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    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1907.
STEPS ARE TAKEN TOWARD MAK
ING A NEW t.AW.
PUTTING THEM ON A SALARY
The Council Will Also Put the Office
of Police Judge on a Straight Salary ,
If It Lien Within Their Authority to
Do oo.
The city council nt tholr Thursday
evening meeting took stops to effect a
permanent police court reform.
The council Instructed the mnyor to
appoint n committed to go after the fee
question. The commlteto will report
n. wny out of the- fee tangle at the next
council meeting.
This fee cornmlttco will consist of
Mayor Durlantl , the city attorney and
three councflmcn who will bo named
by the mayor at onco.
Thin commltteo Is oxpoctcd to report
a city ordinance that will turn police
feofl Into the city treasury and give the
officers a compensatory Increase In ral-
nrlcfl. The IncrcnHo favored by coun
cilman would raluo the chief's salary
from $ CO to $75 and the salary of po-
llco from $50 to $ GO.
The councllmen favor going farther.
If It can bo done within the law the
commltteo was asked to also put the
ofUcc of police judge on a salary basis.
This would iniiko the fee ( inostlon
utrlctly a matter between the city and
the lawbreakers. Police expense Items
would bo audited and allowed by the
city council.
The council also found an easy way
out of the sewer assessment tangle
Thursday evening. It simply rescind
ed the action at the Monday mooting
touching the assessment of sewer dis
trict No. 1 property and referred the
assessment to the city attorney and
city engineer for correction.
FRIDAY FACTS.
Gcorgo Davis of Chicago Is In Nor
folk on business.
Mrs. Brown of Nellgh was a Friday
visitor In Norfolk.
Gcorgo D. Chrlstoph Is In Omaha on
a few days' visit
Miss Martha Galley of Crelghton has
been visiting In Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mathowson and
Mr. and Mrs. P. 13. Davenport drove
to Stanton.
Attorney J. C. Engelman has gene to
Fender to argue an Injunction case in
the district court
Mayor C. B. Durland and his daugh
ter , Miss Laura Durland , drove to Stanton -
ton for the afternoon.
\V. J. Stadelman and John Duncan
arc in Omaha for a short Aksarben vis
it They will return to Norfolk Friday
evening.
Dr. P. IT. Sailer has returned from
\
a trip to Bassett
Miss Emma Guso has returned from
a visit to Omaha.
Mrs. B. G. Gentle was expected home
Friday evening from Omaha.
W. A. Moldenhauer and family have
gene to Stantou to visit during the fair.
E. O. Mount arrived homo last evenIng -
Ing from Omaha where ho spent two
days at the Aksarben festivities.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Greene of Plain-
view , In Norfolk to attend the Elk
dance Friday evening , are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stltt
Gcorgo W. Losey , democratic candl-
date for sheriff , was In Norfolk Friday ,
Joining the Norfolk delegation bound
for the Stauton county fair.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Baugh of Has
tings uro in the city , guests at the
homo of Mr. Baugh's brother , J. L.
Baugh of Norfolk. The guests were
recently married and are here on their
honeymoon trip.
II. F. Barnhart returned yesterday
from Pierce , where district court has
been In session. The district court
jury was discharged Thursday prepar
atory to the adjournment of court this
week.
Among the day's out of town visitors
In Norfolk were : Congressman J. F
BoyQ , Nellgh ; W. C. Caley , Crelghton ;
Woods Cones , Pierce ; Mrs. Nels Llnds-
keg , Pllger ; Kate Llndskog , Pilger ; P
M. Moodle , West Point ; M. D. Walker
Pierce ; Eskll Fredrickson , Wausa ;
Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Boyens , Plain
view ; Mr. and Mrs. Randolf Gelst
Plalnvlow ; Mayor C. S. Smith , Madl
son ; Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Ewing , Albion ;
Mrs , Washolz , Plalnvlew ; Oliver Olson
Newman Grove ; D. Burr , Neligh ; Mr
and Mrs. William Wendland , Leigh ;
Miss Paulla Kroye , Leigh ; Henry Lar
son , Plalnvlew ; Postmaster J. P. An
derson , Naper ; J. M. Cottrell and fam
lly , Genoa ; John P. Blakkolb , Naper ;
John Fried , Lynch ; Hans Christensen
Monowl ; G. A. Dodds , Belgrade ; H. V
McFayden , Gregory , S. D. ; T. M. Grlf
fllh , Alliance ; E. Mohor , George Moher
F. E. Kay , Monowl ; Matt Lumpp , Goon
nor.
nor.Mrs. . G. F. Kelper is visiting friends
in Norfolk. Mr. Kelper , who was for
merly superintendent of the Norfolk
hospital , Is expected down from Pierce
Saturday to Join his wife. Dr. and
Mrs. Keiper will return to California
which will bo their homo in the future
Christopher Schavland was up from
Madison Friday. The pressure o
work In the county treasurer's office
has so far prevented Mr. Schavland
from giving much attention to hi
campaign for county Judge. He spon
the morning In Norfolk , reluming to
Madison during the afternoon.
Father Thomas Walsh nnd Martin
Kane returned to Norfolk Thursday
evening from WIsner , where the funer
al of Thomas Murray was held. Thorn
as Murray was one of the most promt
nent of the young farmers living nea
WIsner and his funeral was one of the
largest ever held In Curnlng county.
About 100 white Norfolk badges
were pinned on the Norfolk delegation
which left the Junction depot Friday
noon to visit Stanton on the last day
of the Stanton county fair. Among
those who went wore : W. J. Gow , Sol
G. Mayer , Mr. and Mrs. J. Ilaum ,
Gcorgo UeelB , Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mol-
lenhauer , Mr. and Mrs. A. Degncr ,
loses MlhlllB , E. W. Kutz.
Mrs. Will Drews and son , Collie
Drews of Chadron , and Mrs. John May-
iiaon of I-Jiportc , Ind. , are visiting at
lie homo of tholr uncle , B. W. Jonas.
Rov. J. P. Mueller has Just recover-
d from a threatened ntlack of Iho
rip.
rip.M.
M. C. Best Is the latest man to bo
ctlng as special night officer of Nor-
oik , pending a regular appointment by
he mayor.
Chief of Police Flynn has moved pa
ce headquarters Into the city hall and
as his office In the room occupied by
xllco court.
A new electric light line has been
ullt to the Auditorium for the moving
Ichiro entertainments , so that there
will bo no moro delays from this
ourco.
It IB very possible that the commit-
no on the oxlciiBlon of Norfolk's city
mils may bo able lo report at the
meeting of the council next Thursday
venlng.
The Sorosls club of Meadow Grove
ma chosen Mra. Hester A. Fryo and
Irs. Mary Alice Mlllsap as delegates
o the state federation of women's
lubs , which convenes at Hastings Oct.
to 10.
Norfolk friends have received an-
ouncement of the marriage of George
U'itjaniln Hcllmun , formerly of Nor-
oik and Madison , to Miss Myrtle Cecil
Cnlght , daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Mil-
on Knight of West Point The mar-
lago took place Wednesday. Mr. and
Mrs. Hellman will bo at homo in West
'olnt aflor November 1.
Two more old pioneer buildings will
mvo lo go. The clly nulhorllles have
rowned on Iho old cmply frame build-
ng just west of the Norfolk Lumber
Co.'s yards and the old frame house
hat stands Ihc second house south of
ho walor works. Bolh buildings are
considered dangerous flro traps. Con-
lemnallon proceedings will take them
lown.
As the result of a short conference
told yesterday a new date has been
Ixed for the much postponed base ball
game between Mapes' "own" and the
Slurgeon-Bcels Irado shavers. If the
veathor Is suitable and all of Iho play
ers happen to bo In the city the game
vlll bo played Monday afternoon. The
ame conditions that governed the for
mer conlesls will prevail.
The usual delay In receiving ship
ment of sewer lllc is being experi
enced by Iho sewer conlraclor who is
it work In Norfolk's first sewer dis-
rict A force of men are excavating
ind the necessary sewer pile la expect
ed almost any day. On South Seventh
street Contraclor Rlsh has almost com
peted laying the three blocks of water
naln extension.
J. P. Bailey , state secretary of the
Young Men's Christian association ,
vlll bo up from Omaha next week to
confer with Norfolk men on mailers
connected with the slalo convenllon
of Ihe assoclallon which meets In Nor-
folk next February. In this city Mr.
Bailey will meet with a Joint commit
tee representing the city administra
tion , the Commercial club and the
churches of the city.
At the Norlh Nebraska Methodist
conference meeting In Omaha , Rev.D.
K. Tlndall of Norfolk district showed
n his report marked progress in all
lines. In the Neligh district the report
of Rev. Thomas H. Blthell showed three
churches built and dedicated during
the year , one now under conslrucllon ,
a considerable number of dobls paid
and only two mortgages left , amount
ing togelher to $1,500.
The two men who worked off the
twenty dollar "wild cat" bank notes
In Nellgh nnd Norfolk were as bold as
their money was bad. It has developed
that after leaving the Junction and
Norfolk avenue Wednesday night the
men were driven Immediately to the
"row" east of the city where they
stopped long enough to have a twenty
cashed at one of the resort houses. In
addition to the proceeds of their Ne
llgh visit the men cleared up $40 dur
ing their evening's stay In Norfolk
The very boldness of the affair seemed
to carry Ihem Ihrough for by Iho lime
they had left each fresh base of op
erations the police were hot on their
trail.
trail.A
A commercial man in Norfolk held
a $20 gold cerllflcale up lo Ihe light
"Say , what's the malter with this nortl
Nebraska counlry ? " he demanded of
Iho holel clerk. "Haven't people up
hero ever seen a $20 bill. Why , every
tlmo I've tried lo have one changed
Iho last day or so the store man has
Ihrown up his hands and slarcd at the
bill. " And the traveler felt relieved
when he was put next to the fact that
north Nebraska was shying away from
the twenties on account of the stories
of the passing of fake "wild cat" Issue
of that denomination. In some cases
the fact that there is no resemblance
between a government certificate and
the ancient southern bank notes has
not been taken Into account
Norfolk will pay $250 for the lega
services rendered in the Phillip avenue
closing controversy by M. D. Tyler and
the late W. M. Robertson. The city
council wrote the final chapter in the
long drawn out street closing contro
versy by complying with the request
of the remonstralors lhat the city pay
its legal counsel in Ihe Injuncllon bat
tie. The remonslralors had announcec
that they had withdrawn from the sui
and Iho acllon laken by the council in
the matter of the city's attorney fees
while not obligatory was thought to be
a way of healing old wounds. One
councilman voled against the action on
the grounds that the city had been
forced Into the fight and was Justified
In making the losing side pay the costs
of action. Other expenses than the
city's attorney bills wore met by the
remonstrators.
SIXTY DEAD CHICKENS TELL
GREWSOME STORY.
CHICKEN BACK GOT ITS DUE
When Emll Moeller Returns From the
Aksarben He Will Find That His
Chickens Have Joined the Trust.
They Won't Lay Any More Eggs.
When Emll Moeller returns to hla
lomo in Norfolk from the Aksarben
estlvllles , ho will discover that his
chickens have joined the trust. They
will lay no moro eggs.
For Emll Mooller's chickens are all
dead. They died mysteriously. They
voro murdered. They were not slain
cd handed , because Uicro was no
ilood lo bo found around the scene of
ragedy. But there Is evidence to sup-
) ort the belief that their taking away
vas the work of the "Black Hand" so
lely. Poisoned slllettocs are suspect
ed.
ed.This fowl murder was meted out to
hreo score meaty birds. The sixty
lain victims , with nothing to say in
xplanatlon of Ihclr demise , were found
trown around the yard.
These sixty chickens did not got It
where the chicken got the ax. " They
were literally stabbed in the back.
Tiny lltllo bloodless scars right In
ho middle of the backs of the chick
ens are all that tell the story. That's
why a poisoned stiletto Is suspected
by the neighbors. And in this peculiar
tabbing Is the mystery.
For who would stab sixty chickens
n the back ? It was done In Iho night
line and the morning October sun rose
ip from the east to illuminate the
grewsomo picture. It was as lifelike
a picture of death as the sun had over
minted. And the cleverness of Slier-
ock Holmes was at once in demand ,
o solve out the mystery and run down
he slayers. At first thought , it must
mve been an enemy of Emll Moeller ,
aklng fowl advantage of his absence
rom home to get oven. But that is
not so plausible because Moeller Is a
man of peace and few foes.
Could have been some boarding
louse boarder , llred of Ihe back of the
chicken , who had determined to render
sixty chicken backs useless by inject-
ng poison Into them ? But banish the
Ihought ! Back up.
For whoever did the deed , there Is
this Information : Four of the fowls
survived the back-handed stroke and
ire alive to point out the tall.
Neighbors seriously contemplaled
lelegraphlng Mr. Moeller In Omaha
about the catastrophe.
And what's moro , this yarn IB no na-
; ure fake , if dead chickens can be be-
leved.
New Game Birds for Nebraska.
The $500 private fund for the pur
chase of Hungarian partridges for dls-
.rlbullon In Nebraska for purposes of
propagation Is now raised with the
excepllon of $6.50. Chief Game War
den Carler has put In an order for $500
worth and unless he can obtain more
birds the fund will close when $500 Is
raised. If any persons express a de
sire to buy Ihe partridges Mr. Carter
will try to obtain leave to increase his
order. West Point citizens yesterday
forwarded $55. The list of contrlb-
utors is as follows :
Citizens of Gordon $157.50
Cllizens of Long Pine 80.00
Citizens of Mcrriman 45.00
Ciltzens of Mllford CO.OO
Cillzens of Friend 40.00
Cllizens of Mason Clly 30.00
G. W. L. Carler 10.00
W. J. O'Brien 10.00
Citizens of West Point 55.00
Total $493.50
The cost of the birds in New York
is $4.50 a pair and the expense of get-
ling Ihem lo Ihelr desllnallon will have
to be added. The net cost Is not yet
known , but it Is estimated at $5 a pair ,
not including express charges from
Lincoln to the point of destlnallon.
TAKEN TO OMAHA.
Norfolk .Federal Prisoner May Plead
Guilty at Once.
The removal of Joe Mastillca , a fed
eral prisoner , from the Madison coun
ty jail to the Douglas county jail this
week does not mean that the federal
court In Norfolk is going to bo de
prlved of Its criminal cases In the face
of the new federal court law which by
Its reading seems to insist on at least
criminal cases going to trial In the
district where the crime was commit
ted. This assurance was brought to
Norfolk Saturday afternoon by Sheriff
J. J. Clements who was up from Madi
son for the day.
Mastillca , sent down from Bassett
on the charge of forging a postofflce
money order nnd obtaining $30 there
on , was taken to Omaha last week by
Deputy Marshal Moore on a court or
der Issued at the Instance of Mastll
lea's atlorney.
The announcement of the romova
of the prisoner from the Norfolk dis
trict was a subject of comment In Nor
folk and the fear was general that the
incident indicated that Norfolk federa
court was to suffer through a door
thrown open for the removal of crlm
Inal cases to the Omaha and Lincoln
districts. Sheriff Clements believes
that this fear Is groundless.
Mastillca , ho said , was taken to Oraa
ha on the prospect that he might go
before Judge Munger there with n
plea of "gultly" to the charge against
him. But In case this plea Is not made
and a trial results , Ibo Madison count }
sheriff says that court officers under
stand that the man will bo brough
back to Norfolk for trial.
Officers of the federal court said tha
criminal cases are not removable from
the districts In which they originate
unless the necessity of n change ol
venue Is set up and proven by the prls <
oner's attorneys.
LIKE NORFOLK SALE YARDS.
There Was Every Indication That the
Attendance Would be Large.
"Tho Norfolk sales yards that have
been construclcd for our use fully meet
our requirements , " said C. M. Thomp
son of Smith Brothers' Land and Llvo
Stock company In Norfolk Monday for
he company's initial sale in this city.
'Wo are well satisfied with the yards.
They are more substantially construct
ed than the quarters wo used at Now-
> ort and ought to hold nbout any kind
of western horse that Is put behind
ho heavy posts aud planks. "
Before the sale had started a repre
sentative bunch of horse buyers were
n Norfolk for Iho sale , while the noon
rains brought other additions. Before
he sale opened members of the firm
bought that the attendance- the first
sale In Norfolk would compare well
with Iho attendance at former sales.
The sale It was said would occupytho
greater part of the afternoon , running
ram about 1 to C o'clock.
Close to 1,000 horses were shipped
o Norfolk during the three days pre
ceding the sale. Most of the ship-
ncnls c.imo from Crawford nnd liar-
Ison. A majority of the horses were
icavy animals showing fat and run-
ilng up to 1,400 pounds. There were
a few Shetland ponies and some light
lock but most of the horses ran
heavy and many were farm raised.
NORFOLK BANKS WILL BE OPEN
SATURDAY NIGHTS.
ALL THREE BEGIN TOGETHER
Hereafter Between the Houro of 7 and
9 on Saturday Evenings the Three
National Banks of Norfolk Will
Transact Savings Bank Business.
Traditional banking hours In Nor
folk are due to bo shattered on Satur-
lay evening.
The Nebraska National bank , the
Citizens National bank and the Nor
folk National bank , the city's three
janking Institutions , have announced
lhat on Saturday evenings their doors
will be open between the hours of 7
ind 9 for the express purpose of re
ceiving deposits in their savings de-
parlmenls.
While it la announced that the banks
will be open for the. purpose of accom
modating depositors In Ihe savings de
partment the sitiiallon holds the pos
sibility of all day banking hours in
Norfolk for Saturdays.
Norfolk banks have always closed at
1 p. m. In most of the cities of the
country Ihe pracllce has been for reg
ular banking Institutions to have ear
lier closing hours than has been des
ignated by past custom in Norfolk ,
while savings banks generally have
Ihe pracllce of late hours.
In Norfolk the regular banking In-
slllulons have added saving banks de-
parlmenls.
The business hours of banks have
long been the envy of men in other
occupations , many falling to realize
that working hours for bank employes
do not end with the closing of the big
front doors in the afternoon.
SENIORS ELECT OFFICERS
News Notes of Interest From the Nor
folk High School for a Week.
The senior class n't the Norfolk high
school has selected the officers who
are to have charge of the class's af
fairs during the last year in school.
The officers which the class has chos
en are : Ralph Luikart , president ;
Herbert Hauptll , vice-president ; Ver-
na Coryell , secretary ; Agnes Matrau ,
treasurer.
The graduating class at the high
school will not approach last year's
class in point of numbers. The pros
pective graduating class at this time
has a membership of ten. The young
people who compose the class are :
Lydia Brueggeman , Verna Coryell
Edith Evans , Edna Loucks , Agnes Ma
trau , Bessie Ritchie , Linda Winter
Herbert Hauptll , Claude Ogden , Ralph
Luikart.
The senior class will select the offi
cial class pin during the coming week
Sample pins have been received.
The senior boys , who have been act
ing as janitors at the high school
building In an emergency , were re
lieved of their work during the week
by Victor Howarth , the now janitor
named by the school board.
High school students are canvassing
the city to dispose of season tickets
for the high school lecture course.
Report cards Issued Tuesday showed
that some of the new members of the
faculty are marking low.
New stoves in the Olney building
made high school life more comfort
able during the week.
DIES OF HEART FAILURE.
Gregory Man Was Recovering From
Accident to Leg.
Gregory , S. D. , Oct. 5. Special to
The News : Max Ollerman , a former
member of the Gregory band , who
suffered the misfortune to shatter a
leg not long ago while assisting to
round up some cattle , died suddenly
of heart failure at the ranch of Col
Wm. II. Colby , seven miles north o
Gregory. Ho was rapidly recovering
from the accident to his leg and ap
parently In the best of health other
wise. The remains were brought to
Gregory Friday and shipped out to
his former home at Armour , S. D. , on
this morning's train.
THREE CANINE3 DID ALL THE
DAMAGE IN EDGEWATER.
HAVE KILLED ABOUT 600 FOWLS
A Posse of Edflewnter Park Citizens
Went Hunting for the Slayer of MoeN
ler'o Birds and Found the Dogs on
Another Hunt Dogs are Shot
The mystery of Emll Moellcr's nix-
y-four dead chickens has been solved.
And It wasn't any "Black Hand" so
ciety with poisoned stilettoes that
spread grief and dead chickens across
5mll Moeller's chicken yard. It was
list dogs , chicken hunting dogs which
mve during the fall brought disaster
o a score of chicken yards In Edge-
vater Park addition.
This pack of dogB has had an unus-
ml career as chicken crlmlnlB. It Is
estimated In Edgowator park that In
ho last few weeks they have Blaugh-
ercd a half thousand chickens in the
iark and the country adjacent.
Hut the marauding band has boon
exterminated. Following the killing of
he three score of chickens at Emll
Moeller's the dogs made a similar rec
ord the following morning. Then a
vigilance committee set out to bring
ustlco on the pack.
Two of the dogs wore killed yestor-
lay while a third met a similar fate
a few days earlier. Yesterday while
angry over the morning's loss of chickens -
ens , the posse of citizens ran across
ho dogs out on a daylight chicken
nint Two of the three were shot
Those dogs were no ordinary chick
en killing animals. They killed usual-
y at night , hunting for sport. A list
of citizens who have suffered from
heir night prowls would comprise a
llrectory of Edgowater park , many of
ho losses , like Bmll Mooller's , running
up to fifty or sixty chickens killed In
a night The financial loss that the
logs entailed runs up to respectable
Igurcs.
But they'll hunt no more.
SATURDAY 8IFTINGS.
A bright baby girl arrived at the
lomc of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Dud-
ey , jr. , Saturday morning.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Ludwig Koenlgsteln
are home from a visit with relatives at
Vest Point
Mrs. L. C. Taylor returned home last
evening from a week's visit with
riends In Omaha during the Aksarben.
Mrs. Anna Kellogg and children of
Vcrdel , who have been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. George Melster , left Saturday
or Wayne.
Among the Norfolk school teachers
vho came homo for Sunday were
Hisses Matilda Herrmann , Rebecca
Juggan , Lizzie Schram , Margaret
Hamilton , Edith Barrett , Nellie Flynn ,
Erna Wilde , Lulu Kronk and Efflo
Kronk.
Mrs. W. S. Fox is visiting In Colum
bus.
bus.Miss
Miss Ella Goff spent Friday In Nor
folk.
folk.Mrs. . W. L. Lehman Is visiting in
Stanton.
Dr. H. T. Holden was in Pierce yes
terday afternoon.
J. D. Sturgeon was In Crelghton
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Anna Herrmann was in Plain-
view Friday afternoon.
Mrs. W. F. Pettee and Mrs. J. Quick
wore In Stanton Friday.
Miss Nellie Burns has gone to Spen
cer to spend Sunday at homo.
Will Hall arived homo last evening
from an Aksarben visit In Omaha.
Misses Etta and Elvira Durland are
In Brookings , S. D. , on a short visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Schiller
spent Friday at the Stanton county
fair.
County Attorney J. A. Van Wagenen
of Pierce was in Norfolk over night
returning home from Sioux City ,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson of
Sioux Falls are expected In the city
this evening for a visit at the homo of
E. C. Engel.
Among the day's out of town visit
ors In Norfolk were : Mrs. C. G. My
ers , Butte ; Dr. and Mrs. Barns , Plaln
vlew ; Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Engler , Plaln
vlew ; J. A. Van Wngenen , Pierce ; J.
H. Farlln , Madison ; John A. Davis
Butte ; Judge Guy T. Graves , Fender ;
Mrs. C. Whalen , Wayne ; L. D. Smith
Spaldlng ; J. C. Hoffman , Lynch ; S. W.
Llghtner , Lynch ; John Shannon , Car
roll ; John P. Braum , Humphrey ; P
L. Hlldreth , Winnetoon ; S. S. Blferly
Petersburg ; Loris Johnson , Plalnvlew ;
William Bartlett , F. McWhorten
George W. Storey , Pierce ; W. G. Mer-
ten , Emerson.
The Woman's club will not meet on
Monday afternoon. The date of the
meeting will be announced later.
Mayor Durland aud Councllmen Gar-
vln and Craven will represent ofllcla
Norfolk at the conference between Secretary
rotary Bailey of the state Y. M. C. A
and the representatives of local or
ganizations to occur In Norfolk next
February. The councllmen on the
committee were named by Mayor Dur
land yesterday.
Fremont Tribune : Shumaker , a
Chicago wrestler who was beaten by
Oscar Wasen in Fremont last spring
was in the city yesterday for the pur
pose of arranging another match wltl
the sturdy German athlete. Shum
aker , who is a fast man at the bust
ness , believes he can beat Wasern and
wants another try with him. It Is
likely the battle will be pulled off here
As a result of an agreement reachec
between the Shook Manufacturing
company of Omaha and Jack Kocnlg
stein , representing L. E. O'Hara , re
cent proprietor of the Norfolk Jewelry
store , the Omaha company yesterday
took possession of the store whlcl
they recently disposed of to Mr
O'Hara. The company agreed to pay
outstanding claims against the store
Joe Mastlllcn , charged with forgliif :
a pOBtofllco money order and obtalulnt :
$30 thereon , was taken to Omahn
from Madison Wednesday evening by
Deputy United States Marshal , J. O ,
Moore and lodged In the Douglas
county jail to await trial before the
United States district court Mastlllcn
WAS brought to Madison last summer
'rom ' HasBett , whcro the charges again
st him had been filed before a United
States commissioner.
A $5,000 cult against the city of
Norfolk was filed In the district court
at Madison yesterday afternoon by
Mrs. Knnnlu Tronnopohl , who suea for
lamagcs an a result of a fall on nn
alledged defective crosswalk. The
suit was Instituted by the law firm of
larnlmrt & Koenlgsteln. The fall ,
vlilch resulted In a broken arm , occur-
ed on South Second street on May 18 ,
90C. The claim wan panscd on ad
versely by the city council.
A well attended matlnoo watt given
vlth moving pictures and light vaude
ville stunts in the Auditorium during
ho nftrenoon. Tonight two Hhows
will bo given , one at 8in and one at
:20. : This will bo the lust night for
ho present aeries of moving pictures ,
i new Borles beginning Tuesday night.
The present film is a good one , show-
ng comics and other features. There
B about a half mile of films In the
cols used at the Auditorium moving
> Icturo shows.
In the days that are no moro It
vns customary for transportation com
mutes to give engineers In charge of
lew locomotives a free ride to the
mint of delivery. This Is forbidden
now , and a ploanant trip across the
continent will no longer bo allowed to
MI engineer whoso solicitude for the
volfaro of a locomotive In Ita perilous
ournoy across the continent compels
ilm to seek the hard Job of being al-
owed to guldo It over the tracks of
ho far west. The Interstate commerce
commission , regarding those trips na
a sort of outings , has forbidden them.
The season's racing In northern
Nebraska closed Saturday with the
vlnd-up of the Stanton county fair.
During the past ten weeks race moots
voro hold at Norfolk , Tllden , Nellgh ,
O'Neill , Pierce , Crolghtou , Spencer ,
Bulle , Mndlson and Stanton. The race
meets have been financially success-
ul and a number of good races have
) cen scon. There haa boon some com
plaint that the racea were run In the
stables rather than on the tracks , and
hero has been contention that this
sort of racing should bo abolished by
very strlcl enforcement of the rules
n the Judges' stands. It la probable
that this mailer will he laken up by
the circuit officials next meeting.
Fremont Tribune : Suffering from
hysteria as a result of swallowing an
overdose of headache tablets , Mrs.
Alack , wife of Conductor Mack of the
Northwestern , was removed to the
Fremont hospilal last night while In
a sorloua condlllon. She is greatly
mproved today and will recover. Mrs.
Mack , who has been staying with her
husband at the Baltimore hotel , was
seized with a violent headache yester
day aflernoon , and went to a drug
store for medicine. She was given n
fox ) of tablels , and upon returning to
her room swallowed some of them.
The ill effects from an overdose of
medicine coupled with fear which
seized Mrs. Mack when she learned
her mistake overcame her. She was
removed from her room to the hospital
for treatment. Her frantic screams
caused some excitement nbout the
building.
Humphrey Leader : One of the real
ly remarkable features at the Madison
fair last week was that of a blind lady
from Albion who produced musical
tones with her hands. Beginning al
an early age she had discovered that
musical sounds could be produced by
compressing the air in the palms oi
her hands when held together and by
continual practice is able lo produce
all the melodlea with which she is fa
miliar. We listened attcnllvely as the
tones were made with apparent ac
curacy and from that life of affliction
there seemed to come the lesson oi
contentment. She was shut out from
the Joys of other beings. God's out-of
doors was not for her. The sweel
( lowers and Ihc rippling brooks , the
myriad-colored songsters Milling
through the air and the beauty of the
landscape , lee grand for the artist's
brush to portray none of Ihese wore
for lhat poor slghlless crealure to en
Joy. And yet from that Illumined sou
shone out the light of contentment
Wo are oftllmes prone to find fault
when obstacles appear In our pathway
and the spirit of discontent often re
tards our best efforts , but at such
times It would bo well to recall the
hopefulness of those beings who are
less fortunate and remember that the
joys of living are not in self alone bu
In helping make the world brighter for
those around us.
FARMERS IN BROWN REALIZING
HIGH PRICES.
MAKE $50 AND $60 FROM ACRE
Farmers In the Western Part of the
State Are Happy Over the Outcome
of the Potato Product and the High
Prices That Are Prevalent.
Alnsworth , Neb. , Oct. 7. Special to
The News : The farmers In this vlcin
ity are especially happy over the out
come of the potato crop. The crop i
good , the quality Is excellent and the
price la right. Many are realizing $50
to $ CO an acre from this year's crop.
Ono of today's want ads. may con
tain "your cue. "
THOSE BAD MONEY ARTISTS GOT
$50 THERE.
RAPIDLY WORKED THREE TOWNS
Atkinson Monday , Nollgh Tuesday and
Norfolk Wednesday Were Left In the
Wake of the Meteoric Grafters on
Their Eastern Flight.
I From FrtJnj'n Uutly. ]
Atklutum took In $50 worth of the
Kguii bills.
The north Nebraska Held baa been
horoughly worked by the bad money
men. The word might ao well bemused
mused down the line for the north No-
iranka demand for hogUH money linn
icon amply mippllcd and there will bo
milling doing for b. in. arllsta for
uany nioona lo come. The winter's
upply of money of Iho old confederacy
ins been put In for the two bogus coin
nen who operated In Norfolk Wednea-
ay and In Nellgh Tuesday have pretty
veil covered the territory.
The latest report from the trail of
ho bad money pushers comes from
Atkinson , whcro Iho men called nn
Atkinson merchants Monday before
eavlng to supply the trade at Nellgh
nnd Norfolk.
Information of the Atkinson opera-
Ions came to Chief of Police Flyun
Aridity In the shape of a lotler from
. M. Gallogly , proprietor of the Cash
tore al Atkinson. Mr. Gallogly wrote :
"Chief of Police , Norfolk , Nob.
Dear Sir : I was just Informed that
ou had under arrest the two men who
mvo been passing counterfeit money.
'here-were two men hero Monday aud
hey succeeded In passing $50 of Iho
money. It was on a Merchants and
Maulers hank of Georgia. I could Idou-
Ify one of Iho parlies myself and get
> roof as lo Iho description of Iho other
one. Yours truly , J. M. Gallogly. "
Needless to say Chlnf Flynn has not
md the note passers In Iho city ban-
lie , nor had any word up to Friday
naming been received of the trial of
ho men flinco they left Norfolk
Wednesday or Thursday.
Monday at Atkinson , Tuesday at Ne
igh nnd Wednesday at Norfolk ; it was
a daring and financially successful
game that was played In north Nebras-
ca Ihls week.
HOW LONG HAVE THEY WORKED
ncidcnt nt Nellgh Races Is Recalled by ,
Norfolk Business Man.
How long have the "wild cat" money
nen been In north Nebraska ?
A Norfolk man who was a passen
ger through Nellgh at the tlmo of the
Nellgh races has recalled an Incident
on the train that may throw new lighten
on the week's work in this section oi
.ho slale.
On the Neligh passenger , according
LO the Norfolk business man who was
a witness to the proceeding , two men
were engaged in the pleasing and apparently -
parently open process of counting out
a big roll of confederate bills.
The incident dropped from hla mind
only to bo recalled by the daring
plunge of the two note passers through
north Nebraska this week.
BONDS AMOUTING TO $8,000 TO
COME OFF.
NORFOLK INDEBTEDNESS LOW
As Compared With Other Cities of the
State , Norfolk Is Under Less Bonds
Than Any of Them City Treasurer
Haase Calls Them In.
Norfolk's bonded Indebtedness , In
creased during the year by the Issue
of $10,000 to build the new sewer sys
tem , is about to be reduced by the
payment of the old sewer bond Issue ,
the outstanding amount of which was
$8,000.
This $8,000 bond Issue has been
called in by City Treasurer Haase lo
be paid out of the sinking fund . About
a third of Ihe bonds have already been
senl back lo Norfolk and Iho enllro
issue will soon be ready to be formally
cancelled.
The city's bonded debt has been
$101,500. The payment of the old sewer -
er issue brings the city's debt down
to $93,500.
Norfolk's bonded indebtedness has
always been lower than that of prac
tically every city In the slate.
If the city's debt should bo divided
among the city's population a twenty
dollar bill would more than pay each.
Individual's portion.
The actual value of taxable proper
ty In Norfolk is estimated at $2,514-
410.
MAMMOTH CATHOLIC CHURCH
Biggest In South Dakota , Save One ,
Going Up at Gregory.
Gregory , S. D. , Oct. 5. Special to
The News : There seems to be no ap
parent abatement of the tremendous
building boom which has made the sea
son of 1907 a record-breaker at Greg
ory. A largo number of residences *
and business houses or all sorts and
sizes are under construction now and
moro being started. Construcllon on
the largest Catholic church In the
weslern part of South Dakota , save the
one at Lead , S. D. , will bo begun in a
short time at Gregory. Bids for the
contracl work are being received now
Three other churches have already
been completed and dedicated , Two
others are yet to build. i * j i , .