8 I'HE NORFOLK WKKKLY NEWS JOURNAL : FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 15 , 1907. ii'J '
MISS MYRTLE RICE OF WARNER-
VILLE WINS PRIZE.
AT MASQUERADE DALL OF DAND
She Had Cleverly Woven Together
Into a Fnncy Dress Costume Copies
of Norfolk's Dally Paper and She
Made the Hit of the Evening.
( Kruiu Wodnrstlny'n Dnllv. ,
A mnsdiienulo eohtumo made from
copies of The News won llntt prise for
attractiveness at the masquerade danc
ing party glVeu by the Norfolk hand at
Miirmtardt hall last night Miss Myr
tle Ulce of Wurnoilllo was the clever
yonng woman who had HO uniquely
put together a go\\n made from news
papers as to win the llrsl prize.
Miss Hlce had used The News for
the gown completely , with the head
ings. "The Norfolk Dally News1 placed
In such u manner us to look like Inser
tion set In. The cap which Miss Hlco
wore also was decorated with a News
heading.
The prize received by Mfss Illco was
a souvenir spoon. The gentlemen's
prize was received by Karl Green , who
was garbed as a westerner. Ills prize
was two dance tickets.
An extra largo crowd was present ,
the music was excellent and the danc
ers enjoyed the occasion very much.
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.
Mrs. Frank Davis Is on the sick list.
R. 1) . W'ollor of Humphrey Is In the
city.
city.W. . D. Evans was over from Wayne
yesterday.
II. II. Mark of Crelghton was In the
city yesterday. ,
A. Martin of Center was a Norfolk
visitor yesterday.
II. M. Mclntyro of Nellgh was a city
visitor yesterday.
Otto/Kauroth of Madison was In
Norfolk yesterday.
Marlon Asbury of Brunswick was In
the city Wednesday.
Frank Oshorn of Ilartlngton was n
city visitor yesterday.
Frank Lambert came down from Fos
ter Wednesday morning.
D. J. Malone and wlfo of Plorco
were In the city yesterday.
Mrs. C. A. Smith and daughter Marjorie -
jorio of Dutto nro In the city.
Miss 13. Jackson of Newman Grove
was In Norfolk on Wednesday.
J. II. Gable , traveling passenger
agent for the Northwestern , Is In the
city.
city.Guy Barnes Is at homo In this city ,
the Leavltt sugar factory , at which lie
Is employed , having finished Us cam
paign.
T. J. Donohno was In Norfolk yesterday
day from Omaha , attending to busl
ness Interests.
Will Kopplo , who had boon working
nt Leavltt In the sugar factory , has
returned homo.
- , P. A. Shurtz left Wednesday morn-
.Jng for n business trip In Iowa and
Missouri. IIo will go as far as St.
'Louis.
' 0. C. Hall , formerly of this city but
now an engineer on the Chadron divi
sion of the Northwestern , spent the
day in Norfolk visiting friends.
Dr. and Mrs. Hay , who had been vis
iting Dr. and Mrs. Yonng at the In
sane hospital , returned to their homo
In Lincoln at noon. Dr. Hay Is super
intendent at the Lincoln hospital.
Mrs. Chambers , Mrs. Evans and Mrs.
Sullivan of Columbus , who had been
visiting with Superintendent and Mrs.
G. A. Young at the hospital for the
lusnno , shave returned to their homes.
Mn\V. a. P'OX Is on the sick list.
Mrs. Myron Hodges of IMorco Is In
the city.
J. C. Myers made a business trip to
Stnuton Tuesday.
Otto Whitwor of Tlldeu visited over
Sunday with Win. King.
Hugo Paul has returned from his
trip to Walnut , Iowa , and Illinois.
The business college students are
planning to give a party In their rooms
on Friday night.
A large crowd of friends helped Miss
Minh King celebrate her birthday at
the home of her father , F. King.
Miss Tawney , formerly a teacher In
the Norfolk high school. Is In Tempo ,
Arizona. The daughters of J. D. Stur
geon are at the same place.
President C. E. Rurnhnm of the
Commercial club left on the noon
train for Lincoln to look after legisla
tive matters for that organization.
George W. Dwlnell of Long Pine
died last night. He was formerly a
coMuctor on the Northwestern and
wi U Known. C. H. Groesheck is going
to I/nig Pine to attend the funeral.
Jack Welch went to Fremont yester-
day on business.
Swan Johnson , foreman of the ma
sons , and his gang are hero cleaning
up some bricks.
John Quick went to Scrlbner Monday
night to do some holler work.
Mrs. George Walling Is In Long
Pine visiting with her parents .
Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Barrett are the
proud parents of n now baby girl.
Mrs. W. Smith , who has been suf
fering with Intlammatory rheumatism ,
Is much better.
Miss Madeline Stlno of Thaycr , for
merly of Norfolk Junction , Is visiting
with her friends , Misses Clara Ander
son and Mabel Dick.
The West Side whist club will bo en
tertained at the homo of C. S. Bridge
Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Huntlngton gave
the second of a series of two pleasant
dinner parties at their homo on The
Heights last evening.
The E. V , P. boys entertained the
VZ. . girls and a number of other
Hinds with a party dance Tuesday
M'ntiiKi at which everybody enjo > t-d
licniHt'lvL'H Immensely.
H. W Abernathy of Gross , Neb. , for
merly of hero , has been badly Jiurt In
; i runaway In which a heavy wagon
ran over 111 * Hide , crushing four ribs ,
\\hleh penetrated his lungn. Ho Is In
very bad condition.
Mrs. P. A. Shurtz pleasantly outer-
tallied a company of about thirty la-
dloH at 1 o'clock luncheon yesterday
ifUirnooii. Hueliro and Illuch predom
inated after luncheon.
Word has been received here from
Mlns Mary Wookor in I'lerco that two
HouvenlrH from the Catholic fair , held
there last week , eome to Norfolk. Mrs.
DotoHon gets a 200-pound sack of Hour
.mil Miss .leannette Mayer tcushion. .
Melting Ice In causing high water In
many parts of the state. The ICIkhorn
has begun to break up and HOIIIO of
the bridges on tlutt stream south of
Norfolk are being subjected to pretty
heavy loads of Ice that has assembled
md clogged at these points.
A mistake was nindo In giving the
date of ( lie program at the Pleasant
Valley school house , which Is to bo on
February 211. A program will bu fur
nished , after which the ladles' feet are
to he sold to the highest bidder. The
ladles furnish supper. Thd money
goes to the school library. Everybody
invited. Mahello Friend , teacher.
Farmers In this section have begun
moving , preparatory to getting trans
ferred by the Ilrst of March , so that
they can then begin the spring season
In earnest. Wagons laden with farm
machinery and household goods are
being sent from place to place , a num
ber of them having passed through the
streets of this city within the past few
days.
Rev. Mr. McLanghlln , Presbyterian
missionary , reports that a now church
building will probably bo urcctbd at
Vordol this season , costing $1,000 to
$1,800 , a thousand dollars of which
have already been promised. The
church organization there now has a
membership of thirty-live and they are
well pleased over six weeks' work just
closed. The congregation hopes to
have a pastor by the first of April.
Mrs. Lnclnda Mapes , mother of Burt
Mnpes , Is prostrated over the death of
her twin sister , Miss Doty , who died
Saturday at her homo In Port Jarvls ,
Now York , closely following the death
of an older sister , Mrs. Doty , which
occurred on January 27 at the same
place. The t\\'o sisters , the last one of
whom has Just passed away , had lived
together for years and wore Insepa
rable companions , and the deatli of
the two coming so close Is a severe
shock to their relatives.
G. D. Marsh , sheriff of Rock county ,
was In the city yesterday , having
brought a patient to the Norfolk hos
pital. Mr. Marsh formerly lived at
Madison , and Is familiar with the ear
ly history of Madison county. Meet
ing a person whom he had board of
but never met. ho remarked. "Yon must
bo a now comer hero. " The man ad
mitted that ho had only been here
twenty years and that perhaps ho had
hardly become acclimated by compari
son with a pioneer of forty years stand
ing.
Gregory Times : That Gregory is
now a full-Hedged railroad town cannot
he disputed. The rails were laid across
the townslte , and the engine and cars
are hero and will bo for some time to
como. The work of laying sldotracks
Is next In order and as soon us one Is
completed , which will bo Friday or
Saturday , the boarding train will bo
moved here from Burke to remain un
til the work hero Is completed. Surfac
ing has been abandoned on the new
Hue till the frost Is out of the ground
therefore no regular trains will bo run
for thirty or sixty days , tills depending
on weather conditions. Gregory Is
now the terminus of this division of
the C. & N. W.
ECHO OF MASSACRE.
Henry Wiseman Seeks Pension In His
Declining Years.
Sioux City , Iowa. Feb. II. For the
third tlmo , Henry Wiseman , now near
ly DO years of age , and very poor , will
make an effort to secure from congress
a monetary reimbursement for the loss
of his live children In a horrible Indian
massacre while ho was serving with
the "Homo Guards , " being a member
of Co. I Second Nebraska cavalry , In
1SC3.
Judge Boyd , just elected to congress
fiom the Third Nebraska district , will
take up the battle for Wiseman. The
records of the massacre are on file In
Dakota county , Nebraska , just across
the river from hero.
While Wiseman was serving the gov
ernment as a soldier In Dakota lie
heard a rumor that a family In north
ern Nebraska had been murdered and
that nn Indian had been seen nt the
Crow Creek agency wearing n pair ol
shoes belonging to Wiseman's wlfo ,
Ho quit his company without waiting
for leave and rode 200 miles to his
home. Five of his children wore
found dead , his 15-year-old daughter
having been subjected to the most
fiendish outrages. Mrs , Wiseman was
missing. .The distracted husband fi
nally located her in Sioux City where
she was suffering from hysteria. It
was a year before she was able to re
count rationally the story of the mas
sacre. Twice before , the first time In
1872 , Wiseman has tried to get con-
giess to pension him. Ho hopes In
his final years to succeed. Wiseman
and wlfo came from West Virginia In
1839 , settling In Burlington , Iowa , then
In Sioux City and later In Cedar coun
ty , Nebraska , whore his family was
wiped out by the bloodthirsty Indians.
When you see one whoso faceevi -
deuces a lively interest In life you see
one who reads and answers the want
ads.
JUDICIAL DIVISION MEASURE
WILL HELP.
LINCOLN IS DISSATISFIED
A Telegram Was Sent by President
Durnhnm of the Commercial Club to
Senator Durkett , Approving the Bill
and Urging Its Passage.
Norfolk , Neb. , Feb. 13. Senator Bur-
kett , Washington , D. C. : Norfolk Com
mercial club approves of judicial bill
: IH now agreed upon' and urges passage.
C. E. Biirnham , President.
Norfolk Is In hearty accord with the
now federal judicial bill recently In
troduced In congress , providing dis
tricts In the state and designating
cities wheio cases/In those districts
shall be tried. North Nebraska gets
two federal court points In ( his ar
rangement Norfolk and Chadron , Con
gressman Klnkald of the Sixth district
winning out with the Chadron selec
tion only after a hard light.
The approval of Norfolk was expressed -
pressed In a telegram sent by Presi
dent Bitrnbam'of the Commercial club
last night to Senator Burkctt , com
mending the delegation upon their
measure and urging Its passage.
Norfolk's Territory.
The territory Included In the Nor
folk district will bo the following coun
ties : Madison , Stauton , Wayne ,
Plerco , Antelope , Knox , Boyd , Holt ,
Key i Paha , Rock and Brown .
A deputy clcsrk will bo stationed
hero , as also at Chadron and other
court points. All cnses originating In
this territory will bo tried In Norfolk.
There will be two federal Judges In
the stnto Instead of one , as is now
the case.
It is said that the bill may bo ex
pected to pass within a week or ten
days.
Lincoln attorneys arc dissatisfied
with the bill because It does not dl-
Vldo the state into two districts , mak
ing Lincoln bno headquarter and Oma
ha the other , with a Judge at each
point'and clerk , too.
RAILROADS
' Conductors After Garretson. '
According to Northwestern cqnduqt-
ors , there Is one of the bitterest polit
ical lights In the history of organized
labor back of the negotiations between
the conductors' organization and tl\o \
general managers In Chicago. The
struggle Is expected to end in Mem
phis during May , when Chief A. B.
Garretson , of the order of railway con
ductors , will seek re-election to that
position. "
When a largo number of conductors
on other lines went to Chicago some
time ago to make demands for In
crease In pay and shorter hours , the
Northwestern conductors were not represented -
resented , , and conductors hero declare
It was the fault of Garretson , and that
he did not wish the Northwestern con
ductors to take a part In the fight.
A move In the fight which Is being
made against him has just developed.
J. B. Carlln , head of the grievance
committee of the Northwestern con
ductors , has called a meeting despite
the opposition of Garrotson. The meet
ing Is to bo held soon and the North
western conductors will frame theh
demands to be made on the Northwest
ern officials for Increased pay. This
step , made Independently , when there
Is a united demand by the conductors
of all roads , except the Northwestern
has drawn the line of battle tightly.
Conductors say that when Carlln told
Chief Gnrretson that he proposed call
Ing a meeting , the chief protested am
ordered Carlln to desist Ho declnrei
hat if this was done It would ruin the
prospects of success in the general no-
; otiatlons. Carlin then Insisted that
it was none of Garrotson's business
how many meetings ho called of the
general committee. This has brought
about strained relations between the
chief and the Northwestern conduct
ors , and when delegates go'to Memphis
In May , they will go , it Is said , with
the determination and llxed purpose
of defeating Garretson when ho comes
up for ie-election.
Now that the Northwestern men , at
least on the western divisions , have
openly avowed their purpose to defeat
Garretson and to treat with their road
Independently of the general confer
ence , there will bo no quarter.
But Garretson hopes to bring the
negotiations to a successful end , be-
Iknlng that success will strengthen his
chances of election.
Garretsou is said to have the sup
port of most of the roads south and
some west of Chicago , but those In the
northwest and divisions about Norfolk
are planning to go against him.
The subject Is much discussed by
conductors and trainmen , and the gen
eral belief Is that the Northwestern
conductors will win out
Railway Notes.
Fremont expects work on the now
Northwestern depot to begin April 15.
Superintendent Reynolds was in Fre
mont yesterday.
The private car of General Suporln'
tendon { S. M. Bradcn has arrived from
the shops at Missouri Valley , whore
It has been painted and fitted with
now lamps.
H. II. Lauterbach , traveling passen
ger agent of the Northwestern with
headquarters at Odebolt , Iowa , will be
come traveling freight agent at Sioux
City to succeed M. J Golden , recently
promoted.
OLDER INDIANS OBJECTED
Many Councils Were Held by Sioux
Over Trlpp County Treaty.
Herrlok Press : George Rainwater
returned from the Rosebud agency re
cently wlicro hi1 hnil been assisting
Major Mcl/iughlln anil Agent Kelly In
getting signatures to the treaty coding
to tlio government the Trlpp county
portion of the reaorvatlon. Ho reports
thai the older Indians at the agency
were not favorahlo to the treaty and
held many and long councils at which
many speeches wore made , Hut up on
Whlto river and Hull creek and every
where the Indians were living among
the whlto settlers they all but two
wanted to sign. George snys ho helped
all he could to got the members of
the trllio at the agency to sign the
treaty ho believing It best for them.
Ho was several tlmos Invited to make
speeches. Rainwater Is an educated
full-blood Sioux and one of the few
who appreciates the wisdom of the
government not turning over to the
parents the share of the children. IIo
was educated at Clillocco Indian college -
lego In Oklahoma and has seen the
progress made by the Indians there
under government leadership , and be
lieves the Slonx capable of doing as
well In the coming years. Ho says
the Slonx know a heap more now than
they did before Gregory county was
opened and that they will choose the
good level land In Trlpp county for al-
otments , because they have learned
iy watching whites that land to raise
! ( > rn Is much better than land to graze
males. They are learning that the
soil produces great riches without soli
ng It. Rainwater Is one of the best
mil most Intelligent specimens of the
nil-blood Slonx wo have In this vicln-
ty , Is a member of the Indian police ,
in all-around nthleto and has sense
iiough to leave whisky alone.
SPORTS
A WORLD'S RECdRD.
Battle Creek Race Track Given Credit
for Record Made by Surena.
Battle Creek Enterprise : When
ilattlo Creek people witnessed the su
> erb exhibition of Surenn , the guide
ess wonder nt the race meet last fall ,
Ittle they thought that a world's rec-
ml was smashed or the exhibition
would probably have been better ap
preciated.
The Evening Wisconsin , the leading
s'portlng Journal of the west , has Just
ssued its annual year book which1 con
tains all the world's records made dur
ing the year. Everything contained
within th'ls little pamphlet is guaran
teed to be absolutely correct and noth
ing is recorded but that which Is .au
thenticated by the books of the nation
al associations. On page 7 under the
iiead of "Gnldoless Trotters" will be
found the following : "I mile 2:18 :
Sur'eiia , wlthditt driver , Battle Creek ,
Neb. , Sept. 1 , 190G. "
It was claimed by the Lincoln pa
pers htat Snrena lowered his Battle
Creek record In an exhibition on the
state fair grounds , but it is very evi
dent that the Battle Creek record
stands unparalleled.
The record was made under the rules
of the American Trotting association
and Secretary Morris repotted it in
correct form to the secretary of that
association.
Score a big one for the Battle Creek
race track and those who made possi
ble the organization of the Driving
Park association.
Electrical Score Boards.
Chicago , Fob. U. Electrical 'score
boards operated from near the home
plates probably will bo adoptdd by the
American league clubs to indlcnte to
spectators every decision 'made ' during
a game instead of the signal system by
umpires' gestures , which has been un
der consideration.
Congregational Ladles.
Mrs. D. Mathewson and Mrs. Rain-
bolt will entertain the Ladies' Aid so
ciety of the Congregational church
Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Ratnbolt. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to the ladles of the church and
any friends they may wish to bring
with them.
Is there not something around your
home you wish to sell ? Undoubtedly
1 there Is , as there is no homo hut what
'something ' is put aside. You do not
want it but somebody does. A want
ad. in The News will find that-"some
body. " One cent a word.
Avolnd the Cheap and "Big Can" Bak
ing Powders.
The cheap baking powders have but
one recommendation : { hey certainly
give the purchaser plenty of powder
lor his money but it's not all baking
powder ; the bulk is made up of cheap
materials that have no leavening pow
er. These powders are so carelessly
made from inferior materials that they
will not make light , wholesome food.
Further , these cheap baking powders
have a very small percentage of leav
ening gas ; therefore It takes from two
to three times as much of such powder
to raise the cake or biscuit as it does
of Calumet Making Powder. There
fore , In the long run , the actual cost to
the consumer of the cheap powders Is
more than Calumet would bo. Cheap
baking powders leave the bread some
times bleached and acid , sometimes
yellow and alkaline , and always unpal
atable. They are never of uniform
strength and quality.
Why not buy a perfectly wholesome
baking powder Hfo Calumet , that is at
the same time moderate in price and
one which can bo rolled upon ? Calu
met Is always the same , keeps Indefi
nitely and gi ' 03 the cook the least
trouble.
Health
Calumet makes ;
light , digestible f ;
wholesome food.
Economy
Only one heap
ing teaspoonful
is needed for one
quart of flour.
SENATOR RANDALL IS WORKING
FOR APPROPRIATION.
TO REDUCE BUILDING COST
Senator Randall Is Working Hard to
Secure an Appropriation for the Con
struction of 'a Sidetrack From Oma
ha Road to Norfolk Insane Hospital.
Lincoln , Neb. , Fob. 13. Special to
The News : State Senator C. A. Ran
dall from the Eleventh district Is workIng -
Ing hard to secure an appropriation
from the legislature for the construc
tion of a sidetrack from the C. , St. P. ,
M. & O. railway northeast of Norfolk ,
to the Norfolk hospital for the Insane.
Cj Ej Burnluun , representing the
Norfolk Commercial club , who loft
hero today , Is expected to return with
in a few days with "details concerning
the proposed siding.
The siding will help reduce the cost
of the now building which It Is hoped
to secure , by reducing the cost of
transportation of material to the hos
pital.
TO CONTROL RAILROAD BONDS
Bill In Nebraska Legislature Would
Prohibit Monopoly.
Lincoln , Neb. , Feb. 13. Special to
The News : Senator Aldrich of Butler
cBunty today Introduced a bill for
bidding railway companies to Issue
bonds without the consent of the state
railway commission. The bill pro
vides that If the bonds are to buy new
control of a competing or parallel line ,
the application must bo refused.
Senator Randall today secured the"
approval of a bill to allow five per
cent. Interest Instead of seven on
school land contracts.
Would Repeal Maximum Rates.
In the house Armstrong Introduced
a bill to repeal the maximum freight
rate law , passed by the populists In
1893.
1893.Doran
Doran Introduced a bill to wipe out
the state teachers' certification law.
TRAIN PASSED OVER HIM ; LIVES
Northwestern Brakeman's Escape from
Death Was Miraculous.
Belle Fourche , S. D. , Feb. 13. To
have a freight- train pass over him
while ho was prostrate on the track
and live to tell the story was the ex
perience of C. Willie , who has been
placed In a local hospital. Although
lie escaped with his life , he Is suffer
ing from a scalp wound , several frac
tured ribs and a dislocated hip.
He was employed as brakeman on a
dump train , and while standing on the
front car his foot slipped and he was
thrown under the train , every car of
which passed over him. That he was
not torn to pieces Is regarded as little
less than miraculous.
THURSDAY TOPICS.
George C. Stevenson of Madison was
In the city yesterday.
W. C. Stillman of Boone , Neb. , was
a city .visitor yesterday.
J. F. Luaberry was a Norfolk visitor
yesterday from Columbus.
Carl Austin left for Lincoln Thurs
dax. morning.
G. T. Sprecher went to Nacora 01
business Thursday.
O. P. Emmons was a Norfolk vlsltoi
frqm Oakes , North Dakota , yesterday
Rav. J. 0. S. Wellls goes to .Albion
tomorrow. Mrs. Wollls will go to El
visit her son.
Mrs. Grace Greno visited Miss Pear
Reese over night on her way homo
from Wayne to Omaha.
Mr. and , Mrs. George Cass are dowi
from Chadron to attend the funeral o
the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Hedrlck.1x
Mrs. August ZUkowskl left for St
Anthony , Idaho , yesterday to visit ho
daughter , Mrs. Max ila'rotz.
Engineer Curb 'Ballof Long Pine
formerly of Norfolk , Is here visiting
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. John Daugherty are In
Hastings visaing with relatives am
friends.
Three different 'carpenter gangs nro
doing work for the company hero now
With Helzman , Allen and Kuhn as
foremen.
Mrs. Luebke of Plorco Is visiting
with her daughter , Mrs. William Chris
tlan and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Hedrlck of Ames , Iowa
are hero to attend the funeral of thel
grandson. They arrived last evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hedrlck re
turned on the evening train last night
from New Mexico with the remains of
their little son Orvnl , who died Sunday
at that place. He had been suffering
with tuberculosis all winter and his
parents left Friday for New Mexico to
Improve his health. But the little fol
low did not long survive. The firemen
and the ladles of the auxiliary , of
which Mr. and Mrs. Hedrlck were
members , mot them at the depot The
funeral will be held at the home on
South First street at 2 o'clock this af
ternoon. The sorrowing parents' have
he sympathy of the entire community.
Mr. and Kirs. George Castle and
Irs. Castle's sister , Miss Mary Wise
f Chadron , formerly * of Norfolk , arc
icre to attend the funeral of their
nephew , little Orval Hedrlck.
W. D. Perclval has taken charge of
he Stanton Picket and Is maklngMt a
newsy newspaper.
The Ladies' guild of Trinity church
vlll meet with Mrs. Morrison at' 3
o'clock Friday atfernoon. All mem-
> ers are asked to be present to talk
over plans for work during Lent. ' '
Mrs. W. A. Davis of Maurice , S. Dl ,
on her thirty-fourth anniversary , was
densantly entertained by Mrs. C. E.
uflrtiy and her sister , Miss Laura En-
gelka at their cozy home on the Rose-
md.
Judge Davis , accompanied by Dr.
\cldltion Davis of Fairfax , S. D. , has
) een out on the Rosebud , visiting his
mrents. While there , he spent a
jleasant afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Muflly.
The Madison city council awarded a
contract for $8,525 to J. J. Adams of
hat city and Herman Frlcke of Colum-
) us for the construction ot a new city
mil , without basement. The building
s to be finished by January 10 , 1908.
In Stanton county , says the Stanton
Dicket , the court records show that for
he twenty years from January 1 , 1887 ,
eighty-four divorces were granted. In
.he petitions on which decrees were
entered , the majority of causes for
separations were alleged to be deser
tion and cruelty. More women than
men secured divorces.
Announcements have been received
n Norfolk by friends ot Miss Julia
Requa of her marriage1 on February 9
: o George B. Wright of San Diego , Cal
ifornia. Mr. Wright is a real estate
man In San Diego where they will
make their home. , Mlss Requa grew
up from childhood in Norfolk , 'went
through the schools 'with ' the.class of
1901 , and is well remembered by scores
of friends. " <
One of the peculiar features of St.
Valentine's day this year was'the post
card craze which has coma Into being
and which , to a very large'extent , has
smothered out the old time' formsof
comics and love messages. Hundreds
and hundreds of these little post-cards
were sold in Norfolk this year and
were sent through the mails early on
St.v Valentine's morning. The message
was printed on one side and on the
other was a blank line for the address. v- < . .
Mndlson people are rejoicing over
the winning of two prizes at the dis
trict Woodmen meeting held here last
week. In speaking of the matter , the
Madison Chronicle says : "That Madi
son does not believe in doing things
by hal"es was evidenced by the mag
nificent crowd which turned out to
help the Woodmen win the delegation
prize at Norfolk last Thursday. It
was also clearly demonstrated that the
members of Box Elder camp , No. 485 ,
are genuine hustlers. They worked
with that zeal and' dogged tenacity
which knew no such thing as failure.
By ones and by twos the now recruits
were gathered into the fold until over
one hundred names had been added to
the roster ? Two hundred strong the
hosts of woodcraft , new and old , rein
forced by a number of- citizens ,
nurched to the Unq.n } Pacific depot
and boarded the special for Norfolk
.Thursday afternoon. The program
was opened by a selection by the Nor
folk band and followed by the address
of welcome in behalf ot the varied In
terests of Norfolk by the Hon. John
R. Hays. Ho made a most fitting ad
dress and closed by saying that the *
city had thrown Its keys into the river
and that the visitors had been given
absolute possession. One of the events " > - *
of the evening session was the presen
tation of the prizes offered by the Com-
merclal club and citizens of Norfolk
for the largest delegation and the larg
est class adoption. Madison was for
tunate In securing both prizes. Burt
Mapes made the presentation speech
which was a model of its kind and was
received with hearty applause. "