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Van Faragc Commits Suicide
This Afternoon
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Van Farago u printer about 111 years
old committed nuioldo tills aftornoon
by taking carbolic ncld Tho powerful
poison was swallowed nt 2 MO and by
oclock bo quickly did It act bo was
load
During tho past month youn Fnrngo
has bocoino a fainlliur Ilguro upon tho
Htrorts of Norfolk I in oiuno boro from
Madison with A 1 Chllds for whom
ho bad boon working on tho Reporter
Imt slnco bo nrrivod in Norfolk bo has not
boon following his trade For uwhllo
ho bonrdod with 1 S Gulllngor mi oin
ployooftho Timcs Tribuno Ho com
menced on Monday to work as a solici
tor for N 15 ltlatohloy tho piano tuner
and sconied to be Kottltif along nicely
Mr Hlatohloy saw him after 2 oclock
today and ho scorned to bo In good
Hpirits reporting to his employer what
ho hud done during tho day and laying
out bis work for tho remainder of tho
aftornoon Tho list Intimation anyono
had that there was anything wrong wits
about 240 whon Judge Kelly heard a
noise In tho hallway loading to his olllco
in tho McOlury block which sounded
like some one spitting nnd coughing
Going to tho door he found young Fnr
ngo just lying down who simply said
Im dying Tho judge saw nn ompty
bottlo on tho floor which boro tho label
Carbolic Acid Dr Miiekuy was
hastily summoned and bo used tho
stomach pump vigorously but tbo
would bo suicide had planned too well
to bo thwarted and while tho doctor
was still working over him bo ceased
bis struggles and was dead Tho re
mains wore taken to Sosslons Bells
undertaking rooms where they are
buing prepared for burial
Young Fnrnge ha had periods of ill
health for some time when ho would
become very much depressed and
threaten to kill himself Tho threat
hud boon made so frequently that his
frionds bad become acoustomed to it
and thought it was only talk Sinco ho
has been at work this week ho has ap
peared to feel unusually well and when
Mr Blntchloy last saw him bo scorned
ty bo bright and cheerful
Last fall bo went to California in
liopes of bettering bis health but re
turned in the spring not much im
proved His paronts livo in Madison
and the havo been notified of tho sad
tragedy as has also Coronor Tonuor
at Battle Creek Thero is no question
but that tbo suicide was premeditated
as in his pookot wns found n note ad
dressed to his mother in which ho tolls
hor that he is going to kill himself
Tho noto is written with a pencil and is
ho dim that it can hardly bo deciphered
but enough can bo read to show that ho
lias done just what ho inteuded to do
FRIDAY FACTS
F P Nowport of Croighton is in tho
city
It II Wade of Noligh spout tho night
in tho city
Steiubrochora shoe shop on oast Main
street is being repainted
M C Soars of Wisuor was transact
ing business in tho city today
Win H Mason of Homer transacted
busiuoss in town this morning
Mr and Mrs Parson of Hoskina vis
ited tho city yesterday afternoon
Mrs Dodgo of Madison is hero to at
tend tho funeral of Nathan Oweu
Tho two Missos Harlan of Tilden are
guests at tho homo of 0 15 Doughty
II J Vaudovort from Fromont has
taken a position in Iviesaus drug Btore
Mr and Mrs Win Leu went toMadi
son this morning to visit friends a few
days
Tho county board of equalization will
meet at Madison on the 13th of this
month
A Morrisons rosidouco on Madison
Most any one can
make a pill that may
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iivonuo is roceiviug n haudsomo coat
of paint
Mr and Mrs Victor Seymour re
turned to their homo at Lincoln this
morning
Chris Schuvlaud of Madison clerk of
tho district court was a city visitor
over night
Mr and Mrs 0 II Hownrd nnd Mrs
H N Way woro Stanton visitors in tho
city yesterday
Tho M 15 church is now undergoing
that delightful process known as spring
housecloanlng
Dr Uomy and wlfo of Craig catno
over last evening to attend tho funeral
of Nathan Owen
ltov 1 W Trosy of Columbus will bo
hero on tho evening train to visit with
ltov T 1 Mueller
Mrs T F Moinmlngor and children
of Madison visited nt tho homo of 0 B
Burrows yesterday
Hev and Mrs W It Phelps of
Wlnside are Hponding the day at the
homo of Dr Hodgetts
Talcott Olnoy will return today from
Cincinnati This will bo his tlrst visit
homo for several years
J P Wright rotumed last ovouing
from Omaha where ho has been sorvlug
as a juror In tiio fedoral court
Mr and Mrs C A Ohnco nnd child
ren of Wayno woro in tho city butweou
trains today on their way oast
Mrs McMillan is entertaining 15 lady
friends nt ten at her homo In Tho
Heights this aftornoon
Mesdatnos MoBrldo and O H Roy
nobis Misses Anna MoBrido and Ilolon
Reynolds are spondlng tho doy in Plain
view
County Superintendent 0 W Crum
catno up irom Aintusou msd ovomug in
open the examination of teachers this
morning
Misses Clommlo Morrison and Ruth
Olnoy oxpoct to attend tho Nntiounl
Teachers association at Los Angeles
Oal in July
A largo crowd of young people in
tended tho regular weekly dunco at tho
hospital last night A very pleasant
timo Is reported
Hugo Asmus who has boon attending
tho Fremont Normal school is oxpectod
homo tomorrow evening to spend tbo
summer vacation
A grnphophono rafllo was bold at
Kiesans drug store last evening E J
Eppler of Hadar held tho ticket which
drew the inaohino
Misses Edna and Gilbortn Durlund
who have been visiting in tho city for
tho past wcolc returned to their homo nt
Plainviow this noon
Tho storeopticou to bo used at tho Ben
Hur entortninment next Tuesday oven
ing at tbo Congregational church is one
of tho very best Tho famous limo
light is used
G T Sprecher nnd wife and M O
Hazen and wife drove out to Cnmp Ses
sions near tho Yellow Banks yesterday
whoro they spent a pleasant day with
tho families of P F Sprecher nnd L
Sessious
Tho caso of Ira L Hungerford against
tho Times Tribune publishing company
which was to havo been hoard before
Judgo Bates in Madison today was con
tinued on account of the non arrival of
depositions
Roruo Miller of Missouri Valley hotel
proprietor aud manager of tho Elkhorn
eatiug house systom spent tho night in
tho city aud this morning inspected Cor
poration gulch in company with mem
bers of tho city council
A number of f riouds made Mrs Fred
Schelly tho victim of a surprise party
last eveuiug tbo occasion being that
ladys 44th birthday Tho visitors
canto laden with baskets which con
tained materials for a substantial repast
which was served late in the evening
Dr Tashjean aud Joe Pheasant drovo
out last evening to invostignto tho re
ported drowning of Fred Odell When
they arrived at his homo six miles
southeast they found him complacently
eating his supper He strenuously de
nied that ho had been drowned iu tho
Elkhorn during tho day
Mr and Mrs S S Montgomery of
Chadrou stopped over yesterday to visit
with Mr and Mrs 15 N Huntington
They took tho noon traiu for Omaha
today where they go to attend tho wed
ding next Tuesday of Miss Sadie Ben
uet who formerly clerked in tho store
of Beeler Bros nt this place
A now pleasure craft lloats on tho
Northfork aud its name is tho Robin
Hood It was built aud launched by
Eugene Huso who is also owner nnd
captaiu of the boat It is painted a
bright bluo with white trimmings aud
may bo said to bo a very creditable pro
duction for a boy 13 years old
Prof Lewis president of tho Morning
Side college of Sioux City arrived iu the
city on the morning train and after din
ing with Mr aud Mrs M C Hazen
went to Pierce where he is to deliver
an address to the High school graduates
this evening A few yenrs ago Prof
Lewis was president of au Iowa college
iu which Mrs Hazen taught music
D P Owen returned at noon today
from Deadwood where ho received tho
sad uews of tho drowning of his sou
Through a coufusion of telegrams the
word came to him that both his sou nnd
daughter were drowned aud he did uoc
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THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY JUNE 15 1899
know tho real fact until thle morning
whon ho mot a man on tho train who
was hero night before last and who
gnvo hlni tho truth Tbo funeral of
Nathan Owen will bo hold from tbo
homo tomorrow aftornoon at 2 oclock
Tho tcaohors examination opened
this morning at tho high sohool build
ing whero it is bolug conducted by
Suporintondont 0 W Crum Tho ex
amination will contluno until tomorrow
night nnd on Monday tho tonchora in
stituto proper will begin lasting all next
wook The foaturo of tho wock outside
tho rogulnr institute work will bo tho
lecturo on Friday by Ed Amherst Ott
professor of olooutlon In tho Drnko uni
versity nt Dea Moines
Tho city council hold n special meet
ing last evening to talk with the pro
perty ownors atrected by tho depre
dations of Corporation gulch After
going ovor tho caso In a preliminary
way an adjournment was taken until 0
oclock this morning whon tho mayor
six councilnion and soveral property
owners drovo ovor tho ground in trouble
and discussed tbo best method of taking
care of tbo water No conclusion was
reached
Sydney D Robertson returned lost
ovonlng from Lincoln whoro ho yester
day gradnntod from tho law deport
ment of tho stato university receiving
tho degree of Bacholor of Laws This
degroo eutitlos him to ndiuisslon to tho
prnotico of law boforo tho supremo court
as booh as ho roaches tbo ngo of 21
which will bo next Soptombcr Mr
Itobertsou graduated from tho Norfolk
high school with tho class of 07 nud
hii9 tho distinction of bolug tho first
Norfolk graduato to rocoivo a diploma
from tho law dopartmeut of tho stato
university Ho was tho youngest of tho
00 law class at tho university consist
lug of fil mombors nnd his record shows
that ho stood woll toward tho bend of his
class This has required hard work on
his part but that ho has not beon afraid
to do and his parents and friends nre
proud that bo was able to graduato with
unusual honors for ono of his ngo Some
of bis classmates were men from 30 to
40 years old
SATURDAY SIFTINGS
Miko Kennedy came up from Lincoln
last evening
Mr and Mrs L Gher were hero from
Stanton yesterday
Mrs Shut was a visitor in tho city
from Pierce yesterday
0 E Cornish of Randolph was in the
city on business yestordny
Orrin Buckingham of Plainviow is
visiting friends iu tho city
Misses Mixer and Wints were In tho
city from Pierco this morning
Mrs Kueasel and Missos Idollo and
Mollio Taylor of Battlo Creek svero hero
yestorday
Miss Helen Milnltz of Plainviow is
visiting at tho homo of her uncle
Ohns Biorsdorf
Mr and Mrs J B Maylord rejoice
over the arrival of a now daughter at
their home last night
Mrs O L Hyde is expected to return
homo this oveniug from a visit with
friends in Minneapolis
Mrs Thomas Dugher and children of
Wisuor are visiting at the home of her
parents Mr and Mrs James Conley
Miss Gertie OSullivau stenographer
at tho hospital returned last evening
from a few days visit with her parents
in West Point
H R Cobb and family departed this
morning for his now field of labor at
Park Rapids Minn where he takes a
position on the Review
Tho families of Messrs Sprecher and
Sessions who havo been camping near
the Yellow Banks duriug tho week re
turned to homo life at noon
Mr aud Mrs W A Moldeuhaur Mr
and Mrs Louis Wachtor aud Fred Wag
ner left at uoou for Bazilo Mills whero
they will visit Mr and Mrs Charles
Iauch ovor Sunday
Mr Craven oue of tho now proprie
tors of tho Norfolk steam lauudry ar
rived with his family from Fairbury
yesterday and will livo iu tbo Freythnler
houso on Ninth street
Rev A W Freso of Columbus and
Rev J P Mueller of this place went to
Bancroft this morniug to help celebrate
tho 23th anniversary of the German
Lutheran church at that place
W II Dexter aud wifo go to Camp
Leonard today to spend Suuday with
Mr nud Mrs Leonnrd A party of
youug people will go down in tho mom
ing chaperoned by Mrs Elsio Desmond
Superintendent OConner returned
last oveniug from Lincoln where ho had
been attending a meeting of the Educa
tional council au organization composed
of the heads of faculties of tho educa
tional institutions of the state
Frank Powers came iu from Hot
Springs at noon yestorday whero he had
been for a month taking treatment for
rheumatism He visited his parents
Judge aud Mrs Powers uutil morning
when he went ou to his home in Omaha
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
Carl T Seely of Madison was iu the city
yesterday Tho duties of his office havo
become so numerous that he has been
compelled to resign tho mauagemout of
the Madison Chronicle to M S Malcom
aud 13 F Wood
The Norfolk lodge of Knights of
Pythias has recolvod an itivitation from
its Stanton brethren to attond tho Me
morial day sorvicos at that placo tomor
row Congressman John S Robinson
will dellvor ou address on Pythlanlsui
at tho M 15 church at 230 iu tho aftor
noon Sovoral of tho mombcrs of that
ordor nro planning to accept tho invita
tion
A party of Stanton young pcoplo woro
up yestorday to attend tho funeral of
Nato Owen under tho improsslou that
it was yestorday instead of today
Helou Clark Ada Ellcuwood Gortlo
Trout Rose Psotta Bortlm Mayor
Olive Chaco Clara Foyorhom Erick
Foyerhom and Ohas Whnlou Tho
young folks woro nccontpnnicd by Mrs
Ellcnwood
Robort Bridge Sr whoso homo is iu
Froiuout but who is Bpondiug tho sum
mor with his sons Ohas S and Wm H
at this plnco passod his 83th birthday
yestorday Tho oveut was colobratod
by tho gathering of tho two Brldgo fain
lies at tho homo of Ohas S whoro they
spent a qniot oujoyablo oveniug Tho
senior Mr Bridge carries his years well
and takes as nctivo an interest in tho
affairs of lifo as ono ninny years his
junior
Charles Farago nn older brother of
tho uufortunnto youth who committed
suicido iu this city yestordny afternoon
drovo ovor from Madison Inst evening
nnd at 4 oclock this morning left for
homo with tluj remains Coronor Tan
ner camo down from Battlo Creek last
night but ns thoro wns no dispute as to
tho causo of tho young mans death de
cided that nn inquest was unnecessary
Tho funeral was held at Madison this
aftornou
A largo crowd of local sports gathered
at tho Turf Exchaugo last ovouing
where bulletins direct from tho ring sido
of tbo Fitzsimmoiis Jeirries light were
being recoived ovor u special wiro run
into tbo building Excitemeut ran high
especially as tho battlo progressed and it
began to appear that Jeffries wns likoly
to bo the winner Considerable money
changed hands Fitzsimmous being tho
favorite at tho start Toward tho end
however as high as four to ono wero
otlered ou Jeffries
Assessor S L Gardner has just fin
ished listing of Norfolk city
and precinct for the purpose of taxation
Tho value of property inside tho city
both real and persounl is assessed at
310034 while that in tho precinct out
side tho city limits is listed at 201788
makiug a total of tho assessable proper
ty in tho precinct 520842 This is an
increase of over 18500 above what it
was a year ago aud as the assessmeut
was taken upon the same schedule nsed
last year the iucreaso means that thero
Is just that much more assessable prop
erty in tho precinct than there wns a
year ago
A good crowd attended the smoker
given under the auspices of Woodman
camp No 100 at G A R ball last
eveuiug Deputy G H Henning of
Omaha was present aud gave a very in
teresting address upon Woodcraft re
citing nt considerable length the benefits
accruing to mankind from tho work bo
iug done by tho fraternities An or
chestra was present which brightened
tho evening with good musical selections
Refreshments of ice cream and cake
wero served followed by cigars A
number of new applications to the W
O W resulted from tho meeting It is
understood that another smoker will be
given after a few days
The Madison County Old Soldiers as
sociation closed a very successful three
dayseucampmeut at Meadow Grove last
evening There was a large attendance
and all had a good time Not much was
done Wednesday except to get tho camp
located in a beautiful grove near town
Mayor Simpson was elected commander
of the camp but he was obliged to leave
on Thursday because of sickness at
home Then W H Widaman acted as
commander during tho remainder of tho
sossion The program consisted of re
newing old acquaintances camp fires in
tho evening and speeches during the day
by members of tho old soldiers Tho
chief address was delivered by Senator
Allen yesterday afternoon At the bus
iness meeting yestorday Mr McKay of
Meadow Grove was elected president
aud tho timo of meetings wns ohnuged
to September A committee of five ono
from each G A R post iu tho couuty
was chosen to select the next place of
meeting
Tho funeral of Nathan Owen was hold
nt 2 oclock this afternoon from the fam
ily residence on South Third street con
ducted by Rev W H Eaton of tho Bap
tist church Thero was a profusion of
floral offerings ono conspicuous piece
being from the Dempster Manufacturing
company of Beatrice for whom Mr
Owen travels another from tho offico
forco of that company one from Miss
Winnie Owens classmates tho High
school Juniors and another from the
Freshman class to which the boy who
lost his lifo to save a companion be
longed During the morning the Jun
ior class went to the cemetery nud
draped the grave with flowers thus
making of it a beautiful restiug place
The pall bearers were Guy Alexander
Howard Deeriug Ed Dixon Walter
Bailey Clyde Hammoud and John Tan
uohill nil close associates of the bravo
boy A large concourse of sympathiz
ing friends attended the funeral aud fol
lowed the remaius to their last restiug
place iu Prospoct Hill
There is enough wear and tear on the soldier
without the discomforts that come from having to use
a strong laundry soap Common brown soaps when
constantly used for washing the person are extremely
irritating Ivory soap is the ideal soap for the soldier
suitable for all purposes for the kitchen utensils for
washing clothes and for the bath
Ivory Soap is not easily lost for it floats
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MONDAY MENTION
R E Tawney came down from Pierco
yesterday
John Wright is having his houso on
South Eighth street repainted
Henry Boveo has accepted a position
as clerk iu Bnuui Bros store
John Shannon the Hoskius cnttlo
dealer was iu town this morning
Arthur Brubaker returned last eveu
iug from his visit in Meadow Grove
G S Morton left this morning for
Denver Col to visit his son William
Mrs Theodore Long of Peuderis visit
ing at the home of her cousin Charles
Floros
Lillie the eight-years-old daughter of
L Vnuaht is quite sick with typhoid
pueumouia
Tho Drs Salter are todoy moving in
to the new sanitarium on Koeuigsteiu
avenue aud Tenth street
Mrs Thomas Dugher and children
who have been visiting in the city re
turned to their home in Wisner yester
day
Miss Nellie Dingmau went to Fre
mont this morning to attend the sum
mer term of tho normal school at that
place
Miss Christena Luudquist returned to
Wayne this morning to resume her
studios at the Normal after n visit of a
few days with her parents
Mr nud Mrs C J Chapman and
Misses Eva Roland and Effie Ball re
turned homo this noon from a weeks
visit with friends at Buffalo Gap
P F Bell left this morning for Grand
Island to attend the Stato Undertakers
association of which he is secretary
Mrs Bell and L Sessious accompanied
him
The homo of Wm Peter on South
First street was the scoue of a merry
party last evening which was enjoyed
by a large crowd of people both young
and old
Mr and Mrs W A Moldenhaur Mr
and Mrs Louis Wachter aud Fred
Wagner returned this morning from a
very pleasant visit with Charles Iauch
at Bazile Mills over Sunday
The democrats of Battle Creek have
secured Hon W J Bryan to deliver an
address at that place some time during
July The exact date has not been fixed
but will be announced next week
Messrs P F and G T Sprecher aud
Mrs Thomas went to Schuyler yesterday
morning in response to a telegram an
nouncing tho seiious illness of their
mother Mrs P F Sprecher accom
pnnied them
Miss Gehart who has been visitiug nt
the homo of Herman Gerecke leaves
this evening for Hot Springs S D
where sho will spend tho summer She
will return iu tho tall to teach in tho
public shools of this city
Mayor Simpson has received an invi
tation from the people of Clearwater to
deliver an old fashioned Fourth of July
oration at that placo Tho iuvitntion
has been accepted and tho citizens of
that locality will not bo disappointed
The Leader dry goods store nt Mead
ow Grove was burglarized Saturday
evening 0 S Evaus of this placo is
one of the owners of the concern and
his son-in-law H E Dunn was at
Meadow Grove this morning helping to
investigate tho matter
D A Hale who is in town from
Battlo Creek today says that never
iu all the 34 years he has lived iu this
country has ho seen better crop prospects
than this season Vegetation of all
kinds is following tho general conditions
of tho country nud is on the boom
Miss Winnie Miller who has many
frlcuds in this city where sho lived
many years is soon to bo married to
Mr William Clark a prominent young
business man of Lincoln The wedding
will take place at the home of Miss
Millers parents in Missouri Valley ou
June 28
Young Paries another of thoe for
whom warrants had been issued iu con
nection with the stock yards affair put
in nn appearance at Madison ou Friday
aud voluntarily gave himself into the
custody of Sheriff Losey He will have
his preliminary hearing with the others
on the llttb
Information has leeu received that
Walter tho 17-years-old son of W
P Hnyhurst who moved to Pennsyl
vania a few years ago recently suffered
a stroke of pnrnlypis and thnt he is now
iu a helpless condition The Norfolk
friends of the family hope to learn soon
that the young man is gettiug better
Tho eight-years-old daughter of a man
named Gauhlke living at Creightou
died of hydrophobia on Thursday of last
week Early in the week she had been
bitten by a dog but as there was only a
slight scratch on the hand no attention
was paid to the wound On Wednes
day she was taken sick and the following
day died in violent paroxysms
Mrs Desmond Misses Gehart and
Dexter aud Mr L Pnsewalk drove out
to Camp Leonard yesterday morning
whero they visited during the day
They fouud a nicely arranged camp
and Mr nud Mrs Leonard are enjoying
their outing immensely Mr and Mrs
Dexter who are guests at the camp will
remain two or three days longer
Quite a heavy wind storm struck this
section about 4 oclock yesterday after
noon which a few miles southeast de
veloped cyclonic tendencies At tho
farm of Wm Machmuller his buggies
and other portable possessions were scat
tered all over the surrounding fields
One buggy tried to go down a well but
was prevented by tho fact that it was
too big to fit
R D Scott of the Battle Creek Enter
prise is preparing a historical work of
Knox county of which it is planned to
print 10000 copies It will contain a
history of the county from Indian
times down to the preseut besides biog
raphies of the prominent men who
have made tho county what it is Ira
L Hungerford formerly of the Timea
Tribuue will assist iu the work
The team of Hermau Hille who lives
three miles southeast engaged in a furi
ous runaway Saturday eveuiug Mr
Hille was in the buggy when tho team
started but was thrown out In their
mad flight tho horses went through three
barb wiro fences not stopping until thev
had reached their own bam door Ono
Actions of the Just
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vigor and strength neither of
which can be found in a per
son whose blood is impure
and ivhose every breath
speaks of internal troubles
Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies
vitalizes and enriches the
blood gives a good appetite
and makes the weak strong
Run Down My husband iuas run
down in health and all tired out Those
excellent medicines Hoods Pills and Sarsa
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