Nebraska Newspapers

    JM1K NOW FOLK WBRKLY NEWS-JOURNAL ; FHIDAY , SKI'TKMHKK J8 , 1007 ,
NORFOLK TOOK GOOD CARE OF
THE CROWD.
"CIRCUS GIRLS" ARE MARRIED
The Women Performers In the Circus
AH Have Either Husbands or Rel
atives for Escorts Clown In White
Is Best Living Clown.
The seven thousand north Nebraska
people who came to Norfolk Tuesday
for the circus received a hearty wel
come to the city. Norfolk is getting
bettor acquainted each year with north
Nebraska people and the presence of
visitors from over this part of the
state Tuesday meant the renewal of
many acquaintances.
The circus day visitors had a Jolly
tlmo in the city. The big show was
all It advertised to be , the weather
man favored Norfolk with a perfect
circus day and the railroads showed
their good will by sending out "homo
bound" excursions during the evening.
It Is a big task to feed a crowd of
seven thousand visitors but none went
hungry in Norfolk Tuesday. Restau
rants and hotels , however , were taxed
to their capacity.
Tuesday was really a big north Ne
braska reunion. Men from all sec
tions of the northwest rubbed shoul
ders and shook hands. In many of
the Norfolk stores rest rooms were
provided and in all there was a cheer
ful word of greeting. Norfolk was
glnd to furnish the meeting place for
her north Nebraska neighbors.
Circus life with Us peculiar fascina
tion clings to a man once in the pro
fession. And not only does a circus
man tend to remain a circus man but
his sons and his sons' cons tend to
follow In the same path.
R. W. Beswlck of Norfolk , once a
"top notcher" in the circus world but
who has been away from the sawdust
ring for more than thirty years , went
into the circus dressing room Tuesday
and there with Barnum & Bailey found
companions of the circus life of the
sixties and young men whoso fathers
had shared the applause of the early
seventies with him.
Among the circus men with whom
Mr. Beswlck was linked by past con
nections were Blllle Du Grow , once a
rider in Lent's New York show but
now equestrian director with Barnum
& Bailey , and Ed Ship , who though
sixty years old still rides In the ring.
Both of these old time circus men
were with Lent's circus In New York
when Mr. Beswlck , then a leaper and
tumbler In Lent's , was at the height of
his fame.
Among the younger generation Bes
wlck met Frank Lampklns , the son of
a former pupil of the old days. Young
Lampklns was the leaper who made
the double somersault over the ele
phants in the Tuesday performance.
Frank Miacco , Mr. Beswick recalled
as the son of one of the Miacco broth
ers , noted acrobats In New York In
the sixties. Robert Stlckney , who rode
a high school horse In one of the
( rings , Mr. Beswlck discovered was
the son of an old friend who In his day
was the champion four horse rider of
the famous Lent New York circus.
Coming in from Omaha to Norfolk
Tuesday morning the three delayed
sections of the big circus were sent
over the Northwestern In unusual time
for heavy circus trains. The last three
sections were sent through from Oma
ha at from thirty to thirty-five miles
an hour. Stock trains were side
tracked and the circus trains given
the right of way in their 120-mile race
to Norfolk.
Barnum & Bailey got an early start
out of Norfolk and expected to have
no difficulty in pulling all four sec
tions into Grand Island early Wednes
day morning. It isn't the distance be
tween towns that occasions delay In
circus transportation so much as de
layed starts caused by circus grounds
widely separated from the loading
point.
In Norfolk the circus showed on lots
adjacent to the tracks and as a result
got an early start from the city. In
Omaha the circus grounds were nearly
three miles from the tracks and the
greater part of the night was spent In
getting the big tent and paraphernalia
on car.
The first section containing all the
tents save the big show tent and load
ed with a good portion of the wagons ,
left Norfolk about 10 o'clock. The
other sections followed within a few
hours , leaving over the Union Pacific
for Grand Island.
System governs every step of the
loading process. Every piece of can
vas and every stick has its place , every
circus roustabout has his sub-boss and
every sub-boss has his special task.
By the time the evening performance
was half completed the menagerie had
been hauled away and every other
tent had been taken from the grounds.
And by the time the performance had
closed the big tent itself had been
pretty well stripped of circus para
phernalia and seats.
The Barnum & Balloy circus showed
\ to ten thousand people In Norfolk
Tuesday afternoon and to about seven
hundred at night. Their Norfolk busi
ness as a whole was about what the
circus people had counted on. The
"after concert" attendance , about thrco
thousand , was the biggest concert au
dience of the season. The evening
performance was shortened and It was
noticeable that without the big crowd
the work of the circus people lacked
vim and vigor.
The seven thoumuid people In Nor
folk from away Tuesday and especially
llio five thousand who cnmo by train ,
came from nil parts of north Nebras
ka. To the north Gregory county In
South Dakota was well represented
while circus crowds were present from
as far west ns O'Neill and as far east
as West Point. The larger delegation
came from Meadow Grove , Batllo
Creek , Tllden , Slanlon , Plerco and
Madison. Madison sent nearly half a
thousand people. Save for circus vis
itors on the Sioux City line and on the
Bonesteol line norlh of Verdlgro nearly
all llio vlsllors of llio day left Norfolk
about 8 p. m. , trains leaving the city
at that tlmo In four different direc
tions. In the course of a few minutes
more than four thousand pcoplo had
left the city.
W. W. Cole , once on the road with
a show of his own , is the managing
director of the Bnrnum & Bailey circus
this year. Charles R. Hutchlnson , ono
of the directors , is road manager.
The circus girl Is almost nn un
known quantity. Of the two score erse
so women with llio Barnum & Bailey
circus In Norfolk Tuesday less than
half a dozen were unmarried. And
nostof these half dozen were provided
with male relatives. It is no uncom-
non thing for husband and wife to be
icrforming at the same time In two
entirely different parts of the big tents.
Two of the best riders among the wo-
nen Tuesday were the wives of two
of the circus clowns. There have been
two weddings with the circus this year.
Marie Castrlllon , age thirteen , is the
let of the big circus , the only llttlo
girl among the thousand circus people.
Marie's father is nt the head of the
famous Castrillon acrobatic group.
Four thousand dollars of silver coin ,
dollars and half dollars , was carried
nto the Nebraska Nallonal bank by
he Barnum & Bailey treasurer Tues-
lay noon. It was a big load of silver.
Two men had to take two trips to
carry it from a carriage to the bank.
The big stack of silver was exchang
ed for a New York draft and repre-
enlcd surplus coin taken in nt Omaha ,
n the same way north Nebraska dol-
nrs and half dollars will be taken tea
a bank at Grand Island Wednesday.
The surplus paper currency that the
big show takes in Is sent to New York
by express but the extra coin Is ex
changed the next day for New York
1 rafts.
It required three-quarters of an hour
lo count the money nt the bank.
Good clowns , circus people say , en
ter Into the spirit of the game. And
clowns are only at tholr best , circus
icople sny further , when before n big
cheerful crowd. Spader Johnson with
Barnum & Bailey is said to be the best
of living clowns , n delightful impromp
tu nctor. Johnson will be remembered
is the clown in the stiff white suit and
ilgh hat who was chief among the
capers Tuesday.
Circus actors , while terribly matter
of fact in many ways , dearly love np-
plause. When they don't get It they
criticise the town and spectators In
their dressing room , heaping heated
abuse nt the " ( lend ones" who do not
nppreclnte their merits. The actors
nre Jenlous , especlnlly the clowns.
In the dressing room of the Barnum
& Bailey circus Tuesday the air was
filled with a friendly spirit of com-
adeshlp and good natured raillery.
Between acts performers mounted box
es and delivered Impromptu speeches ,
nterest of the circus men is centered
argely In sports and especially In
baseball. Base ball teams are rife
among the circus people.
Circus people are clanish , terribly
so. There are cast lines as firmly
fixed as the caste lines of India. But
n the dressing room of the performers
hero is good spirit and democracy.
Circus leaping , tumbling and somer
sault turning isn't what it used to be ,
according to R. W. Beswlck , once a
circus expert In these very lines. But
the aerial work and the riding , Mr.
Beswick adds , has Improved greatly
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over the work of thirty years ago.
And the women have onlstrlpped the
men in Improving their riding. Josie
DeMott , the somersault equestrienne ,
lid a turn , Mr. Beswlck declared , that
the old time circus world never of
fered.
Bnrnum & Bnlley left Norfolk for
Grand Island. Thursday they show at
York and Friday nt Bentrlce. They
will spend the next thirty dnys In Knn-
sns nnd Missouri , closing the senson in
Tennessee.
There are only a comparatively few
families of circus acrobats. And for
the most part these families remain
In the same circuses from generation
to generation. The girl who turned a
somersault while riding bareback , Is
a member of an old circus family that
has been with Barnnm's show for years
nnd years. Somehow they esem to
grow up in one circus and stay right
there.
The sideshow hasn't changed much
from the old days. There was a little
man about the littlest man you ever
saw and a big fat woman and a tat
tooed man and a snake charmer nnd
womnn who swnllowed swords nnd n
fellow who tossed up balls in the air
and caught them. And the tent was
packed and Jammed with people who
had spent tholr dimes nnd who wore
eager to see sorno new freak of nature.
There were some now stunts among
the clowns. One funny fellow came
out with n catcher's mitt on his list ,
a baseball ninnk , and the rent ( if a
catcher's paraphernalia. Signalling
the pitcher , ho went through the mo
tloiiH of catching the bull. Once he
tossed off his mask nnd got ready lo
cntch n foul when It came down. For
five minutes or HO ho stood looking up
walling for the ball. Then ho snt down
nnd rested. Then ho look a telescope
nnd peered through It Into the heavens
searching for the lost foul. Finally
the ball dropped Into his mitt. It must
have gene several miles high.
Norfolk may have another big circus
next summer. Barnum's show never
repeats In the same town twice In suc
cession so that this circus won't bo
hero In 1908. But the big crowd bore
may give the owners of the big cir
cuses grounds for sending Rlngllngs
or some other big show to Norfolk dur
ing the coming summer. Rlngllngs
have not been in Norfolk for a good
many seasons , though they used to
como every other year. Norfolk is
considered a good circus town , but It
IB so far oft the main line of traffic
that clrcua people consider it rather
difficult to get hero.
The Barnum winter quarters are in
Bridgeport , Conn. , and the show will
return there late In October. They
are now bending toward the southland
to pick up circus money after the cot
ton harvest. In winter quarters the
uilmals are trained all winter , while
the acrobats and performers engage In
vaudeville shows. In the spring the
show conies out In Madison Square
Garden , Now York. There It IB tried
out and , after the unsuccessful fea-
lures are ellmlnaled , the show starts
out on Its tour. II sends out advance
iress notices lo about four prospec
tive routes , so Ihat any ono of them
nay bo taken. But the nclual route Is
selected a's the circus goes along , crop
conditions having much to do with its
show places.
THESE TWO RECEIVED JUDICIAL
NOMINATIONS.
N THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
Bassett and Chadron Attorneys Arc
Shown by the Complete Returns to
Have Received Republican Nomina
tions for the Bench.
Bnssett , Neb. , Sept. 11. Special to
The News : Complete returns from
the Fifteenth Judicial district show
that Douglas of Bassett and Jenckes
of Chndron are the republican judicial
nominees.
Following Is a table of returns , com-
plcte with the exception of the vote
'rom Sheridan county on Brown and
Morgan :
Uoyil 142141201111 47 83135
Box Butte 78 Cl 42 120 14 115 01
Brown . . .145 20 30 03 23 32205
Cherry . .132 74 111 93 1C 70 123 j
Dawes . . . 73 57 80 SCO 23 283 GO
Holt 92 52 304v 09 5G 181 102
Cepa Paha CO 90 123 23 15 20 74
Rock . . . . 73 42 208 40 134 50 OS |
Sheridan. 97 83 171 91 42 j
Sioux 25 21 41 70 8 50 14
Totals :
Alder 917
Brown 558
Douglas 1283
Jenckes 1120
Morgan 341
Porter 990
Scattergood 874
AUGUST CAPE NEAR NELIGH HAS
LOST SEVENTY.
COUPLAND HAS LOST SOME TOO
Porkers Are Being Wiped Out In An
telope County In Distressing FashIon -
Ion One Farmer Has Lost Every
Hog He Had on the Farm.
Neligh , Neb. , Sept. 11. Special to
The News : A number of farmers In
various localities throughout the coun
ty report a heavy loss of bogs. Theo
dore Cape , west of Nellgh , seems to
liavc been hit the hardest so far as
heard. Ho has lost over seventy head ,
In fact every porker ho had on the
farm. T. H. Reynolds , Frank Romlg
and several others have lost a large
number. News came yesterday after
noon from Elgin stating that a num
ber of hogs are dying on the farm of
George Couplcnd.
Boyd County Commltteemen.
Butte , Neb. , Sept. 11. Special to
The News : The republican candidates
met and elected the following precinct
cormniteemen : Butte , J. II. Slelar ;
Anoka , P. F. Danker ; McCully , Levi
Bennett ; Basin , A. B. Thatcher ; Ware ,
Bob Ownes ; Spencer , Thomas Me-
Math ; Morton , w. T. Reshaw ; Mullen ,
F. J. Sellers ; Lynch , George Tonnor ;
Brlstow , J. D. Hallett ; Bush , H. L.
McCoy ; Boyd , Aug. Pearson. They
meet at Anoka next Saturday to elect
a chairman and delegate to the state
convention.
NORTH NEBRASKA ENJOYED
BARNUM & BAILEY SHOW.
IS MUCH THE SAME OLD SHOW
The Mammoth Tent Waa Packed to
the Limit With Spectators Who Had
Come From Al Parts of North Ne
braska and Gregory County ,
Just thu sumo old clrciiH.
A big Hhow , the world's biggest ,
but still buck of It all the same joyful
old circus that Is of perpetual youth.
Fifteen years ago Norfolk saw Bar-
mim & . 'Bailey's ctrcim and liked It.
Tuesday Norfolk Joined by UunummlH
of her north Nebraska neighbors look
ud at the circus again and applauded
the nets with the same old ontlmulatun
of the early nineties. For the show
Is good , big and good and captivating.
Ten thousand of north Nebraska
people packed the big circus tent at
the afternoon performance. They
completely lllled the big tent , a tent
so largo that one half the circus world
mid Hpectatora never quite know what
thu other half Is doing.
There was the new circus and the
old In the tented auditorium. After
nil was over It was the same old clr-
BUH but with a dash of the modern
craze of BonsntlonnllHm. It wan the
now circus that featured the "dip of
.loath , " the nesv circus that loaned to
wards the big , daring , mechanical acts.
But It was the muiio good old show
that sent the people homo sallHlled ,
the Bamo old clowns clamoring for
ccognltlon , the same old performeis
swinging through the day's labor but
smiling at applause , the same sleek
lorses , the same old menagerie and
) est of all the same old happy circus
crowd of north Nebraska neighbors.
Features of the Show.
The last fealuro on the circus pro
gram was the llrst feature of the show.
This was the "dip of death , " In which
an aiiLomobllo carrying a young wo-
nan rolls down a steep incline , Is
thrown In a somersault through mid-
ilr and lainlH , upside down , on a
crescent shaped receiving track which
carries the machine back to earth and
safety. This automobile somersault
s a sclotntlllc affair and would bo as
wonderful without the young woman
n the neat as with her. In fact , al-
.hougli the circus man announced that
ler salary was big , the feat Is so scien
tific as to render it really without ap
parent peril. It is Interesting bo-
rause It Is new and has a sensational
Ing that satisfies.
The ski sailing was an Interesting
nnovatlon. Capt. Ilcndrickson made
.he long steep glide and the midair
flight and gave a half-breathless mo
ment to the 10,000 spectators.
The clowns , plenty of them , were
there with grotesque situations and
several new stunts. The Vorlops wore
an Interesting feature with eight whirl
wind dancers. There were a number
of new and genuinely clever acts on
the high wire. Josle Do Mott , said to
jo the only somersault equestrienne
n the world , drew applause. The
Grunatho sisters gave a few minutes
of fascinating aerial work. Minnie
Johnson and Louise DeMott drew well
earned applause with charming cart
acts , driving handsome roadsters In
difficult feats. The Viennese troupe
did a number of splendid aerial turns
from trapeze.
It would take does take , in fact
a whole book to detail the many fea
tures of the big circus. There are
Japanese performers and bareback
riders and trained animals and hip
podrome races just the same estab
lished acts that have been with the
circus for the past score of years. Each
has a new touch of life to make it
modern , but each dates back , Just the
same , to the circus of twenty years
ago. And last of all , after the big
show was all done and over , there
was " the concert , the funny after
show a 25c show other places but
all thrown in In Norfolk today for a
dime , ten cents. "
North Nebraska went to the circus
Tuesday. Practically 5.000 people
came into Norfolk on the morning and
noon trains for the circus. More than
2,000 more from Stanton , Wayne ,
Pierce and Madison counties drove in
carriages to this city during the day.
Seven thousand visitors for circus
day Is a very conservative estimate of
the crowds from away that thronged
Norfolk streets during the day , crowd
ed the Norfolk avenue stores and gave
Barnum & Bailey a crowd as big as
the circus. Seven thousand is not the
estimate that an onlooker would make.
As each crowded train pulled into
Norfolk the travelers disputed the con
ductor's figures as ridiculously small.
Where did the circus spectators
come from ?
The first train from the west
brought five hundred north Nebraska
people into Norfalk. The Union Pa
clfic excursion with seven coaches
proved Inadequate. Nearly five hun
dred people clamored aboard at Mad
ison and close to eight hundred left
the excursion at Norfolk. The Bone-
steel train , by actual count , left 540
circus visitors at the city depot at
noon. Three hundred more came fron
the Sioux City line. Six hundred lef
the Northwestern's Deadwood passen
ger at noon while another big circus
day excursion crowd came in from the
eastMadison
Madison , Plorco , Stanton and the
west main line towns came en mas
to the circus. Gregory county wa
represented by many South Dakota
vlHlloi-H. Tickets wore weld lit th
Madlmin depot for moro tliiin t.w <
limits.
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.
Mrs. Frank Wliultm of Htmilnn wan
In tlio city Tiionilny.
Hliorlff J. .1. citimentH wan a circus
day vlBltor In Norfolk.
Mr. and Mm. Annual Itruiummid loft
l Hiciid | llio week In Sioux flly.
John Kllllan of Cedar Bluffs , a mom
her of the A. L. Kllllan company , In In
Norfolk.
Mrs. J. 10. Harper of Clearwater In
visiting her pareutii , Mr. and Mrs. M ,
Walker.
MlnsoH Gonovlovo Stafford and
Maiido Flynn loft yeiilordav for Omn-
ha , where they are attending the Sa
cred Heart academy
Mlflion Boflslo and Huth Warrlck of
Meadow drove wore the guoulo of Mr.
and Mrn. W. A. Wlt/.lKtmui Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Davenport of
UndlBon were guests at the homo of
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Maylard yester-
lay.
lay.Miss
Miss Anna Hoffman and llttlo nephew -
ow of Plalnvlow were gncstn at the
lonio of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Eslabrook
Tiiomlay and Wednesday.
V. A. Nonow IB homo from a Colora-
lo visit. Thursday Mr. NOHOW spent
it Hockyford , Colo. , on the occasion of
ho animal "melon day" when 10.000
vater melons were given awny , the
neloii feast lining an unusually Inter-
sting sight.
Among out of town visitors for the
circus were County Siiporlntondent
'erduo. Mndlwin ; A. V. Tmvno. Fair-
ax ; Harry Mlllor , Stantnn ; Editor
Jlarkman. Madison ; Mr. and Mrs. F.
luddlo of Hattlo Creek , and Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Martin of llattlo Crook.
J. A. Trulock left nt noon for Ban-
ett.
ett.Willis
Willis Mcllrldo of Elgin visited In
Norfolk Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nelson of Crel > lion -
on were the guests of Norfolk rola-
Ivos Tuesday.
Miss Frances Burner of Tlldon , who
vaa the guest of Miss Emma Wotzol ,
eturned home today.
Miss Josephlno Huttorflold loft nt
noon for Boston to enter on her third
oar In "Wollcsloy college.
P. W. Barker of I'oncn. who has been
n Norfolk on n short visit with W. P.
gnn , returned to Ponca Wednesday.
John Kllllan of Cedar Bluffs , who
ins been In Norfolk on a visit with his
irolher , A. L. Kllllnn , returned homo
it noon.
Dr. O. W. Noyes IB attending the
esslons of the American veterinary
nodical association meeting In Kansas
City this week.
A. W. Ladd of the Albion NOWB , who
ins been the guest of W. S. Fox , re-
nrncd home at noon. Mrs. Ladd will
cinnln at the Fox homo for a short
visit.
Norfolk clerks will hold a third meet-
ng Thursday evening at the city hall.
Harry King , who recently resigned
a place In the A. L. Kllllan store , Is
vorking for Martin Brothers In their
Sioux City shoo store.
The question of a baseball tourna-
nent In Norfolk IB one of the questions
slated 'to come before the mooting of
he Norfolk lire department tonight.
E. O. Mount In addition to his work
as trainmaster has been acting as
chief train dispatcher at the Junction
) ii account of the Illness of Chief Dls-
mtchor E. Sly.
Miss Pearl Heeso has had charge of
ho seventh grade In the Lincoln build-
ng pending the arrival this week of
Miss Nettie Cowan of Table Rock ,
vho has been very sick.
J. W. Merrlam , the Northwestern
irakeman who was referred to In Sat
urday's News as one of the "cow boys"
n Buffalo Bill's first year , has re
ceived his papers as an extra con-
luctor.
About twenty patients from the Nor-
blk Insane hospital were brought to
own during the afternoon to see the
circus. They were accompanied by a
number of attendants and enjoyed the
afternoon very much.
W. A. Wltzlgman has purchased the
W. H. Johnson residence property at
the corner of Koenlgstcln avenue and
Thirteenth street and L. A. Rothe , the
present occupant , will move into the
residence which will be vacated short
y by I. J. Johnson.
Among the weddings of the week
at Nellgh was the marriage of Henry
E. Gllssman and Miss Augusta E. Zorn
of Doon , Iowa. Until ho removed to
Doon several years ago Mr. Gllssman
was In the meat business In Norfolk
and still has property interests in the
city.
city.Three
Three men who sought to Indulge
n a premature celebration of circus
day were gathered In by the police
Monday night. An early morning ses
sion of police court ground out circus
day Justice. At noon the city Jail held
two circus day "drunks. " The crowd
was orderly and gave the police little
trouble during the morning.
During the absence of Water Com
mlssloner August Brummund from the
city this week , Julius Degner will act
as temporary commissioner. All pee
pie Having business with the water
commissioner during the week will ac
cordlngly transact their affairs through
the third ward councilman.
The Minneapolis & Omaha line IB
holding Its morning passenger for
Sioux City to connect with the North
western from Lander. The M. & O
line has not adjusted Its time table to
conform to the now tlmo card of tbe
Northwestern but where the morning
train from the west is not too late am
carries passengers for the M. & O
line the Sioux City train is , under the
now arrangements , held for the con
ncctlon.
Nellgh Loader : Not long ago Jamc
MoAlllHler received newM that two
hnillioi-H whom ho loft. In Iroliind fifty-
one yearn it no , mid whom ho ( mil sup-
il were dond , were wllll allvo. At
oneo I ho llmunlil of vlflllliu ; thorn on-
leied | IM | mind , and ut the oiinwt mi-
llelliillon of his HOIIII ho decided lo do
HO. TlmrHihiy morning ho ntarted In
1'ood wplrltH on hi * loni ; Journey. The
loniUh of bin ahiieiico will bo deter
mined by ovontH , and pomdbly ho may
remain all winter.
If you were a miiall boy with a tar
get rlllo or a reek of I ho right "liuft"
would you ralher have porcelain or
jliuiH telephone liioulatorn for your lar-
; etn7 Norfolk Imln who hitvo had lo
10 content with iiniashlng the blue
liiHH InmilatorH of the Nebraska com-
niny all those yours will minn have
olophono po.H ) lined with delightfully
nvltlnrc brown porcelain Insulators.
Phone porcelain liiRiilatoni have only
icon on the market sixty days and the
Norfolk Independent plant will bo the
first plant In the world lo bo entirely
equipped with them. The now milmtl-
ute for gliiHH Is doiihlo glazed and IIHH
ho Hiiino resisting power of the old
nmilator.
Them Is every Indication Hint the
Ig niniileiir baseball game between
miiwon's trade proinolom and Hurt
InpoH "own" at the driving park illn-
innd Friday afternoon will ho greeted
y a largo crowd of Hpoctnlnrn. In
use the lawyers , real oiilato men and
iiHiirnnce men win the game , llio gnto
ecelpiH will K" to the public library
i Norfolk. In case llio Irndo promot-
I-H win , the gnte receipts will go Into
hat nn3oclallon'n treasury. An Stur-
OOU'H nii'ii won the giiino n few weeks
K" . llio lawyers will Mils week inako
n exlui c-fforl lo regain their lout lail-
CH ! and llio ine ! money , with end
' ( alhcr , then- will umlnuhlcdly bo a
fuilliTy touleh the fun.
AR BURNS UP WHILE THE TRAIN
ROLLS ON.
HORSES WERE FROM NEWPORT
Unusual Conflagration Occurred Near
Atkinson on a Stock Train Running
East Train Was Unokcd up to Sta
tion and Hose Turned On.
Atkinson , Neb. , Sept. 11. Special to
'ho News : Flumes \\hlch broke out
n ( ino ear of a moving North western
lock train destroyed the car and
urned to death twenty fine horses
vhlch were Inside , two miles east of
Atkinson at about S o'clock last night.
The horses which were cremated
vcro Bald to have been shipped from
Jowport by Smith Broa. , the animals
Hiving been sold at their Monday sale
o eastern buyers. The burned horses
vero an extra line lot.
Car Was Smoking.
As the car panned through Atkinson ,
woman standing near the track wait-
ng for the train to pass , noticed after
ho train had gone a peculiar smoke
onilng up from the track. She did
ot think much of It hut evidently there
ro was going at this tlmo , as the
rain had only gene about two miles
vhon the flames were discovered by
lie trainmen. The horses were then
nut redemption.
Ono horse , about to break out of the
ar , was in such a fearful way that It
vas Immediately shot.
Bystanders said that It was heart-
ending to hear the groans and moans
f the burning animals.
The train was backed up to the sta-
Ion where a continuous stream of
vater was kept on the remains until
ho fire was all out.
What remained of the car was side-
racked and the remains of the dead
lorses will undoubtedly be burled here.
Reported Men Burned.
At first It was rumored that two men
md been badly burned but thus far
lobody has been treated hero by the
allway physician. It is impossible to
get an estimate of the loss.
C. A. Smith , one of the members of
ho firm of Smith Bros. , was11 in Nor-
oik during the day from Newport on
business and left for Beemor nt just
about the tlmo the carload of horses
vero being burned. The Smith Bros.
mvo been considering a change of
heir location from Newport to Nor-
oik.
La TEN INJAIL
Nine Whites and a Black Jugged for
Being Jagged.
The city Jail In Norfolk was even
moro crowded than any Norfolk hotel
Tuesday night.
Ton men , nlno white ones and a
black , "drunks" and circus roust
abouts , had been thrown into the city
jail , all charged with being "unduly
Intoxicated. " Chief Flynn and three
specials gathered the men in during
the evening.
The circus day crowd was an excep
tionally orderly ono. The police had
little or nothing to do during the day
and the arrests came at night after
the crowds had loft
"IAD FROSTJJEAR BUTTE
Some Damage Was Done to Gardens
by Visit of Jack Frost
Butte , Nob. , Sept. 11. Special to
The News : Quito a heavy frost vliilt-
ed this section of the country last
night , doing much damage to gardens.
FOR SALE Ton thoroughbred"
roc-Jorsoy boar pigs , ono mlle west ol
Norfolk. Obod Raasch.