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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1909)
Til * ! NORFOLK W'BEK'LY NEWS-.JOURNAL'PBIUAY MMC1I li 1909 $70 Per Acre for Farm Near Stuart. Stuart , Not ) . , Fob. 27. Special to The NOWH : Dr. L. . ! . C. Iti'lclinrtl'H fnnn nilJoltiliiK thlH town has Just boon noli ! lit $70 per acre. The iiurclniHor in Wlllluin I ) . Poago , u forinor resident who wont from lioro to Iowa a couple of yoarH ago. The Minister In a Bll/zard. Dallim , H. I ) . . Fob. 27. Spoclal to TlitNOWH : ThlH IH llio story of a huinlilo fountry minister and how lt iiiiHolllHlinoHH anil tlioughtfulnoBs of others' roinfiirt converted a train loail f HIIOW hoiinil piiHsongorH Into < i Jolly IIOIIHU party , each member fun- testing with hlH neighbor to outdo In generosity. It WIIH ahout 20 : ! ! Tuesday afU'rnoim when No. fiui ; westbound passenger on the Dallas branch of the Northwestern ntriick a snow hank ahout a inlli1 east of Burke. U soon became evident that It would ho many hours lieforo the train could move. A wild Dakota lll//ard the worst of the year--nig- rd outside. In the ladles' coach a ilo/on tired women , with as ninny fret ful children , huddled together in a vain effort to keep warm thiougli the afternoon. The smoker was Illled with traveling men who Imniodlati-ly o > ' - Kiuil/ed poKer and pitch games and began a long slego of bucking the hltty. The nowHboy soon sold out both onlhles and smoking matorlal. Matches and cigars were at a prem ium and after the manner of humanity in general , those that had hunt ; tlght- ly to that which they had , lost their neighbors should receive some benellt thereof. My ti o'clock the pangs ef hunger had added to the general dis comfort and each occupant of the smoking car wore a dark blue groiK'h and bucked his nelKhbor at poker : i little luirdur In in effort to separate him from his cash. However , this was one time when money and ireat riches availed not. Neither fond nor cigars were to bo obtained at anj price. A few passengers had oaten Blnce morning. Children cried for food and tired mothers were nimbl-a to offer more than a word of explanation. At 7 o'clock an effort was made lo or ganize a party to bravo the storm to Burke for food , but after one look at the storm outside the delofintlon re turned to the meager warmth and light of the smoker. The Coming of a Real Man. Hut all this was changed after Kov. William C. Oarborson of the Baptist church of Burke appeared. Mr. Oar borson came not to preach or pray , but brought more substantial aid In the form of coffee and doughnuts and It Is needless to add that he was very popular. The traveling men who had been bucking the kitty all afternoon could not understand why Mr. Garbor- son would not accept pay for the pro visions. The good Samaratan also apologized for the weakness of the coffee on the ground that his wife had used all they had in the house. The spirit of selfishness and greed had train that afternoon been so strong on the noon that the Uov. Mr. Garberson had almost finished his Journey through the smoker before the passengers be gan to awaKe to the unselfishness of the act. No Pay For Him. Most of the passengers began to form a picture of the prairie homo of the struggling country parson , poorly paid , suffering the privations of the rough prairie life the good house wife taking all the eoffeo in the house and possibly all the flour , working for hours over the doughnuts and then the parson braving a mile and a Unlf of the blizzard and the snow drifto , struggling through the storm with the heavy load to food a trainful of sol- llsh humanity. Then to refuse pay. It took the card players some tlmo to understand this , but when they did understand , the spirit of the train was changed. A coffee salesman robbing his grips of precious samples filled the parson's empty baskets with the best of his wares , a collection was taken and tactfully offered for a "missionary fund. " Sample Grips Are Opened. After the good angel had departed the poker games were dropped by mu tual consent. A cigar salesman open ed his samples and passed them through the train. A cracker man and a candy salesman were not to be out- none , and their samples wore opened and were free to all who cared to partake. Toco , the harpist of Dallas , returning from a dance down the line , uncovered Ills instrument and played his choicest Italian airs. The Spencer orchestra , enroute to Dallas , unpacked their instruments. The rest of the evening the car was filled with music , songs and laughter. Traveling men entertained the fretful babies , while tired mothers snatched an hour's rest. Came Again and Again. Throe times during the twenty-six hours' tie-up the good Samaratan ap peared with food and coffee. It was a sermon without words , a sermon on brotherly love and unselfish living , the real spirit of Christianity personified and It reached the hearts of the four score of people as no other sermon had over done. FRIDAY FACTS. Mrs. .1. C. Myers has been visiting friends in Lincoln. Miss Helen Neobo visited relatives In Chambers this week. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Burnham left Friday morning for Chicago. n. T. Hold has gone to his ranch near Farroll. Wyo. , to prove up under the homestead laws. Stephen S. Jones and Miss Ida Edna Holmes , two highly educated full blood Indians , wore married in Norfolk Thursday evening by Rev. Edwin Oooth , Jr. . In his study in the Mast block. The groom , who is the traveling secretary for the Y. M. C. A. work among the Indians In Nebras ka and South Dakota , spoke at the Y. M. C. A. state convention a year ago. Mr. Jones was born on the San- tee reservation , while his bride cotnei from the Cheyenne river reservatloi In northern South Dakota. Word roaches Norfolk that Rev. J .1. Parker , for many yearn pastor o llio First Congregational church o Norfolk , and now of fionoa , Neb. , hai received f. call to Kearney , where hi goes at onco. Tom Hrlco was taken lo Hot Springs Ark. , Friday morning , to rocuperati his health. Mr. Hrlco has boon con lined to his room at the Oxnard hole In this city since November 1 , havlni been able to bo downstairs but onci during that time. He Buffered a ver ; serious attack of typhoid fever. Hi Is one of the best known and mos highly esteemed commercial travolon In this territory. Mr. and Mrs. John Kocrbor have rt1 liiine.l 11run a trip to Chicago am Madison , Wls. J. A. Williams , ox-state rallwa ; commissioner , was In Norfolk ycstei day on his way to Lincoln from Pierce Charles Landing of Defiance , la. , i Trlpp county land winner , was li Norfolk over night on his way to tin Rosebud. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Miller and son Charles , returned last evening fron an extended pleasure trip througl California. E. F. Huso returned last night fron a month's pleasure trip on the Paclfl coast , visiting San Francisco , Los Angeles and other Interesting point In southern California. Among the day's out of town visl tors in Norfolk wore ; William Bllii son , Gregory , S. IX ; Dan Louck , Wls nor ; Ernest Otllund , Guy Nelson Hrlstow ; County Attorney Jame Nichols , Madison ; Deputy Oil Inspector tor F. J. Pratt. Humphrey ; Mr. am Mrs. A. II. Stamm , Uohling ; N. li Gardner , Gregory. S. D. ; F. II. Shnltz Stanton ; Earnest Mohr , Plorco ; II. S Hanson , Gregory , S. D. One of the cases which the recen sitting of the district court of Mad ! son cleared from the docket was tin suit brought against the county b ; W. R. Martin living west of Madison This has been known as the Martli ditch case and was brought-for $10C Martin claimed that he had boon dam aged by a culvert placed by the conn ty. Before the culvert was built Hi county had contributed $75 for tllliij to help drain the road and the Martli farm , Mr. Martin contributing tin labor. When the arrangements for th < Phillips lllatt funeral were first mad Dr. A. Hear was asked to make a fov remarks at the grave , the usual funeral oral services being dispensed with ii accordance with a request made b ; Mr. Blatt. Later a minister was Sc cured to offer prayer. Had the firs plan boon carried out , It would no have boon the first time that Dr. I3ea lias officiated at the funornl of Noi folk pioneers. On two or three oc caslons in the past ho has boon callei on to deliver funeral sermons or nil dresses of some length. House Burns Near Jamison. Jamison , Neb. , Fob. 127. Special ti The News : Fire caused by an ex plosion of a gasoline stove , complete ! ; destroyed the residence of E. C. Wales a half mile cast of town. Mr. Wale : is manager of the Beatrice Creamer ; Co. offices at Jamison and llcrrlck. Hi Is said to have carried insurance. Child Takes Strychnine , Dies. West Point , Neb. , Feb. 27. Spocia to The News : A fatal accident hai : pencil in the family of John Suva living in Lincoln township. A twc year-old boy of the family by semi moans found a bottle of strychnlm which was supposed to he out of hi : reach. Ho was found within a fev minutes by the mother suffering fron the effects of the poison. Medical aii was summoned Immediately but toi late to save the life of the child. LIMIT ON HOLDING SKIRTS. Wisconsin Judge Places It at 14 In ches in the Back and 9 In Front. Milwaukee , Wls. , Fob. JG. Hov high can a woman'hold her skirt on : damp night and still remain a lady ? It was up to Judge Neelon , In tin district court , to decide it , and In made a ruling that will apply to al future cases when he fined Miss Ma ; Walters $5 for getting past the "lady1 stage. Patrolman Decker was the etiquetti expert. He said when a woman'i skirt was up 14 Inches In the rear nine in front , and had a waist attachei which was more or less peekaboo , tin limit had been reached. "I have patrolled this beat for several oral years , " said the officer , "and non < of the Prospect avenue contlngen over carried their skirts like that 01 the street. " Loss of Stock In Last Storm. Dallas , S. D. . Fob. 20. This week1 ! storm is generally admitted to havi been the worst of the winter. Through out Trlpp county the stock loss , re ports Indicate , has boon very heavy An eye witness reports that whili coming from Lamro , a Journey whicl took the best part of two days , In came across the carcasses of man ; cattle. In one Instance he said In saw a distant cow , struggling througl the drifts , disappear entirely. Shi failed to appear again , In all proh ability stepping into a hole and suf focating. There is about sixteei Inches of snow on the level betweoi Lamro and Wlnona and In man ] places drifts are ton feet deep. Gregory , S. D. , Feb. 25. Special tc The News : Passenger train No.10 eastbound which left here on tluu Tuesday was stuck In a huge snow drift a hundred feet long for ovei twenty-four hours , The storm , whlcl began Monday afternoon and raged al day Tuesday , filled the cuts full of wet heavy snow so that a snow plo which was sent out from Boncstco stuck In the same drift on the otlioi side and there they were , holplesf ahout a hundred feet apart. A HOC end snow plow was sent but couli little assistance. With the as ' slslstance of shovelors the tialnwu | dug out about I ) o'clock Wednesday There were about thirty passengers on this train , most of whom walkoi back to Gregory and spoilt the night but several men and a family of six I man and wife and four small chlldii'ii | stayed with the train crew on tin 1 train till the next day when thcj ! weio brought to town. The trail which was lo moot this one at Burke laid there till morning and then pullci up to the cut and waited till the otiioi was dug out. This was thu worst tic ill ) of the year on this branch. Battle Creek News. 0. J. Scott , an insurance agent o Scilbner , who has been hero abou three weeks , was wanted by the an thorltles In Colfax county and tin sheriff was hero from Schuylor Sat urday to receive him. John Jest , one of our old retirei farmers , Is very sick and bedfast a the time of this writing. John A. Wright and O. II. Mnai made a business trip to Tlldon Wed nestlay. Paul Moellorlng and Miss Id ; Monschol of Wontzvlllc , Mo. , wen married here Sunday afternoon at tin homo of the groom's undo , Hour : Massman , by Rev. J. Hoffman. Tin new couple may make their liomi lioro. After a two months' visit Bruci Johnson returned last Thursday frou his old homo In Virginia. Clint Smith was hoic Thursday 01 business from Madison. Malone Anderson Is moving ont < the S. T. Nappor place north of tin Elkhorn this week. Stanley Srb , who came hero abou two weeks ago from Utlca , S. D. , foi a visit with his brother , is conflnci to the room on account of sickness and under the care of a physician. Ernest Cutkofsko , a student of tin Wayne normal college , arrived lion Friday for a brief visit with Ills grand parents , Mr. and Mrs. Massman. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs Jacob Knapp was christened Sunda ; by Rev. J. Hoffman. Henry Jest returned Sunday fron a trip to the southwest part of tin state , where ho bought a farm of 1C ( acres in Dundee county. William Boeler is lioro from Webster stor county on a visit with relatives A boy was welcomed last Tluirsda ; night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C J. Strieker. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kiihrts re turned Monday from their weddiii ! trip to Iowa and they \ \ ill go to house keeping on one of L. B. Baker s farms live miles northwest of town. Mrs. William Seiffert was here fron Stanton the first of the week with hei relatives. Arthur Williams arrived here Sat urday from Alcester , S. D. , for an ex tended visit with relatives and eli friends. Iv. I. Niles wont to Tildcn Saturday for a visit with his sons , George am Charles Nilcs. Prof. W. F. Richardson Saturduj moved into the Hohensteln house neai the high school. Ed Rouse has rented his farn southwest to Emmet Ilalsey , and In tends to leave the state. Alvin Maas , the youngest son of Mr and Mrs. O. II. Maas , is seriously 11 this week of pneumonia. Lent commenced Wednesday this week. During Lent the Luth erans will have services held by Rev J. Hoffman in their church every Frl day morning at 10 o'clock. Uehling Quiet in Riot's Wake. Fremont , Neb. , Feb. 27. Advices from Uehling , In the northevn part o : this county where the riot occurrei yesterday , say that everything is quiel there today. Italians Hide In Car. The Italian railroad laborers whc started the trouble and did the shoot ing , locked themselves in a car am have not been seen by citizens. Marshal's Condition serious. Nobody was wounded or badly in jureil excepting the town marshal George Heinoman , whose condition is serious. Eighteen shots have been extracted from his body and arms. Two Arrests at Scrlbner. Two Italians wore arrested ai Scrlbner while attempting to take c train early today. They are supposed to bo Uehling rioters. Two Italians are missing at Uehllng and it is believed the two arrested nl Scrlbner started the riot by shooting They were brought to Fremont. THE TEACHERS CONVENTION. Governor Hanly , Dr. O'Shea anc Others on Program Here. Officers of the North Nebraska Teachers' association , which holds its annual convention in Norfolk Marcli 31 and April 1 and 2 , believe that they have been unusually fortunate thU year in securing men of prominence for their convention program. It IE thought that many Norfolk people will desire to hear the addresses delivered by ex-Governor Hanly of Indiana anil Dr. O'Shea of Madison , Wis. The oflicers of the association have issued the following statement , ( ! ! reeled especially to teachers of north Nebraska : The program of the twenty-third annual mooting of the North Nebras. ka Teachers' association Is being rapidly prepared for publication. The program promises to be one of more than usual Interest and of sufficient variety 10 meet the needs of every teacher In the district. All depart ments of school work will bo repre sented. There will be help for the primary , Intermediate and grammar grade teachers of city and rural school as well as for the high school teacher and superintendent. We have an abundance of excellent talent. For the general sessions , wo have such men as Dr. M. V. O'Shea of Madison. Wist. , Montavlllo Flowers , tno reader and Impel sunator ; Dr. Warren of Yanklon , S. IX ; Superinten dent Walerhouse of Fieaiont ; Dr. Condra of the University of Nebraska ; Snpoilnionitoiit C. E. Bishop of the stale department ; and to close the sest.leu on Filday night , we present ex-Governor Hanly of Indiana. Flip sMipi'ilntondonls and principals have tcbpondod nobly to the call for assistance and suggestions , all of which nine boon valuable. We now deslro ll'iit ' they contribute further to the success of I nu meet Ings bv helping In alvo.tlso the.u. By agitation , by ills- ti Uniting advertising matter which shall be HHH later and by various other means which may occur to them fem : Unit to tine , they will help to inciease the enrollment. Impress the teachers that attendance upon those meet Inns Increases their efficiency and advances the-n professionally. to convince the boards of education of the vitalizing influence of teachers' associations. Most of them do know that "dead teachers" arc seldom found In such phcos. Gates Beats Ewing. Nollgh , Neb. , Fob. 27. Spoclal to The News : The return game of basketball between Ewlng and Gates academy was held yesterday afternoon in Daxon's hall. It WHS a walk-over for the home team. Score , Gates -10 ; Ewlng C. The game was reported to have boon clean from si art to finish. Gregory Changes. Gregory , S. D. , Fob. 20.--Spe cial to The News : M. A. Po- trlcka sold his hardware stock to C. N. Wolfe & Co. , who will move It to their location on North Main street. They will erect a largo building for it as soon as the weather permits. The building occupied by Mr. Petrlcka nnd which ho built laat fall was sold to J. J. Wngnerbankor , real estate dealer , who will use it for a real estate office. The location Is one of the best in the city. S. W. Ahornethy and W. B. Cnrr will put up a building just west of the Auditorium which they will occupy as an Ice cream parlor and lunch room. The Dakota Cafe closes its doors this week for the reason that thn building had been leased to Oldman & Lancaster who will occupy it as a clothing and furnishing store Marcli 1. The Pacific hotel proprietor , E. Smith , is building a restaurant to operate In connection with the hotel , It will be 21x00 feet and will bo com pletely equipped to serve a largo num ber of guests quickly and satisfac torily. Arrangements were made by the city council to put down another well to supply the additional mains to ho laid in the south part of town as soon as the weather permits. Mike Slogol of Buttc , Neb. , has bought the Kalash moat market and will open it at once with a full sup ply of fresh meats and butcher's sup- lilies. Blacksmith's Convention Closes. With the attendance cut down from the 200 mark expected by the recent blizzard , the Nebraska Blacksmiths , Horsoshoers and Wheelwrights' asso ciation closed a two days' semi-annual mooting in Norfolk Thursday after noon. The convention , it Is believed by the officers , will be successful In extending the scope of the associa tion over parts of north Nebraska not heretofore Included. The men of the forge were wel comed to Norfolk Wednesday evening by E. A. Bullock , representing the Commercial club. President J. W. Edwards of Hastings in a few well chosen words responded. A band con cert by the Xorfoliv band opened the evening program. Letters wore read from the whole sale hardware dealers with reference to resolutions passed at Hastings last November , The coinention met again at 9:30 : Thursday morning , following a coal demonstration at the II. A. Pasowalk shop. The bills now pending before the legislature , new Hen laws and a bill for the licensing of blacksmiths , were read and discussed. The asso ciation is back of these bills. Mr. Snydcr of Madison gave an In teresting talk on tne subject of culti vating a friendly feeling with com petitors. On his motion , seconded by J. H. Katterman of Madison , it was voted that the locals affiliate with the state association. The salesmen for the wholesale firms were asked to correspond with their firms with reference to the sale of goods to others than those In the business , the replies to be sent to the socreary. The salesmen were also asked to solicit members In this ter ritory and to collect membership fees and dues. A feature of the convention has boon talks by salesmen and Informal speeches by the officers and delegates of the smith men. The blacksmiths' convention has ad journed , after a successful two days' session which did much to strengthen the organization in this part of the state. The closing session Thursday after noon was given over principally to short talks by the members on their experiences as blacksmiths. The association before It adjourned tendered the citizens of Norfolk a vote of thanks by a rising vote for "tho able and courteous way In which they entertained the visiting mem bership. " The association Into In the after noon adjourned to moot at the call of the executive committee. A considerable number of now mem bers wore taken Into the association luring the two days. At different times there were about fifty delegates In the city. Among those In attendance at th convention were : Chris Phleii lladar ; Gus Nltz , Norfolk ; A. N MeNutt , Crelghton ; Richard Petert Norfolk ; William Lubko , J. C. Corlcst Hooper ; James 11 Horny , Spauldlng J. P. McKay , Nollgh ; Bud Dllmai : Sianton ; J. H. Katterman , Madison Kmll Snlgss , O'Neill ; August Pasi walk , Norfolk ; Untl : Prlbbernow. Noi folk ; Flank Louck. Wakoileld ; D. M Garnet , Wlnsldo ; Chlttindon am Snyder , Madison ; S. J. Hall , Hooper Robert Urutzke , Boomer ; Ernes Schocr , Wliineloon ; W , lloyer , Wlr side ; President J , W. EdwardH , I last Ings ; Secretary George 13. Lodei Wahoo ; A , N , Jeffrey , Laurel ; Anguu llooiui , Stanton. Wife Searched Hubby's Trunk. If Mrs. Lawrence L. Rotter hai neglected to go through her husband' trunk when she made a hurry trip ti Not folk last spring or If In golm thioirh the trunk she had not fount a signed photograph of Margaret ABO ; of Ri'shvlllo , Nob. , and letters fron the same Margaret , Mr. Rotter mlgli have obtained a divorce from the ( lit Irlct judge at Madison Wednesday al teinoon. But Mrs. Rotter found th loiters and nailed on to them. Sin didn't even give them to the cour but she told about them In a 'leposl tlen of very great length. It was in tlmated that Mrs. Roller was kind li not going Into details. Rotter In traveling out of Norfoll made his headquarters hero , but thrci or four times a year visited his wifi In St. Paul , Minn. Ho was there 01 Chilstmas , 1007. When ho left hi said ho was going In for his nov samples , his wife claims. When he $25 a mouth allowance from th' ' house ceased , IM'rs. Hotter invest ! gated and found that her husband hai left the house. She came to Norfolk lound her husband , his trunk and thi Rusliville letters. She took them al back homo with her. Meanwhile on Marcli 2 ; : , 1008 , Rot tor at Madison had tiled a suit fo divorce. Ho had sworn that ho dii not know where his wife lived am that notice of the suit must bo glvoi by publication In a Madison count ; newspaper. When Mrs. Rotter wa bore the notice was being publishoi but she never saw it. Rotter stayed with his wife abou ten days. He testified at Madisoi that he was merely trying to effect i rconcillatlon. Mrs. Rotter claim that lie tried to force her to sign soj ; aration papers and offered her $00 ; month for a year. After ho lofl Mrs Rotter had the district clerk in St Paul write to the cloik of the dlstric oart of Madison county. Then sin found out that her husband was imni i'or for a divorce on the ground. ? o desertion. Mrs. Rotter hired a lawyer , lacl Koenlgsteln ol Norfolk , gathered uj her letters JMH' ' began to have ileposi tir.ns taken. Judge Welch force ; Rc.ttor to pay $100 into court for tin w.'fo before the case could bo tried. Mrs. Rottoi. in addition to gohu through her husband's trunk , bad an o'her bad habit. She saved bur bus band's letters to her. These won introduced at Madison and proved em barrassing to Rotter's testimony. Rot tor said be didn't know whether In had had ever received any loiters or ! photograph of the Rushvillo woman Judge Welch in refusing Rotty : : divorce said lhat his findings wer , based on three reasons , first , tha Roller had not established and maintained tainod his residence in Madison conn ty , second , that his testimony was un supported and was contradicted by his wife and third that instead of beinj desertion lie seined to have desertoi hU wife. Railroad News. Over 150 couples braved the in clement weather Monday evening li Fremont to attend Ibe annual bal given by llio Brolhorhood of Locomo live Firemen and Engineers of tha cily. Two months of work in pile drlvliu Is still necessary on the Burlington ! bridge south of Fremont. The chan nel has been culling deeper and deeper or through Iho narrowed river hod The Burlington Is maintaining a forci of twenty men and a work train there 'luo road Is still watching the Ice am Is supplied with dynamite that will be used to loosen gorges in case of r breakup. The burning of an express or mai car while In transit Is an unusua thing. The Burlington lost a dlnliif car a year or two ago near Fairmont In this state , and the burning of the express car at Grotna Saturday evening ing was regarded as one of the unus ual things. During the Christmas rush the American express lost f Northwestern car loaded with gift packages In the Chicago yards , while the car was being switched from one road to another * Cars frequently burn In wrecks but rarely do they catch fire while In transit and get such a start that the car is lost with its contents , Lincoln Journal : A call for the rotary snow plow came from the O'Neill line of the Burlington Tuesday afternoon and the big machine made a third trip to that branch Wednes day. It was In the Havolock hos pital being patched up after recent encounters with the drifts. A train that loft O'Neill during the storm Tuesday was stuck In the drifts about one mlle from Hay Point , n siding not far from Page , In Holt county. A re lief train sent out could not get closer than two miles of the drift bound train. The train carried ten male and two lady passengers The reports from the crew wcro that the passengers had ijeen well provided for and that they been well provldd for and that they tiad plenty of food and fuel , The dis tance back to O'Neill or to n settle meiit was not great but the danger ol trying to relieve passengers In thai way was thought to be too great because cause of the fury of the storm. Shortly after U o'clock Monday af ternoon In a slight collision bet\\eei two switching engines In the North western yards at Fremont , W. A. Ed wards , yard foreman , was throwi aualnsl the lender of the engine am received a bad gash above 4lho eye Though the Injury was not serious several stllches had to he taken. OIK of the engines was laklm ; water ant was si nick by the other going at llu rate of seven miles an hour. Edward ) was standing on Hie running boitn and the Impact threw him against th tender. The accident occurred dm Ing the heavy fall of snow. Th Hwltch entered by the engine takln water had been left open and the SOL end engine ran Into It. Aside froi smashing the running boards no dan ages were done to the engines. Newman Grove News. Newman Grove , Neb. , Feb. 25. Spe cial to The News : Mrs. Frank Claj ton living with her family northwos of this place , died after a short sick ness. Mrs. Clayton Is survived by her husband and five little children the oldest being barely eight years o use , the youngest an Infant one wool old. The family have the nynipath } of the entire community. Chris Myhre , clerk in the genera store of C. L. Juoll , has resigned hi position to accept a similar posltloi In a store at Petersburg. Ills posl tlon will bo filled by Ole Johnson fron Minnesota. Another business change has takei place , H. C. Stelnor having dlsposoi of bis stock of jewelry to Mr. Grave from Doshler who has taken posses slon of the store and moved his famll\ | into the residence recently vacated bj I the family of M. II. Alderman on the I corner of Halo and Valley streets | Mr. Stflner has not yet disposed of Ma residence property but It is said he in tends to move his family to Nortl | Dakota where ho recently purchase ! i a spclion of land. Dr. Leinnr has disposed of his lint residence properly at Iho corner o Halo and Missouri street to C. II Moiian of this city al u conslderatioi of $ ; ; , fi50. Mr. Morlan will lake pos session some tlmo next month. Mr Morlan's property on Fremont stree has been purchased bv Frank Hougl and will be occupied by the family o W. H. English. This community has had Us iisna large number of public sales this win tor. A. B. Robinson , the auctioneer having boon busy daily for the pas three months. His voice held ou until this week when he succumbed tc a severe attack of tonsilltls so that lit had to procure a substitute to flnlsl the work for him. John W. Overberg and family have j moved to the Simpson property whlcl they recently purchased. They nave rented their fine half section am moved on the forty acres adjoining ( own which he purchased for ' , ti,500 Mr. Overberg had a sale of son.o of Ills personal property running to ovei $5,000. One team of horses selling for ? 5S5. J. T. Nuzum and Knut Swanson are loading their personal effects Inlo the cars preparatory to moving lo Tulia Tex , where they will make llioli future homes. Their families will fol low in a few weeks. Representatives of the three hard ware firms of this city attended the recent hardware dealers convention in Omaha. They express themselves well pleased and much benofitlcd by their outing. Nols Pearson from Mullen is spend ing some time with his brother , Rob ert , at Ihls place. Ho is suffering fiom a severe ailment of one of his arns , the exact trouble not being fully determined. Mrs. L. J. Young of this place spent last week with her husband , Representative sontative Young at Lincoln , watching the Democratic legislature pass a few minor bills and gt ready for real work before the session closes. Mrs. Ran dall , wife of the senator , was unable to go , so the senator came homo Frl day night and spent Saturday and Sunday at homo. Ole Bringen has returned from Strathcona , Canada , whore he was called In connection with the setlle- ment of the eslalo of his brother who died there about a year ago. Mr. Bringen reports everything in a prosperous - porous condition in Canada. G. B. Howell and wife of Frederick , S. IX , are spending a few weeks with tne parents of Mrs. Howell , Mr. and Mrs. Lev ! Gulru , at this place. Mrs. C. E. Austin has returned from a visit to the homo of ' ( or parents In Montana. Mrs. Anna Barrett , lormorly of this place bin now of Silver City , In. , is visiting at the home of her parents , Mr. and Mrs. C. Brinkman. H. B. Nelson of the hardware firm of Dahlslrom & Nelson , Is spending several weeks at Salt Lake City. THL'RSDAY ' TIDINGS. J. W. Ransom and M. B. Irvln are In Omaha attending the automobile show. show.W. W. A. Case , representing the Cen tral Coal & Coke Co. of Omaha , 's ' lioro to attend the state blacksmiths' convention. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Butterfiold of Chicago , who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bntterfield , left for the east today. Mrs. T. S. Maxwell of Columbus , Wls. , who has been the guest of Mrs. George D. Buttorlleld , left today for Omaha , where she will visit at the Hayden home. Attorney M. C. Hnzen for the prose cution. Attorney H. F. Uarnhart for the defense , Dr W. H. Pllger , who was called to attend to Robert Fen- , CAIItltU II AN' ) l\ilof ! "i , - , r''ihf ' ? ! . ' niciiii.1 j r TV t ' i l ; " . . tup lU'-qillf iJ'.l'J ! .1 , /l ) < . " ! I fcvvM * ' pj . T. . . ' 1. f.v" ; ) comhiii'i lull * ( ! . > [ 'i . .d i. , ( . ! . . ? | . , -v wi 't ' v. i : % irM ; .r. ' , I fi " -i , , > ( ! . > - . EA-'J v. . ! y h ! ' 1 by i ; irrt" , ' ' . i ; ! ' be-I ' , rotluc'-r ' * t.t. They era tie ! b ' > > v giliul I'wnu l ! ' ) tv t , . ' ) , , PC' l'1 ' .1 l' 0 Dill/ 1 . .i ' ' 'I foi li'i ( i ; ! jl citiur.mcr-rr. c : : ; : : . t.i ; i nr ' ske's Injuries recolvod In being thrown out of the Hadar saloon , Ernest Fenske , who saw the throwing , and Mr. Fensko himself left Thursday noon for Pierce , where the case against Frank Modrow was set for trial. Not since January 11 has a dlvorco petition been filed at Madison. M. C. Haxen has purchased the M. M. Faucott residence on South Ninth street. R. Ralston has bought the MtiMi r properly on South Second alivci nl tlic Junction. Pat Chandler Is still in the coimiv jail at Madison , efforts to secnie Ins release at Ibe recent term of mint not being successful. Chandler's .sen tence Is altogether Indefinite. His only companion in the jail Is I Fry of Meadow Grove , awaiting on the charge of horse stealing. Attorney M. D. Tyler , who ivpie- sented Mrs. A. II. Windoi in tin- di vorce suit brought by her husband , In which the latter obtained a dlvoue and Mrs. Winder $8,000 alimony , won a case of his own against Mrs. Win der before Judge Welch at Madison and secured .fL'55 as attorney's fees. Mrs. Winder afterwards secured 1111- other lawyer ami had the dlvorco annulled. Dr. A. Boar Is having the Norfolk avenue building occupied by the C. II. Krahn tailoring establishment en- Uiely remodelled. The Hour Is being lowered to the street level. A modern plato glass front Is to be sub- ftHutod for the present front. The out ranee will bo changed from tin ; side to the center of the front. This building was put up by Dr. Bear in 1891 ! for the postofflce and was used for that purpose for several years In accordance with the command ho left that there "should be no sermon preached over him , " the body of Phil lips Blatt , a pioneer of Norfoll ; , UJ.B laid to lest in Prospect Hill cemetery without the formality of a funeral ser mon. Rev. Carl Martens of Si. Johannes church , however , offering a piayer at the undertaking parlors be fore the funeral parly left for the cemetery and had charge of the ser vices there. The pallbearers were : Emll Koebn , Carl Laubsch , Emil Moobier , John Hermann , August llinmmund and Fred Harder. F. E. Davenport has gone to Foi t Dodge. la. , on business. Attorney II. II. Kllbourn of Battle Creek was In the city yesterday. II. C. Snttler went to Omaha Wed nesday t'O ' take In iho automobile show. Arthur Ekborg of Fremont pa si < 1 through Norfolk on his way to Neligh , his new homo , Mr. and Mrs. Sherd Snider and L. G. Bloy were among the Madison visi tors in Norfolk yesterday. Mrs. C. E. Stephens of Blackfout , Idaho , Is visiting at the home of In i nether , Mrs. P. H. Carberry. Miss Clara Palmer of Battle fn-ek , who has been visiting at the Carhi-n > ( home , loft for Wayne yesterday where she will attend the normal. ' - Among the day's out of town visl- 1 tors In Norfolk wore : D. L. Best , Battle - ' tlo Crook ; J , H. Criss , Way no ; F. F. Morgan , Verdel ; William Kllcoln , Lynch ; L. R. Riley , Royal ; Miss Josle Hewitt. Osmond ; R. V. Wilson. M. L. Weber , Buttc ; E. E. Nicholas , Lynch ; E. C. Robertson , Dallas , S. D. ; Fred Berg , Wayne ; Mrs. Blllerback and daughter , Humphrey ; W. G. Hlrons , H. M. Scott , C. S. Scott , Plalnvlew ; Fred Ranback , J. A. Williams , Pierce ; A. H. Axford , Plainvlow ; F. II. Mohr- man , Plorco ; J. F. Knap , West Point ; .1 E. Kln/.o , Nnper ; F. II. Bncklmus , Pierce. Mayor Sturgeon , while a little bet tor today , was not sure whether or in > r ho would bo able to be down town dur ing the afternoon. The chances an- ihat President Julius Dognor will pre side over the council mooting this oven- ing. ing.Who Who would have suspected that the iblqultous and despised musk rat ivould over become a source of con siderable wealth ? Mont Wheeler and \rt Woodruff left yesterday to nap nit a lake near Cody , Nob. , nnd they ixpoct to got over 2,000 rodents. Tin y ire paying $50 for the trapping pi hi- oge. The pelts are worth ahout I\\en- y-two cents'each. The lake belongs o the Omaha gun club. DAKOTA FOOD EXPERTS GO. VIII Testify Before British Investigat ing Committee. Brooklngs , S. D. , March 1. Prof , ames J. Sheppord , of the South Da- ota Agricultural college , departed to- ay for London , England , to testify oforo a committee Investigating the leached flour question.
