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TUB NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , FRIDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 100 ! ) , 1 il 1 SOCIETY Pleasurea f the Week. Friday was the last dny of Hcliool fit Norfolk until January 3 when the tcrn-her again takes up her rulu and Btudlcs again begin , About twenty Korfollf teachers loft the city for tholr Siomo.a \ \ ) otlior places , where they will ajKsnd tlin yulotldo with relatives nnd friends. Miss Amy Leo I'alno , prin cipal of the hlRh school , has gone to Bjer lioino nt Fayotto , In. , where she will visit roliitlvcfl ; Miss Marguerite Jtamtmrt wont to Falrbury ; Miss Ma- mlo Ellis. Mlaa Nolllo Adn I'utnoy , and MlHfl lluhy Hnrnoboy 1mvo gene to their homes nt Lincoln ; Mlaa Al- iphlna Peterson wont to her homo nt Wutit Point ; Mrs. Arblo Mondonlmll wonl , to her homo nt Cnsoy , In. ; Miss Ncttfo Cownn IB visiting frlonds nt au-I > iiilH , Mo , ; Mlsa Ponrl Sowoll KOOS < ti > her hoirio nt Wnyno ; Mlsa Ella Mny Elliott wont to her homo nt Madison ; ailan Mnbol lloon wont to Plorro nour which plnco nho will visit friends who are holding down n claim. Among the othcr tonchora who expect to go homo for the holidays nro : Miss Evn Sur- fcer , Wntorbury , Nob. ; Miss Uoso Shon- fta , Schuylor ; Miss Mno Alexander , Wcston , Nob. ; Miss Elln Durko. Bns- ott ; Miss Florence Pnrkor , Konrnoy ; 3Mr n Edwtnn Jlnird , Powell , Wyo. ; Jkllflfl Lone Chnppoll , Qrnnd Island ; Miss Mnrguorlto Waldorf , West Point. The following teachers will spend the Jiolldiiys nnd the vncntlon nt homo : Misses Ethel Long , Jonnlo Mills , Laura Durlnnd , Carrie Brush , Anna Johnson , Norn Points , Harriet Mather , Mno Mul len , Gcorgln Austin , Reese Solomon. Miss Nonn O'Drlon gave a slumber party Friday evening In honor of Miss Xorettn Dohorty. A flvo-courso din ner wns served after which an enter tainment wns given by the young ladles. Miss Doherty has made many acquaintances during her stay In Nor folk nnd Is favorably known horo. She goes to her homo nt Sioux City In a , few days to spend the winter. A largo number of friends of Miss Hattlo Rnasch surprised her at her fiomo Inst Friday. The party wns In the nature of n farewell party to * CvIiss Rnnsch who goes to Jordan , S. JD. , where she will 'winter with her sister , Mlsa Agnes Rnasch , who Is { holding down n claim four miles from fthnt town. Mrs. W. it Bucholz nnd two sons , will come up from Omaha on Wednes < day to spend Chrlsmas In the homo of Bier parents , Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Rain- 6olt. Mr. Bucholz will como up Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ralnbolt and sons will also come up from Oma- Sha on Friday. Mrs. N. A. Huso wns hostess to fche Bridge club nt n 1 o'clock luncheon on Friday. The honors went to Mrs. < C. B. Burnhnm , Mrs. D. > Mnthewson nnd Mrs. S. M. Braden. Mrs. N. A. Ralnbolt nnd Mrs. D. Mnthowson were guests of the club. Mrs. Harry Oldflold gave n dinner Thursday evening In honor of Miss JLoretta Doherty who goes to her homo at Sioux City in n few days. A four- course dinner wns served , covers be ing laid for eight young ladles. Miss Hazel Bryant with a largo number of friends surprised her moth er Monday evening. The surprise par ty wns in the nature of a celebra tion of Mrs. Bryant's birthday. August Bertram and Frank Klawonn celebrated their birthday together Saturday , nine miles south of Nor folk. About 100 guests were present. A. largo dinner wns served , followed by a dance. The ladles of the Methodist church gave an oyster supper In the church parlors on Thursday evening. A nice nttlo sum wns added to the treasury. An entertainment was given In the school taught by Miss Hnttle Adams , Sunnybrook , Thursday night. 'The "Ladles " guild of Trinity church met with Mrs. J. L. Lyndo on Thurs day afternoon. Personal. rMr. nna Mrs. S. M. Braden expect tto go to Chicago on Sunday. Mrs. / Bradenwill go on to Mason City. la. , fen Monday to spend Christmas. Mr. pBraden will 3oln her there on Friday. 'Mr. nnd Mrs. C. II. Reynolds and ( "children expect to go to Omaha on Monday to spend a couple of days. Mr , nnd Mrs. G. D. Butterfleld have left Portland and gene down to River- 'side , Calif. , whore they will stny a short time and then reach homo to .spend Christmas. 'Mrs. S. G. Mayor and children will , Ko to Lincoln on Monday to spend the < fiolldnys. Mr. Mayor will join them tllie last of the week. P. TI. Salter nnd son George 'returned Thursday from n ten days' visit with Mr. nnd Mrs. William But terfleld In Denver. Ulrs. John Morrison returned to her Siome In Omaha on Thursday after a ahort visit In the homo of her brother , C. L. Williams. Wells-Wilde. Word was received In Norfolk yes terday of the marriage at Seattle last Saturday of Miss Martha Wilde , eld- cat daughter of Carl Wilde of Norfolk , to C. II. Wells of Seattle. Mr.and , Mrs. Wells will make their homo In Seattle. Miss Wilde lived In Norfolk etntll about five years ago when she -went to Seattle. Coming Events. The Ladies guild of Trinity church are planning to give an entertainment In the Auditorium on Friday evening , January 7. "A Dny In the Union Sta- tlon" will bo prcsontcd. The Indies hope that Norfolk people will all bo anxious to sco how It would seem to hnvo n union station oven for one day. Forty-live people will bo In the cant , nnd the evening promises to bo' nn Interesting one. Wayne Normal Notes. The Misses Carroll , Van Conott nnd Robertson , nnd Mrs. Pile wore Sioux City visitors Saturday. The advanced class In elocution gave n public entertainment In the chapel Thursday evening tinder the direction of the head of that department , Miss Margaret Carroll. Harry Shorlmhn , who | ma boon such n faithful student , has certainly turn ed out Bonio line work ill the manual training department. Harry for years wns a sufferer and not able to bo In school. However , pluck aiid Industry hnvo tnado up for this brenk rind ho Is now able to take his place with the most favored not only In the manual training but In otlior work. The now term will open January 3. Reservations nro being made for rooms nnd the Indications nro that the attendance will bo as largo as It was a year ago. The Y. W. C. A. girls hold a profit able bazaar last Saturday evening. The not receipts wore over $85. This association will send Miss Robertson to Rochester , N. Y. , as a delegate to the International conference which Is hold riundriennlally. The Y. M. C. A. will send Mr. Chlnn ns their re presentative. Professor tfemp of the public schools was on the hill Saturday to watch the boys at tholr manual trainIng - Ing work. Mrs. Pile deserves much credit for having made It possible that this could bo arranged for the boys. Miss Klngsbury spent Friday after noon nnd Saturday in Wakofleld. The public schools were having an exhi bition of the Turner pictures and Miss Klngsbury was there with her talk on are and artists. Miss Klngsbury had charge of nn art exhibit at ono of the national expositions and that supple mented by a year and a half In Europe makes It worth while to hear hor. While In Wnkoflold she was the guest of Mrs. Hnskoll. On Tuesday of last week Professor Iluntemer gave a talk on pottery be fore the Acme club and again on Fri day before the high school. On Sat urday of this week ho will speak to the students at the college. The pot tery on exhibition was loaned to the art depnrtment of the federation. Mrs. Wilson nnd Mrs. Pile while In Lincoln nt the stnto federation made arrange ments for It to bo sent to Wayne. It Is a fine collection and certainly has done Its part In Wayne. County Seat News. Madison , Nob. , Dec. 18. Special to The News : S. R. McFarlnnd , county clerk-elect , attended the state meeting of county clerks at Fremont Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The county commissioners' state meeting met at Fremont at the same time , Commissioners Burr Taft of Norfolk and Henry Sunderman of Madison be ing present. R. E. Strunk of York has purchased the restaurant business operated by Clarence Harper of this city , and will take possession Monday. Hosklns. R. M. Waddell , his wife and little son , of Phillip , S. D. , were here visit ing relatives this week. William Moratz and Ben Ruhlow are working with the railroad bridge gang. Mrs. O. Garwood of Wlnsldo , Is vis iting here. Ono of Andrew Colander's little daughters is quite sick with appeudl- cltis. cltis.Miss Miss Blessing of Coburn Junction visited at her brother-in-law's , B. E. Crouch , over Sunday. School will close December 24 for a two weeks vacation. The following were stock shippers i from here this week : R. Kaun , cat- jtle ; Charles Chapman , cattle ; Eric Staun , cattle ; H. Welch , cattle ; M. Benedict , cattle ; F. C. Schroeder , cat tle ; William Behmer and Gus Schroed er , hogs. D. S. Lord spent Sunday with his family at Randolph. -f Atkinson. The Utllo Dulcl club gave n Dickens party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goodell Friday night. The members were costumed to represent some famous character In Dickens' writings , nnd acted the part during the evening. Mrs. Mnbello H. Corbett spent the week In Omaha attending an execu tive meeting of the stnto board of the federation. The program given for the club women by the management of the corn show at the Auditorium was greatly enjoyed. NEBRASKA TEACHER SUICIDES. Principal of Hlah School of Sterling , Neb. , Shoots Himself. Tecumseh , Neb. , Dec. 18. J. A. Dim- mlck , principal of thn high school of Sterling , this county , killed himself by shooting. Ills wife nnd child were In nn adjoining room at the timeho took his life. Professor Dlmmlck was high ly regarded , nnd his net was a great shock to people who know him. Ho had been despondent since his name had been mentioned with the case of Miss Lora Neff , who had accused her father , Dr. Noff , of misconduct. The case was to have been hoard next week In court. Miss Neff had , how ever , made affidavit exonerating Pro fessor Dlmmlck. Men are too willing to go to law , Remember that when a lawyer advisee you to go to law , it Is not his funeral The Americans In Derlln. The following Interesting letter from Mac Harding , formerly of Norfolk nnd now studying In Berlin , having won a scholarship at Yale last spring , when ho graduated. The letter wns written to his grandmother , Mrs. M. A. Mac- Mlllnn of Norfolk : ! ' Berlin , Germany , Doc. 3. The American colony a sort of a for lorn band of oxpatrlots huddled to gether hero In Berlin , gave a Thanksgiving - giving dinner last Thursday evening nnd ns the dinner came at 8 o'clock hero It coincided exactly with the 2 o'clock dinner which the people In the old NOW England stnto nt homo were eating. And when wo consider 1 that wo wore eating an American Thanksgiving dinner In Germany , thnt we were eating the turkey and cran berry sauce but alasl no mince pie that wo wore used to on Thanksgiv ing day , ono must admit thnt wo were m'nklng qulto an effort to preserve , our idonls In n foreign land. Of course Turkey isn't our ideal , nnd the birds of thnt name would make poor patterns - terns of virtue , but Thnnksglvlng dny Is ono of our Ideal days , as President Wheeler pointed out In his speech nt the end of the bnnquet n speech thnt touched on our best traditions at home nnd thnt breathed the spirit thnt comes from the west. For ns he snld , "Tho people In the onst nro kept pretty busy assimilating tbo real Americanism that comes only from I west of the Missouri river. " I was' ' glad ho said the Missouri river for , that shuts out Iowa , where the ardent j patriots are busy making a special sot of Ideals thnt they wnnt to pnlm off ns national. The Germans , too , hnvo a Thanks giving day , or which translated liter ally means the Thnnksglvlng festival for n bounteous hnrvest. But It Is scnrcoly so great nn occnslon ns with with us. For It Is only ono of the religious festival days and comes on Sunday In the early part of October or latter part of September. One' ' scarcely knows that It has como nnd gone , unless one happens to go to | church on that particular Sunday and that means that a very small percent age of the German people think of It. Whether our Thanksgiving day has any more religious significance to most people Is perhaps a question , but It must have Indirectly a far bet ter effect than the German day of thanksgiving. The German Sandwich. There were some three or four hundred Americans present at the banquet - , quet which is , however , a very small percentage of the six or seven thous- j and Americans who are here in Berlin I this winter. But one could have told' ' It was nn American crowd nt a glance , I for the women present were all well dressed and handsome nnd that In I itself tells a story. And then , too , the fact that none of the men brought sandwiches , of black bread and cheese to eat between the dances was another Indication that it wns not a German assemblage. If I only had Mark Twain's pen I could write a book on the German sandwich that would make a record. For It Is worth a year's study In Itself. It Is omnipresent. One stands in the lobby of a fash ionable theatre between the acts. A well dressed woman comes out , feels in the pocket in her skirt that all German women have , and produces a nice fat sandwich with a piece of ham laid carefully between two thick ly buttered pieces of black bread. One looks up to the stage box between the acts and there one sees a gentle man in evening dress quietly munch ing a sandwich. One gets Into a street car and finds that nearly everyone In the car is busily munching a sand wich. The great lobby of the Royal library Is filled from enrly morning until closing time at night with a mob of prominent students munching sand wiches. The lady at the check stand hands you your number with one hand and puts part of a sandwich In her mouth with the other. The pretty ( ? ) coeds cram their sandwiches as they rush eagerly from recitation to recita tion , perhaps finishing the work during a lecture. I have yet to see a professor ser eat a sandwich during a lecture , but Imagine that It will occur In the near future. But then It is far better ! , to bring your sandwich from home { than to be an American and prefer i starving. For an American would be | too proud to eat a sandwich in pub lic , and would either spend the money he didn't have or go without entirely. Three Million Population. To a German the American colony In Berlin Is very large for the popu- latlon of Berlin Is far from cosmo politan. In 1907 the city had some thing over two million and of these only about 125,000 were foreignois of whom 80,000 were Poles. When ono compares that city with Chicago about the some size one sees at once the difference between n European and an American city. For Chicago has six or seven hundred thousand Germans. Berlin Is a German city exclusively , with n German popula tion and German ways , far more pro vincial in some ways than Now York. But Berlin is a now city and In that way resembles an American city. For i In 1870 Berlin with her suburbs had only 800,000 people and today with her suburbs she has three and a half million. And when ono speaks of Berlin and her suburbs as separate cities ono is creating a false Impres sion. Berlin's suburbs are so close ly built Into the city that ono side of a paved street Is Charlottenburg and the other side Wllmersdorf , while the street Itself at ono end Is Berlin , In many places ono part of a house stands in the suburb and the other In the city proper which leads to many amusing com plications In police jurisdiction , taxIng - Ing and administration. Berlin and Charlottenburg are far more closely al lied than Norfolk Is with the Junction , nnd one need never hosltnto to sny that Berlin today has three and one- half million Inhabitants. And of those six thousand nre Americans , Thnt doesn't sound like n very large per centage , does It ? Most of them are here to study music , for the Impression has gotten out that Berlin is the place to study music and ono can live here for nothing. The last of these ideas Is decidedly wrong , but the first is pretty well guarded. For if It is an advantage to a student to hear a great deal of music ho can do It cheaply In Berlin. The opera Is a long way from being as good as the opera In Dresden or in New York , but the symphony concerts , the piano concerts , the violin concerts , the chamber concerts , the oratorios and organ > rocUals and church concerts and lledorabends 1 ( vocal concerts ) , crowd upon ono another so fast that ono Is bewildered and doesn't know what to do < and all are good. Poor artists don't i appear on the concert stage hero unless they happen to bo Amorlcnns who wnnt to hnvo the reputation of having 1 given a concert In Berlin. Those latter distribute the "comps" with n lavish hand , rent a hall , give n concert nnd ; dnslly live down the newspaper comments , secure ono or two favorable criticisms from little and unlmport- ant papers nnd return to America for n triumphal tour. News travels slowly - ly , and with the big ocean between most of it never arrives. i I'll close this rather disconnected collection of gossip and garbled fncts because my paper has run out as well as my supply of Ideas. That they run out together mny bo hard to be- Hove In fnct I hnvo no doubt oven very favorable critics will bo forced to conclude that the ideas ran out on the first pngo. Mac Harding. Burke Giant Has Holler. Burke , S. D. , Doc. 18. Sporting Editor The News : I see a piece the Verdigro boys sent In. Well , that's O. K. for them. Wo called It n draw and pulled the bets. I split the re ceipts after two hours and thirty-seven minutes. I can't see any use wrest-1 ling If they won't give a man n fnll when he throws his man. I didn't quit nnd had no notion of doing so. I am ready to go him again but nobody - , body but a Verdlgre man can get n fnll on a man there. Let them answer for the above. II. Tnylor ( Burke Giant. ) A Matter of Geography. Burke Gazette : There was no wrestling match In Burke Tuesday evening for the reason that Mr. Mason phoned to Tnylor thnt ho had got hurt nnd couldn't come. Well , getting hurt over there instead of here saved him some railroad fare nt lenst , nnd Tnylor Is still middle weight champion of South Dakota. A Prophet ? . Guess Yes. Burke Gazette : Over six months ago the Gnzetto predicted thnt the railroad would not strike any of the towns now established In Trlpp coun ty except Colome. Also that It would go north of Lamro nnd south of Wit- ten. It seems that the Gazette is some prophet. The Western Townslte company of Dallas secured from the railroad townsite rights In Trlpp coun ty , and three new towns have been platted , all of them on the railroad right of way. Winner ( which name is significant ) is about two miles north east of Lamro. This town is bound to be a hummer and the county seat of Tripp county. It Is reported that most of the business men of Lamro take a sensible view of the situation and are getting ready to move to j Winner. They realize that while there Is sometimes some personal satisfac tion in a bull-headed fight against long odds , It does not pay. Lamro has been built to goodly proportions , and no one will deny that If the people of that town cared to be stubborn about It they could maintain a town there for a long time. But what's the use ? Eventually Winner would kill them off ; and so they will move to Winner , and with their help that town will get a quick start and will sur pass all records for fast and substan- . tlal growth , for Investors will know j that It Is permanent. Doesn't Know the Old Town. "I don't know the town. I find a few old landmarks , but I can't place them. Norfolk has grown remarkably In eleven years. " George A. Latlmer , formerly a Nor folk attorney but now practicing law In Spokane , has not been here In eleven years and he finds a great many changes. He says he knows none of the people he meets on the street , save now and then an old-timer , and ho can't place the buildings that he finds. "I had a hard time trying to make out The News office , " ho said. "The Auditorium , next door , wasn't here when I left Norfolk. " The federal building has been built since then , ns have a number of other big buildings. "I find the residence district par ticularly changed,1' ' Mr. Latlmer said. "Its' full of "timber , and when I left It was bare. I find a house on every lot and have no Idea who lives whore. " Mr. Latimer was In partnership at Spokane for a time with A. E. Barnes , | formerly of Ponca and a brother of Supreme Judge J. B. Barnes of Nor folk. For the past three years , how- ever , he has been a member of the firm of Plummer & Latlmer. Mr. Latlmor stopped In Norfolk to visit with Mrs. Latimer's mother , Mrs. Mary Davenport , and other relatives. Ho leaves tomorrow for home , going by way of Sioux City. LOVE SOFTENS HIS HEART. Aged and Wealthy Callfornian For gives His Erring Young Wife. Now York , Dec. 18. "Not If she crawls to mo on her hands and knees will I take her back , " John Wright Hunt , the wealthy Los Angeles hotel proprietor , said after returning from Europe last June , after his wife had eloped with a Russian who styled him self Prince Tchernladloff. "Sho was a dear , sweet girl before she met that man nnd I hnvo the full est confidence In her still , " John Wright Hunt said two weeks ago after ho had called on his wife at her rooms In the Hotel Prince George. "Nothing to say , " Mr. and Mrs. John Wright Hunt declared when they dls- appeared from their hotels Saturday and drove in separate carriages to the station to take a train for the west. For they didn't want anybody to know of their reconciliation. Since Mrs. Hunt's return from Eu rope November 28 she had been at the Prince George until Saturday. Her husband was at another hotel. Mrs. Hunt ] repeatedly denied that she had eloped i In Paris with the prince and her 1 husband repeatedly dcclarod thnt ho 1 never desired to see her again. Hut BOOH i a message wns cnrrlcd between the | hotels , and he called on her at the Prince ] George. Obviously Mr. Hunt had decided to forgot i or cmlcol his belief that his wife left | him nt the dinner table In n fash ionable | Paris hotel last June and thnt when ho wont to her room ho found n j note pinned to the pillow saying that she i had lied to ho free , The story of the j $50,000 worth of jewels which the prince had Induced her to carry nwny and of her huaband's pursuit and re covery ! of the gems Is now a closed book ' between them. Mr. Hunt Is 71 years old nnd his wife ' 29. They were married eight years ; ago , when she was known ns ono of i the most beautiful glrla In Detroit. When , after the prince had fled from his ; fnlr companion In Pnrls she hur ried buck to Now York. She planned to go homo to Detroit , but the grow ing probnblllty of n reconciliation with her husband evidently held her In Now York. ' CANTONWINE IS GUILTY. Former Armour Merchant Convicted of Perjury on All Counts. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Dec. 18. The jury in the case of J. C. Cantonwino , on trial for several days on an Indict ment charging him with perjury , after being out only a few hours returned n verdict of guilty on all counts In the Indictment against him. Cantonwino formerly was n promi nent merchant of Armour , being rated ns worth $150,000 , nnd on the morning of September 18 , 1908 , crented n grent sensation by declaring thnt the safe In his store had been robbed the night before of $35,300 In cash. For some time before the date of the alleged robbery his financial condition was known to have been Impaired. Following the alleged robbery his cred itors , who had aggregate claims of about $05,000 against him , Instituted Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings agnlnst him. On the day required by him to make an answer ho filed a pe tition in voluntary bankruptcy. The Indictment against him alleged that in addition to making a perjured statement to the trustee in bankrupt cy relative to his Financial condition , he concealed the $35,300 which was alleged to have been stolen , in addi tion to other cash and property , with Intent to defraud his creditors. Cold at West Point. West Point , Dec. 18. Special to The News : The severe winter weather prevalent to the last three weeks still continues to the almost total stoppage of corn husking , and other farm work. One snow storm succeeds another with very little prospect of a change. Street thermometers regis tered 12 degrees below zero yester day morning. The following officers of the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America have been elected for the ensuing year : J. H. Redebach , coun cil ; Frank Miller , advisor ; August Hanft , clerk ; B. C. Herman , banker ; H. S. Radler , escort ; William Whltta- ker , watchman ; Fred Klotu , sentry ; J. D. Romlg , manager. William August Ilagt , an inmate of St. Joseph's Home for the Aged , died in that Institution on Saturday. William Breitbarth and Miss Chris tine Roth were united In marriage by Rev. William Harms , the pastor of the German Lutheran church. Gregory Light Plant Assurred. Gregory , S. D. , Dec. 18. All of the $20,000 of the capital stock of a com pany recently organized at Gregory for the purpose of establishing and operating an electric light system here , has been sold and it Is now assured that the plant will be Installed. The plant will be of sufficient capacity to also furnish power for factories and other Institutions needing power. Newspaper Postage Rates. Madison Chronicle : President Taft urges In his message , and with a good show of reason , that the rates of post age on magazines and ' periodicals other than newspapers should be in creased. The points he makes are that they are hauled on nn average of several times as far , and that they contain a much larger average pro portion of advertising , The Omnhn Trade Exhibit believes that newspaper postage should be doubled and maga zine and periodical rates still more greatly Increased. Before Increasing newspaper rates It would bo well to cut out franking privilege abuses and look well to the price paid by the government for carrying malls , which President Taft says averages more than nine cents a pound. Isn't there a little graft In mall carrying con tracts ? They far exceed average ex press rates , which are exorbitant. Northwest Deaths. Dan Kerr died at Plerpe. Mrs. J. A. Fry died at Long Pino. Mrs. N. P. Nelson died at Hooper. Mrs. Samuel Eymann died at Oak- dale. dale.Henry Henry , Gottlieb Wolff died at Win- side. Cream Famine Shuts Creamery. The Norfolk creamery has been forced to cease operation and close their plant on account of the lack of cream. J. L. Kudrlo says cream eries all over the country have censed churning , Including the creamery at O'Neill , Plalnvlew and West Point. The Norfolk plant , however , accord Ing to Mr. Kudrlo will resume opera lions' about May 1 , when It Is expect ed enough cream can be purchased to keep the creamery busy. Miss Loretta Doherty who has been bookkeeper at the creamery returns to her home in Sioux City in a few days. Bright and Steady / Lamp 3 A bright and steady light dcpctuli upon the construction of the lamp. C The best skill has put forth its best effort In \ perfecting the Rayo Lamp. As the air is fed to the flame so does the light burn.t The easy-flowing current of air through the air-tube , of the Rayo Lamp secures a uniform light , with never a flicker or flare. The ideal family lamp. Made of brass through out and beautifully nickeled. The Rayo is a low-priced lamp , but you cannot get n better lamp at any price. Once a Rayo user , always ono Krtry Dealer Everywhere. II Not at Yours , Write ( of Descriptive Clrculftr to the Nearest Agency ot tlie STANDARD OIL COMPANY ( Incorporated ) Down to 16 Below Zero , The cold wave got colder. It was 1C degrees below zero In Norfolk Satin - in day morning. That wns 2 degrees warmer than the coldest night of the winter thus far. The weather man says ic'll warm up. There was but slight wind from the northwest. The day's average was 5 below. The highest point was 7 above. Six Below at Lincoln. Lincoln , Dec. 18. The temperature dropped Saturday morning to 6 de grees below zero at 8 o'clock , accord ing to local weather bureau observa tions. Mercury Drops at Niobrara. Niobrara , Nob. , Dec. 18. Special to The News : The mercury fell to 32 degrees in twenty-four hours , dropping from 30 above zero Thursdny to 2 below zero Friday nt 8 in. m. Omnhn , , Dec. IS. Six degrees below zero waa imported by the weather bureau nt 8 o'clock this morning. Norfolk Masons Plan Building. A Masonic temple is planned for Norfolk. The two lots at the south west corner of the intersection of Mnd- ison avenue and Fourth street , diag onally across from the postofllce , have been purchased by Mosaic lodge No. 55 , A. F. & A. M. , for the purpose of erecting a building In the not distant future. The lots , 44x90 feet In dimension , have just been bargained for at $2,750. The building , while It Is not yet defin itely settled , is likely to be three sto ries high , it is said , with the lower floor for business rooms , the second floor for ofllces and the third floor for lodge purposes. This will make a sightly corner of the Fourth street and Mndison nvenue intersection , with the $100,000 federal building on ono corner , the $25,000 Y. M. C. A. building on another and the Masonic building on a third. Definite plans have not yet been adopted , nor is It known just when the building may be erected. SATURDAY SIFTINGS. Ira M. Hamilton was at Battle Creek. Louis Smith of Long Pine was here on business. Will Schultz went to Berlin , Canada , for Christmas. W. C. Welstrand of Wakefield was hero on business. Robert From of Pllger was In the city calling on friends. Eugene Cook of Lamro , S. D. , was In the city on business. Burt Weston and Robert Louis ot Pierce were In the city on business. Mr. and Mrs. August Zlomer of Hos klns were In the city calling on friends. August Dlgnan has sone to Clinton , la. , to spend Christmas with his brother. Miss Erna Wilde has returned from Pierce to spend the holidays with her relatives. R. B. Hall , who has been traveling In the Black Hills , has como homo to spend the Christmas holidays. Miss Inez Vlele , who has charge of a school at Niobrara , Is hero to spend the holidays with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Viele. Miss Vorna Coryell left Lincoln for Belvidere , Neb. , where she will attend the wedding of her cousin , Miss Wini fred Hanson , which occurs the 22nd of December , after which Miss Coryell will return to Norfolk for her Christ mas vacation. Miss Lillian Degner and her school mate , Miss Ellis Plalsted of Brecken- ridge , Minn. , who has been hero visitIng - Ing with the Albert Degner family , have gone to Sioux City to visit school friends. Miss Plalsted goes homo from Sioux City and Miss Degner will return here. Born , to Mr. and Mrs. George M. Farley , a son. Born , to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Os- tendorf , a son. Born , to Mr. and Mrs. Emll Prlbo- now , a daughter. The Ben Hur lodge will have a meetIng - Ing Monday night , the 20th , for elec tion of ofilcors. Ice skating Is reported very good at Klug's lake. Preparations are be ing made by a largo number of the young folks to do some stunts on the Ice Sunday. Constable-elect Flnkhouso was on his first "Job" Friday afternoon , serv ing papers on an out-of-town man who was getting ready to leave the city. Mr. Flnkhouso was filling Constable Flynn's place during the absence of that officer. Nlghtwatchman Livingstone of the Junction declares that Elmer Embody of Emmett Is mistaken In the allega tion that he was robbed in the Junc tion saloon. Livingstone declares Em body only had n $20 gold plcco nnd not the sum ho clnlma to hnvc hnd. Train No. 8 on the Northwestern , which loft Norfolk for Omaha at G o'clock last night , was delayed several hours nt Boomer by ronson of a car gojng off the track nnd blocking the main lino. The passenger train , duo Into Oinalui at 10:30 : , did not roach Omulm until some time after midnight. The household goods of M. Grogo- rinn , who died nt Omnhn some time ago nnd who bequeathed his savings to a number of hospitals nt Now York nnd Omaha , wore sold at public nuc- tlon Saturday afternoon. Many Nor folk people who knew Grogorlnn were surprised nt the number of line books which made up Mr. Gregorlnn's library. Postmaster Ilnys Is in receipt of a communication from Washington nd- vising him that the bids In the regula tion screen wagon service of the post ofllce department must be filed with the assistant postmaster general by January 4. No civil service examina tion is necessary for these positions , and a good opportunity is given to those looking for a government posi tion , who fear a civil service examina tion. tion.The The school board of the St. Paul Lutheran bchool met Friday night nnd decided the school would close for the Christmas holidays December 24. The vacation will last two weeks. A Christmas - mas program , Including n Christmas tree , will be given by the students on the evening of December 24. The Christ Lutheran school will nlso close next Friday for the same number of days as the St. Paul church. A tree nnd an elaborate program has been ar ranged by Professor Steffen and the students. Santa Glaus is receiving quite a quantity of correspondence from Nor folk children , who will probably bo dis appointed if he falls to respond to their many requests. One of the let ters addressed to "Mr. Santa Glaus , Frldget Zone , " was received nt the local postofllce. The envelope bore no stamp. In the letter , written In a large , childish hand , were the follow ing words : "Dear Santy : Well , San- ty , It is near Christmas , so I wil rlto and tell you that I want large drum and a big horn. Your friend , " etc. Uncle Sam ought to install a Santa Glaus at the dead letter office , local clerks say. Rev. August Leutheauser , former pastor of the Christ Lutheran church of this city , died suddenly at his homo at Concord , Neb. , Friday. Ho leaves a widow and a number of grown-up children to mourn his loss. The funer al services will take place at Concord next Monday. Rov. J. P. Mueller and probably all of the Lutheran ministers of the towns surrounding Norfolk will go to Concord to attend the funeral. Rev. Mr. Leutheausor came to Norfolk In 1879 nnd for five years was pastor of the Christ Lutheran church. Ho was succeeded by Rov. E. G. Meyer , who was succeeded by Rev. J. P. Muel ler , the present pastor. How's This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars reward - ward for uny case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co. , Toledo. O. We , the undersigned , have known P. J. Cheney for the Inst 15 years , and be lieve him perfectly honorable In all business transactions , and llnanclally able to carry out any obligation made by his firm. Waldlng , Kinnan & Marvin , Wholesale Druggists , Toledo , O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter nally , acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price , 7Gc. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation. Hold-up Man at Wymore. Wymoro. Neb. , Dec. 18. After four hold-ups In Wymoro last night the capture of a man suspected of the work was effected. Ho made his es cape , however , while an officer waa taking him to the jail. The first victim of the hold-up was O. Crustlfick , a barber , who lost no money but had a finger badly bitten in a fight with the bandit. T. O'Hara , Burlington auditor , was robbed of $4 by a masked man who put a pistol In his face while ho was sitting at his desk in the depot building. Mike Aronc , a machinist , was roubed near the coal chutes. Two men did the job but got only 35 cents. A little later a section man was as saulted by two men when ho refused to glvo up his money. Ho was In bed in a bunk car at the time. At 8:45 : Officer Schlanken arrested "Blsh" Polak , an old offender who has served timeIn the county Jail and pen , and who answered to the descrip tion of the hold-up man given by O'Hara and Aronea. Poiak was In a pool hall and at the door broke from the officer nnd ran. Three revolver shots wore tired at him and it la thought ono took effect In the arm. Polak turned Into tin alley and htui not boon found.