TUB NORFOLK NBWS : t'UIDAY.JANUARY 18. mm. NORFOLK FARMER FILLS VACANCY - " CY IN COMMISSIONERS. SUCCEEDS GEORGE D. SMITH The County Board , Constating of the Judge , Clerk and Treasurer , Held a I Meeting at Madison After 6 O'clock Last Evening. fKrom Wi'ilnc-mlny's Dnllv. , Durr Tnft of Norfolk wns appointed commissioner to Kcrvo on the county ( board as successor to George D. Smith , f at n meeting of the board consisting of tlie county clerk , county treasurer and county Judge In Madison shortly after C o'clock last night. Mr. Tuft and A. N. McOlnnls were the only candidates for the place mid the friends of Mr. Taft predominated to such an extent throughout the county that ho wns se lected. Tito board of county coinmlsslonern adjourned yesterday to meet at 1 o'clock this alternoon in Madison , when the new commissioner will take his scat. Mr. Taft and Mr. McGlnnis were In Madison yesterday , returning last night. Mr. Taft went over to the coun ty seat again at noon today. 1 * ; WEDNESDAY SIFTINGS. 1 Miss Anglo Wilkinson la on the sick 1 list. V Lee Vaahman went to Omaha ycstor- ' day. day.W. W. M. Hobcrtson went to Sioux City today. Hen Held went to Sioux City this morning. E. A. Korth went to Wayne this morning. V. Ci. Coryell went to Nellgh this morning. "Dene" Kryger has gone to Noligl on business. Francis Marks of Creighton was hero today. M. Nichols of Foster was In Norfolk this morning. O. M. Low was in Norfolk yesterday from Stnnton. W. n. Weygint of Clearwater was hero yesterday. J. U. Crane of Meadow Orovo was in the city over night. Elmer Dalbcrg of St. Edward was in Norfolk over night. C. L. Johnson of Ncligh was in Nor folk this morning. John Hoar of West Point was In Norfolk this morning. Matt Classen , jr. , of Madison , was in Norfolk this morning. Fred II. Free of Plainvlew arrived In Norfolk on the early morning train today. W. S. Brown and J. A. Dudley of v Spencer were early arrivals today. Lew Watson of Dodge was in the city yesterday enrouto to Pierce. C. 'E. Burnham went to Tllden yes terday to attend a bank election. N. A. Huinbolt and W. II. Buchob went to Omaha this noon on business. Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Kemper ot O'Neill were early arrivals in the city this morning. Ray Roberts , formerly employed in the express office here , has returned from Kansas City. Mrs. E. H. Luikart and baby are here from Tllden , visiting at the home of Mrs. Anna Luikart. Miss Louise Weills will return to Omaha tomorrow to resume her studies I dies In Brownell Hall. The Norfolk orchestra goes to Creighton January 12 and to Verdlgre January 13 to play for dances. R. R. Dixon , an O'Neill attorney , passed through Norfolk nroute to his home , after having attended court at Butte. C. C. Hughes , general superinten dent of the Northwestern railroad for the Nebraska & Wyoming division , has gone to Chicago. W. II. Bucholz arrived In Norfolk last night from Oakland , Cal. He did not leave Oakland until Sunday night , and was thus delayed a day longer than ho had planned on his arrival in Norfolk. Mrs. James Walton Is on the sick list. list.Mrs. Mrs. J. C. Aid and family loft Nor folk at noon today for their new homo In. Council Bluffs , Iowa. Word from Conductor Hutcheson , recently taken to Phoenix , Ariz. , for his health , is not encouraging. A crippled engine delayed the main line Northwestern train from the west two hours yesterday , and the Bone- Bteel train accordingly. G. M. Kraus arrived in Norfolk this morning from Plainviow to take charge of the Peerless saloon , which ho re cently purchased from Henry Hasen pllug. Wesley Roberts , the little son of W. W. Roberts , Is suffering from an at tack of appendicitis and will submit to a surgical operation as soon as his condition can be made fit for the work. Mapes & Hnzen have just Installed a Globe-Warneke filing case to bo used in their abstract work. They report their books up to date , and persons are invited to call. Books and records are free to the public. Marlon Owens and Miss Susie P. Thompson of Madison county wore married yesterday at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Simpson in Warner- vlllc , Rev. W. R. Peters of Norfolk of ficiating. The young couple will make their home seventeen miles south. Dr. Buchanan , the physician who has just built a new 25-room hospital on the Rosebud reservation near the Sully flats , was in Norfolk yesterday. Ho was here enrouto to his homo on iho Rosebud from Yankton , where he had practiced medlclno thirty years before - fore going Into the reservation coun try. ' A family named Domming from Ml - sourl Valley lias moved to Norfolk and will occupy the house at South Nor folk vacated by Conductor J. C. Aid , who has moved to Council Bluffs. OIHI of the Dummlng family In a fireman and the other a brakcnmn on the Northwestern. Word has been received In this city of the marriage of Mrs. Kathleen Rich ardson , but the niimo of her new hus band has not yet been revealed. The couple are now enjoying a honeymoon In Omaha. In several letters that Mrs , Richardson has written , she has told friends that she was married but In each Instance she has kept the name of her husband out of the letter and she has cautioned her friends that the wedding Is a secret. ,1. 11. Conley , a well known Norfolk man who bus lived In this city for many years , was married at Fremont at 10 o'clock this morning to Mrs. Hal- tie Stone , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I'orter of this city. They will bo at Ilium1 after February 1 at the Conley Immi' , on South Thirteenth street. The news of the marriage will como as a surprise to ninny friends In Norfolk , who will join In showering congratu lations when the couple returns to this ? lty. lty.For For the first time since Judge Wcs torvelt has been on the bench , a fire was built In his court room at ! ) o'clock this morning. He had been going without a lire with the Idea In mind of saving coal for the city , but ho heard so many expressions that , "wo might as well do without a police court. " that ho decided to open the olllce , have i lire , and , more than that , see that the department of Justice was removed from the police force to the ofllco of the police Judge. The Nebraska National bank , at 1U meeting of stockholders and director * vostorday afternoon , re-elected nil of Itq olllcers. A meeting of the stock holders was held In the afternoon , at which a chairman and two judges of election were chosen. The two judges of election , Messrs. Blakeman and Benedict , remained at the ballot box until nil ballots had been cast for dl rectors. The stockholders' mooting reconvened after the election , the box was opened and the ballots counted The board of directors was ro-oloctei throughout , as follows : M. Benedict A. II. Klesau , F. A. Blakeman , II. C Saltier , C. A. Johnson of Fairfax. S IX ; Isaac Powers and Ceorgo D But- torlleld. The directors then re-elected the olllcers of the bank throughout , as follows : George IX Buttcrfiold , presi dent ; C. A. Johnson , Fairfax , S. IX , vice president , and W. P. Logan , cash ier. The condition of the bank as shown by the books , wns particularly satisfactory to the directors , there be ing three times the amount of business shown by the bank at this meeting move than that shown a > car ago. TRADED GUNJOR CHICKENS Sick Squaw at Home Needed Some thing to Eat Broke Precedent. Indian story writers dwell at length upon the high value the Indians used to place upon guns and ammunition , mil many are the tales wo road about Indian warriors trading valuable furs nr as many as three or four ponies for a musket or outworn shotgun. This may have been the case In some local ities of the United States , but the In- ilians of the early days of the Elkhorn valley settlements placed no such val ue on firearms , as is shown by the fol lowing true incident of the early scv- nties. The Poncas and Santees used to camp each winter along the Elkhorn and hunt and trap along the river and Its tributaries. One day an old buck with a gun In his hands appeared at the door of the log house of one of the early settlers. The man was away at a distant market with wheat and other farm products to get the winter supply of Hour and groceries. His brave pioneer neer wife stood In the door-way and asked the Indian what ho wanted. The Indian gave her to understand by signs that he wanted something to eat , "coff , " ho said , meaning coffee. The wife said she had "no coff , " and showed him potatoes , about all there was in the house till her husband re turned. "Ugh , no , " said the Indian. "Bquaw sick , " and holding out his gun , Bald , "me swap. " The wife told him she had nothing to "swap. " The Indian saw some chickens in the yard , and pointing to them said , "Mo swap , cuckodoodledoo , " holding up ono finger , and "cutcutcutah , " hold Ing up four fingers. The wife took the gun and examIned Inod It , a musket that had been re bored for a shot gun and seeing that It was well worth the price of a rooster and four hens , she said "all right , me swap ; " and after placing the gun in the house went out and helped the In dian catch the chickens for his sick squaw. The gun afterwards proved a valuable means of adding to the fam ily larder from the thousands of ducks and prairie chickens that in those days covered the sloughs and prairies. HOUSE WAS FLOODED. Water Commissioner Called to South Tenth Street In Night. Water Commissioner August Brum- mum ! was routed out of bed at 11 o'clock last night to stop a flood in the house at 207 South Tenth street , recently vacated by Don Cameron. The cellar wan filled with water and the house waa flooded on the lower door so that water was running out into the street. Mr. Brumraund Khut the water off and stopped the trouble. CLUD WILL HOLD PUDLIC MEET * INQ IN CITY HALL. NOTED SPEAKER WILL DE HERE Officers of the Club Were Unanimous ly Re-elected at Meeting of Direct ors Last Night Union Depot Was Discussed Steps Delng Taken , ( From NVi'iliiowlny'H liiilly.l Friday , January 19 , has lioon sot for the date of the banquet and public mooting of the Commercial club of Norfolk. The banquet will bo held In the city hall at 8 o'clock that night and at the banquet ( hero will bo a very full discussion of subjects Inter esting to the Commercial club mem bers. There will be a speaker from abroad of note , llo has not an yet boon selected , but It will be a very prominent man. The committee In charge of the af fair are W. R. Hoffman. C. P. Parish < ind C. E. Burnham , which Insures a uccoss. Local members to speak will 10 named later by the president. Officers All Re-elected. At a mooting of the directors of the Mub last night the olllcers who have ind charge of the club work during the last year , wore unanimously re-elected for the ensuing year They are : W. M. Robertson , president ; H. A. Paso- > valk. vice president ; D Mathowson , secretary ; George D. Butterlleld , trea miror. Discuss Union Depot. Last night the directors discussed union depot and arranged to tnl ; ' every possible stop toward the secur ing of a union station In Norfolk. Something bus already boon dune In the mnttor , and the club directors feel encouraged. THIS HOG HADJLIND STAGGERS Many Remedies Were Tried Cutting off the Tall , Whiskey , Etc. Editor News : Wo and Pa hart a o\ norlonco with a hog with the blind staggers that I thought some of your farmer readers ( hat have hogs might like to know. We found a hog that would way about ono-llfly In the wal ler-hole one morning a golu' round and round lookln' as happy as a turtle on a sand bar although the water waa nigh on to freczln' . Pa said the brute iniiHt have the blind staggers and that we must get him out or he'd go up. So I waded in and steered him ashore and he lay down for a rest. Wo put him In another lot by himself so he wouldn't get in the waller-hole agin , and there was a ash tree in the lot that I thought might do him good if he'd go aionnd it , fer I'd heenl that Tshos wax good fer hogs. Pa says ah bosh" when 1 mentions the asli reo to him. but anyways 1 steered the over to the tree and ho com- nenovl goln' round and lound it but ic didn't KPPIII to nit either better or , vns. Pn thought that a good warmln' ip after Ills cold swim would do him stood so ho warmed up some slop with ome condlshun powder In it and I slipped a rope over the hogs nose and nto his month and over a llm of that ish tree and pulled his face up so hat pa could pore the dope down his hroat. The hog seemed to feel bettor iftor this and went round and round little faster'n he had been goln1. Pa brow some ears of corn fer him to eat ) iit he walked right over 'em as if bey's only wuth eight cents a bushel. Next day a nayber happened along and pa took him out to see the hog .vhlch . was still goln1 round and round. The nayber said he'd never had a hog n that fix , but that his grandfather lad and that ho always cured 'em by cnttln a piece off the end of their tales : ind rubbin1 their foreheads with a > ag of salt and pepper. He said It waz caused by a boadjucatlon of blood In he forehead that made 'cm blind and that the salt and pepper would drive the blood away and the excess could out o' their tales. So me and pa went to work after the nayber had one and I rubbed the hogs head with a bag of peppor'n salt while pa cut a piece off his tale. When wo got done with htm the hog went round and round Jest the same as afore. By this time pa waz gettln' discouraged and he said If the critter wasn't any better next mornln * he'd shoot him out of his mlzery. But that evenln' a Irishman who worked on the section happened in to see about some wood and he told pa that blind staggers waz caused by snake-bite. Ho said thcro'd never bin a case of blind staggers In all Ireland since St. Patrick drove out the snakes , but before that his annslstcrs lost hundcrds every year from that cause Ho said that the sure remedy that had been handed down for gonyratlons in the onld country waz to give the hog a quart of pure Irish whiskey to get him drunk and he'd git well Just the same as a man would that had been bit by a snake. Pa thought it waz wuth tryln1 so he glv the Irishman a dollar to git a quart of the real Irish whiskey. When he got back mo and pa took the lantern and wo all went out to the hog-olt and I put the rope on agon and they poured the whiskey down his throat. The hog seemed dazed at first , then he waked up all at once and started round the other direction from what he'd bin a goln' , an' his tnlo stuck out and ho went part of the time on three legs and seemed to stagger wus than ever. The Irishman said that was a good sign and that he'd be nil right In the mornln' , but that "It's a pity to waste such good whiskey on a hoi ; . " Next mornln' the IIOR wnz dt'd and 1 thought I'd wrlto you about It an' If you'd print It maybe It would help Home farmer who ban a hog with the blind HttiRKors. "Yourn , "Johnny Dumper. " CARDERRY STILL LOW. No Hope Held Out For His Recovery , Though He Still Lives. Patrick rarborry was iitlllory low this afternoon and his family holds out no hope for his recovery , though ho has survived many Imuni longer ban they had thought pimslliln. Railway Superintendents Meet. A monthly meeting of railway su- lorltitondonln of the Northwestern sys- cm was hold In Norfolk yontnrday. rho meeting wan attended by Huporln- oiidnnl ( ' . (1. Harmon of ( 'hiulron. An- HlHtanl ( Jononil Superintendent Frank Wallt'iti of Fremont , General Suporln- Midi-lit ( ' . f. Hughes of Norfolk and nporlnliMident ( ' . II. Reynolds of Nor folk THESE STORES TO CLOSE EARLY \ ' 1WI Announcement ID ivlndc by Business Firms of Closlm ] Hours. We , the undersigned , hereby agree o oloso our stores during the year I'.lOfi of evenings except Saturday evenIng - Ing and Iho month of December , at I5IO : ! o'clock. The Johnson Dry Goods Co. , The Star Clothing Store , Heeler Bros. , Nor folk Shoo Co. , Hoffman & Vlele , A. Hucholz & Co. , J. K. K. Durland , Uauiii Bros. , Antlies K Smith , J. W. Hum phrey , Frank E. Davenport. QUAIL PLENTIFUL NOW. Commercial Traveler Tells of Expcrl cnccs In Antelope County. Clearwater , Nob. , .Ian. 10. Kdllni N'ows : Have you noticed how thick the < | iinl arc since Iho hunting HOII son closed ? I Hcnro up ImiidrcdM of thorn every day in my drives from town to town. During the two \\ooKn open Wilson In November mv frloni mid 1 hired two quail dogs and a bo > ID curry gnmo and wont nut lor a Iwi weeks' hunt. We hunted a week am having seen only tluee covles , wont Inline denouncing our luck ami tin previous hard winter that had killer off all the quail. But as soon an ! < Hhoollng season closed Iho grass was full of quail. The other day the llvorv man who was driving my rig surprise ! a covy In the road and before the ) rould get out of the way the wheels o tin- buggy passed over two , sovorlm , the head from the body. I picked then up and had them r.orvcd up at the hotel that night "a la turtledove. " In nearly all the towns along the river I see boys come In from hunting trips with rabbits hanging conspicu ously from their game bugs. It Is truly surprising the number of rabbit hunters there are slime the quail sea son closed. In cold wen I her the same rabbit will doubtless do service for everal days ns a blind , but up at No- licit a drayman told mo confidentially ( lie other day that some of the boys hud oven gone further than that anil Tried two stuffed rabbits with them when they went hunting so they would l/o sine of having a coiton-tall hanging ml of onch side of their game bags when they returned to town. J. A GIVES NORFOLKJNLY ONE TERM Senator Burkett Introduces BUI Divid ing State In Federal Court. A dispatch from Washington says : Senator Burkett Introduced a bill to llvldo the state of Nebraska Into two iidlcial districts. His bill has the olid support of the Nebraska dcloga- lon. lon.The The newly created district , accord- ng to the bill , Is composed of the fol- owing counties : Cass , Otoe , Johnson , Nemaha , Paw- IPO , Richardson , Gage , Lancaster , Siunders , Butler. Seward , Saline , Jef ferson , Thayer , Flllmoro , York , Polk , lamilton , Clay , Nuckolls , Webster , \dams , Kearney , Franklin , Harlan. Phclps , Gosper , Furnas , Red Willow , rontier , Hayes , Hitchcock , Dundy. hase and Perkins , with the waters thereof. " It Is provided that the present Judge , he present clerks , district attorney , ils assistant , marshal , deputy mar shals and referees of bankruptcy res ident In the northern district shall continue In office until their terms ex pire. pire.Tho The president Is empowered to ap point a now district Judge , a new mar shal and a now district attorney , with p Rnmo salaries and fees as now paid and charged. All causes now pending except crlm 'nal ' , over which the new court would have Jurisdiction arc transferred to the now district , while the northern dis trict Is given jurisdiction of all the other cases , save where the cases have reached such a singe that tboy should bo completed where begun. Regular terms for the northern dls trlct nro prnvlripi ) n O" > aba beginning ! on the fourth Monday In April and at Norfolk on HIP first Monday In Febru-j ary. The southern district regular terms shall bo held at Lincoln on the first Monday In October and the first Monday In May of each year. The terms shall not bo limited to any par tlcular number of days , and special terms of the court shall be hold In both districts whenever deemed neces sary by the Judges , who shall fix the time. The state Is continued as ono dis trict for the hearing of criminal causes and holding of grand Juries , "with all the Jurip'i'ptlon ' and powers of each , roapecUroljr. " NORFOLK WILL MAKE AN EFFORT TO SECURE PEDAGOGUES. DOO TEACHERS WILL ATTEND The Location for the Annual Meeting of the Northern Nobrnokn Teachers' Association Hns Not Yet Ueen De termined $100 Will be Rained. An ofTorl Is being miidn by the Coin- uorclal club and others InloroHlod In ho welfare of Norfolk , to soeuro the nootlng of din North Nebraska Teach- TH' association , which comes each veiir In April. Thn meeting wns held lore last your and ( lie metIng ! place 'or next year In now In the linlanco. Cnliiiiibim and Fremont nro In the leld for the meeting , an well an Nor folk. In order to slrenilhen ; Norfolk's lalm for Iho meeilnjf , a j'.inmiiiloo fund of $100 will ho ruined mnmii , ' the MinlnoH'i moii , the eheiilar lor nlgmi- ill-en being pioHolilod by leaeheni of he Hchools hero Thin $1(1(1 ( ( uaran- leo fund In to lie used for I lie pnrpono if defraying the O\POIIHOM of routing an iiidllorlum , pn > Ing high class Icctur ( I'M and Iho HKo , In ( MHO there In not enough money In the treasury for that purpofio , Hiiporlntondi'iit Bed well has charge of ( ho work In Norfolk HiiMirlnton. | limit Wilson of Wayne In at the head of Iho cdinmltliio which lit to dcaldo where the meeting will go. It hi said that-lit lirnst MO tcaclnira will attend llm mootliiK thin year for I limit days , and It Is readily neon that Norfolk would derive a benefit from thin source. II Is argued In favor of Norfolk that by holding the mcollni ; hoio there would bo a Having ennctod to touchers wont of Norfolk , north of Norfolk mid neil boast of Norfolk , ever any othnr point. And nlnco Iho vast imijoilly of loiichnrn In thin dlnlrlct ronldo cloner to Norfolk than to any oilier central point , II In argued that Norfolk Is entitled to Iho mooting Letter Lint. Lint of lotion * nimalnliii ; uncalled for at Iho poHlolllei ) at Not folk , Neb. , Jim. ! ) , IMM1 ! : J A. Alexander , Mm. Queen Bur- I'onl , Iliirrls II. Culler , Mr. Bert Cut ler , Mr. Amlimu Morlor , Mlns Nelllii Nelnon , Pom I .1 Pi enrol , Mr. Harry Turner , K. ( ! . While ( Tiniinlenl ) If mil culled lor In llfteen dayii will bo nenl to the dead letter olllco. Parlies calling for any of the nbovo ploasn say "luheillHod. " John II. lla > n , P. M Superior engravix ) cardn. The Now . TO I GO AND THE H Without Change of Cars VIA PACIFIC R , R , AND Chicago , Milwaukee & St , Paul Ry- For Time Tables and Special Hutcs wo Union Pneille Agnnt , or write F. A NASH. Omaha. Neb. 1524 Farnham St. The word results mcnn1) n whole lot to the farmer of to-day nnd it ia especially attractive to thu homcseelicrortho'ie sec ! , ng new locations. If we tell you of a country where you are sure of HUCCCHH , will you believe us ? It in only neceBBury for you to farm the land and the best results will follow a State which the government reports will show leads in the production of wheat. It also rnnls : among the firat in the mining of corn , alfalfa , timothy und other products , together with stock raising. We iipcak of KANSA The grcnt State of the West , where lands can be purchased from $5 to $30 per acre which equals the returns of the $50 to $150 per acre lands of other States. EAS5TKUN COLORADO is identical in most respects and the same opportunities nru offered there. Buy quick while the lands are cheap and secure the benefit of on excellent invest ment. THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY touches the heart of this rich agricultural region and extremely low rates ore offered , allowing stop-over at pleasure in certain territory for inspec tion of lands , etc. Write us and we will send you free ilcscrintivc literature and full information. H. C. TOWNSEND , CINtRAL PAbCCMCtn AND TICKET AOOTT. ST. LOUIS , MO. none VISITORS RATES vialLUISOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD The Date November 27 "A chance to visit your old home. Why not spend Thanksgiving with old friends once more ? The Illinois Central makes this possible by offering exceptionally low rates for the round trip as shown bclowo with twenty-one day HmlL" Toronto , Ont. J33.55 Indianapolis , Ind 23.20 Louisville , Ky 20.00 Detroit , Mich 25.35 Buffalo , N. Y 33.00 Y V SL'5fS"ft'Vyi' Ji x / Columbud , 0 28.15 \ siyU tfaS r / Cincinnati , O $27.35 V C y . - Toledo , 0 25.70 Plttsbnrg , Pa 31.00 Wheeling. W. Va. 31.70 Bloomlngton , 111 1C.C5 Springfield , 111 17.-15 Decatur , 111 17.90 Kankakeo , III 18.00 Correspondingly low rates to nearly all points In the above states. For full particulars call nt 1402 Farnam SL , Omaha , or write , SAMUEL NORTH , District Passenger Agent , Omaha , Neb.