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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1909)
THti NORFOLK WBEKLT NEWS JGUJWAL FUIDAk FEBRUARY 5 l'-K)9 ) SOCIETY Mr. and MrH. 13. A. Hullnck ontoi fjitituil n small company of frlontls n J:30 : dinner Tliurflilny evening , bridge whlHt affording after-dinner plonsuro The lillMiird'H rnglng out of doors dlt not In tlu- least affect the cheer of tin owning within. Among tliu out-of Uwn guests woru Mr. nnd Mrs Cliarli'B Harding of Oniiilin. Mr. inn 3V1r ! ' . W. Rnthmnn of DalluH , Mr aiiul MI-B. .1. 0. .lolniHtou of St. Pnu and MrH. Louis Clark of Oinaliii. Ploreo London MHB ! Kloronco Mo Wliorlor gave n farewell jinrly to ' number of her little friends Frlda > c'vonlng t tlio homo of her paruntH Mr and Mrs. Frank McWhortor previous to her departure for her new Jioino nt Norfolk In a few weeks. The evening was pleasantly spent In play jni ; games and later In the evening nice luncheon was served to the Illtli' quests. The ini'tnliorH of the Christian En denver of the Christian ohuroh , held a HHnl at the ho - o of their minister 11. .1. Lucas at 70. South Fourth street Tuonday evening. There was a largi attendance. The evening was pleasant Iy spent. Tin- birthday club of 'I'ho Heights jui'i Kildny afternoon wltli Mrs. 1C. A A in-line , the occasion of the mooting twtiiK the observance of the birthdays V Mrs. Ainerlue and Mrs. .1. II. Ox- ' luncheon was mm A 1 o'clock BOI'M'd. A vested choir In the future will jCurnish sweet music nt the Methodist ZSplscopnl church. There are ten iiuMnlioi-H In the choir and they will nppinr In their new vestments for the flrst lime tomorrow morning. Mrs. P. II. Sailer was hostess on Tuesday afternoon to a company of yrjtuiK ladles In honor of her guest , Miss C'hubbuck. After n game of cards Mrs. Salter served refreshments. Mrs. Clarence White entertained n number of ladles at a pleasant 5 o'clock ton In her home , SOI South Kouilh street , Wednesday evening. ntoy Lulkart entertained a company n > f young men Informally last Sntur- ilay evening at his home on Norfolk avenue. Mrs. N. A. Huse entertained the ILlrldgo club on Thursday 'compll inentary to her guest , Mrs. Louts Clark of Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Nicola enter tained u small company of friends at w. 0 o'clock dinner on Monday evening. The West Side Whist club was on- tient allied by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Burn- Iium on Tuesday evening. "The Dorcas society was entertained this week by Misses Carrie Thompson nnd Susan Gillette. "Tit * Wednesday club met with Mrs. Personal. Mr nmlOTrs. Gilbert Johnston of St ' I'si-l. Minn. , Irave been visiting In Norfolk the , pnst week In the homes of Mr. ana ' -Urn. ftainbolt and Mr. nnd J\lrs. 10. A. Bnlioclt. They came ns a Hnrpriso upon the twenty-fifth wed- jtlng ijnnlvorsary of Mr. and Mrs. Bui- DtvV ; . Mrs. Johnston had not been lioro for thirteen years. Mr. nun ! Mrs. L. Council of Sioux f < CUy , who lived In Norfolk several * years , will go to Gordon , Neb. , in 'Jtfarch to make their home on a ranch. VThpy are making the change on ac count o ? Hie 111 health of their son , Iluby. Their daughter , Hazel , is a reporter on the Slonx City Tribune. Mr. and Mrs , S. M. Braden spent the forepart of the week In Chicago. Mrs. Louis Clark of Omaha visited Xn Norfolk the past week. Coming Events. Misses Inez Viele nnd Helen Lob- dell have issued Invitations to a 0:110 : dinner to bo given February 12 to jiiembers of the senior class and the high school faculty. Stock and Grain Gambling. Surlngvlew , Neb. , Jan. US. Editor .News : Set over in a showy corner i > t ucnrly every large city newspaper at SOUMJ time of Uo yenr , will be seen -the seductive card of some two or nore New York or Chicago bouses Allowing the prospective profits nnd n Brent willingness to engage In Invest ing other people's money in stock or -eraiu options , or. putting it In plain Kngllsh , who nre willing to bet on 3iow high or low the standard grades of wheat will rule a ilny or sixty days next following. As if this wore not 1o 'iirlght gambling. A man who plays draw poker nnd ? oses n V or X or double eagle nnd loaves n half hundred of some one's money In a faro bank , roulette table , or some other gambling device , may walk home wiser nnd more cautious for the venture but not utterly ruined , fllon who buy n lottery ticket nnd help to pay high salaried nabobs in Louis- Hum ana other cities , may. once In a , hi-ar of one drawing a small by It. Of course such concerns must pay a little something for the itnke of advertising. But oven such a fmblt grows with practice and tends to lessen confidence In the sturdy In- tlustn and good contracts ns n menus of rapid money making. But men who onre get the grain nnd stock gambling fever are ruined ere they are nwnro. of It. It is n Niagara whirlpool that never lets go of Its vie- tlm until It lands him headlong In the roxthlng abyss below , never to rise again Grnln gambling Is n betting of a strange uncertain character. A talnment vnn ue B CU n thousand and one chances may change the sale nnd niter thu result com pletely. The wind , thu rain , the frost , hall ntorms , the drouth , n war , n pcHtllcnco abroad , all count In the mar ket roll of nations to send up wheat or cut down the price of corn. The inornl effect Is marvelous , Men of stnto repute , clerks of courts , heads of firms , conlldentlnl cashiers , xinon with trust funds , merchants , bankers , lawyers nnd business houses In firms and singly , once started In this gamb ling trade are lost to honor nnd lost financially In ninety cnses out of every hundred. They buy and borrow nnd overdraw and beg nnd fall to pay nnd go downward to the last round of the ladder , nnd very rarely make by the merest chances nnd regain their foot hold In business. They more often heroine drunkards to the habit nnd borrow of their friends and end In ut ter ruin. Not five dollars In ten go to the credit of the real owner. Firms that ( tick up a cool million and de camp Into Cnnadn are very slow to put In all the dupes' dollars sent them nil over the country. They notoriously place the lion's share In n private bank account of their own , skip Into another country , some favorite resort for these fashionable bankers , and enJoy - Joy a few seasons rest , then cross to Europe or South America , possibly to Mexico , and llvo up their swindles In riotous luxury. The following from Frederick S. DIxon's article , "Poison In the Street , " In the February number of Every- body's magazine , will give the reader an idea as to the enormous amount of money that passes through the New York Stock Exchange every day : "During the week ending Septem ber li ! ( , 1908 , there were sold on the New York Stock Exchange n total of " ) ,570,000 shares of stock. The aver- igc value of the stocks dcnlt in was i little over $102 a share , making the stupendous sum of $51)8,76:3,000 ) : of stock supposed to have changed hands In five days of five hours each , and me day of two hours , n total of twenty- seven hours , or an average of over $21,000,000 an hour. During this period' 1,058,100 shares of Union Pa cific stock , were reported sold out of x totnl capitalization of 1,954,4C9 shares , or over 54 per cent of the capi tal. Over half the capital stock of American smelters was sold In the same week nnd of Heading's 1,400,000 shares no less than 1,132,900 shares wore sold , or within 207,100 shnres of the entire capitalization of the cor poration. All the capital of all the railroads In the United States , nnd of ill the great industrial corporations , s sold on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange twenty times over lu n single year , "Mr. L. G. Powers , of the United States census bureau , ostlmntes the wealth of the country In 1004 at ? 107- 000,000,000 and this figure Includes the value of all the land , live stock and arming Implements , nil railroads and factories , everything In the United States we call property. Enormous ns the figures are , an amount equal to this total wealth of the country passes through the New York Ex change every twelve months ! By the eport of the comptroller of the cur- ency on September 2U , 190S , there vere 0,853 national banks in the Jnlted States , having total loans and llscounts of ? 4,7nOC12,731. Wall Street would exhaust this enormous um in forty-seven days. The total milking power of the United States n 1908 , as represented by capital , sur- lus , profits , deposits , nnd circulation vns $17,042,705,274. This . exceeds ho world's banking power in 1890 , ml yet Wall Street would absorb it 11 in 171 ! days. " The whole scheme Is n polite sys- em of pilfering in which more banks invo been wrecked , more widows and rphnns made doubly destitute , more nvlous emulations and extravagance n life , more high-handed rascality racticcd than all of the combined obberles , larcenies and burglaries of he nation. It is doubtful if the money invested n drink or of the widows of drunkards logins to compare with those brought ow by stock and grain gambling. The elusion Is so secret and seductive hat few hear of It and loss realize It. lut in every village , every city , and even out in the country , from one to lundreds are caught In the meshes of his soul-eating canker and coaxed to nvest trust money , savings bank nonoy , money saved for mortgage mymeuts , or saved to meet honest lobts or held to pay Insurance , or ; cpt for rainy days or held In trust or others , Is thrown in the pool to jo squandered by the bankers who landle It. Instances can be given of a farmer lear St. Louis who lately lost $0,000 n wheat options ; of another nt Nash- llle who lost $2,200 In a like manner ; of a respected clerk of a court In Grand Rapids , formed this dangerous mhlt of Investing In options till ho squandered his salary and savings , borrowed all he could get trusted for , ind ran down to the verge of In sanity , lost his position and beggered us family by the Investment , and to- lay remains a living witness of his vlckedness. Another of a mfsslonary n New York , who after many years of nrduous toll In China , returned to his country for a woll-enrned rest. In some Inscrutable way the fever of pectulatlon , of gambling , seized him , ind he paid the savings of years over ho counters of a legitimate broker , a nember of the New York stock ox- change. Ills kin remonstrated with ilm nnd urged him to shun the mar- jets , but ho was deaf to nil entreaties , "innlly his wife's brother went to the iroker nnd after telling him what nbor nnd privation this missionary ind accumulated his paltry dollars , nnd how necessnry these savings wore o the wife nnd little children , ho logged the broker , out of mercy to he helpless ones , to refuse to fill the gambling orders of the father. The broker heard hln story and then told bin visitor coldly that they wore In business to do business , nnd would fill any orders , provided the customer met the requirements ns to margins. ' 1 nnt wan the end of It , and the mis sionary went on gambling until his savings were gone and he was ruined In purse and character. A thousand cnses could he given , but why name them when every city i.ns Its hundreds , and every village Its example. Talk of whiskey's ruin ; tnlk of broken homes by drink ; tnlk of pov erty , forfeited friendship and trust betrayed , you will find It In the swind ling option buying on the broad-cast scale. The most effective means of con trolling slock and grain gambling Is the ticker nnd blackboard , which arc used to a great advantage In cities of Importance and laws should be passed in the several states making Illegal use of both. Not until these are abolished , stock nnd grain gambling will continue to exist on n largo scale and no doubt In time will lend to the ruination of our nation. Of course It will take some time to stnmp It out entirely , and we cannot begin opera tions too soon. Leonard Charles Wnkeman. Gamblers Flee the Rosebud. Something of an exodus of gamblers , of real gamblers and their "tin horn" following from the Rosebud country has been witnessed in Norfolk this Jast week , the"lld" Is on"stuff , Is off" as the saying goes and the gamblers are seeking the kindly shelter of the larger cities. Public gambling In Gregory county is not to. bo countenanced by law. Even where there was marked leniency towards the gamblers nnd their pro fession all the fall , visiting lambs are to bo shorn no more. And no more Is the "crinkly" wool to be divided. No more It Is life on easy street for the card sharks and the wheel twirlers who reaped big harvests during the October rush and who have found the pickings good since. No. more will the police force have to listen to the bleating of the shorn Iambs. The cover Is off the baize. The prattle of the chuck luck men Is no longer heard. The cliclty click of the Ivory and the rattling of the dice nre noises of the past. ' ' This time the lid has fallen "for keeps. " During the past two years the attorney general of South Dakota has hammered down i the "lid" oc casionally. This time- the nails nro lu firmly. Gregory county saloons will now elose nt 11 o'clock at night. They will be closed oil Bllnday. Governor Vessey of South Dakota Is back of the new order. He will , It Is said , have the support of the county and local authorities. DR. PERCIVAL ARRIVES. New Superintendent for Insane Hospi tal Is Here. Dr. Perclvnl , the new superintendent for the Norfolk Insane hospital , ar rived In Norfolk at noon from Omaha to tnke charge of the Institution Mon day morning. Hits Well Known Rosebud Man. Fairfax Advertiser : It Is reported from Gregory that on Monday night a gambler named Robblns hit Jack Wright over the head with a gun and Inflicted a scalp wound which required thirteen stitches to close. It is said that bad blood has existed between the men for some time and that when nubbins met Wright on the street Monday night he proceeded to lay the latter out without ceremony. The case will probably be aired In the courts. Squler-Sprague. The marriage has been announced of Miss Jessie May Sprague of Omaha to Newton Lemuel Squler of Silver Creek. The wedding took place in Omaha on January 27. Miss Sprague Is well known hero and has many friends In Norfolk. Wlllberger's Challenge. West Point Republican : H. D. Will- berger of Anoka claims to bo the champion speller of this section of the state. In a recent challenge In The Norfolk News , ho submits n formidable string of victories In spoiling con tests that would seem to establish quite an orthographical reputation and to entitle him to considerable recogni tion. Among other victories , ho cites one at West Point in 1SSC. That was before the writer's advent here , ' but some of the older people will , probably remember .him and the Incident re ferred to. There Is something about this spellIng - Ing business and this challenge that appeals to the writer. The challenge has the right ring. It harks back to the time when to bo the best "Spollln" and "Flgurln" was nn honor greatly sought nnd prized nnd gave the win ners considerable prestige In the com munity. Unfortunately for the good of the present generation , these things have been shoved Into the background and more promlnents is given to other and loss merltorlus things. Over crowded school currlculums have de veloped a generation of , comparatively , poor spellers , poor writers and poorer readers , not to say anything about poor "Arlthmetlcers. " Basketball , base ball , football , running , jumping nnd weight-throwing championships nro all right In their way , but as bread winners , -Spelling. " "Wrltln" and "Flgurln" have them bent n mile. There ought to be n thousand young men nnd wom en ready to accept Wlllhergor's chal lenge. If the writer were not so old , wore looking for now laurels , or bad time to review his old "Sanders" speller , he would take a whirl at the thing himself. As It Is , there ought to ho others ready and willing to give the challenger a run for the championship. SATURDAY BII-TINGB. A. II. Klesau has been In Chicago this week on business. Miss Bertha Pllger Is homo from Stanton to spend Sunday. Mrs. Utter nnd Mr. nnd Mrs. Will- Inms will lenvo for Beovllle , Texas , Monday. A. II. Vlole Is expected home today from an extended business visit to Chicago. Otto Fuerst Is expected homo from Chicago Sunday or .Monday. He will go nt once to Madison to take charge of the Independent telephone com pany's office nt that point. Charles Harding , president of the Omaha hoard of education nnd nlb'o < if the Farmers' co-operative creamery company of Omnhn Is visiting at the 10. A. Bullock home. Mr. Harding In years gone by was manager of n cream ery In Norfolk. James Beck left for Pintle Center Saturday on business. W. A. Wltzlgman will leave tomor row for n visit to Clinton , In. , Peorla nnd Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. W. I ) . Russell of Omaha have been visiting Mr. nnd Mrs. John Friday. Mrs. I0ft Nelson of Crelghton Is spending over Sunday at the home of her brother , W. .1. Unhid Dr. O. II. Meredith postponed his regular Friday trip to Stnnton yester day on account of the weather. Hov. Kdwln Booth , jr. , is suffering with n severe attack of grip nnd ns a result no church or Sunday school services will be held in the First Con gregational church. County Superintendent K. A. Mur- phey and Superintendent K. S. Cowan came down from Knox county yester day to attend the school folks' ban quet , which had to bo postponed. Among the day's out of town visi tors In Norfolk were : L. W , Knopp , O'Neill ; O. 10. Hassett , Ord ; U. B. Munford , Pierce ; Karl Fuhter , Madi son ; James Graham , Wlusido ; Joseph Bolter , Lindsay ; .1. C. Parker , Win- side ; J. C. Carnelly , Lindsay ; Char lotte Lawson , Wayne ; H. H. Zlomor , Pllger ; J. H. Welsh , Stnnton ; L. B. Hancmnn , Ewlng ; Mrs. John Plshlk , Wayne ; 10. H. Mason , Bloomfleld ; George M. Bailey , Latta ; Miss Grace Bailey , Fairfax. S. D. ; John Dolphin. Miss C. Ruppell , Bloomlield ; 10. L. Cowan , Crelgliton ; 10. A. Murphy , Cen ter ; Ed Piper , Fairfax , S. D. ; Mrs. F Niflson and M'iss Winifred Nelson , Nlobrara ; H. P. Shumeway , Wakefield. A marriage license was Issued at Madison this week to August C. Druck and Augusta M. Schultof Nor folk. folk.Bill Bill Jones , porter at the Reed shop , lost $00 worth of "glad rags" In the flro which destroyed the Norfolk rooming house TlnirdJtty' lllglit. President Inholder tit the Farmers state bank nt Hndnr , recently robbed , has not only iltlrcllttd'ed a new safe but has also Increased his burglary Insurance from $1,500 to $2,500. His insurance lacked over $100 of cover ing the recent loss. Mrs. C. S. Parker underwent an operation yesterday for relief from pneumonia , draining the lung. The operation was successful. The regular meeting of the Woman's club will be held Monday afternoon in the parlors of the Congregational church. A full attendance is desired as importnnt business Is to come be fore the club. Miss Knthryn Wilson of Meadow Grove is recovering from the effects of a serious runaway accident during the holidays. Miss Wilson Is a sister of Mrs. 10. H. Brewer of Norfolk. II. M. Hall of Bethany , Neb. , a mem ber of the state bible shool association , will conduct the meetings of the bible school institute on February 18 and 19 at the Christian church of this city. James Delaney , a nephew of W. A. Wit/.igman , who has been here froih Creston , la. , on a visit , has for the time being taken Archie Gow's place as bookkeeper In the Nebraska National bank. Pierce Leader : Miss Rosalie Wit- ten has been employed as stenog rapher In the court house , she enter ing upon her work Tuesday morning. She has boon attending the Norfolk Business college for the past two years , nnd recently graduated. Professor II. M. Steldley of Lincoln Is to be in Norfolk on February 21 to assist with the program of the Norfolk District Bible School Institute to beheld hold here on that date. The mooting will he held under the auspices of the Nebraska state Sunday school conven tion. tion.W. W. C. James , district deputy of the M. W. A. , Is in the city over Sunday , closing up some matters left un finished when ho was transferred to Omaha. In Omaha ho has charge of Hurt , Washington , Douglas , Sarpy and Cass counties. D. F. O'Brien of this city is working in the Omaha terri tory as assistant deputy. Ralph C. Young , the new deputy for this dis trict will make his headquarters In this city. Pierce Lender : Fred Gast , living on a farm east of Pierce , states that his father-in-law , Carl Wolff , residing ten miles southeast of Pierce , had re cently sold his IGO-acro farm to Will King of Norfolk , for $7,000. A year ago he bought this farm for $5,000 and thus It will bo scon that he mndo $2,000 on the deal. Carl Eucker , who has boon farming east of Pierce , has rented this farm of Mr. King 'for the coming season. In ton years the valentine , the more or less elaborate creation of cuplds and fringed paper , will bo no more , If the prediction mndo in Norfolk by a traveling man Is substantiated. In the east the expensive and altogether useless Valentino is being decapitated and the traveler admitted that ho thought the paper and celluloid works of art would In a few years be in dis repute the land over. The objection- nblo "comics" will probably survive and possibly the cheaper grades of valentines which the school children use. But the change Is not coming right away. Norfolk merchants nre stocking up ns usunl nnd the malls will bo heavy with big packages on February 11. According to Information received from Washington Postmaster lla.ss ox peels to be notified In the monthly postal guide Issued the first part if February of the Issuance of the special stamp by the government eommomur ntlve of the birth of Abraham Lincoln The stump will be ready for distribu tion among tlu > offices a few days he- for Lincoln day , February 12. The designs signs and portrait of the sinmp will vary somewhat from tlu < usual pa triotic series , which bear the busts of famous Americans. On account of the greatness of the occasion the stamp will bo highly distinctive In sl/o nnd ! character. Only one denomination of the stamil will bo Issued , that of the two cents. H Is understood that It will not be ready for the public until Just prior to Lincoln day. They will prob ably not continue In circulation longar than n few months. B Honey unit Tar olonr.i tliu ulr . whips the Irritation lu Uu > throat , Hocthus tinhilhuncil tuiMii- nnd the most nb.stlimtc cough afH. Hofi' mill lullaiucd luturn hoiiIM | had Htrriiuthonril , and the iMi IH uxiicllt-il from lliu nyntptii. Ho- fitsp niiy but thy Kciiiiluo In the yellow purltllKP. t'"or Hiilo liy TinKlcsuu llrug Co. MONDAY MENTIONS. Dr. C. A. McKIm has gone to Sallun , Kan. , on a visit. Miss Mabel House has gone to Des Mollies on a visit. Dr. C. W. Ray left at noon to de liver his lecture. "Cornerstones of Our Republic" In two towns near Lin coln. coln.W. W. J. Gow left today to spend two or throe weeks In Colorado. Dr. J. C. Myers returned last night from a trip to San Antonio , Tex. Mr. and Mrs. John Ray left today for a winter visit to Texas. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kuhn will leave this week for a two months' visit to California. J. A. Shoemaker of Omaha , who has been visiting E. P. Weathorby since Friday , returned homo at noon. II. M. Eaton , the retiring land com missioner , was one of the guests from away nt the graduating exorcises at the Norfolk hospital Saturday night. Ed Monroe returned Saturday from Stanton , Rev. Dr. Ray has gone lo Lincoln to deliver his lecture before an audience there. Frank Yellow Horse of Verdcl was 111 Norfolk Sunday , Mr. nnd Mrs. Frank D. Lowery are visiting In Omaha. J. C. If lun of Meadow Grove was In Norfolk Saturday. T. E. Mohoney Or Plalnvlew was a visitor to Norfolk Saturday. Miss Lellah Scott spent Sunday at ner parents' homo in Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Gentle returned last night from a visit with his parents at Creston , la. Misses Florence Ilagel of Columbus and Minnie Gath of Schuyler are vis iting Mrs. Will Hall. Among the day's out of town visi tors in Norfolk were : T. E. Mahonoj. Plalnviow ; I. G. Alyea , Meadow Grove ; E. L. Glllhnm , Niobrara ; Ches ter Slaughter. Dallas , S. D. ; C. F. Brown , Fairfax , S. IX ; Ray Winder , Tllden ; Misses Rachel Falrchlld and Marcla Mitchell , Fairfax , S. D. ; F. B. Newcomb , Dallas , S. D. ; A. Touesdcll , Burke , S. , D. ; B. E. Hall , F. McCrady , Battle Creek. The W. C. T. U. will hold a business meeting Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 : o'clock at the homo of Mrs. Robertson on South Fourth street. A large at tendance Is desired. Press reports state that the legisla tive committee on public lands and buildings has recommended new build ings at the Norfolk hospital costing $45,000 and $8,000 for furnishing them. News of the death of Chris nick , formerly of this place , but later of Oklahoma , was received in Norfolk by Carl Reiche. The remains will arrive In Norfolk Tuesday noon nnd the funeral - oral will be held In St. Johannes Luth eran church. Mrs. W. X. Huse submitted to a sur gical operation in Immanuel hospital , Omaha , on Thursday , which proved much more serious than anticipated. She was very sick for several days af ter the operation , but reports from Omaha this morning are that she Is now past the danger point and her recovery Is only a matter of a few weeks. Columbus Telegram : E. H. Lulkart of Norfolk , was In the city enroute home from Cedar Rapids , where ho recently purchased the First National bank of that town. The Tolegrnm con gratulates Lulkart on buying a good bank In one of Nebraska's best small towns , and we congratulate the people of that town on winning for a perman ent cltlzsn one of the bright and ro- llnblo young men of the state. E. II. Tracy has sent to Norfolk friends pictures of a unique bank building , the home of the First Nn- tlnnal bank of Slmwneo , 111. , and the first bank building built in Illinois. The bank Is an Imposing structure and would not Indicate that a majority of the bank buildings , oven In the big cities , erected since , have been com ing up to this early standard. The material for the building , Mr. Tracy says , was shipped by river. The cashier of the bank has been with the Institution fifty-two years. E. S. South's interest In the Norfolk hardware firm of Colomnn & South 1ms boon purchased by F. Z. McGlnnls , the firm naino changing today to Coleman & McUlnnls. Mr. McUlnnis was born In this vicinity nnd having spent his life hero enjoys the advantage of a The real test is in the baking. Other RikiiiR Powders may make broad rUims , imt when it comes to the production of teal delicious biscuit , cakes and pastry CALU BAKING POWDER Jitovcs its real worth. This is because of its much ( -renter Icavcninjj power and the strict purity of its ingredients. It costs only n tritlc more than the cheap anilnK \ can brands and much lens than the 1 rust llaking Powders. Received Highest Awnrd World' * Pure Food Expoiition Chicngo , 1907. & bv T BAKING TO * I * " CHICAOO wldo acquaintance He ha * had ex perience In Nmfulk stores nnd will move Into town. taMng an .inhe pint In the business of ih ( . store. His farm six mlloB south of the city has boon rented. Mr. McGlnnls and his family will move to Norfolk In about four weeks. The new member of the firm Is a son of A. N. Mclnnls ( ! of this city. Mr. South states that the sale of his Interest In the store has boon made rather unexpectedly , he has no definite plans for the future to an nounce. Already people are Inquiring about seats for the Adelaide Thurstoii engagement - gagomont at the Auditorium which comes next week , and from present In dications her now comedy , "The Wom an's Hour , " will receive a cordial welcome - como at the hands of Norfolk theater goers. Seats nre not yet on sale , nnd announcement of the date when they go on sale , will bo made shortly. Miss Thurstoii Is one of the real players on the American stage today and her en gagement hero will be one of the gen uine events of the present theatrical season in Norfolk. Literally shoveling ( heir way from Wakollold to Emerson , n party of Nor folk linemen In ciiaiiro of Assistant District Manager Carinr of the Ne braska Telephone company made the trip overland from Wayne to Emer son after the blizzard , arriving In the latter town StUualny evening In time to catch the M. & 0. train lo Norfolk. The worst drifts wore found between Wakefield and Emerson , tie ! snow in many ililCCS ) In the road , being packed up higher than tlitholes' ' heads. In these places ch'3 diKts were attacked with shovOis , i'IP ' crow shoveling their way through < h'lfl ' after drift. In ad dition to repairing wire t-oable the linemen had to blaze rt road through the white wilderness. W. A. Moldenhauor's condition con Unties about the same. Borji to Mr. nnd Mrs. John Adkfnfi , living eight miles southeast of Nor folk , a son. E. N. Vail is still suffering severely from the effects of Ills fall In his restaurant some two wfoks ago. Ho was confined to his home the greater part of last week but was able to be down town today. District Judge A. A. Welch will hold an adjourned term of court in Pierce Wednesday afternoon. Judge Welch will go to Madison on February 2,1 to make record of his decisions In the cases heard in Norfolk and to take up other equity matters. A. H. Vlole , who returned from Chicago cage Saturday , rode through the bliz zard , his train arriving twenty-four hours behind schedule. At Carroll the train ho was on ran into a side track and was soon blocked In , It beIng - Ing necessary to abandon the train and board -another section. Other abandoned trains wore seen along the line. line.Tho The affairs of the Norfolk Commer cial Club auxiliary were closed up last night nt a mooting in the office of the automatic telephone company. It was decided to merge the organiza tion with the parent club and the members of the auxiliary will bo asked to take out membership cards In the Commercial club. The records , pa pers and funds of the auxiliary were turned over to the Commercial club officers today. Newman Grove News. Newman Grove , Nob. , Jan. I0. ! Spe cial to The News : Senator Randall and Representative Young took leave of their legislative duties at Lincoln long enough to spend Sunday at homo with their families. They returned Sunday evening so as to bo on hand for the first session Monday. * The Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbor lodges of this place held joint Installation In their hall In the Harvey building. They wound up the evening's entertainment with an oyster supper and a dance. A largo crowd wns on hand to enjoy the fes tivities. The Philsophors' club , organized through the efforts of Rev. Jorgensen of the Congregational church , Is hold- weekly meetings. Great interest is manifested In these meetings. The labor question nnd strikes are being discussed at present. Miss Suitor , the newly oloctcd as sistant in the high school , arrlvod from Chicago Monday night and took up her duties In the school room the next morning. Reports from the hospitals nt Oma ha Indicate Mrs. Dr. Lemur and Emanuel Wldorgren rapidly recover ing from their recent serious opera tions \\hlch in cliffring in-v\s to their many friends at this place i The funeral of the nine year-old i iI I daughter of Mr and Mrs John Oleson VMIS largely attended bj the many friends of the fauilh. This was a very sad case on account of the man ner of the child's death and'the ser ious lllnoHs of the mother who him boon hovering between life nnd death for some time , suffering from norvotm prostration. It seems iho lltllo ono was engaged In cooking candy and In some manner an explosion which HO frightened her that she wont Into convulsions. Shu , however , seemed to again be nil right early In the evening , but during the night she slightly raised up In bed and fell back dead. Rev. .Mr. JorgoiiHon officiated at the funeral with Interment In Hope cemetery. The masquerade ball hold by the volunteer lire department of wns largely attended and n snug sum was realized by the hoys an a result of their efforts. The Johnson Candy company is installing - stalling an elegant soda fountain In their store on Halo street which adds greatly to the already elegant , ap pearance of the place. Mrs. Gilbert and Infant son nccom- panled her mother to her homo at Johnson , Nob. Professor Gilbert Is now taking lessons In dOiiiCHtlo science on his own account. A Hovoro KIIOW storm raged at this place Thursday afternoon. r-oli > yH Orlno Laxative ctirco cniictl- | pinion an.l . Hyor trouhlu and miilcua Iho nowpla llualUiy nnd ruKiilar. Urlno Is Hliiiorlor to plflH and lahlutw as It doo.M nnt grlpo or nuusimto. Why tuko uny- thllltf olHO ? For .sale by Tl > < . K-.Hau | fjniK Cfo. Business Changes in the Northwest. Fred Reznor , the Madison audio' neer , Is to move to Sownrd. O. W. Elchnr has sold his wagon shop at Alnsworth to IS. J. Votrowbek. Judge Williams , ox-railroad coniiiils- ftlonor , will open a law of/ice / In Pierce again , returning (0 ( that city the first of the coming month. J. 12. Witton , employed on the Pierce Call for several yea , has purchased a half interest In the paper from A L Brando. The firm linn boon changed to Brando Brothers & Wliltton "iunu of . , , , , Honieily. lloxat.i.-thyll.nVti . rumliu , ! ! "y ' c'l' ' tl t xt 1 , ok" , | tS ? u \ Kidney a.s , , you . For .sale liy TinKitsail UriiB Co. That Mischeivous Message. Following is the telegram which was sent from Sioux City to a number of papers , causing anx.ety among people Interested In Norfolk : Sioux city , in. , j , , , , . 28tA t , phonic ' report received here at U o'clock tonight says that Norfolk , Neb is on lire with a gale of fifty-eight miles an hour sweeping across the prairies in the first bll/.zard scon in this section since 1SS8. Communi cation with the town Is now cut "ff the telegraph wires are down , the telephone exchanges are burned and he residents of the city are fighting the flro.desperately. . The lire started in a frame building next the telephone exchange of the Boll company It spread rapidly nnd the business' sec- Ion is reported gutted. It Is not known here whether or not assistance from surrounding towns has been received Details are meager. I'm-iiinimlii Follinifc i. , , < ; r | | , | , , . . rncumonlii often follows la irrlnno but never follows the uxt , of Koley's Iloiu-y and Tar , for la irrlnnu i > murh < i and ili-up Heated col lH. Jiof , Jo any but li'S."UlVl"i ' V,1' ' 110" ) uckl'K ' ; , , , - I-or aalo by Thu Kit-Han Drtitf Co. Died of Lockjaw. Ed Strlcka , nineteen years old , the Albion boy who was accldontly shot , died Wednesday nftcrnoon from lock jaw. Ho had two narrow escapes from death before , nearly falling overboard when on ship coming from Russia and being severely injured when thrown from a horse a few years ago. There IH more Catarrh In this Hootlon of the country than all other diseases put together , and until llio last row years WIIH HiiiioHed | | to bo Incurable. I" or a wn-at many ycnra doctors pro nounced U a local illHi-iiHo nnd pro. scrlbi-d local fi-inodloH , mid by con- Htnntly fulllnw to euro with local treat ment , pronounced It Inuurnlilo. belt-nee IIIIH proven catarrb to bo n con- Mtltutluiml disease and Ihoroforo ro ( luli-fs constitutional troatinoni. JmU'H ( iiliirrh C'uro , inanufaoturfd by R j. ' " ' " . ' , ' ? ' $ Co , ' T"ltMl" ' Ohio. IH tlio only constitutional euro on the innrKot. It IH taken Internally In doses from ton ilrops to a toiiHpoonful. It nuts dl- rectly on tlio blond and IIIIICOUM 8tir- \ acoii of the system. They olfwr ono hundred dollarn for any ease It falls to cirnSnd for circular and U-stlmon- \.ldn-M.M j.J Cheney it I'o , Toledo. I Ihlo H..I.I lj ilrtiKKlHln 76c Tiki UullH Family 1'llls for constt-