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8 THE NOilFOLK WEEKLY NEVTS JOURNA.L FRIDAY JULY 16 1009 BISHOP O'QORMAN DIDS HIGH. Will Secure Chamberlain Institution at $31,500 for Catholic College. Chamberlain , S. D. , July 14. Report cornea from WnHliliiKton that Bishop O'Gornmn 1ms submitted u bid of $31- .TiOO for the Indian Bchool nt this plnco. tlint It IH the highest bid offered , and that the department lm authorized the oalo of the school rtt Unit price , lllwhop O'Clorman has boon In Wash- JiiRton for some tlino negotiating the lld niul there remains no doubt that the Catholic society through him will nocuio the BtructuroH under the con ditions iniulo by the department. It IH understood that the Hchool will bo changed Into a modern Catholic col- lejo , both commercial and classic. As Ihoro Is no Institution of this charac ter nearer than Omaha , It Is conceded tlint the Hold for such a college Is a wide one. North Nebraska Deaths. Martin Honko of Huttc died Satur day from Drlght'8 disease. Teachers' Examinations. To Hccuro the re-Issuance of Madl- sum county cortlllcatcs , teachora are x-oquired to pass In those branches In which the applicant's grades are below :80 per cent. Since about thirty days 'Jnpso from the time examination Is Inkon till the report of the examlna- lion IB received from the state depart- inont of public instruction , teachers who wish to secure certificates on or Toforo September 1 , 1909 , should take -examination In those branches In which tholr grades are below 80 per < cent at the regular examinations held 7 ily 1C and 17. Madison county teachers' Institute . will bo hold at Norfolk for one week , ' .beginning August 1C.N. N. A. Housel , County Superintendent. North Nebraska Weddings. Miss Jeannette LaColx of Santee sind Noble Lundorman of Colomowere anarrlod at Dloomfleld last Wednesday. Edward Stark and Miss Nellie Kel- Icy of Gregory were married at Stur- ; gls July 1. Miss Bess Dearmln and Rex McCur- * ly , both of Colome , wore mnrrled at the Methodist parsonage at Fairfax -Inly 7. Thomas Carrnbor and Miss Edna Ford of Elgin were married by Father Homier at St. Boniface church at Elgin - gin July 7. Horrlck Press : It Is reported that Arthur Braden and Mrs. Mamie Marsh wore married nt Fairfax July 4. Homer B. Ooyer of Long Pine and 7\1lss Mablo Moulin were married last Wednesday evening at the home of the Jjfldo's parents In Sioux City. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. Otto Mueller and Emll Jansen left 'for Seattle Tuesday. Gottlieb Buettner of Madison was In Norfolk for a few hours yesterday. Dr. P. II. Salter attended the med ical association meeting at Fremont. Miss Anna Broecker and Metta Blue- cher were visitors at Clearwater yes- -.to relay. Mrs. L. U. Bovlwiack and children left for a few weeks' visit with friends nt Duncan. I F. E. Davenport will join the Math- , ewson party at Loim Pine for a. few .days' trout fishing. 'Dr. Mackay went to Fremont Tues-j day to attend the Elkhorn Valley Med ical society meeting. Mrs. C. C. Cow and her sister , Miss Belle Temple of Wayne , left for a month's visit In Colorado. John Broecker left Tuesday for a month's visit with relatives In Hull , Hamilton and Buffalo counties. Archie Guv has gone to Lamro , whore ho is assisting in the Farmers State bank. Ho will remain one imonth. Harold Newman of Webster City , la. , who has been for the past two weeks visiting relatives hero , left yes terday for his home. Miss Agnes Mntrnu went to Colum- IMS yesterday to meet her sister , Mrs. Eller , who Is here for a week's visit with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. H. C. IMatnui. There will be a special song service in place of the regular preacher service - vice at the First Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday evening , led by IVIrs. Grace Cooper. The race track north of the city Is Taeiiig drained and .otherwise placed In condition for the forthcoming se ries of races , to be held in Norfolk August 4 , 5 and C. Secretary Barrett lias received requests from distant points for entry blanks and indica tions are that a big Held of fast horses will be here. Among the day's out-of-town visit ors In Norfolk were : Fred Hey , Nio- brnra ; Frank Roy. NIobrara ; Ralph Whltcdog , NIobrara : Win. Baumgard- nor. Wayne ; Mrs. E. Evans , Sargent ; J. C. Parker , West Point ; F. W. Rath- man , Dallas ; Rose McCannelle , Herrick - rick ; A. B. Dillon , Oakdale ; J. Pack ard , Monowi ; Mrs. II. C. Roe , Lamro ; H. Crook , Wlnnetoon ; Hazel Harrison , Horrlck ; E. P. VanKirk. Brunswick ; J. R. Pums , Randolph ; C. E. Carroll , Hartlngton ; Geo. H. Canen , Spencer ; F. C. Solbert , Tllden ; H. Beal , Spen cer ; G. E. Smith , Spencer ; John Uloom , Middle Branch. Sees Bio. Shoe Trust. Omaha , July 13. Speaking on the tariff on hides , Frank P. Klrkendall , president of one of the largest shoe manufacturing plants In the west , and located In this city , sees a monopoly growing up that , In his Judgment , is destined to bo greater than the Stan dard Oil. "Tho beef trust , " said Mr. Klrken dall , "will be manufacturing shoes and other leather products within a few years If Its Increasing monopoly is not curbed. The 15 per cent ad valorem duty on foreign hides Is the thing that will help the monopoly along. "With the added duty the price of Bhoo8 and all leather goods unquos * tlonably will bo materially Increased , but how much only the packers can say , for It la all within their power to nay Just what the advance shall be , as they absolutely control the output of the raw and a goodly portion of the finished material ; that Is , before It IB made Into shoes. "Manufacturers of shoos will bo placed directly In the power of the beef trust , which will name the prices on every pound of leather , and the manufacturers and consumers will have nothing to say. There will bo nothing that ho can say that will count , for with him It will bo simply n case of take the goods or leave them alone. "Free hides offered the only avenue of escape for the manufacturer , the merchant and the consumer. Hides without u tariff would in a measure tend to retard the monopoly , but with the tariff on Uio packers will have everything right In their own hands and no one else will bo in .a position to protest effectively on any price that may be demanded and secured. "The packers of the country now control 40 per cent of the tanning in terests and more than 70 per cent of the hides. Not only this , but they are rapidly gathering in the balance of the Independent tanneries. Right now I can name a dozen or more indepen dents that will bo forced to close down on account of this duty on hides. "I have given this matter consider able thought and I feel satisfied that if something radical is not done the packers will have a trust that will make the Standard Oil sink into insig nificance when placed In comparison. This trust will not only control the market , but it will do all the manu facturing of leather and leather pro ducts. " STRONG WORD FOR WARD. Man Whom He Defeated In Cedar County Speaks Well of Him. The following letter from W. E. Miller to A. E. Ward , republican can didate for county superintendent in Madison county , Is * a particularly strong testimonial , inasmuch as Mr. Miller is a democrat and In view of the fact that he was defeated by Ward for county superintendent In Cedar county the last time Ward was elected. Miller was a teacUer In the schools of that county during the eight years that Mr. Ward was county superinten dent. The writer of the letter is at present treasurer of the North Ne braska Teachers' association. Follow ing Is the letter : "Hartlngton , Neb. , July 10 , 1909. Friend Ward : Received your letter a few days ago and should have an swered sooner , but you know how It is after the annual school meeting for a few days , a man does well If he finds time to eat. The great rush is over and I have a breathing spell. My reports came In quite promptly this year. I still have four not in , but am looking for them ibis afternoon. They are In the best shape this year that they have ever been. "So far as I have ever been able to find out , your work as county superin tendent of tills county was good. I have never heard a kick about your work. Things were in good shape , I Know , when I took hold of the work. As a teacher under your supervision , your plan of conducting this office pleased me. 1 have adopted some of your plans and they work out fine. "Success to you. Let mo hear from you again. "Sincerely yours , "W. E. Miller. " Suicides Before His Eyes. Omaha , July 14. Standing la the yard before her home at 207 South Twenty-fourth street , while her hus band , on the sidewalk a few feet away , begged her to desist , Mrs. J. W. Cook , aged 34 , shot herself under the heart. Mrs. Cook had been in ill health for * some time , an * ! her husband , who is a motorman In the employ of the street car company , attributes her act to this cause. She sent him away to a near by grocery on an errand. When he returned she was standing In the shad ow of the house , with a revolver pressed against her bosom. Horrified. Mr. Cook pleaded with her not to pull the trigger , and neighbors who caught a few of the words , say that he made a most Impassioned plea to her , but In a few seconds , whisper ing "goodbye , " she sped the bullet into her breast. She sank to the ground , moaning , and her husband in stantly had her In his arms. Several letters were left by Mrs , Cook. All were sealed but one , which was addressed to her husband and read : "You are so tired of me I hope I am out of your way. I love you but yon haven't cared for me for so long I am Just tired of life , and won't burden you any longer , so goodbye , sweetheart. " Out of Jail for Children's Sake. Neligh. Neb. , July 14. Special to The News : Osborn Cage of Royal was tried in Justice McAllister's court yeaterday afternoon on the charge of assault upon Mrs. Maggie Beckwlth , a young married woman of that town. The defendant was represented by Lyle Jackson , and J. W. Rico prose cuted for the state. After all the evi dence had been submitted the court found the defendant guilty as charged and sentenced him to three months' confinement in the county Jail , but suspended sentence pending good be havior on account of the accused hav ing four small children depending upon him for support Six Sections of Land In Bunch. Aberdeen , 8. D. , July 14. The second - end largest real estate deal over trans acted In Faulk county was consum mated nt Faulkton last week when title to 4,160 acres of land near Buck- more , known as the Spohn ranch , In cluding the barns , corrals and other equipment was sold to Otis Schultz , G. W. Schuldor and others , residents of Mnlconi , la. , the consideration being In the neighborhood of $100,000. P. II. O'Neill was the seller of the tract , which will bo divided by the purchas ers into small tracts and resold for general farming purposes. DROPS DEAD IN CHURCH. James Williamson , a Citizen of Faulk ton , S. D. , Expires. Aberdeen , S. D. , July 14. James T. Williamson , a prominent resident of Faulkton , n director and vice presi dent of the Security State bank there , dropped dead in church of heart dis ease , aged 75 years. Mr. Williamson Joined in the singing of the hymn , "Lead Kindly Light , " and had Just sung the words , "I love to choose and see my path , but now lead thou mo on , " when his head dropped forward and ho was dead when the other wor shipers rushed to his side. Drops Dead In His Store. Aberdeen , S. D. , July 14. Alden Sampson , an old and respected citizen of Woonsocket , dropped dead shortly after noon , in his drug store In that city , from paralysis of the heart , aged 02 years. Ho was conversing quietly with his wife when a customer en tered. Sampson rose to wait on the customer , and while so engaged fell over and Instantly expired. FATE OF THE WORLD. Four Way * In Which Our Planet May Come to an End. The earth and all Its Inhabitants are doomed inevitably to destruction , ac cording to Professor Perclval Lowell , who declared that one of four possible fates awaits this planet and every * thing on it. A tramp star might strike the earth , he said , and grind it and Its people to powder or rldo full tilt Into the sun , when the earth's living crea tures would bo scorched to death. Tidal friction , by Its gradually retard * Ing force , might paralyze the earth's motion so that one side of the globe would bo eternally baked by the sun and the other side forever frapped. This has already happened to Mercury and Venus. By the loss of all water and air through depletion or absorption the earth might become a dry , desiccated mummy of a planet , wandering life lessly through space. Mercury , again , is an example of this , and so is the moon. The most sure death of all , however , as depicted by Professor Lowell , Is the decay and freezing of the sun , which Is certain to occur some time. When the last flicker is extinct that gigantic ball , bereft of all radiance and warmth , and Its retinue of Inert , dark tramps , among them the earth , will drift about awaiting colli sion with some other planetary dere lict , which would mean at once de struction and a new birth. Boston Journal. VIGOROUS OLD AGE. Men Who Did Good Work In the Even ing of Life. Enrico Dnntlolo was not elected doge of Venice until ho was eighty-two years old , and he still rotnined the fire and vigor of his youth. HP assaulted and took the city of Constantinople when he was ninety-two years old , himself displaying the gonfalon of St. Mark and animating his followers to the charge. Vlllars , the French gen eral , In his eighty-fourth year , when crippled with wounds and disease , led a cavalry charge with the same light hearted contempt for danger displayed by him in his youth. The men who won distinction In high command dur ing the mutiny against the English in India In IS-TT-S were all of them well advanced In years. Sir Colin Camp bell , the commander In chief , was six ty-five ; Havelock was sixty-two , Sir Hugh Rose fifty-seven and Sir James Outram fifty-four. They stood the fatigue of field service ina tropical climate , with the thermometer at from 110 degrees to 119 degress in the shade , as well as younger men. Eng lish Magazine. "Fourteenth" LouU. It is a singular fact that If yon want to recollect the prominent events of the life of Louis XIV. all you have to do is to resolve the dates at which they took place Into the figure 14. Thus Louis XIV. became king In 1043 under n regency when flvo years old ; add 1-0-4-3 14. Again , he was born on the fourteenth day of September ; count the words "day of September , " and you will find them to be fourteen. Again , he became of age nt fourteen , the legal age for kings of Franco. Again , he began his personal govern ment nt the death of Mazarin In 1C01 ; add 1-0-0-1 14. Again , he reigned sev enty-two years ; multiply 7 by 2 14. Again , he died at seventy-seven add. 7-7 14. Again , his father , Louis XIII. , died May 14. 1043 ; add 1-0-4-3 14. His grandfather , Henry IV. , died May 14. Louis XIV. died In 1715 and so kept the 14 up oven to his death , for add 1-7-1-5-14. Pretty Good Fishing. A sportsman was once on the beach at the outlet of a creek In New York fitate looking for shore birds when ho saw a colored boy , who was fishing for perch , lay down his polo at the call of his mother to do some errand. The sportsman put his gun aside and took the cane polo and fished , adding a dozen perch to the boy's string and then sneaked off. Presently a second sportsman , happening that way , asked the boy the usual question and re ceived this answer : "Yess'r , dey's good flshin1 hcah. Wen I stop to run to de sto' fo' to get some cawnnieal fo' mam , do perch dcy come outen do crick an' Jos' strings deyselves awn my string. I don' on'- stan * It , but dcy's Jes' aa good fo' breakfoa * 'B If dey was cotched awn a hook. " IN i A Cord of Wood Is a Rather Un certain Proposition. ODD FACTS ABOUT ITS BULK. There Are Many Different Condition ! That Affect the Measurement of the Pile The Interesting Result of an Experimental Test. When Is a cord not a cord ? To the farmer harvesting bin small wood lot and to the man laying In logs for the largo fireplace of his country or seaside home , to the paper manu facturer buying pulp wood and to the proprietor of the ordinary city wood yard , to all of thpo men tills question has nn important financial meaning. Queer to say anil contrary to the be lief of most puoplc , there are many times AVhon a cord Is loss than a cord and many conditions when it Is more. School arithmetics say that a cord of wood Is 128 cubic feet , or the con tents of a pile eight Ifcet long , four feet high and four foot wide. Wood Is mar keted on this basis. A pile whoso length , breadth and height multiplied together gives this number of cubic foot Oils this requirement , no matter whether the sticks are long or short , straight or crooked , round or split , un less there Is an understanding to the contrary. Nevertheless , n cord , though It comes up to legal measurements , Is an uncertain quantity , even when the seller Is honest and the buyer satis fied. fied.A A lumberman may have n tract of pulp wood which ho sells to a paper mill at S5 a cord for as many cords as It will make. It Is in tbo contract that he shall cut and stack It lie cuts it In twelve foot lengths , and when the Job Is complete It measures 200 cords , and ho receives $1.000 for It Would be have made or lost by cutting four foot lengths Instead of twelve ? Ho would have lost in the first place from the additional labor required to cut four foot wood , but bis principal loss would have resulted from a great ly diminished number of cubic feet , duo to the fact that short sticks Ho closer together than large. Measurements and experimental testa have been made to ascertain exactly bow much actual wood Is In cords of different lengths , sizes , shapes and Bpeclcs. Had the 200 cords of twelve foot wood been cut In four foot lengths there would have been only 170 cords , and the owner would have received for It $880 Instead of $1,000. It was , therefore , clearly to his advantage to cut twelve foot lengths , but It would have been to tbo buyer's advantage to have It cut in four foot lengths. He would have received the same actual quantity of wood for $120 less. It also makes considerable differ ence to the seller whether wood la chopped or sawed. If chopped , the chips are lost. Whcr9 the logs arc largo this loss amounts to no small total. In n cord of four foot wood , with sticks six Inches in diameter , the chip loss Is- from 0 to 8 per cent , and , of course , -the shorter the sticks arc cut the greater the loss. If the wood Is sawed the sawdust loss Is scarcely the half of 1 per cent. The difference due to spaces between the sticks , of course , depends very much on , the shape and size of the sticks. Straight , smooth sticks lie close together , and a cord contains more wood and less air. For given lengths sticks of soft woods are usual ly stralghter and smoother and when stacKed lie closer together. But what ever the kind , cords of long sticks are pretty sure to contain more empty space than cords made of short pieces. Likewise cords of split wood contain less than cords of round sticks. The flner the wood Is split the more It makes ; hence wood licalers arc often willing to sell kindlings , all sawed and split , for the same price per cord as unspllt wood. They get back the cost of labor in the Increased bulk. A cord (128 ( cubic feet ) of four foot hardwood' usually contains aboui eighty-three cubic feet of solid wood , a cord of three foot wood averages eighty-throe and one-half feet , of two foot wood eighty-four feet and of one foot wood' ' eighty-five feet. The coni fers , soft woods , contain ninety to ninety-six cubic feet. Thus the purchaser - chaser receives on an average about two-thirds of a cord of real wood and one-third of n cord of spaces. In some countries wood is bought b/ weight , and the buyer comes more nearly getting what he bargains for , but even then he may miss It If he re ceives green wood when ho wants dry. According to timber testing engineers of the United States forest service , wood may lose half or more Its green weight In seasoning. Cednr for lend pencils Is houcht by weight In this country. The pieces are so small and of such Irregular size that they cannot conveniently bo stacked and measured ns cordwood , The bulk of nearly nil woods decreases - creases as seasoning goes on. A hun dred cords green will make from t'Ighty-nlne to ninety-three cords when dry. This is n factor of no small Im portance to dealers who handle largo quantities. Wood lot owners and farmers who have small forest tracts from which they expect to sell cord wood are no less Interested than contractors who buy and sell large quantities. It will stand them In hand to know how much difference It makes whether wood Is cut long or short , chopped or snwed , whether the sticks are rounder or Bpllt , . whether large or small and whether the measurements are to be made while the wood Is green or after It Is seasoned. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. A. Koyen went to Council Bluffs to transact business. M. C. Hazen and L. M , Beelor went out to Jackson slough today to locate a fishing camp. D. D. Drunson was In Norfolk from Ewlng , greeting friends and attending to business matters. John Oestorllng of Norfolk , district deputy of the I. O. O. P. , visited the Odd Follows lodge at Meadow Grove Tuesday night and Installed Its oUl cers. Ho was assisted by George N. Heels. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kohl , a daughter. Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Chris Krouch , a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wledeman pleasantly entertained a few friends in honor of his fifty-seventh birthday. Constable John Flynn went to Mad ison Wednesday to file as candidate for the democratic nomination for sheriff. Baseball Manager Page returned nt noon from Omnhn. Ho has two play ers In Norfolk now and expects three more tomorrow. A G-ycar-old son of Emil Wnchtor , while playing around a pump , caught his finder in the mechanism and lost the tip of the finger. No word has yet been received from Rochester , Minn. , regarding Mrs. Dave Baum , who was to have been operated on by Mayo brothers yes terday afternoon. J. M. Kelley of the Sioux City Print ing company was in Norfolk during the day , making arrangements to ship to Sioux City the old Norfolk Demo crat printing plnnt , which was recent ly bought by the Sioux City concern. The 5-year-old son of A. D. Warner , a traveling salesman living at the cor ner of Nebraska avenue and Eleventh street , was slightly bitten In the face by a dog at play last night. A physi cian was called and the wound dressed. No serious results are antic ipated. Order of Hearing on Petition for Ap pointment of Administrator. The state of Nebraska , Madison county , ss. At a county court held at the coun ty court room , In and for said county , July 15 , A. D. 1909 , present , Wm. Bates , county judge. In the' matter of the estate of Aaron C. Anderson , deceased. On reading and filing the petition of Frederica Anderson , praying that ad ministration of said estate may be granted to C. E. Burnlmm as adminis trator. Ordered that August 10 , A. D. 1909 , at 2 o'clock p. m. , is assigned for hear ing said petition , when all persons In terested in said matter may appear at a county court to be held at the court room in and for said county , and show cause why the prayer of petitioner should not be granted ; and that no tice of the pendency of said petition and the ahering thereof , be given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this order in the Norfolk Weekly News-Journal , a weekly newspaper -printed , published and circulated In said county , for three successive weeks , prior to said day of hearing. ( A true copy. ) ( Seal. ) Wm. Bates , County Judge. Down Stairs ; Badly Injured. John Lobenstein , janitor of the Lin coln school building on South Second street , fell down a flight of stairs in the high school at noon and was se riously injured. His hands and arms were badly hurt and it was said that he was In jured internally. At 2:30 : o'clock he had not yet recovered consciousness. Lobenstein lives at 607 South Sev enth street , where he was taken in a hack Immediately after the accident , and a physician was summoned to care for the man's injuries. Council to Meet Monday Nights. Beginning August 1 the Norfolk city council will meet on the first and third Mondays of each month , instead of on Tuesdays as at present. This was determined by the council last night. Two new sewer districts were or ganized under suspension of the rules. The report of the ways and means committee , showing that $25,000 is needed for the year's expenses , was read. The council voted to paint the standpipe - pipe at once. Bird Catcher on Standplpe. The contract let to Lime & Cornell for painting and draining the standpipe - pipe also includes placing n bird catcher on the top. Mr. Pyle of Lin coln claims to have applied for a patent to his idea and threatens pro secution In case his rights are in fringed upon. Council Proceedings. July 13. Council met in regular ses sion at 8:30 : p. m. , Mayor Friday pre siding. Present , Blakemnh , Winter , . Coleman , Craven , Fuesler , Fisher , Dolln. Absent , Hlbben , Minutes of last meeting read and approved. ' Moved by' Craven and second by Fuesler that the report of the ways and means committee bo accepted , placed on the records and published according to law. Carried. Moved by Winter and second by Dolln that matter of Nebraska Nation al bank ns a depositary bo referred to city attorney to report at next meet- Ing. Carried. Doved by Blakeman and second by Coleman that city attorney be In structed to d > aw new ordinance re pealing ordinance No. 321. Carried. Moved by Blakeman and second by Fisher that light matter of Mr. Stad- elman be laid over until next regular meeting. Carried. Moved by Winter second by Dolln that request'of Mr. Dlgnon to erect a sheet iron building In rear of his place of business be granted. Car ried. ried.Moved Moved by Blakemnn second by Coleman - man that bridge matter on North Fourth street bo referred to str t and alley committee with power to act. Carried. Moved by Columnn second by Cra ven that nuisance committee bo In structed to have water holes back of building filled. Carried. Moved by Blakeuinn second by Cra ven that publishing population of the Huso Publishing company bo accepted and The Dally News bo the official paper for the city. Carried. Moved by Winter second by Coleman - man that clerk bo Instructed to order n statute for city clerk's office. Car ried. ried.Tho The mayor appointed Tom Crotty city scavenger. Moved by Blakeman second by Fuesler that the appointment bo con firmed. Carried. The treasurer's report for Juno showed the following balance : Gen eral fund $5Gr > .94 , Interest $1,205.40 , water $5lor .5G , road $215.312 , sinking $1,738.28 , street light $1,182.78 , library $1,304.81) ) , general sewer $2,51)0.35 ) , sewer maintenance $246.30. A petition for sidewalk on West Norfolk avenue was read and on mo tion request was granted. Reports of chief of police and city clerk for Juno wore read and on mo tion accepted. The bids for painting Bland pipe were opened. Bids were as follows : II. II. Luke & Cornell $345..0 ; D. W. Pyle $305.00 ; H. A. Haley $425.00. Moved by Blakeman second by Craven that bid of II. H. Luke & Cornell be accepted and city attorney be'instructed to draw up contract in accordance with the specifications. Carried. The following bills were reported 0. K. by auditing committee and on motion of Fuesler , second by Winter , bills were allowed as read : The Press $5.50 , A. Pasewalk $7.05 , C. Dudley $5.25 , Ed Harter $07.65 , Mapes & Hazen $6 , Huso Publishing Co. $70.25 , Citizens' National bank $2.30 , E. Sarre $12 , O. Raasch $5.40 H. Gall $2 , C. Sorg 1 , George Wheeler - er $4 , G. F. Bilger $4 , C. F. A. Mar- quardt $78.25 , W H. Livingston $55 , M. O'Brien $60 , W. M. Reinhart $48 Norfolk Light and Fuel company $72 , 1. T. Cook $129.25 , E. S. South $38.30 George Dudley jr. . $5.75 , H. Rohmer $10 , J. Lindsay $6 , Nebraska Tele phone company $3 , George Dudley , sr. , $2.50 , W. D. Uecker $60 , J. Schmidt $23 , I. C. Munson $2.25 , J. Dignon $2.76 , general tax $3.75 , E. S. Monson $141.75 , A. Brummund $52.50 , Norfolk Electric Light and Power company $290.40 , National Meter company $212.10. Moved by Craven second by Dolln that bill of Norfolk Telephone com pany be laid over until next meeting. Carried. Ordinance No. 335 and 336 creating sewer districts 13 and 14 were passed under suspension of the rules. Moved by Craven second by Winter that regular meeting of council be changed to first and third Mondays in each month after August 1. Carried. Council adjourned at 12:45 : until Wednesday July 21 , at 8:30 : p. m. Estimate of Epenses. Salaries of officers $ 4,800 Police 3,000 Fire department 3,000 Ofiice supplies 300 Printing 600 Streets and alleys 5.00C Miscellaneous 2,000 For Corporation gulch 3.30C For dyking and drainage 3,000 Total to be raised $25,000 Street light fund $ 3,000 Interest on bonds due 1911. . . . 450 Interest on bonds duo 1911. . . . 45C Interest on bonds due 1919. . . . 1,710 Interest on bonds due 1936 1,600 Sinking fund bonds due 1911. . . 1,250 Sinking fund bonds due 1919. . . 3,800 Water fund , repairs and exten sion 4,000 For public library 1,100 Ordinance No. 336. An ordinance creating sewer dis trict No. 14 defining the boundaries thereof , providing for the construc tion of lateral sewer and for the pay ment of the costs of constructing said lateral sewer by special assessment to be levied upon the real property in said district. Be it ordained by the mayor and council of the city of Norfolk , Ne braska : Section 1. That a sewer district be and the same is hereby created in the city of Norfolk , Nebraska , In ac cordance with the petition of the property owners representing more than one half of the property affected , on file In the office of the city clerk of the city of Norfolk , Nebraska , which said sewer district shall be known and described as sewer district No. 14 and shall Include within its boundaries the east 60 feet of F. Verges' unplatted 3 3-10 acres , the east half of block one (1) ( ) Dederman's addition , the west half of block two (2) ( ) Dederman's addition , lots one (1) ( ) , two (2) ( ) , three (3) ( ) , and four (4) ( ) , block throe (3) ( ) , Koenlgstcln's second addition , and lots thirteen (13) ( ) , four teen (14) ( ) , fifteen (15) ( ) , and sixteen (1C ( ) , block two (2) ) Koonigsteln's second addition commencing at a point In the center of Ninth street to connect with sewer district No. 1 , running between Nebraska and Koo- nlgsteln avenues In said city of Nor folk , Nebraska , of eight-Inch pipe. Section 2. That said lateral sewer shall be constructed on said line and to such depth as may be found neces sary by the city engineer , to conform to the general plan and specifications of the sewer system of the city of Norfolk , and the costs of the con struction of said lateral shall be paid by a special assessment levied upon the real estate In said district In ac cordance with the petition of the prop erty owners filed with the city clerk of the city of Norfolk and In the manner provided by law. Section 3. This ordinance to be In force , and effect from and after Ita passage , approval and publication as required by law. Pawned and approved this 13th day of July , A. D. 1900. John Friday , Mayor. ( Seal. ) Attest : Ed. Hartor , City Clork. Ordinance No. 335. An ordinance creating Bower district No. 13 , defining the boundaries there of , providing for the construction of said lateral sewer and for the pay ment of the costs of constructing said lateral sewer by special assessment to bo levied upon the real property in said district. Bo It ordained by the mayor and council of the city of Norfolk , Nob. : Section 1. That a sewer district bo and the muno Is hereby created In the city of Norfolk , NolmiBka , in accord ance with petitions of the piopurty owners representing more than one. half of the property affected , on Illo In the olllco of the city clerk of the city of Norfolk , Nebraska , which said sewer er district shall bo known and de scribed as Bower district No. 13 , and shall Include within Its boundaries the south half of blocks four (4) ( ) , live (5) ( ) and six ( G ) of the Original Town of Norfolk , the north half of blocks ono (1) ( ) , two (2) ( ) and three (3) ( ) of Matliow- son's addition , all of Bear's school lots ; the south half of blocks ono (1) ( ) , two (2) ( ) and throe (3) ( ) of Koenlgsteln's addition ; lots one (1) ( ) to six ( C ) , In clusive , of Pllgcr'8 addition ; all of Burrows & Egbert's addition ; all of that part of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of sections 22 , township 24 , range 1 , lying between the extreme southwest corner of block 2 , Boar's addition to Norfolk and Sev enth (7th ( ) street along the north side of Norfolk avenue. Sec. 2. Said lateral sewer In said district to be constructed of 12-Inch pipe , as follows : Commencing in the center of Norfolk avenue and Seventh street , thence cast in the center of Norfolk avenue to the center of First street , there to connect with the main sewer. Sec. 3. All of said proposed lateral shall be constructed on said line and to such depth as may bo found neces sary by the city engineer to conform to the general plan and specifications of the sewer system of the city of Norfolk , Nebraska , and the costs of the construction of said lateral shall be paid by a special assessment levied upon the real estate In said district In accordance with the petition of the property owners filed with the city clerk , In accordance with the abutting of said real estate along said lateral , and In manner provided by law. Sec. 4. This ordinance to bo In force from and after its passage , ap proval and publication as required by law. Passed and approved this 13th day of July , A. D. 1909. John Friday , Mayor. ( Seal. ) Attest : Ed. Harter , City Clerk. Junction News. Chas. Hyde was able to be around yesterday for the first time since ho was hurt without the aid of crutches. * Mrs. C. E. Paterson arrived homo yesterday from Long Pine , where she lias been visiting at the home of her mother , Mrs. Kurtz since the Fourth. Engineer B. F. Reiley is looking up a house , intending to move his family here from Missouri Valley. Engineer E. A. Barr of Chadron has come to Norfolk and will run out of here now. Engineer Carl Whiting went to Long Pine yesterday to move his fam ily to Norfolk. Mrs. R. A. Wlllet went to Council Bluffs yesterday for a few days' visit. Fireman J. S. Powell went to Car roll , la. , yesterday on business. Estimate of Expenses. The state of Nebraska , county of Madison , ss. This is to certify that at a meeting of the city council held at the council chambers in the city of Norfolk , Ne braska , on the 13th day of July , 1909 , being a regular meeting of said coun cil , the following estimate of expenses for the fiscal year of said city begin ning on the second Monday of August , 1909 , was prepared by the council and the same was entered at large upon its minutes : Salaries of officers $ 4,800 Police 3,000 Fire department 3,000 Office supplies 300 Printing 600 Streets and alleys 5,000 Miscellaneous 2,000 For Corporation gulch 3,300 For dyking and drainage 3,000 Total to be raised $25,000 Street light fund $ 3,000 Interest on bonds due 1911. , 450 Interest on bonds due 1911. . 450 Interest on bonds due 1919. . 1,710 Interest on bonds duo 1936. . 1,600 Sinking fund bonds duo 1911. 1,250 Sinking fund bonds duo 1919. . 3,800 Water fund , repairs and exten slon 4,000 For public library. 1,100 Witness my hand and the seal of said city hereto affixed this 14th day of July , 1909. ( Seal. ) . Ed. Harter , City Clerk. Crtnrrh On unit be nured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. ns they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh la a blood or constitutional di sease , and In order to cure It you must lake Internal remedies. Hnll'a Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally , and acts di rectly on the blood and mucous sur faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure la not a \ quack medicine. It was prescribed by ono of the best physicians In this country for years and Is a regular iroHcrlptlnn. It Is composed of the test tonics known , combined with the > est blood purifiers , acting directly on he mucous surfaces. The perfect com bination of the two Ingredients Is what produces such wonderful results n curing Catarrh. Send for testlmon- ali free. P. J. CHENEY , Props. , Toledo , O. Bold by druggists , price 75c. Take Hall'a Family PJ1U for con- tlpatlon.