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IT I UK NOtttfOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL KKIDAY. JULY 31 I ) ( ) H V DEATH OF FRED DEAN , FARM HAND , CAUSED DY DOIL. WORKED ON FARM NEAR PIERCE Victim Was a Popular Young Man , Only Twenty Yean Old Thought Nothing of Trouble Until Friday , When a Doctor Was Called. IMorce , Nub. , July 27. Special to The News : Fred Dean , who him boon working on a farm ncnr Pierce , IB ( lend as the. result of a boll. A Htniill boll npponred on his cheek nbtnit a week ago. The young ninn thought nothing of tliu trouble until lust Friday , when he culled a doctor. It WIIB found 111 at blood poisoning bud Hut In. Tlie young man was about twenty years old , WIIH well llkod and was a brother of Mrs. Hurt Miller and Mrs. L. U. Hurturt of Pierce. THE STORM IN DROWN COUNTY. O. L. Spires of Near Alnsworth Lost Two Cows , Two Calves and Horse. Alnsworth , Neb. , July 27. Special to The News : During the storm Sat urday evening O. L. Spires , living some eight miles northwest of Alns worth , lost two cows , two calves-'rfnd ono horse by lightning. Mr. Splros has had an unusual lot of hard slid- ding slnco ho came here. Ills neigh , bors aru circulating a paper to hulp , him get on his feet again. A soaking rain came Saturday night , giving Ilrown county the big- , gust wetting It has had this season. The precipitation was two and one- quarter Inches at the government station In Alnsworth. It came moat opportunely , as In some Instances the crops were beginning to show the need of rain. Financial Trouble the Cause. Dallas , S. D. , July 27. Special to The News : Financial reverses Is thought to bo the cause of the suicide of Charles Jarcbow , who In a spell of despondency shot himself In the right temple. At Work in the Oat Fields. Pierce , Neb. . July 27. Special to The News : Fanners have finished harvesting winter wheat and now arc In the oat fields. Reports are that the winter wheat is .averaging about twenty bushels while oats are only a trlllo better than last year. This Is owing to poor seed duo to the fact that oats were light last year. ENDS SUCCESSFUL TOUR Valentine Defeats Crawford 3 to 1 In Great Game Other Contests. Valentine , Neb. , July 27. Special to The News : The Valentine base ball team returned homo Saturday morning from a weeks' tour of ball playing with the towns west of bore. They played six games , winning four and playing a draw six-inning game which was called on account of rain. The following Is the schedule games and score : July IS , Crawford 10 , Valentino 10. Six innings on account of rain. July 10 , Valentino S , Alliance 3 July 10 , Valentino 7 , Alliance 3. Double header was played at Alli ance. July 21 , Valentine 4 , Chadron 1. July 22 , Crawford 7 , Valnntlne 4. The last game , on July 24 , was played at Cbndron between Valentine and Crawford. A big purse was up on this game and side bets amount Ing to nearly a $1,000 changed hands on the result which was 3 to 1 In the tourlsts's favor. About fifty fans wen' , up from hero and ono of the largest crowds of the season witnessed the exhibition , all the towns along the line being represented. It was the fastest game played this season and was declared to equal any league game. Two umpires , Outhauk and Metzlcr , umpired the game. A big ovation was given the home team when they returned on the pas senger Saturday morning. STRUCK BYJHE TRAIN Asleep on the Cattle Guards , Tramp Was Injured Near Norfolk. No , he wasn't aslcop at the switch , though the results would have been hardly less disastrous to the tramp who was asleep on the cattle guards at the first Northwestern crossing east of Norfolk when No. 39 went by about 5:30 : a. in. The engine struck the tramp , sleep ing peacefully on the cattle guards , and threw him some distance to one side. Although no bones wore broken the man received several bad cuts and was Injured. He was brought to Norfolk and his wounds attended to by Dr. Frank Salter. The man was looking for work Ir the harvest fields. Daughter of Late J. C. Morey Weds , Pierce , Neb. , July 27. Special to The News : Miss Leona Morey of this place and Alfred Sager of Genoa , Neb. were united In marriage hero last Saturday In the parlors of the Morey hotel. Rev. Mr. Ellowood of the Con gregatlonal church performed the ceremony. The wedding was a sur prlso to the many friends of the con trading parties. The bride Is the estimable daughter of the late J. C Morey and a lady of considerable mus leal ability as well as being popular In society. The groom comes from a good family of Genoa and after spend Ing Koine time on a ranch In South Dakota will reside at Genoa. STRUCK AT MADISON. Lightning Tore Out Part of Founda tion In George Davenport's Home , Lightning Saturday night struck the residence of Oeorgu Davenport In Madison , tearing out part of the foun dation. The occupants of the house were more or less frightened and stunned by the shock but escaped In jury. FATHER OF MRS. SARAH COTTON WAS SOUTHERN ABOLITIONIST. VISITING SON IN AINSWORTH Mrs. Sarah Morgan Cotton , the Mother of John M. Cotton of the Alnsworth Star-Journal , Has Interesting Con nections With the Past. Alnsworth , Nob. , July 27. Special to The News : Mrs. Sarah Morgan Cotton of Lincoln Is visiting b"r son , John Morgan Cotton of the Star-Jour nal. Mrs. Cotton will bo eighty-five years old next December , but aside from a lame hip and n tinge of rheu matism she would easily pass for ten or fifteen years younger. Mrs. Cotton Is a daughter of Cap tain John Morgan of the war of 1812. ' commanded a company In Colonel Dick Johnson's regiment during that war and assisted In the capture of the 'noted Indian chief , Tecumseh. Her father was something of a curiosity in his day , or at least ho developed Into one. Alter the close of the war of 1812 ho settled down on his plan tation in south central Kentucky and prepared to enjoy life after the true oiithern style of those days let the negroes do the work and the whites ilay ladles and gentlemen. But alter time he.became convinced that slav- ry was wrong , and moved with his negroes to Indiana where ho gave all heir freedom and assisted them In getting land. He lived nn ardent abe itlonlst the the balance of bis days. As ho was an uncle to General John Morgan , known to the history of the | .var . of the rebellion as "John Morgan , ho Raider , " this will seem a little add. Mrs. Cotton remembers a visit hat her cousin John made to them before the war and of the very violent discussion that her father had with ilm on the subject of slavery and vindred topics. , South Dakota News. Members of the state auctioneers' association will meet at Mitchell Tuesday. The will of the late J. M. Greene | contained a provision leaving $5,000 'or the benefit of widows and orphans ) f Brule county. Gov. Crawford appointed delegates o attend the national prison congress n Richmond. Glenn Meeker , aged fifteen , dlsap- > eared suddenly from the homo of his mrents In Klngsburry county. Riley Hearing is Delayed. Bonesteel , S. D. , July 27. Another lostponemcnt of the preliminary hear ing ofV. . A. Riley , charged with the murder of J. E. Ritts , Burke , S. D. , was made. It was to have been held jefore Judge Biggins last week , but on account of the Inability of the 1m .lortant witness for the state to be. iresent a continuance was granted | intll today. P. J. Donohue , state's at torney , and \V. J. Hooper of this city will be the prosecutors , and W. B Bacus of this city , also will appear for the defense. The feeling in this county is so bit ter against Riley that It is not at al ! unlikely that the attorney for the defense fense , in case his client Is bound over to the circuit court , will endeavor to make a showing that a fair and Im partial trial cannot be secured here and will ask that a change to some other county in this judicial circuit be granted when the case is called. Riley Is in the custody of the sheriff iff at Fairfax. STAGE DRIVERBREAKS LEG _ Rosebud Stage Driver , Runaway Vic tlm , Found on Road by a Doctor. Valentine , Neb. , July 28. Specla to The News : Dave George , mall car rier and stage driver on the stage line between here and the Rosebud agency , broke his leg in a runaway while returning from Rosebud yester day. The accident occurred about ten miles from the agency and was caused by a singletree breaking which scared the horses Into a run George hung on to the lines till he was thrown from the coach. The fall broke his leg , ono of the bones protruding through the flesh In this painful condition he lay on on the prairie for a half hour. He was found by Dr. Compton and Wll Shepard of this city , about 11 o'clocl while the doctor was returning fron a sick call on the reservation. Thi doctor Immediately set the man1 ! leg , put him in the buggy and carried him to the half way house. Ther ho again set the fractured limb. It was fortunate for George tlm he sustained no other injuries an that ho was found by Dr. Compton The Earthquake. Concerning the recent earthquake the Nlobrara Tribune says : The dls tinct earthquake shock was fcl throughout Knox county , passlnf from the southeast to the northwest It shook things up considerably her in town , but no damage was done. i RAILROAD EMPLOYES WILL START NEW ORGANIZATION. PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION" Branch of the New State Organization of Railroad Employes Will Be Started Here Next Sunday To Keep Men Posted on Politics. Railroad men of the Norfolk division .vlll bold a mats meeting In railroad mil at Norfolk Junction to organlr.o n local branch of the Nebraska rail- oad men's protective association , a soml political organization of railroad 'Illplo.U'E. , . The puiopFo of the new organlza- Ion ! , which originated In a movement which first appeared along the main IHO of the Northwestern , lu to keep ho railroad men posted on local and state politics and to look up the rec ords of various candidates. Railroad I " nen say that the new organization | las no relation to national politics. We propose to keep etoso tab on rarlous candidates to see that they : ire not hostile to the Interests of the railroad working man , ' " said one Nor- 'oik railroad man today. The Sunday mass meeting has been railed at 3 o'clock. The local tailroad men secured an nformal organization before the state ociety was started. They will now maintain a definite organization. TUESDAY TOPICS. Mrs. F. Schulz of Pierce was In the city Monday. George N. Beels wont to Plalnvlew his morn Ing. Mrs. L. B. Musselman was in Madi son yesterday. Ray Estabrook has returned from South Dakota. Dr. J. C. Myers was In Pierce Mon- : lay on business. Joseph Gratton of Stanton was In he city Monday. Dan Foley of Brlstow was In the city last evening. Harry Miller of Stanton drove to the city yesterday. A. N. Anthes went to Pierce this norning on business. Judge Douglas Cones was In the city Monday evening. Mrs. Frank HIrsch and daughter went to Omaha Tuesday morning. Adam Pilfer and Albert Pllgor of Stanton were In the city yesterday. | Former City Superintendent E. J. Bodwell was In the city Monday on business. Superintendent Perdue of Madison was In the city last evening on his way to Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dnrland of Plain- view were the guests of C. B. Durland and family last evening. Dr. P. H .Salter went to Omaha at noon. Gtis Nltz went to Omaha Tuesday noon . to undergo an operation upon his eye. Miss Anna Leu went to Pierce Tues day morning. Mrs. J. D. Gill returned from Anoka at noon. T. G. Hight and family went to Omaha at noon. Mrs. G .T. Sprecher went to Stan ton Tuesday noon. Robert Smiley of Omaha Is In the city visiting relatives. Marcus Reynolds returned from Battle Creek at noon to play ball. , Miss Nellie Hyde has returned from a short visit at Dunlap , la. The Walthlll Indian baseball team arrived at noon from West Point. Ed Warner , cashier of the Decatur National bank , was the guest of J. E. Haase Monday night. Mrs. C. F. Davis returned Monday from Council Bluffs , where she has been visiting relatives. M. C. Fraser and family returned Tuesday noon from Long Pine , where they have sp nt two weeks camping. Miss Margaret Klentz returned from Fort Leavenworth , .Kan. , where she has been nursing for several weeks. R. M. Waddell of Phillips. S. D. , arrived at noon to spend the day with his brother-in-law , W. J. Weatherholt. The Stanton club of the German Saengerfest passed through the June tlon at noon on their return from the convention at LaCrosse , WIs. Mrs. Irvln Gerecke and daughter , Miss Gertrude , of Fremont arrived last evening to visit Mrs. J. A. Mullen for a few days. Miss Marie Boomer of Lincoln and Floyd Beemer , her cousin from Pennsylvania , are visiting at the. home of C. E. Burnham. Miss Beatrice Albert and Mrs. W. Thorn of Chlckasha , Okla. , arrived in the city last evening and will be the guests of Mrs. August Korth for a few days. County Su/perintendent / Perdue of j Madison and Superintendent E. J. Bodwell of Beatrice spent Tuesday in Fremont inspecting the Fremont nor mal In their capacity of members of the state examining board. Among the day's out of town vlsl- ( tors In Norfolk were : Deputy Sheriff W. C. Elly , Madison ; Miss Fay Rath- , bun , Spencer ; F. Lewis , Lincoln ; F. , E. Gray , Plalnvlew ; J. E. Baker , Spcn cer ; C. Stewart , Platte Center ; F. S Perdue , Madison ; Miss Boyd , Nellgh. Miss Freda Korth is on ( ho sick ( , list. J Mr. Zook Is building a cottage at the Junction. . Mrs. R. Ingles is taking her vaca tion this week from the Beeler store W. F. White of Croighton , a private of the Third U. S. cavalry , is In the city visiting friends. I ] The library board will hold a meet-1 < Ing at ; i o'clock Tuesday afternoon In the olllco of Jack Koonlgsteln. I tlS S H. Carney met with a mishap Sunday while Hshlng along the ImtikH olt the Elkhorn. He was attempting o pull out a Hah when bo lost his 'ootlng and slipped Into the river , A'hlch was eight feet deep. Fortu " nately ' ' he was near the bank and uas- ly drew himself out of the water receiving nothing but a good duck- u g. Stuart Atlvocatao : Mrs. Atta Ban ner of South Omaha , shot and killed | ! ner ' husband's brother , Fred Banner , n front of Fernland's cigar store In : ) maha , the first of last week. Mrs. lanner was formerly a Mrs. King , and before that a Miss Hudspeth , sis- er of Rosa Hudspeth , who formerly Milled the Stuart Ledger , and Is a sister of Mrs. Smith , wife of the Newport hardware merchant. T. E. Parmelce of Plattsmouth , iresldent of the Independent tele phone construction company , C. A. lllhoy' a director of the Independent Construction Company , and C. H. Smith , secretary of the New State line company of Sioux City and general manager of the Independent elephonc line of Omaha , nre In the city this week superintending the con struction work of running long ( Us ance lines to Norfolk. The doors of the primary law swing shut on candidates at the end of the iresent week , It being necessary for nil candidates who desire to get their mines on the primary tickets to have -heir nomination papers filed by Sat- inlay. Among the candidates well icnown in this section who had filed ; it Lincoln with the secretary of state up to this week are : E. O. Gar- ett , Fremont , Democrat , lieutenant governor ; L. B. Brian , Albion , He-pub- lean , state treasurer ; J. A. Williams , 'lerce , Republican , railroad commis . sioner . ; J. A. Van Wagonen , Pierce , lepubllcan , railroad commissioner ; M. F. Harrington , O'Neill , Democrat- Populist , elector ; J. F. Boyd , Repub- lean , congress , third district ; Edgar Howard , Democrat , third district , con- jress ; J. P. Latta , Tckamah , Demo crat , congress , third district ; M. P. KInkaid , O'Neill , Republican , con- ; ress , sixth district ; William Westll : > ver , White Clay , Democrat , congress , sixth district ; George W. Wlltso , Ran- lolph , Republican , slate senator , 3lghlh district ; G. L. Wood , Ponca , Republican , state senator , eighth dis trict ; S. D. Thornton , Nellgb , Repub- lean , state senator , ninth district ; J. | D. Hatfleld , Nellgh , Democrat-Popu list , state senator , ninth district ; R. S. Rising , Alnsworth , Republican , state senator , fourteenth district ; E. L. Myers , Newport , Republican. | state senator , fourteenth district ; Thomas N. Galbralth , Butte , Repub lican , state representative , twentieth district ; E. P. Skillman , Ainsworth , Republican , state representative , fifty- first district ; H. M. Duval , Spring- view , Republican , state rcprescnta- | tive , fifty-second district. Central Christian Advocate : This is the closing year for Dr. Thomas Blthell , presiding elder of the Ncligh district. Dr. Blthell does not claim all the credit for the Improvements made during the past five and a half years , but gladly accords pastor and people whatever Is due them in this marked advancement made. Notwith standing the necessity of co-operation upon the part of the people for all material and spiritual advancement , It remains a fact that any district In Methodism rises or falls according to Its presiding elder. We would con clude , therefore , for the Improved conditions upon Nellgh district , the presiding elder Is responsible first , then the pastors and their congrega tions. The subject of this paragraph Is in heart-touch with the charges of his district , and the churches , small and great , recognize him as a brother. On Nellgh district during the past six years eleven churches have been built and remodeled at a cost of $52- 400 Ten parsonages have been built and remodeled at a cost of $7,900. There have been paid twelve mortgages against church property and floating Indebtedness to the amount of $9,700. During his presiding eldership , Dr. Blthell has received several invitations to accept pastoratcs of prominent churches , but , believing his duty to bo on the district , he has remained loyal to the trust delivered Into his hands nearly six years ago by Bishop Fowler a conference as sociate. RAINFALL WAS UNEVEN. Week's Weather Report Shows Rain to Have Varied Greatly. Lincoln , July 28. The weekly weather bulletin for the week ending July 27 , Issued today , Is as follows : The week was partly cloudy , with mean temperature a little above nor mal t and the total rainfall below nor mal for the state as a whole. The dally mean temperature was between 72 ° and 78 ° . The last two were the warmest days. The first da > s of the week were moderately cool and pleasant. The rainfall was very unevenly dis tributed through the state. In most of the central counties and in some northeastern and western sections , the rainfall was above the normal. In the southeastern counties , and In the. west , as far as the reports received | Indicate , the rainfall was light. Falls | exceeding an Inch were reported from some localities In the central portion on Wednesday. The sunshine averaged about 70 per cent of the possible amount. Ignorance of the stores is ignorance of ono half of life's zest in this town- making you immune to half of its luro. Ignorance of store nda. is ignorance of the stores. NEW BRYAN CLUB , STARTED LAST NIGHT , BOOSTS HIM. SEEKS SENATORIAL NOMINATION Norfolk Democrats , Organizing a "Norfolk Bryan Club" Last Night , Plung Into the Campaign Meet Again Wednesday. The presentation to the public of D. Rees of Norfolk" an a democratic can- . dldato ! for the eleventh district tu'nn- torshlp ' was the first Important act of the hour-old Norfolk Bryan club which was organized last evening by about forty local democrats meeting In the law otllce of H. F. Barnbort. The "Norfolk Bryan club" Is the of ficial label of the new organization. "Bryan and Kern" was urged but the club clung to the peerless leader and would have none of Kern. The new club elected the following ofllcers : John Friday , president ; H. C. Matrau , vice president ; Carl Wilde , secretary ; James A. Read , treasurer. H. F. Barnhart , D. Rees and H. C. Matron were named ns a committee to draw up short by-laws. Rees in the Race. The D. Rees boom Is real , and fol- owlng last night's action Is not ex- J1 iccted , to encounter much opposition , the Norfolk Democrats Imd nssur- nnces from Pierce and Stanton coun ty leaders that Madison county was ixpccteil to furnish the Democratic nominee. About other candidates the Norfolk club was not so certain. Talk which developed was very friendly to M. S. McDuffy of Madison for county at torney. Mr. McDuffy and L. J. Youiu ; of Newman Grove , who Is booking the Democratic nomination for represen tative t ! , were invited to meet the Nor folk Bryan club next Wednesday evening at a meeting which will beheld hold In the Barnhart office. Mr.a Young , especlaly , will bo sounded on the Issues of the campaign. The club started off with an enrolled - rolled membership of thirty last night. A Conference. Yesterday afternoon before the evening meeting of the Bryan club , a conference was held at the Pacific hotel between a number of Democrats representing Stanton and Pierce coun ties and bringing word from Wayne county , which with Madison compose the eleventh senatorial district. It was at this conference that It 'was agreed that Madison county should have the senatorial nomination and that the candidacy of D. Rees of Nor folk should be viewed with favor. A vote taken was unanimous for Mr. Rees. REVOLT AGAINST COUNCIL. Stanley county Prisoners Can't Stand Council Sessions. Sioux Falls , S. D. , July 28. Special to The News : A protest of a decidedly unique character has been filed with Sheriff Huston , of Stanley county , by prisoners In the county jail , the pro test being directed against the megaphone voices of the members of the city council of Fort Pierre. The city and county jointly own a public building , which servos for city and county purposes. In the base ment of the building is the county jail , while the council chamber Is situated on the second floor. The prisoners In the jail allege that the members of the city council arc accus tomed to argue so loudly that the un seemly disturbance of the city fathers , carried on late Into the night , pre vents them sleeping and securing the rest to which they claim they arc en titled. The prisoners further say they are willing to accept any sentence that the law and the court may impose , but that they should not bo called upon to listen to a session of the city council and thus bo kept awake far Into the night. They declare that res idents of the vicinity of the Jail can make their escape when a session ' of the city council Is about to bo held , but that prisoners In the jail have to submit to hearing the racket , which they describe as being simply bloodcurdling - curdling at times , > when the city fathers become excited and "turn loose" on each other while arguing some feature of the city government. The prisoners claim they have been worn out by loss of sleep because of the angry arguments and loud voices of the councllmen , and make the modest ' request of the sheriff that the city council be compelled to seek quar ters elsewhere and In future hold their meetings In some other and more re mote portion of the town. In the event that the sheriff re fuses to take the necessary action they threaten to take an appeal to the board of county commissioners. They say a helpless prisoner should not ho compelled to listen to the coun- oilmen when they arc In "full blast' simply because the prisoner has com mltted murder or larceny or other public offense. GETS NORTHWESTERN MAN. Difficult Job In California Taken By W. H. Whalen. San Francisco Chronicle : The Southern Pacific has finally selected a new superintendent to take charge of f the Shasta division , which includes 270 ) miles of mounaln country lines from i Red Bluff to Ashland , In Oregon , with the new line now building from Weed , In Shasta county , to Kalmath Falls In Oregon , and already within about twenty miles of Ha objective point . W. H. Whalen is the man chosen I for this post Ho left San FranclBco lust night to go direct to Duiismulr , the division headquarters , and there tii : o charge of the work. Superintendent Wbaleii Is an east rii Importation , having been brought nit especially to take this position. For the last six > oars he has been superintendent of the Iowa division | > f the Chicago and Northwestern allroad i with which he has seen con " tinuum service In both the mechanical " mil transportation departments dur- tig the last twentyMixears. . Ho Is nbout forty-llvo years of age. He began as a locomotive fireman , [ H'camo ' a freight engineer , then a pas senger engineer and finally a division superintendent. Ho Is a married man with a family , and has a son and laughter now at school In the east , nit soon to Join the family here In California. The Shasta divisions , tlu > newest , of he newest of the Southern Pacific' illvlslotis , comprises the two up- Touches to the climb over the Sis- klyou mountains , and has the most illlllcult grades of all the Southern aclllc districts , the climb extending reo per cent. To keep the way clear , the rolling stock In condition , to nandle the business over the mount- nin , and to bo prepared for the win- tor's snowslldes and heavy storms ire some of the tasks that fall to the esponslblllty of the Shasta division superintendent. Railroad Notes. Gregory Advocate : J. F. Sherman , ment for the Northwestern at this ilaco , received the sad word that his on at Omaha had died of typhoid fovor. Mr. Sherman left for Omaha at > MCO. I Chatlron Journal : Dr. C. G. El- nero has been appointed district sur geon for the C. , & N. W. The dls- rlct extends from Cody , Nob. , to L.usk , Wyo. The doctor was the local iiirgoon and this appointment Is a pro- notion for him. ' The line of the Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway company Is ox- ! lected ' to bo opened from Sioux City o Butte , Mont. , this week. The Mil waukee . bridge across the Blacktall , river . , In Montana has boon completed. The final cost of the Pacific coast cx- . eiislon will bo $77,000,000 , or $5,000- 000 more than the original estimate. This addition Is due to a change of onto which has made a considerably | ewer grade. GOVERNOR SHELDON WILL AT TEND THE SPENCER FAIR. JUNKIN WILL ALSO BE THERE ) Spencer Will Have Two State Officials as Fair Guests County Attorney Saves Boyd County Half a Thous and. Spencer , Nob. , July 28. From a staff correspondentGovernor : Sheldon and Secretary of State Jiinkin , will be In Spencer August 27 as features ) f the fair. County Attorney Me- Ciitchan , who just returned from Lincoln , secured these promises. Howard Ware of this place has been appointed stock Inspector for Boyd county. It will be his duty to examine all stock going through the country and to condemn diseased ani mals. Ho will receive $1 per car. In getting Harm Dickinson into the penitentiary for .safe keeping , County Attorney McCutchan has saved Boyd county probably $550. It waa costing $4 a day to look after him , and his trial Is about 150 days away. LYNCH ISJJEALTHY Few Towns Have Made More Substan tial Progress In Last Few Years. Lynch , Neb. , July 28. From a staff correspondent : Few towns in the , state can show greater or more substantial Improvement during the past feow years than Lynch. New brick buildings , cement walks every where , a now brick schoolhouse , a new city water plant , are among the , many material changes for the bettor. Lynch looks substantial and healthy. The farmers around bore arc de cidedly prosperous , and this year's crop Is a bumper. SPENCER SHOWS IMPROVEMENT New Buildings Going Up Whizzing "Autos" Tell of Prosperity. Spencer , Neb. , July 28. From n staff correspondent : Spencer has shown very great Improvement In three years such Improvemeent , In fact , that ono would scarcely recog nize the town now. A handsome new brick bank building , homo of the First National , adorns a prominent corner. A new hotel has gone up. Residences arc building , automobiles whiz along the street , a handsome now brick school house Is a decided ornament. Back of all this stands out conspic uously the prosperity of Boyd county farms. Sunday School Picnic. The Methodist Sunday school will glvo a picnic at Spring Branch two miles north of the city Thursday. All 1 who nre going will meet at the church at 9:30 : a. in. Those having buggies and carriages are requested to take all they can. Carriages will bo pro- vidcd for all. Every one should take I a lunch basket and prepare tor a good time. NORFOLK BASE BALL TEAM WIN& GAME 8 TO 1. INDIANS NEVER HAD LOOK IN Norfolk's Fast Nine , Now Rounding Into Condition , Played Tag Around the Once Feared Walthlll Indian * . A Winning Line-Up. Norfolk S , Wallhlll Indians 1. The Norfolk nine , now HwlngliiB Into a winning pace which Is apt ( o upset north Nebraska cliamplonnhlp > calculations , ran all around the once i foaieil f ( Wallhlll IndliiiiH at the Nor ' folk ' diamond yesterday. Norfolk faiiH , hundreds' of thorn , saw the game and foil their hearts fill with Joy ' as the scorer chalked off u black defeat for the rod men. Norfolk won I ho "rubber" from the Walthlll Indians before probably the largest attendance of the season. Nor folk ran In four scores In the first In- nliig and from that ( Into on the lndlan were up In the air. Their pitcher did fairly good work hut ho was given no support. "SKeet" Hoffman made the first hit of the game and brought In the first run. Hank made a sensational run ning catch In the second. The Wall- hill right Holder knocked' the hall over center Holder's head In the fourth ' ' giving him two safe bases. Wilson ran around the backstop and popped Into a high foul during the game. Rusk and Klrkland nnido a neat double play apiece. Klrkland was Injured In I lie eighth Inning by being struck on the head by a pitched ball , but ho yta > od In the game to ( lie finish. It was a walkaway and shutout game until the last Inning when ( ho Indians llnod up three men on liases. The man at bat was hit by a pitched ball , allowing the man on third base to come In homo. Score by Innings : Indians 00000000 1 T Norfolk x 8 Norfolk AB. R. H. PO. A. E. South , 31) ) 5 0 0 4 0 0 Hoffman , 2b 2 1 0 2 2 Wilson , c 2 0 0 0 0 Klrkland , p 1 0 2 fi 0 Rusk , ss 1 0 1 I I Haak , if 0 0 1 0 1 Boveo , 11) ) 0 0 0 0 .1 Glissmaii , cf 1000.0 Reynolds , rf Wilde , rf 1 0 0 0 0 Total ; ! r , 8 ] 27 8 7 Waltlilll Indians AB. R.H. PO.A. E riilngwny , ss 5 0 0 2 1 l' ' " "Is. cf ; { o 0 2 0 0 Partridge , Ib G 0 0 S 1 1 Mallory , 3b . ( o 0 1 0 1 Boighn j : , 2b .1 o 0 1 2 1 Hamilton , Ib 1 i o 1 0 0 Walker , c ; ! o 0 7 0 0 F > ut'y. ' rf ; t o 0 0 0 0 Smith , p . ] o 0 1 3 0 . If 4 0 0 1 0 0 Total 30 1 0 21 7 4 Struck out. by Smith 11 , by Kirk- laudO. Two base lilts , Petty. Bases on balls , off Smith 2 , off Klrkland 2. . Hit by pitched balls , by Smith 2 by Kirkland 1. Double plays , RuskBo veo ; Kirkland-South. Time , 1:45. : Umpire , Norton Howe Scorekoepcr , Sam Ersklno. ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT Two Rosebud Men Secure Licenses To Wed the Same Woman. Bonesteol Herald : Clerk of Courts Parish had an unusual expe rience last week In the line of mar riage licenses. Two men made ap plications to marry one and Hie same woman. Mr Parish being fair minded , Issued a license to both. For , ho said , "I thought It well to give them an equal show. " The public is anxiously awaiting news from Carlock stating the name of the lucky winner. More Foot Racing. Chadron Journal : Considerable in terest was aroused Tuesday in a foot race between Roy Caylor of Valentino and Ted Duffy of this city. While Mr. Duffy is considered a fast sprinter Mr. Caylcr proved himself an except ionally fast man , winning the race by a small margin. There were sev eral watches held on the race and some 'claim that Caylcr made the 100 yards In ten seconds flat , but those more conservative put the time at ton and four-fifths. . There Is a move ment afoot to got these two men to gether bore during the fair. TOY CANNON COST $1,300. Henry Knudsen Accepts $1,300 , for Injuries Received the Fourth. Newman Grove Reporter : Henry Knudsen accepted $100 ! from I. W. King as payment In full for the In juries which ho received the * night before the Fourth , from the discharge of a toy canon. It amounts to about $1,000 and medical expenses. Felt at Orchard Also. Orchard News : The Norfolk News contained special dispatches from both Verdlgro nnd Nlobrara stating that distinct enrthquako shocks were felt nt these places on Friday after- noon about three o'clock. At the latter place heavy articles on a cook steve were moved by the slcsmlc force. A number of residents of Orchard report having felt these shocks but did not realize their nature at the time.
