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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17
Little Raps.

Use your little hammer for nail
ing lies, but don't be a mere knock
er.
It's awfully hard for a genius to
keep his name on the pay roll
Marriage will change mans
views quicker than anything else.
Any man becomes an ideal hus-
band the day his wife becomes a
widow.
Time waits for no nan. The only
chap who can beat it is the music
ian.-New York Morning Telegraph.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17

Shun the backbiter, the tattler
and the slanderer as you would the
viper Their place is in modern
day politics. not in masonry You
will feel better for doing so, and
when you come across one, get out
of his way.-Masonic Home Journal.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17
A Practical styIe.

My husband is great admirer of
the clinging gown Indeed" HE
thinks the one l have now ought to
cling to me about four seasons. -"
Chicago News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17
Monkeys Were overworksd.

MOHktyS Wtfe OVefWOfksu.
There are many forms of cruelty
to animals an dour agents do not
confine their labors or observations
to any one kind.
In Worcester several organ grin
ders, who have monkeys as the
most attractive and profitable part
of their outfit, were observed during
the recent hot days to be working
the animals almost to the point of
exhaustion.
Our agent at once interfered and
through the services of an Italian
interpreter gave the music grinders
a reprimand that they will not soon
forget
More care for the monkeys will
henceforth be exereised.-Our Dumb
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17

A small handmade cannon, the
invention of PittshGrg machinist,
has successfully penetrated seven
inches of steel. Peculiar rifing and
substantial breech block enables
it to withstand high explosives.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17

The climate of Curao is so dry
that goat manure, much of which
is produced, can not be used profit
ably on the farms, so it is carted
from five to twenty miles to the
harbor and shipped to Barbados,
where it finds a ready sale.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17

When a big cannon was raised
from the bottom of the sea off the
English coast where it has lain
for a century and half, it was
found that the action of the sand
and pebbles had worn one side to
almost immeasurable thinness.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17

According to experts of the Rookie
teller Institute the tse-tse fly does
not cause the dreaded African sleep
ing sickness. which has been attribut-
ed to it, but only incidentally spreads
the malady by carrying the germ
from an infected person to new sub
iect.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17

A German scientist claims to have
disproyed the theory that gray hair
can be turned white by fright. He
says that gray hairs are those
pressed out by others which never
have an opportunity to absorb the
natural pigment.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17
For Rent

FOR SALE, Cheap-Indian mo-
torcycle, 1903 model, loop frame, 5
horse power, magnetic ignition Has
not run over 200 miles. Address
Lock Box /, San Benito, Tex. S-17-6
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17
An Enigma.

He-Well. if you want to know it,
I married you for your money. She
l wish i could tell as easily
what ] married you for.-Kansas
City Journal.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17

FOR SALE-Splendid buggy horse,
perfectly gentle, city broke, also full
leather, rubber-tired Columbus phae-
ton nearly new. Not a nicer rig in
Brownsville, or better family horse.
A. w. Cunningham. C5-24-tf.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17

FOR RENT-Large front room
close in. also rooms for light house
keeping. Apply to Herald. S-16-6t
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17

A New York man has patented
something new in the lightning rod
line, a system of conductors that
pass over all high points of build
ing. terminating in the ground on
both sides, so that lightning will be
led to earth, no matter where it
Ct riknc
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17

There is no doubt that the monkey
kissed the baboon's sister a good
deal hader than if she had been his
own sister-Galveston News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17

FOR SALE-A mixed lot of fence
posts; apply TO R. F. Watson on my
farm, one-half miles west of West
Brownsville ]. l. Wilkes. 4-9 If.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17
Herald Want Ads
For Sale.

FOR SALE-House and two lots
in West Brownsville. See J. F. Al
len Office of San Juan Plantation
Company.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-17
STOCK ORDINANCE
PASSED AT LAST
CITY WILL INBOUND STRAY
STOCK CAUGHT ON STREETS.

Ordinances Adopted Also Regulating
Meat Markets and Prohibiting Sale
of Meats in City Outside the Mark
ct. Adjourned to Wednesday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Antl.tiorse Thieves Come.

The anti-horse thief convention in
Norfolk at the city hall Tuesday at.
ternoon will be preceded in the morn
ing by a board meeting OF the officers
of the North Nebraska Live Stock Pro.
tectiye association. The main meet
ing will be called to order at 1 o'clock
in the afternoon.
This weeks annual convention will
be the most important in the history
of the association. The association
has It's largest membership. And 1t
has sent the first man who dared to
steal horse from one of its mem.
bers to prison. The thief in facet was
in Lincoln serving a seven year sen.
tence seven days after the horse was
stolen, so quickly did the association
act. The association has paid Sheriff
Bauman, who made the capture, the
$500 reward posted for the capture Of
the first horse thief.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Schmidt J. II. Burner and John Nye.
Suicide was the verdict
Want Stanton PostofHoe.

stanton, Neb,, Dec, Especial To
The News: The announcement has
been made by Postmaster A, f. Enos
that he will retire from the office at the
end of the present term, and may do
so before that time The term will eX-
pire about June /, 1910.
MIR Enos recently visited the gulf
coast country Texas, and was SO well
pleased with conditions there that he
purchased upwards OF three hundred
acres of land near Victoria, in the
citrus fruit belt and intends going
there to reside in the not distant
future. His announcement has given
hope to aspirants for the position
locally and ut least two parties are
avowed candidates for the office.
Mr.. Enos made an exceptional post
master. His first appointment was
secured at the end of bitter fight
Probably the worst political fight that
ever took place in stanton county
Notwithstanding this, the character of
the service given by him was such
that at the end of his first term, he
was re-appointed without opposition
The service throughout has been cx-
cellent, and Improvement has ever
been his watch word in the adminstra
ton of the affairs of his Office, and
even his personal enemies conccde
that he has made Il first class post
master.
Both of the candidates for the posi-
ton now in the field have many friends
and are well spoken Of. John s. Han
cock served three terms as county SUI
perintendent of schools and since re-
firing from that Office has been en-
gagged in the implement business
James IL. Peters was for four years
deputy county clerk and for the past
six years has been engaged in the real
estate and insurance business in this
town.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
North Nebraska Man Assaulted.

Omaha Bee: AS G.. w. Preston, a
rancher OF Gordon, Neb., and Q
stranger in Omaha, was passing
Tenth and Farnam streets about 10
O'Clock Saturday night he was APP
preached by two men, one of whom
engaged him in conversation, following
which tie Nther threw ammonia in his
eyes and at the same time struck him
in the face.
Preston grabbed for the man, but in
his blinded condition could not secure
hold of him, and both made their es.
cape without making an effort to rob
him.
The police say that the work is done
by two young men who have also en-
gagged in several similar outrages with.
in the last few weeks. 1t seems from
the accounts of the victims that the
work is done with merely malicious
intent and without and desire to rob
as none of the victims have lost any
money.
officers in plain clothes have been
specially assigned to be on the watch
for similar occurrences, and If the
perpetrators are caught it will go hare
with them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

at the Norfolk depot and Chief OF
Police Peters notified
Chief Peters stationed n Waterman
to guard the trunk all night and wait
Developments, 1t was not until the
morning was somewhat advanced
that the trunk was uropcd and
opened
Meanwhile rumors mad spread along
the avenue
Martin Kane, eX.chief of police
hailed Chief Peters coming from the
depot
Was there body In the trunk"
inquired the eX.chief. There was,
said Peters.
"A baby?" ventured the ex.chief
mo"
We'll" said the ex-guardian, "Was
1t "A mans body or woman's?" at
was female" Peters admitted.
Throat cut?' Kane was getting
back in police harness. Head Gu,
clear off" was his information.
"Well,' said the ex-chief again
What did 1t look like?" 1T looked
like goose" said the chief who had
been there.
Someone in Burke S. D., missed a
fat goose, which had been packed
carefully in clothing. The goose was
thrown out here and the trunk snip.
ped on to Burke.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Notice to Creditors.
, State OF Nebraska,


Madison County, IS.
In the Matter of the Estate OF Jose.
phine Durland, Deceased
Notice Is hereby given to all persons
having claims and demands against
Josephine Durland late Of said Madi-
son county, deceased, that the time
fixed for filing claims against said
estate is six months from the 18th
day Of December 1908. All such per
sons are required to present their
claims with the vouchers to the county
judge Of said county at his Office in
the city Of Madison, in said Madison
county, on or before the 10th day Of
June, 1909, and that all claims so filed
will be heard before said judge on the
10th day of June, 1909, at one o'clock
p. m. Charles b. Durland Gilbert
F. Durland, Andrew j. Durland and
Burt Mapes are the executors of the
estate.
It Is further ordered that notice to
all persons interested in said estate
be given by publishing a copy Of this
order in the Norfolk Weekly News
Journal, a weekly newspaper printed,
published and circulating in said coun-
ty, for four consecutive weeks prior to
said day OF hearing.
Witness my hand and seal this Sth
day Of December, A. D. 1908.
VIM. Bates,
lSealI County Judge.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Hioht Place for HAYWOOD.

Omaha. Dec. 2S.-Col. William Hay
ward of Nebraska City, secretary of
the Republican national committee,
has been offered, it is generally under
stood, the appointment of first assist
ant postmaster general under the Taft
administration. 1t is also understood
from sources nearly as authentic that
the post of grst assistant in the navy
department has also been open to the
young Nebraskan.
Chairman Hitchcock becomes post.
master general in the Taft cabinet.
Hitchcock is the man who discover.
ed" Hayward in the last campaign and
pushed him up from state chairman
to national secretary.
Judge Hayward from last accounts
had not decided his course. Hayward
Is young, has a good sized private in
come a comfortable law practice, the
assurance of the national secretary
ship for eight more years, in which
time he will be in constant touch
with the live wire politicians of the
country HIS friends believe he can
afford to wait and Hayward is in
cined to think so too.
Then there is vague report that
Hayward has his eye on the senate,
His father was elected to the senate
in 1899 but died before he was sworn
in. Hayward's candidacy was not
rumored in Nebraska City until the
effect Of Governor Sheldon's special
session talk appeared to have put a
handicap on the senatorial ambition of
the governor
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
THURSDAY TIDINGS.

w. P. Logan has been in Wynott on
business.
Mrs. r. Walters left for Omaha on
Wednesday.
Mrs. f. A. Bullock returned yester-
day from Omaha.
Miss Lulu Cronk is home from
Hadar for the holidays.
Mrs. C. w. Anderson of Hoskins was
visitor to Norfolk Wednesday.
Mrs. V. Huebner of Pierce visited
in Norfolk Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Anna Hazen, who has been
teaching school at Crofton this fall
has returned to Norfolk to spend the
holidays.
w. w. Person of Minneapolis is
guest at the j. Horiskey home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Miller of Hos.
kins were in Norfolk Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Rantenberg are
going to Blair to spend Christmas.
w. J. Hahn will spend Christmas
at the Poessnecker home in Stanton.
DR.. Kiestead and wife left for Tilden
to spend Christmas with DR.. Kier-
stcad'S mother.
Mrs. August Schultz went up to
Winnetoon on Wednesday to spend
Christmas at home.
Misses Edith and Irene Feyerherm
of Stanton were visiting friends in
Norfolk on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Holt have gone TO
Elmore, Mimi, to spend Christmas
with friends and relatives.
Mrs. Carl Schultz and family of
Wayne have come to Norfolk to spend
Christmas with friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Berner of Lind
say have come to Norfolk to spend
Christmas at the Alex Peters resi-
dence.
Harold OMAN of Fresno, Cal, has
returned to Norfolk to spend Christ
mas with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. OMAN.
G. w. Evans and daughters, Edith
and Lulu, leave Norfolk Christmas
morning to spend the day with the
w. S. Compton family in Creighton.
Frank H. Beels, the Norfolk piano
tuner, will leave Saturday morning for
Chicago and Valparaiso, Ind, where he
goes to take a postgraduate course in
player pianos and piano players. He
will be gone several weeks.
Ben T. Reid left today to spend
the Christmas holidays at Farwell,
Wyo.
Mrs. r. Walter has gone to Omaha
to visit her son, Leo, for about a
week
l.. p. Grant and family Of Meadow
Grove were Norfolk visitors on Wed
nesday.
LIP. Grant of Meadow Grove visited
his father, S. H. Grant, in Norfolk yes
terday.
Leon Thompkins of Inman is spend
ing Christmas with relatives and
friends in Norfolk.
II. l.. Marshall, editor of the VerdeI
Outlook was in Norfolk on his way
home from a visit in the east
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Sprecher Of
Scotia, Neb., will spend Christmas a
the Fred Sprecher residence in Nor
folk.
Miss Matilda Fox, who has beef
teaching school near Foster this fall
has returned to Norfolk for the holi
days
Miss Helen Herman, who has beel
, teaching school at Bloomfield this sea
, son, has returned to Norfolk to spenr
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Junction News.

Miss Nettie Luke returned to her
home in Sioux City Sunday noon, hav'
ing spent Christmas with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Luke.
Tim Murphy came in from Omaha
Sunday noon.
Otto Rankin arrived home from
Scribner last evening.
Miss Olga Grauel is on this weeks
sick list.
Mrs. George Denton and two daugh
tiers, Gladys and Mildred, arrived
home from Missouri Valley Sunday
noon where they spent Christmas.
August Vilmow went to Fremont to
day for a few days visit with rela
tives.
William Alexander of Oakdale came
down Sunday noon for a few days
visit at the home of his son, H, B
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
TUESDAY TOPICS.

C. B. Grosspiteh was in Creston
Sunday.
T. NJ. Nichols was down from Bruins
wick Monday.
Burt Mapes was in Madison Mon
day afternoon.
Miss Lille Marquardt is in Hastings
on a ten days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Hight have gone
to Clarks for visit.
Miss Helen Brown OF Lincoln is a
guest of Miss Tessie Roseberry.
F. G.. Koester of Carroll was a
visitor in Norfolk over Christmas.
wv. Wolfe, an Elgin business man,
arrived in Norfolk Monday afternoon.
Miss Emma Schorregge spent Christ
mas with her grandmother in Wake
field.
Superintendent J. A. Doremus OF
Madison was a Monday visitor in Nor
folk
Miss Gladys Jenkins of Madison is
spending the week with Miss May
Johnson.
Miss Margaret Smith has gone to
Sioux City for a visit with Mrs. j
| G. Leglar
G. w. Roseberry and family returned
Sunday noon from a Christmas visit
in Chadron.
+. C. Sweet of Madison and Miss
Ethel Sweet of Atkinson were in the
city Monday.
Miss Smith of Grinnell Ia, is visit
ing at the home of her aunt, Mrs
Robert Utter.
Miss Ethel Turner of Wahoo Is
spending the holiday vacation at the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Tried Twice; Got Himself.

Stanton, Neb., Dec. 2S.-Special to
The News: Joseph Novotny, a pris
oner in the county Jail awaiting re
hearing on the charge of assault and
battery upon his wife, succeeded in
ending his own life Saturday after
noon after a dramatic day during
which he had attempted to escape
chopped his head open with an axe
Nine stitches were taken in the axe
wound and during the afternoon
Novotny tore off the bandage, used Il
for moose and strangled himself.
At the last session of the court
Novotny's appeal was dismissed and
his case was remanded to the county
court. He had previously been sen
fenced to ninety days in Jail. He was
at once confined in the county jail
again and Friday tried to get away
When recaptured he bore evidence OF
three severe blows with an axe, evi
IDENTIFY inflicted by himself He was
taken to physician and nine stitches
were required.
Saturday afternoon when he was
alone in Jail he took off the bandage
made moose of It, attached one enc
to a bar of the cell, sat down anC
died, His feet touched the floor anC
it was necessary to bend his knees
to succeed in the strange.
Coroner Lewis Dorm Immediately
impanelled a jury consisting of j. ]
Hopper, James f. Peters, ConraC
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
SITUATION DESPERATE.
Sheriff and Soldiers Hunting Men Who
Burned Hotel

Stearns, KY, Dec. 2S.-The sheriff
today took charge of the forces here
and will organize a posse of deputies
and soldiers to hunt the men accused
of burning the hotel in which an of
ficer lost his life.
The situation is declared the most
desperate the Kentucky authorities
have ever faced. The sheriff said that
the sending of troops was the only
salvation as deputies alone have
been powerless during the past few
years.
He said that seven officers have
been convicted for murder when they
killed outlaws, but not a single out
law has been convicted for killing an
offer
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

home OF her aunt. Mrs. J. w. Mer.
RAM
Mrs Edward Hoopman OF David
city is visiting Mrs. c. +. A. Mar.
quardt and family.
Misses Dora and Edna Fuchs of
Stanton are visiting at the home of
Mrs. j. w. Merriam.
Miss Ruth Morsch of Albion is
here visiting at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. X. o. Webb
MIR. and Mrs. f. w. Peoples of Dial.
las were in Norfolk returning from a
Christmas visit to Iowa.
j. l.. Baugh and wife left Sunday for
Hastings, Neb where they will spend
week visiting Mr.. Baugh's parents.
V. Miller of Perry, Okla, former
manager of the Western Union in
Norfolk, is visiting friends in the city
Norfolk drug stores beginning this
evening will return to the 8 o'clock
closing rule in force before the holi.
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller of Da'
kota City, who have been visiting at
the r. M. Hull home, returned home
today.
Misses Ida Jones and Helen Leet
of Winnetoon arrived in Norfolk 10
attend the dance given by the Trinity
social guild.
Master Kirk White and Misses Jean
and Ruth White of Omaha arrived in
Norfolk today to visit Donald and
Bernice Mapes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Powers of
Holdrege have been visiting for sew
eral days with his parents, Judge and
Mrs. |. Powers.
Deputy County Clerk Mcfarland
was in Norfolk Monday, returning to
Madison from a Christmas visit with
his mother in Lynch.
j. H. Conley last week enjoyed
sleigh riding in western Nebraska. He
arrived home from Rushville, where
he had been on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cheney are eX.
pected this evening from White
Thunder ranch, S. d., and will be
guest at the home of Col. S. S. Cot
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. Wilde and
son stopped in Norfolk on their
way back to Bazile Mills from a
Christmas visit in Battle Creek.
Mrs. Nellie Gildea leaves tomorrow
for Chicago where she goes to study
the latest modes in dressmaking. She
intends opening up a dressmaking
parlor here September l.
e. P. Olmsted, accompanied by
Robert Dick of Crete, left Sunday
evening for Atkinson to invoice a
hardware stock that Mr.. Olmsted Sc.
cured sometime ago.
c. e. Fowlie of Tugaske, Sask., in
western Canada, passed through Nor
folk Sunday evening on his way to his
former home near Clearwater. He has
been in Canada for a little over three
years in the country that Is being
rapidly developed by the h0mesteader.
Mrs. Cora A. Beels left yesterday
afternoon on a two weeks vacation,
which will include short visits with
friends in Iowa and Michigan and a
trip to Chicago in connection with her
musical work. She vase accompanied
by Miss Winifred Hazen. They went
by way of Sioux City
Isaac Powers, jr., known in Norfolk
as Bud" Powers, will be married next
month in Jacksonville, Ill.,, to the
daughter of Jacksonville banker.
Mr.. Powers is now manager of an in
dependent packing plant there. He
and his bride will take a honeymoon
trip to Cuba.
Tom Brice is still recovering very
slowly from his attack of typhoid
fever. Complications render his re-
covery much slower than would have
been tn case had he had merely the
fever to contend with 1t had been
hoped that he would be able to leave
his room by Christmas.