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TUB NOIfPOI-K WKBKI.Y NEWS-JOURNAI , : PHI DAY. PBCUMIIEK 1907. 0. L. 8IECKE OF WISNER VISITS THE OLD HOME. 'TISN'T LIKE IT USED TO BE Father of Mrs. C. C. Wehrer of Nor folk IB Not as Well Pleased With the Fatherland ns He Thought He Would be. O. L. Slcclto of WlHiior. who wns formerly u member of tlio Nebraska legislature mill who IIIIH bi't'ii a fro- iliHMit visitor In Norfolk with his daughter , Mrs. C. C. Wohrcr , has ad dressed a letter from Germany to the Winner Chronlclo. Mr. Slocko writes of Germany In an Interesting vein. Wo tlltl not travel ns nuioh as wo in tended. In the llrst plnco the wcathor was very disagreeable the first six weeks of our visit , cool and rainy with very llttlo futishino. In the second plnco the oxcUoment of railroad trav eling bringing hack the old dizzy feelIng - Ing again , which hud disappeared dur ing the voyage on the ocean. During the last month the weather has been line , hut It Is getting Info ' the fnll and the weather Is getting cool. Therefore wo will only see Berlin on our way coming homo. Visited Mrs. Sleeko's old homo In Solchow some tlmo ago. The house where Mrs. S. was horn Is still standing. It Is occu pied by a young couple , who made us take luncheon with them and treated us real well. Mrs. S. enjoyed this visit very much , and although she was only nine years of ago when she left the place , It is very Interesting to her and memory came back to her when ob jects wcro viewed again. I3nt she missed the big pear tree she used to ellmL as a child , the tree had died of old ago. Visited the birthplaces of F. Koch , M Broltkrculz , Win. Glaublus , F. Knul , Win. Kind and others , all in this coun try. Also found two cousins of my wife's living In Volgtsdorf , where we went and had n good time and a fine view of the country on the way. Passed the old town of Morln , whore there is a large Inland lake close by. According to tradition this lake Is In habited by a largo lobster and to keep him out of mischief he was finally chained to a rock In the lake , but when a railroad was built a few years ago and the first excursion train passed tlio lake the animal most broke its chain to get aboard the train and Join the procession. Yon are at liberty to believe - lievo all of this. My brother lives close by the river Oder , a large stream spanned by a largo iron bridge close by , built strong enough for a railroad to use. Road has been surveyed and will bo built in a short time. It is quite Interesting to mo to watcli the trafllc on the river from the bridge. Rafts of logs and lumber floating down stream , also freight vessels and steam ers passing up or down the stream , having sometimes as many as six mer chant vessels in town. Two miles down stream where the old river used to bo is a largo lock. It is double , ono side for passage of vessels and the other for rafts. There arc lots of sawmills and brick factories along the stream and causeways that were emp ty of buildings years ago arc occupied and form streets now. The highways , which thirty years ago were miserable between places In rainy seasons , were all paved now , and a great help to the traveling public. Great changes have taken place on every side. Wages for laborers are higher than forty years ngo and the farmer here has the same difficulty to procure help when needed as Is the case In Amor- lea , In fact , tlio industrial world takes lots of help from the country and this is really to the loss of agriculture. We do not like traveling here. The rail roads are not as comfortable as in America , so It seems , the employes arc not as pollto. They have all serv ed in the army and some of them have the short and rough habit of the drillmaster - master still with them. The system of giving and demanding tips to wait ers , servants and porters Is strange to ns and sometimes disgusting and It commences as soon as ono gets on board the vessel at New York. When I first left here in 185G the raising of sugar beets was quite an industry and a good many factories were working. Now only ono factory is running because the soil has given out to furnish the amount of sugar stuff required. The old honored wind mills here are getting less , steam and water taking the place. As children wo used to play on the hill near the mill and when the wind was slow wo used to run between the wings until I was struck and recovery was slow. The old mill Is still standing , but I didn't go ns close this time. For fear of tiring you I will close , and let me tell you that I wish I was hack homo again. Respectfully , C. L. Slecko. Home Goes Up In Smoke. Ainsworth , Neb. , Nov. 29. Special to The News : W. D. Dyer , who lives twelve miles northwest , lost his home by tire Tuesday night , the fire resultIng - Ing from a lamp explosion. The fam ily saved only the clothes they had on. The house was partly Insured. HOSPITAL AT LYNCH. Dr. Ira Has Fine New Bulldlna In Which to Start. Lynch , Nob. , Nov. 29. Special to The News : Dr. G. B. Ira has Just Closed a deal wherein ho becomes own- " at the fine new three-story brick hospital In the building. Thin Is a much needed establishment In this sec tion of the country us there Is seldom a time when thorn aru not somuono from tlilH vicinity In Omaha at some hoxpllal for medical tieatment. New Catholic Church. Lynch , Neb. , Nov. 2U. Special to The NOWH : The Catholic church people ple In Lynch tire working on plans for a line now church building. They are progressing nicely and wo expect to see u line new place of worship built by those people next summer. PROF. MEYER WILTED WHEN THE CHALLENGE WAS ACCEPTED. DEFEATED FOR CHAMPIONSHIP In a Game of 300-Ball Pool , Meyer Was Defeated by Max Fldler of Wlsner. Undertook to Bluff on Another Game , But Failed. AVIsner , Neb. , Nov. 29. Special to The News : I'rof. Meyer of Fremont and Max Fldler of Wisner played a game of 300-ball pool here for a purse of $25. Fldler made the run of 300 while Meyer made 211. During the game Meyer offered to bet $500 or any part thereof that ho could beat Fldler any place outside of Wlsner. After the game was over Meyer Hashed a roll of bills and chal lenged anyone to accept his proposi tion. Tlio bluff was very promptly called , the purse of $500 being made up by Wlsner parties. When ho saw that Wlsner people meant business , the professor wilted , turned pale and said he was sick and couldn't do any thing. The Wlsner backers of Fidler offered the professor to play him on his own table in Fremont or any other town within 100 miles of Wlsner , but the offer was not accepted and the professor went homo still clinging to his roll. WATERWORKS AT LINDSAY. Foundation for Standplpe Is Laid and Other Work Is Following. Lindsay , Neb. , Nov. 29. Special to The News : Lindsay will soon have waterworks. The foundation for the standplpc has been laid and about half of the trenches for the mains are dug. A new hose cart has arrived but no tire department has yet been orga- nl/.ed for It. VALUABLE IMPROVEMENT. Adding Machine Made to Subtract as Well as Add. The Webster City ( Iowa ) Tribune states that a valuable patent to an adding machine has Just been secured , by which the machine may bo made to subtract as well as add. The ar rangement was patented by Mrs. Ora Newman of that city , who is a sister of Val Light , dispatching clerk in the Norfolk postofllce. Mrs. Newman for merly lived in Norfolk as a girl and many who will remember her kindly still live here. Following Is the article from the Webster City paper : "Mrs. Ora Newman , bookkeeper In the Mercantile store In this city , re ceived word from Washington , D. C. , this morning that a patent had been granted her on an Improvement on the Burroughs adding machine. "Mrs. Newman's Invention will en able the operators of these machines to subtract thereon , and will add ma terially to the value of the machine. The Invention will no doubt also bring Mrs. Newman a small fortune and her many friends will rejoice with her In her success and good luck. " YOUNG MAN NAMED IRWIN HITS THE WRONG TARGET. WAS PRACTICING WITH RIFLE Williams Boy Received a Serious Wound in the Leg Which Will Lay Him Up for a Month at Least An Unfortunate Accident. Spencer , Neb. , Nov. 29. Special to The News : A young man named Irwin - win , stopping at the home of James Williams who lives a short distance north of Spencer , was practicing at a mark with a rifle recently when by some means the gun was discharged when not aiming at the mark and made a serious wound In the leg of ono of Mr. Williams' boys. The attending physician thinks that unless compli cations set In that the lad will bo around in a month. Miss Falrchlld , superintendent of our public schools , and Miss Van Gor don , high school principal , also County Superintendent Mnnvllle went to Nor folk today to be at the North Nebraska Superintendents and Principals' meetIng - Ing which Is In session there this week The funeral of the Infant son of Dr Armour took place today. Paul Slsson Married. Paul Slsson was married the day be fore Thanksgiving to a young lady of Mechanlcsburg , Ohio. He brought his bride to DCS Molncs , Iowa , where ho has been one of the managers of the Des Molnes Dally News. Ho has beei promoted by the Scrlpps-McRao com pany , however , and will In a short tlmo remove to St. Paul to take charge of their daily there. Paul Sisson has many friends In Norfolk , where ho NORTH NEBRASKA PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AT WORK. A HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD Team Taken From Carl Praeuner Near Battle Creek Wednesday Night. Buggy Stolen From Conrad Volk , Another Farmer Living Near. Horse thieves Wednesday night or Thursday morning near midnight stole a team of horses and a set of harness from the barn of Carl Praeuner and a top buggy from the farmyard of Con rad Volk , both Madison county farm ers living about six miles south of Uattlo Creek. The horse stealing represented thv first loss to bo sustained by a member of the North Nebraska Live Stock Pro tective association , Mr. Praeuner , the owner of the stolen animals being a member of the anti-horso thief associa tion. Once discovered , the anti-horse thief lighters were quick to get on the track of the thieves. The horse grabbers first visited the farm of Carl Praeuner six miles south of Battle Creek. There they secured a bay team of horses , eight years old and weighing 2,700 pounds , and a set of Concord harness. Ono horse had a small split in tip of car and wirecut on left foot. The other horse has wire cut on a hind leg above the ankle. The harness had been changed to com mon harness. Leaving the Praeuner place for a neighboring farm a top buggy was tak en from Conrad Volk. The buggy had red running gears with a yellow stripe. The anti-horse thief association at once offered a rcsvard of $100 for the capture and conviction of the thief and the return of the team. Thursday a posse left Battle Creek to run down the thief or thieves. The horse-thief hunt was under the direc tion of George W. Losey of Battle Creek , chief captain of the north Ne braska association. A message Friday morning stated that the pursuing party had followed the horse thieves through Elgin and Petersburg , whore it was thought they vero only about ten miles behind. At 'etersburg Losey and his men changed mrses and with fresh mounts started n anew with the expectation of cap- urlng the thieves before the day Is over. A number of Petersburg horse men joined the searching party at that place to assist in the capture. FRIDAY FACTS. Miss Gladys Weaver Is visiting In Lincoln. Miss Mildred Knight of Omaha is ho guest of Miss Edna Loucks. Miss Melllo Bridge is home from the state university for the holidays. Harry Faucott came down from the Wayne normal for Thanksgiving. Leonard Hegglund of Lincoln spent Thanksgiving with Norfolk friends. Mrs. Julius Kirsheaum of Rochester , Minn. , is visiting her sister , Mrs. Fred Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Gentle were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Greene In Plalnvlew. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Beels of Galva 111. , arrived In Norfolk Wednesday for a Thanksgiving visit with Mr. Beels brother , William G. Beels. Mrs. B. P. Hummel and son Earl o Sioux City were guests at the home o : ler parents , Mr. and Mrs. August Brummund , Thanksgiving. Among the University of Nebraska students home from Lincoln to spend Thanksgiving holidays In Norfolk are : Sam Ersklne , Elmer Hardy , Charles Landers and Lawrence Hoffman. Ross Tlndall came homo from Weslyan unl versity at Lincoln , Miss Grace Matrau was up fron Madison to spend Thursday at home T. A. Strong of Winsldo spen Thanksgiving with his brother-in-law E. J. Rlx. Charles Hays of Denver spen Thanksgiving with his parents In this city , Postmaster and Mrs. John R Hays. Ex-Senator F. J. Halo of Atkinson was visiting at the home of his niece Mrs. F. A. Peterson of Madison last week ; also with his sister , Mrs , John Sutherland , who is a guest at the Pe terson home. Mr. Klbler of Oakdale was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shlppee for Thanksgiving dinner. Miss Glennio Shippee , their daughter who Is teach Ing near Tllden , also came homo to spend Thanksgiving with her parents N. A. Huse , who with his wife spent Thanksgiving In West Point , was taken on suddenly 111 during the afternoon and his temperature ran up to 103 and his pulse to 10(5. ( The West Pom doctor feared that he was threatonec with pneumonia. Friday morning ho was somewhat better but not able to como homo. Among the out of town visitors it Norfolk were : Dr. Thomas , Pierce II. B. Samuelson , Wayne ; B. W Wright , Dlxon ; W. Z. King , Hum phroy ; W. II. Tyson , Eltnwood ; L. C Rush , Murdock ; Charles Black , Mis Sarali Black , Willow Lake ; Erall Land gust , Bristow ; Dr. and Mrs. M. D Baker , Madison ; Hon. John N. Eller man , Fairfax , S. D. ; George B. Wy coff , Madison ; Edwin Barrett , Verdi gro ; W. F. Richardson , Pllger ; Thorn as Jordan , Verdigro ; Miss Josie Rich ardson , Madison ; B. J. Lindsay , Pierce ; E. B. GIrton , Wayne ; Miss Jo sephine Graves , Wayne ; F. D. Brooks , Creighton ; E. P. Moy , I. W. Alter , Wayne ; F. G , Augringor , Nellgh ; T. II. Long , Madison ; II. Ranback , Wayne ; Miss Pearl Elloy , Madison ; Fred Fisher , Herrlck , S. D. ; M. O. Mxon ; H. P. Von Kirk , Brunswick ; Ilss Mary A. Ball , Kearney ; Charles Mlttlestadt , E. Jarvls , Stanton ; F. B. larch , Nordcn. A special conclave of Damascus com- imndery , No. 20 , will be held at Ma- mile hall Friday evening. Lincoln Journal : Myrn L.-Moyer of 'raw ford , who has had trouble to get lusscKslon of a telephone company ranchlso which she bought , has up- floated her case to the supreme court. \nrfolk teachers who have noith Nebraska schools were among the 'hnnksglvlng home-comers. In some nstances the country schools only dls- nlssed for Thursday , resulting In an > arly return to school work. The dance given by the Norfolk band 'hursday evening nt Marquardt hall vas well attended and a success in every way. The music was line , the leer elegant and the dancers In a good minor , all conspiring to make a good line. John Krautz , president of the Nor- oik association of the North Nebraska jlvo Stock Owners' Protective asso ciation , has called a meeting of the Norfolk branch to bo held at the city mil at 2:30 : o'clock Saturday after- lonn. Mrs. H. W. Barrett , recently operat ed on by Mayo brothers In Rochester , Minn. , on account of a lumorous growth , was able to leave the hospital Mianksglvlng day. Mrs. Barrett ex- iccts to return to Norfolk sometime luring the coming week. Karly Friday morning prominent ed- icators began to arrive in Norfolk to ittcnd the banquet and first meeting ) f the North Nebraska School Folks club , the banquet taking place in the evening , the organization meeting in lie afternoon at the Pacific hotel. The Elkhorn Life Insurance company uive added two additional rooms to heir home olllces In Norfolk In the Citizens National bank building. II. C. Mason of Fremont , whoso title is superintendent of agents , will use one of the rooms and may possibly move o Norfolk at the close of the present school year. The Belle of Manila appeared before good audiences at the Auditorium mat- neo and evening Thanksgiving day. The attraction was well presented and seemed to give pleasure to those who attended. The play is a musical com edy with a lot of bright things In it , ) iit it might bo wonderfully Improved > y the addition of a chorus. A number of the young friends of Miss Mabel Estabrook gave that young ady a shower party Wednesday oven- ng , at the home of her father on South Ninth street. A jolly tlmo was md and when the party was over Miss Mabel was the possessor of a number of housekeeping articles that will help to furnish the new home soon to be established in South Dakota. Mrs. Louise T. Clark of Norfolk on the eve of Thanksgiving was adjudged nsane by the hoard of commissioners at Madison and assigned to the Norfolk - folk hospital. Wednesday evening Mrs. Clark was taken to the hospital by Sheriff Clements. She has a hus band and five children and one of the saddest features of the case was when a mere babe had to be taken from the mother's arms. Mrs. Clark's Insanity was largely along religious lines. Lincoln Journal : A great deal of coal is moving. It is said that dealers in the smaller Nebraska towns are getting well stocked with fuel and that there is now little danger of a domes tic fuel famine with an ordinary win ter. There may be a shortage of steam coal because of the slow supply at the mines and the fact that consumers do not carry large stocks of It. It Is said that the mines are filling orders for domestic coal rapidly. Land Commissioner Eaton has re turned to Lincoln from Boyd county where ho went to look into the matter of getting the land occupied by the Boyd county settlers reappraised In accordance with the orders of the board issued several days ago. The work has been completed and the land in controversy has been valued at an average of from $20 to $25 an acre , so Mr. Eaton said. This valuation the settlers thought too high , but it is the belief of the board they will bo willing to pay and get titles to the property. The land will be sold on twenty-year payments , Interest at 5 per cent. The Black Hills extension of the Northwestern road between Pierre and Rapid City , crosses more bridges than any other road In the world of equal length , says the Yankton Press and Dakotan. The first fifty miles crosses forty-seven bridges , and the entire line , 1C5 miles long , crosses considerably over a hundred. The road cost over $30,000 a mile , making It more than twice as expensive ns an ordinary line , but the company finds from the busi ness already done that It is going to be a money maker. Extraordinary ef forts will be made during the year 1908 to direct the tide of Immigration to the fertile lands tributary to the line , thousands of acres being now unoccupied and looking for home- seekers. With the rest of north Nebraska the Bonesteel motor car enjoyed a Thanks giving vacation , a vacation that was not on the regular schedule. Thurs day the car Joined the automobile un ion and declined to proceed past Ha- dar , a resolution Inspired by the fact that water In the cells beneath the car had frozen the night before. Much as the farm horse replaces the auto car under similar circumstances a loco motive nnd car of the old style were sent up the Bonesteel line to do motor car service. But the triumph of the steam car was only temporary. The motor car was run back to Norfolk Thursday afternoon and the difficulty of the morning soon overcome. And , like the nuto car the motor car Is thought to have come to stay. The YOUNG MAN AT BUTTE ARREST ED ON SERIOUS CHARGE. HORSE HAD BEEN ORDERED SHOT Inctead of Killing the Animal as Di rected by the State Veterinarian , It is Alleged That Jens Jensen Sold It. Will Appear In Court December 7. Hullo , Neb. . Nov. 29. Special to The News : .lens Jensen , a young man ie- eently employed In the West livery barn at this place was arrested here by a warrant preferred by County At- orney McCutcluin for selling a horse which was pronounced by State Vet erinary McKIm to have the glanders. The veterinary had ordered the dis eased aiilinnl shot but Instead of com- ilylng with the orders of Iho otllccr Jensen sold It to a young fellow over n Holt county by the name of Crab- rui * . Jensen entered Into a recogni sance to appear in the county court in December 7 , to answer said charge. A TRAGEDYOF LIFE _ Tear-Stained Face of Drunken Man Ex cites Sympathy. Holding n sack of candy in one hand , clinging to his drunken father with the other a very lltllo boy spent a very miserable afternoon Wednesday on Norfolk avenue. Men on the street ooked Into the llttlo tear-stained fnco uid saw ono of the tragedies of life mlled off on Norfolk avenue. Refusing to hoed the advice of Spe cial Ofllcor Frank Flynn to substitute ils home for the Norfolk streets the 'ather remained on the avenue with lis llttlo son , pursuing an uneven course up and down the street. Towards evening the father was ar rested. Then the procession , a police man on one side of the father , a little son not yet of school age on the other , moved towards the city Jail. The fa ther was sent into the jail but the little hey was taken under the wing of the officers , who succeeded In locating his ionic. Thanksgiving morning the prisoner , August Slinll/ living in Nenow's addi tion near the Junction , pleaded guilty to being drunk the day before. He received the usual fine and paid up. Because another Norfolk man bears the same name the prisoner of Wednesday afternoon was labeled "August Shultz of Nenow's addition. " MADISON ISJJHAMPION Won Foot Ball Game With Columbus Thanksgiving Day. Madison , G ; Columbus , 4. Thanksgiving day brought the cham pionship of north Nebraska to the Madison high school eleven , a team whose goal line was not crossed pre vious to the big turkey day game. Accompanied by a hundred Madison supporters the Mafllson pig-skin war riors went to Columbus In a special car and came back with the north Ne braska championship. Both teams scored a goal from the field , Madison winning the game on a safety made by Columbus after Madi son had fumbled the ball on the Co lumbus goal line. The teams were evenly matched , the Columbus back field winning special honors. Next year Madison loses only three players and will have a faster team than ever. ELOPEMENTAT LINDSAY _ Father Is Trying to Find Girl But No Trace Yet. Lindsay , Neb. , Nov. 29. Special to The News : Peter Barger and Miss Borer are supposed to have eloped the couple having disappeared at the same time and no one knowing which way they went. Perger was working until about a month ago for Pete Bor er , the girl's father , and the girl had been working for Theo. WItner near Cornlea , from which place they left. The girl is not quite eighteen and the father Is on her trail looking for her , but has not yet been able to trace her. Death of Mrs. Quigley. Mrs. Hannah Quipley , an old lady of seventy-four years , died Thursday evening at the homo of her daughter , Mrs. J. A. Koleher at 511 South Tenth street. Mrs. Quigley had made her home with her daughter in Norfolk for the last two years and had recently been quite ill. She was a native of Ireland and a member of the Catholic church. Tlio remains will be taken , probably next Tuesday morning , to her former homo in Danbury , Iowa , for burial. The funeral was delayed to permit the arrival In Norfolk of Mrs. Qulgloy's sons and daughters from away. Three sons , T. J. Quigley of Anthon , Iowa , John Quigley of Danbury , Iowa , and James Quigley of Carroll , Iowa , and three daughters , Mrs. Hannah Bee- son of Anthon , Iowa , Mrs. Earl Flsk of San Francisco and Mrs. W. A. Scot- horne of Nevada will be In Norfolk. Mrs. Fltzpatrick , n daughter living In Kansas City , was unable to come. EARLE HALLJNDER TRAIN Both Legs Amputated as the Result of Accident. Earlo V. Hall , n son of A M. Hall of this city and a Norfolk boy , fell be neath the wheels of a switch train In Sioux City and has had both legs am putated us a result of the accident. where HIP physicians told him that hta son would probably live. Hall was employed ns a hostler's helper In the M. & o. roundhouse In Sioux City. Tuesday he left the round IOIIHO with an engine ami was drop ping off the engine to set a switch when his head was hit by a passing r-ar on an adjacent truck. The young man wan thi own to the ground , his feet falling under the car wheels. The young man was taken to the . \merlcnn hospital , where his right leg was amputated above the nnklo and ils left IOK above the knee. Hall Is twenty-two years old nnd ninmrrled. He left Norfolk Inst Juno for Sioux CMty. Ho worked In the lo- ill roundhouse for n short tlmo. The voting man's mother Is In Sioux City it the bedside , while the father geese o Sioux Clly again Salurday. It will K > sometime before Hall can bo it-ought to Norfolk. MONEY FOR INDIANS GOES TO THE ROSEBUD AGENCY. THE TOTAL AMOUNT WAS $38,000 A Load of Sliver Hauled Over to the Agency Under Guard of Indian Po lice First Installment of $110,000 , to be Paid to Indians. Valentino , Neb. , Nov. 29. Special to The News : Thirteen hundred pounds of silver dollars , amounting to F38.000 , went over lo the Rosebud ngency yesterday morning , as the first nstallment of $110,000 , which Is to be paid to the Indians before January 1. Each Indian will receive $30.00. The wagon In which the silver was con veyed to the agency wns escorted by fourteen Indian policemen. TWO GROSS YOUNG MEN SHOOT UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SHOOT INTO A SCHOOL HOUSE School Was In Session at the Time But No One Was Hurt Kill a Steer , Puncture Holes In Mall Boxes , etc. In Jail at Butte. Btittc , Neb. , Nov. 29. Special to The News : Occupying the Butte has- tile are two very forlorn looking young men. It was ordained that their Thanksgiving dinner would bo on bread and water ns will all their other meals until their fine for their misdo ings Is paid. One , Frank Wiley , son of E. D. Wiley of Mullen precinct , age seventeen , and the other , Verdi Crawford , son of Jnmes William Craw ford of Sunnyslde , Brown county , Ne braska , a lad sixteen years old , were arrested for shooting In a promiscuous way. It seems that young Crawford had been working for S. S. Parsons near Gross and upon receiving his paj purchased a rifle of Mr. Mullk of Gross The boys started for Bristow In i spring wagon belonging to Wiley and used the rifle on everything that carat in their way , such as punturing holef In mail boxes , shooting windows oul of school houses and to finish the Jol killed a steer belonging to Franl Jones. They were arrested and trlet before Meyer Brandvlg. justice of th < peace , who imposed a fine of $75 and accruing costs amounting to $18.75. Being unahlo to pay the same they were brought to Butte and placed In the county jail. Four Shots at School House. Lynch , Neb. , Nov. 29. Special to The News : Frank Wiley and Verdi Cranferd , two Gross lads , shot through the windows of a school house on the road between Gross nnd Bristow. School was in session in ono of the rooms and the teacher and scholars were very much frightened. Four shots were fired , two of them entering the building , one lodging In the parti tion not 'far from some of the pupils , after passing through the stove pipe. The lads were nrrested nnd taken to Bristow and fined $75 each nnd costs. Not being nble to pay they are Inylng It out In the county jail at Butte. There has also been some rural mail boxes shot up in that part of the conn- try , nnd nn effort Is being mnde to lo cate the guilty parties and give them the benefit of the law. It does not pay to bo too handy with a gun. Notice to Creditors. The state of Nebraskn , Mndlson county , ss. In the mntter of the estate of C. W. Braasch , deceased. Notice is hereby given to nil persons having clnlms nnd demands ngnlnst C. W. Brnasch. late of said Mndlson county , deceased , that the time fixed for filing claims against said estate is six months from the 2nd day of December , 1907. All such per sons are required to present their claims with the vouchers to the county judge of said county at his office in the city of Mndlson , in said Madison county , on or before the 3rd day of .Tune , 1908 , and that all claims so filed will bo heard before said judge on the 3rd day of Juno , 1908 , at 1 o'clock p. in. It Is further ordered that notlco to all persons Interested In said estate bo given by publishing a copy of this order In the Norfolk Weekly News Journal , a weekly newspaper printed , published and circulating In said coun ty , for four consecutive weeks prior lo said day of hearing. Witness my hand and seal this 22nd NO SHRINKING OF VALUES IN THE PRODUCING SECTION. 'FARMERS BETTER OFF THAN EVER While Wall Street Stocks Are Tumb- HMQ Farmers nnd Stock Raisers Arc Getting Higher Prlceo for Every thing Fine Stock Holds up Well. ( Fioin the Omaha Sunday Heo , Nov 17. ) That real nnd genuine prosperity iibldes In the west Is best shown by the comparison of values In the stock mar ket of Wall street , with prices In tlio grain markets of the west. Nearly all railroad , Industrial and mining .sloclw listed on the Now York exchange have h'cllned fit ) per cent In value wlnco Jan uary 1. One year our Unted States Steel common was selling at17 , today Is quoted at 21. ! At that time St. Paul ralliond stock was worth 181 , or 81 points above par ; It Is now finding a slow sale at ! )7. ) Missouri Pacific has ilroppcd from 91 to 51 , and Union Pa cific common from 181 ( o 107. This last named stock touched par last week. Heading railroad stock him Iropped from MO to 77 , New York Cen tral fiom 128 to 91 , Pennsylvania Rail road from lit ! ) to 10i. ( American Smelt ing and Refining Htock , supposed to he one of the best buys In the market one year ngo , has dropped fiom IfiK to 80. In the Corn Belt. Over against this record of loss anil disaster Is the bright contrast In the prices for all kinds of agricultural pro ducts. The farmers of the corn belt nnd of the cotton fields In the south hold the prosperity of the counlry In in their hands. They are supplying the wheat , corn , oals , colton and llvo stock that is turning the tldo of gold from Europe money centers lo Ibis country. For nn average crop of grain our farmers are receiving from 10 lo 20 per cent more than average prices. One year ngo cash wheat In Chicago was quoted at 75 cents , cash corn at 13 cents , and oats at 33 cents. Today , after the slump in prices , caused by the ( lurry In Wall street , cash wheat In Chicago is worth 95 cents , or 20 cents per bushel more than last year , when our prosperity was at high tide. Cash corn In Chicago ! s today worth 55 cents per bushel and oats are worth id cents. Corn , wheat and oats are worth more on the farm today than In Chicago one year ngo. Grain is worth almost as much ns before the panic in Wall slrcet. When the price of grain dropped from Its high point three weeks ago , the farmers of Nebraska and other western stales quit selling. They didn't need the money , and they knew the price would como hack. Anolher Indication of the prosperity of western farmers Is found In the prices now being paid for all kinds of pure bred live stock. Public sales o horses , catlle and hogs have been as good or belter than last year. George Brlggs & Son of Clay Center , Neb. , held a public sale of pure bred Duroc- Jersey hogs on November 8. A year ling sow sold for $500 and a G-months- old pig brought $ -105. Twenty-nlno head brought $ -1,567.50 , or an average of $158.20 each. The Flynn Farm com pany of Dos Moines , Iowa , held a pub lic sale of Shorthorn cattle on Novem ber 7 , and realized $13-100 on forty- seven head , an average of $285.10 each. A number of animals in this sale brought more than $500 each. On No vember 8 , N. A. Lind of Rolfe , Iowa , sold fifty-six head of Shorthorn cnttlo at public auction for $13,950 , an av erage of $219.10. The buyers at these sales were farmers from lown , Illinois , Nebraska , Missouri , Minnesota and Michigan. Kansas and Missouri farm ers have been liberal buyers of pure bred stock nt recent public sales. William WIngato of Trenton , Mo. , paid $ -1,250 for a Polnnd-Chlna hog to head his herd , and nt the same tlmo T. M. Chambers of Oswego , Kan. , at tended a public sale of Poland-China hogs of the Goodrich Stock farm , El- don , Mo. , nnd paid $5,125 for one hog , the record price of that breed. On June 19 , 190G , Howell Reese of Pllger , Nob. , paid K500 for Choice Goods , a noted Shorthorn bull. At the recent American Royal Live Slock show In Kansas Clly , a bull calf , sired by Choice Goods , won Iho championship. It is reported that Mr. Reese has slnco- refused $10,000 for this calf. Western Farmers Have Money. These fancy prices for Individual an imals are exceptional , but hundreds of nubile sales have been held In the west Jlnce the panic began and in nearly every Instance good prices have prevailed. That western farmers have confi dence In their own resources Is Indi cated by the advertising columns of loading farm papers. Ono such publi cation has already claimed dates for 200 public sales of llvo stock , most of them to bo held within the next ninety days. Officers of Odd Fellows. Norfolk Odd Fellows have elected the following officers for the coming year lo bo Installed by Norfolk ledge No.1C on the occasion of the first meeting In January : John Kuhl , noble grand ; L. M. Ogden , vice grand ; E. R. Hayes , secretary ; John Osterllng , treasurer ; S. D. Roberlson and C. E. Doughty , trustees. Class Party. Norfolk high school seniors were entertained Friday evening by Miss Verna Coryell nt n class party. The I party was ono of a sorlcs of class par-
