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TIIK NOIU'miC ' NEWS ; F1UDA Y , OCTOBHK 2(1 ( 1'JOG , A. J. DURLAND DESCRIBES AN IN TERESTING JOURNEY. HE WENT NORTH INTO ALASKA Was Pleased With the Timber Pi on- pccto ant ) Invested Dcscrlhes Sal mon Fisheries In That Section How He Sailed for 200 Miles. IKrnm Snlunlny'H Pivlly 1 A. J. Durlaiid. wlin IIIIH Jusl returned front a trip to British Columbia nnil Alaska. when1 lie Invented In Umber IniiilB. WMH delighted wllli Unit coun try. Timber vnlne depends on acres- nlblllty to tnnrUet. Mr. Dnrland also IHIH great fallb In Washington and Or egon , because of I belr wealtb and ell- mate. Italliond activity IH booming that section now and every place * seemH to be a quiver with I ho read I- IICHH to lionin. Two new trunk HHCH. 3,000 tulles long , are being Itnllt across Canada. On bin trip Mr. Durland Itopt iv diary which IM of much Interest , an It tells of a unique Journey through a fltrango land. Following IH tbo dlnry. written la tbo form of a letter to bin family In Norfolk : AccominodatloiiH for writing are not the boHt but I am beginning a Hort of a diary of my trip from Vancouver , which If It docH not run too long or too short I will mall to yon later , prob ably from Vancouver as I shall prob- nbly go there on the HI-H ! mall boat. AH I wrote yon wo left Vancouver Tuesday the 1 Hh at I p. in. and had n. moat beautiful trip through the Island passage all the way among the most beautiful Islaadfl and Inlets with occasional whlto peaks peering through the fogs and clouds. 1 had expected wo would reach this Island ( Graham ) In three days , but Instead wo arrived In Port Simpson Friday , 7 p. m. It rained Saturday , necessar ily deferring our departure until Sat urday evening or Sunday. Two In dlans were procured by Uicrolx ( out half breed guide ) to take us by a little schooner , thirty feet In length and ton foot beam , that he had used once ho- fore on this trip. This Is a staunch llttlo boat riding the water llko a duck , has a covered deck and a cabin for ward with a small stove where wo could sleep and cook very nicely by part of the diners taking their meals from the top of the cook house on a hand-out. I had plenty of room to sloop but my feet were so close to tbo hatchway that It was Impossible for mo to keep warm enough. Wo got oft at 8 a. m. Sunday morning with a fair wind for a few hours then It changed to a head wind so that wo spent most of the ( line tacking and only made about thirty miles that day. anchoring In a pretty cove on the north shore of the Northerly ntindas Island. It was a wlerd looking place , too , as different as you can Imagine from anything I ever saw on water before steep shores , not high , but black rocks and pebbles with almost no sand , star-llsh clinging to them on all sides , odd shaped shells under foot and scores of shell fish something like the ahlona fastened to 'the pebbles which must bo dislodged quickly If at all. About the only birds , besides the water fowl of course , In evidence hero are ravens which are not dis turbed by anybody. Monday morning wo got off at S o'clock with a very light wind until 1:15 : p. in. when we got a fair wind that carried us along about live miles an hour. With the Indians a wind blowing In the direc tion you want to go is a "fair wind. " Our captain was a Masset Indian , and therefore piesumably posted on dis tance , etc. He said It was thirty miles across from Dundas island to Hose Spit , the northeast corner of Graham Island , and twenty miles from there to Masset. We sailed along morrllj after wo got our fair wind , passing Rose Spit at dark. After supper I sat with the captain , who had the helm for two hours enjoying the sail vorj much. You can very well understand that with no moon and the stars not giving much light the water looket pretty black and deep , but the boat bowled along so line that It was enjoy able , the spice of danger not being peppery. When 1 went in at 10:30 : the captain said wo would bo there h about two hours and , having callei the crew , who had gone to sleep be low soon after I took my station though 1 felt that as wo were wlthli a couple of miles of land , nosing along In the dark , It would have been as well for him to have been on the bow In fact when be did go there ho ex claimed at once "Unnd , " at which the captain went forward and seemed to know whore wo were , though ho turned her nose Alaskaward at once I had discovered that the captain dli not know the north star , nor how to locate It , nor of the variation of the compass , all of which were germaii facts as ho was steering by his com pass. Hudson Bay Company. After the crew was awake and 01 the bow I felt It was tlmo for mo to retire , though sleep was fitful , as was uncomfortable from cold , thong' I had purchased a heavy pair of blan kets and storm coat at Port Slmpsoi at the Hudson Bay company store , am this company , by the way , Is the sam ono that Irving writes of. Presentlj the crow came to the front part of th hold and finally succeeded in Illllnt , his lantern. Ho wanted to know the tlmo and was told it was : : o'clock The hour surprised mo bomowhal though I knew from the KOUIU ! of the water and the motion of the boat Una wo were not making much progress and apparently were part of the tune lu rough water In reply to our quc-s- OHM BM to our whoieabnutH ho would ni ul\i much satisfaction , hut wheth- r fi-tim lack nf knowledKO himself i from mil want ( UK " to know , wan ot apparent , and this uncertainly vlth my cold berth gave me n shiver ; owever. everything eame out o. k. ml at I a. m. we anchored In a beau- Iful Inlet In front of Masset , an In- Ian town of , say 100 Indians , good rauie houses , generally iinpalnted , lew large school house and church , mint of the men speaking English airly well -our guide on this trip. ' .Inh'n Smith. " quill- plainly , though IH Kpeeeh In telling an extended story Ike the origin of the Indian doctor , hrougli a mermaid or llsh , Is a treas- ire to listen to. lie Is quite fond of i monologue , lee , and a line simple ellow. About 7 a. m. we went ashore i.v a little small boat that we carried , o llnd ( ho Inhabitants generally lu ted , though wo hadn't got half way IIHMI the one street null ) we had lots if company mid scion arranged with 'Willie Harding" for breakfast at the Icnry Udenshoe Ibis Henry , by the iway , has the store of the town and H the school teacher , hut at present s at Vancouver along with a number if first citizens. I wrote you of the general appearance of this room and able In my last letter. The meals vere served and mostly prepared I hlnk by .lohn Smith , who Is now with is , and Wllllo Harding , and were pal- liable. Wo slept 111 our blankets on ho Iloor that night and as our general H slow wo didn't get away until the text afternoon. The Inlet has a strong Ide and of course In a sail boat both vlnd and lido have to bo reckoned vlth. We camiied Wednesday night it the mouth of a creek coming to the nkt and were comfortable. In fact , iiir beds are good as wo cut lots of loughs from the evergreen trees to nit our blankets on , though with live neil In an eight-foot bed ( ho middle nan Is close enough. Thursday we went up Into the Masset lulu1 and amped In the trees In a cave near a cabin and were warmer than the llrst light when wo had stayed In the open , 'rlday we came on In here , taking our llnner at the mouth of the Inlet from his .llu-tskala lake Into Masse * lake. We are camped at the head of this ako , some thirty-live miles from Mas- set town. The weather has been glo rious till yesterday It became soft and got a thorough wetting In a two- nllo cruise through the brush. This ed to n llttlo laundering In the after- loon , Including the tea cup towel. To- lay the two cruisers and .lohn went o a lake to the south. We llnd that Mr. Shannon who , by the way , loft lere Saturday as wo came Tuesday , ook all the timber worth taking iround the two lakes that communi cate by boating stream and we have narrowed our quest down now to two akes farther south , whoso outlets are small creeks emptying Into .lul-ts-katta ind If wo llnd these creeks are not utllclently large for bringing il.iwn the logs wo will not go farthr. hater , fi p. m. , our men returned saying they found some gooil timber but creeks Insufllcient , so I suppose we will turn toward Masset tomorrow , teaching there Tuesday. 1 am not much disappointed In not getting the claims as I was pretty sure Mr. Shan non would not leave much. I have seen his proposition now and will probably see him in Vancouver , though have llttlo Idea of purchasing as ho lolds very high. Supper of Salmon Eggs. We > a\e just llnlshed supp. ' off H'lmon eggs and boiled rice. lohn shot a handsome kohoso yesterday ind today he tied his knife toMolt Hid speared two more , all about the ane : size , about twelve pound ? , and ihry are beauties. The llrst evening \ \ eero here I went to the little creek wllli him and ho speared two hunch backed salmon with a stick , hut thts I didn't enjoy as they are too common. The kohoso Is the best of the half dozen kinds of salmon In these wa ters. In the spearing .lohn got his llsh both times at the first thrust of his stick , which I thought was pretty good aiming. The llsh are crowding up the creek as much as they can to spawn In the fresh water , there being all the time at its mouth. The creel- Is quite shallow and they can only get up one or two hundred feet , sever al hundred , perhaps thousands , and as I write I hear these flopping about In the water In play or in their evolutions lutions in crazy efforts to get up stream. Many of these are spotted with bruises from the pebbles and they run about the same size , say about two feet long. I am calling this Hear Camp as we found a bear trail up from the creek yesterday that looked like a fresh cattle path well worn , and today John found a bear skeleton near Hoar Camp from which I will bring some teeth. Skeena River , Friday Morning , S a. m. My Ink has given out and I pro ceed with pencil. Yon will probably bt > relieved to Know that I am on land , or at least on a Canadian Pacific steamer bound for Vancouver , which wo roach tomorrow evening. I wired Frank from Port Simpson at 2 this morning to meet mo at Vancouver and to write you. I figure that you prob ably have Just about got my lottoi written from Massot. Well , to take up the diary where I left It Sunday evening. Our explor ing parties returned rather as I ex pected , without finding timber , or , more accurately , did llnd that the creeks would not bring the logs from the two lakes mentioned and did not go beyond this fact. I was rathei glad of the finding as I had become heartily tired of the close companv at M lulu JIM- men in an eight foot bed iii tuo c-luio for Indians Anyway. 1 f.-mi'l tb.it Shannon had all the a all able niuber that Is for transportation and unli'HH I could gel this would not wiinl ( he other. If I do get that can pick up ulint IH desirable of the other I apprehend though , that Mr. Shannon will hold IIH | lee high. The Canadians had come under promise of ten claims of limber and some mineral prospects by LaCroIx and were accordingly somewhat disappointed as I was in not finding the limber available , so we agreed to leturn lo Mussel the follow ing day , Monday. The weather had been excellent ( hough decidedly cool nights up to Friday evening when It ruined qulle hard , also Saturday and Sunday Intermittently , and this makes ( raveling In heavy brush almost un bearable Thin added something to tlinl side of Hie scales. I had been thinking quite seriously of taking a Hchoouer back to Kelclilkan , Alaska , liiHlea I of nulling for the steamer as I wrote In case I should get through wllhln a week or such a matter , IIH I found after writing you that the Mas- not Indian had rather better boats , at least somewhat larger ones than the Port Simpson , MO upon my return to MIIHHH the following day , Monday , reaching there about ! ) p. in. after a delightful sail most of the way , though II would rain occasionally perhaps three hours altogether of the trip. I Interviewed the boatmen and made ar rangements with Captain Anderson Drown to take me to Ketchlkan for $ lfi. Ills crew consisted of two men besides himself , Insead of one as had ( be one who-took me over , and his mat was fifteen tons , probably one- mlf larger , about thirty-live feet In englh by 12-foot beam , but a strong , staunch boat that stood the rough seas without a Hiueak or uroan of timbers. This arrangement was Tuesday a. in. mil we were to go out with the tide that night , which Is very rapid In this inlet , the rise and fall being In the Dlxon entrance fully 20 feet , but It came on to rain and blow a regular live storm such as 1 have never known all my life at this time of year , though it has happened since I have been liere. I have Inquired of a dozen people ple about the oqiilnoxlal storms and to a man they said they had none , and I bad no Idea we would be able to start that night ; however , Captain Mrown I think wanted to get that $ lf > as noon as he could and early In the evening said the wind had changed and that we would go aboard any time and slip out with Hie tide at 12 mid night. This we did. I found the call in much larger than on the other boat. I could almost stand straight up ami making down my Hudson Day com pany bed of oil skin coat anil blankets , was very comfortable and soon dozed a little , though presently I knew we were In for It as the boat pitched and dived and rolled until I had to brace myself In my bunk to stay in It. but I knew the boat was larger and strong er than the one that took us over so nicely. I was warm Instead of having a chill so was not alarmed except that I \\as uneasy for fear that we might be In the I Ide rifts again without wind and lose so much time as to make us out the following night , so that I did not get an > sound sleep until about r a m. , when the captain , who had held the rudder , came to bed and I slept until S o'clock. Going on deck . found to my satisfaction we were within a few miles of the Alaska side , that we had made a splendid run all night , and that If the tide did not In- torftye wo would reach Ketchikan about noon. Wo did meet adverse tides , though , and reached It at I p. m. , making a liMiour sail .instead of thirty as In going over , distance about the same. I was pretty glad to got my No. eights on American soil again ; was not seasick , though had some headache all day ; partly Indian grub , but more from Jolting of the boat. You see in a small boat you feel every wave. I was tired enough to sleep well that night and , oh , how good the clean bed seemed and how I enjoyed It. but felt even yesterday llko I had been hammered out. I went to Koch- ikan because I knew I was sure of a boat there at least within two or three days , at the Seattle and C. P. H. boats all stop there. This boat was due l..10 Princess Deatrlce ) the evening I arrived , Wednesday , but was de layed twenty-four hours and came along at S last evening , so I got aboard but as everything is full did not get a stateroom until Port Simp son at 2 a | m. , but am now very com fortable. As I wrote we are at a Salmon cannery - nory at mouth of the Skeena river , loading iriflO cases of salmon , four dozen cans to the case , making a stop of about four hours necessary. The morning Is clear and I hope to get a better view of the coast as wo go down. Owing to the mists and clouds I only got glimpses going up. We are due In Vancouver tomorrow evening , this being a faster boat and not stop- ping as much as the Camosum. This takes is hours from Kechlkan to Van couver. Saturday morning : Just finished breakfast as we are leaving Queen Charlotte sound , the only big water with one slight exception from Simp son to Vancouver. This accounls for shaky writing , but wo are nearly out of It. This makes a wonderful inside passage from Skagway to Victoria fol lowing Island channels all the way except three short pieces of sea wa ter aggregating perhaps 100 miles. While with this boat making at least twelve miles an hour it takes four days to make the trip of about 1200 miles and Hie scenery so far as I have ween it mobt beautiful. Wo have lost time somewhere MI that wo are now to reach Vancouver tomorrow , Sunday morning. It Is three weeks tonight since I came to Vancouver and I as sure ymi I need my laundry and this Frank will bring this evening , though as I did not wlro him what boat I was on and the boats keep no wlro con nection ho will wonder where I am. lie has rented his house and had a possible customer for his business HO lie 'phoned mo the morning I left. I am wondering when 1 am going to get through tills business , but of course don't venture to even guess now at Its conclusion. I only am sure that my ticket expires October IU and that I will not require an extension. I know I Hhall bo very glad to take the train for Nebraska and homo and fam ily thai sounds awfully good. 1 have been away so long that I am out of ( ouch with what Is going on there , but can't help thinking about loans and lands , etc. I hope business has been going well and ctops have conic out all right , especially mine. Wo are all Hellish. It seems a long tlmo slnco I have heard from you. I hope my letters - tors tomorrow will tell mo that every body has been well , as this Is the llrst thing. They Play Bridge , Most of the ladles failed to appear at breakfast this morning , though the sea was not nearly so heavy as when I crossed to Kechlkan. It would have been somewhat dllllcult to have writ ten a loiter on my llttlo sail boat. The boat has a full complement of passen gers as I may have mentioned earlier In this discourse , most all returning from Alaska for the winter , among them many nice looking and nicely dressed ladles. Everybody plays bridge whist , and I am continually amused sometimes oven to a degree of annoyance with their game. Most of them have no appreciation what ever of the principle involved , though near where I sit in a smoking room on the after part of the upper deck la a warm coterie that plays all the tlmo led by a smart Scotchman who en forces all rules referring often to au thorities , having two books at hand , and all continually slaughter their bands. For Instance , to show how closely they know what Is being played Clark has queen and knave of clubs alone , his right hand oppon ent whose hand Is exposed has long suit of clubs beaded by ace and king and the king being led very early in hand Mr. Clark sloughed a diamond , then on the ace of clubs the next lead ho places the jack of clubs and in the third lead of clubs which follows at once uses bis quec'ii and takes the trick. All are blissfully Ignorant in cluding , I think , Clark himself , of the transaction though it changed the re sult of the hand and someone con gratulated the dealer , who was the canny Scotchman , on his skillful ma nipulation of a poor hand. They are very polite and respectful but guileless children when It comes to cards. DRIFTS THREE FEET DEEP IN WESTERN PART. IT DID NOT REACH NORFOLK But a Heavy and Disagreeable Rain Has Been Falling Since Saturday Night Ice on the Trees West of Neligh Telegraph Poles are Down. [ From Monday's Dally. ] As predicted Saturday morning by the weather bureau , the llrst snow of the season arrived in northern Ne braska Saturday afternoon and con tinued throueliout Sunday. In the western end of the state the snow- was heavy and trains were delayed by it. The snow area extends from Deadwood - wood and Casper to Ininan , just east of O'Neill , and , on the Bonesteel line , is as far east as Bristow. Though the snow did not reach Norfolk , a heavy disagreeable rain did come and It is still on today , having kept up a steady downpour since Saturday night. A peculiar feature of the temperature of yesterday was that the warmest point and coldest point of the day were but three degrees apart. It was as warm as 37 and as cold as 34 not quite cold enough to freeze. At Neligh the rain fro/.o on the trees and sidewalks. In the vicinity of Valentino and Crawford forty-ulna telegraph poles went down under weight of the Ice , and took wires with them. At Deadwood the snow fell to the depth of a foot , and has drifted three feet. It tapers from that down to a feather edge at Inrnan. Reports from Lynch say that all through Hoyd county the snow fell all day Sunday , and the air was cold. The drifts will help the range cat tle. The train from the west yester day , duo at noon , was several hours late because of drifts In the western part of the state. That train was a llttlo late today. Fruit Trees Hurt. Neligh , Nob. , Oct. 22. Special to The News : As the weather forecast predicted Saturday that a decided change would take place , it arrived In this vicinity on schedule time. It started to lain Saturday evening , con tinuing nearly all night and gradually growing colder and as the rain fell it Immediately froze. Yesterday the trees , telephone and electric light wires were covered with Ice , in many places the telephone wires were down , causing the usual annoyance In suph cases. A good deal of damage Is re ported to fruit trees. Bristow , Neb. , Oct. 22. The first snow htorm of the season began yes terday morning. More or less snow and sleet fell all day. You can run your bublncss with too few emplo.M's you are salisllcd to make little money or even to lose a littUBut > ou may be able to date > niir prosperity from the time you pub lished some "Help wanted" ads. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC LEADER NEEDED IN THIRD. KEEP GRAVES IN BACKGROUND All Efforts of Democracy In this Dis trict arc to Draw Public Attention Away From Real Issues Govern ment Ownership Theorist Coming , [ Fium Monilny's Daily..1 William .1. Bryan , peerless leader of the dumuciallc party in this country , will be hi ought into the Third con gressional district next week In an effort to make the people of this dis trict belio\o that Judge Graves , in splto of hip Inconsistency on "reform" talk , and in spite of the fact that ho would bo out of tune with Roosevelt's administration , ought to bo elected to congress. Mr. Bryan will make ono of hi sfamous' whirlwind circles over the district. The trip la considered by people In this district as an admis sion of the weakness of Judge Graves' chances to win and as a compliment to the strength and deserved hold on public confidence earned and owned by Judge Boyd. On Wednesday , October 31 , Mr. Bryan will tiavel by special train from Lincoln to Norfolk. On Thursday , November 1 , ho will travel by special train from Norfolk , via Albion , to Atkinson. On Friday , November 2 , ho will trav el from Norlolk to Omaha , via Wayne , Emerson , Tekamuh and Blair. Mr. Bryan will bo accompanied by Mr. Shallenborger on the trip through this district. In Holt county it Is evident that Mr. Bryan hopes to find enthusiasm over his government ownership Ideas , as a club has been formed there to clap hands ut the theory. It is puzzling people hero to know whether ho will bo for or against government owner ship when ho arrives In Norfolk. The fact that Candidate Shallen- berger opened his campaign in Nor folk , appeared hero again two days after Sheldon , and Is coming back with Bryan , is evidence that the dem ocrats are centering their light In the Third district and that they hope , by keeping Judge Graves in the back ground and preventing him from an swering the confusing questions , to elect him on his government owner ship , "robber tarllf. " and anti-Roose velt platform. It has been apparent all along that the democrats in this district are working overtime to center public at tention on insignificant and trivial is sues , In order to smother the real vi tal issues of the campaign. It Is be lieved by many that this is being done because Graves' platform la so radical for government ownership and because It is so harshly against Roosevelt velt planks which , given attention , will pile up the majority against Graves. MONDAY MENTION. Dr. Ilolden made a trip to Hosklns this morning. II. II. Edena spent Sunday in Hadar visiting friends. W. E. Farr of Newport Is visiting in the city a few days. L. A. Pohlmann of Pierce la In the city today on business. C. E. Greene was a passenger for Sioux City this morning. Judge Boyd and C. A. Randall Sun- dayed In Norfolk yesterday. E. Hodgson came from Bonesteel this morning on business , Mrs. W. S. Fox left yesterday for a week's visit In Columbus. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ander son this morning , a line son. II. M. Scott of Plainview Is In the city this morning on business. Mrs. P. J. Barnes is In O'Neill tak ing care of her sister who la ill. L. A. Pohlman came down from Pierce this morning on business. Mrs. M. Kelehor of Danbury , Iowa , Is visiting her son , J. A. Keloher. Henry Schmidt of Ewlng spent the day visiting in the city yesterday. Mrs. Grlflin of Chicago Is visiting at the home of her brother-in-law , Adrian Craig. P. L. Nicholas was up from Stanton yesterday visiting friends and rel atives in the city. Ralph Garvln returned to Omaha this morning , after spending Sunday with his parents. Mrs. W. W. Weaver and children returned from their visit In Meadow Grove yesterday. Mr. Beechly of Lincoln spent Sun day in Norfolk and sang In the Episco pal choir yesterday. H. Van Alder came down fromPierco this morning to attend to his business Interests In the city. Miss Nellie Johnson of Winslde spent Sunday in the city with her sis ter , Miss Lula Johnson. Fred Benger arrived in the city last night from Albion. Ho will accept a position as clerk in a store hero. Gco. D. Butterflold returned from St. Louis Saturday night , where ho has been attending the national bankers convention. Miss Ella Hauptll spent yesterday at homo , returning to Battle Creek last night. She la teaching In the city schools of that place. C. E. Burnlmm returned from Belle Fonrche , S. D. , last evening. Ho was In the snowstorm In the Black Hills and arrived on n belated train. Omaha Hotel Reporter : II. W. Bar rett of Norfolk , Nob. , IB a guest of Mr. Rome Miller at the Her Grand. Mr. Barrutt la a prominent railroad man and is in Omaha with a view to getting some of our capitalists Inter ested in a road he Is going to build out In Montana. Charles Brlggs spent Sunday with his family. Ho Is conductor on th * work train at Bonesteel. J. B. Maylard Is Improving , but 1 still unable to bo at his desk. Sidney McNeely , who Is firing thu switch engine at lloncsteel , spent Sun day with his mother , Mrs. Frank Me- Ncely. Mra. J. Colwcll of South Fourth street received a line heating atovo free from the W. W. Weaver atoro Saturday. Another dividend of 16 per cent , has been declared on the defunct Elkhoni Valley bank of O'Ni-111. This makes a total of 35 per cent to be paid to the depositors. The T. S. G. dance , which was to have been given this week Friday , ha * been postponed to ono week from Fri day night. Guy Patrick of Clearwater entered business college today. Ho and his mother have moved to Norfolk , and ho and another brother will attend business college this winter. The Sunday school board of the M. E. church held a meeting yeaterdar and elected W. E. Hagar superinten dent and Mrs. J. C. Llndstrom superin tendent of the primary department. The string of gold beads lost last week by Miss Fnlo Burnham were found , through the agency of a "lost" notice In The News. Mrs. Warrlck had found the beads on Norfolk ar- enuo. Miss Harriet lllbbs , who has beecr visiting her brother , H. L. iribbs , for /j / the past three weeks , left this mom- ' Ing for Iowa , whore she will visit a short time , then go on to Chicago to resume her studies in the musical col lege. lege.A A largo squnsh measuring five feet In circumference was brought to town Saturday by L. C. Klmes , living six miles northwest of Norfolk. This scorns to be the largest squash yet exhibited this season. It la on exhi bition at the ofllco of L. M. Gaylord , owner of the farm. Two drunks were arrested Satur day. The charge against ono was that of being drunk and disorderly while the second was charged with begging money from the public. The beggar wae fined $7.10 , and not being able- to pay he was sent to jail to lay It out. The drunk was discharged oa his promise of good behavior. Lorin H. Doughty came down from Bonesteel Saturday night and spent part of Sunday at home , returning to Honesteel at noon yesterday. He is- timekeeper for the men working on. the extension out from Bonesteel. About fifty men are now employed and 100 moie will be soon. They have laid about seven miles of track , which reaches to the first town , St. Charles. Bert Barrett returned from a trip- to Omaha. lie reports that Ray Mil ler , son of Rome Miller and known In Norfolk , who has been very sick for some months , is still In a critical con dition and slight hope Is entertained for his recovery. Two trained nurses are caring for him and the patient has been given a specially made room in the country homo of the family , where ho can look out over the Missouri river Into the Iowa side. Superintendent Horton of the West ern Union telegraph company In Ne braska , with headquarters at Omaha , died at his homo last night after a week's Illness with complication of lung , liver anil kidney trouble. Mr. Horton was well known among tele graph men and others doing business with the company throughout the state and was highly esteemed. J. 0. Met- calf , local manager for the company , received a telegram last night an nouncing the death. The public sale of pure blooded Du- roc-Jersey swine from the herd of M. Mlhllls of this city , was very largely attended and the sale was eminently satisfactory. The animals brought very high prices and the purchasers were all well satisfied with their bar gains. The high prices paid were a strong testimonial as to the high grade of hogs which have been raised In the Mlhllls herd. It is considered by- stockmen as one of the best herds anywhere In the west , A largo number of bicycles In Nor folk have been Injured within the past two or three weeks by. deliberate work on the part of unknown persons. Sev eral wheels that have been left standIng - Ing .n front of buildings have had their tires slashed to pieces and ut terly ruined. The police are looking for the perpetrators of the work and wheel owners who Have suffered stand ready to piosecuto to the full extent of the Jaw on the slightest evidence , it is believed mat at least one of the persons who has been doing this sort of thing has been spotted. Carl Kohl , who was almost killed a year ago by a bad fall off his wagon at the corner of Norfolk avenue and First street , is ngaln laid up as the re sult of another and more serious fall. Ho was riding on top of a wagonload of cobs , olght miles northwest of the city , when the wagon struck a rut and he foil off. As ho was high up on the wagon , his fall was a severe one. Ho struck his ncad and lay for a couple of hours unconscious In the dark. Finally ho came to and man- agcn to climb Into the wagon and drive homo. Ho Buffers a great deal of pain. Homcseekers' Excursion to the North west , West and Southwest , /la the North-Wostorn lino. Excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates are > n sale to the territory Indicated abovo. Standard tourist Bleeping cars , free re clining chair earn and "tho best of everything. " For dates of snlo anil full particulars apply to agents Chicago cage & North-Weatorn R'y.