The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-15
FRANK PETERSON LEADS
HAS HIGHEST MAJORITY ON THE
COUNTY TICKET.
RICHARDSON is A CLOSE SECOND
Peterson Comes Out Of the Race With
se1 More Votes Than His Opponent.
Richardson Has 6s1 to His Credit.
Summary of Returns.

ool MORE Notes nan HIS Opponent.
Richardson Has 6S1 to His Credit.
Summary Of Returns.
Madison, Neb., Nov. 11.-From n
staff correspondent: Madison county,
by the official returns now compiled,
ran up more than half thousand ma
jority for the republican state ticket.
Judge M. b. Reese for supreme
judge carried Madison county at the
Tuesday election by 519 votes over
Loomis. A year ago Sheldon carried
the county by 279. The official can
vass just completed by County Clerk
Richardson shows that this year the
republicans carried fifteen precincts
and tied one. The democratic head Of
the ticket carried seven This gives
the republicans a majority of the cleo
ton officials next year.
A heavy off-year vote was cast Tues
day. For the county it totaled 3,247
against 2,S40 last fall when full state
ticket was up. In Norfolk the prin-
cipal increase in vote was in the
Fourth ward where the vote jumped
from 104 to 172.
The official figures give Frank Pc
terSon county honors with a majority
of SCI. County Clerk Richardson
presses after him with a majority Of
6S1. Sheriff Clements won out by 287
while Ruth won the assessors office
by ninetyt1ne votesl Harding was
only beaten by seventy-two votes, car
rying the county outside of repub-
lican Newman Grove by a majority of
tifty-four. The official majority for
Judge Bates was 473.
The tabulated statement Of the Of
fetal canvass is given in The News.
1t cost County Clerk George e. Rich
ardson $3.50 to make the successful
race for county clerk. Up to Satur-
day Mr.. Richardson was the only can
didate at Tuesdays election who had
filed an election expense account. A
state statute compels both the sue
cessful and the defeated candidates
to file such a statement within ten
days of election.
Official returns only show more
plainly than ever that the story of
Tuesdays county election is a story
of Newman Grove. When P. w. Ruth,
on the republican ticket for assessor,
entered Newman Grove he was 11S
votes behind Manning in the other
twenty-five precincts. Sheriff Glenn
ents entered Newman Grove with a
majority of 101 in the rest of the
county and Commissioner Harding was
close behind him with a majority of
fifty-four with republican Newman
Grove to hear from. But Newman
Grove pushed Clements up to 2S7,
turned Ruth's deficit into a ninety-one
majority and knitted Harding until his
majority disappeared in the strongest
republican precinct in the county.
How many places can a horse thief
be at one time? There are no kind
of clues more numerous than horse
thief "clues" and it would be an en-
ergetic horse snatcher who could keep
up with the pace set by the clue max
ers. A horse thief is usually seen
in a dozen different
parts of the country-and to the sher-
iff the most confusing part of the mat
ter is that one or more of the clues
may be real"
The Wayne county thieves, who
made way with four horses a week
ago Saturday night, were thought to
have gone west, possibly through Mad
ison county. Sunday following the
stealing men answering the descrip-
ton were seen close to Madison.
Wednesday the description was again
answered eleven miles south of Mad
ison.
Sheriff Clements has put in a fair
share of his time since election in try
ing to keep pace with "clues" touch
ing the Wayne horse thieves.
Mary e. Bonney, through Attorney
w. " Allen, has brought suit in the
district court against j. w. Ransom
and wife to set aside the deed to lot
seventeen, block one of Koenigstein's [
Third addition to Norfolk.
Seeking to sever ties matrimonial
Mrs. Grace Cole has filed a divorce
suit against her husband, Robert Cole.
They were married in Pontiac, H., on
March g. 1903 DesertiOn and nom |
support is alleged. The suit was filed
by Barnhart & Koenigstein.
Cupid, having been playing politics
instead of love, has done a slack bust |
ness in marriage licenses. John F.
Mesny and Miss Mary Fassbender
were married by Rev. H. w. Fricke of
Madison, Clyde C. Wright and Miss
Mamie E. Ames by Judge Bates.
Madison county's most enthusiastic |
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