n THE NOUOLK WRKKLY NI < nVS..TOTIT\J AT , &MMDA Y JANUARY fi 1909
i SOCIETY
Minn Vornii Coryoll entertained the
members of the CIIHH ! of ' 08 on Wed
nesday evening at her home on Nor
folk avenue A delightful evening
wan spent liy the young people. All
Ilic old class songs were enjoyed over
again M 12 o'clock Mrs. Coryoll
nerved ( i throe-course mippor. The
Icporai IOIIH worn the clans colors , pink
nitil irreen anil worn very effective. At
midnight the crowd WIIH reinforced hy
the appearance of several members of
the class of ' 00 , who catno to extend
to the ui her gnosts greetings In their
own way The members of the elans
of ' 08 were all proHcnt except Claude
Ogilon and were Bessie Hlehoy , Edith
ICvaiiH , Edna Lonckn , Agnes Matran
Iyili | ; Bniosgeman , Linda Winters ,
Vi'i-na ( 'oryell , ltalili | Lulhart and
Herbert llailplll.
I'DUHiinlly pretty decorations , to-
nHher with an excellent program of
Tinrilr l.v ) ! jho llrolgliton orchestra
made the leap year dancing party
u-ii KM Monil'y ' evening ! n Mar-
| iiardl hall hy the young ladloH of
Trinity wie.lal guild a great success.
ll HcIoilH punch \VIH ( HOrVOd to tllO
xi'iiU'-nion liy the ladles throughout
the evening. The party was a very
on lovable one and not ted the guild
fifty six dollars.
Mrs. G. A. Young entertained n
lioiise party of seven ladles from Co
lumbus at the hospital yesterday.
Thornin the parly were : Mrs. II. It.
Mrs. 13. II. Chambers , Mrs
O E Pollock , Mrs. Evans. Mrs. C. A.
Mrs. H. A. Clark. Mrs.
Jlait Yesterday afternoon the visit
ing ladies , assisted by some of the
force , gave a very pleasing
Tiinlc.ii , consisting of both vocal and
Instrumental music.
\ surprise party was given Mr. and
Orln Brubaker Tuesday evening
at the home of their father , Martin
llrubaker , two and one-half miles
northwest of the city. The guests ,
who were old time friends and neigh
bors , brought refreshments with them
and n Jolly evening was spent. Mr.
and Mrs. Brubaker are hero from
Washington for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Butterllold en
tertained a small company of friends
jNow Year's eve. A few of the guests
were Invited for ( ! o'clock supper , and
Inter In Ihe evening were joined byi
.lolly crowd who stayed for a game of
Sirldge and to welcome the now year.
JMra Butterlleld served very nice re-
tfreshments.
Mrs. H. C. Mlttolstadt. assisted by
IMiss Fale Burnham , entertained the
young ladies of Trinity social guild
siml their gentlemen friends at a
pleasant social session at the homo
of Mrs. Mlttolstadt on Wednesday
ovenlng. Cards furnished amusement.
JLInht refreshments were served at 11
o'clock.
Dr. nml Mrs. G. A. Young Informally
fl rocehiil Norfolk friends in their apart-
' jiients at the hospital last ovenlng. A
little dancing party was a feature of
Ihe evening and refreshments wore
served In the superintendent's suite.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B , Sailor enter
tained a small company of friends at
cards on Wednesday evening.
The West Side Whist club enjoyed a
iin-etlim with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bui-
lot k on Tuesday evening.
Tbe New Year's dance given by the
Iln > department w'as attended by some
nlni'iv couples.
Mrs S. G. Dean entertained a small
t'ompn-iy of ladles at dinner on Newi0
Year's day. |
Personal. |
MisKnth Norrla of Sioux City , Is
in Norfolk for a visit with Miss Helen
IMaylard.
Mrs. C. 15. Bnrnham returned Tues
day noon , from a visit with her par-
uts at Adel , Iowa.
Miss Opal Olmstod returned Friday
noon from Boulder , Colo. , where she
lias spent the past few months.
Ih
Mrs. Jennie Whitney of Chicago is
vljitlng her parents , Judge and Mrs.
I. Powers. She will bo hero severe !
weeks.
C. B. Doughty wont to Belle Plalno.
Iowa , ou Wednesday to' spend Now
V'V 'H.V ( . with his mother. Mr. Doughty
will vis-It lu Marshalltown , la. , before
Hie returns.
-Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Snyder , accomI I
panled by Uov. and Mrs. J. F. Pouchor
of Stanton , spent Xow Year's in Her-
mail , Nob. , in the homo of Mr , and
JMra. Hanson.
11111 ! Mrs. J. C. S. Woills are
nfcaln settled in the rectory , after
spending several weeks In the homo
of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hoynolds , while
n now furnace was being installed
and other improvements made.
. Hymenlnl.
At the home of Mi. and Mrs. Frank
Donol seven miles west of the city ,
n wedding reception was given in
. honor of Bernard Douol and bride , i.
formerly Miss Hazel Shlpoll of Colos-
liorg , la. , the wedding having taken
lilnco December 22. Seventy-five
quests were served at a 2 o'clock din
ner Tbe guests from away were : [
Mr nnd Mrs. Perry Griffith. C1.\v- >
Mrs Will D'-nel
vai 'i . Mr and
Meadow Gro\e C Deuul. Page : Mr
and Mrs George Williams , Mr and I
Mrs John KrantMr and Mrs Ed ,
Connolly , Norfolk. The hrldo and
groom will go to housekeeping on the
groom's farm two miles west of HOB-
kltiH.
Reed-Estabrook.
In the prvHuncu of only the noaroHt
friends and relatives , WednoHday ,
December 110 at 10 a. in. , occured the
marriage of Miss Florence Olon Esta-
brook and Mr , Charles U. Iteed of
Sioux City , at the homo of the bride's
parents , Mr , and Mrs. F. L. Estahrook
1108 South Ninth street. The affair
was marked for Its simplicity and
Millet elegance. The ceremony was
performed hy Dr. Charles Wayne liny
after which a delicious four-course
breakfast was served by the following
ladles : Mrs. A. L. Lugger , Miss May
JoluiHon , Miss Weatherholt and Miss
llotmlo GIlloHpIo of Madison. Rod and
green was the color scheme used
throughout. The bride's gown was
cream voile over silk. The happy
couple were the recipients of a magnif
icent display of cut glass , sterling
silver and linen. Mr. and Mrs. Itecd
loft on the afternoon train for Sioux
City , whore Mr. Heed Is employed as
a Linotype machinist. The out of town
guests wore : A. C. Ix > gan of Center
and the Misses Bessie and Hello Gil-
lesplo of Madison. Mrs. Heed's golnq
away gown was a green tailor suit
with hat and gloves to match.
Mr. Heed was for live years a mem
ber of The News family , holding the
position of machinist-operator. When
the order for the llrst Linotype that
came to The News was placed , Mr.
Heed , who at that time lived in 131k
Point. S. IX , and was well recom
mended , was sent to a technical school
In Chicago to learn the machine. When
the machine reached the office Mr.
Heed was hack from Chicago ready to
sot It up and ho operated and took
care of the machine for more than
live years. Ho soon became an expert
operator and a thorough machinist ,
enabling him last spring to go into
one of the Sioux City offices and hold
a machine with the best operators.
Mr. Heed is a thoroughly upright ,
honorable young man , with a good
head and strong heart , and ho will
make a good husband.
Byerly-Wheeler.
A very pretty wedding occurred
Thursday evening , December SI , at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. D.
Wheeler In The Heights , when their
daughter , Jeannette , was united in
marriage to Elinor C. Byerly. At
about 5 o'clockthe happy couple
marched down stairs to the strains of
Mendelsohn's wedding march played
by Miss Hutli Shaw , and stationed
themselves beneath an arch In the par
lor where the Uov. ISdwln Booth of the
First Congregational church pro
nounced the words that made them
man and wife.
The bride was attired In a gown of
white organdy and carried a bouquet
of loses , and the groom wore the con
volitional black. ,
There wore no attendants and only
the relatives and a few intimate
J
friends witnessed the ceremony.
The dining room and parlors were
beautifully decorated In yellow and
white with greon.
After hearty congratulations had
been extended an elaborate five-course
dinner was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Byerly were the re
cipients of many beautiful presents.
Amid a shower of rice and old shoes
the .voting couple departed on the
evening train for Chadron where Mr.
Byorly Is engaged In business and
where they will be at homo to their
friends after January 15.
Bolzell.Mlnton.
Onkdale Sentinel : On Wednesday
evening , December 21 ! , at fl o'clock , at
the ( ; home of Dr. and Mrs. E.V. . Min-
ton , in Onkdale , occurred the marriage
of their daughter , Katie , to Dr. C. 15.
Bolzell 1 ! of Exeter.
The bride has grown to womanhood
In this city and has many friends among
old and young. She Is possessed of
ninny graces ofnlnd and person , and
is capable of filling the home she will
adorn with happiness. The groom re
sided In this city the past summer and
until a month ago , when ho wont to
Exeter to engage in the practice of
his profession , dentistry.
Those present were : Mrs. Eliza
beth Bol/oll and Miss Margaret Bolzoll
of Montfort , Wls. , Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Torpln , Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Torpln ,
Mr. and Mrs. Ellas Noy , Mr. and Mrs.
A. Warner , Mr. and Mrs. Burton Crink-
law , Mrs. Jennie L. Campbell , Mrs.
Edith J. Hutcheson of Norfolk , Misses
Lottie Cooper , Mary E. Brainard , Fan-
nlo Moans , Volla Hawk , Ethel Admire ,
Nellie Morris. Messrs. Henry Bolzoll ,
Ed Wagner.
Engagements.
Norfolk friends will bo interested in
the announcement from Spokane ,
Wash. , of the engagement of Miss
of this city.I I J
Ethel j Hartley , formerly .
to ( George Townloy Ironsides. The
wedding is to take place in the early | c
spring. The youiic ; couple will make
s
their homo in Spokane and later go to
Montreal to live.
t
Coming Events.
Mr. nnd Mrs. J. B. Mnylard will en-
tertnln n company of friends * next 11
Tuesday evening In honor of their
guest , Mrs. Duvnl.
Society at Gregory ,
One of the crowing society events
of the year 190S at Gregory was a
leap year ball Tuesday night , given * |
MA the Skidoo club consisting of
- \onng ladies nt liri'gorj's ,
iMomineiii families. \ three-course
lunch was served a midnight The i
Iijoung ladles were assisted and chap-'f 1
oronod by BOIIIO of their mothers , Mrs.
Blgsby , Mrs. Ditto , Mrs , Strange and
Mrs. Spencer , who helped to servo the
lunch.
Wayne Wedding Anniversaries.
Wayne , Neb. , Jan. 2. Special to The
News : Golden weddings are the order
of the day In Wayne. On December
2H Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Bufflngton celebrated
bratod their golden wedding anniver
sary. The cards uro out for the fiftieth
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Martin. D. C. Main has just been back
to Iowa to attend the sixtieth anni
versary of his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
L. N. Tharp were married twenty-nine
years ago Tuesday.
Firemen's Bnll at Nellgh.
Nellgh , Nob. , Jan. 2. Special to The
News : The nineteenth annual ball of
the Nellgh volunteer lire department
was held at the Auditorium on Thurs
day evening. It was by far one of the
most successful gatherings of Its na
ture In the history of the department.
Over 100 tickets as advance sale
wore disposed of and It Is anticipated
that a like number were sold during
the evening of the ball. The music
was furnished by the celebrated Hem-
tin's orchestra.
The lire-lighters of Nollgh are re
membered each year by the property
owners and citizens of this city for
their good and faithful service ren
dered.
THE HONEYMOONERS
COMEHONIGHT ,
Capacity Audience Will Greet
Cohan's ' Sparkling Show ,
The company of sixty people
twenty comedians and comediennes ,
and forty pretty chorus girls , who are
to present George M. Cohan's famous
"The lloiioyiuoonors" at the Auditor
ium arrived in the city at noon from
Lincoln j , whore they played at the Oli
ver to a packed house last night.
A capacity audience is promised for
the evening's event. Anything bearIng -
Ing the Cohan trademark Is gilt-edged ,
and Norfolk will cordially greet the
big show.
"The Honeymooners. "
If George M. Cohan had never written -
ton anything but "Tho Honeymoon-
ors" his fame would bo national as
a composer and humorist. In this de
lightful Cohaiieso.no production the
brilliant young author-actor-composor
is at his best. Ho wrote , composed
and slagged "The Honeymooners , " for
himself and made it represent the very
best of which ho was capable in order
to present himself for an entire sum
mer to Broadway. Ho wrote a re
sounding success for the Now Amster
dam l theater whore the song show ran
all last summer at winter prices and
thousands came again and again. The
music Is Irresistibly catchy and of
the twenty musical numbers there are
at least half a dozen pronounced song
hits that every one In Now York is
whistling nnd humming. Among the
favorite songs are "Kid Days , " "In a
One Night Stand , " "I'll bo There in
the Public Square , " "Make a Lot of
Noise , " and "If I'm Coin' to Die I'm
Coin' to Have Some Fun. " The plot
It a masterpiece , it Is as carefully
worked out and followed up as If
"Tho Honeymooners" was a serious
drama. Cohan has no rival In the
art of mingling music and excitement
and to the accompaniment of delight
ful music the spectator watches with
eager Interest the progress of love ,
politics and sport in the Vermont vil
lage of Tlgerville. Cohan is a mas
ter of the Yankee village type and in
"Tho Honoymooners" ho has covered
the entire range of country types with
n humor an satire exceeding ati.\ thing
over done by Iloyt. In the matter of
costuming and production "The Honey
mooners" eclipses anything on the
road. The fact that the song show-
was produced at the New Amsterdam
theater known as the "theater beauti
ful" is proof of its scenic excellence.
The cast is made up of Broadway
favorites and includes such well
known players as Willie Dunlay ,
James Hartley , Daniel Sullivan , Jack
London , Thomas A. Ilearn , William
Singer , Annie Whcaton. Gertrude Lo
Brandt , Hose Gildea and Minnie Pol-
lord. The chorus selected and stageil
by Mr. Cohan contains some forty of
the daintiest and prettiest girls who
ever were induced to leave Broadway
because a show was a success.
A CLEVER JOKE.
Mrs. Robinson of Columbus Plays
Stellar Role.
Mrs. II. B. Robinson of Columbus
played the stellar role in a clever farce
which completely "took In" n half
dozen Columbus ladies onrouto to Nor
folk New Year's eve. Mrs. Robinson
telephoned the ladies , who had plan
ned coming to n house party , given by
Mrs. Young at the hospital , that she
was unable at the last moment to
come. Her friends came without her.
At the station the Platte county
sheriff placed an Insane woman on the
train. She was heavily veiled and
quite demented. The sheriff placed
the patient In custody of the conduc
tor , naked him to see that she did not
get off the train before reaching Nor
folk , and to place her in n cab.
At each station the woman made a
bee-line for the door and tried to leave
the train. The house party ladies
were frightened at her.
At the destination in iNorfolk the
conductor placed the patient In n enb
bound for the hospital. The other six
ladles got Into the same cab , by
chance '
At tbe door of the hospital the woman - '
man threw off her veil nnd gave her
friends the laugh.
AQAIN8T WAYNE PROPOSITION.
Report That O'Neill Wanto the State
Normal Located There ,
The Sioux City Tribune published
n dispatch stating that the proposition
to buy the Wayne normal college and
make it a state Institution Is already
meeting with opposition.
According to the Tribune O'Neill
wants the school located there and
members of the legislature from that
locality have announced their Inten
tion to oppose the buying of the
Wayne Institution.
Would Turn to New Railroads.
The News today prints a letter from
A. J. Diirland , until a few months ago ,
president of the Norfolk Commercial
club , addressed to members of Iho
club. In this letter Mr. Diirland re
views the freight rate question and
touches the present situation , presents
some Interesting and Important ll -
ures on Norfolk's past development
and business future and enters upon
a discussion of the possibility of Nor
folk securing three new lines of rail
road through this section.
The letter , of unusual moment just
now In view of the annual meeting
of the Commercial cluh next Friday
evening , and In a way a report to that
body , Is as follows :
To the Members of the Norfolk Com
mercial Club : At the lime 1 had the
honor of accepting the presidency of
the Norfolk Commercial club I hesi
tated to do It because , llrst , 1 believed
the directors were not fully In har
mony with the resolution passed at
the annual meeting of the stockhold
ers , and also because 1 did not ex
pect to bo In Norfolk for more than
half of the year of 1908. I frankly ex
plained my position to the members of
the board , and took pains to read to
them a typewritten statement of my
position on I he freight rate question ,
which had been made the main ques
tion for us to consider at jour annual
meeting. Upon receiving from each
Individual member of the board the
promise of bis support on this ques
tion , I finally accepted the oflice.
Rate Conference.
Wo at once got busy nnd formulated
a letter to Mr. Pierce , general freight
agent of the M. & O. road at St. Paul ,
asking what we considered we were
entitled to In the matter of better
freight rates to Norfolk. Our railroad
committee , as we called It , was em
powered by the board to employ an
attorney. Ami accordingly it em
ployed H. C. Brome , osq. , of Omaha ,
agreeing to pay him $1,000 and travel-
Ing expenses to conduct our case
through both the federal and state rail
road commissions and through any
other court in which our rights were
to bo adjudicated. We paid Mr.
Bronio $250 as a retaining f < lo , and
Messrs. Sprecher and Bullock of the
railroad committee , together with Mr.
Brome , had a conference with the
state railroad commission at Lincoln ,
and later on the same parties , to
gether with myself , met Mr. Pierce by
appointment , at his oflice In Omaha ,
and then at bis suggestion went
to the Northwestern office , where
we mot General Freight Agents
Miller of the Northwestern and Lane
of the Union Pacific. Our matters
were handled very efficiently by
.Mk'ssrs. Sprccher and Bullock , Mr.
Brome being present at that time for
le al backing and to get in touch with
the situation , and wo all felt good
progress was made. At this juncture
the railroad employes in Norfolk be
came restive , under the mistaken Idea
that Norfolk's Interests are not their
interests ; protested to us that some of
them wore not employed regularly ,
others on half time , and that If wo
would cease the agitation of the
freight rate question until business
[ licked up in the fall they would bo
greatly pleased. Wo were , of course ,
not only willing but anxious not to
hazard their income in any way , and
after threshing their matteis out very
thoroughly before our board of direc
tors , and at a special meeting of the
members of Hie club , it was decided to
hold matters In abeyance until a ctr
tain date , which I think was Septem
ber 1 , I DOS.
Positive Results.
July 1 , I left Norfolk for a visit to
the Pacific coast and upon L. A , Hothe
devolved the management of your
club , tinder Hothe's management your
interests were efficiently taken care of
and he is entitled to a special credit In
pulling off our first chantauqna meet
ing , which I understand brought a
considerable number of people to Nor
folk and was on the whole a success
in every way , particularly for a first
meeting. The people of Norfolk re
ceived the efforts of your board ap
parently with much appreciation , more
than doubling the membership of the
club , there being no loss than seven
teen business houses carrying ten
shares each July 1 , 1008. The Oxmrd
hotel gave us a banquet of forty
plates , which was a very enjoyable
affair and without precedent. Also re
flecting this situation , the Young
Men's auxiliary of the Norfolk Com
mercial club was instituted , gaining a
membership of about fifty , four-fifths
of whom were young men who had not
before been members of our club and
probably would not now have become
so except for the opportunity of co
operating , partly by themselves , as a
permanent committee of this club ,
with power to chose their own chair
man and clerk , one of whom attended
the weekly meetings of our board to
report to nnd keep In touch with it
Also perhaps one of the best proofs
of the atmosphere prevailing In Nor
folk in the early summer , some part
of which was , I am sure , due to our
efforts , was the conslderniiblo demand
for houses , both for renting and pur
chase , so that within my knowledge
three houses were bought by tenants
in order to hold their occupancy.
Present Rate Situation ,
Immediately after the special meet
ing above referred to , wherein it was
agreed to hold our freight rate cam
paign in abeyance until September 1 ,
I wrote Mr. Pierce at St. Paul that we
bad agreed 10 hold matters until Sep
tember 1 , so far as any further ne
gotiation or action was concerned , but
that In ease nothing was done by his
road to better our condition by that
dale , we should tln-n take whaie\er
action \\tf * m i'i" " .u . \ . li mil or niKcr-
v\ i.-1. \\iihonl tuiihii notice. I aKo
VVIO'e ' Ml. llrollH1 ! o Ille SlllllteffiCl
Il < re follovxs a reiit.il of a part nt
the secreiarj'b minutes of the meeting
of the board of directors September
29 , 1908 :
It was moved by Burnhnm and
seconded by Hoffman , that a com
mittee of three , with Mr. Hoffman
as chairman , be appointed to go to
the railroad employees' meeting
on Sunday , October I , and explain
to them that the time had arrived
for the Commercial club to com
mence action In the freight rate
case , and confer with them In re
gard to It , and ( o cull on Mr. Bradeii
and explain to him the situation ,
and ask for the adjustment before
commencing any action , and that
this Is his last chance to do some
thing for Norfolk In the way of
freight adjustment , and on motion
carried.
The secretary was Instructed to
write to the Fremont Commercial
club for a copy of their by-laws.
Meeting adjourned.
J. D. Sturgeon , Secretary.
This resolution naturally niillllled
the effort the club had made and
placed It In a worse plight than It had
been at the beginning of the year as
far as the freight rale situation was
concerned ; Its quietus was made not
by a "bare bodkin" but by courtesy
killed by courtesy the same Influence
thai defeated Judso Williams for re
election as railroad commissioner.
This committee never haa/oportod.
Probably the lallroad men have been
too busy to hold meetings since.
A Matter of Population.
11 might not be amiss to call your
attention for a moment to our Increase
in population from 500 In 1S80 to 5,000
In PJ10 , being at the average rate of
1GO per annum for Iho thirty years ;
or from ; l,000 in 1890 Iq 5,000 In 1910 ,
being an average of 100 per annum for
twenty years , from which It would
seem that the birth rate has so little
to do with It that we must conclude
that commercial advantages , with
churches ami schools are the only fac
tors.
New Railroads.
It seems to me that Norfolk can
grow only In three ways : by farmers'
trade , which Increase must bo slow ,
through trade from other towns , and
by Industries of its own. The two first
mentioned have given us a gain of 100
a year for the last twenty years , and
will make a city of JO.ooo people In
fifty years more ; whereas , if wo could
occupy our field to the north and
west of us on as good terms as Sioux
City , Omaha and Lincoln , we would
have 20.000 or L'5,000 population In
twenty-live years , This Is our only
chance , and to avail ourselves of it we
must throw off the grip of the freight
rate that is choking our life out , either
by prompt , active , forceful and ag
gressive action or possibly promote
other railroads , which being done
would give us a grip on our territory
that would compel business here. That
is to say , a line of road through the
central part of Madison county to
Elgin , Deloit , Chambers , Amelia and
the southern part of Hock county ,
would flist settle the county seat
question , and piss through fifty miles
of splendid , well settled farming coun
try , and as much more through what
is sure to bo the best dairy region of
Nebraska with plentiful bay and pas
ture and enough farm land to sup
port that business , and flowing wells
wherever a pipe is driven into the
ground.
Another Possible Line.
Then a line could lie built to the
northwest , leaving the Northfork
valley aboiut Hadar , occupying the
famous Willow Creek- valley , where
the farmers have made more money
than In any other part of Nebraska
during the past twentv-llve years , then
on to Orchard , Mlddlo'iraneli. ' Spencer.
Butte and Jainieson also occupying ,
with the exception of the short dis
tance through Holt county , a splendid
farming country and mostly well set
tled. At the last named town , to-wit ,
.liimlcson , n well posted Boyd county
land man has recently purchased for
speculation several farms at $ ! ! 0 per
acre ; then , finally , the Yankton line ,
which is the best known route , but
much the most difficult to build and
operate profitably.
A Chance to Act.
I have driven over all of those
routes many times and know the
grades are easy and the territory Is
sufficient to support a good business
for railroads. It is probably true that
local help could be had to build these
branches , and if your secretaiy would
get the requisite data , put in the best
possible shape and present it to people
who build railroads , something surely
could be accomplished.
U. P. Activity.
The Union Pacific surveyed a short
line from North Bend to Norfolk , ' and
did some work to the north into South
Dakota in 1900 , but the Wall street
Hurry in the spring of I1ID7 followed
by the panic in the fall of that year ,
stopped further operations. This com
pany is now reported to bo developing
its mileage in the state of Washington
to the tune of $50,000,000 , the work be
ing well under way , and there is prob
ably no doubt of their ability to
flinineo these matters or of their be
ing ready at this time to take hold of
good propositions.
If there is a good paying business
for these branch lines as suggested , of
which there Is no doubt , you can pro
mote them If you will sot about it ;
and with these , or say two of thorn ,
assured , a situation hero will bo
created that will bring other trunk
lines from the east to our city.
Would Not Change Front.
I would not like It to be understood
that I am In favor of changing front
In our effort to get what we are en
titled to In the freight rate matter ,
hut I believe this could be carried
along with the promotion of additional
railroads in our field , as they are twin
matters and naturally go together ,
that IB to say , the rate question af
fects ( lie Norfolk field primarily and
.Norfolk incidentally , in much the
Rnnie manner as do Hie additional
lines BURKeBtert besides an earnest ,
open effort to right n wrong should not
be unpopular with anybody.
All of which Is respectfully sub
mitted ,
A. J. Durland.
Was a Forty-Cent Burglar.
Henry Gllssman , a young baker , ntj I
the Parish bakery , caught a burglar
tampering with the safe in tho' '
grocery department of the Parish
store insi before midnight Satniday
Foiled in his efforts to get at ihe
s.ife tl'e ' biirttlar foiciiloung ( ! 1IK
man to ghi- him bis pocket money
thlr > ( ho CHUB The Intruder then
escaped through a side window lie had
left open.
The burglar's haul amounted to
forty cents. Ho found a nickel which
had passed unnoticed in the ciuih box.
In the safe on which ho was working
was a considerable sum of moiie > ,
possibly $250. In an unlocked drawer
hy his side was a valuable gold watch.
Description of the Man.
The burglar Is described by GllHS-
man asayoung man of medium bight.
The fellow was slender and dark cum-
plexloned. He wore a slouch hat and
a dark suit.
The man was unarmed save for a
knife with which ho threatened the
young man who Interrupted his work.
Familiar With the Store.
The man who effected an entrance
was familiar , apparently , with the
Parish store and bakery and with ( In
habits of those about the place. He
entered a side window leading Into
the room just behind the store , He
apparently knew that the safe would !
be apt to contain a considerable sum
Saturday night , that the heavy door
to the safe was not locked but mere
ly kept closed as a protection against
lire , that a drawerfull of keys , one of
which might open the Inside door to
the safe , was close at hand , Without
going through the other drawers , one
of which contained the watch , the fel
low secured the keys and was ap
parently at work when Henry CSIIss-
man entered.
Enter Young Gllssman.
Henry GllHsnmu , who sleeps over
the store , usually retires early , but
Saturday night had been back In the
bakery rending. Heady to go to bed
some lime after 11:30 : , he went Into
the front store to see what time it
was. Mr. Pariah bad left the store
about llfteen minutes before. AH he
passed tbe open window he fell aj
draught and turned on a llihl. ; |
When he stepped Into the next room
he looked down the store and still half
a sleep saw a man crouched down 1 0'
hind the end of the candy case.
The fellow bad n knife and once dlS'
covered ran down to Gllssman who Is
a young man of sixteen or seventeen
years.
A Dramatic Burglar.
"Got any money ? " growled ( lie
burglar. "No. " said Gliasman. The
boy does not bank his money and
usually cairies a considerable sum , but
fortunately had little in Ills pockets.
"Take off your coat , said Mr. Burg
lar. The coat came off.
"Take off your vest ! " The vest
came off. The burglar searched them.
Tbe hold-up man then went through
the trousers pockets and came up with
thirty-live cents and a key , which ho
threw on the floor with disgust.
But ho was not a careless burglar
and he took the thirty-live cents and
the nickel from the register.
"Keep still or I'll blow yer head
off , " said the gentleman as he made
a get-away out the back window.
C. P. Parish was called over the
telephone and hurried to the store. A
clerk came in to got h.s overcoat.
After while a policeman came.
"Well , be bad his nerve , " said the
policeman.
A light over the safe and a small
light in the back of the store burned
the while. The show cases and a cur
tain partly hid the man.
Still it was a bold job.
No arrests have been made.
Eves Overlooked.
h'd C. Eves In the O'Neill Democrat :
Our esteemed friend , Doll Akin , In
enumerating the men in Holt county
that are entitled to n salaried appoint
ment left "me an' Georgle" out. I
wouldn't have done that to Dell
durned if 1 would.
Another Rosebud Disappearance.
Herriek Press : Another one of
those mysterious disappearances lias
taken place and this time the parties
interested are Herriek people.
On Wednesday evening , December
23 , Henry Mojck , who for some time
past has conducted the Rosebud meat
market at Ibis place left homo telling
bis wife that bo was going to the farm
of his mother six miles northwest of
llorrlck and upon his return next day
they would go together down town and
purchase Christmas presents for the
children , of which there arc throe.
Upon leaving home Mojck rode out
with Forney Coughlin to n point four
miles north of Herriek and leaving
Coughlin there said bo would walk
across the fields to bis mother's place
about two miles farther north. This
was in the evening about 5 o'clock.
When he left the buggy- Mr. Cough
lin it was the last ever seen or heard
of Henry Mojck so far as wo can find
out at present.
Rural Carriers Organize at Nellgh.
Neligh , Nob. , Jan. . Special to The
News : The rural carriers comprising
representatives of the counties of
Holt , Knox , Pierce , Madison nnd Antelope -
lope formed their first organization in
the court room of this city , known as
the Elkhorn Valley district.
The following were the officers
elected : James A. Butler of Ewlng ,
president ; F. II. M. Donovan of Elgin ,
vice president ; M. W. Sowders of
Nellgh , secretary ; Harry Olmstead of
Nelleh , treasurer.
The executive committee consists of
M. W. Sowders and Harry Olmstead
of Neligh , Liny Babcock of Clear-
water.
$23,500 For Kllgore Wreck.
Valentine Republican : The claim
agent for Ihe Northwestern railway
company recently made settlements
with the heirs of George Kennedy ,
Foster Speas and M. N. Hawkins , who
were killed In a collision near Kilgoro
last August ,
The widow of Mr. Speas. whose
hoaie Is at Mahogany Buttes , Wyom
ing , received $111.000 ; James \ . Ken-
nei'\ ' a'lnilnistiaiiir and biother of
I ! ' i I. l Kelilledv , li-ceUi-d $ .r , Illlll ; ntlil
.1 ' nt . \i N IIiwKmwlio li\i s
in New York , received $ : ; Vin
Frank Brewer of Lander , Wyoming ,
1'u'l ll.unr i > l ttnmlh mi-
li.ll MI tun i 'i ' pi'ppi i : NO If. I mill
fill ( mill. K < ii i \ ni | > li- , Mi.inv I'i'p-
| > -ts \ i'\i \ li iv I1' ' ' " ' I ' ' ell i li 'UO
dcliir uli i s .ild d ; t' ' . .I nl I ' ( i no
pi-ppcl is pn ' ' nn I im.tiii ) ; .
TomHi 'd. ' ! | > icrs o'l l.'iuls
po-.css I'm ' u ( iuti so.nniiinu
plnpi-rliiM \\hirli nro found only
in spii R of hi li qn.ility. l-riild !
nir-hglit , \tiili no wi-nUniinui no
i'\inxuu' | to im'Ulitii'S | , no losl o (
Niltuir s ( - . - .
ISracnrs to Unit *
Thnra urn wr > Ulniln
TONE'S nml
IIUIMEG
CLOVES
MUSTARD
GIHGflt
TONE BROS Don Molm > n. jown.
\\ho was seriously Injured in the
wreck , received $ fi)00. ( )
It will be remembered that Kennedy
and SpeiiH were killed Instantly and
ll'iwklns died soon after being brought
to Ibis city. They were on their way
to Omaha with a shipment of sheep
when the fatal accident occurred.
Mr. Brewer was Ihe only one of the
quartet asleep In the caboose \vbo did
not sustain fatal Injuries and his
escape Is miraculous as the caboose
was smashed Into kindling wood and h > >
was hurled throni-li the air novoral
feet. Mr. Brewer remained here some
time receiving medical attention.
While he wns fortunate In not being
killed , Ihe Injuries he sustained will
remain with him through life.
FATHER WALSH APPOINTED.
Catholic Priest at Battle Creek Placed
on a State Board.
Hev , Father Thomas Walsh of Bat
tle Creek , until recently of Norfolk ,
lias been appointed a member of flu1
board of advisory secretaries to the
slate board of charities and correc
tions , comprising Governor Sheldon ,
Land Commissioner Eaton and Stale
Superintendent Mclirlen. Father
Walah Is appointed for a four year
term , the appointment coming from
the three state officials whoso offices
place them on the board.
The stale law provides for a board
of four seerotnticH to co-operate with
the state board of charities and cor
rections.
The duly of the board Is to Inquire
Into the whole system of public chari
ties , to Investigate the methods and \
practices of the state correctional In
stitutions and to ascertain the condi
tion , by inspection or otherwise , of
prisons , jails , public hospitals , asylums ,
industrial schools , etc. , In the state.
The board may require uniform re
ports and registration and has official
power to conduct investigations.
Public recognition given Father
Walsh from time to time Is always
gratifying to his many friends In Nor
folk.
CONDUCTOR HURT.
B. L. Daiting Thrown From Moving
Train and Severely Injured.
Fremont Herald : While attempt
ing to board his train as It was pass
ing the depot at Bennlngton at . ' , ' : 15 Sat
urday afternoon , Conductor B. L.
Ualting of the Northwestern , who re
sides at 250 North Logan street , was
thrown violently to the ground , strik
ing upon his back and left shoulder.
The shoulder was dislocated and some
of the ligaments In the back were
torn loose by the force of Iho impact. .
As Iho train of which he was In
charge entered Bennlngton Conductor
Daiting alighted at the depot and re
mained there while some switching
wns done In the yards. In leaving town
the train got under headway some dis
tance west of the depot and was run
ning at a rate of speed not less than
fifteen miles an hour when ho tried to
board It.
'The ' injured man was carried into
Bennlngton whore be was cared for by
a physician. Later ho was brought to
Fremont on a special train , arriving
here at ( i15 : ' p. in. The ambulance con
veyed him to his homo Though ex
ceedingly painful the injuries are not
regarded as serious.
BIG CHIEF WANTED COIN.
Wanted J. D. Haskell to Send $100.
Had Grand-Dad 197 Years Old.
Sioux City Journal : Charley Green ,
a big chief from Nebraska , ballasted
with booze , out of money and accom
panied by a man who , ho said , was his
grandfather and aged , according to
Charley , 197 summers , blow Into the
police station yesterday afternoon and
asked Chief Dlneen to call up J. D.
Hnskoll , of Wukeflcld , Nob. , and got
$100.
Charley , besides having n grand
father 197 years old , claims another
distinction. He thinks ho is the QUO
big plutocrat of the reservation and
Bays he has $1,000 in the bank. It
was of this sum Charley wished to
draw his $100. When told ho would
have to get his squaw's consent , "heap
big" dlgust was written on Charley's
face.
"No money , no firewater , " he said
and , tucking the aged grand-dad Under
his arm , he walked out to find his
squaw.
Business Changes In the Northwest ,
John Angus has purchased the Slov-
enson grocery store at Lynch.
( ! . W. Wlleox at Klgln has purchased
tie Frank Hou h Imple-ncnt business
Tin linn "i i < n\mer Ai Griffin ,
man-
i . : ! of the auto garage at Madison ,
IIUB been dlssuheil. Mr. Haynior con
tinuing the business.
