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THE NOHFOLK WEI KLV NEWS- , ) GUI WAI. FRIDAY DKCEiMUhK 11 1 0 WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. J. It. Carter returned last night from Otniiha. I'M Martin of Madison was In Nor folk today. \i. \ H. Pcnnlngton of Stanton was In Norfolk Tuesday. M. C. IIii7.cn wont to MadlHon Wed- noHday morning. 10. P. Olmstod In homo from a busi ness trip to N'oita Plntto. MTH. Frederick and daughter , MHH | Louise , wore In Norfolk from Plain- view. view.Miu Miu A. I'otot-H and HOII , HarrlHon Potots , leave tonight for a visit at Rushvlllo. George N. Bools wan In Omaha to day to attend the opening of thu na tional corn exposition. Rev. J. L. lludhloom IIUH gone to v Alexander , Nob. , to participate in n ten days' scries of meetings. The pulpit at the ItaptlHt church will liu mipplleil next Sunday. J. S. Smith with his family hau moved to 10(5 ( South Fourth street. Tom Hrlco Is recovering from his attack of typhoid fever as fast as could bo expected. Arthur Ward has been troubled with his hip for the past two weeks , being forced to give up work. Mr. and Mrs. C. 13. Hnrnham went to Lincoln yesterday. Mrs. I. A. Lowncs of Verdol has boon visiting her parents In Norfolk. Mrs. A. Severn of Hat tie Creek , who Is suing the town of Battle Creek for heavy damages as the result of a fall , was In Norfolk on her way to Madison. Mr. Hiid Mrs. W. II. IJutterllold were passengers for Omaha yester day. Judge Cones of Pierce passed through the city yesterday enroute to Omaha. Judge J. J. Harrington of O'Neill passed through Norfolk yesterday on his way to a town In the Ozarks. where he goes totake depositions In a legal case. Among the day's out of town visi tors In Norfolk wore : H. K. Fish , Donesteel , S. D. ; A. Zander. Stanton ; II. J. Sinclair , Ilartlngton ; L. Oleson , Burwell ; Frank Cole , Dallas , S. D. ; Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Gorman , Dallas , S. D. ; Mrs. M. Carlson , Bonesteel , S. D. Horn to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bush , a son. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Grove , a son. The Eastern Star will meet tomor row night. Dr. C. W. Hay , pastor of the Meth odist church , delivered his lecture on "The Holy Land" at Coleridge last night. The ladles' aid society of the First Congregational church netted $120.95 as a result of the annual bazaar and church dinner held lu the church par lors last Friday. The young ladies' guild of Trinity church will meet Thursday evening at S o'clock at the homo of Mrs. Joe llight. All members are requested to be present as Important business Is to bo transacted. Sioux City Journal : "Tho Girl and the Gawk" was the bill at the Now Grand theater last evening. It Is a comedy drama in "four acts and forty laughs. " However , it Is not all fun , pathos adding to the Interest of the piece. Will H. Locke plays the part of the gawk and Delia Locke appears as the girl. A meeting of the Norfolk fire de partment , held this evening , will prob ably act on matters connected with the state convention soon to bo held here. here.Richard Richard F. Marwood's verse on "Bryan for the Senate , " which ap peared originally In The News , has been copied by the Springfield Re-pub , llcan , the leading dally paper In Mas sachusetts. Fred Woodruff Is camping on the horseshoe bend of the Elkhorn In a tent with his family. Woodruff farms s In the summer but spends the winter trapping. Pierce Call : F. A. Reed went to Norfolk where he will work out of the general ofllces of the Singer Sewing Machine company. His family will follow him. Mrs. J. Pliant and Mrs. W. A. Kings- ley entertained a party of friends dur ing the afternoon at the Pacific hotel , , many of the guests at the party com ing up from Stanton at noon. Mrs. J. W. Ransom will entertain the ladles aid society of the Methodist chinch on Thursday afternoon , Dec. 10. Mrs. Ransom will bo assisted by Mesdames Demmon and Lough. Norfolk farmers are represented in the competition at the national corn exposition in Omaha. Exhibits of corn and wheat were sent MI rrom here. About 300 pounds of corn Is exhibited from here , while four samples of wheat wore sent to Omaha. Franl ; Tannehlll will bo in Omaha next week in connection with the local exhibit Marriage licenses were Issued 'at Madison Monday by County Judge William Bates to Joseph Edgar Martin - tin of Madison -and Miss Jennie Elizabeth Nylnml of Norfolk , to Carl W. Lindo and Miss Gundn M. Lcscley , both of Newman Grove , and to John F. Blecher and Miss I uira J. Fuller , both of Newman Grove. This Is the season of the poll tax. Chief of Police Peters is making the cash collections and serving poll tax notices for the city. The receipts Is sued are from the city clerk and maybe bo mailed direct to the county treas urer at Madison. Last year consider able confusion arose In Norfolk be cause the man employed by the city council to collect the tax , disregard ed a now law and Issued receipts which the county treasurer would not recognize but which had to bo turned over to the city clerk. Judge E. G. Smith , who is holding circuit court In Fairfax. S. P. , this was tried. The case which excited j them most Interest and occupied the most time nt Tyndall was brought by \ Marie Skogland of Bonosteel against Lee Michel of Springfield , charging the latter with defamation of char acter. According lo A. J. Wllcox of j Gregory , who returned homo by way of Omaha nnd who was one of the at- nltoineys for the plaintiff , the jury was out twenty-four hours , a verdict of $2,125 damages finally being rend ered. The amount asked for being $5,000. Mr. and Mrs. William Hurt/ were called to Omaha yesterday by news of the accidental death of a brothci of Mrs. Burlz. J. 10. Cooper and S. H. Pickering of Lynch aie here looking up offices with a view of opening up a real estate office. Mr. Cooper Is a nephew of George U. Ilodson of the Junction. An Impolite horse , which he was leading to the blacksmith shop yester day afternoon , kicked A. Low , the feed store man , knocking him down In the muddy street. Mr. Low was covered with mud but was not hurt. Judge J. J. Sullivan of Columbus , who last week refused an appointment to the supreme bench of the state , will within the coming month move to Omaha , where he has formed a partnership with J. 10. Halt , a promi nent Omaha lawyer. Judge Sullivan Is an uncle of Mis. G. A. Young of this city. Coming to Norfolk under the im pression that this was a county seat , Otis Hlon of Columbus and Miss Flor ence Theme of Omaha met with dis appointment at the end of their trip. ) Not dlscouiaged , however , they en gaged a carriage and drove overland to Madison , where they expected to be married dining the morning. Mis. Harriott Murphy of Omaha , state food Inspector , will meet with the economic department of the Wo man's club In the parlors of the First Congregational church , on Friday af ternoon at 2:30 : o'clock. She will give a talk on what the commission has done In the past year and will give some simple rules for detecting adul teration in food. The public is invited to the meeting. Officers for the coming year were elected last evening by the Norfolk lodge of the A. O. U. W. W. E. Mullen was elected master workman , succeed ing J. H. Lough who accordingly be came past master workman. Other officers elected were : Ed Conley , foreman ; Lester Parker , overseer ; M. Moolick , recorder ; Chris. L. Anderson , financier ; John Quick , receiver ; Wal ter Ward , guide ; Arthur Daniel , out side watch ; George Knapp , Inside watch. E. A. Bullock was elected trus tee for a three year term. At the regular meeting of the W. R. C. Saturday afternoon the follow ing officers were elected : President , Mrs. Delphla Quick ; senior vice presi dent , Mrs. Emma Morrow ; junior vice president , Mrs. Mary Howe ; treasurer , Mrs. Eva Overockor ; chap lain , Mrs. Ellen Byerly ; secretary , Mrs. J. O. Matrau ; conductor , Mrs. J. Redman ; assistant conductorMrs. . Dlxon ; guard , Mrs. Lucas ; assistant guard , Mrs. Kate Hodsoii ; color bear ers , No. 1 , Mrs. D. Knhn , No. 2 , Mrs. Eliza Dudley , No. 3 , Mrs. King ; No. 4 , Mrs. M. Bondurant ; delegate for convention , Mrs. D. Kuhn ; alternate , Mrs. Eva Overocker. Judge J. B. Barnes left today for his new homo In Lincoln , where the recent supreme court amendment de crees that he shall make bis home as long as ho remains on the supreme bench. Mrs. Barnes will join her husband In Lincoln probably tomor row. Judge Barnes has made his home In Norfolk just twenty years and two months. Now that the operations of the recent amendment are bettor known In Norfolk , the recent act of the people Norfolk voters Included finds a good deal less favor here than It did before election. The enactment requiring Norfolk to give up one of its most valued citizens to Lincoln Is causing a good deal of local criticism. Twenty-two Miles of Walks. Norfolk's cement sidewalks If laid In a straight line would reach from Norfolk to Tllden , from Norfolk to Foster , from Norfolk to Pllger or from Norfolk to within sight of Wayne. City Clerk Harter's sidewalk report , just approved by P. F. Dolan , chair man of the street and alley committee , shows that Norfolk now has 22 miles and 1,105 feet of cement walks and 5 miles and 1,301 feet of brick walks in the city limits. Nothing Indicates more clearly the passing of the brick walk In Norfolk , which Is now entirely prohibited. Board walks are too few In the city to bo listed. The report shows this year's cement record to bo as follows : Walks laid , t miles , 110 feet ; crossings laid , 1,900 feet ; approaches laid , 1.191 feet , cement culverts put In , twenty-four. Sidewalks laid by the city and as sessed to the county treasurer against the pioporty amounted to $2,017.33. Council Proceedings. Council mot In regular session nt 8:13 : p. m. Present , Councllmen Schwenk , Winter , Craven , Degner , Fuesler , Dolan. Absent , Councllmen Kauffman and Hlbbon. The report of the lire Inspectors was read and on motion of Craven , seconded by Fuesler , the report was accepted. Treasurer's report for November was read and on motion of Craven , seconded by Winter , was referred to i the auditing committee. The report of the city clerk was i read and on motion of Degner , seconded ended by Dolan , was accepted , The following bills were reported ; "O. K. " by the auditing committee and on motion of Fiipslnr , spcondort ! iv lOurolm Fire Hose company , $450 ; Norfolk Light & Fuel company , $72 ; Hoffman & Vlele , $2C.IC ; Coleman & South , $3.15 ; Edwards & Bradford Lumber company , $91.1f > ; Huso Pub lishing company , $3 ; Thomas Farage , $5 ; J. KrautfiO ! ) ; Norfolk Electric Light & Power company , $202.00 ; W. H. Livingston , $50 ; H. G. Urueggo- man , $52 15 ; National Meter company , $05 ; A. Peters , $05 , A. Kell , $50 ; No- biaska Telephone company , $3.25 ; Norfolk Long Distant Telephone com pany , $11.75 ; H.Rohwer , $1 ! ) ; F. Pot- run , $0 ; G. W. Lee , $72 ; H. Lee , $33 ; IT. S. Supply company. $31.15 ; Will- Sam King & Company , $9.72 ; F. Uemcl. $18.50 ; F. Klcntz ; $1.50 ; A. Pascwalk. $17.70 ; Matrau { i Willo , ' 1.25 ; Ed Welch , $17.50 ; J. Lindsay , $1. Moved by Dolan , seconded by Schwenk , that city purchase one mat tress , two pillows and four blankets for jail service. Carried. Council adjourned at 0:18 : p. m. Section Foreman Reid Resigns. Dallas , S. D. , Dec. 9. Special to The News : Will Reid , who has been section foreman of this division for nearly two years , yesterday resigned his position with the Northwestern and will return to his home In Nlo- brnrn , Neb. A. J. DURLAND IN NORFOLK. Stops Here for a Week on Way Back From a Trip to New York. A. J. Durland of the Durland Trust company , until this summer president of the Norfolk Commercial club , ar rived In Norfolk yesterday coming from a two months' business visit 'o New York City. Mr. Durland is en- loute back to Seattle and will stop in Norfolk for n week or ten days. After spending the summer In British Columbia , Mr. and Mrs. Dur land removed to Seattle , whore their daughter , Jane , Is attending school. It was his timber interests , which lie has acquired with his nephew , Frank Graham , In British Columbia , which took Mr. Durland to New York. They hold 5,093 acres of timber , amounting to about 200.000,000 feet of timber. It was to dispose of part of this that Mr. Durland went east. Business Changes In the Northwest. The Osborne hotel at Ainsworth has been purchased by John H. Llndale of West Point. The management of the hotel remains the same. R. V. Goodman is to start a new steam laundry in Ainsworth. Cow Jumps Into River. Sioux Falls. , S. D. , Dec. 7. Special to The News : A cow belonging to Walter Mnthwig. a Spink county far mer , deliberately committed suicide and to prevent being lonesome on the journey to the happy hunting grounds of animal kind took two horses with It Mathwig had the cow tied behind his wagon. When a bridge over Tlmbei creek , near his home , was reached the cow became unruly and notwithstand ing that It was tied to the wagon jumped off the bridge Into the water which was quite deep at that point The weight of the cow on the rope which successfully withstood the great strain , was sufficient to drag the wagon and horses after it , and before assistance could be secured the cow and both horses were drowned. The financial loss to Mathwig Is a heavj one. It was only by the greatest agility that the farmer saved his own life , barely escaping from the wagon as it was toppling over the edge of the bridge into the stream. TUESDAY TOPICS. Mrs. John Gildea and daughter , Miss Lizzie Gildea , are home from Hast ings. County Commissioner Burr Taft went to Madison Tuesday noon. J. E. Haase left at noon on n bus ! ness trip to Sioux City. Dr. A. Bear was called to Hadar yesterday. Miss Anna Manske of Plrce is vis Iting in Norfolk. Deputy United States Marshal John F. Sides of Dakota City was In Nor folk today. M. J. Saunders , farm line solicitor for the Nebraska Telephone company Is in Wakefleld. Mr. and Mrs. Tlel and daughter Hattle. of Boomer , are visiting Mrs Charles Schlect. P. F. Sprecher was called to Schuyler by the Illness of his sister Mrs. J. O. Dane. Among the day's out of town visitors In Norfolk were : Charles Morrlssey , Fairfax. S. D. ; J. H. Van Gaasbork , Chicago ; Miss Van Gaasberk , Neligh ; E. G. Barnum , Dallas , S. D. ; Lawrence Thompson , Crelghton ; Fraud Lambert , Wayne ; D. B. Newcomer , Spencer ; L. O. Hizer , Fairfax , S. D. ; Gus HIghton , Primrose ; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Miller , derrick , S. D. The city council meets tonight. Miss May Kleoborger has been on the sick list. Miss Nellie Howard has been quite sick for the past week with quinsy. The A. O. U. W. lodge meets tonight - night for the annual election of of ficers. The county commissioners met In Madison Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The Commercial club directors wore to have met last night but a quorum of directors failed to appear. One case of chicken pox was re ported In the city yesterday , a baby being the first to be taken ill with : the disease. ' Mrs James Montague received a telegram tolling of the death of her father , eGorge Sinclair , in Ontaris , Canada. He was eighty-eight years old. , Charles Hulac has been appointed I I bnnkk eeniirJ n the No rfnlk Nnttnnnl seven below In Fremont Sunday when It dropped to thirteen here. In Sioux lity It .ttiH ten degrees below. A meeting of the West Side Hose o.i.punj is t I. li"l tl'ls evenli. ; at S o'clock In the Firemen's hall. Itn- lortnnt business Is to be transacted uul a large attendance Is deslved. The plledrlvers arc In place and work has started on the now steel jrldge over the Elkhorn on South 'Irst street. Permission has been Hlvon to close the bridge during the icrlod of reconstruction. Judge J. B. Barnes has rented his N'oifolk lesldonco to I. Nightengale. ludgc and Mrs. Barnes will move to -Ineoln the latter part of the week , ludtc Barnes taking up his residence hat In accordance- with the recent supreme court amendment. Mr. Night- ngale will occupy the Barnes property at once. Nothing new has been discovered relative to the man or men who tried lo effect an entrance to the office of the Durland Trust company Friday light. The broken transom has been repaired and the matter will be per mitted to be forgotten. It Is now thought that the Intruder after get ting the transom up was frightened away and did not enter the building. The cold wave has made trouble for the telephone companies through breaks In the toll lines. The sudden ind decided fall In the temperature contracted the wires and where breaks during the summer had been repaired and the lines left too tight , weak spots were found , the wire snap ping under the strain. The Nebraska company yesterday hod trouble men driving through the country la several directions , repairing toll trouble. Election of olllcers by the local Ben Ilur lodge last night resulted as fol lows : Dr. R. C. Simmons , chief ; Mrs. \V. D. McCuno , JuilRo'j Mrs. A. D. Howe , teacher ; Mrs. I. M. Macy , keep er of tribute ; Mrs. M. P. Suiter , scribe ; Mr. Vogt , inside watch ; John Horrioky , outside gate keeper ; Mr. Brashear , captain ; E. A. Amerine , guide. State Manager Way of Lin coln was present at the election and delivered an address. At some time in the near future a class of about thirty will be Initiated Into the lodge. Hungarian Quail In North Nebraska. Otto Pieffer of Gordon , Neb. , reports to Game Warden Carter that they have seven covles of Hungarian par tridges as a result of the thirty-five pairs they planted along the upper Niobrara one year ago , and George D. Golay of Mlnden reports two covles from the two pairs they planted in that locality , writes Sandy Grlswold , the Omaha sporting writer. Bill Francke the old Valentine sportsman , and who was among my callers during the past week , also told me that he was down on the Long Pine a short time ago and flushed a covey of twenty-two lairds. These were from the plant of a'few pairs made by Isaac Mills , who resides on the edge of the Buffalo Flats. This looks very much as If this very valu able game bird was going to thrive In this state , and the various parties most interested are to be congratulated. The Hungarian partridge Is very similar in general construction and plumage to our common Bob White although twice as large and much like the English partridge. He Is a hardy bird and non-migratory , which makes him a much more valuable bin : than either the ringncck or Mongolian pheasants , which have been propagat ed so successfully In Oregon and the coast states. Warden Carter , just a little over a year ago , purchased 248 of these birds from Wenz & McKenzen of Yardly , Pa. , the American agents of Julius Mohr , the great German con tractor for foreign game birds. From the shipment west of the Omaha in voice , but one bird died In transit , am ; the remaining 247 were distributee by the warden among various pur chasers throughout the northwestern part of the state. The fine for killing a Hungarian partridge In this state is just double that assessed for killing any other bird out of season $10 per bird. They are now protected the yeai round. Game Warden Carter also in formed us while here that the wardens of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts had written him with the view of pur chasing a supply of our prairie chick ens pinnated grouse for propagat ing purposes. Pennsylvania wants twelve pairs , for which they are will Ing to pay $00 , while Massachusetts wants a like number at any price While the local warden Is not permit ted to sell these birds , he thinks thai a way will be devised through the state university by which the birds may be trapped and exchanged with the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts authorities. Their Star Number. Concerning the LaDell-Fox concert company which appears as the thin number of the lecture course at the Auditorium Friday ni ht. the Fremont Tribune says : "Next Wednesdaj evening the LaDell-Fox Concert com pany will give the fourth number of the Y. .M. C. A. course of entertain ments. This is expected to bo the star number of tno course. The com pany includes some excellent musical talent. In addition to this there will be excellent readings by Miss Mar ietta LaDell. George Fox will render music on the violin. " LAY FORGOTTEN IN JAIL. Four Days Prisoner Without Warmth or Food. Toes and Fingers Gone. Chamberlain , S. D. , Dec. S. Without warmth or Food for four days In the county Jail , where lie was placed by the city marshal , on a charge of In toxication , and then released with i both hands , both feet and his face so > badly frozen that parts of his fingers flTlfl hlf fnnr ! ln/1 in l.n / - . . . . . . , . ( . I -.1 T. . - go through the balance of his life a cripple. McGlnnls was placed In the jail by order of City Marshal Seiners Sat urday afternoon. November 28. There was no lire In the Jail , though after he had somewhat sobered , he built one from a little kindling and part of a bucket of coal which was In the room. When this was burned out lu > claims that he called for assistance until he was exhausted and benumbed with the cold and then crawled between a couple of old mattresses on the floor of one of the cells. The marshal went to the jail Sunday morning , but claims that he could not find McGlnnls and went away again. The following Wednosdu ) night the narslml had occasion to dump another infortunate In the Jail , and then dis covered McGlnnls in a deplorable con- lltlon , frozen and benumbed from the /.ero weather that had prevailed for four days , and famished for want of something to eat. He was taken to he Merchants hotel and later to the Samaritan hospital where the amputa tions were made. Whether the un fortunate man will live cannot be told it this time. ANNA GOULD FIRES LAWYER. He Was Handling Her Case In Clumsy Fashion , She Thought. Paris , Dec. 9. Princess de Sagan , formerly Miss Anna Gould of Now York , became angry on account of the alleged clumsy manner In which her case was being presented In court and removed Maltrc Clemcnceau. Today at the resumption of the suit In which Count Bon ! do Castellane Is seeking to recover custody of their children , M. Julllmler appeared as chief counsel for the princess. Factory at Butte. The Story Egg Machine Co. , recent ly established at Butte , Is now active ly engaged in the manufacture of egg- packing machines. These machines are designed for stores and produce stations and are the only device of their kind on the market. Electric Lights for Willow Lakes. Sioux Falls , S. D. . Dec. 10. Special to The News : Willow Lakes in the near future will take Its place with the other South Dakota towns which are lighted by electricity. A movement for the formation of a company for the purpose of establishing an electric light system now has been inaugur ated , and as many of the business men have agreed to take stock in the new company it is practically certain thfit in the near future WlliOw Lakes will be provided with this modern Improve ment. REV. JOHN GRAY DEAD. Pioneer Congregational Minister Dies on Homestead Near Naper. Naper , Neb. , Dec. 10. Special to The News : Rev. John Gray , who lived with Ills wife on bis home stead two miles south of Naper , diet ! Monday night from old age and othei complications. Mr. Gray was an old veteran In the Congregational ministry , having preached in the south Platte countrj In the early days of Nebraska when he organized and built severa churches. He organized the Congregationa church at Naper In 1898 , serving at that time as the regular pastor of the Congregational church at Butte. Be coming too old for active work Mr Gray took a homestead near here where he lias lived ever since. His sons and daughters are living In Iowa , Nebraska and California , his daughter , Mrs. Baker from Iowa , being with him when he died. The body was shipped to Sioux Cltj for burial this morning. Rev. John Gray was born and cdu cated in England. At the time of his death he was eighty-six years old "Father Gray , " as he was called , was a faithful minister and a good citizen and will be greatly missed In this com munlty where he was a familiar figure on tne streets of Naper. Masonic Banquet Held at Dallas. Dallas , S. D. , Dec. 9. Special to TheNews : The Ilrst banquet in Dal las given by the Masonic order to which the ladles were Invited was hell Monday evening after the public In stallatlon of officers conducted In their new quarters. The entire second end story of the registration building has been leased and furnished by the Masons for lodge purposes. The Dallas lodge Is the youngest in the state and has thirty-five mem bers. The auxiliary order , the East ern Star , has not yet boon organlzd. After the installation , In which Attorney tornoy Harvey of Le Mars , la. , acted as deputy grand master , over 10 ( Masons and their guests adjourned to the Hotel Dallas , whore a sumptuous five-course banquet was served. With Mayor Rose as toastmaster , a number of subjects wore respondei to : "Woman , " Major ! McLaughlln ; "Man. " Mrs. W. McCann ; "lOastern Star. " Mrs. Butrldk ; "Masonry. " M Coffman ; "The Spirit of Masonry , ' Ople Chambers ; "Twenty-Sevei Years of Masonic Work In South Da kotn , " Captain Carroll. ROOSEVELT STILL HAS NERVE. So Declares His Naturalist Friend and Philosopher , Jbhn Burroughs , Now York. Dec. 8 That there is lit tie chance that President Roosevelt will end his career In the jungle as the victim of a man-eating lion or n charging rhinoceros , Is the belief o his old friend , John Burroughs , poe and naturalist , Mr Burroughs was guest at a gathering of naturalists am gig game hunters in the Campflro if his missing the first shot In a tliht ; ilaco and being killed or Injured by ils prey ? " he was asked. "No. " leplled Burroughs. "I have iftcn thought that under some of the lllllcultles the president eiicounteied u * might break down under the strain , nit I find he has as much nerve as he vcr had. " He added he thought the president ind lost the desire to kill with the ulvancc ofears . , and that ho would unit as a naturlst. Early Morning Fire In Store at Pierce , PIcice , Neb. , Dee. 9. Special to The News : Flro at 5 o'clock this iiornlng , of mvHtorlous origin , dam- iged the general merchandise stock if Moses Abraham to the extent of 3,800 , uoeoidlng lo his statement. Ik < ind Insurance to the extent of $3,200. The building , owned by L. A. Pohl- nail , was said to be damaged to the xtcnt of $150. The furniture and harness slock of lenry Boekelmnii , In the rear of the building , was somewhat damaged. Mr. Abraham's stock was all pretty much scorched and smoked. 'FUNERAL ' TRUST. " Chicago Undertakers Charge People Exhorbltant Prices for Coffins. Chicago , 111. , Dec. 8. Chicago is at he- mercy of the funeral tiust. Grief- stricken relatives are compelled 'o ' pay ocal undertakers exhorbltant prices for caskets prices out of all proportion to ho actual cost of manufacture ac cording to P. J. Hursen , an embalmer , 089 West Madison street. Collins which should sell for $50 , Mr. Hursen declares , often net the under- : akers $25. Incidentally Mr. Hursen ins been taken to task by the Chicago Undertakers' association. His allega tions , printed In the form of "display" [ idvertlboments In dally papers , have succeeded In stirring up MA brother embalmers and a merry war is on. Won These Indian Cases. Dakota City , Neb. , Dec. 8. Four saloon keepers , Alfred Cballle of this place , Chas. Schwartz of Nacora , and Carl Frederickson and Duggan & Hef- fernan of Hubbard , have been fined $50 each , with costs , lor selling liquor to the Indians contrary to the provl slons of the Slocomb law which has been on the statute books for years , but has never been enforced. T. E. Brents and G. A. Porter of Oklahoma , in the employ of the In terior department of the government , were active in securing the arrest and punishment of these offenders , and their action has occasioned some sur prise , many people not appearing to know that there was such a law in force In this state. Concerning theli work , these ofllcials say : "Wo aie two of six special ofllcers appointed by the department of the Interior , and working under a chief located at Salt Lake , Utah , and oin business is to suppress , so far as pos slble , the sale of liquors to Indians , b > prosecuting offenders under the laws of the state of Nebraska. It is an of fense , punishable by a fine of $50 for a licensed saloon keeper In the state of Nebraska to sell Intoxicating liquors to Indians. "We have visited nearly all the towns bordering on Indian reservations in Nebraska and find that nearly al the saloon keepers in these towns have been violating this law with 1m punlty. Many saloon keepers sceme < to be entirely Ignorant of such a law being on the statute book. In nearlj every instance where prosecution was instituted the accused has pleadec guilty and was fined as provided bj law. It is not our Intention to perse cute liquor sellers , but If , after their first arrest and conviction they stll persist In violating the law , no mercj will be shown them by the Unltei States authorities , and In the end 1 will be seen that their license Is re voked , as the law will sustain us It such n move. We have evidence gathered against a number of salooi keepers in different places which have not as yet been brought Into court , bu will be as soon as it Is possible for us to again reach their localities. " Anti-Horse Thieves Coming. The annual convention of the Nortl Nebraska Live Stock Protective asso elation has been called to meet in Nor folk at the city hall at 1:30 : on Tues day , December 29. It will be a dele gate convention to which betweei seventy and eighty delegates will be accredited. Each branch of the asso elation is allowed one delegate for eacli ten members. The Norfolk branch will bo entltlet to fourteen delegates. The meeting to elect these delegates has been callet by President John Krantz at the clt > hall for next Saturday afternoon. The board meeting of the officers of the general nssoclotlon will bo holt In Norfolk on the morning of the con vontlon. The anti-horse thief association has played an Important part in lighting horse stealing In north Nebraska the last two years. But one horse belong ing to a member has been stolen Within a few days tha horse had beei returned and the thief taken to the htato prlhon at Lincoln. The assoela tlon has over 700 members. Elks' Social Session Thursday. All Elks and their Indies are requested quested to bear In mind the social sos slon on Thursday evening. Cards dancing and a light lunch. FIVE DAMAGE SUITS IN A ROW Heavy List of Damage Claims Before Madison District Court Jury. Five damage suits In a string ap pear on the jury docket at Madison These cases will go before the Jurj one after the other. In addition BOV GOOD HOME RfcOiPE , Mix this Simple , Helpful Reclpo nt Home and Try It , Anyway. Got f i din aiij prescript Inn plmrmii- cist the follow Ing : Fluid extract dandelion , one half ounce ; compound Kurgon. aiio nitiiuu : compound syiup sarnafarlla | , , throu ouncos. Shako well In a bottle and taku n tiMiHpooiiful dose after each meal nnd at bedtime. The above Is considered as tlu > motit certain proscription over written lo rollovo backache , kidney trouble , weak bladder and all forms of uri nary dlllleiillloH. This mlxturo acts promptly on the ollmlnatlvo tlmuiuu of the kldnojH. onalillng them to llllor and strain the uric acid and otlmr waste matter from the blood which causes rheumatism. Some persons who suffer with the if dictions may not fool Inollnexl to dace such confidence In this tdmplo nixluro , yet these who have tried It ay ( lie results are simply surprlHln . ho relief being effected without the illglitest injury to the stomach or it her organs. Mix some and give It a trial. It lertalnly comes highly rocommoiidou . I Is the pioscrlptlon of an eminent nithorlty , whose entire reputation , it s said , was established by It. A druggHt Iliero > at homo , when iskod , slated that lie could olthor HUJI- tl.v tlio Ingredients or mix the pre scription for our readers , also rocoin- nend It as harmless. Miffy against Fred Schoorger , nsklntf 'or some $1,000'on ' the giounds of also Imprisonment. Then thereIs a sidewalk case igalnst Battle Crook nnd two ngalu.st \orfolk. The case of C. M. Thompson , of al. igalnst P. G. Cooper et al. Is a dam- ge suit for some $1,500 for alleged nlsropresontatlon. Notice to Creditors. Pho State of Nebraska , ) Madison County , \ ss. tn the Matter of the Estate of Jose- phlno Durland , Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons having claims and demands against losephine Durland , late of said Madi son county , deceased , that the tlmw fixed for filing claims against said estate Is six months from the Ifith day of December. 1908. All such per sons are required to present their claims witli the vouchers to the county judge of said county at his office In. the city of Madison , in said Madison , county , on or before the loth da > oL' Tune , 1900 , and that all claims so llleol will bo heard before said judge on the 10th day of June , 1909 , at one o'clock p. m. . Charles B. Duriinid , Gilbert F. Durland , Andrew J. Durland and Burl Mapes are the executors of tha estate. It Is further ordered that notice to ; tll persons interested In said oMata be 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 to said day of hearing. Witness my hand and seal this 8tli day of December , A. D. 1908. Wm. Bates , [ Seal. ] County Judgo. . Advertisement for BIdsr. Notice is hereby given that soaloC , ( bids nil : be leceived at tha oHlce of the county clerk of Madison Bounty , Nebraska , on or before the first day of January , 1909 , for the furnishing ot books , blanks and stationery for tho- year following the first day of Janr uary , 1909. Following Is a statement of tfio piobable gross number of each Item of books , blanks and stationery that will be required during said year. Books. Six 8-qulre records , four 700-pago McMillan records , one treasurer's cash book , one treasurer's warrant book , three tax lists , 8,000 tax re ceipts. 72 name tabs , 312 poll books , 100 poll book envelopes , 100 ballot sacks , 29 assessment schedule bind ers , four canvas covers for records. Blanks. Legal blanks as follows : 1,000 $ W x28 , 3,500 8'X.xl-l , 4,000 Sy.x7 , 1 000 8 x3' , 2,000 7x3 ; envelop'es : 2,000 No. 11 , 9,000 No. CM10,000 No 10 , 1,000 No. 9. 9,000 letter heads , 3,000 memo heads , 2,000 postal cards , -1,000 delinquent tax notices , 10,000 perfect attendance certificates , 200 bar dock ets , 200 election notices , 7,000 assess ment schedules , 2,000 sheets court re porter paper. Stationery Twelve quarts black ink , six pints red ink , two quarts mucilage , flvo gross lead pencils , twelve gross pens , rubber bands four pounds small , twelve gross assorted , 2,000 blotters , ten reams typewriter paper. , seven steel erasers , eight dozen rubber erasers , eight dozen pencil point pro tectors , twenty-four dozen penhoIderH , one box staple fasteners , four boxes Challenge eyelets , 18 dozen document boxes various sizes , three reams losnl cap , six dozen senate pads , one gross election pencils. Separate bids must bo made on books , blanks , and stationery , all bids must bo made on bidding sheets fur nished on application by the county clerk of Snld court. All supplies must be furnished In accordance with specifications on file In the olllce of the county clerk. All supplies are to be furnished as ordered Bids must bo marked , bids for "Blanks " " " " , "Books" or "Stationery , " as the case may be. and addressed to the county clerk of Madison county , Nebraska. Each bid must bo accom panied by a certified chock payable to the county clerk In the sum of $25.00 as a guarantee that the bidder will enter Into a contract and furnish bond If contract I awarded him. The suc cessful bidders will bo required to fur nish n good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of their contract The county commissioners reserve thci right to reject any and nil bids Bids will be opened according to the re quirements of the law at the first i"PCi' ' ' " { ? ° f U' ' ° county l)0art1' ) January