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8 I'lIE NOUFOLK WKKKLY NMWS JOUItRNAL : Kill DAY , NOVEMHKH L'l ' ) 1W)7 ) PUDLIC MIND NOT IN CONDITION TO TRY MURDER CASE. COURT ADJOURNED TUESDAY Boche Case Left Hanging In Abeyance on Motion for Continuance Is the Second Case Slated for Trial Next Week. Leaving the Hoclio case hanging In ulloyutK'u on a motion for coiitlnuancu , ' "District Jutlgo Welch adjourned court lit Mndlium Tuosdny evening to con vene again next Monday nftornoon .wlion the Jury will bo ready for work. Uoche's nttonioys arc Booking to liavo the murder clmrgo against Ilocho go over to another term of court. 1 fearing of the motion for a contin uance will hu taken up next Monday afternoon. County Attorney Jack Kocnlgstoln will contest the attempt to have the ca e go over and the matter will be argued as Boon as Judge Welch con venes court Monday. Senator Allen , In endeavoring to show the excitement of the public mind has filed a collection of clippings giving all the newspaper articles on Bocho that have been printed In Mud- ! on county since the May day shoot- Ing.If If Judge Welch decides against put ting the case over and a change of venue Is not attempted the case will probably go to trial to a jury next Tuesday. In the assignment of cases It Is the second case listed for trial. Tuesday Judge Welch at Madison granted additional divorces and enter tained a number of motions. Mrs. Bertha nakor of Battle Creek was divorced from her husband , Waiter - tor L. Maker. Mrs. Rcnata Uechor- mann of Norfolk secured a divorce from her husband , Frank Ueckermann. Mrs. May C. Palnmtoor of Norfolk was given a divorce from her husband , Thomas J. Palnmteer. The dl force proceedings brought by Mrs. Bertha Endres of Norfolk against her husband , Michael Entires , were dismissed by Mrs. Endres' attorneys on her Instructions. These divorce milts were also dropped : Mrs. Martha Pryer from her husband , Lee Pryor ; Mrs. Mary Contois from her husband , Joseph Contois ; Mrs. Elma C. Benlsh from her husband , Charles Benlsh. The suit brought by Mrs. Kettle A. Williams of Norfolk against the Su- Iirome Castle of Highland Nobles to secure $1,500 , was compromised and dismissed. Mrs. Williams secured $1- 325 and paid the costs of the action. The following cases were dismissed , a settlement out of court having been reached In most Instances : Ferdinand Winter vs. Minnie Winter ; Walter Foster vs. Citizens National bank ; Frederick Schlumbohuin vs. Richard Korth ; Lawrence Ileckendorf vs Michael Endres ; Norfolk Lumber Co. vs. J. L. Hight ; Walter Foster vs. Citizens National bank ; Louisa Rel- Icofskl vs. John D. Halo et al ; William V. Allen vs. F. A. Long et al ; Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co. vs. Catherine Jjaubsch et al. The criminal case against Pat Chan dler , filed in Norfolk by Miss Minnie Preuss , was continued over until the next term of court. The case of O. P. Horrlck against Norfolk and the personal damage suits against this city filed by Mrs. Fanny Trennopohl and Alfred C. Williams were assigned for trial. In the case of L. B. Baker vs. Sarah Anson et al the sale was confirmed. A decree of foreclosure was granted In the case of D. A. Ommenuan vs Anton Warnke et al. ; District Judge Welch may come to Norfolk next Friday to hear some cases. A Norfolk attorney wrote to Judge Welch Wednesday morning , ask ing If this arrangement would be ac ceptable. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. " " "A"T J. Durlaml left today for Meadow Grove on business. Miss Katie Weldenfoller leaves Thanksgiving morning to spend two or three weeks at LaMars , Iowa. Miss Edith Estabrook left Tuesday evening for Interior , S. D. , to Join her mother on a claim near that place. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Vail and daugh ter , Miss Flossie Vail , of Wayne , wll ! be the guests of R. W. Mills and fam ily Thanksgiving. Miss Emma Meservo of Fremont one of the principals In the Fremon schools , Is expected in Norfolk Thanks giving , the guest of her sister , Mrs Fred Llndstrom. Among the day's out of town visit ors In Norfolk were : District Judge A. A. Welch , Wayne ; T. K. Hanson Tilden ; Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Barta Knoxvllle ; K. O. Wood , Ntobrara Misses Rosalie Sherman and Lizzie White , Monowl ; S. Roddie , Crolghton ; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hoehuo , Osmond ; Charles J. Warden , Neligh ; Wllllan K. Van Scggern , Wayne ; K. K. Doano , Fairfax , S. D. ; N. S. Westrope , Plain view ; D. P. Hitchcock , Arlington ; Alice K. Banks , Wayne ; Mrs. Soaton Columbus ; Mrs. H. J. Backes , Mrs. A G. Billet-beck , Humphrey ; Miss Clara Treon , Harry Treon , Boelus ; Mr. and Mrs. Beck , Grand Island ; Clans Men eke , Blair ; Fred Scheer , Arlington ; Miss Alice Wadsworth , Wayne ; George Harms , Scrlbner ; Mr. and Mrs. P. H Barrett , Lodgopole. Mrs. Joseph Schwartz has been quite ill , spending Monday , her birth day , In bed. The Highland Nobles meet at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening in G. A R. hall for the election of officers. The marriage of Mr. Arthur Over ton , formerly of Norfolk but now of St. Paul , Minn. , and Miss Grace Lar son , o young lady of St. Paul , tool plncr Mondaj of tlilxuek In St Paul. Mr Overtoil , who 1ms bin In rit Paul Hlnco Krniluntlng from the Norfolk high Heliool , In In the commlxRlon biiHlnoss. The Ladles' guild of Trinity church will incut Friday nftornoan with Mrs Mat ran. Everyone Is urged to bo present as there Is work to bo llnlslu'd. The recent financial Hurry has made no difference In the business of the Nebraska Telephone company through Norfolk. If anything the toll business has been on the Increase , It Is said. The Nebraska company IB making no reductions In Its force. Herman Pasowalk has drawn a check for $10 In favor of the Norfolk lire department in appreciation of the department's work In extinguishing the lire that originated In the old Me- Clary store building In the rear of his Norfolk avcnuo Implement store. Miss Pearl Reese , who was operated on for appendicitis In St. Joseph was , according to last reports , making progress towards recovery. The operation - oration proved to bo moro serious than was at first thought , and Miss Reese's recovery will not bo quite as rapid as was first Indicated. Friday morning Is expected to mark an Important day In the retail busin ess of Norfolk. A number of special sales have been announced and ex ceptional bargains are to bo offered. It Is anticipated that the thrifty house wife will take advantnngo of the spec ial sales , some of which were an nounced several days ago In The News and early shopping Friday morning Is anticipated. Th'e Black Hills country Is still pros perous , according to A. II. Winder who recently came In from a trip through the Black Hills. Mr. Winder said that there had been a good year for the mining Industry and that the statistics of the total output were de ceiving on account of the closing down of the Homcstako mine for the sumner - ner as a result of fire. Merchants there were placing their usual orders and fears of stringent times did not exist. Lincoln Journal : N. W. Clover , ommercial agent for the Union Pa cific at Norfolk , was In the city yes terday. Mr. Clover says that business ms not been hurt by the financial stringency to a marked extent In his town , and that there Is little to com- > laln of In a business way. The lower markets have affected the movement of stock and grain , but he declares Norfolk to be a good business town and one that Is bound to grow so long as Nebraska remains prosperous. A change in Sunday hours Is an nounced at the Norfolk pobtofllce. Af ter tomorrow the Sunday hours dur ing which the windows will bo open will be from 2:30 : to 3:30. : The open ing of the windows Is to be postponed thirty minutes as a result of the noon trains arriving In Norfolk a little later under the last time card. The change in hours will not go Into effect Thanks giving , when the office will be open during the old hours , boxes from 10 to 3 and the windows from 2 to 3. Bound for Naper , Neb. , n prospec tlvo Eden after life In Russia , a dozen Russians were In Norfolk over night. The party had been on the road six weeks and could not speak English. They could , however , converse In Ger man , and In Norfolk found kind treat ment and accommodations. After traveling through Russia , Germany and America the Russian emigrants found a new spirit In the western country where kind treatment was a mighty different portion from what was accorded the travelers In the old land. The Russians were enroute for Naper , where they go to take up Amer ican land. Friends had already set tled there. Omaha News : Miss Ruth Daniel of1202 Harney street Is probably the only young woman In Omaha who has the distinction of slaying an elk un assisted. While visiting friends In Montana recently , Miss Daniel was one of a party of hunters that went In quest of elk In the Jackson Hole country , and the second day out Miss Daniel , rifle In hand , went walking near the camp , when she spied a largo elk grazing In the brush. At the crack of the rifle the elk fell , and the male members of the party brought the game to camp , where It was dressed and a feast held. The two teeth were preserved by Miss Daniel and she had them mounted In a watch fob and presented them to her brother , Her bert S. Daniel , the city prosecutor. TUESDAY TOPICS. Dr. D. K. Tlndall left at noon for Stnnton and Pllger. Rev. and Mrs. F. S. F. Schcrff left at noon for a short visit In Omaha. Mrs. J. F. Lindsay Is able to be around after a severe attack of quinsy , Mr. and Mrs. Steel Beck left at noon for Lincoln on a short wedding trip. Thomas and James Kane of Chadron spent part of Tuesday with their uncle , Martin Kane. Paul Nenow of Cherry county was In Norfolk for a short visit with rel atlves , leaving at noon for a visit at Battle Creek. C. A. Smith left at noon for Sioux City. City.Mrs. Mrs. H. L. Snyder went to Omaha yesterday. C. C. Gow Is In Gregory county on business. Dr. H. S. Overocker was In Battle Creek today. Senator F. J. Halo of Atkinson was In Norfolk Tuesday. J. S. Smith Is back In .Norfolk after a business trip to Omaha. John Freythalor and Anlon Buch holz have been In Omaha cm business Ross B. Tlndall , In school In the Ne braska Weslyan university , will spend Thanksgiving at home with his pa rents In Norfolk. I. Catlln Is homo from a three weeks visit to his South Dakota land near Hayes. Mrs. George Grassland of Wayne was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. Ses- I A Soldier of the Sixties , I Served Norfolk in Many Capacities ; * It fell to W. H. Wldamun , for more than a score ot years a prominent res ident of Norfolk , to have boon born during the memorable campaign of General Harrison for the presidency , as n boy to have mastered two trades , IIH a young man of twenty to have been among the patriots who answered Lincoln's first call for men ; and lastly to have spent the best part of his life In Norfolk where ho has served as postmaster and councilman. It Is Mr. Wldaman's special honor that ho served Norfolk more years as postmaster than any other man who has held that federal olllco. Mr. Wld- iiiiian was the first chief of the Nor folk fire department , the llrst com mander of MathowBon post of the G A. R. It was the year of birth , 1810 , that gave William Henry Wldaman his Christian name , for his birth on Sep- ember 21 , 1810 , was In the midst of the memorable and successful prcsl lentlal canvass waged by General Wll- lam Henry Harrison. Many a whig Iad2 In those days was named for : ho hero of the "Tlppecnnoo and Tyler ; oo" campaign , unique among Amer ican presidential fights. The birthplace of little William Henry was In the town of Mlamlsburg on the Miami river in Montgomery county , Ohio , where the father was a cooper by trade. The town was forty- ilno miles from Cincinnati and close to Dayton. There were five boys and four girls In the Wldaman family. The boyhood of the Wldaman lad was the common boyhood of the mid dle west states , still largely In their western roughness. Ho learned the trade of his father while a small boy. In the summer young Wldaman worked on a farm , and did a man's work for twenty-five cents a day. In the winter he attended common school and worked In his father's shop. At different times In the winter he attended the common school but never after ho was fifteen. While still a boy Will Wldaman was master of two trades he had learned to be a cooper and to lay brick , to be a brick mason. Ho worked In a brick yard when cooper work was light and he advanced through the several steps up to where ho could lay brick. His boyhood was spent In the days of "wild cat" currency and state bank Issue , when depreciated money had driven silver from sight. Today Mr. Widaman can recall his father and other men figuring with a money schedule sheet to determine what each particular bank Issue was worth , and after the failures of ' 57 many notes were quite worthless. In 1S5'J Wldaman , then nlnototcen , went to Illinois , whore he had rela tives. On his way west he stopped for a week in Chicago , which he re calls as a frame city of less than a hundred thousand people. He worked as a cooper In Lacon , 111. , returning home In February of 1801. Something , perhaps thoughts of the warrior president for whom he was named or memories of the Ohio sol diers whom as a bo > ho had watched depart for the Mexican war , had led Wldaman to join the "Miami light guards" before he had gone to Illinois. Lincoln's call for 75,000 men to put down the rebellion brought quick re sponse In that April of 1801. Among the very first to step to the rescue of the government were the Miami and Dayton light guards. The two com panies consolidated and offered their service to the governor of Ohio. Two days after the first call for troops they were mustered In at Columbus. The light guards became company "C" of the First Ohio Infantry. Colonel Me- Cook , afterwards to be one of the great generals of the war , was called to take command of the regiment McCook was a West Point man. When the Sixth Massachusetts was slons yesterday , returning from a visit with her son in Lincoln. A. C. Butler of Newcastle Is In Nor folk on a visit with his daughter , Mrs. I. Catlin. Chief Flynn was In Madison yester day , In attendance at the district court session as a witness. Mrs. C. E. Farley has returned from Neligh , where she had been on a visit with her son N. M. Farley. Mrs. Stuart Beck and Roy Beck of Atkinson were in Norfolk Tuesday to attend the Beck-Wldaman wedding. Miss Mabel Brechler of Battle Creek Is visiting Norfolk friends on her way home for a Thanksgiving vacation from the Crelghton high school. Miss Matio Dewey , who has been with Mrs. Schwartz during the past season , left yesterday for a visit at Madison before returning homo. Mrs. Craig of Battle Creek , who has been very ill , did not rest well early but slept during the latter part of the evening. She was about the same this morning. Mrs. L. M. Keene , jr. , arrived In the city last night from Fremont to spend Thanksgiving with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McClary. Mr. Keene will arrive Wednesday. Rev. John Witte , W. A. Molden- hauer and Mrs. A. P. Pilger were among those in Stanton Sunday for the missionary service In the Luther an church. Rev. Mr. Wltte delivered one of the missionary addresses. Attorneys M. D. Tyler , H. F. Barn- hart , E. P. Wcatherby and John R. Hays returned last evening from Mad ison whore district court Is In session. County Attorney Jack Koenlgstcln and M. C Hazen remained In Madison. Miss Nettle Dortz will spend Thanksgiving In Stnnton. Miss MIn- W. H. WIDAMAN attacked by the mob at Baltimore , the First Ohio was In Hnrrisburg , Penn. Two weeks later the Ohio regiment passed through the same Baltimore | streets and Wldamaii and his com panions heard the cries and Jeers of an angry and hostile people. Guarded by a line of policemen the regiment marched across the town to the depot , surrounded by a howling mob. Train ed on the city were the union guns of Fort Henry and some Idea of the war at hand came to Widnmnn and his companions In Baltimore that day. More than a month was spent In the national capital , which was fearful of an attack. Troops were pouring In constantly. Uniforms were passed out in Washington and for the first time the constituent militia companies of the Ohio regiment ceased to wear dis tinctive uniforms. In Washington Wldaman saw Lin coln for the first time. The regiment was drawn up one day at attention. An old hack drove up before the regiment. A tall man alighted. He was followed by a still taller man Senator John Sherman had brought Abe Lincoln to see the Ohio boys. The president moved down the line greeting the soldiers. The captain of the company next to Wldaman was an old veteran of the Mexican war , sev enty-four years old , a giant In height and size and a blunt western charac ter. The president stopped In front of the old war captain , whose white locks foil down beneath his army cap. "Captain , aren't you a little old to be In the service when the country has plenty of younger men ? " Inquired Lin coln pleasantly. "I guess , by God , I know my business , " was the veteran's sniff response. The young soldier who caught the words was shocked beyond expression , but "Old Abe" only smiled and bowed. Widaman enlisted twice and served four years In the war. He saw com panions fall and was In the bitter bat tles around Chattanooga. But he es caped the confederate bullets though he learned to know their ring and had six bullets pierce his clothes. Wlda man entered the army as a boy of twenty. From a private he became a sergeant and for a time commanded his company. Widaman's father sent four sons to battle , only a boy too young to fight remaining at home. One brother fell at Fort Donelson when the Eleventh Illinois stormed the fort at Grant's orders. A little later another brother , Lieutenant Sam Wldaman of the Ninety-third Ohio , died near Nashville , as a result of a sunstroke received on the march. W. H. Wldaman was only a few miles away from both brothers but days passed In one case and weeks In another before he heard the sad news. The other brother served In nle Flemmlng , who taught In the Nor folk schools last year but who is now In Lincoln , will also be the guest of Stanton friends Thursday , coming to Norfolk for a short visit with Miss Dortz. T. E. Parmele of Plattsmouth , presi dent of the Norfolk Telephone con struction company , and C. A. Rlchey , vice president of the same company , are In the city looking after their In terests here. They find that the work of building the now Independent tele phone line Is progressing satisfact orily. Among the Norfolk school teachers who will leave the city for the Thanks giving vacation are Miss Belle Thorn * gate who will spend the day In Lin coln , Misses Mary and Anna O'Connor who will visit at Wood River , Miss Margaret Lambardt who will visit at Falrbttry , Miss Adda Guttory who will visit at Pllger , Miss Grimes who will go to Omaha and Miss Florence Judd who will visit at Dawson. Among the day's out of town visitors in Norfolk were : C. M. Thompson , the Newport banker ; D. B. Newcomer , Spencer ; A. J. Romig , West Point ; F. M. Bartlett , Pierce ; Miss Anna Jen sen , Wlnslde ; H. Kilburn , Battle Creek ; J. M. Friend , Winnetoon ; C. B. Owen and son , Wayne ; C. S. Smith , J. M. Smith , Madison ; C. J. Brown , Lynch ; William O'Keofe , Verdlgro ; E. J. Russell , Fullerton ; A. W. Lang , Meadow Grove ; N. D. Chambers , West Point ; Mr. and Mrs. M. Schrader , Mad ison ; W. R. Locke , Stanton. ALLEN 18 FOR BRYAN. The Peerless Leader Will be Nominal. ed , Says the Senator. Sioux City Tribune : "I'm for Bryan first , last and all the time , " declared ho Eighth Indiana and came out of the army a major. The llrst taste of war cnmo to Mr , Wldamnu on Juno 19. 1S01 , whofi four companies were sent out towards VI- nna. Va . on Hat cars and came near ulnj ; cut off by the confederates. r\votit-ono men were lost out of 270. W'dumnn ' Is one Norfolk veteran < Umn In the battle of Bull Run and < aw the union rout. Never was an irmy surer whipped. Mr. Wldnmnn sixys , than the conf"dornto iirmy on hat 111 fated tiny. Neither sldont ] \ \ trained troops ami when Johnston dodged the union force sent to hold him at bay and threw himself on the union linen such a retreat , sot In that It will live with Wldaman as long as his m'cniory holds. The First Ohio remained on the Hold until sunset but Widaman looking : from the battlefield saw an army turned Into a fleeing mob On August 17 , ISfll , Mr. Wldamnn's llrst service ended. Ho ro-enllstod on August III , 18(51 ( , in the Second Ohio under Colonel Harris. Ho saw ser vice until November , 1801. A few months after ho rn-lnllsted ho gained a Horgonncy In his company. Ho saw hard service In the cam paign against Bragg In Kentucky In 1802 and was In the battles of Perry- vlllo and Stone River. Ho was In the great two days' fight at Chlckamaiiga on September 19 29 , 1803 , and a month later was In the battle of Lookout Mountain and the charge up Mission ary Ridge. On that famous march to the sea made by Sherman In 1804 Wld aman went as far as Atlanta. With the fall of Atlanta the regiment's tlmo had been out two months. The bat tles of Buzzards' Roost and Racaka virtually closed his fighting experi ence. Few men have been closer to death than the young soldier was In the bat tle of Chlckamauga. Stationed on the extreme left of his regiment ho and eleven companions failed to notice the union retreat until closed In by a semi circle of foes. Wldaman and one oth er soldier made a run for It while ten of the northerners stayed and wont to the Andorsonvllle prison. Wldaman's clothing and equipment were pierced by three shots and the rim of his hat was shot away. But ho gained safety. Never In charging or resisting charges did ho ever have a closer escape , he says. In those days of close range fight ing foes came close to one another. Separated by a little creek ho has traded a knife for rebel tobacco. Once lie was "stung. " A Johnnie across the crook asked to "swap" papers. Wldaman surrendered a copy of the Cincinnati Commercial , and got In ex change a copy of the Boston Christian Advocate. The Second Ohio at different times had drawn 1,300 men. She had been in the heart of the struggle and when November , 1881 , was reached , there were about 2S5 men to be discharged. As Sergeant Wldaman was In com mand of his company In the Sherman march to the sen , a grim Illustration of the course of the war. The Inci dent gained Mr. Widaman the title of "lieutenant" among his comrades. In ISO I Mr. Wldaman's father and mother had moved to Madison county , Illinois. In 1805 , the war story ended , the young soldier went to Godfrey , III. , where until 1809 he followed the peaceful course of a miller. Something of an echo of the war times came when the young miller in 1SG9 became a deputy sheriff of Madi son county. The sheriffshlp of Madi son county was a highly profitable of fice In those days of fee salaries. The business of the office was heavy , at times as many as twelve deputies be ing employed , for while the court house was at Edwardsvllle the county was adjacent to East St. Louis. Wld aman was deputy sheriff for two years. Then two years were spent as a miller In Geneseo , 111. In 1873 Wldaman , his father and mother , two brothers , two sisters and a brother-in-law came to Boone coun ty , Nebraska. Four homesteads were taken near what Is now Petersburg. Hon. Wm. V. Allen of Madison , Neb. , former United States senator from Nebraska , when asked for his opinion on the peerless leader's statement "Any time Bryan chooses to be a can didate for office , he will have my un qualified support. I regard him as one of our country's greatest and brainiest men. I believe he will be the choice of the democratic party for president. Will he bo elected ? Well , that Is a hard question to answer. It all depends upon the situation next year , and that Is too far away to tell. "Roosevelt ? Will ho run ? Well. In my belief there hasn't been a time when he wasn't a candidate for the presidential nomination. It looks to ' me as if Taft has been just Roose- ' i volt's scouting horse. " Despite his advancing years , the : veteran Nebraskan Is full of life and vim and expresses himself frankly and emphatically upon public questions. It will bo recalled that he holds the senate record for "long distance" speechmaklng , at one tlmo having oc cupied the floor of that august body for fourteen consecutive hours with out stopping to take food. Ho was elected by the populists In the hoydoy of their leadership In Nebraska poll- tics. Senator Allen was here In connec tion with the trial of the famous Schei- bley-Ashton libel suit In the district court , representing Miss Schelbley , whoso father is his old friend. When the "plnco to live" problem ! begins to look ominous , simplify It by a "close watch" on the ads. for a few days. Even If the loser doesn't advertise the loss , the finder should advertise the find. Mr Wldnman's brother-in-law , John Polors , now a resident of Albion and for twelve years county clerk of Uonnn county , took the homostond that became - came the tmvnslto and gave his mime to the town of Petersburg. In Novombor. 1S73 , Mr. Wldaman came to Norfolk and worked for John Olnoy In the mill IIo worked IIH a inlllor for throe years. In 1S"S the drug firm of Wldaman & Daniels was formed. Dr. Daniels being one of I ho partners. Business was conducted In a frame building on East Norfolk avoniio. "Postmaster" Wldnnmn Is the title -Mr. Wldnmnn lias had oftonost In Norfolk. First appointed In 1879 and serving until the first Cleveland ad ministration placed C. B. Durland In the postmaster's chair ; then named again , when Durland resigned on Har rison's succession to the presidency In 18S9 , and continued In olllco until another Cleveland administration brought a second democratic postmas ter ( Dr. Daniels ) In 1891 ; Mr. Wlda ninn has served as postmaster of Nor folk nearly a dozen years. Postmaster Widaman during his service saw the Norfolk olllco advance from a postotllco of the fourth class to Its present rank. Ho first conduct ed the pOHtolllcc In a little building near his drug store. When ho sold out ( o Daniels in 1880 ho moved the government olllco Into the frame building now occupied by the Schcn ! ol moat market. Those were the days before the now federal building when the local postofllco was wont to wander about with each change of postmasters. It was during the Wldaman term In 18SO that the Norfolk postofllco rob bery occurred. On the evening of Gnrflcld's election In November 1380 the postolllco safe was tapped and $500 In stamps , sixteen registered leU tors and some money taken. The rob bers escaped on a handcar. During the postmastershlp of Mr. Durland , Mr. Wldaman engaged In the real estate and insurance business. For throe terms Mr. Wldaman rep resented the First ward on the city council. In 1882 ho was Instrumental In or ganizing Mathewson post of the G. A. R. and was the first commander of the post. Three times ho has boon a delegate to the national encamp ments , attending the encampments In St. Louis , Washington and Philadel phia. For the last fourteen years ho has been adjutant of the local post. IIo has served frequently on national and state staffs. Next to the G. A. R. posts Mr. Wld- aman looks with most prldo to the part ho played In the organization of the Norfolk fire department In the eighties. lie was the department's first chief and served for three years. From that first organization and Its primitive equipment came Norfolk's present efficient volunteer department. Mr. Wldaman was a charter mem ber of Mosaic lodge , No , 55 , A. F. & A. ] M' . . organized In 1870. Only three oth'er charter members live In Norfolk this tlmo : Dr. A Bear , J. S. Mc Clary and Colonel S. W. Hayes. During the Simpson and Robertson administrations Mr. Wldaman was ap pointed chief of police , rounding out his former experience as soldier and deputy sheriff. He has also served as assessor and for the last two years has been deputy assessor for the out side precinct. In politics Mr. Wldaman has been an active republican , frequently acting as a delegate to conventions and as a member of the several central com mittees. Mr. Wldaman's name Is among those who Invested money In holding up Norfolk's end of the sugar factory project. Married In the fall of 1878 to Miss Elizabeth Wegner , Mr. Wldaman Is the father of five children : Mrs. J. Fogerty of Gornoga , Panama ; Harley Wldaman of Sterling , Colo. ; Miss Fay Widaman of Norfolk ; Miss Elizabeth Wldaman , a Norfolk high school stu dent , and Edwin Wldaman , who Is attending the Norfolk schools. THIS STATE IS THE GREAT DAIRY COUNTRY OF THE WEST. MR. POLLOCK ON THE COAST Found Nebraska Butter In Oregon and Washington Something to Remind the Boys of the Ship "Nebraska" of Home. The Nebraska cow Is famous the 'country over , says M. K. Pollock of Norfolk , one of 'the David Cole cream- lory men , who came back to Norfolk Saturday evening after a business trip to Oregon and Washington. "Nebraska Is the great dairy country and one appreciates It most when you are on the Pacific coast and see NebrAska - brAska butter on every hand , " said Mr. Pollock , commenting on his trip. "Tho names.of the big Omaha and Lincoln creameries are familiar names on the coast states that cannot bo denied. " Mr. Pollock saw the battleship "Ne braska" ready for her first trip. Many people visited the ship and by an old custom they all took some llttlo thing to the ship. Pollock thought about It for a while , and then teen some good Nebraska butter out to th big ship to remind the lads on the "Nebraska" of the big cow states away In the in terior. Pollock's trip was somewhat marred by moiv < > r loss coiiHtnnt rnln that fell. The financial Birmgoncy , ho says , v\as felt moro on the coast than In Nebraska , et-piciali In the lumber cuuntry tVtocf into Price 11,010) ) will Lot-Iron for nil ' ) i ! i1tAtiuirtti | > jurli > iiN PRODUCTS COME FROM DISTANCE OF FIFTY MILES AWAY. BIG PRICES BRING BUSINESS Dallas Resolved to be Thoroughly Prepared For the Expected Rush Next Summer , Is Laying in Big Stock of Provisions , Dalian , S. D. , Nov. 27. Special to The NOWH : This llttlo city is at this moment , and has been for the past few days , the best live stock and grain inarkot west of the Missouri river and thereby hangs R tale : As is well known , next summer will witness the greatest rush of people Into this territory that over occurred mi ) where , for the purpose of securing homesteads In Trlpp county. It Is further well known among the "wise" ones that there will bo Just two regis tration points in Gregory county , viz : Dallas and Boncsteel. Dallas Is six months old and at present has a popu lation of about 1200. The summer has been occupied In erecting substantial buildings , putting In an extensive sys tem of waterworks , etc. , and only In the last thirty days has the town as a whole got In sliapo for general busi ness In all lines. Remembering the difficulties experi enced by Bonestcol in accommodating and feeding the crowds during the Gregory county rush , Dallas has re solved to be thoroughly prepared , and to that end last week there was orga nized by local capitalists an Incorpo rated company for the purpose of buyIng - Ing everything in the line of provi sions. To start the ball rolling the company last Saturday promulgated the following markets : Butter , 25c ; eggs , 25c ; Potatoes , 55c ; cabbage , zy c per pound ; onions , $1.25 ; chickens , 7c ; turkeys , your own price ; hogs , $ -1.00 ; corn , -10c ; winter wheat , 71c ; spring wheat , 78c ; oats , 35c ; flax , S5c. Needless to sny , these prices brought the stuff. Today's receipts were : 273 f hogs , 9-1 turkeys , 02 dozen chickens , 23 loads of grain and Immense quanti ties of butter , eggs and all kinds of farm produce , much of It coming as far as fifty miles to take advantage of the prices. These prices arc Inter esting. Dallas Is actually paying fifty cents per hundred more for hogs than Omaha Is , and all other stuff In proper tion. Everything that appeared on the market for sale was taken except two or three loads of hogs which came from a yard which Is known to have been infected with cholera. These- were refused. Negotiations arc practically com pleted whereby the Omaha packers will immediately establish In Dallas a packing plant and cold storage to take care of the stuff. Thus Dallas will bo amply provisioned for the rush next summer. NORTH NEBRASKA SCHOOL FOLK Hold First Annual Meeting In Norfolk Friday. The following card relative to the organization of the North Nebraska School Folks club In Norfolk next Friday Is being mailed to north Ne braska educators : "Annual meeting at Pacific hotel , Norfolk , Nebraska , Friday , November 29 , 3 p. m. Banquet at 8 p. m. All superintendents , principals and high school teachers , north of the Platte river , ladles as well as gentlemen , are cordially invited to attend and to become - come charter members of the club. Pass the word along to your friends and colleagues. Over one hundred have written they will attend. Wo want you also. The banquet speakers are the best In the state. Superinten dent Davidson of Omaha ; Barr , of Grand Island ; Conn of Columbus ; President Thomas of Kearney state normal ; Pile of Wayne normal ; Clem- mons of Fremont normal , and others. Write Superintendent E. J. Bodwell , Norfolk , or Superintendent A. V. Teed , Ponca , by return mall that you will bo present. present."A. "A. V. Teed , "N. C. Abbott , "J. G. Mote , "E. P. Wilson , "J. M. Pile , "F. S. Perdue , "C. A. Manvlllo , "D. J. Bodwell , "Eda C. Nelson , "Committee. " RIGHT OF WAY SECURED. Yankton and Gulf Grading Expected to Start In Spring. Stanton , Neb. , Nov. 20. Attorney A. A. Kearney , right of way agent for the Yankton and Gulf railway , Is homo for a few days , and states that the right of way is practically all secured from the Nebraska north line to Gal- voston. While ho has no official knowledge , ho believes that grading will begin next spring and that the rapid construction of the road will fol low. Use News want ads.