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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1906)
' 11K NOKKOl.K NtiWS : PHIDAY milM'AHY L'8 , 11)05. ) rZ * NORFOLK BUSINESS MAN INTERFERES - FERES WITH PLANS. WRONG IMPRESSION FOLLOWS Miss Florence Gaylord Would Have Been Mrs. Emll Matthes Today But For a .Mis-Statement .Concerning Her Age by a Passenger on Train. Miss Florence Gaylord would luivo been trs. Etnll Matthes today but fern n telephone call to the County .Indue at Wayne just as Mr. Matthes was rendy to sign the license. A Norfolk business man had told the sheriff that Miss Guylord was but fourteen and lie got his Information to the county clerk just in time to stop the Issuing of the license , and today It waits In Wayne all ready for the signature. Miss Gnylord and Einll Matthes of Stanton took the early train to Wayne Monday morning expecting to bo mar ried and with the knowledge of Mrs. L. M. Gaylord , her mother. No par ental objections had been raised to the union , except the youth of the couple. Miss Gaylord will not bo eighteen until Friday , and Mar. Matth es Is just a little more than twenty. When they reached Wayne they wont to the hotel , where Miss Gaylord re malned while Mr. Matthes hied himself - self to the court house to secure a license to marry. In the meantime a Norfolk business man , who bad ridden up on the same train , informed the sheriff of the contemplated marriage and stated that the prospective bride was but fourteen years old. Sheriff Mears immediately went to Miss Gaylord - lord and talked with her about It She asserted her true ago , but ho de cided to stop the Issuance of the license until ho could talk with her parents in Norfolk. The sheriff and the judge then talk ed to Mr. Gaylord over the telephone but the young folks had decided tc * put off the wedding and so returned to Norfolk Monday evening un I married. Many untrue rumors were rite upon their return and they have kept closely to the Gaylord homo since. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. T. D. Priest of Batlle Creek was Ir Norfolk Monday. C. II. Vail went to Tllden Tuesday noon on business. Max Tiedke of West Point is in the city on business. L. .1. Garage of Columbus came Tuesday evening. Herman Hecht of Plainvicw was in the city yesterday. Eugene Crook of Meadow Grove is in the city on business. A. R. Davis of Wayne stopped eve In Norfolk Tuesday noon. City Attorney Weathcrby weot to Omaha Wednesday noon. J. Dr. .T. C. Myers made a business . trip to Battle Creek Tuesday. August Karo went to South Omaha today with a load of hogs. R. M. Dutcher came down fron Plainview Tuesday evening. R. S. Dickinson of Columbus came up on business Tuesday evening. A. G. Mayers came down from Bat tie Creek this morning on business. The oldest daughter of Rober Schoenfeldt is seriously ill with the brain fever. A. V. Anderson came down from Neligh Monday on a business trip. W. G. Weber of Humphrey spcn a few hours in Norfolk between trains Tuesday. T. D. Best , proprietor of the Battle Creek hotel , was in the city Monday on business. Charles R. Hays is in the city from Denver for a short visit at the home of his parents , Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hays. He will be here until tomorrow noon. S. O. Campbell and E. L. Rubel of Creighton spent Tuesday in the city on business affairs. Mrs. M. Lovelace came down from Battle Creek Monday to consult with an attorney regarding a will. E. R. Perfect of Kansas City , state agent for the American Insurance company , is in Norfolk on business. George Mnyes of Tilden accom panied his wife as far as Norfolk yes terday on her way to St. Joseph , Mo. Homer Wilson , cashier of the First National Bank of Wayne , was in Nor folk yesterday on his way to Plain- view. O. II. Phllbrick of Coleridge spent Monday night in the city. Ho has just aranged to act as agent for Cedar county for the Sturgeon Music com pany , Mrs. Seth Jones and Mrs- . Charles Pierce of Winnetoon came to Norfolk Tuesday morjiing to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Van Horn. Mrs. Jones left in the afternoon for Ashland , Wis. Mrs. Pierce will remain for several days and visit with her parents. S. W. Wanser and his nephew , Ster ling , were In the city yesterday from , v > South Dakota. ' Commissioner John H. Harding of Meadow Grove stopped over night In Norfolk on business. Charles Sizer of Ewing came down Tuesday morning to visit with R. B. Severn for several days. Mrs. J. C. Myers left today for her old homo in Galena , 111. , to visit for several weeks with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gahleman of Green Garden are visiting for a few days with the family of B. Kottleson. The Degree of Honor will hold a special meeting tonight. Tomorrow , Washington's birthday , will .be observed by banks and a few other Institutions In Norfolk. George Berry has recovered from n aovero slogo of sickness and In now able to be > tp and about his home. The county commissioners mot yes terday at Madlmm to consider the propositions for letting road grading contracts. A pair of robins were seen yester day by John Freythaler In his park east of the city. They seonied bright and happy , and hopped around just as sprightly as If It were the middle of summer. This Is the llrst report that tas been made of any robins seen this spring Ray Do Putrou , for several years : mo of the star baseball players on the Nebraska university team which won so many victories all over the conn- ry , spent last night In Norfolk. Mr. Do Pntron Is now on the road as a commercial traveler and makes his lomo at Lincoln. F. 11. Chandler received word of ho death of his father at Red Oak , Iowa , Monday following an operation for a clot of blood upon the brain. Mr. Chandler was well along In years and was unable to survive the opera tion. Ills grandson , Pat Chandler , has gone to Red Oak to attend the funeral. Charles Hartford and W. J. Ilahn drove Into the country Tuesday after noon and managed to get three ducks on the Northfork. One of them was a mallard and the others were teals. Probably they would have gotten a larger bag If they had gene out to hunt ducks but these three they secured cured only In passing. O. N. Stnckey , railway mall clerk on the Northwestern between Norfolk and Long Pine on trains No. 3 and -1 , has purchased the residence property of E. E. Adams on South Fifth street and will make It his homo In the fu lure. Mr. Stuckoy will soon move In. Mr. Adams leaves for St. Paul where he has accepted a position as train dispatcher. Will Piller has returned homo from Huron , S. D. , and will accept a posl tlon at the Oxnard bar. C. J. Dugan , who leaves , will go to Shoshoni within a few days to make his homo there Mr. Dugan has many friends In Nor folk who will hope that at the end of the rush to the Shoshone reservation ho may return to Norfolk and continue his residence here. Another beautiful spring morning dawned in this mid-wintor month to day and Norfolk can almost hoar the melodious song of the meadow lark out in the open fields. All remnants of the white blanket that recently cov cred the earth have disappeared , the yellow sun beams down merrily , over coats have taken to the attics and the furnace has no appetite for coal Farmers arc getting their fly nets ready for use and plows are beginning to work out of their winter hiding places. Nebraska , South Dakota , Wyoming and several other states , included Ir the sixth division of the railway mai service , are just now in the hands o : the government weighers. The mails on all trains in the division are beinj , weighed every day for the purpose o getting an average of the weight o malls , so that contracts can bo made by the government with the railroads This weighing will continue for nlnetj days. Other states In the division are Iowa , Illinois , Kansas and Missouri The weighers get $90 per month. The Madison County Association o Retail Druggists will meet In Norfoll Thursday afternoon. This is the firs meeting they have held since their or ganization last fall and It is probable that a number of very interesting themes for discussion will bo brought up. The county association is part of the national body , which is making a strong fight against cut prices on pat ent medicines. All but three or four of the drug stores in the county belong - long to the organization and a strong ffort will bo made to bring them in that there may bo no shattering of prices duo to cutting by independents. Miss Fleming , instead of Mr. Hyde , attained the honor of making the high est grades in the civil service exami nation hero some time ago. In grad ing the papers , the men and women who took the examinations were marked separately , and Miss Fleming was successful in making the top marks of the nine in Norfolk who took the examination. Mr. Hyde was first among the men who took the tests , but was Incorrectly stated yesterday to be first among the nine. The cor rection is made at the instance of the committee In charge of the civil ser vice work. Miss Fleming IB a teacher In the Norfolk schools and has not yet heard as to the position that will bo offered to her. A telegram was received yesterday from George A. Latimer at Spokane , announcing that Mrs. Latimer was very dangerously ill and not expected to recover , and asking that some of the family como at once , Miss Mattlo Davenport , sister of Mrs. Latimer , ac cordingly left Norfolk on the early train today In the hope of reaching Spokane in time to see her sister. She wont by way of St. Paul , Minn. , and over the Great Northern. The ono surviving hope among Norfolk relatives and friends Is that , In his nerve strain and excitement , Mr. Lat imer , who is naturally of a nervous temperament , may have overestimat ed , to some extent , the grave danger of the situation , but from the tone of the message it Is still feared that the recovery of Mrs. Latimer Is a matter of serious doubt. Among the relatives are Mrs. Mary Davenport , mother ; F. E. Davenport , John Davenport , George Davenport , Carl Davenport , brothers j Mrs. T. E. Odlorno , Mrs. B. C. Gentle , Miss Mattlo Davenport , sisters ; also W. C. Davenport of Sioux City , a brother. MOTHER OF "FOUNDLING" WAS NEIGHBOR OF MILLERS. DID IT TO TEST MRS. MILLER The Baby Found on the Doorstep of the L. A. Miller Home Proved to Have Been Left for Practical Joke by Mother , Who Called to See Child. The leaving of the baby on the door stop of the homo of Mrs. L. A. Mlllor Monday night proves to have boon > nly a practical Joke. Ijisl evening a friend of Mrs. Mil- or'n called on her am ) asked for the iiaby. At the HIIIIIU tlmo , she ussort- . 'd that the Imbo was her own and was only left on the doorstop to see whether Mrs. Mlllor really wouldn't iocp a child that was left that way. Not long ago Mrs. Mlllor had made the statement to this same frloud that who never would keep a child loft enter tor doorstop. Her absolute refusal to Hoop the child , even for a short tlmo , proved her assertion and brought the [ iractlcal Joke to a complete ondlng. Mother Called to See It. Mrs. Mlllor hud a number of callers luring the day to see the now baby and among them was the mother of the child , although at that tlmo she did not suspect the Interest which was shown by her hi the story of the llml- Ing of the child and In the baby boy , himself. Both Mrs. Mlllor and the mother are well sat tailed with the return of the baby , and the efforts of Jo Stuart , the Tllden farmer , to llnd a homo for the child are needless now. How It All Happened. The llttlo baby boy was left on the doorstop of I ho Mlllor homo Monday night and with him was a little- note that said , "Take him and glvo him a good homo and some cU.-tblug. Ho will bo four months old February 21. " The child came at about 0ilO : In tin1 evening , when someone knocked at the door and then disappeared Into the darkness. When Mrs. Mlllor wont to the door , she found the little baby boy and the note. There was no clue to the child's Identity and Mrs. Miller never oven dreamed that ho belonged only a few doors away and that slu had scon him often before. "Ho Is good natured and doesn't cry , " paid Mrs. Miller yesterday when the real mother called to take a peek at the babe that had been loft on the doorstop. "Aro you going to keep hlm"askec the mother. "Oh , no , " replied Mrs. Miller , "We have two children of our own and we couldn't think of keeping him. " "Don't you like him ? " asked tlu , fond mother , trying hard not to rovoaf her unusual Interest on the bluo-oyoc baby. "Oh , yes , wo like him , " said Mrs Miller , to the eminent but not evident satisfaction of the neighbor. "He's as nice a baby as you'd want to see Ho looks like ho had good blood li his veins and I'm amazed to think thai ho over could have belonged to a per son of the kind that drops the babies on doorsteps. " "Well , what are you going to d ( with him ? " asked the anxious prac tical Joker. "Oh , wo don't Just know , " said Mrs Miller , meditatively. "Wo have prom ised to keep the child a day or two until Jo Stuart of Tllden can find a homo for him , on a farm near Tllden but wo positively will not have him around past the end of the week. " "Well , are you going to buy the slnMiltii' thnt Mm nntn nskR for ? " "No , Indeed I'm not. If they wanted their baby so well dressed , why didn't they dress him up before they droppei him around on peoples' doorstops ? " Then the mother , delighted with her visit , reached down with her longlnt fingers , puckered up the cheeks of the llttlo homeless babe , and turned to ward homo. Came Back to Claim Him. Later In the evening the mother re turned. She couldn't got along with out her baby any longer. "I've come for that baby , " she said "I guess I'll take It homo with me You see , it is my very own , any way.1 Mrs. Miller was dazed at the an nouncement. Explanations followed amid roars of laughter which the baby boy did not appreciate. Ho was getting sleepy and wanted to go home. And this morning ho woke up in his own little trundle bed , a few doors away. Ho had had an adventure that does not come in the lives of all men nor babies either and , besides , ho had been the means of clearly demonstrat Ing that Mrs. Miller meant what she said when she declared that she posl lively would not keep a foundling , i ono over happened to bo left on lie doorstep. Notice of Probate of Foreign Will. In the County Court of Madison County , Nebraska. The State of Ne braska , Madison County , ss. To Cornelia Rebecca Wlblo , widow and Robert Edward Wlblo , son , am all persons Interested In the cstat of J. E. Wiblo , late of Gettysburg Adams county , state of Pennsylvania deceased. Whereas , Robert E. Wlblo , execute of the last will and testament of sal J. E. Wlblo , deceased , by Mapes & . Hazon , his attorneys , has filed In m office a duly authenticated copy of a Instrument purporting to bo the las will and testament of J. E. Wlblo. , de ceased , and of the probate thereof b the register of wills in and for Adam ounl.In ( he Hlale of Pommyvitnla ) , nd a iiellilon praying ( hat mild liiHlru tent may be probated , allowed and ecorded In thin court IIH the hist will nd ( cHlaiiictit of said deceased , for ic apixilntmeiil of Hubert 1C.Vlble s evecutor , If neceHMiiry , and for such rocccdlngH as the law rcqulrex. It IH therefore ordered that the Kith ay of March , IHtH'i. a ( 1 o'clock p m. t ( hi * county court room In Madlitou i Hald county of Minllnou , IH the time ml place appointed for hearing mild latter when all permitis liilcrcHlcd lereln may appear at the hearing In ic county court to he held In and ir said county and show caiiHo , If any lore he , why the prayer of the pell- oner should not be granted and the aid Instrument probated , and that otlce of the pendency of mild petition ml the hearing thctcoii be given to persons InlcrcHlcd by publishing copy of Ihta order In The Norfolk Veekly NewH-.loiinial , a legal news- a per printed , publlnbeil and of goner- I circulation In said county , for three iteccHHlvo weekit prior to mild day of earing. Wit ness my hand and olllclal m > al at IndlMiu In said coiiniy , ( hta 17th day f February , A. I ) . I'.lllli. I Seal | Win. ItatcH , County Judge. Notice to Bridge Contractors , Public notice Is hereby given that oalcd bids will bo received by the oitnty commissioners of Madison oiinty , Nebraska , for the furnishing of II the necessary mnterali and laborer or the coiiHtructlon , erection and omplotloii of the following wooden irldges , or so many thereof as shall 10 ordered built by the said county ommlHHlonorH , for the year beginning March 20 , 190G , and ending March 1 ! , 907 , towlt : One fiO-ft. , M-ft. roadway , wooden irldgo across Union creek on the nee- Ion line road near the farm of O. S. Christ Ian , east of Madison , Nob. Ono GS-ft. , M-ft. roadway wooden irldgo across South Taylor creek on lie section Hue road between sections JO and 27 , town 22 , range 2. And such other bridges of Ilko class is above as necessity or emergency shall icqiilro said county coiiimtaHlo'i- rs ( o order constructed during said > orlod. All such bridge's shall bo what Is commonly called a pile and stringer irldgo. to bo built In accordance with he plans and specifications heretofore idopted by the said county coimnls sloncrH and now on file In the office of ho county cleric of said county at Madison , Nob. At the same tlmo and place as heron - n specified bids will also bo received iy said county commissioners tfor a yearly contract for the repair of all irldgos and approaches to bridge * which may bo ordered repaired and uaintalncd by said county commls sioners during the period above specl 'led ' , said bids to bo at a specified sum i > er unit quantity In placo. At the same tlmo and place as bore In specified bids will also bo received 'or the furnishing of all labor and ma torlals necessary for the construction erection and completion of stool sit portsrueturo and steel and coinenl sub structure for the following steel brldg os , or so many thereof as said comnils sloners shall order constructed with In the period heroin specified , towlt : An 80-ft. span , M-ft. roadway , liter lirldgo across the North Fork of the ISIkhorn rlvor on the section line bo twocn sections M and 115 , Town. 2) ) range 1 , near the dwelling of Adolpl Hlllo. A 70-ft. span , M-ft. roadway , sloe bridge across the North Fork of the Elkhorn river immediately north o the bridge last described. A G8-ft span steel bridge , with IG-ft roadway , and 4-ft. walkway , across Shell creek on Main street In the village lago of Newman Grove , Nebraska. A 90-ft. span steel bridge with 20-ft roadway and G-ft. walkway across Un on creek on Madison avenue In the ty of Madison , Nebraska. Stool and cement sub-structure only : o bo placed under bridge now across : ho Elkhorn river on section 31 , towi 2-1 , range 1 , near what Is known as the Adam Kost farm. All such bridges and parts of bridg es to bo built In accordance with plans and specifications heretofore adopted by the said county commissioners and now on file In the office of the county lerk of said county at Madison , No- iraska. No bid will be considered unless It Is accompanied by a certified check for | 250.00 payable to the county clerk of Madison county , Nebraska , which shall bo forfeited to the county of Mad ison In case the successful bidder re fuses to enter Into a contract If the same should bo awarded to him. The parly receiving the contract will bo required to give a good and suffi cient bond In the sum of $2,000.00 , or such other amount as the said commis sioners may designate conditioned for the faithful performance of said con tract. Bids will bo received at any tlmo prior to 12 o'clock , noon , of March 20 , 190C , by the county clerk of Madison county , nt Madison , Nebraska , and said bids will bo opened at the com missioners' ofllco at Madison , Nebras ka , at 2 o'clock p. m. on March 20 , 190C. All bids shall be made on bidding sheets prepared and furnished by the said county clerk on application. The commissioners reserve tin ; right to reject any and all of said bids. Done by order of the county com missioners of Madison county , Nebras ka , at Madison , Nebraska , this 13th day of February , 1900. Geo. E. Richardson , County Clork. . Always Keeps Chamberlain's Cough Remedy In His House. "Wo would not bo without Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. It Is kept on hand continually In our homo , " says W. W. Kearney , editor of the Indepen dent , Lowry City , Mo. That Is Just what every family should do. When kept at hand ready for Instant use a cold may bo checked In the outset and cured In much less tlmo than after It has become settled in the system. For sale by Leonard the druggist. NORFOLK IS OBSERVING THE HOLIDAY - IDAY FITTINGLY. SCHOOLS WERE ALL CLOSED Banks Did Not Open , Pont.il Carriers Had a Renl , Drug Stored Shut at 10 This Morning and Flags Waved Mer rily In the Breeze. ( Finn , iiH'Hilny'M Putty.1 The Hturn and Htrlpcs are Hying from lag tuuiilH In Norfolk today to do lion- 01 to George WiiHhlngtoti. And there ire oilier signs of ( ho holiday In Nor- oik. oik.The The schoota of I ho clly are cloHi'd u i ohHcrvallon of Ibe day , I ho baiikH ire \ \ cbineil , the poHlolllce IH observing Sunday bourn , rural and clly carrier ! ) ire not on their roulcH , anil drugstores 'limed at 10 Ihta iiioruliig. The day dawned beautifully , with he | blue of the Hag Hprend all over i he | heaveiiH and with the Hlani Just leyoud. , Schools Celebrated Yesterday. The school ) * of the clly celebrated he I day yesterday with oxorclHOH In ill of the gradoH. A great many upleii- lid piogrnuiH were rendered and a urge number of vtaltorH attended. To- lay the school children went merrily Into the frcHh spring air to idiout lust ily for the father of ( heir country and I he mail who never told a lie. Probably the llrnl Hag ( o lly Into the frcHh brcu/.o thla morning wan that.on ( ho ( lagHlarf of the llraaiich building. Mr. Hraasch prides hlumelf upon hav ing been llrnl for a number of yearn to hoist the Hag In honor of Washing ton. MRS. MANWEILER DEAD. After Illness of Three Wcckn , Norfolk Woman Has Succumbed. I From Wi'iliii'Hilny'H Dully. ) MI-H. C. O. Manwollcr died yesterday afternoon at 2:110 : o'clock after an III ness of about three weeks. The cause of her death was pneumonia following an operation for cancer three woolut ago. The husband and two sons were all present at the time of her death as well as a number of friends and relatives. Mrs. Maiiwoller had been Hcrlously III for the pant , leu days and several times her llfo was despaired of hut she always rallied and showed an Improvement until Iho last tlmo. Her anaemic condition , however , was Hitch that she had not the strength to fight off the pneumonia when it In creased In Intensity. Besides her husband two sons , Man rice and Harry , survive hor. She was forty ytmrs old at the tlmo of her death , and had lived mimt of her llf ( In Norfolk where she was well am ! kindly known. The funeral services will bo bold Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the t homo of East Philip avenue ueai First street. Rev. J. F. Poucher wll conduct ( the services. A large mini her id' friends and relatives from out of the city are expected for the ser vices. PLAYS MANYNSTRUMENTS _ Oswald rtelchc IB at the Home of His Parents With Sore Eyes. Oswald Rolcho , the mm of Mr. am Mrs. Carl Ilnlcho south of Norfolk who plays fourteen different muslca Instruments and plays them weir and who , Incidentally , plays six of thorn all at the same time , using hl feet In conjunction with his llngrs IB at the' home of his father , having boon forced to give up a scries of entertain ments on the road because of sore oycs. oycs.Mr. Mr. Holcho plays the Gorman con- ortlua , cornet , snare drum , bass iriim , triangle and symbols all at the same time. Besides these ho plays he Unto and guitar both at. the same line , using his feet for the guitar. \iid then ho plays the harplschord , ) Iano-harp , magic ( lute , mouth harp 'Little Jo , " a new Instrument , and larp of David , a new Invention. Mr. Reicho has been giving enter- ainmonts throughout the state. His 'rionds claim for him that ho can play nero musical Instruments at once than any other man on earth. Letter List List of letters remaining uncalled for at the postolllco at Norfolk , Neb. , February 20 , 1HOG : Mrs. .1. N. Austin , Mrs. Deull Os wald. Mr. A. II. Altman , E. C. Burkett , I. S. Hill M. D. , Master John Mardls. Mrs. Bessie Mlllor , Mr. Walter C. Sharp , Mr. H. A. Wegnor. If not called for In fifteen days will bo sent to the dead letter ofllco. Parties calling for any of the above plcaso say "advertised. " John R. Hays , P. M. ENJOYABLE DANCE. Tuesday Club Enjoys Evening WIs- ner Orchestra Played. The Tuesday club held an enjoyable dance last o-venlng In Marquardt hall with about thirty couples on the lloor. The Wlsnor orchestra furnished the music for the evening. WANTED TO SI * SICK FATHER Indian Boy Is Jailed Here for Running Away From School. Robert Fremont , an Omaha Indian from the Genoa Indian school , Is in the city jail because ho ran away from school to BOO his sick father on the reservation. Ho Is being hold for an officer of the school who is to take him luirit to ( ienuM Monibiy evening hlit uhMcnco wan dlHcovered at the ichool and Immediately efforts were made In llml him and lake him hack IIII l II WIIH prcHiimcd ( hut ho would go nlglil buck ( o the reservation and 'hlef Hay WIIH nollllcd ( o watch for Im In Norfolk , TiicHday afternoon e came In on the Union Pacific on IH way homo. Chief Hay arroHlod him in the even tig ' and lodged him In the city Jail 0 await Hie dlnpoHlllon of the Genoa cbool uulhorlllcH , who were notified iy wire. When questioned about hl > < uiinlug away from the school he did ml HCCIII to uiiilefHlatid that he nlmulil nive UHked for periiilMHlon to go home mloiibl prohably have received it I' lita father WIIH very 111. Mctbodlnt MlnlHlcr Recommends Chnmberlnln'n Cough Remedy. We have iiHi'd Cliiiinherliilii'M cmigli tetlieily In our home for Hevelleurit ml II IIJIH nlwa.\n proved to be a re labie remedy , We have liininl that 1 would do more than Die maiiul'actur I'M claim lor II. II IH cHpcclalh good or cionp ami whooping couib Itev. JllllieH A. I.ewln. 1'nntor Mlliicn , Minn. , M. 10. Church ( 'lllllllberlaln'H Cough Itemedy IH a erliiln cine for croup and ban never teen known to fall. When given IIH HOOII an Hie crimpy cough appears It vlll pievenl Hie attack. For wile by /'onard the drugglHl. A SON. Eight-Pound Boy Has Arrived at Duval Home In California. Word him he-en received of the ar Ival of mi eight-pound hey to Mr and Mi'H. 10. H. Duval , who was formerly \llmi Anna Seymour , at. tholr home In Snllcoy , California. BARBERS GO TO CHICAGO. W. J. llnhn and Frank Schula Leave Soon for Windy City. W. J. Ilahn and Frank Hcbnlii have resigned their poHllloiut In llarlford'i * barber shop and will go to Chicago the llrnl of next week to work In u lll'leeii-chalr shop there. Mr. lluhn will act HH hcconil foreman. FATHER DYING. Miss Katherlne Roller Left Thle Morning for Iowa. MHH | Kalherliie Keller , the clerk In KaiilTman'H confectionary Hlore , wan called homo to Alton , Iowa , ( bin morn Ing by a lelephoiio message saying thai her father WIIH dying. DESPITE HIS PLAY. Whist Team Wins Regardless of Jim Still's Work. The Heights Whist club mot with Itev. and Mrs. J. C. S. Wellls Tues day evening. The loam captained by J. C. Hlltt won by a margin of four points despite the poor play of the captain. GULCH WELL FILLED. Melting Snow Was Carried Off Easily By the New Ditch. "Corporation Gulch" was well filled with running water lasl nlghl that came from Hie melting snow. Even during I be night the snow continued to melt and a goodly stream flowed through the ditch. The new ditch easily carried away the water with no congestion : Miss Adams Dead. Mrs. J. S. McClnry lias received a etter from H. 8. Adams , formerly iianager of the American Boot Sugar iompany's plant In Norfolk , but now ) f Now York , telling of the death of ils only staler , Mary Annette Adams , i maiden lady at Weathorfleld , Conn She lived at Hie family's old home. MYRON STURGEON BETTER. J. D. Sturgeon Receives Encouraging Letter From Son. J. D. Sturgeon has received a lotler rom his son Myron , who Is In Cali fornia for his health , saying that his condition Is greatly Improved and he s recovering nicely fro man attack of rheumatism. Want ado powerful , rapid workers accomplish wonder * . Notice to Contractors. Public notice Is hereby given that sealed bids will bo received by the County Commissioners of Madison L'ounty , Nebraska , for the furnishing ) f labor and materials for the erection and completion of an addition to the bounty Jail now standing on Block 48 if Clark and The Madison Mill Com- imny's Addition to Madison , Nebraska. Said addition to said building to be milt In all respects In accordance with lilans and specifications now on file in the office of the County Clerk of said county at Madison , Nebraska , [ lids will bo received by the County Clerk at his office in Madison , Ne braska , at any tlmo prior to 12 o'clock noon on March 20 , 190C , and such bids will be opened at the Commissioners' office In Madison In said county at 3 o'clock p. m. on March 20 , 1900. No bid will bo considered unless it Is ac companied by a certified check for $ : i5.00 ! payable to the County Clerk of Madison County , Nebraska , which shall bo forfeited to the County of Madison in case the successful bidder refuses to enter Into a contract , if the same shall bo awarded to him. The party receiving the contract will bo required to glvo a good and sufficient bond in the sum of live hundred dollars lars conditioned for the faithful per formance of his contract. The com missioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Done by order of the County Com missioners thli 15th day of February , 1908. Goo. E. Richardson , County Clerk.