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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06
ny the Way Side.

1d you read that touching story Of
Ihe little boy who saved his mother
from q blood-thlrsty lion?"
mo. How did It happen?"
WY, she lion ate the little boy
Ghicago Record.
Whom do you regard as the greatest
q inventor Of the times. asked one wo-
! IS ny ', !, husband" replied the other
s. Why, .,.,l, I /. didn't know ne ever invented
800 You should hear the excuses he gives
1or coming home as 2 In the morning."
Comic Cuts
Fair shoppar-Yes, It's a pretty color:
ls s'n. yhy dOyou call !, boy messenger
shopmon--Because we viii guarantee,
madam that u win never run.-Tun.
Heidi Jenkins tell you that I'd sold
g. Hls Playful cousin-well. not exactly:
i ne SAID you'd sold him. so / was able 10
| Imagine the rest.-Larks.
. Minnie-He said my complexion was
Mamie-What did he mean by that
jsnes " was not real polls Jour
She Cat the masquerade balD-Do you
Rhink my costume becomlng7
He with enihusIasm)--Yes, indeed:
zsolt you would be lovely In any dis
Eutae.--Harper's Bazaar.
u leach you TO play pitch and toss"
enonted an enraged father. "I'll fog you
Tor an hour. Will"
S Z !. ther." instantly replied the incor-
Etzib.e. 6s ne balanced q penny on his
thumb and finger. .'l'li TOSS you to make
IN Two hours tls, or nothing" It'd Bits.
~. What kind Of weather had we better
dict q inquired 4he clerk al the Wea-
s3t1er Bureau.
promptly. -
& s W we've been saying that for the
mo prfdtct ed much colder the weather
IL lljs eshfeu 20 get much warmer"
Is a eeys nsysr forget that 10 ahis
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06
R'o AUCTION SALE. DECEMBER g.

TO close M business of the Central
Land Co.. we Will sell al public auction,
-" LOTS. situate within the corporation
m'ts of Newport News. These lots are
End. the res dencc portion Of the city.
About 500 houses are occupied in this
vicinity by good people and values are
up and be able 10 turn II over TO udvan-
taSe.
TERMS OF SALE:-One-fourth cash:
residue In G. ~ ami IS months: i per cent
on deferred payments. or per cent, or
fur cash. Sale commences 10 n m For
further informal on call on or write 10
POWELL. BROS. & KING
Real Estate and Insurance Agents
nol7-tds Newnort News Vn
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06
AMONG THEFUNMAKERS
Som Of the Best Things Recently Said by
iha WaIia's GIsaIast Humorls's.
ID FARMERS CONFIDENCE IN HIS WIFE
s7hen She Boys Saw Her They We're
Not M All surprised-rhe Persist.
sracy OF the Liar of the weather
Rurenu- Brtghi and Gingery Parn.
EraPhs from Various Sources.
tThe Chicago News.)

~
There Were dozen or more of US
waiting at the little depot for the south
: ponnd Train and one OF the men pacing
up and down the platform was farm
4 er who expected his wife by the coming
draiH. y WASN'T long before be had told
\ everybody and after bit the man with
the horid nose beckoned him aside and
said:
assI understand that you are expecting
your Wife on this train?"
S{S Yes, sir.'
Second wife, take III"
wall, yes. though ] waited for two
years afore married agin."
That was decent OF you Your wife
5 has been TO Cincinnati. pe!haps?"
.ssen gone longY
-Four weeks
4 see. And you think she'll be on
That's what she wrote. Why do you
Don't speak SO loud. Can you con-
trots yourself II / tell you some news?
Come, now, be man. I'm sorry to have
20 o,sl you, but feel 1t my duty"
EssSs Wswhat Is itP" ga.ped the farmer.
growing as white as snow. and begin
ming to tremble.
TIE about your wife. Don't scream
outsor faint. Can you bear III"
Yves. Is she dead?"
uaS uh VII Will HnOI0eT man
and you will probably never see her
again. Don't give way, now, but call
up your courage"
siStranger, air that yer bad news?"
asked the farmer, as broad smile COW
cred his face
Yes. that's It; am sorry for YOU"
Wal, you needn't be. Thar's the
Z train Just roundup the curve and when
my wife gifts off you take q good look
at her. Lands, but thought the barn
had burned up or one of the cows got
miredI.
Two minutes later the train rolled In
ana one Of the first to align, was
woman, who rushed into the farmers
arms After he had Rugged and kissed
her he turned her around to face the
little group Of US who were onto the
Joke. She was red-headed, cross-eyed
8aacking In several front teeth and had
@ dozen moles on her face
ys Thar she ami he triumphan.ly ex-
claimed 10 the ran with the florld nose
Your wife, eh?"
Yves, the wife you said had eloped
with another man! Say. stranger,
S grease my ha'r with mutton taller and
cant tell an elephant from a Kangaroo
when the circus comes along. but I'm
NO purdock. 1t took me two hull vars
10 nnd woman so blamed humbly that
no other man In America would want to
! run away with her. but I found her at
last, and thar she am, and now you m y
wink and blink and go to grass, and be
hanged to you'll"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06

The December meeting of the Make
ME Presbyterian League will he held
at the First Presbyterian church on the
evening of Friday. the 18Th instant a,
p. m. The Rev. DIR. Fair, of Rich
mond. will be the speaker.
The quarterly business maetI,, r.,.,
be held at the Second church on ,ha Tn,'
lowing Monday evening. -o'
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06

Women's Board of Missions will con-
auct a service devoted to the interests
or education. An Interesting nro-
era mme has been prepared by the presi-
Gent. Mrs. NJ. w. Mason. Wa II prom
ises 10 be entertaining and peneficiai
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06

Helps to read are glasses. Eyes vii
TAIL and glasses become necessary. Sc,
Dr. Levy. IL CRANKY street. EYES ey.
amined free.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06

motto appl!es keeping everl st.nS.y
al Il brings success "-Washing ION
Star
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06
latter. nevertheless. did all that was hui

Though Napoleon lived some years af-
forwards. when Gasscourt learned that
or the stomach. the former declared to
Thiehault that some particle of the po son
could not have been extracted. and that
thenceforward, sooner or later. death was
Inevitable.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06

see DR.. Week about your eyes. A
glasses prescribed are guaranteed.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06

About your health Keep your blood mr.,
by taking. Hoods SarsaparilIa ard r vn,
need ret fear tho. grip. colds, bronchitis
pneumonia or typhoid fever,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06
NtNETVN SNEEN-FUTTNE DAY.
----->--~--~-~---~---..- .-.---1--- = -.
AUCTION SALE.

PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF
decree Of the Circuit Court of the
SSo oy OF Norfolk. rendered on the 9th
In chancery therein pending in wh Oh
Frances Mccoy, ct ais are niant!rrs. ard
E;lenora Mccoy. ct ais arc defendants +
shall sell ut public auction In front OF
me courthouse of said county on
sAiOR PA 7, TIE 18TH DAY OF DE-
Tho, CEM BER. 1886. AT u NJ,
VA te on the southwest corner of Colimh!e
formerly Crahbe) and Pine streets. near
Norfolk. said 10, fronting 80 feet on Co
iumbia street. and ll3 feet on Pine, and be-
ing fully described In the said decree
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06

HOOPS PILLS are the favor,te famil,
cathartic, easy to take. easy to operate
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06

/ hereby certify that the bond roo,,rod
py above rec!ted decree has been given.
Tcste: l.. NJ. SYLVESTER e O.
to-su. ". sh-3t By l.. Thompson, u. c.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06

Terms:-One-h half cash. residue in six
months with interest. or the p,Irrha COZ
may anticipate the payment OF SAID res
IquS q. a. MARTIN
d. T. DALBf, Special Commss oner
Crier.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06
j. NJ. KEELING,
Special Comm.ss. oncr.

hereby certify that the bond required
~ the above mentioned deere, has been
executed by the Special Commissioner.
de2-lOt Clerk Of he Court
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06

TERMS;-Cash. sufilo!cn, to paw coess
Of suit and expenses of sale the haiancs
on Il credit Of SIX and twelve months.
the purchaser to execute bonds with an.
proved security for the deferred nav
menis. In equal installmcnis bearing In
terest from day OF SALE with leave To an
y" retained until the further order OF tho
court, "
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06
BY II. C. IIogeard & Co.. Auc,loneers

PURSUANT TO A DECREE OF TIM
circuit Court of Princess Anne Coun-
~, rendered in vacations, on the iath div
Williamson ct ais VS.. Smith Ell ais shall
sell by PUBLIC auction. at the Norfolk Real
Estate and Stock Exchange. Main street.
Noriclk, Va, at IL m on SATURDAY
the l2th day of December lS9fall thai tract
81 iahd situate near Whitehurst Landing
ross Koads. In the County of Princess
kempsville and Norfolk County roads:
east by the lands OF Jonathan Sanderlins:
south by the lands OF Geo. r. l. dfnrd
and on the west by the Wh!tehurst Land
ing and Great Bridge roads, containing
thlrty-ciSht acres. more or less
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-06

ibid you read that touching story n
Ihe little boy who saved his mo;hel
from blood-thirsty lion?'
mo. How did It happen?"
.,Wny. the lion ate the little boy
Chicago Record.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-22
OBSERVE THE SABBATH.
Wisconsin, National Guard will Not
Go Into Camp on the
Sacred Day

Madison, Wis, April 15.-[Spocial.l-
The Wisconsin National guard will not
go into camp on the Sabbath day this
year. 1t will be remembered that one or
two Christian societies at the recent
ing Gov. Upham not to allow such desc
Grafton of the Sabbath by the state mi
litia, and the request has apparently
been regarded, for instead of leaving for
Camp Douglas on Sunday as heretofore
the companies will this year be ordered
into camp on Saturday evening.
Camp orders will be issued from tho
acknowledgements Office the latter ".
of this week. The First regiment y
go in first, leaving so as to arrive ut
Camp Douglas Saturday evening, July
4, remaining a week. The Fourth regi-
ment Of Milwaukee will follow, arriving
IN camp Saturday evening, July II. 1t
is not yet decided whether the Second
and Third will Immediately follow the
Fourth or whether an interval of a week
shall be allowed to elaDse
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-22
GEN. KING REPLIES.
He Does Not Agree with Ministers
About Transporting Troops
on Sunday.

Madison, Wis, April 1S-TSpecial 7
Adjt.-Gen. Charles King today sent a
letter to Rev. A. V. G.. Schenck, as the
representative of the Presbyterian synod,
which is a reply to the criticisms and pc
titions of large number of church So
cieties of Wisconsin against the sending
of militia to Camp Douglas on Sunday
While the petitions by instruction of
Gov. Upham are to be complied with
this year, Gen. King takes issue with
the ecclesiastical bodies as to the good
which will result, in which be says:
The state of Wisconsin limits the
number OF days to seven in which the
National guard can be ordered into camp
of instruction, and these seven days IN
clude the time spent in transporting the
troops to and from camp. 1t has been
found, therefore, that only five working
days can be had at camp where, so short
is the time, so broad the scope of in
structiOn and SO important each and
every one of the drills, maneuyers and
exercises, that every moment is precious.
Even now it is remarked on all hands
by experienced soldiers that our men
have only just begun to get settled down
to their work when it is time to quit
camp and go home. If the troops were
sent to camp in midweek and Sunday
allowed to intervene as one of these five
precious days, it would mean exactly
twenty-four hours taken out of the 124
to be devoted TO Instructions One-fifth
of the years progress in drills, disci-
pline and rifle practice in the open field
would have to be sacrificed and from a
military, an economic and business
point O.: view would prove total loss
He further calls attention TO the fact
that whereas the troops have heretofore
gone to camp in disciplined silence, they
would on Saturday be outside of mill
tary discipline; that it would also en-
tail the loss of a days salary to the
men and requires them to pay their
extra days service. He also cites let
ters from the four chaplains of the fegi-
mAntS annroYing his views
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-22
Welded SIXTY YEARS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Nabbefeld
Renew Vows Made Three
Score Years Ago.

Kaukauna, Wis, April 18.-[Special.l
1t was a gala day at Freedom last
Tuesday, the occasion being the siXtieth
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Nabbefeld at st. Nicho-
las church At O'Clock the wedding
procession, headed by the Freedom brass
band, marched to the church. Entering
the stately stone edifice the couple were
preceded by four little flower girls, their
great grandchildren, accompanied by the
bridesmaids, Mrs. II. Hoffman and Mrs
q. I. MOeskes, and groomsmen ii. Hotf-
man and III. Nabbefeld. High mass was
celebrated by Rev. j. A. Setback and
who also performed the services by
which the aged couple renewed the vows
plighted at the altar in the little stone
church in Guiderich, Germany, on the
18th day of April sixty years ago.
After the ceremony the wedding party
returned to the home of the groom's son,
Autone, near Freedom, where 200 rela-
tives and friends made merry during the
entire day and evening At least 500
church. and the hearty handshakes and
good wishes extended the aged couple
were sincere and many.
Theodore Nahbefeld was born in Bor
min Menselen, Rhine Province, Ger
many, on the 18th day of April, 1918, and
MS W1Io y OndQDt, WAS DOfu Ill bueueF1cH,
Rhine Province Germany, on the I'd day
of August, 1909 Hearing of the free
flag of America they embarked OLE the
sailing vessel Vigo on the Goth of June,
1860, and landed on the free soil of their
adopted country fourteen days later
For five years they lived in st. Law
renee, Washington county, Wis, NOV
ing to Freedom five years later where
they have since resided. All during
life Mr.. and Mrs. Nabbefeld have been
blessed with good health, and today the
old gentleman can walk from his hC.ne
in the country to this city and return the
same day, a distance of twenty-eight
miles IN the round trip. He can read
without glasses and writes a clear, legi-
BILE hand.
He has been a moderate user of smok-
ing tobacco for the past sixty years and
attributes the long life of himself and
wife to peace and happiness and plain
diet. Ten children blessed the union of
this happy couple, seven of whom have
passed to the unknown beyond Three
are alive-Henry at Appleton and Gar
ret and Antoine of Freedom. Thirty
grandchildren and fifteen great grand
children were among the attendants at
the diamond wedding.
The grooms height is feet and 8
inches and weighs 115 pounds. The
bride weighs 115 pounds and is 5 feet
tall
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-22
HIS HEAD AFFECTED.
An Almost Nude Man Creates a Scene in a
Portage Depot.


Portage. Wis, April 49, Special. i
At about 3 o'clock yesterday morning an
almost nude man rushed frantically into
the waiting room at the st. Paul depot
The only occupants of the room at the
time were two women who were wait
ing to take an early train. The ladies
were Mortified and their shrieks of fright
soon brought a number of railroad en-
plOyes to the scene. The man offered
no violence to the women, nor did he re-
sist capture. He was locked in q vacant
room at the depot until the officers could
be communicated with. When Marshal
Helmann appeared, however, and started
to take him to the lookup, he offered
some resistance and had TO be placed in
irons. In the meantime his clothes and
a small valise had been found in d barn
in the west end of the city and taken
to the station house The man gave his
name as John DAILY, and his home as
Detroit. He said that he had been Ill
with the grippe and that it had affected
his head. He said that this was the
first spell of the kind that he had ever
had, and that the action occurred while
he was temporarily unbalanced. He
was allowed to leave the city.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-22
THERE IS NO APPEAL.
Portage Common Council Restricting the
Number of Saloons.

Portage, Wis, April 18.-[Speciall /
At the last meeting of the common coun-
ell a resolution was adopted restricting
the number of saloons in the city and
refusing to issue or transfer a license
where it will increase the number of
saloons already existing. A case is now
before that body wherein the applicant
for a transfer has been until recently
conducting a saloon in the west end of
the city, and being obliged to vacate the
building he had occupied is asking for a
transfer of the license so that he may
continue business in another building
On the opinion of City Attorney Stroud
the council refuses to grant the trans
fer. The city attorney says: THE
council is the sole Judge of the license
matter; that it may grant transfer or
refuse; that it may grant license to one
man and refuse it to another: that it
may grant a license to a person to con-
duct saloon at one place and refuse
to grant one to the same person to con-
duct saloon at another place; that the
authority vested in the council in the
matter is supreme
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-22
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Two Children Are Dead at
Wallace, Mich.
Entire Family Frustrated Other Damage
Done by the Storm.

Marinette. Wis, April 1S.-During a
severe thui der storm early yesterday
morning at Wallace, Mich, the home of
Andrew Olson was struck by two sue
cessive bolts of lightning, and two of
his children, a boy aged s and girl of 6
years, were killed. Olson and his wife
and a young woman friend, Miss Ander.
son, were Frustrated and seriously in,
jured. The circumstances of the affair
were particularly sad. The children ran
to their parents bedroom frightened at
the storm. Miss Anderson joined the
family there also. They were huddled
together in this room where the death
dealing electricity did it's work. The en-
tire five were Frustrated, and when
neighborS ran in to rescue them they
thought that all were dead. The three
older persons were brought to conscious
ness, but the children were instantly
killed. The house caught fire, but the
flames were eXtinguished before it was
destroyed. Mr.. Olson and his wife are
still in a critical condition according to
to the last reports and slight hopes are
held for their recovery.
WALLACE is small village on the
North W estern railway about eight miles
from here.
Sturgeon Bay Church Wrecked.
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. April 1S.-During
the storm which swept over this locality
yesterday lightning struck the German
Lutheran church on the west side and al
most completely wrecked the edifce.
Starting down the steeple it tore the
whole side of the building off, besides
demolishing everything in the interior.
West Salem Family Shocked.
West Salem, Wis, April 1S-At g
O'Clock yesterday morning the farmhouse
of NJ. II. Tucker, four miles northeast
of here, was struck by lightning which
followed down the stove pipe, breaking
the stove, tearing UP the floor and knock
ing down Mrs. Tucker, her FIVE children
and Mr.. Fox. who was working there
and who had his shoulder filled with
sliyers from the floor. Mr. Tucker was
watering his team at the we'll near by.
One horse was killed, the other injured
and Mr.. Tucker was carried into the
house in an insensible condition, but
soon came to. A heavy shower followed.
Woman Thrown Out of Bed.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, April 1S.-Dur
ing a very heavy electric storm yeste :
day morning the residence of Mrs. Nc
Kenney was struck. The bolt went
down the chimney, tearing the front of
the stove out and ripping up the floor.
Mrs. Mckenney, who was in bed. was
thrown out, burning her arm severely
and rendering her unconscious for some
time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-22
Freaks at oconomowoo.

Oconomowoc, Wis, April 1S.--[Spe-
cial.l Lightning played some queer
freaks here yesterday morning, One
bolt struck the residence of Brad Young
on Concord street, prostr@ting his wife,
insensible for a few moments, but the
son escaped. A little infant child who
was in the same room was not harmed.
The house was filled with sulphurous
smoke SO dense that the rooms were
darkened. Nothing was injured and
only few shingles on the roof were
displaced A barn at Giffords was
struck, the bolt following a ground wire
from the roof and running into the eel
lar of the kitchen of the house, coming
up through the floor near where a girl
was standing, but not injuring her and
doing but little damage to the building
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-22
Fires Near Kenosha.

Kenosha, Wis. April 1S.-[Specfal.-
Reports received here of damage by
storm indicate that the farmers in the
county have suffered considerable loss.
AT Three Lakes the farm buildings of
A. E. SHIRLEY were struck by lightning
and destroyed. There were eighteen
quantity of grain. The loss is $500.
In the town of Brighton the farm
buildings of Matt Daniels We're struck
and burned TO the ground. Eighteen
COWS, four horses and a great deal of
grain were burned. The loss will reach
about $4,000.
The home of Frank Robinson in the
town Of Randall was destroyed by fire
this morning. having been fired by light
ming. All the members of the family
were in the house at the time and they
narrowly escaped with their lives. The
loss is stimulated at $1,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-22
DAMAGE To FRUIT TREES.
TIaoztsSsnfIss OF Plants Destroyed by the Esn-
cent C9ld Spell.

WeyauHaga, Wis April 1S.-[Special-B
Tie severity of the recent winter is
seriously felt by fFlit growers and nu1s-
erynlen In this vicinity A few years
ago one of the state experimental farms
was established near tf2is village with
Fred Harding as mana ger. Mr. Hard
ing has worked faithfully in propagatins
various kiaaas of small fruits and hsad
many Thousand plants and shrubs in
Thrifty condition. But every plant and
shrub thGs has bRe4a set within the last
two or three years is dead
Phillip WatersoT, who has a nursery
adjoining the experimental farm Of Mr..
Harding, reports that he has lost over
100000 trees FROM one to three years
old and astimat ties his damage at $1,000
These farms were on the north slope of
% hill fronting d lake about three miles
long anl9 one mile wide It is thought
chat all trees and shrubs set in this
county during the past two years are
Killed. The only theory for this whole
sale destruction is the absence of snow
and the extreme dryness of the earth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-22
RIPON'S SCIENCE HALL.
1t VIII be Erected on the CoEaege
Grounds.

Grounds.
Ripan, Wis, April 1S-[Special.l-In
the course of a few months Ripon city
will have another building that for beau
ty and design will equal any in the STAGE
of Wisconsin. Arrangements have been
eompetfd tor + the build building Of
new Building will be 50x100 feet with
three stories and basement, and wifi
cost between $4,000 and 100000 The
first floor will contain the biology de-
partment, including astrological, bactereA
illogical. botanical and dissecting rooms.
A large lecture room will also be located
on the first floor. The second floor viii
be divided into u lecture room and physi-
cal laboratories. The third floor VIII.
be used for chemical cumulative quail
tative analysis and metallurgy The,
building will be heated by steam and
lighted by electricity. The plans of a
Milwaukee architect have been pracsi-
cally accepted. The work of erecting
the new building will be commenced III,
q few weeks