Hedglln of Boo
ns nnd Al Marks , the noted runner
mm Stnnton. The two hnd met sev
eral weeks ago in which Marks was
icntcn nnd nt tlmt time this race wns
irnuiged for with a wngcr of $200 on
i side. Hedglln , who Is n barber by
ratio , canio down from Boelus with n
argo following from that village and
St. Michael , all of whom had a roll of
illls. It hns boon many yenrs since
his city hns seen so much betting go
ng on. A low estimate plnced the
noiioy that changed hands nt $1,500 ,
IMio rnco wns run on n road In the
western part of the city for one him-
Ired yards , Hodgiln winning out by
about S feet , the tlmo being 10M : sec-
ends. Great excitement prevailed for
i few hours in the afternoon. The
toys from St. Michael and Boolns re
turned home very jubilant over the
victory.
SATURDAY SIFTIN'GS.
I. E. Putnam of Dos Moincs , Iowa
Is In the city.
S. W. Deuel of Meadow Grove was
In the city over night.
Fred Jenkins was In tbo city ycster
day from Knlnmnzoo ,
Misses Opal and Doris Olmstend are
visiting in Wayne for a few days.
S. W. Llgbtncr of Lynch was an ear
ly visitor to the city this morning.
Miss Gretchen Schwartz returned to
day from a visit nt Spokane , Wash.
Bnrt Mapes left yesterday for Moore-
bend , Iowa , on professional business.
Ed. Flynn luft this morning to ac
cept a position In a drug store at Car
roll.
Forest Ellis of Indianapolis is hereto
to take a position In the Norfolk hos
pital for insane.
Win. Kost , a former resident of Nor
folk , now of Midway , is visiting
friends In the city.
Joe Fix is expected homo tomorrow
from n three weeks' trip to the west
ern part of the state buying horses.
Miss Mabel Moore of Pierce is vis
iting at the home of her aunt , Mrs.
Hurt Anmrlno on North Eighth street.
E. E. Everson of Bonesteel came
down on the early train this morning
and loft at noon for n visit to friends
nt Stanton.
Mrs. C. II. Vail returned from Sioux
City Inst evening , where she had been
visiting since Wednesday with Mrs.
C. J. Howe.
Prof. J. M. Pile of the Wayne Nor
mal college was in the city over night
and went to Omaha this morning on
the early train.
F. S. Perdue of Tllden , candidate
for county superintendent on the re-
piibliein ticket , wns In town on busi
ness this morning.
Mrs. Herman Halm , who has been
visiting Mrs. W. P. Logan on North
Twelfth street , returned to her home
In Newcastle today.
Misses Clemantlne Howe and Ber
tha Howe and Mr. John Lelk visited
their brothers , Bob and Norton Howe ,
In Randolph Inst evening.
Mr. nnd Mrs. A. M. Kelson of Bn-
7.1ne. Kan. , are guests at the homo of
J. T. Thompson. Mr. Kelson Is a
brother of Mrs. Thompson.
Commissioner Harding of Meadow
Grove was In town this morning on
his way homo from attending a meet
ing of the county board nt Madison.
Dr. W. T. Kile of Platnvlow was in
the city on his way homo from Minne
apolis , where ho had accompanied
Harry Hackett , who withstood a se
rious operation for kidney trouble.
The boy stood the operation well and
hns a good chance for recovery.
Among the out of town guests who
attended the twentieth wedding anni
versary celebration of Mr. and Mrs.
McKim of Lincoln and Mrs. Trimmer
and son of Decntur , 111. Mrs. Trimmer
nnd son have been hero n week visit
ing nt tbo Dunn home.
"Duke's Dog Show" wns an aggre
gation In town this morning. The out
fit wns on its way to Slonx Falls.
A jolly lawn social wns held nt the
home of Rev. nnd Mrs. W. J. Turner
Inst night. A hnlf hundred little people
ple played with "jack lanterns" for a
couple of hours , and every mlnnto was
enjoyed.
Sam Goon Is among the Norfolk poo-
pie who intend to visit Omaha during
the Aksarben festivities. Ho will go
down to Omaha next Wednesday.
Snm has friends there whom ho hns
not seen for ten yenrs.
The Trinity Soclnl guild gave their
first dancing party of the season at
Marqunrdt hall lant night. About thir
ty couples attended. Music was fur
nished by the Norfolk orchestra.
Punch wns served during the evening.
Report from the bedside of Roy Car
ter thin morning Bays that ho Is im
proving slowly. It Is believed that ho
Is considerably better thnn ho wna
when ho wns brought homo from Col
umbus , nnd It Is hoped tlmt he will
escape a long siege of serious Illness.
Some miscreant threw n brick
through a window In Frank Weslon's
residence last night after the family
had retired. Fortunately the brick did
not strike a person , so no ono was
hurt. If It was thrown by some ono
who was displeased , it was a very low
way of seeking revenge.
A number of ladles were entertained
yesterday afternoon at the homo of
Mrs. 13. O. Mount , in honor of Mrs ,
Collamor , who Is visiting friends In
Norfolk from Sioux City. Guests In
cluded n number of members of the
former music club , of which Mrs.
Mount nnd Mrs. Collamer were both
members.
Mr. nnd Mrs. S. F. Dunn celebrated
their twentieth wedding anniversary
yesterday and In honor of the occa
sion a largo number of their friends
and neighbors perpetrated n surprise
upon them last night. A number of
beautiful gifts , as tokens for their es
teem of the host and hostess , were
brought by the visitors.
The original Swedish-American
characterization , "Yon Yonson , " will
appear at the Auditorium on October
11 for a return visit. During the last
fifteen years , "Yon Yonson" has prov
en a great success nnd the indications
are that the famous play will continue
to do so ns long as the high standard
of the production is maintained.
The South Dakota board of par
dons has announced that the case in
which n pardon Is sought for A. J.
Ault , formerly of Bonesteel , who shot
and killed Kid English , a young sport
In Bonesteel at the opening of the res
ervation rush , will be hoard October
17. Mrs. Anlt has secured the names
of a largo number of persons as sign
ers to her petition.
White shoes among women made a
hit In Norfolk during the season that
Is Just coming to a close. The whlte-
ly clad feminine feet , in fact , seem to
have almost outdone the feet garbed
In black. An Illustration of the pop
ularity of the whiteness was seen at
a dancing party given In Norfolk last
night. Among thirty young women on
the door , twenty-one were whlto shoes
making forty-two shoes of this color
In nil.
Dr. .1. C. Meyers and bride arrived
in Norfolk last night nfter a trip to
his old home at Indianapolis and Chi
cago. Mrs. Meyers was formerly Miss
Orana Bell of Gnlena , 111. They were
married recently at the home of the
bride in Il'ilnols. Dr. MeKlm , state
xeterlnarlan , has hnd cKnrrjc of the
practice of Dr. Meyers during the M-
tcr's absence. Dr. and Mrs. Meyers
have for the time being taken a suite
of rooms In the Cotton block.
A horse and buggy that had been 1
tied on the street during the day was
taken up by Nightwatchman decker
about 3 o'clock this morning and given
care in the rKantz livery. This morn
ing it developed that the rig belongs
to A. J. Durland. lie drove it down
town yesterday afternoon and left It
for his brother C. B. to drive home.
But he forgot to toll his brother about
it , and when C. B. was ready to go
homo lie walked. As a result the horse
fell into tbo clutches of the police this
morning.
Bonesteel Pilot : Mr. nnd Mrs. Jul
ius Schroeder , living southwest of
town , brought their baby to Dr. Ken-
aston Monday in a peculiar condition.
Mrs. Schrocdor wns visiting at the
homo of Geo. Yesser , seven miles
southwest , and the little one was put
on the bed for an afternoon nap nnd
when discovered , life was nearly gone.
The story goes that two other babies
had Keno to sleep on this same bed
and were found dead. The mystery
surrounding their death has not yet
been fathomed.
A want ad that Is distinctly unique
appears in the want columns of The
News today. George Keller , the man
who will be remembered as having ap
peared In the city with a sign on his
hat which tells where he Is from , ad
vertises today that he will pay $5 to
the first man or woman who can make
a hat mark like the one he wears on
his hat. lie Is to be reached by the
general delivery at the postofflce.
Now won't some loyal citizen of Norfolk -
folk man or woman save the repu
tation of the city and make a hat mark
like that of George's ?
Thursday was the biggest day in
point of attendance ever known at the
Madison county fair. Madison was i.
crowded from end to end with visit .
ors , and the buggies were jammed in
together at the fair grounds so com
pactly that there wns scarcely room to
brentho In. Mayor Smith said that
there were 3,500 paid admissions into
the fair grounds that day , by far ex
ceeding the next best day ever known.
Tlmt was Norfolk day , nnd this , In
part , Is tnken as a reason for the
largo crowd. There were probably C-
000 visitors In Madison. The races
were fair and the displays excellent.
BUY PLANING MILL BUILDING.
Blakeman & Coleman Have Purchased
Piano Warehouse.
Blnkeman & Colemnn hnvo pur
chased tbo building formerly occupied
by tbo International Harvester com
pany , on Phillip avenue , nnd will re
model the structure , tearing portions
of it out nnd rebuilding , until It is
sultnblo for use ns a permanent ware
house. For years this building served
as the Wheaton planing mill. I
