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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNALi KKIDAY/IU1Y fi , 11)07. ) EPOCH IN BANKING HISTORY OF NORTHWEST. NORFOLK NATIONAL HITS IT 'Employes at the Norfolk National Bank Yesterday Enjoyed Unusually Good , Cigars as a Result of New High Water - ter Mark Made. Employes at the Norfolk National bank yesterday enjoyed unusually line cigars presented by one of the stock holders In recognition of the fact that the total footings of that Institution , for the first time , had reached the mil lion dollar mark. This Is the flrst time any bank In northern Nebraska or southern South Dakota has come up to the million-point and the figures mark an epoch In the history of bankIng - Ing In the northwest. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. A. H. Winder left yesterday for Den ver. ver.Frank Schnase of Ashton was In the city yesterday. Oliver Miller of Orchard Is visiting In Norfolk today. Dr. J. F. Atha ol Sterling was In the city yesterday. H. C. Nlckorson of Nlckerson was In Norfolk' over night. Myron S. Whitney of Randolph was In the city yesterday. Frank Beels left yesterday to attend the reunion at Nellgh. Harry King will visit at his home In Orchard over the Fourth. H. E. Gllssman and family of Doone , Iowa , are visiting In the city. John Aurln of Burke Is a South Da kota visitor In Norfolk today. A. F. and Henry Muetlng of BloomIngton - Ington spent yesterday In Norfolk. Mrs. C. E. Beebe and daughters of Carroll stopped In Norfolk yesterday. F. H. Benshoof and Neal Thompson of Wayne were In the city yesterday. Mrs. Alvln Low and daughter re turned last evening from a Kansas visit. Judge and Mrs. I. G. Westervelt left at noon to spend the Fourth at Til den. Roadmaster P. J. Stafford returned this morning from Long Pine. Misses Helene and Emma Wetzel left on the morning train for Omaha. C. P. Parish went to Fremont Wednesday to meet his sister , Mrs. F. W. Howard of Warren , Ohio. Mrs. Howard will visit at the Parish home during the summer. Rev. W. J. Turner left Wednesday noon for McCook , where he had been invited to deliver the address at the Fourth of July celebration Thursday morning. Mr. Turner was formerly pastor of the Congregational church at McCook. Mrs. Charles Lodge has just re turned from Omaha where she left her husband In the General hospital for treatment. Mr. Lodge Is suffering from liver and heart trouble and Is said to be In serious condition. Ho is being treated by Dr. Dunne and he may be required to remain In the hos pital for several weeks. A number of old friends from Norfolk had already called on Mr. Lodge when Mrs. Lodge left Omaha for home. A. L. Killian , who succeeds the Johnson Dry Goods company In busl- -ness In Norfolk , arrived In the city at non , returning from a brief visit to Wahoo. Mr. Killlan has had his house hold goods shipped to Norfolk. Mrs. Killlan will probably come to Norfolk the latter part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Durland and lit tie daughter , Jane , left at noon for Portland , Ore. , on their way for a sum mer's visit In British Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Durland will make their headquarters In Vancouver. Mrs. G. A. Lulkart will spend the next two months visiting relatives In Tllden. ' Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Pancoast went to Ashland to spend the Fourth with relatives. A. Logan of Center spent last night at the home of his sister , Mrs. George McCormlck. C. C. Clark will arrive In Norfolk this evening from Omaha to spend the Fourth at home. Mrs. Mary Elliott left this morning for a visit with her sister in Omaha over the Fourth. Mrs. Frank Cummins left yesterday for an extended visit with friends and relatives in Iowa. Misses Maude Whitlock and Bessie Baker of Battle Creek visited friends In Norfolk yesterday. Mrs. Ed. Hershelser left yesterday for her homo In Monowl after a short visit with Mrs. Thomas Shlvely. Mrs. O. F. Plum and daughter , Miss Ruth , of Petersburg , Neb. , are visit ing at the homo of F. S. Genung. John Hershelser of Independence , Iowa , who had stopped In Norfolk for a brief visit with J. L. Hershlsor , re turned homo yesterday. Mls'ses Laura and Fannie Drome , who are visiting In Norfolk from t. Butte , spent the day In Stanton , the . guests of Mrs. John Eberllng. W. H. Johnson accompanied by his t.h mother , Mrs1. Margaret Johnson , is h expected In Norfolk tomorrow. Mr. Johnson will visit In Norfolk for a few days. Born to Mr. and Mrs. GUB Radenz , a daughter. Lynch Journal : Mrs. W. W. Rob erts of Norfolk has been visiting her sister , Mrs. J. A. Mullen for some days. , She wont to Fairfax Monday evening to visit with the family of her brother , Win. Baker. No Fourth of July picnics are an- \1 nounco'd for'Nbrolk , " both the Frater nal Aid nml Modern Brotherhood pic nics having been abandoned or post poned. Roy Lulknrt , who completed the first year of the civil engineering course at the state university last month , Is out with a government sur veying party In Kansas. Mary Block , working In Fred Dom- nlsso's restaurant , was slicing meat yesterday with a butcher Unlfo. A slip of the Icntfe brought n big gash In her wrist and required the services of a physician to stop the ( low of blood. Mr. and Mrs. L. Sessions enter tained some twenty guests last even ing at a dinner party , complimentary to Misses Laura and Fannie Drome of Unite , Mont. , and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chapman of Eureka , Calif. A G o'clock dinner In three courses was served. Dodges advertising Norfolk have been secured by the Norfolk Commer cial club. Norfolk people visiting north Nebraska Fourth of July celebra tions are asked by the club to wear Norfolk ribbons which may be secured from Secretary C. C. Gow of the Com mercial club. The year of 1907 Is going to set a new record In the number of board meetings hold by the Norfolk board of education , last spring's flro Impos ing an unusually large amount of ad ditional work on the board. Twenty- one meetings were held by the school board In 1905 and twenty-two In 1900. But with only six months of the pres ent year covered the school authori ties have already assembled twenty- three times , exclusive of private con ferences , to discuss and act on school matters. Meetings were held this year as follows : January , one ; Feb ruary , one ; March , flve ; April , six ; May , six ; June , flve. Norfolk people have been more wicked this month than last. Police Judge Elseley's report for Juno will show $09 In lines as against $15 for May. Sixty-nine dollars does not rep resent the entire amount of money paid Into police court coffers , the "costs" assessed In police court going to the Judge and the police officers. October 1 Is the new date set for the hearing of the half dozen damage suits brought against Contractor O. P. Herrlck by A. J. Durland In the jus tice court of Judge Elseley. In these suits Mr. Durland asks a total of ? 1,050 damages claimed to have re sulted to his First street property from the blasting for the sewer trench last winter. Ground was broken yesterday for Norfolk's new Northwestern passen ger depot on Seventh street between Philip and Madison avenue. The new depot will stand midway between the two avenues. A carriage driveway will lead to the depot waiting rooms from Madison avenue and from Philip avenue a baggage drive will lead to the baggage room. ' The marriage of Miss Nellie Lau- man of Wayne to J. Earle Sweet , a prominent commercial man , which was to have occurred last week at the home of the bride's parents near Wayne , was postponed on account of the very serious illness of the bride. Miss Lauman is said to be recovering from her illness and It is thought that the wedding will take place on July 10. This Is the Johnson Dry Goods com pany's last business day in Norfolk. .When their store closes this evening nt 0:30 : o'clock , the usual hour , it will not be opened for business again un der the present management. Thurs day the store will be closed all day on account of the Fourth and Friday work starts on the Invoice to be made be fore the business Is turned over to r the new proprietor's , the A. L. Killlan company. About a week will bo spent in taking the invoice , during which time the store will be closed. Today ends a successful business career for the Johnson Dry Goods company , a business career extending over nearly a score of years In Norfolk. A number of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. II. E. Owen enjoyed an unusual ly delightful breakfast at their homes In Norfolk Wednesday morning. De licious trout , fresh from the cool wa ters of a Wyoming trout stream , formed the unusual delicacy that made the Wednesday morning meal a mem orable one at several tables of the neighborhood. The trout were caught by Mr. Owen and were expressed Into Norfolk for distribution among a num ber of his friends and neighbors. Reaching Norfolk on the Union Pa cific passenger train late in the evenIng - Ing , the fish were Immediately secured by Mrs. Owen and almost before sun rise she had distributed the prize packages , by carriage , at various homes. It was a trout day in Norfolk that will not soon be forgotten by those who participated in the repast. Effects of the telegraphers' strike are beginning to bo felt to a greater or less extent In every town through out the country. The Western Union officials In Omaha have telegraphed operators out through Nebraska ask ing whether or not they would be on hand to work In case of trouble. Many of the Nebraska operators have no sympathy for the strike that is now on. But , while the telegraph com panies are making all preparations to meet the fight In case it Is carried Into this territory , the situation In the far west Is said to be more favorable. The following message was received last night at the Norfolk telegraph of- flco : "Notice to accept business for points In California , subject to delay , has been withdrawn. General Superin tendent Jaynes reports that the busi ness at San FranclscO and Oakland Is moving without de'lay , that ten of thirteen branch offices have . ci > n re opened and that nine of the strlkeis have been reinstated upon their Indi vidual application. " AT NO TIME IN HOSPITAL HAS HE DEEN INSANE. AN INCIDENT OF HIS TRIAL Dr. H. Douglas Singer of the Norfolk Hospital , an Eminent Authority on Mental Diseases , Did Not Testify In Drink's Dehnlf. An Incident that has just conic to light from Ponca tends to throw now Interest Into the mental condition of Frank Drink , the young man recently acquitted of murdering Dosslo Nowtou at Ponca on n brainstorm plea , and who has just been released as not Insane - sane from the state Insane hospital at Norfolk. During the trial of Drink nt Ponoa In March Dr. H. Douglas Singer , physi cian , at the Insane hospital here and recognized as one of the most promi nent authorities on nervous diseases In America today ( his articles In med ical magazines being regarded as classics ) was summoned to Ponca by attorneys of Drink , to make an exam ination of the defendant. After hav ing examined the defendant , however , Dr. Singer was not put on the stand. Without giving testimony In regard to Brink's mental condition , ho re turned to Norfolk. Afterward the defense put Insanity "experts" on the stand to testify that Brink had been suffering from a brain storm. The jury acquitted him of the murder and ho was committed to the Norfolk hoslptal , whcro ho remained three months. Ho Is said by Dr. Sing er , who was In charge of the Institu tion during the absence of the super intendent , Dr. Young , to have been nt no time insane during the three months that ho was an Inmate of the Institution. Brink , after having been In the hos pital for three months without show ing the slightest trace of Insanity , was discharged from the Institution and allowed to go homo. It was not as a "cured" patient that he was dismissed , but merely as a person who was not insane. "Was Brink over Insane ? " Dr. Sing er was asked over the telephone. He said that ho could not answer as to that , but that Brink had not been Insane at any time during the three months he was an inmate at the Nor folk hospital for the Insane. STAND OF LIVESTOCK SHIPPERS Norfolk Bank Outlines Its Position Against Packers' Ruling. In reply to a telegram from Louis F. Swift , the Chicago packer , In which he asked reasons for the position tak en against the recent rule regarding the purchase of cows subject to post mortem Inspection , the Nebraska Na tlonal bank of Norfolk has sent the following detailed statement regarding Its attitude : Norfolk , Neb. , Juno 29 , 1907. Mr. Louis F. Swift , Chicago. Dear Sir : Your telegram-of the 28th Instant Is received. You ask for our understand ing of the points at issue in the dead lock now existing between the ship pers of live .stock and the packers. Our Information on this subject is as follows : On the twenty-seventh of last May , Swift and Company , Ar mour and Company , Morris and Com pany , Schwarzchlld and Sulzberger. G. H. Hammond Company , Llbby. McNeal and Llbby , National Packing Company and Western Packing Company , served notice on the cattle men and shippers of the country , through their agents , the live stock commission merchants at Chicago , South Omaha , Kansas City and other stock yards , that after that date they would buy cows and heifers only subject to post-mortem In spection. This demand means , wo tdlie It , that settlement for cows and heifers purchased by these firms , un der these rules , will not bo made until after post-mortem examination and that , in case of condemnation , the loss will fall upon the shipper. This ruling , or demand , certainly Is unreasonable. The packers can show no just reason for asking It. There will be no additional protection of fered the public In the Inspection of meat as it is not proposed that the In spection in vogue for some time past be changed In any way. The packers are only undertaking to force the cat tle man and shipper to protect them against a possible loss that always has boon , and should continue to be , a part of their regular expense ac count. All cattle are now Inspected by government ofllclals before they are weighed , or , In other words , while they are still the property of the shipper. If there Is anything questionable among them It Is taken out , tagged and weighed separately. The shipper must abide by the post-mortem exam ination of these tagged , or question able , animals. Ho Is willing to do this for It Is fair and right. The pack ers now demand , however , that after this examination by government Inspectors specters , the shippers must still bo responsible for anything that may bo found wrong after the animals are killed. People In this community feel that the packers are undertaking In this fight to start the post-mortem Inspec tion ( protection to them by the ship per ) by applying It to cows and heif ers. That , with the beginning made , they very soon would demand that all live stock , steers , hogs and sheep , bo sold them on the same basis. " This would mean that the shipper would bo absolutely and helplessly In the hands , of the packer. What shipper could toll whether the packer's claim for cattle condemned .should bo paid by him or some other shipper ? Or whether , the cattle wore condemned at all ? Our Nebraska cattle men have had very little reason for a feeling of confidence In the packers. The loss to the packers by post-mop tern-examination , during the past year , wo arci Informed , has been IDHB than fourteen eontR PIT head for cattle pir- | chatted , moaning u loss of not more than out ) and olio-quarter cents per hundred pounds. There are chances for loss In any business. Why should the packer undertake to force thu Hhlpper to gunrantro htm protection against oven a possible lost ) of IVio per hundiii pounds ? Thin IH u 1 all. In this demand the packrr not only InslHts that the ship per should Htiuul between him nud any possible IOHH , leaving It with thu packer to Hay what the Ions might be , but ho Incidentally demands that the cattle man and shipper should furnish e money with which hln packing HlnoHs will he run ; for In refusing to Hi-tllo for took purchased , ithouhl t''o rule be n 'piled to all Htoeh , as It doubtless v otild ho later , the paukur would then force the shipper to fur nish the money for his business , as ho would settle for stock only after ! long delay and practically when the inrnt was ready to bo Hold. 1 have undertaken to glvo you our Ideas regarding the position token by the packers , and to outline a few of the reasons why people here are op posed to their demands and why this bank Is ready to assist , to Its fullest ability , the cattle men and shippers In their light against what we consid er a great Injustice. Respectfully yours , George D. Butterfleld , President. As showing the Interest that has boon aroused throughout the country In IhltJ war between packers and ship pers , a letter from this bank's Chicago correspondent states that many re quests are being received asking that Influence bo used against the Instal lation of the rule by the packers for the postmortem Inspection payment. MADISON COUNTY REAL ESTATE SSESSED AT $3,169,190. INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR Personal Property Assessed at $1,190- 794 This Year As Property la As sessed at One-Fifth Its Value , the Total Value May be Figured. The assessed valuation of the real estate of Madison county this year is $3,109,490. Madison county personal property Is assessed at $1,190,794 , As property Is assessed at one-fifth of Its real value these Ilgures multiplied by five give the value of Madison county real and personal property according to the Information obtained by the county assessor and his deputies. The assessed value of both the real and personal property In the county has Increased several thousand dollars lars over the figures of lust year . In the real estate column the Increase represents Improvements made during the year In city and farm property. The total valuation of the county for the purposes of taxation will not be known until the state board of equalization certifies the value of the railroad , telephone and telegraph prop erty In the county. Last Saturday the work of compiling the local assess ment figures was completed In the county assessor' * ) office at Mndlson. Battle Creek. Mr. Kaus of Iowa Is visiting hero this week with relatives , the Fucrst and Reef families. Peter Bussoy of near Norfolk was hero on business Monday. Mrs. Max Wilde of Bazille Mills , Knox county , Is visiting hero this week with her mother , Mrs. Annie Severa. A grand reception was held at the Stoltenberg place at Blakely Sunday afternoon. The occasion was the fourteenth birthday of their only ( laughter , Miss Frlda. Anton Gradovllle and Miss Eva Jen kins of Highland precinct were mar ried Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Mr. Kellogg of Meadow Grove. The young couple are well known in this vicinity and they will go to house keeping on one of Ira JInklns' farms near Battle Creek. Battle Creek people have not time to eat dinner hardly , because they are all at work preparing for the Fourth of July celebration. Albert Kohl of Grove was here Monday to look at property with the Intention of locating. Richard and Wm. Reeves of Emer- Ick were hero Friday on professional business. A. II. Gardels has rented the Hop- cnstcln house vacated by Lambert Kerbel. * -HI Wagner arrived here from W ( Point Friday to work In the Ru /.It neat market. Lambert Kerbel was visiting from Friday until Monday with relatives at Spencer. The band stand was treated to anew now coat of paint Monday by W. A. Sutherland. McGraw Haskln. Stuart , Neb. , July 1. Special to The News : Miss Ella Haskln , who for the past four years has had charge of the Stuart hotel , conducting It In a very satisfactory manner to the traveling public , was married Saturday to Mr. Earl F. McGrew , son of J. F. McGrow , a prominent citizen of this place , They will make their homo on her husband's ranch near town. JOHNSON FOOD COMMISSIONER Lincoln Man Is Given Appointment on the Commission. Lincoln , Neb. , July 2. Special to The News : J. W. Johnson of Lin coln was today named for pure food commissioner. V- ORDINANCE FOR MOWING WEEDS WILL BE ASKED. HONOR FOR WELL KEPT LAWNS Honorable Mention Will be Made Thin Season for Number of Prize Homed , City Will bo Aokod to Enforce Gar bage Ordinance. For a Norfolk bountiful ! A biiHlnoNH meeting of the civic Im provement committee reproneu ( UK thu civic department of the Womiu's ( lub and the Commercial club \.u , held hunt night at the home of 10. M. HuntIngton - Ington on The Heights. The commit tee resolved to circulate a petition calling for a city ordinance to cause all vacant lots to be kept clean , and It \\IIH determined to lisle the street and alley committee to rigidly enforce the garbage ordinance. It was a I HO decid ed to make honorable mention of eight well kept residence premises this HoaHon , and four neat blocks. The petition regarding vacant lots will request the city council to enact an ordinance requiring that all vacant lots be kept neat and that obnoxious weeds be cut cither by the owners or , In case they failed , by the city at the property * ! ! expense , The street and alloy committee of the city council will bo requested to rigidly carry out the provisions of thy ordinance now on the city ordinance book , requiring that garbage be hauled away from alleys and that alleys bo kept In a sanitary condition. The honorable mention to bo made for well kept residence properties will apply to the two best kept residences In each ward , nud the best kept block In each ward , Including alleys. Two Inspections will be held during the season. W. J. Gow was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the departure of W. II. Bridge. WAS IN NORFOLK. General Bell Has Broken Into Public ity During Past Week. General J. Franklin Bell , chief of staff of the army , who passed through Norfolk two weeks ago with Secretary of War Taft , has broken Into publicity since his vlHlt here , by reason of a lecture delivered the other day in GENERAL J FRANKLIN BELL , which he was reported to have said that there was something wrong with the army. In telegraphing to Secre tary Taft to explain the report , Gener al Bell said that he never said there was something wrong with the army but that he did say there was dlscon lent , duo no doubt to insufficient pay and Insufficient olllcers. " Wedding Bells. Communicated to the Dattlc Creel Enterprise : On the 2nd day of Juno at 2 o'clock sharp p. in. , at the Dry Valley school house , Mr. John Me- doma and Miss Mary Olive Crooks were united In holy matrimony which was witnessed by hundreds of friends and neighbors who began coming at an early hour and arriving at approx imately 12:30 : p. m. At 1 o'clock the house was filled to overflowing. At the time appointed , which was 2 o'clock , the campus grounds were cov ered with nn anxious yet orderly people ple awaiting the arrival of the soon-to- be bride and bridegroom at whose ar rival marked decorum and attention pervaded the scene. As the contract Ing parties approached the house the most profound respect was observed which so justly characterizes our pee ple. While Rev. G. W. Damon led the couple to the matrimonial altar time was stepped to the singing of the choir , Robt. Boycr chorister and Miss Mollle Bush organist , as they soul chcerlngly rendered No. 80 In No. 2 Finest of the Wheat , viz : "I'll Sing My Redeemer's Praise , " after which the Rev. Damon called the house to order , which was pralscworthlly ob served , when by a very Impressive ceremony rendered by the writer and witnessed by the largest concourse of people over assembled In this part of the state , two fond loving hearts were made one In matrimony after whjch kissing and friendly congratulations were hugely enjoyed as all Indulged. The bride In her garments of pure whlto made the appearance of a love ly queen , while he , Mr. Medoma , in his now suit of shiny black appeared llko n prince observed by all. After the connublals were over and n suitable dinner enjoyed just such as Mrs. Da mon knows how to get up , the happy couple drove to their ranch homo nine miles northwont from Curlew 1' . O. , where they will give tholr time and attention to farming In Its every phase , AH many young men and maldonii naw with Hoomlng delight the mar riage of tlilH couple , we itay unto you , go Omit and do llknwlHo. With pray ers for the happy HUCCOHH of both Mr , and Mm. Modomn , I am I lev. ( ! . W. Damon. 8orlo.in Charge Preferred. .Lynch , Nob. , July II. Prank I UK- glim wan iirrnHldd at ) he wan about to board nn < "tnlhouml train on a ehargu of nltiiinpti d iiHNimll and was released on a I'JOO bond until today pending an luvoHtli1 it Ion. The arront grew out of I ho dlHii ipoarnnoo of a ilr ; | , Frank- In Satorlo , the ovoiilng before under ( iji-r-n.-u'- nnvfi that lead the mother to suspect Illgglnn. After his roloano on bond Saturday evening Ilit lnii wont to Monowl and took the early morning train for Plnlnvlow , where hemet met the girl , who had roKlnturpd under an nmiumod name at the hotol. Dep uty Sheriff DriidHtruel followed Hlg- gins and Htopped In on them an soon as they mot at the hotel and brought the girl back with him Sunday even- Ing. Monday the charge ngaltml Hlg- gins waH changed to iinmuilt and ho was released under u $5,000 cash bond to appear July 18 for hearing. Attor ney KocnlgHteln of Norfolk appeared for him. Illgglns In a well-to-do farm er with one of the fluent families In the community and the girl Is only IIftoon years old and Is the youngest daughter of a father who deserted Homo years ago. MEASURES WHICH DID NOT CARRY - RY EMERGENCY CLAUSE. PRIMARY BILL IS AMONG THEM All Gasoline Cans In Nebraska Must Hereafter be Painted Red Automo bile Owners Must Pay Annual LIcense - cense of $1 In the Future. On July 5 a largo number of bills , which passed the lant legislature with out the emergency clause , go Into ef fect. Among the principal bllhi are : Creating the state board of optom- etry. etry.For For the removal of ofllcers who will fully neglect to enforce laws. Permitting city engineer of Omaha to employ and discharge employes. Compels the stamping of original packages of Intoxicating liquor. Prevents brewers from doing a re- tall business or having an Interest In a retail business. To make the place of manual deliv ery of Intoxicating liquor the place of sale. j [ Anti-lobby law. t Railroads to sell 1,000-mile mlleago books for $20 , good In the hands ol anyone or for any number of persons. Reducing express rates 215 per cent. Constitutional amendment Increas ing the number of judges of the su preme court from three to seven. Terminal tax bill. Primary election law. Pure food , dairy and drug law. Authorizes the city of Omaha to make a contract for hauling garbage. Maximum freight rate bill on cer tain commodities. For building of slde-trncks - by rail roads to grain elevators. For the garnishment of 10 per cent of the wages of heads of families' . For n double shift force of firemen In Omaha. Prevents sale of liquor within three miles of an army post. For the recording of marks anil brands. Requiring owners of automobiles to pay annual license of $1. Red gasoline can bill. Declaring boats or vehicles used for Immoral purposes nuisances. The bulk sales law. To suppress bucket shops , WELL KNOWN FAIRFAX PIONEER DIES IN HOSPITAL. WAS GREGORY COUNTY JUDGE Word Has Been Received at Fairfax of the Sudden Demise of Prominent Citizen Remains Will be Taken to Atkinson for Burial. Fairfax , S. D. , July 2. Special to The News : Word was received hero late yesterday that William Murphy , who went to an Omaha hospital , died yesterday morning. The news came as a shock to his many friends. tWUlinm Murphy was one of the early settlers of this county , having come hero fourteen years ago from Dustln , Neb. Ho has been In the real estate business for six or eight years and Is known all over the northwest. A few years ago ho was county judge of Gregory county and manager of the telephone exchange here. Ho Is sur vived by a father and a number of brothers and sisters. His remains will bo shipped to Atkinson , Nob. , and burled there. The Children's Aid society of Now York desires to place orphan children In good homes either by adoption or contract. Children of all ages , either girls or boys. Applications made to J. W. Swan , state agent- University Place , Nob. , will receive prompt atten tion. J. W. Swan , agent , University Place , Nob. , phone A9051. t
