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TIIKNOltPOUt WKEKIjYNEWS-JOUHNAjKHIIiAY ] DECtiMIIKIt IS I'JOS The Cnuse of Pure Food. Norfolk oluli women yeHtertloy nf- tornoon wuru told how to spot adul terated goodH. They were IIHO | told what the state food cotiitnlHHlon IIIIH ilotio during UK. ' pant your In the In- tcri'Ht of pure food mid correct meas ures. And tlmy were urged to HBO tliflr Inllnoncu In favor of a further uxtciiHlon and nerfectlon of the law. Mi'8. Harriet MeMurphy , Htato food InspBctor. delivered a pure food tulk nnilor the nuspleeH of the household - hold economic department of the Wo- inan'H club In the parlors of the First Congregational church. The mooting /A-JIH well attended. The work accomplished by the Com- inlHHlo > \ during the pant your mid a half . -irmod the basis of MI-H. Mc.Miirphy'B talk. Hho told of the stops which liad been taken against short weights mid false laholH , of the Inspection of dairy iproducts , of cream and milk , of meat markets , of bakeries and grocery Btores. It was quite necessary , she mild , that care lie taken to Impress oil the legislature the necessity of Im- piovlng the present IIIWB and to sec tliat no ground Is lost. She thought It natural that the efforts of women should lie exerted to hotter the pure food law because they were vitally Interested - ' torested In the law , as upon women falls lu largo part the task of select ing the family food. Mrs. McMurphy has been in Norfolk on several previous occasions and has addressed the Woman's club of the city before. She remained In Nor folk until today , going to HartlngUm to deliver a talk there. Next week Mrs. McMurphy is one of the speak ers at the com show In Omaha , ap pearing on the program on "stock day" under the auspices of the South Omaha exchange. She will belie ( lie only woman who will speak , ap pearing on the program with Gov ernor-elect 'Shallenberger. ' Senator Manderson and others. In her address at the corn show Mrs. McMurphy will speak for homo economics , taking up the point of view of a "stock woman" who Is as much interested In the improvements of the present day as men are. .lust as inon have learned the value of the balanced food ration for Ivestock , she will urge on women the duty of studying the subject of food as con nected with the feeding of the family. Norfolk Will Wear Diamonds. Norfolk people arc buying dia monds. That sounds good. Diamonds are a good evidence of prosperity. The diamond sales In Norfolk during ing- the month of December will amount up to several thousand del lars. Up to tills time the diamond sales In one Norfolk jewelry store have been just twice what they were during the same period last year. And another store lias found Us heaviest diamond sale in' fifteen years. The diamond limit in Norfolk has been about $1575. Few stones sell above $250 , and the bulk of the sales come between $75 and $150. Some stones , are bought as low as $15 and $18. $18.The The sale of diamonds in this city throughout the year has shown a regular Increase of the diamond busi ness of 1907. And a surprising num ber of stones are going over the coun ters this Christmas. It hasn't been the work of Cupid al together though a number of Norfolk girls are wearing diamonds on a cer tain linger. Diamonds have so far represented a safe and oven profitable Investment. Most of the diamonds bought in Norfolk go as presents to immediate relatives or are bought for private wear. And it would bo surprising , local jewelers say. to know the number of Norfolk women who are saving money to buy diamonds mends for themselves. KELLY NOW "SUPERINTENDENT" Title of Indian Ajjent Changed. Be comes a Civil Service Position. Dallas News : Major Edward H. Kelloy. the U. S. Indian agent at the Rosebud agency , Is no onger the "In dian agent. " for Friday he relin quished that title and hereafter the agency and all other agencies will bo under the charge of a superintendent , and Major Kelly from today will be known as Superintendent Kelly with the title of major. This Is the result of a sweeping or der made by the department under the direction of President Roosevelt , and ( his position will now be under the civil service and not a political otllce as heretofore. The major has qualified and fur nished a new bond under the new or der of things. The order was to take effect December 4th. A Shooting Accident. Fritz Kaul , while hunting .south west of Madison last Sunday , was hit In the corner of the right eye by a stray shot from Fritz Schwank's gun. The shot penetrated about half an Inch under the eye ball. Kaul will not lose his oye. A Letter From Taft. President-elect Taft has written a letter to Miss Frances McGregor , a Madison high school student , thankIng - Ing the young lady for a pen and Ink sketch made from a photograph of the next president. PROUD OF Y. M. C. A. Columbus Proud of Building just Dedi cated and Tells Why. r'olumbus Is proud of having done \\tmt Norfolk Is struggling and hop ing to do , proud of having dedicated a beautiful and adequate Y. M. C. A- building. The Columbus Telegram says' And the people of Columbus have a right to be proud of that magnificent now Y. M , C. A. building , which Is said to reared by the association In any city of like slx < In all the world. The Telegram IB proud of the new building for many reasons. Wo applaud the architectural beauty of It , and are charmed with the arrangement and Hcopo of the appliances for entertain ment of young men , and for the development of brawn as well as brain. Hut over all we are proud of the spirit of fraternity engendered among our business and professional leaders by the building of this new house. It has brought together in the fellowship of a good work for God ami humanity many men who have hitherto beheld n gulf of difference between cjich other. It has brought out the better part In men. It has led thu community to find the good spots In the hearts of men who had hitherto boon regarded as wholly lost to the Interests of humanity , and wo now behold In the light of real philanthro pists some of the leaders In this good cause whom only a little while ago we believed In bondage to a greed for taln ? of gold. It has been said that the prayers of the righteous avail much , hut not much has been said about the prayers of the other fellow , and hence Tile Telegram Is slow to publish a prayer of its own today in behalf of Ibis new house which has boon raised In honor of the Son of God. And yet we dare offer a silent plea that the great God may nhundnntly bless this liulldlng to the use of his children in Columbus , as well as to the stranger within our gates , and that upon the splendid men who have helped with voice and hand and purse lie may be stow all of temporal needs for their comfort here , and the rich reward of perfect peace In the far hereafter. Business Changes In the Northwest. Fred Kaul , the pioneer harness dealer at Madison , has retired , his son , Edward Kaul , taking up the busi ness. Stanton Last Saturday Walter Soil' nenscheln sold his Interest in thn Stock exchange to Fred Horschlag , the firm now being the York & Her- schlag. The William Krotter company of Stuart Is to build a large elevator at Dallas. .lohn Mcllngh , formerly cashier of the State Hank of O'Neill , has been elected president of the Iowa State National bank of Sioux City , one of the largest banking Institutions In the state of Iowa. Mr. Mcllugh has been connected with the Iowa State Na tional since 1901 , having had the po sition of first vice president the past two years. * PLAINVIEW NEWS SOLD. Editor Gunthorpe , Now Baseball Mag nate , Sells to A. B. Schoenauer. .1. F. Guntbrope , who for eight years past has conducted one of the leading weekly newspapers In Nebraska , the Platnvlew News , and who has ranked high himself as a newspaperman both in popularity and business success , has sold his paper to A. B. Schoenauet of Plalnvlew. The new proprietor takes posesslon the first of the year and has engaged L. W. Henry , a former fore man of the plant , to take charge of the business. Mr. Gunthorpe goes to Denver to tke over the manage ment of the western league baseball team there. SUFFOCATED BY GAS. Narrow Escape from Death of Mr. and Mrs. Welderman in Dallas. Overcome by gas fumes Saturday of last week Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Welderman of Dallas , S. D. , lay uncon scious until friends broke into the house Monday afternoon. They had left the store and lamp burning on r tiring. The first woman to approach the house rapped and was able to catch a faint reply from the wife who was lielpess from the slow poisoning she had undergone. Physicians worked ovr the unfortunate couple for many hours before results were apparent. They were then moved to the homes of relatives In the country. North Nebraska Deaths. Mrs. E. A. Keelor died Thursday morning at Nellgh. Mrs. Hebeckah N. Warner , age eighty , died at her homo north of O'Neill. D. C. Morris , who made his homo in Wayne with his children , died Sunday following an attack of paralysis sev eral weeks ago. Rltts' Relatives Prosecute Rlley. Anthon Herald : F. S. Cagley and Hevens Graham arrived In town last Thursday , having come down the Mis souri river in a boat from Platte , S. D. , to Sioux City , thence by rail to Anthon. Mr. Cagley is a cousin of J. E. Ritts , who was brutally mur dered at Burke , S. D. , last summer by a man by the name of Rlley , and was at the scene of the crime a few hours after It wa committed. Ho says they have hired an excellent attorney to prosecute Rlley and that no effort will bo spared to send him to the pen for life. Mr. Ritts was the second man Rlloy had boasted of killing , and his record for crlmo will help much In getting a verdict for n long sent ence. The trial began yesterday. Railroad News. Carroll Index : The employes of the Omaha road met at Emerson for the purpose of making scmie of the necessary steps toward the organiza tion of a protective association. The membership will be restricted to the employes of the Omaha road. The plan Is for the members to pay In monthly one per cent of their earn ings , which will , In case of sickness or accident , entitle them to receive benefits to the amount of their salary. Any employe who is a member of the association who becomes pensioned by the road will receive ns benefits from the association an amount equal to a half of the pension drawn. That such an association Is of great value to the railroad employes Is self ovi- them by the regular companies are almost prohibitive and again the bene fits are not near so great. Wlsner Won at Basket Ball. Stanton , Neb. . Dec. 12. The WIs- nor > ouiig men's basketball team came up and beat the local Company II team , 111 to 113. MARRIED AGAIN. Page Couple Try Second Matrimonial Venture. Divorce Sure Now. Nothing daunted Holly C. Scott and .Miss Martha C. Ames , both of Page , have been married again. They were married by County .Judge Malone at O'Neill. Their last matrimonial venture was In April. AU went well for thirteen days when another Mrs. Scott was heard from and the groom was ar rested for bigamy. The newly made 'irlde ' declared hat she would stand liy her husband , who claimed that ho thought his first wife had a divorce. As soon as he could give ball Scott hurried over to Iowa and secured a divorce , returning for a second mar riage. The charge of bigamy Is still on the docket. Northwest Weddings. W. L. Shoemaker and Miss Marie A. Yanl/.l , both of O'Neill , wor < ! mar ried Wednesday. District Court Takes Recess. District court at Madison was ad journed last evening , the session lo bo resumed Tuesday noon. A mini- hoi of important cases will bo tried next week , among the cases listed be ing the damage suit of Mrs. Mary Ktta Bouncy against Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Walcott. Only one case during the past week got to the Jury , .ludgo Welch Instruct ing the jury as to its exact decision In all cases save the Severa case against Battle Creek. Neither of the cases heard yester day got into the jury's hands for a decision. In the case of F. C. Relf against William Upton , involving a charge of alleged misrepresentation In the sale of a Madison meat market , .Midge Welch instructed the jury to find in favor of Upton , the defendant. In the case of Gustlno McAllister against Carl Teske , a patient at the Norfolk hospital , over a promissory note , the judge Instructed the jury to give a verdict for the plaintiff , Gus- tine McAllister. SATURDAY SIFTINGS. Mrs. T. G. Bracking has returned from a three months' trip that includ ed visits to New York City and St. Louis. Mrs. E. E. Colemnn Is visiting her sister at Carroll. District Judge A. A. Welch was in Norfolk today , returning from the dis trict court session at Madison. Among the day's out of town visi tors In Norfolk were : Sheriff J. .1. Clements , Madison , District Judge Welch , Wayne ; J. N. Marsh , Nlo- brarn ; W. O. Gamble , Wayne ; M. E. Hughs , Alnsworth ; Charles Cramer , Hartington : I. T. Marshall , Verdel. Mrs. Jack Koonigstein has been suf fering the last few days from an at tack of blood poisoning. Mrs. J. M. Pile of Wayne is expect ed home the latter part of next week from her European trip. E. N. Vail Is recovering from the effects of a severe fall , which was at first thought to have resulted In In ternal Injuries. The frame work of the new ware house of the Fred Krug Brewing com pany Is being erected , the old ware house having been nearly destroyed by fire. William Bell of Columbus , wlio is at the homo of his sister , Mrs. H. E. Hardy , following an operation for ap pendicitis in Columbus , Is making sat isfactory progress. O'Neill Democrat : Tom Cantwell was in O'Neill Tuesday looking af ter some real estate business. He has sold part of his Inman ranch to a party by the name of Haley. II. H. Howarth of West Point , who ime to Norfolk this week to obtain nn automobile which had been left hero for repairs , made the return trip to West Point in two hours. The members of St. Paul Ev. Luth eran church have sent a Christmas box to the Indian mission which the synod maintains at St. Carlos , Ari zona. Many useful articles were sent to the mission. Fremont Tribune : Mrs. Black Horse , a squaw Indian from Norfolk , was at the station today with a huge basket of Indian fancy bead work which she had "made" for the holiday season. The specimens , consisting of moccasins and trinket boxes , were highly artistic. She saidshe was on her way to Omaha where she ex pected to dispose of her wares. Mathewson post , No. 109 , G. A , R. , this week elected the following of ficers : W. H. Widaman , commander ; J. F. Pfumler , senior vice commander ; James Rouse , junior vice commander ; H. C. Matrau , adjutant ; Dr. W. H. H. Hagey , surgeon ; R. W. Mills , chap lain ; A. N. McGlnnls , quartermaster ; J. S. Morrow , officer of the day ; George Dudley , officer of the guard. Mr , Widaman ns commander suc ceeds A. N. McGinnls. The Mystic Leplon elected officers this week , selecting the following : John Fetter , commander ; Mrs. L. M. Ogden , vice commander ; Mrs. John Quick , worthy prophet ; John Quick , treasurer ; C. W. Lament , secretary ; L. Buekendorf , I. M. Macy , W. R. Hoffman , trustees. Emll Brummund was appointed protector and Mrs. George Dudley , jr. . escort. A ban quet will folow the installation of of ficers on January 28 Stating that he had lost n pocketbook - book containing $280 and a draft for $3,000 while driving out of Wayne , both , Colo. , was stranded In Norfolk for the lost few days. Yesterday ho said he had received word that the pocket book had been found by a far mer and brought to town. Dyer was unable to be Identified while In Nor folk and was consequently unable to draw on the banks , In which he stated ho had funds , for cash. When ho ar rived here he was on his way to look after a lawsuit In western Nebraska. The Teddy bears , so popular the last two seasons that the demand wa constantly pressing on the sup ply , are on the back shelves In Nor folk stores this Christmas. Along with the stuffed dogs and stuffed cats the yellow and brown bears ropoe , though they are still counted by Nor folk merchants as slightly better sel lers than the latter class of animals. Tlie post card business , however , Is holding Its own In Norfolk. It Is no ticed though that the sale IB now largely limited to local views , the general card having little sale. One prominent member of the city council advocates doing away with the office of street commissioner. In stead ho wishes to hire some man ex perienced In city affairs to take over the direction of tlie city's work. He would have this man take charge of the laying of cement sidewalks and crossings , doing away with the letting - ting of contracts for tills work. The man could also act as a sewer inspector specter in case of more district sewer construction. He would direct the street workers , although not expected to actually do the work himself. Tlie Idea developed from the work which Councilman J. Degnor , as chairman of the street committee , has done from time to time , saving the city con siderable money by personal atten tion to details. Old Leaders Re-elected , Norfolk's delegates to the North Nebraska Live Stock Protective as sociation's annual convention in Nor folk December 29 : John Krantz , R. W. Hohrke , Obed Raosch , Ernest Raasch , George W. Losey , G. L. Carl son , II. Bncttow , A. L. Carter , G. W. Evans , Frank Lau , William Knebel , A. E. Craig , Frank Lehman and Henry Sweet. Alternates elected : Arnold Pasowalk , W..I. Brown and H. Fink- house. Officers of the Norfolk branch of the horse thief fighters , re-elected 'Satur ' day afternoon : John Krantz , presi dent ; R. W. Hohrke , vice president ; Obed Raasch , treasurer ; Ernest Raasch , secretary ; George W. Losey , local captain. Officers and delegates were chosen at the annual meeting of the Norfolk branch of the anti-horse thief associa tion Saturday afternoon. A large gathering of representative farmers wore present at the city hall. The Norfolk branch now boasts of Ml active members , giving this 1m- medlte locality fourteen delegates in the general convention which will be held at the city hall the last Tuesday of this month. About seventy dele gates are expected , the total member ship of the North Nebraska Anti- Horse Thief association being over 700. Mrs. Richardson Better. Mrs. Charles Richardson , living at 109 South Second street , who has been sick for some four months past , though Improving , Is still bedfast. The Dorcas Society. The Dorcas society meets this evenIng - Ing with Misses Letha and Merle Blakcman. DEATH OF JOHN M'NEIL. Brother of Miss Anna McNeil Once Worked for Express Company Here. John H. McNeil , at one time employ ed in the Norfolk office of the Ameri can Express company and who moro recently has been running as an ex press messenger between Sioux City and Tama , la. , died last week of can cer of the stomach following a two months' Illness. Mr. McNeil is sur vived by a bride of a year. The funeral was held In Tama , the Interment taking place at Dewltt , la. Miss Anna McNeil of this city at tended her brother's funeral , return ing home yesterday. MONDAY MENTIONS. Mrs. J. R. Carter Is visiting In Sioux City this week. Miss Retta Lee left Sunday for a visit in Omaha. Miss Nora Dlxon went to Omaha Saturday to visit the corn show. W. H. Blakeman returned Saturday evening from a business trip to Omaha. Mrs , Josephine Hull of Norfolk ar rived home from Sioux City yesterday. Mrs. Albert Miller and Mrs. Otto Wlckman of Hadar were In town Saturday. Mrs. F. H. Scott , who has been In a hospital In Omaha , will be home this week. Mr. Scott was home over Sun day. day.Mr. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lament arrived In Norfolk Saturday evening over the Northwestern , Mr. Lament having joined his brldo at Fremont. R. W. McEwan , who for the last six months has been In the employment of the Norfolk Plumbing company , has severed his connection with the firm and will leave for Omaha on Tuesday. Six Inch Ice has formed on the river. It Is possible that with a reappearance of cold weather the Ice man may bo able to start to work on natural ice before the first of the year. Ice is cut as soon as it gets eight or nine Inches thick. Natural Ire will prob ably be put up this year by George Sclavonic , John Schelly and the Pure Ice company , the latter company using natural Ice as a sldo line along with the artificial Ice , It was a terrible accident to her brother In the plant of the Omaha called Mrs. William llurtz of Nor folk to that city. Her brother , B. C. Baker , a former resident of Fremont , was wound about a wheel under the belting , receiving n terrible crushing , fl'lie man's clothing caught In one of the shaft wheels. Ellen Alderman , who with her fath er , James Alderman , a prominent far mer near Elgin , was seriously burned In the explosion of a carbide lighting plant In the basement , will recover. Alderman himself was not so badly burned , being In the- very center of the flames. The force of the explosion knocked him down. It will be a day or two more be fore the physicians can tell just how seriously E. N. Vail of this city was Injured when he fell from a chair. Mr. Vail was taking some can goods from a high shelf In his restaurant and had mounted a chair. He slipped and fell , striking a second chair. In ternal Injuries are still feared. Hen Bechtel , who was recently ope rated on for appendicitis in Lincoln , has ] been able to return to Ills work In a drug store at Bennett. He has not , however , entirely regained his strength. Rov. J. C. S. Weills has been unite sick. sick.D. D. B. Reed has sold his restaurant at ( Plalnvlew and moved to tills city , renting a house on Madison avenue. A special meeting of Mosaic lodge No. 55 , A. F. and A. M. , has been called for Friday evening for work In tne entered ' apprentice degree. The report of the special fire com mittee to inspect buildings In the lire district was not ready to bo presented to the council at its lust meeting. Norfolk drinkers , who are consider ed "habituals" by their families or friends , are no longer "posted" in Nor folk drug stores since the latter are no longer supposed to sell any liquor except on prescription. Debating will form an Interesting feature of the junior class program at the high school tonight. The time of each speaker has been limited to five minutes , so that the debate will be snappy and short. The . "huiimna- phone" Is another feature of the pro gram about which some mystery has been maintained. No now developments have appear ed In connection with the office of county superintendent , which F. S. Perdue Is expected to resign soon in order to accept the deputyshlp under the new 'superlntondent-elect. The county commissioners met at Madison this week but air. Perdue's resigna tion was not presented. An effort is being made to divorce politics from the appointment when the time comes for the commissioners to act , which will probably be January 5 , 1909. Madison Post : T. J. Hunt and wlfo came down from Pine Ridge Indian agency in South Dakota the latter part of last week and are now guests of Mrs. Hunt's sister , Mrs. George Richardson. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt are in tne government service , being em ployed as teachers to the Indians. They have been transferred from the Pine Ridge agency to the Apache agency in Arizona and stopped off here on their way through. Mr. Hunt was at one time superintendent of Madison county. Madison Chronicle : C. S. Smith came In Monday from Custer county with three carloads of thoroughbred Aberdeen Angus cattle which he ac quired In a real estate deal. One car of forty-six head of calves was shipped to Norfolk where Mr. Smith has made arrangements to get them wintered. iThe rest of them are now quartered at the Star livery barn but will be taken out in the country soon for win ter. This is an exceptionally fine bunch of cattle and when placed on the market will no doubt bring fancy prices. The Wichita , Kan. , Beacon , In Its issue of last Thursday says , relative to tlie Yankton Southern : The state ment printed in Wednesday's Beacon that Senator Stewart of Wichita has gone to London from New York is big news. When Fremont Hill and Sen ator Stewart left last week for Now York It was with the understanding that If the Yankton and Gulf railroad proposition was accepted to the Lon don capitalists' New York representa tion the senator and Mr. Hill would have to go on to London to sign the contract. The Information that they have gone on to London undoubtedly means that the London capltalsts have signed their final intention to buy the bonds of the now railroad. Fremont Hill said to his Witchita friends when he left last week that he fully be lieved that the trip would result In the financing of the road , and that work would start In the spring. It looks as though his expectation is being real ized. ized.Arthur Arthur Mullen of O'Neill , recently named as state oil Inspector by the governor-elect , was In Norfolk yes terday returning from O'Neill. General Superintendent S. M. Braden - den and Superintendent C. H. Rey nolds went to Fremont , where they were joined by Trainmaster E. 0. Mount on an inspection trip down the Hastings lino. Among the day's out of town visi tors In Norfolk wore : Sheriff J. J. Clements , Madison ; Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Mullen , St. Edwards ; R. D. James , Spencer ; H. Marshall , Vordol ; J. W. Bnrmim , Dallas. S. D. ; Mrs. P. Wun- tor , Pr.esho , S. D. ; J. C. Schwichten- berg , Bloomfleld ; Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Burns , Randolph ; C. S. Smith. Madi son ; Victor Bird , Wood Lake. Henry Andol , who recently came to Wisncr from Germany , caught his hand in a saw mill. The hand was amputated at the wrlwt by Dr. Suiter of Norfolk and Dr. Ril < \ \ of Wisn.-r A party of fifteen Stanton ladles came to Norfolk yesterday to attend the party given during the afternoon by Mrs. .1. Pliant and Mrs. W. A. Klngsloy at the Pacific. The guests J Mrs. Will Trent , Mrs. Jamea Peters I MrH. Joseph Hardy , Mrs. Kmll Nuder , berg. Mrs. Ed Bner , Mrs. Morris Meyer.Mrs. H. Y. Appleby. Mrs. Will lam Smith , Mrs. O. Scott. Mrw. Albert Keiiney. Mrs. .lame * Keniiey , Mrs Charles Sheldon. Mrs. F. H. Shultz and Mrs. William Locke. Mrs. Wllhml j Krledler of Battle Creek was also a guest from away. The Northwestern attached a special coach to the east bound freight In the evening as an accommodation to the visitors from Stanton. Madison Post : George Ray moraccom panled by Dr. Smart and Tom Wells went up to Norfolk Saturday night In Raymer's machine for the purpose of getting Senator Allen who was return ing from Nellgh. They wore also ac companied homo by Jesse Whalen and Clarence McFarland. Just as they were crossing the Northwestern tracks on South Thirteenth street In Norfolk they ran square Into n switch engine hitting It midway between the drive wheels. Fortunately the engine was moving slowly and dm engineer was able to stop within a fool or two. All of the occupants of the automobile jumped except Senator Allen and he states that the only reason ho didn't jump was on account of the fact that he was HO wedged In between grips and robes he couldn't get out. The lamps on the automobile were some what damaged but outside of this there was nothing serious. The marriage of Miss Jennie Ny- land of Norfolk to J. E. Martin of Madison took place In the homo of ( lie bride's parents , Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nyland , COO South First street , at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. Mr. McGregor , pastor of the Methodist church at Madison , performed the ceremony. Only Immediate relatives were present. The groom Is a son of Joseph Martin , owner of the West Virginia ranch at Madison and one of Madison county's old settlors. The bride's father Is a well know commercial traveler of Norfolk. The young couple left at noon for Omaha and will spend most of the winter on a honeymoon trip. They will live on that portion of the West Virginia ranch owned by the groom. Among the out of town lelatlvcs were Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Martin , Omaha ; Mr. and Mrs. Harry I oonan , Farragut , la. ( Mrs. Loonan was formerly Miss Grace Martin ) ; and Mr. and Mrs. Case Against Bank Will be Appealed. C. F. Elseley will appeal his suit for $3,500 against the Norfolk National bank , to the supreme court. Ho says he Is not discouraged. Yankton Southern Officers Elected. Yankton , S. D. , Dec. 10. The stock holders of the Yankton Southern rail road held their annual meeting In this city Monday night , and the following officers were elected : Fremont Hill , president ; .1. L. Bow- dish , vice president ; W. J. Burns , sec retary , and J. H. Stewart , treasurer. These gentlemen , with W. C. Lusk , P. V. Henley , A. A. Hyde , J. H. Stewart , E. O. Walgren , I. Piles and W. J. Fan- tie , form the board of directors. In this list are Yankton and Wichita , Kan. , business men. Senator Stewart is at present in London , where be Is reported to be meeting with some suc cess In floating the bonds for the road. SEVERA CASE TO THE JURY. Big Damage Suit Against Battle Creek , on Trial at Madison. Madison , Neb. , Dec. 10. Special to The News : The damage suit filed by Mrs. Anna Severa against the town of Battle Creek , a sidewalk case , was taken up yesterday evening after Judge Welch had instructed the jury to find for the defendant in the case of A. B. Robinson against I. W. King. Tlie latter case was dropped before any great amount of progress had been made. Tlie Severn case went to the Jury about 30 : : ! o'clock thM afternoon. An effort was made last night to have tlie case dismissed by Judge Welch. Tiie next case to be taken up follow ing the Battle Creek case , was the A. C. Williams sidewalk damage suit against Norfolk. The damage suits of D. B. Duffy against Fred Sclieerger at-1 of Thompson - son et al against Coopr.i et al were continued until the next term. Court will probably adjourn Friday night untlj next week. Rosebud Jury Convicts Riley. Fairfax , S. D. , Dec. 14. Special to ' ' The News : "Manslaughter In the second degree" Is the verdict of the D Rlley jury. The circuit court jury which has tried W. A. Rlley for the murder of J. E. Rltts last July In Burke , brought In its verdict shortly after C o'clock Saturday evening. The case went to the jury during the afternoon. Out Several Hours. The Jury was out several hours be fore returnlngt heir verdict to Judco Smith of the circuit bench. After hav ing agreed on Rlloy's guilt , It was nec essary for the twelve men to come to * an understanding as to the legal na ture of the crlmo , which was decided to have been "manslaughter In the second degree. " Murder Scene a Livery Barn. Rlley was accused of having gone to the Lallayo livery barn in Burke on July IS and forced a quarrel on J. E. iUtts. a homesteader from near Day. a small Rosebud town. Rlley accused Rttts of having stolen n piece of bacon from the buggy at Lucaa , S. D. , some months before. When Rltts denied this , according to witnesses , ho was immediately assaulted by Rlley. Rltts Died from Beating. A hard blow on the rUht temple sent Ritts.lio was a much older man. to the ground. Riley then Kicked the fallen man until led to Ueslst by bystanders. , Rltts expired after a fen- minutes i CANNI N lltlANt ) Ku'l tl.uornml itlri > ; an * I-.VMI- ti.il vlriutiim I'l'l'l" ' ' ' > 'ti'M IIIIH fin bnih , I'nf f\am'to | , many pepper - per * ynu buy \i\\u \ \ t F p > ullcti-ilvis odor \\lio.i . s.'iiUUd ; t' . t of Toihi pi'lU'Of ' Is puirnt : | ; an I inviting , TomItrm. . ! < | iiiei a'l kimlft IHHII S t'limi ' line si' isoilill } ; pinpt'iiiri vxlii/li r.r found only in spins of liifli qiullly. Sr.ili-d - , \\iili no unikfnlag , no t'Npimttt ! to iinpiullivs , no loss of Nlllllll-'S I'CKnllll'M. Crotnrn m Konl * Thorn nro twn klndn of nt > lor > n TONE'S " " iintl "olhuro. PEPPER CINNAMON AUSPICE tlUIMCG CLOVES MUSTARD CINGER TONE BROS. , Don Molnon , Iowa. all at Fairfax to await trial. Boy A Witness. The eye witness who was in the tarn and nearest to the tragedy was a voting boy , little nine-year-old Dale Shnrpe. Claimed Self Defense. Riley claimed self defenno , but this claim was pierced by the witnesses for ho stale , Rltts Left a Larue Family. Rltts , the murdered homesteader , was a man of fifty-live years. Ono of ho tragic features of the case was tlie widow and the family of llttlo children left by Rilts up on the Mla- sourl river homestead. Community Condemned Rlley. Rltts was considered an honest , In- lustrlous and peaceful citizen anil Ills served to arouse general Indlgmi- ion against Riley throughout the Rosebud country. Riley Married. Riley , who lived on a homestead on Sully Flats , Is married. W. A. Riley for some time was.a Northwestern brakeman running out of Norfolk. While here lie wooed anil won a Norfolk girl , against the objec tions of the girl's family. MRS. BRYAN POPULAR. Her Handkerchief Brought Highest Price at Newman Grove Bazaar. Newman Grove , Neb. , Dec. M. The bazaar hold by the "willing workers" of the Congregational church proved a great financial success. The "will ing workers" Is an organization of little girls from two to twelve years of age. They had been making fancy and useful articles for some time and disposed of thorn at the bazaar. Sev eral weeks prior to the bazaar , they sent out cards soliciting a handker chief from each one to whom the card was sent. One little tot , whoso fatlier Is an ardent Republican , decided to try her luck with the wives of some of the leading politicians of the state and nation. She sent five , three to Republicans and two to Democratic parties. It so happened that the only two that responded were the Demo cratic ladles. The beautiful handker chief contributed by Mrs. Bryan brought the highest price of any that was sold. The bazaar netted the llt tlo folks about $00 , which will be ox- [ icnded for windows for the church. The tots are still busy with the needle. John Swanson and family shipped their household effects to Taft , Texas , where they will make their future liome on the farm recently purchased and Improved by Frank L. WIdergren of this place. The public schools of this place will close Friday December 18 for a two weeks holiday vacation. Mrs. Rev. Honrlckson was called to Cleveland , Ohio , on account of the ser ious Illness of her mother. A later llspatch convoyed the sad intelligence of the lady's death. For West Point Poultry Show. West Point , Dec. 11. Social to The News : Poultry fanciers of West Point met at the city hall Tuesday evening uid organized tlie West Point Poultry and Pet Stock association. The fol lowing officers were elected : J. B. Koupul , president ; Fred Hellman , vlco president ; B. J. Flshcor , secretary ; J. G. Hugo , superintendent ; Rudolph Brazda , treasureC. ; . Y. Thompson and Martin Bysong , directors. It was agreed to hold their annual poultry show January 13 U and 15. Their meeting will bo held December 14 at J. B. Koupal's studio. Nellgh Improvements. Nellgh , Neb. , Dec. 14. Special to The News : At a recent meeting of the city council the chairman of the water committee was Instructed to purchase at once 200 feet of hose for the fire department , and also a cut off nozzle. Prices on an electric alarm system have been sent for. It is the plan of the council to have connec tions made with the central telephone office , from where the alarm will he immediately given. This will be a vast improvement over the old sys tem. Northwest Weddings. At the Lone Valley ranch near Val entino on last Thursday Samuel Hud son and Miss Lulu Kortx were mar ried. Henry F. Dlx and Miss Mary R Roberts , two prominent young lioyd eount > people , were married last Wed- n'-sdny. If He Was Only Chief. "Now. if J was chief of police l\\ \ arrest that fellow , " declared a Norfolk man yesterday as a young man attached - tached by a long chain to a aumll dog.