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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1907)
' * I o Til IS NORFOLK WEEKLY NMWS-JOUllNAL : I'MUDAY , AUGUST 10 , 1907. DELIEVED TO BE THE RESULT OF THE TWO CENT FARE. WHOLE SITUATION HAS CHANGED It Is Believed Thnt the New Rate of Fare In Thlo State Han Much to Do With the Largely Increased Travel. More Cars Placed In Service. Stnnton Picket : People who do not ride on railroad trains do not renll/.o ( o what , extent the 2-cont rate has ntlmulatod travel In Nebraska. Take the Northwestern as nn oxmnplo. Before the 2-ccnt per mile rate went into effect there were two trains each way dally between Stanton and Oma ha. Those traltiH wore never crowded. Tlfero WIIH hardly n trip hut. In any ono of the cars one could find from ten tea a dozen empty seats. Now the whole nltuatlon IIIIH changed. More earn have boon placed In service on those trains , but fltlll they are crowded crowded almost an badly ns n street car at the mippor hour. Last Monday twenty-ono Stnnton men went to Omaha to attend the meeting of the Knights of Ak-Snr-lten. They went on train No. ll and a num- tier of them had to stand almost the entire distance , IIH there were no unoc cupied si atH In any of the cars. Crowds got on the train at almost every station. By the tlmo the train reached Fremont , there were many people standing In the nlHtcn. The Stantonltes returned Tuesday afternoon on Northwestern No. 3 and before the train left the depot , the Rtnndlng room sign should have been hung out , OH there were not seats enough for the passengers. For the llrst sovonty-llvo miles out of Omaha , the numher getting on the train was much greater than the number getting off , so that the farther the train got from Omaha , the more crowded it be came. Conductors say that the condition Monday and Tuesday was no excep tion , but was a thing occurring every day. They cannot account for It , but people generally believe the travel is duo to the 2-ccnt rate. Fairfax Notes. Fairfax , S. I ) . , Aug. 13. Special to The News : W. Ferguson has boon ap pointed city marshal and water com missioner In the place of Will Lam- liort , who recently resigned to move to his homestead north of Burke , thlr ty-llvo miles northwest ot here. Vic Ollnn , city cleric , also resigned and Hob Woldner was appointed. Mr Ollne , who recently sold his hardware store , will leave In ti few days foi Olympla , Washington , where ho has secured a line position. Little Hoscoo Moses , son of Mr. am' Mrs. Orris Moses , died Friday am was burled Saturday. Hoscoo wns seven en years old and had been sick foi nbout a year. For three or foui months ho had been gaining and overj body thought ho would get well. 1I < was a bright little fellow and all arc sympathizers with the parents. Antelope Teachers. Nellgh , Neb. , Aug. 13. Special tc The News : The Antelope count ] teachers Institute opened In this cltj yesterday morning with an attendant of 114 for the opening day. Superln tondont C. E. Ward has entire charge of the work. The Instructors are F M. Gregg of the Peru state normal Prof. Hooper of the OaUdalo school ! nnd Miss Grace Groves of the Kearno ; normal. Getting Ready at Nellgh. Nollgh , Neb. , Aug. 13. Special t < The News : All arrangements for thi most successful carnival and raci meet that has over been held in Nc llgh has practically been completed Secretary W. W. Cole says that th entries for the races now exceed slxt ; for the three days. Not only does Nellgh have the reg ular schedule of races that each tow : on the circuit has , but they have n addition. John S , Kay , proprietor o the Hlversldo Park stables , has ai nounccd and has been placed on th official programs , Shade On Futurlt for foals of 1905 , trotters and paeon $200 each day on August 22 and 23. Kicked by a Horse. Lindsay , Nob. , Aug. 13. Special t The News : Little Danny Weldne was kicked by a horse yesterday , su : talulug a concussion of the brain nn having his face cut open , nccosslta ing three stitches to close the woum He will probably recover. ' Frank McDonald , who was lun while playing ball in Tllden , Is aroun again and recovering his former healt rapidly. Night of Accidents. It was a disastrous nlghton tli Nebraska & Wyoming dlvlsloflbf tl Northwestern railroad so far as ace dents are concerned. A brakeman wr killed , a conductor injured and tl : Superior line tied up with a broke journal on one car. At Rushvlllo 1 K. Butler , a brakeman , was killed an west of Long Pine Conductor C. ( Smith was blown oft a. train and hot legs broken , ono in two places. Our City Cousins. Atnsworth Star-Journal : It Is coin : cd the thing in the city to patronl ; the country cousin , and at the san time have a little sport out of. him < the side "ho is such a yokel. " Ho a good fellow to have about , as 1 I produces the stuff that given them a good living , but he don't want to come too oloHo lest ho soil the good clothes and offend the HOIIHO of smell , lint he "will do" In his way. Once In a while tiomo member ot ( hi * city press who In paid to he as fun ny as ho can without hurting , goes t' nilgh the country exchanges to find some local Item of news which ho may exploit- an example of country Jour nalism. There IH mich a funny chap on the World-Herald. A conplo of weeks ago the Star-Jour- mil came under hlH eaglu eye. It had probably escaped that eye for ninny mooiiH , lint this time It caught. If we do tuiy It ourselves , It was a good num ber , and had many things In UH col umns that were worthy and worth whllo. Hut the eagle eye didn't catch any of them. It glanced along the personal or minor mention colnmiiH un til It. found thin Item : "J. W. llnrr Is mowing the Congre gational church grounds , Ho IH lining the lawn mower , perhaps the 11 rat at tempt of the kind ever made on these grounds. It Is slow work , hut to use a slang phrase , 'ho IB getting there,1 and the results are most desirable. " That was so excruciatingly funny that It forced him to Rhut his eagle eye and put his hamlH to his sides to keep them from bursting. When ho came to ho grasped his trusty shears nnd clipped It. Then with ono fell swlpo of the paste brush ho landed It In the middle , of a sheet of paper and wrote a head , "Something Doing in Alnsworth , " and sent It forth to glad den the world the World-Ilorald's world. This Is all right. Wo have no objec tions to their having all the fun they can get out of It. Hut If the funny chap on the World-Herald had had ono gllmpso of the condition of the grounds before llnrr went at them , and had seen llnrr whllo ho was at work , bendIng - Ing and sweating over It as ho did , and could now see the change that ho made he might ronll/.o that this item was of more real Importance to this community and our constituency than the whole bunch of society rot that they servo up to their readers on Sun days , It all depends on the point of view. If we can afford any real fun or amuse ment for our city cousins wo shall not have lived In vain. SECOND LIFE LOST THERE WITH IN 24 HOURS. SMALL SON OF O. D. BEEMER Twelve-Year-Old Boy , Swimming With Companions In the Elkhorn , Loses His Life Six Drownings Near Here Within Five Days. ' Drownlngs of the Season. In this vicinity 17 In the United States 535 Wlsner , Neb. , Aug. 13. Special to The News : The eldest son of O. D. lleomor of Wlsnor drowned In the Elkhorn river yesterday afternoon , this tragic death making the second drown ing near Wlsner within the past twen ty-four bom's. The Becmer lad , a boy of twelve , was In swimming with two companions , ono n brother , in the river south of Wlsner. Searching parties left at once for the scene of the drowning. Between 200 nnd 300 people gathered on the river bank during the afternoon. Mr. Ueemer , the boy's father , is a furniture dealer of Wlsner. Remarkable Drowning Cycles. Drownlngs have come In remarkable cycles In northern Nebraska this sea son. Four persons were drowned to gether near Page , two last week al Center , two near Nellgh within a few hours , and now two near Wlsnor with In ono day. Six persons have per Ished In waters of northern Ncbraskr during the past live days. n RACES AT O'NEILL. n Track In Good Condition , Weathei j. Ideal For the Sport. o Northern Nebraska race lovers wll turn during the next three days U O'Neill where , this 'Wocjjfr the Nortl Nebraska Short Shtpmji | | | crles r\ \ that place will bo onTjRi ! track li said to bo in good contfltlon and tin weather thus far has been ideal. M H. McCartney , secretary , made man ; friends In Norfolk ns well as did thi the other hundred O'Neill visitors an.i it is not at all unlikely that a ; ; ooi crowd of Norfolk people will attem the races each day. ' Following Is the program : Wednesday , August 14. 2:35 : class trotters $20' ' 2:20 : cla34 trotters or pacers 20 VL-mllo rumilng race for Holt coun ty horSfo 7 Thursday , August 15. 2:27 : class trotters $20 2:25 : class trotters or pacers 20 Running racemllo 7 Friday , August 1C. 2:50 : class trotters or pacers.$20 Free for all 25 Free for all running race 10 New Division of Northwestern. Pierre , S. D. , Aug. 12. To meet th needs of the now extension of th Northwestern railroad a now dlvlsio itzo has been created to extend from thi zo city to Rapid City. C. T. Dike , th 10m engineer in charge of construction o m the new line , has been selected n Is superintendent of the new divlsloi 10 with headquarters at Pierre. MAN AND HIS WIFE DROWNED AT CENTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THEY ARE TAKEN TO WEST POINT Body of Mr. Elliott Recovered Thurs day Nlcjht and That of Mrs. Elliott Friday Evening Details of Tragedy Corrected. Crolghton , Nob. , Aug. 10 Special to The Nowa : Tim bodies of William Elliott and his wife , who wore drown ed Wednesday evening an they were driving homo from Center , have been recovered. That of Mr. Elliott wan found Thursday evening about ono hundred rods down the stream from where their buggy went Into the wa ter hurled under a pile of brush. The body of Mrs. Elliott was found last evening at 5:30 : a quarter of a mile awny similarly covered up. Two hundred people Joined In the search for the bodies the day follow- ng the drowning , hut although the Htream has shrunken to a mere rivu let neither of the bodies could bo lo cated until that evening , when Mr. Elliott was found as stated under a pile of brush and rubbish. The search was continued through the night and all day yesterday and ns the searchers were almost ready to give up hope they came upon the body of Mrs. El liott at a point they had passed over many times during the day. She was burled under a mass of sand nnd rub bish. bish.Tho The bodies were brought to Crelgh- ton during the night and this morning were taken on the early train to West Point , where the funeral will bo held. Some of the details of this tragedy were not secured correctly when the first report was sent. The daughter , whoso name Is Inn , Instead of being n child eight years old Is n young lady of eighteen and her parents were aged forty and thirty-seven , respective ly. A fourth person wns in the cnr- rlago with the Elliotts when it wont Into the water , Mrs. Franse of West Point , a sister of Mrs. Elliott who was visiting them. Miss Elliott and Mrs. Frnnso were on the rcnr scat of the carriage , and when It went over they had n little better opportunity of sav ing themselves. Miss Elliott , who is a good swimmer , says that when she was plunged Into the water she swam quite a distance under the water , the force of the stream keeping her down. Finally she felt her hand touch some thing solid nnd clinging to that she climbed to the surface , when she found that she had hold of a tree , Crawling up this out of danger she managed to maintain her position mi- til relieved. Mrs. Frnnso held to the buggy box ind when It turned over she was able o cling to the bottom until It floated near the bank of the stream when she undo a Jump and reached dry land She Immediately gave the alarm whlcli jrought neighbors to their assistance A number of relatives from Wesl olnt , Including Postmaster Elliott ant Mr. Franso , were at the scene of the , ragedy during the search and nccom innlcd the remains to West Point this morning. * Mr. Elliott , the drowned man , had filed his name as a primary candidate 'or republican nomination as district court clerk. WAS ELECTED TO NORFOLK. Teacher Figuring In Sensation Appllec For Place Here. Miss Kathcrino Hudson , the Pen lormal student who had Professoi Soarson of the normal school arreste ( on the charge of attempted assault was elected last spring ns a membei of the teaching force of the Norfoll city schools. The position was de cllned by Miss Hudson , who had askei for a seventh grade and had boot elected to ono of the sixth grades The young lady , who graduated thi ! year from the normal school , was wol recommended to the Norfolk board. Word of Professor Searson's nrres was received with a great deal of sur prise in local teaching circles. Prol Searson was well known over nortl Nebraska. This spring ho was on th 5 program of the Northeast Nobrask : Teachers' convention meeting in Noi folk. SPOKE ONJEMPERANCE Mrs. Curtis of Texas Delivers Speec on the Street. Mrs. Curtis of Texas , speaking o the temperance question , addressed crowd of people on the street In Noi folk last night. Of rather attractlv appearance and using her native soutl ern accent , Mrs. Curtis was an entei talnlng talker and ono of some wi Her address here was much the sam as that delivered in Lincoln a fei nights ago. She told of evils of th liquor trnlllc and declared prohlbltlo was the remedy. "Thero are 000,000 drunkards an 500,000 fallen women in the world , a duo to liquor , " said Mrs. Curtis. "An the remedy lies In the ballot. " Mrs. Curtis excused herself for ai pearlng on a public platform and a tacking liquor on the plea that a motl er has a right to fight for her chlldre In the best way possible. She sal that her husband was a drunkard ui til thirty years ago when he reformc nnd since then ho has been a preache Mrs. Curtis said that men who d clarcd she had no place on the publ ! platform would never go to a theatc but for the high kicking women. St declared saloonkeepers always die violent lent deaths , never happy deaths , and Halt ! that therefore she was hero to help them die happily by getting them out of their business. Nebraska law , uhe sayn , compels teachers to tench In the schools the dangers of alcohol , She scored newspapers that nccept liquor advertising and said nil Influen tial papers are for prohibition. She said people drink when they're wet to dry out ; drink when they're dry to "wet up ; " drink when they're hot , to get cold ; nnd when they're cold , to got warm ; when they have headaches , to get rid of them ; and when they haven't headaches , to get them. MTH. Curtis said there nro thirteen snlooiiH In Norfolk , paying n license of $10,000 per ycnr. There nro 5,000 people In Norfolk. Thnt means , she mild , that Norfolk sells Itself for $2 per head. She said that was pretty cheap , when a good hog was worth $25. FOUR IN NORTH NEBRASKA THIS WEEK. ELKHORN HAS CLAIMED MANY The Present Summer Has Been an Unusually Disastrous One In Drown lngs , Fifteen Occurring In This Vi cinity Alone. The drowning near O'Neill Friday , the dual drowning tragedy at Cen ter this week nnd the drowning of n babe In a tub of water near Newman Grove , marks the fifteenth death by drowning In northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota for the1 sum mer , to say nothing of the three men who lost their lives In the Missouri river near old Ft. Randall , east of Fairfax , last winter. But despite the unusual number of drownings In this part of the country , Norfolk has thus far been particularly fortunate in re cording up to date not one single case , and people of this city are now hoping that the season will be fin ished as fortunately as It has begun. The largest number drowned atone time in the northwest this summer was In the lake near Page , when a boat capsized and four of a picnic party perished. Two have drowned at or near Val entine , two at Nollgh , ono near Oak- dale , a boy at Clearwater , a man whoso body was found near Bonesteel , a child near Newman Grove and Mr. and Mrs. William Elliott at Center on Wednesday night of the past week and Lewis Sullivan Friday evening near O'Neill. Not only has it been an unusually disastrous season here , but all over the country. Ono Chicago paper , which has tried to keep a record and whlcli probably has learned of not more than half of the drownings , puts the number to date at 51G. SPECIAL POLICEMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND BATTERY. WILLIAM GREEN FILES CHARGE I As the Result of Trouble Which Arose Between the Two Men , an Echo of Week Before Last Comes Into Jus tice Court. Instead of being tried Monday af ternoon the case of the State against Robert Bathke went over till next Monday morning at 9 o'clock. The case was to have been heard this week and preparations for the trial had . been made Monday afternoon when \ the defendant asked that the hearing be postponed on account of the ab sence of certain witnesses. On next Monday the same Jury which had been summoned to try the case will meet again to try the special officer who Is charged with assault and bat tery. On motion of the defense Win , Green , the complaining witness has agreed to stand responsible for the costs in case of failure to convict The costs will bo heavy. The Bathko case , an echo of racing week , was sot for trial before Justice Lambert late Monday afternoon. Rob ert Bathke , charged with assault ant battery by Win. M. Green , appeared In court with his attorney , M. C. Ha zen. zen.Bathko Bathko served as a special police man under Chief of Police Flynn nl the driving park and after his episode with Win. Green on the Thursday oi the races It was stated by Green'f friends , who considered Green badlj treated , that the matter would wine up In the courts. County Attorney Koenlgstcin prosecuted. The following Jury was picked t ( hear the case and to determine win was the aggressor In the quarrel a the race track : Warren McClary , A B. Baldwin , George Schwenk , Joe Tru lock , R. F. Bruce , J. A. Porter. Take a Vacation. Now is the time to take a vacation got out into the woods , fields am mountains and visit the seashore , bu do not forget to take a bottle of Cham bcrlaln's Colic , Cholera and Dlarrhoei Remedy along with you. It Is almos certain to bo needed and cannot hi obtained on railroad trains or steam ships. It is too much of a risk for anyone ono to leave homo on a Journey with out It , For sale by Leonard the drug Blot GIRL NEAR ATKINSON VICTIM THIS TIME. SAVES SISTER FROM FLAMES VIIBS Klrkland , Daughter of Rev. Mr. Klrkland Living In Outskirts of At- klnson , Was Badly Burned About the Face and Arms. Atkinson , Neb. , Aug. 10. Special to The News : A daughter of Rev. Mr. Klrkland was severely burned in the ionic of her parents near town by the explosion of kerosene. She herolcnlly aved her sister from injury. Wheth er the Injured girl will recover the use of her sight or not Is not known. The young woman was filling a ker osene stove from a four-gallon can. A amp was burning in the snmo room. Suddenly the explosion occurred and ho heat and force of it ate through a iloor nnd wall. The girl was badly burned about the face and nrms and icr sight is in danger , but she bravely saved her sister from the ilaincs. MONDAY MENTION. Ed. Drcbort of Pierce was in Nor- ! elk Sunday. Jack Wollls of Lincoln spent Sun day in Norfolk. C. H. Mohr of Plalnviow spent Sat urday In Norfolk. Herman Piero of Wlsner was in Norfolk Saturday. A. G. Fetton of Gregory stopped in Norfolk Saturday. Mrs. J. A. Long \Vnkefield was In ho city Saturday. N. W. Clover returned home last evening from Omaha. G. C. Rouse of Meadow Grove wa n the city yesterday. S. J. Powell of Pierce was a Satur day visitor in Norfolk. Willis McBrlde of Elgin has been in Norfolk for a brief visit. Miss Elslo Tingle of Butte was a Norfolk visitor Saturday. Ralph Dufur of Fairfax was a Sat urday visitor in Norflok. J. B. Donovan of the Madison Star- Mall was In Norfolk over Sunday. Senator C. A. Randall of Newman rove was a Norfolk visitor Saturday. I. J. Johnson and son , Carl , left Sat urday noon for a trip to Rockford , 111. County Clerk George Richardson wns in Norfolk from Madison Satur day. day.Miss Miss Stern of DCS Molncs is a guest of her aunts , Mrs. D. Bauni and Mrs. J. Baum. I. J. Johnson and son , Carl Johnson , left Saturday noon for a week's visit in Rockford , 111. Mrs. W. E. Powers of Pierce was in Norfolk on Saturday , the guest of Mrs. A. H. Klesau. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Horisky and baby have arrived in Norfolk from Chey enne , Wyo. , for n few days' visit with relatives In Norfolk. Thomas Dudley of St. Joseph and daughter , Mrs. Fred H. Beerstecher of Three Rivers , Mich. , are in Norfolk on a visit with George Dudley , sr. H. A. Rowe of Lincoln arrived in Norfolk last evening on a short busi ness visit to this city. Mr. Rowe , who Is a railway mail clerk , made Nor folk his headquarters for several years. A. J. Pasewalk , assistant cashier of the Farmers and Merchants bank of Wakefield , arrived in Norfolk Satur day for a ten days vacation visit with his parents , Mr. and Mrs. August Pasewalk. Claire Blakely arrived in the city Saturday night from St. Paul , where he is in the employ of the Great North ern railroad company as a telegra pher , to visit for a few days with his parents , Mr. and Mrs. C. A , Blakely. Dr. R. C. Simmons Is in Plalnview. Dr. G. A. Young left at noon for Lin- coin. coin.Rev. Rev. Thomas Blthell returned at noon from Tllden. L. A. Footo , the Sioux City banker , Is in Norfolk today. Mrs. W. H. II. Hagey Is visiting a sister in Cedar Rapids , Iowa. W. J. Stadelman returned at noon from a business trip to Chicago. E. F. Huso arrived homo at noon from a short business visit in Omaha , Mrs. A. M. Leach and children are spending the week in Glenwood , Iowa , Miss Mary Walker is in Nebraska City on a three weeks visit with rel- atlves. Miss Lottie Pllger , who has been visiting in Norfolk , returned to Plain' view yesterday. Miss Agnes Barnes of Battle Creek ono of the contestants in The News piano contest , passed through the clt > enrouto to Madison. P. J. Stafford and son , Gerald Staf ford , left at noon for a visit to Dulutl and the lake regions. Miss Katherlno Boehnho returned tc Omaha Sunday morning after a tor days' visit in the city. Homer Tannehlll and family sponl Sunday in Norfolk , guests at the home of Mr. and Mrsi George Evans. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Rlsh arrived in Norfolk last night from their home at North Yaklma , Washington , for r month's visit with former friends. Norfolk friends have received cards from Mrs. Luclnda A. Hare of Cert land , N. Y. , announcing the marriage of her daughter , Mabel , to Rev. Johr t M. Hinds of this city last Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Hinds will be at home in Norfolk after September 10. The groom Is pastor of the Second Congre gational church of Norfolk , Mrs. J. W. Miller of Beaver Dam Wla. , and Rev. Mr. Hlrsch of Chlcagc are guests at the G. A. Kuhl homo on The Heights. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Kuhl nro sisters nnd Mr. Hlrsch i their nephew. The Ladles Mlsslonnry society of the Congregntlonnl church will meet with Mrs. A. Osborne Tuesday nfter- noon. Tiie Indies of the church and their friends are cordially invited to be present. Hosklns Headlight : A representa tive of the state experiment station at Lincoln was hero Saturday to inves tigate the cause of the death of O. F. docker's hogs. It seems that Mr. Clocker a short tlmo ago shipped n. numher of hogs to the Omaha market , and two of these were condemned by the state Inspector. A postmortem examination proved they were infected with tuberculosis. One of Mr. Clock- er's hogs was killed and the experi menter took the Internal organs with him to Lincoln where they will bo ex perimented on. Pierce Call : Rev. C. H. Dains has solved the question , satisfactorily to himself at least , that Nebraska farm ers can raise cotton. As nn experi ment ho planted a dozen or fifteen plants of cotton nnd showed us a row A of good thrift y plants across his garden and standing two and one-half foot high , The plants were all budded and nbout to burst In blossom. The ( lower is very beautiful. In a week or so comes the boll and this contains a solid mass of cotton , which sooa ripens , pops open nnd shows the whlto fluffy cotton rendy to bo picked. To one who has not seen cotton grow it fs quite a curiosity. Norfolk Saturday evening came near adding a name to the list of north Nebraska drownings already swelled far beyond the usual proportions. Gus Nltz went into the Northfork for a brief swim Saturday evening after work. A good swimmer , he was out In the middle of the stream In a mo ment. There he was seized with a cramp and stood to become the latest victim to the river's greed had not his little son waded out Into the stream with a long limb. Effects of the telegraph strike In other cities has begun to be seriously felt In Norfolk , although the Norfolk Western Union office Is still operat ing. The demoralized conditions at Chicago , Council Bluffs , Sioux City and Omaha had their effect all along the line and many messages which sought to get out of Norfolk to those- places were badly delayed. No tele grams are accepted in Norfolk except ing subject to indefinite delay and in many instances patrons are using the malls and telephone wires as surer methods of communication. Local Manager Havlland said that In trying to send a message to Chicago the chief operator at Omaha Informed him that there was In the Omaha office a stack of telegrams a mile deep piled ! up for Chicago delivery. From ancient archives The Nevada Representative has resurrected an ac count of the first ball game played In Nevada , Iowa. On August 2 , 18G7 , the game was played and N. A. Ralnbolt , then of Ames , figured In the result and helped bring in n tremendous vic tory for Ames over Nevada. The fi nal score In that pioneer game was CO to 55. Two hours and thirty min utes the diamond warriors consumed In their Initial contest. That N. A. Ralnbolt was the prime athlete of Ames and Nevada in those ball games of the sixties is attested by the fact that ten of the runs brought in for the victors are still credited to him in the sporting records of Iowa. Not only did Mr. Rainbolt score more runs than any other player and they all went some but he was only put out once. That ball game of forty years ago is still talked of in Iowa. The Northwestern passenger which pulled out of Omaha for Norfolk yes terday afternoon carried the smolderIng - Ing elements of a domestic upheaval. A western ranchman , a wife and hus band drifting apart , two little daugh ters ignorant of the stir , a western gun and the possibility of gun play on the crowded train formed the constit uent parts of the situation that gave rise to a feeling of tension on the part of the passengers who were nware of the jelatlons existing between the little group of their fellow travelers. For two years the man and wife had worked for the sheep ranchman on his western ranch. Then , It was claimed , the husband had deserted the wife who had gone to Wisconsin. Last week the ranchman went to Wiscon sin to bring the woman and the two little daughters back to his ranch. The harmony of the party , however , was broken by the sudden appearance of the husband In the union depot at Omaha. Those who witnessed the "scene" in the big Omaha station fol lowed the western Journey with Inter est and at times with concern as a big gun in the ranchman's possession was shifted from pocket to pocket. On ono seat sat husband and little daughter. Behind sat the ranchman , the woman and the second little girl. The woman watched to see that her child was not kidnaped , the ranchman , as ho told fellow passengers , to see that ho did not look unexpectedly Into the mouth of the husband's gun. So the train pulled In and out of Norfolk , the ranchman , who was twice the slzo of the husband , sitting behind nnd shifting his revolver about to the heart beats of his fellow passengers. The party had tickets for Chadron. FOR SALE My residence property at 312 South Fifth street must bo sold before September 1. Submit bid with terms to owner , Howard A. Howe , Lin coln. Neb. FOR SALE Ten thoroughbred Du- roc-Jersey boar pigs , ono mile west of Norfolk , Obod Raasch.