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The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
CORRESPONDENCE
Interesting Items Gathered
by Our County Reporters
POSEY RIDGE.

Miss Stella Merrill spent Sunday
with Miss Florence Bond.
Etna Houghtaling is improving now
after so much d%octoring for the rheu-
matism.
Charles Hilton nd Dug Davis are
supplying the Kansas City mule
markets.
Mrs. Houghtaling and family spent
Thanksgiving day with Ben Gibson
and family.
VT. errill will set up his kingdom
on the ridge as soon as Mr.. Houghtal.
ing leaves t r the west.
Frank Wittwer and family spent
Thanksgiving with his wife's folks, Geo.
Beardslee, in Red Cloud.
Howard Houghtaling and family and
h. Shannon were up from Jewell county
to visit friends on the ridge on Sunday.
Mrs. Shannon and children ate
Thanksgiving turkey with her daugh-
ter, Mrs Howard Houghtaling, in
Jewell county.
Harry Keats has the record Of shuck-
ing 100 bushels of corn per day down
on the river bottom, while shocking
for his grandfather.
Miss Grace Leonard, who is attend
ing school at Red Cloud, came home
Wednesday for Thanksgiving with a
slight attack of tonsilitis.
Rumor had it that several weddings
were to take place in this locality dur
ing THANKSGIVING, but no report to con-
firm the rumor has been heard of,
What is the matter boysy Was it too
cloudy?
VIM. Tanquary is going to Red Cloud
in the near future to take charge of
the branch line from Crabill's livery
barn to the depot. He will be the
engineer, conductor and mail carrier
all in one.
VIZ. Houghtaling, ST., is in Norton
county, where he expects to locate in
the near future. He sold his farm on
the ridge to Guy Merrill and purchased
town property in Athena last week
and reached home on Sunday morning
while good people were still in bed
having walked part of the way from
Almena.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
GUIDE ROCK
From the News Lottery

(From the News Lottery
Tom Kincher of Nordhoff, California,
is in Guide Rock.
The stock of goods traded by w. n.
Marcus for a farm in Missouri, was
shipped out last week.
Word was received here of the death
OF Stephen Bayles at the Soldiers
Home in Milford Monday.
Perry Ralston last week left with his
family for Montana, where they expect
to make their future homo.
Ernest Hampton has bought the
Charley Schultz farm five miles west
OF town on the south side of the river.
Work on the Peters brick building
is progressing rapidly and another
week of good weather will probably see
it enclosed.
G. T.. Eddy II day last week pulled
the fires under his seventeenth kiln of
brick, which is supposed to be his last
for the season.
j. S. Largent, who had his leg pretty
severely injured last week by a horse
falling with him, is getting around
again about as usual.
The work on the new houses of Lew
Ely and VIM. Kirkpatrick is moving
along rapidly and when completed
they will be quite an addition to that
part of town.
Last week the prism glass lights for
the upper part of the Crazy show
windows arrived and were put in place
and a complete new gasolene lighting
plant was installed
In a st. Joseph paper of about the
10th inst. there appeared under a Den,
YER headline an item claiming that the
couple longest married, living in the
United States, had just celebrated
their sixty-hfth wedding anniversary
in that city. The item came to the
notice of Squire Parker, who claims the
honor for Mr.. and Mrs. jacob Moran
vile of this place, they having. as the
dates on the family record show, been
married about eight months longer
than the estimable Denver couple.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
RIVERTON
From the Review

Some one entered II. l.. Tuers' cellar
Friday night and sorted out thirty
quarts of the best canned fruit there.
in.
Wednesday evening three or four
local chicken thieves made a raid on
Steven Taylor's hen roost so that they
might have Il feast on Thanksgiving
day.
About three weeks ago Albert Sea-
burg was thrown from IA car in the
yards at South Omaha and seriously
injured. He was taken TO the hospital
aud an operation Was necessary. He
is visiting at home at present but is
still under the doctors care.
Last Tuesday evening Gus Iyerson
had an accident which might have re-
suited quite seriously. After he had
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
Wonderful Paintings.

1t may not he generally known, per-
haps, that the highest price paid for a
picture has not been in modern times,
but was mt SO remote Il period as that
of Alexander the Great, who gave
Apellcs Il sum equal to S211,OOO for
painting his portrait. The king was
represented holding thunder, which,
Pliny says, was so lifellke that the
hand seemed to come out of the pic
ture. Alexander was delighted with
the portrait, had it placed in the tenn
pie Of Diana, ut Ephesus, and forbade
any one but Apelles thenceforth to
draw his likeness.
Apelles attempted another portrait,
which at first sight did not please his
royal patron. but while 1t was being
inspected. says the veraclous Pliny, n
horse passing by neiGhcd ut the horse
represented in the piece, supposing 1t
to be alive, upon which the painter re-
marked that the horse was a better
Judge of painting than the king.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
The Lawn lower

The lawn mower Is generally much
abused by the majority Of those who
use it. When nicely adjusted and in
good working order it may be kept so
by a hairs breadth turn Of the adjust
ing screws or bolts, and no n should
be allowed to NEEDLE with these parrs
unless he fully understands them. The
blades of the lawn mower strike the
cutting bar in such a as to be
largely self sharpening, and no ma
chine. il well oiled and adjusted, will
need sharpening unless it Is run into
stones or other hard substances that
may dull or bend the knives. The or
binary machine oil used upon larger
machines than the lawn mower, on
wagons, etc, is too heavy for the lawn
mower, except in very hot weather,
and should be thinncd with an equal
amount of kerosene. No machine will
keen in perfect working order for Il
great length of time without cleaning,
and the lawn mower, which is run
through so much dust and dirt, should
be taken apart once or twice every sea-
son. each part carefully cleaned and
wiped and then freshly oiled. The ma
chimes with large wheels and ball bear
in@s run more easily than many Of the
older patterns. but the latter IL kept in
perfect order will III with compare
tive ease and will do good service for
many years.-Suburban Life.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
BLUE HILL.
From the Leader.)

'Aohh ~ LNotcis
r. A. Simpson bought a 400 acre farm
in Red Willow county.
A little girl came to brighten the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fulton,
last Friday.
Mrs. May Smith sold her residence
near the school house last week to
Prof. Moritz.
Henry and Carl Coos unloaded 200,
600 paving brick for the city the fore
p rt of the week.
Henry Green left Friday for Parsons,
Kansas, where he will enter the
jeNelry business with his brother at
that place.
Peter Merten,'Sr. sold his residence
Wednesday to Mrs. ADELAIDE Rick, of
Campbell, and expect, to build IL new
and larger house soon.
Red Cloud says it's present school
facilities are inadequate and wants Il
new school house. A good move and
II that will benefit their community.
Another record has been made here
in the cornileld, this time by Otto
Zimmerman. In exactly eight hours
and forty minutes he picked, weighed
and cribbed l20 bushels.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07

to have one9 Well l should say? Bet
ter hurry up or you'll be too late, only
few more days till the first number
will be here, and you'll want to hes
them. Who? The Salisbury Orches-
ira, and Miss Abby Rose Wood of
Chicago. Say, they are great enter.
tainers. Don miss them. There are
six numbers in the course, all of them
fine and worth twice as much as it
costs to hear them. Season tickets
$3.50, on sale at Waldo's and Hunters
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
LEBANON.
(From the Times.)

(From the Times.)
Mrs. Will Leonard Is on the sick list
this week.
Two children of Bert Warner are on
the sick list.
Mrs. Asa Tomlinson, who has been
quite sick, is reported better.
A daughter of l.. M. Allen, who has
been sick, is reported better.
Glad to now of the convalescence of
old uncle VIM. Hawkins of Salem.
Alfred Hadell of Red Cloud. Nebr.,
is in the city this week visiting his
sister, Mrs. e. A. Myers.
Frank Gilbert was ~agreeaoly sur
prised last Thursday when his neigh
bors gathered in and hu>ked his corr
for him.
h. j. Gano of Summerfield, Kan,
has rented the Mays buildings and will
open about Feb. l, with a new stock of
mems clothing and furnishings.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
FRANKLIN
From the S~entinel.)

The Athena club gave a farewell tea
to Mrs. John Barker Tuesday evening
at the home Of Mrs Aver.
Mrs. +. w. Barber and daughters re-
turned last week from their far west
ern trip TO Idaho and the coast.
Oscar Burroughs is in town taking
care of a game knee, the result of too
much sportiness i'm a game of foot ball.
Street Commissioner l.. Robinson is
doing some good work on our streets
by calling out everp person liable to a
poll tax.
A quiet Wedding took place at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Lau Bach
IN Franklin. Nov. 20, when Miss Pearl
Henderson and Mr.. Chas. Kenyon we're
united in marriage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
INAVALE.

Salisbury orchestra, December 10th.
II. G. Sawyer is in Kansas City on
business this week.
DR.. Philip aud wife were Frank lin
visitors the tore part of the week.
G. A. Waldo received two loads of
potatoes from Red Cloud this week.
Glen Olmstead has his new house
nearly done and will soon be able to
move in.
Mr.. Gilroy is reported as some better
though he is still in a very CRITICAL
condition.
There was a medicine show in town
last week. Those who attended say it
was very good.
This is fine weather for December,
and the farmers are getting their corn
in the crib as fast as possible.
~lnavale is not going to have a Christ
mas tree this year. The Pleasant
Prairie Sunday school is preparing a
program and will have "A tree. They
also expect to have Ii at New Vir-
ginia.
Say, have you got "A ticket for the
lecture course? What! Are we going
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
SUPERIOR
Vrom the Expressly

Among the possibilities for the new
year is II Wholesale grocery house.
II. II. Mathieson had the misfortune
the other day to run IA horseshoe nail
into his knee.
More than two dozen houses are i'm
course of construction in Superior and
others are contemplated.
c. X. Cuttings has resigned his posi-.
ton with the IL. II. Van Brunt Imple,
ment and Carriage House and will
retire from the road.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
campbell
From the Citizen.)

Joseph Chevalier has sold his inter.
est in the implement firm of Il. III.
Roulier n Co. to j. b. Laportes
q. w. Potter and family have re-
moved to Minden, where Mr.. Potter
will engage in the livery business.
Mrs. l.. ID. MERCER, living seven
miles southeast of Campbell, present
ed her husband with twin girls Sun,
day evening.
Sam and Fred Sears are now in Red,
lands, Cal, where flowers are blooming
and where the thermometer seldom
touches the freezing point.
GA number of Rev. Father Tastevin's
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
Aeusy Notes From Nei9htorin9 Touns
GATHERED FROM OUR EXCHANGES

congregation arranged Friday evening
last for a pleasant little surprise, the
occasion being the good fathers thir-
tieth birthday, and during the course
of the evening he was presented with
a handsome gold watch aud chain as
a souvenir of the occasion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07
RHEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY.

Mystic Cure for and NeuralIia
radically cur, = In to days. Its action upon
the system is remarkable and mysterious. 1t
removes mt once the cause and the disease i'm.
mediately disappears. The first dose greatly
ben fits, IS cents and 81. Sold by II. K. GRIcE,
druggisi, Red Cloud.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-07

closed school for the day he saw q good
chance to get some turkey for Thanks.
giving and in trying to conceal them
under the buggy seat, his broncho DO.
came frightened aud made a get away.
Never the less Gus arrived ia town
with two turkeys and the rim of one
wheel.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-26
WALKING IN SLEEP
CAUSES DIVORCE.
Husband Makes Attacks
on Wife When Under
Somnambulistic Spell
AN UNUSUAL CASE

OAKLAND, July 25.-Victim Of the
uncanny spells Of a somnambulist hus-
hand. who attacked her cruelty while
under the strange. dreamy spell Of
night. Mrs. Eva NJ jameson, wife OF
Charles II. Jameson, an undertaken OF
Berkeley, was divorced today from ner
sleep king spouse.
Weird and uncanny is the tale mar
rated by the woman who for years, she
declares, was compelled TO endure bru-
tai violence at the hands OF her nus
band when. night after night. he was
in a somnambulistic state, manifesto
tion of subconscious forces which no
end OF medical attention had failed TO
allay.
According to Mrs. Jameson, her hus-
band became a demon of rage and was
uncomfortable when he was seized with
the attacks In his delirium Jameson,
she testified, would suddenly leap out
OF bed. screaming like one possessed.
Around the hotsse he would rave and
tear. pursuing imaginary enemies and
fghting phantom foes. Then, turning
upon his wife, he would beat and
threaten her until she feared for her
life
Mrs. jameson had been put TO her
wits end to check the eerie processes
that had operated upon her spouse
and he had been under physicians care
out 10 no putpoee. AA0 eeN@~AA9 -
came Of almost nightly occurrence un-
I'll the woman was worn TO a SHADOW
by the constant mental strain She
suffered tortures Of fear in the thought
that any night she might fall a victim
10 her spouse's violent outbreaks.
In this distressed condition she
pleaded that the additional test upon
her strength Of being compelled 10 re-
spond 10 night calls upon the under
taking business was more than she
could bear. Particularly when she was
forced 10 enter the mortuary rooms and
10 be among the bodies Of the dead.
Upon this testimony Mrs. Jameson
was given an interlocutOry decree OF
divorce by Superior Judge ogden. Prop
erty interests We're settled by agree
ment between the pair.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-26
WILL BUILD NEW
STANFORD ARCH.
Students to Erect Mag
nificent Memorial to
Replace the Old One
COLLECTING FUND

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. July Is
The famous Memorial Arch OF stan
ford University will soon be nothing
more than a pile of bricks and stones.
Experts declared that the structure
could not be repaired, so yesterday the
work Of dismantling the great pile was
commenced
While the wreckers are engaged In
demolishing the massive structure the
alumni of Stanford in all parts of the
world will be contributing coin for a
more substantial monument TO take
its place. This work Is under the
charge of the stanford Restoration
Fund" organized with the object OF
rebuilding the Stanford Memorial Arch
by the alumni and former students OF
the university as an expression Of
loyalty and sympathy for the losses
sustained in the earthquake of April
Is. 1906.
The officers OF the association which
is promoting the subscription are
prominent business and professional
men located in New York and the
national capital. They are: President.
Jackson E. Reynolds of New York:
vice president, Ralph Arnold Of Wash
ington; ecretary-treasurer, Briston
Adams Washington; James G. Cof-
fin and w. III. Osgood.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-26
KELLY SUGGESTS REFORM.

OAKLAND, July 25.-County Treas
urer M. ]. Kelly made a statement to-
day in which he announced that when
he took Office as the successor to Ar
thur w. Fielder he put into effect
many changes in the ONCE routine in
order to securely check the handlin g
of money. Among other points, Kelly
noted the following:
I have instituted the rule of requir-
ing a bond from each of the deputy
treasurers, conditioned upon the faith
full performance of his duty. Doubtless
the Grand Jury considered that their
information warranted the structures
made upon my deputy, Mr. Hart. but /
WISH NV 20 say yhat oea9re re1anng n,
his relation with the Fielder shortage,
and became thoroughly convinced not
only that he had no knowledge of that
shortage but that he could not, In the
reasonable performance of his duty,
have gained such knowledge.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-26
CRUELTY TO Dog COSTS
MERCHANT FIFTY DOLLARS
Fined in SausaHto Court for
Throwing Turpentine on I'm
welcome Visitor.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SAUSALITO. July 25.-"You have
been found guilty of maltreating a dog,
and as the offense is a serious one you
are fined $50. which you must pay or
serve one day in jail for each dollar"
said Judge J. f. Rennar in imposing
sentence on Lawson S. Adams Jr., a
member of the Adams Booth Company.
wholesale grocers of Sacramento and
San Francisco. The dog. a pet fox
terrier, belongs to John E. Hax. resi-
dent manager of the library bureau in
San Francisco. Both Hax and Adams
are well-known residents of Belvedere
and their disagreement over the dog
has caused much gossip on the boats,
trains and in the suburban homes.
Adams was arrested on a charge of
cruelty to animals made by Hax. The
trial took place this afternoon and
lasted five hours. Supervisor Pistolesi
attorney for the Society of Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, prosecuted the
case and o. F. Meldon appeared for
Adams. According to Hax Adams
threw turpentine on his fox terrier be-
cause it persisted in visiting the Adams
home.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-26
AIRS FAMILY WOES
BEFORE WORLD.
Helen Pryal Proceeds to
Tell Why She Refuses
to Live With Husband

With their little four-year-oId boy
playing artlessly about the courtroom,
hrst on his fathers lap and then talk
ing to his mother. Helen PryaI and her
husband. Charles. told Judge Graham
yesterday as to the differences by rea-
son of which Mrs. Pryal is seeking a
divorce. The wife declared positively
that after the cruelties she had suffered
at the hands of her husband she would
no longer agree to live with him. She
asks for divorce, the custody of the
two children and 800 a month alimony
Mrs. Pryal was flanked by her at
torney, her mother and father and sew
eral friends. Pryal, who appeared In
the role of defendant, had not only his
counsel, but his mother and sister.
Some months ago Mrs. Pryal went SO
far as to institute divorce proceedings
and then agreed again to try life with
her husband Her testimony yesterday
related to what happened since the di-
vorce was compromised.
My husband came home the night
of Decoration day" she told the court,
"and seemed sullen. He called our lit
tie boy and because he did not obey
him quickly took up a big stick and
began to beat him. / objected / told
him to use a switch IL he must punish
the child and then we had trouble.
With many oaths he told me to mind
my own business 4hen he grabbed me
by the hair, threw me on the floor and
struck me. / told his sisters / could
not endure life with him any longer
Mrs Pryal testified further that her
husband frequently swore at her, that
he refused to let her have her father
and mother visit her and that he
seemed TO care nothing for his own
people.
"One night she said, when he came
home l told him that his father was
sick. He said he was glad of it and
that he had been hoping to hear that
his father was dead for some time He
swore before the children, making this
a practice all his married life"
Pryal was placed on the stand for
the defense late in the afternoon, but
Judge Graham stated that he would
postpone further hearing, and the case
went over until Monday morning, when
the suit will be concluded.
Divorce suits were fled yesterday
afternoon as follows: Helen Rakofsky
VS.. Israel Rakofsky, desertion; Hen
rietta Leapold VS.. George A. Leapold.
cruelty; Alice S. Wilson VS. James J.
Wilson, failure to provide and cruelty;
Lottie Green VS.. Jessie Green, cruelty,
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-26
.PAL0 ALTO VOTERS
ARE INCREASING.
Number Registered for
Primaries Shows That
the Town Is Growing
MAY REACH 1000
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE GALL.

oN EOldL DlofAI0h 1O InE OAl@h'
PALo ALTO, July 25.-Registration
for the primaries closed today at 8
o'clock. The total registration was
close to the 700 mark. At last reports
the number was 635, as against the
total registration of 797 on the Great
Register of 1904. Registration at this
time has only been required of those
who have changed their residence since
the list was compiled two years ago.
Basing an estimate on the number of
voters not obliged to reregister it is
safe to say that Palo Alto will have
1000 voters at the coming county cleo
tion.
On August the voters of Santa
Clara County will decide whether the
county shall issue bonds to raise funds
to restore the public buildings injured
by the quake. Eligible voters still
have an opportunity to register for this
event. Should the bond measure be
defeated the taxes throughout the
county will be ra sed To prevent this
an urgent call to the polls has been
made.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-26
STATE TAX WILL
NOT BE HIGH.
Losses by San Francisco
Fire May Be Made
Up by the Railroads

SACRAMENTO, July 25.-It is prob
able that the taxpayers of the State
at large will not be compelled to bear
any appreciable excess of State taxa
ton this year on account of the San
Francisco disaster. The State Board of
Equalization is now in session, and
while 1t has not yet taken up the as
sessment rolls Of the counties the mem
bers have information upon which to
base a calculation. 1t is conceded by
some of the members that the loss this
year on the San Francisco assessment
roll will be at least $3.50, 100000, and
this Will have TO be made good BY the
increase IN the assessment of other
counties or the increase of the tax
rate. Another way is open for an ad-
justment of the difaculty, and that is
the increasing of the assessment on
railroads. 1t is said the returns made
by the railroads are not satisfactory
and they may be greatly raised by the
board. Members OF the board claim
that in any event the State tax will not
exceed 55 cents. In 1903 the State tax
was ~ cents. while in 1903 it was TX
cents, and even this figure has been
exceeded In years past Reports are
fast coming in from counties.
The counties showing a gain over the
assessment OF last year are as follows;
Amador $4,000, Alpine sa5.0eo, FL
Dorado sss.000, Fresno $2,l7s,00o, Hum
boldt s6leo 600. Kings S2Ss,OOo, Lake
1920, 600. Marin $4,000, Mendocino
00o Nevada 81, i2i, 900, Orange Si,744, 600,
Rlumas $4,000. Riverside $l,422, 600,
sacramento sI,6is.0oO, San Benito s2S7,-
600. San Bernardino sss7 .ooe, San Joa-
quin 1852, 900, San Mateo $1,104,000,
Shasta $l,027, 600. Sierra s5e.0o0, Siski-
you Ss9z.0o0. Solano s3S4,000 Sutter
1892 900, Tehama $4,000, Tulare $513,-
600. Ventura $40, 600. Yolo ss1sOO0. and
Yuba $162, 600, making a total of $19,-
OF. 600.
No returns have as yet been received
from a number of counties, including
Los Angeles, Alameda, Santa Clara and
Santa Cruz It is known, however. that
the increase In Los Angeles County
alone will be over $4,000 eco. The
counties reporting a loss in their as
sessments are: Colusa, $4,000; Glenn,
$1,000; MADEIRA, s22Oe; Mariposa, s115,-
00e; Placer, $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-26

~ ERKELEY. July 25. - Unusual
IL bravery and presence of mind dis
Hplayed by Gladstone Wilson, the
thirteen-year-o son of Rev. u.
Stitt Wilson. saved a thickly set
tied portion of North Berkeley from
serious damage by fire this afternoon
and won for the lad unstinted praise
from Fire Chief James Kenney.
A toy balloon figured in the affair
as the cause of the fire. The blaze
created by the bursting of this balloon
containing an alcohol lamp set a field
Of grass afire and the combustible
stun burned fercely. threatening a
number of residences that adjoin the
university campus on the northeast.
Little Gladstone Wilson. with q COM
panion, had been watching the progress