I'll ! ' : N 'ltl ' < 'UlK WKUKLY NKWS JOURNAL : I'MHDAY. ' JANUARY ' > fi. 11)1)7. ) )
NORFOLK DRUMMER HAS SUD
DENLY LEFT COUNTRY.
REWARD OF $100 IS OFFERED
Manager Dti Tell of the F. A. Brown
Company at Lincoln Has Arrived In
Norfolk and Is Making a Search for
the Missing Drummer.
A reward of $100 IH being offered
by the F. A. lliown & Co. of Lincoln
for Information aw lo Ihe whereabout *
of NclH llminoii , a commercial traveler
well known In the Norfolk territory ,
who him been representing thai llrm
hero fur several years and who left
Iho city a few days ago.
It Is claimed by Manager Du Tell ( if
th company , who arrived In Norfolk
last night looking for Ilansen , that the
drummer had made collections In the
linn name and failed to turn In the
money. llnn cn left P. A. Shiirlz In
( ho lurch for house rent , It IH alleged ,
'niul U Is nlHo said that ho has left
other creditors here.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanson loft the house
In which they lived last Saturday.
'They told Mr. Shtirlz that they Intended
od to go to Lincoln.
TUESDAY 'ilDINGS.
10. H. Hanson of Tlldeit Is in town.
U. Richardson of Madison was over
yesterday.
Adam Pllger WIIH up from Stanton
yesl onlay.
J. M. Pile of Wayuo was In Norfolk
yesterday.
John S. Kay of Nollgh was in tin.
city Tuesday.
J. L. Hancock of Stanton was in the
city 'Tuesday.
Mrs. N. Provost of Ewlng was In the
city yesterday.
T. W , Alderson was over Irom Mndl
mm yesterday.
J. L. Daniel of Madison was in Nor
folk Saturday.
J. L. Ehrotl of Frvlrbury was a cltj
visitor yesterday.
Sam Greene of Ewlng wan a Norfolk
visitor yesterday.
11. D. Hryam was In the city yeslor
day from Decatur.
W. C. Caloy came down from Ciolgh
ton this morning.
S.F. . A. Marsh of Seward was ii
the city yestorda.
Harry Shaffer of Plalnvlow was It
the city yesterday.
W ! G. Fletcher of Orchard was Ii
the city yesterday.
John P. Knyl of Bonesteel sponi
Sunday In Norfolk ,
John Williams of Clmdron watt It
the city on Tuesday.
W. P. Remender of Creston was i
city visitor yesterday.
Dr. N. Matzen was In the city yesterday
torday from Columbus.
Ed Marts was a Norfolk visitor yesterday
torday from Hello Fourche.
Chris Chrlstoiisen came down fron
Spoucer Tuesday morning.
J. L. Rynearson of Madison was a
Norfolk visitor on Tuesdav.
Mr. and Mrs. Can Hold of Stantoi
I
were Norfolk visitors yesterday.
Miss Dora Jacohson was a.Norfoll
visitor yesterday from Madison.
W. H. Donaldson and Woods Cone
came down from Pierce yesterday.
John Melnesl of Osmond was trans
acting business In Norfolk yesterday
Miss Seluut Johnson of Newman
Grove was a Norfolk visitor yesterday
F. G. Auringor of Neligh was Irans
acting business In Norfolk yesterday
F. Remender , W. Rouse , F. H. Don
sborf were In the city yesterday fron
Way no.
E. I. Parker , H. Dorothy and a.Tme
Myers came down from Spencer Tues
day morning.
t D. L. Best and T. M. Morris cam
from Battle Creek to attend the rac
circuit meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ware returnot
to Norfolk last night from their wed
ding trip. They have been in Okla
homa , and will remain in Norfolk fo
a few days before returning to Omaha
There will bo a meeting of th
Browning club tills evening with Mr.
and Mrs. S. F. Ersklno.
The family of Ed Conloy is moving
from 415 South Third to 314 North
Eighth street.
Anoka Herald : Leo Eiseley made
up the paper this week. G. W. White-
horn pinched a couple of fingers of
the right hand half off , the lypowrller
balked and tills Is scribbled left hand
ed.
On account of the death of W. M.
Robertson , past exalted ruler of Nor
folk lodge No. C53. B. P. O. E. , the
annual ball , which had been set for
next Friday , has been Indefinitely post-
poncd.
One of the improvements In the Au
ditorium which will not bo In the pub
lic eye is the Installation of a now as
bestos electric light switchboard , to
replace ono of wood which formerly
served. This now board Is n much
better one In many ways for the house.
Norfolk lodge , No. 97 , A. O. U. W. .
will meet in regular session this evenIng -
Ing , when a full atlendanco Is deslrei' .
Deputy A. B. Dillon , who has been
working in the city the past week , will
bo present at Iho mecling tonight , and
ho wants to sco every local member
of the lodge.
Alberta Gallatln , the excellent ac
tress who Is to open the Auditorium
hero next Tuesday evening with "Dor
othy Vernon of Haddon Hall , " Is
booked for the Boyd theater In Omaha
on Thursday , Friday and Saturday of
this week. The company plays In
Sioux City Monday night.
Word has been received from a
Jargo number of towns around Norfolk
hat them will bo a number of out of I
iwn vNlorn for the opening night of
he Auditorium next Tucudiiy evening
vhen the pretty play , "Dorothy Vernou
f Iliuliloii Hall" will bo proMcntod by
ho well known aclress , Alberta Gal-
utlii , and an excellent company.
Robert Updlko of Omaha wnti In llio
lly over night.
10. Murtello of Lowell , MUHH. , who IH
ufforliiK with iliopsy at tlm homo of
IH | daughter , MIH. C. II. GrocHbeck ,
H Horlniixly 111 and the attending phy-
Iclan mild liiHl night , thai ho can not
ecovor.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. lluttorlleld left.
OMlerday noon for California to Hpend
ho whiter. They were Joined at Oiiia-
in by Mr. and Mm Hpencor Butter-
leld of Chicago , who accompanied
hem on Iho Irlp.
Irvln llarnoN arrived In the city you-
onlay from Rapid City , S. D. , to visit
vlth bin parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
lames. 'The prairies of South Dakota
vere HO free from snow that Mr.
HirnoH turned bin horses out to get
; niHH for themselves during his visit
.o Norfolk.
LoulH Heckondorf has a letter an-
louuclng that lily slHter , Miss Joseph-
no HeckondoiT , died January H ! at
UlgghiH , Mo. She was also a sister
if Mrs , E. G. llellomau , formerly of
hlH city but now of Lincoln.
Herman Koch , who has been run-
ling an extra on the main line of a
western railroad. Is home for a few
layH. In HponUng of the enormous
.ralllc over the woHtoru line ho stated
that , fourteen passenger trains fre
quently with two to four sections , were
run dally , and including extras fro-
liiently fifty to sixty freight trains
wore run ami all these over u single
. .racl"My ordersconllii'
\ "My running , conllii'
ued Mr. Koch , "the oilier day com
pelled mo ( o get Into the clear in tens
Hum , i mliuili' al a way station lo lei
i passenger tuilu go thundering past
it a milo a minute. If the least hitch
liad occurred I never could have got
a llagiuan far enough out to prevent
in accldeiil. A fellow gets a bunch
of running orders so Ihlck with a do/
en traliiH to look out for In getting
twenty miles and when you liavo only
ono minute moio than your running
lime to make a siding before a fast
train whizzes past it keeps a fellow
from going to sleep. "
About llfty of the friends of Mr. and
Mrs. John Koerbor surprised thorn last
night at their homo with a granite
shower. Mr. and Mrs. Koorbor , who
wore married In Omaha on Christmas
returned Saturday evening from theli
wedding trip , which Included visits al
Chicago mid Madison , Wls. , and the
event of last evening was In the na
ture of a welcome homo. High live
was the game of Iho evening and Iho
contoHls wore aggressive and Inter
estlng. Miss Nora Burnett won the
first lady's prize on a cul with Miss-
Lucy Schaffor , while Miss Dugan tool
the booby prize for ladles. There was
a strong contest among the geiitlemei
for first prize , Mall Schaffor , Will Stnf
ford , Walter Recrofl , Jack McGrane
and Al Wilkinson being obliged U
cut , and Mr. Schalfer winning. Then
was also some contest over the bnobj
prize for gentlemen , Gay Halversteli
wlnnimr on a cut Iwtb Mr. llnrmnt
and Mr. Stavoly. Al Iho close of the
card games refreshments were served ,
and the guests went homo feeling thai
they had given the bride a warm wel
come to her future homo.
Clarence Saunders , who introduced
cigars among the Indians in Nebraska
before the state was settled , was In
town recently and was recounting the
necrology of llio traveling men who
had fallen by the way since ho first
came up the Elkhorn with General
Fremont. Going backwards from Nols
Hanson , who blow Into a town with a
bunch of his firm's money and spent
H all and his own salary to got busi
ness away from his rivals , Mr. Saunders -
dors spoke of Bobble Ellis , who did
time In Colorado for getting absentminded -
minded ami getting his bands Into the
pocket containing the firm's money ,
ho ran over a list of Iwo score dead
ones. There was Charlie Price , who
is mayor of a lown or warden of a
penitentiary now somewhere down In
Kansas. Ho wu-i a josher and always
looking for a victim. A fakir we
called Dr. Deadsliol came to Norfoll ;
selling a remedy he called dcadshol.
Ono day bo got drunk and left his
goods In the wagon on Ihe street.
Price mounted the wagon , nuulo a
spell-binder of a speech and proceeded
to sell medicines al cut prices. Every
one bought and ho soon closed oul
Dr. Deadsbol's stock and adjourned to
the nearest saloon. Price got Into Iho
Pop. state convention at Lincoln , al
though ho was a republican , raid when
the relations between the pops and
democrats were strained to the limits
over fusion on the state ticket and nei
ther party showed a disposition to
budge after an nil night session , Price
started pandemonium In the sleepy
crowd by moving to adjourn sine die.
Attend the runuuagu sale Saturdaj ,
January 20. Flrsl door west of Queen
City hotel.
FAVOR GOOD ROADS BILL.
Commissioners of Madison and Other
North Nebraska Counties.
Commissioners of Madison , Stanton ,
Antelope , Plcrco and probably other
northern Nebraska counties are hear
tily In favor of the now bill which has
just been introduced In the state legls-
Mature providing for the collection of
cash poll taxes and the omplovment of
those poll taxes on good roads. The
bill provides for n standard typo of
road and use of the King road ma
chine.
Attend the rummage sale Saturday ,
January 20. First door west of Queen
City hotel.
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L
PUBLISHER GOES AGAINST POST
AL AUTHORITIES.
AN AUTOCRAT AT THE HEAD
'ubllsher of Fry's Wonderland Mag
azine Falls to Convince Mr. Madden
That Nlobrara Man is Real Thing.
Madden an Enemy of Country Press
lliivo any of you over played Iho
ither man's game In a vain hope to
ireak It ?
I have just panned through the or-
leal of trying to convince Third As
sistant Postmaster General Madden
hat Fry's Wonderland Magazine ought
, o have the full rights under the law
mil 1 have aided the deficit at the
ale of four cents a copy for IIvo
nonlliH.
I certainly thought thai when I ac-
iitowlcdgcd under oalh that this gov-
> rnmont presented mo the gift of a
subsidy and lots of other stuff that Islet
lot the real truth , I had knocked n
lent Mn my conscience sufficient to
IIIHS under llio wing of a c/.ar or pass
lie rapacious jaws of a cannibal.
Mill that was not enough.
A second special , type-written alii-
lavlt , with questions too numerous for
in honest man to mink he is part of
this government still to answer with-
ml a jar , aided to antagonize my spirit
) f a Yankee Independence that I was
miuglit up to assert. The lasl quos-
lion asks If Fry's Wonderland Maga
/Ino desires the privilege of free conn
y delivery.
Ol course I do.
Then I am deprived of any rocognl
tlon because "there is doubt as to
whether or not Edwin A. Fry Is the
true publisher of the publication and
as to whether or not Nlobrara , Ne
braska , is the real 'known olllce of
publication. ' "
I swore thai I was editor and pub
Usher and that I had a 'known ofllce , '
and the postmaster of Nlobrara uiuloi
Ills office of trust said so too.
I Indignantly reminded llio third as
slstanl postmaster general thai If 1
had perjured myself In my two ain-
davlts that he was derelict of duty In
nol filing charges against me , which 1
Invited , and as a mailer of principle 1
claimed Ihe full rlghls under section
152 of Postal Laws and Regulations
( See correspondence in application No
107177. )
Then came a lot of rulings in which
numerous magazines had boon denier
admission. The reasons , principally
were because the pages did not cor
respond with those of the syndicate
service and the matter \\as of an ad
vertlslng nature.
I agreed that these were good rea
sons but maintained that Fry's Wonderland
dorland was not of that character ,
desired to write something worth read
Ing of local history and other theme ?
of local Interest and desired the
rlsrnts thai belonged lo me.
Bul Mr. Madden is an autocrat am
no friend of the freedom of the press
Ho never has been. Why tills Unitct
State ? , whose people pride themselves
in free speech , a free press and a se
crel ballot , are to bo continually tor
mooted with such a narrow construe
tlon of progress , I cannot understand
The local press must assert itsell
We have no reason to feel jealous o
the magnitude of the great metropolItan
Itan yellows. 'They can never fill on
mission in the rural homos can neve
touch the hearts of the heaiihstoiie awe
wo can do. But Mr. Madden , or ra
ther his successor , could despoil th
big free circulations of those Maine
periodicals that have genuine deprav
ity in llieir work and no lawful llcens
to the malls as second-class mailer.
The Nebraska Press Associalion a
few years ago made a vigorous pro
lest against Mr. Loud. Ho is silencei
It entered Into the spirit of protos
against the government furnlshln
printed envelopes to the public at
loss. An innocent law , with a comni
or two , placed hero and there to cans
ambiguity , stole our fight ; and wo nr
i. is an excuse , for being a h !
bu. . i threatened with the loss of
prlvil that will make the public pa
llio COM
Wo should nol only demand of on
representatives In congress to fix an
law thai may be passed so strong tha
llio poslotllco department may no
make laws at its will but follow th
statutes with liberality always , tob
sure , with a high sense of moral wort
as against Iho carnal-minded.
I don t like to see such good men a
Walt Mason and I die In the dltcl
We're lee wise lo bo martyrs.
Ed. A. Fry.
PICKING UP WRECKED BRIDGE.
Kost Bridge Was Total Wreck Mys
tery How ft Happened.
Workmen have begun picking u
the pieces of the wrecked Kost bridge
southwest of Norfolk , which turnet
over and fell down upon the Ice till
week. The bridge is said to bo prac
tlcally a total wreck , every castln
being broken and Ihe bars being a ]
t\\lsted oul of shape. The Towl
bridge company of Omaha , who wor
placing Iho slrucluro , have nol ye
decided wlial they will do and llio ar
rival of llieir engineer , Mr. Schwart
bout , Is awaited. He Is now In Wash
Ingtnn.
The county will sustain no loss whatever
over In the matter , as the bridge wa
not yet turned over by the company
No explanation of the accident has
tir. > ' > in In nml | | fs sni | , tnnt | ( w ) |
iroi > i < iv
THUMB be a mystery as to
how It happened.
The bridge was built eighteen years
v'o and was being moved about ! ! 00
eel down Hlreatn. Ttihulnr supporlH ,
null nx are imod for uteri bridges , had
con placed uiiilor It , Inntoad of piling.
Commissioners Taft , Maloiio and
irdlng yoHtcrday Inspected the
vrocked bridge. It IH not known
vhethor the bridge company will re-
mild this or put In a stool , as It is
aid Unit II would'lie almost , as cheap
o put In a stool at this stage of the
game.
EI AH 1
SERIOUS CHARGE PREFERRED BY
HIS DAUGHTER.
FATHER AGED 70 , DAUGHTER 18
Henry Oltmnn , Living Near Mndlson ,
Is Placed Under Arrest at the Insti
gation of His Wife and Daughter ,
Charged With Incest.
Staiilon , Neb. , Jan. 21. Special to
The News : Saturday afternoon Mrs.
Anna Oltnmnn , together with her 18-
years-old daughter Eliza , appeared before -
fore County Judge W. P. Cowan and
filed'a complaint charging Henry Oil-
maun , her husband , with the crlmo of
Incest. Henry Oilman was arrested in
Madison and has been brought to
Stanton to await trial.
The Oltiuann family , consisting of
father , mother , son twenty-two years
old , daughter oiglileen , and also a
younger daughter of ton years , have
lived In Union Creek precinct in Stan
ton county about eight miles from
Madison. It Is charged thai Ihe crim
Inal acts commenced in August , 1005 ,
and continued until just recently. The
young woman is about to become a
mother.
Madison , Neb. , Jan. 10. Special to
The News : Henry Oilman , aged 70
years , was arrested yesterday at the
Instigation of his wile and daughter on
the charge of incest , the daughter ,
aged 18 , being the complaining wit
ness.
Mr. Oilman lives in Stanton county
about eight miles east of Madison , and
he will be taken to Stanton county as
soon as the sheriff of that county
comes for him.
On Thursday ho brought a load of
hogs to town , and yesterday he came
to town with the intention of leaving
on the noon Iraln. He was followed
by the wife and daughter , and upon
llieir complaint ho was prevented from
leaving town , being placed In jail to
await the arrival of the Stanton county
official.
Ho owns a good farm whore he lives
with bis family. Formerly ho lived In
Madison county near this city , and is
one of the early selllers of this com
munity.
DEAD BODY OF SAMUEL WORDEN
FOUND ON PRAIRIE.
WAS GOING TO A NEIGHBOR'S
Had Been in Town the Day Before anc
Bought Property With the Intention
of Moving Into It In the Spring
Brother's Worse Death.
Ncligh , Neb. , Jan. 21. Special to
The News : Word was received ii
Neligh Saturday afternoon of the sud
den death of Sanford Warden , a high
ly lespectcd farmer living sevcnteei
miles southwest of here , on Friday af
ternoon. Mr. Warden was going to a
neighbor's when he was stricken down
Ho was found in an unconscious con
ditioii and died within an hour afte
being taken in Ihe house. Mr. nm
Mrs. Worden were In Neligh Thursduj
and purchased property , expecting to
move here in the spring. The de
ceased apparently was in good spirits
and seemed well pleased with the ide ;
of becoming a Nellghile in a slier
time. Funeral services were heh
yesterday.
Some fourteen or fifteen years ago
a brother suddenly died while .in a
pen feeding hogs , and when his bed >
was discovered the greater portion o
his face had been eaten away by the
porkers.
CHOOSE NEBRASKA C1TY.
Norfolk is Not Selected for Next An
nual Meeting Boys Home Today.
Nebraska City instead of Norfoll
will gel the next meeting of the State
Volunteer Firemen's association whlcl
has just adjourned at Grand Island
U. II. Reynolds of this city was made
one of the trustees. The Norfolk del
egatlon return today.
The delegates who attended fron
Norfolk were :
Queen City hose company R. H
Reynolds , Fred Dederman , Ed Hen
nlng , Hugo Paul , William Klug , Henrj
King , Max Schmledeburg , C. E. Harl
ford , C. F. Lierman , William Kern , H
W. Winter , Tony Donklner.
West Side Hose company B. W. Jo
mis , William McCuno , M. Green , F
Flynn , Ray Hayes , Hun DIxon.
Mast Hose company Warren Rouse
L. Bruco.
Hook and Ladder company P. J
Fneslor , Venus Nenow , Fred Holler
man.
H. W. Jonas and Warren Ronso ar
rived at noon , while others will come
tonlpht. Mr. Jonas said that Nebras
ka City wanted the convention moro
than Norfolk did , so It wont to that
point. There were 375 present.
HE SUCCUMBED AT HIS HOME
EARLY TODAY.
FUNERAL WILL BE THURSDAY
Well Known Norfolk Attorney , Promi
nent In Republican Party for Many
Years , Dies From Attack of Sclero
sis of the Liver.
fKroin Tucudny's DnUy. ]
William M. Robertson is dead.
Ho succumbed at 1 o'clock this
norulng at his homo on South Fourth
street.
Funeral services will bo held from
he Methodist church In this city
Thursday afternoon , probably at 1
o'clock , with Norfolk lodge No. Cfill ,
II. | P. O. 10. , in charge. Exalted Ruler
Tyler will read the Elks burial service.
Inlerment will bo In Prospect Hill cem
etery , Noifolk.
It is the wish of the family thai the
service bo brief. The hour will bo
early that Madison friends may get
jack homo on the afternoon freight
.rain.
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I
,
Attorney of state wide reputation ,
twice I a prominent candidate for the
republican ' nomination for governor
and in many other ways a distin
guished ! member of his parly , promi
nently mentioned in conneclion .with
Ihe t forlhcoming appolnlmcnt of a dis
trict I judge in the Ninth judicial dis
trict , pasl oxalled ruler in Norfolk
lodge 1 No. 053 , Benevolent and I'rotec-
tive t Order of Elks , and up to the time
of his death president of the Norfolk
Commercial club , W. M. Robertson
closed an active public career at. the
age of flfly-eight years.
Federal Building His Monument.
The most striking monument to the
life 1 and work of W. M. Robertson to
survive him in Norfolk is the size of
the U tilled States postollice and fed
eral court building here. A bill in
troduced to appropriate $75,000 for
this building was raised lo $100,000 by
Congressman Dave Mercer lo pay a
personal , obligation to Mr. Robertson.
Whether or not the appropriation
would have passed when it did is a
question , but the fact that Mr. Mercer
was chairman of the public building
committee and under personal obliga
tion to Mr. Robertson assured the pass
age of the appropriation at that time.
Victim of Old Ailment.
For the past couple of weeks Mr.
Robertson bad been ill with an a.ttaclc
of sclerosis of Ihe liver , an ailment
from which he has been a sufferer for
years. Not until a few days ago , bow-
ever , did his condition become so se
rious as to alarm his family and
friends. Late Saturday night Dr. Som-
ers of Omaha was called in consulta
tion over the case and he confirmed
the statement.of Dr. Sailer that there
was practically no hope'for recovery.
At thai time Mr. Robertson's daughter ,
Mrs. Williams of Syracuse , N. Y. , was
notified and arrived today , too late to
see her father alive. Ono brother is
hero from Madison and another arrived
at noon from Omaha. Word was re
ceived a day or two ago that Mr. Rob
ertson's mother Is seriously 111 In
Omaha.
Mr. Robertson is survived by a wife ,
one son , S. IX Robertson , and a daugh
ter. Mrs. Williams of New York.
Mr. Robertson enjoyed the respect
and esteem of the legal profession of
the state and he was a man with many
friends , not only In Norfolk but in all
parts of Nebraska.
His Last Public Utterance.
He was often called upon to speak
for various occasions. A year ago ho
delivered an address at Albion at the
Commercial club banquet. Three
years ago last fall ho delivered an ad
dress at the Neligh carnival. He do-
Ilvered the funeral oration over Iho
remains of the late Olio Tapporl and
on Ihe second day of lasl month bo >
delivered the address on the occasion ,
1
of Iho annual memorial services of Hm
Elks in Ibis city. Ills closing paragraph - )
graph In that address is significant at
Ibis lime. Ho closed the speech and
it was his last public utterance with
these words :
Wo litlle know what the future has
in store for us. Wo can not lift the
vail and get a glimpse ot the future ,
but lei us press on doing Iho host wo
can , so far as life's duties are con
cerned , with llio hope Ihat the world
will bo betler and
not worse on ac
count of our having lived in it.
Native of New York.
William M. Robertson was born In
Andes , Delaware county , Now York ,
January 23 , 1848. His parents wore
born and martlet ! In Scotland , coming
to America in 1811 and settling In Del
aware county , N. Y. His father , Col-
lln Robertson , was a soldier during
Iho civil war , enlisting as a private
ind rising to the ranks of second llou-l
tenant , which rank
ho held when inns-
torod out. Ho served three years uu-
dor General Sherman and participated
In the campaign around Chattanooga
and Atlanta and In the famous inarch
to the soa. The elder Robertson died
In 1S75 at his homo In Ferrcston , 111. , I
where he had lived for many years J
and from which town ho enlisted In
the army.
William M. Robertson , the son , at
tended the common schools at Inter
vals until ho was about eighteen years
old , when he attended Rock River sem
inary at Mount Morris , 111. , for two
years. Ho studied law and was ad
mitted lo practice , and In April , 187-1 ,
ho removed to Nebraska , locating at
Norfolk , and engaged In the practice
of his profession. Ho arrived In Ne
braska with a small amount of cash
In his pocket and a determination to
succeed In his heart and success 1ms
come in abundant measure.
After practicing In Norfolk for two
years ho removed to Madison and
practiced for sixteen years. Then ho
returned to Norfolk , whore ho has
slnco resided. While a mere boy , six
teen years old , ho enlisted In company
D , Ono Hundred and Forty-second Il
linois Infantry , after being rejected
three times because of his small slat- -i
uro and physical condition , his enlistment - J
mont being secured on May 4 , 1804 ,
after successfully eluding the vigi
lance of the mustering oflicer.
Mr. Robertson has been an ncllvo
republican all his life , and has hold a
number of prominent olllces. Ho was
a member of Ihe Nebraska constitu
tional convention of 1875 , which draft
ed the present stale conslltuion. In
1887 bo was appointed by Gov. Thayer
as commissioner to represent Nebraska - \
ka at the centennial of the adoption \
of the constltulon of the United Stales ,
held at Philadelphia , was a delegate
lo llio republican national convention
in 1SSS , and national cominittccman
from 1888 to 1802. lie was appointed
register of the United States land of-
'nee at Neligh by President Harrison
and served three years , and lias served
one term as mayor of Norfolk. He
was a member of the G. A. R. , the R.
II. , a member and past cxalled ruler
of Die B. P. O. E.
0" December 29 , 1870 , ho was mar
ried al Forreston , 111. , to Miss Anna
M. Carver and three children have
been born to them. A daughter Is the
wife of Prof. Geo. C. Williams , for
merly principal of the Nebraska School
of Oratory at Lincoln , and now hold
ing the same position in the Ithaca ,
N. Y. , Conservatory of Music. A son ,
Sidney 1) , is n jmiilmto < > r Hm TTnivoj- . /
sity of Nebraska law school and for V
several years have been associated
with his father in the practice of law
In Norfolk under the firm name of
Robertson & Robertson. One sou died
in infancy.
SEMI-CENTENNIAL OR ESTABLISH
MENT OF TOWN.
TO BE OBSERVED THIS SUMMER
A Great Deal of Ancient History is
Being Unearthed and Many Curious
Facts are Being Brought to Light In
Cuming County.
West Point , Neb. , Jan. 22. Special
to i The News : The suggestions made
by ' Colonel J. C. Elliott , editor of the
West Poinl Republican , looking to the
celebration of the semi-centennial of
the founding of Wesl Point has taken
root. The mailer is l\elng agitated by
Ihe citizens and it is believed Ihal a ' ,
record breaking celebration will be fA
hold here , the coming summer. A
great deal of ancient history Is being
unearthed and many curious facts
brought to light. The oily of West
Point was originally platted in Juno ,
1857 , by Andrew J. Bruner under the
direction of the Nebraska Setllemcnt f
associalion. The first election in Cum
ing county was held In West Point on
October 12 , 1858. Nineteen votes were
cast for county otllcers. The ili t law
suit was held before Justice J1. C.
Crawford In February , IStJG. it was I
between William Wurbelo and P. i
Fuellner , the former suing for $20.00 ,
Ihe value of a dog killed by Fuellner. * * *
The lale John D. Neligh appeared for
Ihe defendant , and the plaintiff , Iiav-
ing no attorney , the case was conlln- >
nod. Wurbelo slarled for Tekamah j (
lo gel a lawyer but on the way was . '
caught in a fearful snow slorm and *
frozen lo death.
SNOW ON ROSEBUD.
_ *
Norfolk Commercial Traveler Drove '
in Cutter Two and Half Days. /
C. A. Blakely , who has just returned ff ±
from a Irlp to Bonesteel , says thai the " f1
Rosebud reservation is covered with
a heavy blanket of snow and that
sleighing in thai section fa nvpoiionf
Ho drove In a culler for Iwo days and
a half during the week just past.
Norfolk Is covered against with a
thin layer of Ice which resulted from
a light rainfall , which later froze. A
high wind from the north senl people
sliding merrily about all day aSlurday
and It was a bit perilous to pursue a
blown-off hat.
Rummage sale , first door west of
Queen City hotel Saturday , January 20.
Rummage sale , first door west of
Queen City holcl Saturday , January 2CV-f/
Vi
Court at West Point.
West Point , Nob. , Jan. 22. Special
to The News : The adjourned term of
Ihe dlstricl court of Cuming county
was closed by Judge Guy T. Graves
on Saturday and adjourned olnc die.
During the week of court , the number
of cases on the docket was materially
lessoned.