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IT'S POLITICS.
A negro appointed to a $5.000 per
year Job In Ohio ; KoraUor anil Dick
llvo in Ohio ; "iHO Tuft. Tlio president
mid KoraKor have said how they love
one another. The | iri'Hiloiil | would like
( o liuvo Tafl noinlaatt'il for prcHltlcMit.
Hut KoraUor and nick own Ohio. For-
akor stood up for the negroes of the
discharged Twenty-fifth and assailed
the president. ThlH negro In Olilo IH
to bo minted without any consultation
on the part of the president , with For-
nlior. Ohio people think It may ho
rovoiiBO at KoraUor. H'H politics.
Hut Ohio IH objecting. It mliy have
boon a bad move. It may hurt Tafl's
loom. )
It'a a iroat game , UtlH politics.
CARNEGIE LIBRARY.
The Commercial club b < > lluvos that
Norfolk Is rlpo for a Carnegie library ,
and the suggestion will no doubt Uiko
mot.
Slnco a fair beginning at a public
library was made In Norfolk a little
while ago by the Woman's club , the
city hna conto moro and moro to ap
preciate the value of such an Institu
tion.
There IB no citizen today who docs
not recognize and concede tlio umliieut
value of a public IJbrary.
In order to secure a library building
costing $10,000 from the Carnegie li
brary fund , It would bo merely neees-
navy for * Norfolk to vote to maintain
the Institution by the expenditure of
one-tenth the building's value each
year or $1,000 per year. This surely
could bo done without any appreciable
> ffcct. It would mean twenty cents a
year for each assessed $100.
Norfolk will no doubt take kindly
to the suggestion.
COMIC VALENTINES.
St. Valentino's day will soon bo
hero again , and the comlug of the' oc
casion Is already heralded by tlio pres
ence of displays of all sorts of comics
and with pictures of cupld. There Is
always something to be dreaded In the
approach of St. Valentino's day , to the
world at large , for on that day there
are often mijde wounds that take long
years'to heal.
Most people are sensitive down In
their hearts and to be made the wrong
end of a joke ? oven though the Inten
tions are harmless , sears Into the feelIngs -
Ings like hot Iron. The person who
has any abnormal trait endures with
suffering the unkind remarks that
thoughtless ones chance to cast In re
gard to those peculiarities. Ami un
kind , cutting valentines carry knife
blades Into hearts.
If there Is anything of joy in Bonding
a valentine , It comes from the happi
ness of having pleased a friend , surely
not from delight In having hurt a foe.
The world Is too big a place to bother
with one's enemies , anyway , and none
too largo to hold the friends.
IN THE FIELD OK BUSINESS.
The business outlook for the com
Ing year Is a bright one. The present
winter , just as It has made a good qual
ity of ice , has had a tendency to pro
duce a high quality of trade and mer
chants have done well. Old stocks
have been cleared out and now goods
will fill the shelves in the springtime.
There Is no room for pessimistic
predictions In regard to the trade. In
stead of decreasing or oven remaining
stationery , the sales for spring have
steadily increased and the output will
be limited only by the capacity of the
mills and factories.
This country knows of nothing but
excellent crops. There Is rallroar
building beyond us , and there Is the
coming opening of a million acres of
land to stimulate things. People wil
go and come through Norfolk from
now on for two years for Trlpp conn
ty's lands.
There is a period of growth > ahead
in every direction. Retail business
lias been steady. Shoes and rubber
goods that remained unsold last year
have gone steadily this winter. Lum
ber orders booked ahead are ver >
large.
Optimistic forecasts are in the air
PREPARING FOR WOODMEN.
Two days of the present week prom
Ise to bo noteworthy In Norfolk. O :
Thursday and Friday there are sched
uled for this city a largo number o
Modern Woodmen of America , 2,000
it Is estimated , who will arrive for a
district meeting. That order has
planned , if possible , to break the state
record with Initiates at this time , and
several hundred applicants have al
ready been secured.
The Commercial club of Norfolk ha
appealed to the business men on Nor
folk avenue to make a special offer
at decorating the city In flags am
bunting of the order which will throng
the city , and an appeal Is also mad
lint.'tlin muieliiiiils do sporlul advor-
Islug In order thai bargains offered In
he city's Moron may act as compim-
ms In Inducing outsiders to come to
own.
There me several roanoiis why the
ppoul will lie given serious attention
ty tlin busliioHH men of Norfolk. In
he llrst place It Is mild Hint If this
tooling proves an entire success , a
ogrolllng may be uxpoclod hero within
ho coming two or three summers , and
t Is claimed that a logioiling would
ring even moio people to town thiin
re expected Tlmrmlay and Friday.
Vayuo merchants one year had the
ame sort of district mooting which Is
o bo held here now. and the town
vas elaborately decorated , It Is re
torted. Norfolk , of course , can note
o outdone by Wayne.
TALK IT OVEH.
A rtiiggostlon has been made by a
uslness man that the business Inter-
sts of the city could bo well promot-
d If there were some place for bust-
ess people ( o congregate at lunch
line and , over a cup of tea , discuss
lie various problems that arise In city
ulldtng. That the suggestion has pos-
Utilities In It. Is clearly proven'by the
xporlcncc of Omaha and Sioux City
it this line. The plan has worked
vouders In those places.
Hastings has started out with a plan
o have 20,000 people by 1010. Los
Vngeles has a 200,000 club always
orklng. Long lleach , Cal , has a fiO-
00 club ever alert and Spokane has
club composed of business men of
lie city , whoso duty It Is to bring the
dvantages of their city to the alien-
Ion of friends back east.
II were no bad plan to llius adver
se a city , JiiHt as you would advertise
bargain sale. And advertising of
he right kind will pay for a commu-
lly just as well as for a private on-
orprlHO. It is old fashioned and out
f date to decry advertising of cities
s a progressive and winning game.
Somebody mlghl suggest that Nor-
: tlk could profitably advertise by each
uslness man and citizen agreeing to
vrlto back east to some friend. set-
Ing forth the advantages to be found
t locating here.
There are many things that can be
one for Norfolk. And the suggestion
hat the business folk get together over
heir bowls of bread and milk , or roast
oof and mashed potatoes at noon , to
all ; these plans and possibilities over ,
s not one for the waste basket.
JAPANESE PRESTIGE.
How's that ? The little yellow men
von't bollove that a now treaty , oxclud-
ng Japanese laborers from this conn-
ry , Is thought of at Washington ? He-
use lo believe it because it Is nn-
easonable ? And still hope that the
natter will bo settled with no sacri-
Ice to Japanese honor or prestige !
San Francisco's board of education
uovlng to Washington as fast as
vheels can carry them ; a report that
x new treaty has been effected barring
ap coolies , on the compromise that
lallfornia take care of school children
ilready hero ; everything lovely and
icaceful and full of harmony that
vraps its arms around the other man's
lock and caresses him on the cheek ,
mtll of a sudden comes a tick-tlck-lick
jver the Paclllc cable , and the whole
looming settlement vanishes into thin
ilr !
What says California about settling
ho matter without any sacrifice on the
mrt of Japanese honor or prestlgo ?
California bus Ideas on the subject ;
Tapan has a treaty. And the two con-
llct. Dump up against the same old
iviestlon of state's rights are wo !
Hack to the same old quarrel , Call-
'ornla ! Do you have a right to'run
your schools as you please , or has the
'ederal government a right to say how
uid why ?
First reports , weeks ago , said Call
'ornla must Mibslde. "Charge ! San
Francisco ! " was the cry from Wash
ington.
But San Francisco only went off Into
the corner and began to growl. S. F
showed Its teeth and threatened to
break away from its kenney. Then a
bono was thrown to It In the hope o
a new treaty. And that bono has made
the little yellow fellows froth at tht
mouth.
"There surely will bo no war. There
will bo no war. There will not llkel >
bo a war. "
PERIODICAL POSTAGE.
If congress will but give fitting at
tentlon to the recommendations of the
postal commission , in which It is rec
ommcnded that rates shall bo ralse (
on second class mall matter , Third As
slstant Postmnstdr General Maddet
may get a blow In his optic. In all th
years that this government has beet
operating , It has been the boast of i
free and progressive people that over }
effort was made to distribute good 111
eraturo at a rate which encourage
publication. The postoftlco dopartmen
has allowed many an Illegitimate pub
Icatlon , gotten up for advertising pur
poses , to slip Into the basket carryln
what Is called worthy literature. An
now , rather than take the trouble o
weeding out the bad , the whole basket
fill of publications Is to bo assessed
bigger rate.
It is said that many of the inaga
lues now running will be put out of
imlness by such a ruling. Or , If they
outturn1 , the prices will have to bo
icreaned so that the public will pay
in extra pofilage.
Third Assistant Postmaster General
hidden can't scorn to jar loose from
ho Idea that the postolllce department
vas never established for money mak-
ig purposes. The government Itself
s not a get-rlch-qulck concern , Wo need
ovornment and wo need a postolllce
ecauso wo can't got along without
hem and the 80,000.000 people on this
ountry manage somehow to keep up
10 expenses , whether I ho government
r Hie * pofltolllco department declare
dividend al the end of th year or not.
Publishers of Uio country are going
o try to demonstrate ( o congress thai
Ills proposed raise in postage will
lean only added cost In buying period-
mis to the subscribers of literary Jour-
als.
als.An
An effort will bo made to show these
ongressmen who Insist that the poor
lasses of common people are already
caring too much of a burden' 111 tlio
OHtnl delict , that the burden of the
eoplo can belief bo kept-down by
coping down congressional salaries
o $ /i,000 / per year , than by forcing
lagazlncs and newspapers to Increase
heir rates and thus collect the frclghl
rom the public , after all.
GOOD GRACICTUS , OMAHA !
The now federal judiciary bill pur-
orts to abandon the division of No-
raska Into two districts , but nouclhc-
; ss provides certain divisions with
10 further requirement that all cases ,
uist bo tried in the division In which
ley arise. It Is assorted by these where
ro competent to speak that in the
ccoiit bind fencing conspiracy cases
o iudictmenl would over have boon
mud and no conviction over have
eon recorded had the court Men com-
oiled to select the juries from the
istrlct In which the land frauds were
ommlttcd. This explanation may
trow some light on the new bill as
ell as on the old bill. Omaha Hoe.
Omaha's Insinuation that Omaha is
10 only spot In Nebraska where a
jdernl court can mete out justice to
ocloty boars the earmarks of a joke-
est. Omaha for justice ?
There was a man named Crowe. Pal
3rowe. Hut , after all , that may have
eon justice. Omaha didn't do any-
ilng in that case except turn loose
he man who had kidnapped a boy
ml robbed a man of $20,000. What
vould wo do for justice if wo owned
o Omaha ?
And then again. Omaha is nssum-
ig thai Indictments in the land cases
vero just and right. That's an as-
umptlon that Is illy founded. It is
iot the province of Omaha or any oth-
r clly lo say , before Iho. courls are
lone , lhal this or that is the verdict
Imt should bo produced. It Is not so
learly shown that the men who hnvo
milt up western Nebraska by using a
ast arid tract of sand that otherwise
k'ould have lain idle , have committed
uoh a crime. Perhaps a community
icar enough to get some of that waste
and in Us ears on windy days , is as
iblo to Judge of the Innocence or the
guilt of those persecuted stockmen uM
ho city far away , out of range of tbd
ango , wherein the newspaper reports
of an inlerlor secrelary's speech , eml-
loutly prejudicial to the cases at hand
ind preeminently unfair to the ac
cused , nro moro commonly read than
iway out hero on the unthronged
plains.
Omaha Ihe only , point wherein jus-
Ice doth exist ? In truth 'twas far
rom that Impression that M. F. Har-
ington loft hero the other day. " 1
should prefer Norfolk for trying a
case against a corporation in place of
Omaha , " said Mr. Harrington , "because
n Omaha there are so many ways and
nenns by which the big corporations
can get at the Jury's sentiment. "
It would bo refreshing to Omaha ,
Nebraska , if Ihoro were but one federal
oral court point in the state , and that
Omaha. Hut good gracious alive , Oma
ha ! haven't the people In the rest of
the state a right to save railroad fare ,
when they can gel jusl as pure justice ,
and maybe a little purer , by being
tried at court towns In their own dls
tricts ?
DHYDEN'S HEALTH.
Senator Dryden's health has failed
him. Incidentally his health failed bin
Just at a time when votes also failed
to put him back Into the senate. Ami
the downfall has come to the monarcl
of New Jersey , the king of a machine
which has worked with smoothness
and precision for thirty-four yeara
Many claim that the result of this
downfall of Dryden will mean an In
vestlgatlon of the Prudential Life Insurance
suranco company , of which ho is the
ruler , and It is freely predicted tha
conditions revealed will cause even a
greater sensation than did the Arm
strong Investigation In Now York.
It Is freely charged In New Jersey
that Dryden tried to buy his ro-elcc
tlon to the senate , and that ho wantei
to return to the senate in order to keo.u
down the lid on his Prudential Insurance
anco company. But his health has
failed.
Dryden's power has been crushp (
by ti revolt that started two years ag
and which has been stubbornly waget
ever since. His destruction Is a warn
Ing to the politician who would make
this government a monarchy and who
vould attempt to rule this nation as
n old-time kingdom. The downfall of
V.ar Dry don comes as a keynote tether
thor czars In power , who would abuse
heir power.
Drydcn's rise was romantic. Ho
vent to Now Jersey penniless twenty-
our years ago. Ho was a machinist
nd his ambition was an Industrial in-
urance company costing the stock-
loldors flvo cents -week. .
That Insurance company , started in
basement , has brought a fortune of
t least $20,000,000 to Dryifen. The com-
tuny now reaches one man In six , erne
no family In three. Ono stockholder
vho Invested $2,200 In the Prudential ,
as realized $ ; t2,000 ! , or 15,000 percent ,
m the Investment. And Dryden , after
ho Armstrong Invosllgallon , told
Mmrlos C. Hughes In a private con-
erxntlnn that his great dlfllculty was
o prevent his directors from dividing
he surplus of the Prudential , which Is
bout twenty millions.
Dryden had power behind him. The
'rudcntlal was the , cradle of his pow-
r. Hut Americans can't stand for a
zar.
The fall of Dryden will bo seized
pen by "reformers" of the Cummins
ypo In Iowa and they arc as thick
s mosquitoes all over the country as
n evidence that their system is work-
ng ; thai they arc on the homestretch.
Jul there Is a differentiation between
he revolters In New Jersey and Cum-
ilns' type of politician. The claim to
lioness between these fake reformers
ml those who overthrow Dryden will
o hypocritical and unfounded.
In truth , the upbuilding of Dryden
hould servo as a warning against fake
( 'formers In every state who would ,
y pretending sincerity of purpose , or-
nnlzo a machine along the Dryden
Inc. Dryden started penniless and be-
amo u monarch ; in all states there
ro today fake reformers who are sock-
ig by whatever moans possible to be-
omo monnrchs of political machinery
f their own upbuilding , and who thus
ook to surround themselves with just
uch power as Dryden claimed.
Some of these machinists nttomplto
ntch the public off Its guard and , by
oud cries of antl-thls and .antl-tlmt ,
rumpetlng on a sentimental key , to
ot the public tied up , bands and feet ,
efore It realizes lhat there is a new
ort of Dryden springing up.
"Beware , " says Dryden's downfall ,
of the fake reformer- who would bo-
ome a czar. "
THE WHITE PLAGUE.
Stale Veterinarian McKim , in , a let-
er to The News , says that there is
moro danger of tuberculosis from the
Irlnklng of tubercular milk and the
Baling of tubercular meat limn there
s from breathing air in which germs
may have been sot nlloat from tuber
cular sputum. He takes Issue with a
talemenl recently quoted In Ibis pa-
> er from a physician in which it
loublcd whether tubercular germs
could travel from stomouh to lungs ,
and he accompanies his .Argument with
ho report of a specl/1 investigating
committee appointed -tty the secretary
of agriculture at 'vashlngton , which
shows that tubercular germs Intro
duced In the tail of a calf and three
logs traveled rapidly to the lungs and
caused death rfr falal symplons. State
VeterinarianMcKim expresses the
tope that A state law one day may
be passed in Nebraska providing that
all meats sold In every town must bo
subjected to Inspection by a compe
tent veterinarian.
This local Inspection Is now enjoyed
n California and Kansas Is seeking
.he same end. Some of the towns and
cities of Nebraska have already pre
ceded the state law , and have made the
irovlslon themselves. Norfolk needs
such protecllon and every other town
needs It ; Nebraska needs such a law
and , as Is pretty effectively shown In
the Ictler of Dr. McKim , Ibis and ev
ery olher state needs such a law and
such a law's enforcement.
The spread of tuberculosis among
hogs in Nebraska Is said by State Vet
erinarian McKIm to be alarming. And
the cause has not yet been determined
Whether it comes from the fdcl that
hogs are following tubercular herds
of catlle , or whether from the feeding
of more separated milk , seems to bo
puzzling the scientists.
If it Is true , as the stale's veterlna
rlan hero points out , that this disease
is spreading at such a rapid rate
among bogs and that possibly this is
duo to a spread of the disease among
cattle , and since it Is shown that tak
ing a germ Inlo the stomach by way of
milk can result in tuberculosis of the
lungs If the person Is predisposed erIn
In a weakened condition , then surely
the appeal of Dr. McKim for a law re
quiring state inspection is one of vita
Importance to every citizen , every fam
lly In this commonwealth , and ought
to bo given attention.
An incident was recounted in this
paper some days ago of a tubercular
cow that was found between Norfolk
and Battle Creek. The animal ha (
been sick , yet the owner hesitated to
kill her. Finally the cow was killed
and the lungs were found to bo a ncs
of tuberculosis. Milk from that herd
has been going Into Omaha to be
churned Into butter. Some of the people
ple who eat that butter will throw off
the germs , by their strong constitu
Ions ; one may get the disease from n
bin layer of this dairy product on a
ill of broad.
All over these broad lands we are
pending millions of dollars every
oar to light the great white plague.
One society Is giving domonstralloiiB
n every city showing how the disease
prcads from sputum.
And yet wo go on day after day and
ear after year allowing milk and
cream to bo sold to the public from
tiborcular herds , and with no protoc-
Ion to the consumer whalsoever.
What greater achievement could
ioiuo from the prcseul legislature In
> Iebraskn than such a measure as this ,
irotoclliig the public by an Inspection
if dairy products ? Nebraska would
even consent to have the legislature
orgct some of Its hundreds of antl-thls
ind nntl-llmt bills , If It would enact
\ measure thai would be bound lo save
itiman lives nil over these prairies.
And there Is plenty of time yet for
uch a measure to bo introduced'and
inssed Into a law.
AROUND TOWN.
Jump In , boys. The snow's flno.
No wonder Nellgh fellows always
< now how.
Some bears llvo to bo sixty-six years
f age , without getting old.
Most people would rather live In
heir own towns than bo frozen to
oath in Canada.
Omaha ouslit ; lo lear off that Pat
3rowo courtplastor before she talks
bout her "Justice. "
"I played a joke on my alarm clock , "
aid a Norfolk man. "I got up before
t bad a chance to ring. "
No wonder they call it the white
lague ! State Veterinarian McKim
ays it comes from the milk.
On Saturday Norfolk was dressed
n damage suits ; today the town is
lothed in a robe of snowllakes.
Actresses 'always carry their own
ilectric light fixtures so that they will
get always the santo illumination for
ho making up of their cheeks.
When a lilllo boy Isn't playing rail-
oad train with the couch , be Is finding
nit , by means of himself , how many
leople the thing will comfortably seat.
What would happen if somebody
hould write a poem about that Emden
goose that went astray ? But respecter
or an Emden goose restrains the ap-
) eal.
The man who enjoys the perils of
yacht racing in summer , gets the same
sensation In winter by riding a bicycle
on a snowy day , with Ice underneath
.ho
A Norfolk minister , in delivering a
sermon to commercial travelers one
Sunday , remarked that at the end of
Ihe week Ihe drummers enjoy Ihem-
selves at home. "On Saturday you en-
oy your own homes , " said the preach
er ; "you sit beside your own fireside ,
you eat at your own table and you visit
with your own wife. " It was a joke
on the preacher which the drummers
enjoyed.
Omaha doesn't' want Norfolk and
Lincoln and North Plalle and a few
other towns to be on the map In a fed
eral court way. And the plea Is that
society can't get Justice outside of
Omaha ! Omaha has an Idea that Ne-
> raska ought to take a special train
Into Omaha every time King Aksarben ,
venerable old soul , crooks his finger ;
every time a Pat Orowo trial comes
ip for excitement. But north Nebras
ka wants to be restored lo earlh ; norlh
Nebraska wants a federal court of its
own. Perhaps we ought to be grateful
that Omaha allows us a local milk sup
ply , though no doubt Omaha mlllc
would bo purer ! North Nebraska be
lieves , though , that where fresh milk
from healthy cows can be had , so also
can there bo found pure and simple
justice In a federal court ; it doesn't
take city grime to purify court jusllce.
Country air is heller.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
The really popular boy always has
a "nickname. "
Most of the sure schemes for making
big money pay all Ihe dividends to the
promoter * .
People who atlempt to quote poetry
rarely get It right , bul none of their
listeners know the difference.
A girl is sure to bo interesled in a
man who pays her altentlon , If her
falher finds the man objectionable ,
The woman who cries easily comes
nearer having her own way than the
woman who fights for her righls.
Whenever a woman wants the pow
der , she says she always likes a little
for the end of her nose.
No woman's picture looks any better
because she was trying to look through
the skylight when It was taken.
Occasionally a man Is so lazy his
chief regret is that he is not so con
stiluled lhat he can hibernate all win
ter.
There Is plenty of opportunity for
the exercise of genius in the manage
ment of a retail grocery store.
Every child is doomed to disappoint
ment. They all Imagine that as soon
as they are twenly-one they will "do
as they please. "
The practical joker always believes
his angry victim has no sense of hu
mor.
Unpleasant truths always please a
lot of people whom they do not con-
corn.
Some people .Imagine they are cul
tured because they prefer tragedy to
comedy. >
The man who is only agreeable when
ho wants a favor doesn't get a great
many.
It Is nol enough to disapprove of
gossip ; you , yourself , must keep from
gossiping.
It Is a good thing for most of us
thai our mistakes receive less atten
tion than Is given those of railway
lolegraphcrs.
When a woman raises her sons in
what she considers tlio right way , .it
is never with a view to making good
husbands of them.
Every keeper of a small shop whore
cigars arc sold , quietly complains to
his friends because of the manner in
which Is customers steal matches.
A postage stamp flirtation never has
any effect on anyone but the mail
clerks ; they swear a little If the stamp
is on the wrong corner.
When a woman boasts of how little
v.
a garment jnade ! has cost her , she
uauplly i-di's tlmt she found the but
tons in the soing machine drawer.
An Atchlson man has been engaged
so long that when ho shows some other
girl attention , it seems as Improper as
though a married man were doing it.
Long after a man has forgotten he
once had a schoolboy admiration for
some girl she is bragging lo her grand
children lhal he was an old lover of
hers.
A woman likes lo change her clolhes
every day. 'What would a woman do
If she had but one suit , like most men
and was compelled to wear It two or
three years ?
Ever seriously think what an "argu
ment" amounts to ? You jaw , and jaw >
with an acquaintance , and finally quit ,
both sides to it mad , and silently hat
ing the other party to It. Why have
so many arguments ? You never con
vince anyone by arguing with them.
Listen lo the story of any woman's
life between the ages of 1C and 35 and
you bear of the proposals she has re
ceived ; from thai lime on until she is
an old woman you hear of the spells
of sickness she has had herself and
: hose through which she has nursed
others.
When two old friends have not met
for a great many years about the first
thing they say to each other Is : "How
stout you have grown , " or , "My good
ness , you are much thinner than you
were , " unless they happen to be extra
polite then they say : "You have not
changed a bit. "
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Nine out of ten budding geniuses fail
to bloom.
A critic Is a man who couldn't have
done It himself.
An unmarried flirt Is apt to develop
into a marriedfury. ,
From the bird's viewpoint a single
bush is worth a dozen hands.
Every self-made man thinks other
men ought to borrow his pattern.
A frenzied financier says the open
season for suckers Is never closed.
When a man tries to please his
wife's relatives he attempts the Impos
sible.
BUSINESS MEN FIGHT.
Bloody Battle on the Streets of Madi
son.
Madison , Neb. . Feb. G. Special to
The News : P. uably the bloodiest
battle ever fought In this city took
place yeetciday afternoon between two
buslncMb men , Otto Kamratb , Imple
ment dealer , and Tim Kennedy , man
ager of threshing machine. The fight
started In the implement house and
when It was over the combattants were
clear across the street , having fought
every Inch of the distance. Kamrath
lost the end of his finger , which was
bitlen off by his adversary , and Ken
nedy came out with a broken thumb.
Both belligerents were badly bruised
and cut and both were bleeding pro
fusely when separated.
The fight started over the collection
of an account.
TO PLAN FOR NEW CREAMERY.
Directors of Company Will Hold MeetIng -
Ing to Discuss Future and Fire.
Directors of the now creamery com
pany will hold a meeting at 4 o'clock
this afternoon to discuss plans for ac
tion , now that the old creamery build
ing , which they had planned to occupy
this week , has been destroyed by fire.
The original plan In connection with
the old creamery building had been to
occupy that as a churning plant , and
to maintain nn office down town where
cream could bo bought and butter ro-
talled. It Is not known what plan will
bo adopted now , but It Is said that a
building may bo erected down town.
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