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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
Foot Crushed On Las, rrlp.

s. f. Bailey, an NJ. 4 o. brakeman,
making a switch In the Union Pacific
yards at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
The Sioux City freight was doing some
switching in the east end of the yards
A car of beer was being switched onto
a spur to one of the beer vaults when
Bailey, who was riding on the engine,
jumped off and ran ahead to make
the switch. lie did not have time,
however, to get away from the engine
which struck him in the leg knock
ing him down. He got up and bleed.
ing badly from the wound he ran
across the three sets of tracks where
he fell in a heap. He was taken
aboard the caboose of the train where
DR.. II. +. Holden attended him. His
ankle bone was found to be badly
broken but the large amount of blood
which lay over the wound would not
permit a thorough examination.
Bailey is a married man, his home
being at 1928 North Twentieth street,
Omaha. His parents live in Sioux
City and he has relatives in Denver.
Amt it strange" said Bailey to a
News representative while he lay on
a seat in the caboose, the physician
bandaging his wounded leg, "how a
thing like this will happen on the
last trip? This was my last trip as
brakeman and | was to go to Den.
yer to accept a good position offered
me by my father-inlaw."
Would you mind rolling me Gig
arette?" he continued, as he handed
The News man the makins." The
cigarette was given him and he
smoked contentedly while the physi-
clan finished dressing the wound
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
DecIamatory Contest Program.

Following was the complete pro-
gram of the evening:
Piano Solo-"Polonaise in A." (Cho.
Invocation.
Male Quartet - Messrs. Fleetwood,
Welsh, Britton, johnson, Wayne.
Oratorical Glass.
"Toussaint L'Ouverture" War d
Klopp, Stanton.
Violin Solo "SeTbande" (Gohm)-
Miss Marian Cow, Norfolk.
Dramatic Glass.
For Dear Old Yale"-Walter Camp
bell, O'Neill
"Swore Off'-Samuel Faes, Madison.
pledge With Wine"-Cora Holmes,
Beemer
"Ole Mistis"-Helda Kafka, Atkin-
son.
THE Life Boat"-Daisy Kreuger,
Wausa.
How the La Rue Stakes Were Lost"
-Eunice Losura, Creighton.
The Fiddle Told"-Minnie Scheibe,
West Point.
Robbie Shaftoe" - Myrtle Snider,
Tilden.
THE Chariot Race"-Loretta Wright,
Neigh.
Vocal Solo-Herbert, Welsh, Wayne.
Humorous Glass.
"Courtship Under Difficulties"-Va.
rena Crabtree, Wisner.
The Village Oracle"-Ema Hilbert,
Norfolk.
"Pettison Twins at Kindergarten
Ina Hughes, Wayne.
Naughty Zell" - Edith B. SiXta,
Schuyler.
Peter Mulrooney and the Black Fill
ly"-Mary Stewart, Bloomfield,
Chorus-(a) "Voice of the Western
Wind" G. Barnby), CD Summer
Breezes" a.. Denza)-Norfolk high
school girls.
Announcement of decision of judges
and awarding medals.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
Real Estate Transfers.

Transfers of real estate for the past
week. Compiled by Madison County
Abstract & Guarantee company. Of
flee with Mapes & Hazen.
John NJ. Zelda to Frank and Mary
Tomka, quit claim deed, 81, VIZ neA
and WIZ 1929.
Mary Tomka to John NJ. Zelda,
warranty deed, 81, WIZ neA and WIZ
1928.
Ellsworth Ball to Charles A. Green,
warranty deed, $4,000, swA 1922,
Ida c. Cilon to Esther Linderholm,
warranty deed, $4,000 lot 4, block s.,
r. X. addition, Newman Grove.
William Wendt to j. Joseph Lint
ner, warranty deed, $1,000, ME- neA
24-21-1.
Gunder Thompson to John NJ.
Johnson, warranty deed, $2,440, east
"a acres of n19 neA 34-21-4.
Anna Poncar to Frank Poncar, war
ranty deed, $4,000 lots 8, 8, 10, II and
II, block 81, r. r. addition, Madison.
Dimis E. Hopkins to Security Bank,
warranty deed, 5000, west A feet, lot
6, block 3, Meadow Grove.
Charles A. Kurpgeweit to Orpha H..
Bell, warranty deed, $4,000, s1s eh
nwA and WIZ neA 11-24-3.
c. B. Burrows to Fred II. Cornell,
warranty deed, $3.50, lots Z and 8,
block 2, Pasewalk's Fourth addition,
Norfolk.
United States to Bennett c. Good
rich, patent, WIZ seA 14-24-4.
Patrick Murphy to Ebert Carrice,
warranty deed, $4,000, nwA 29-2S-3.
George Emmett Warrick to j.. II,
Dow, warranty deed, $40, lot 5, West
Meadow Grove.
Phebe Barnes to C. S. Smith, war.
ranty deed, 500, lots /, 3, 10, 20, %
and "a, block So, Railroad addition,
Madison.
Michael Endres to William b. Rog-
ers, warranty deed $500, sla lot
7, block /, Koenigstein's Fourth add.
ton, Norfolk.
Fred Vogt, ct al, to Ann Froding,
quit claim deed, 81, nwA swA 1922
T.
Orville N. Stukey to Frank w.
Mashek, warranty deed, $1,000, lots
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
Shot BY Sheriff.

Niobrara, Neb., March 30.-Special
to The News: John Douglas aged
2S or 80 and believed from circum.
stantial evidence to be horse thief,
was shot twice yesterday afternoon
by Sheriff Vlasnik of Knox county.
1t was not believed that he could live.
The wounded man was brought to
Niobrara and lodged in Jail. Jokingly,
he told the crowd that gathered that
show them good cowboy stuff in the
way of roping.
1t was at the Nj. r. Smith ranch,
nine miles east of Niobrara, that the
shooting occurred. Both bullets en-.
tered near the posterior pelvic bone
Spends Night at Ranch.
Douglas had come to the ranch the
night before with three horses, ana
his actions had caused suspicion. The
neighboring farmers gathered and
managed, by keeping him busy show.
ing how adept he was at lassoing to
keep him at the ranch until the sher.
iff, who had been telephoned, arrived
vi lue bCeue.
Sheriff Vlasnik ordered the stranger
to surrender, but the horse thief sus.
pect turned and ran. The farmers
around the ranch knew that he had
a 44-calibre revolver. When he ran,
the sheriff fired several times from a
small calibre gun, purposely wide of
the mark, and Douglas, turning
around, returned part way
Meanwhile the sheriff reached for
bigger gun in his grip. When Doug
las had come considerable distance,
the sheriff again ordered him to sur
render and to give up his gun. In
stead, Douglas turned and ran again.
Reaches for Gun. Is Shot.
Crossing a small creek bridge, Doug
las reached to his gun pocket for his
revolver. Vlasnik dropped him with
two well aimed bullets.
The wounded man was unable to
walk and was brought to town in a
wagon. At the Jail DR.. Clark treated
his wounds.
IF I'd known he was a sheriff, he'd
never have shot me first" the alleged
horse thief said later.
He is reticent about telling any
thing about himself.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01

The Rocky mountain DnZzard Stop
ped over into northwestern Nebraska.
All night long the storm ragged as far
east as Cody and Northwestern train
traffic was tied up in that vicinity All
trains coming into Norfolk from the
west on Wednesday were many hours
late because of the blizzard.
All wires went down early in the
evening, cutting off all communication
with the Northwestern headquarters
at Norfolk. And because of the para.
lyzation Of wire service, no trains
were run into the storm.
Train No. which left Norfolk at
IS o'clock Tuesday night was tied up
at Long Pine over night. Train No. |
which left here for the west Tuesday
afternoon was tied up at Valentine.
No. 2, coming east and due in Norfolk
at o'clock Wednesday morning, did
not arrive before o'clock in the after
noon. An extra No. was made up
here to go east at a. IN. and an eX.
ira No. was made up at Long Pine
to come east, reaching Norfolk at
noon.
There is three or four inches of
snow on the level near Cody, it was
said, and a fierce wind was blowing.
Tracks are badly drifted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
Movinu a Neliuh School.

Neigh, Neb., March 30.-Special to
The News: An incident that is more
than a passing nature in the removing
of the old building from the corner
south of the Atlas bank, that is to
be replaced by a handsome twostory
brick and stone block by N, b. SWEET
ger, calls to mind the older inhabi-
tants of this city that attended school
in this building in the year 1882.
Owing to the over-crowded condi-
ton of the little brick school house,
in those days termed as the extreme
northeast part of the town. the lit
tie folks were compelled to attend
school in a 24X36 frame building on
Cottonwood street. Miss Mary Nichol
was the teacher.
1t being impossible to find records
of the pupils attending at that time,
and from the best of recollection OBJ
tainable is that about twenty children
were enrolled. Among those who are
well known in this vicinity and abroad
are: Mabel Hauser, Bessie Galloway,
Daisy Galloway, Lille Minkler, Maud
Getchell, Emma Bowlsby, Agnes Fish
err Hattie Stevens, Jessie Stevens,
Earl Simmons, Henry urging, Max
Romig, Walter Romig, Phillip Keyline,
George Minkler and Lee Minkler
1t may be stated that the list is
nearly complete, and as far as can
be ascertained two of the number
have died, Miss Daisy Galloway, bur-
led at Oakdale, where the parents re-
sided a number of yeats. and Miss
Agnes Fisher who was buried in Lau-
rel Hill cemetery in this city. but the
parents now reside in Valentine.
Mabel Hauser, now Mrs. o. A. Will
liams, says she can distinctly remem-
Der when her teacher, Miss Nichol,
taught her to spell the word cat"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
Wintersteen Youth Is Hurt.

Hurrying home to his seriously in
jured son, James Wintersteen, Trip
county homesteader, passed through
Norfolk yesterday afternoon. At DIAL
las he was met last night with a
waiting automobile which whizzed him
across the prairies to the bedside of
his boy, Rex Wintersteen, who had
been critically injured in disc &C.
cident on a claim last Saturday. The
injured son is 20 years old.
The father was at Bloomington,
Neb., in the far southern part of the
state, when he received a telegram
announcing the accident. He char
tered an automobile and drove many
miles to Sutton, where he caught a
train. The automobile trip fare was
$40.
Mr.. Wintersteen had wired aheao
to Ernest Jackson at Dallas, asking
him to go out and bring the boy into
Dallas where he could be in hospit.
al. But at Norfolk the father got a
message saying his son was so badly
hurt he could not be moved.
The Wintersteen claim is thirteen
miles from Dallas.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
Marrow Escape From crema,,on


Ray Weber, bartender in tho am
ploy OF Emil Koehn, was badly burned
ABOUT the face and hands this morn.
ing while lighting gasoline stove
winch is used to warm meats in the
saloon Weber had narrow escape
IRON serious injury by the remarkable
presence of mind OF Mr.. Koehn. who.
w'hen Weber ran around with his cloth.
ing ahre, forced the human torch to
the floor closed his nostrils and mouth
to Keep him from inhalng the flames
and extinguished the fire.
Weber had been cleaning the stove,
which 1t Is believed was accidentally
turned on, and touched match to the
burner. Immediately the flames
sprang up and, In endeavoring to beat
them out with flaming rag, the man
was also enveloped in flames. by the
time koehn extinguished the fire on
Weber the blaze around the stove had
also died down and no damage was
done to the fixtures.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01

| and 2, block ., Pasewalk's Fourth
addition, Norfolk
Francis Y. Deiss to Frank A. From
elk, warranty deed, $1,000, seA and
n1a swh l.2l-4.
Charles Olson to Frank Pospisil,
warranty deed $2O,6l5, eh seA "a
and swA 32.22-3.
Amalie Rakousky to Louis Rakous-
ky, warranty deed, love- swh 1922.
Gottlieb Buettner to Auguste Zes-
sin, warranty deed 81, swA 1922.
Gottleb Buettner to Marie Pleuler,
ner, warranty deed, 81, nwA 36.2l-2.
GotiIieb Buettner to Marie Pleuler,
warranty deed, 81. swA 2S2l-1.
Gottlieb Buettner to August Buett-
ner, warranty deed 81, sR 242l-2.
Gottlieb Buettner to Wilhelmine
Heckstein, warranty deed, ST. neA
seA and sia and seA swA 27-22-2
and lots | and 4, block AZ, Clark ad
dition, Madison.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
Fires at EwinQ,

Ewing Advocate: The Ewing fire
department has been kept quite busy
the last few days Friday night an
alarm was turned in, a lamp having
exploded in Fred Lau's shoe store.
The department responded, but the
blaze was eXtinguisbed before they
reached the scene. Another alarm
was turned in Saturday afternoon, a
coal oil stove having taken fit up
stairs in the opera house. No dam
age was done aside from scorching
the east wall. The third alarm came
Tuesday afternoon, blaze having
gained considerable Roadway in the
yards back of the Pioneer bank and
the Bailey building. The fire team
and hose cart were on duty in very
short time and in the space of few
minutes put out the blaze. Those
persons who think our tank no good
and our hose team no good, certainly
have no grounds for such argument.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01

have very easily proved fatal to sew.
eral of the party. While coming up a
long hill west of Dallas about seven
miles the steering gear suddenly broke
leaving the driver without control and
the car turned turtle and as the en-.
gines were not yet stopped turned
over again.
Miss Gertie Halght of Hcrrick had
her collar bone broken and was quite
generally bruised up, the rest of the
party getting off with n few minor
bruises. a passerby loaded the party
up and took them to Dallas where DR.
Castle set Miss Haight's collar bone
and If no complications arise she will
speedily recover. Miss Haight was
brought to Herrick.
Mrs. Bud Cole died at her home af.
ter a short illness.
The little babe of Fred Pfaff died and
was buried yesterday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
PREEcE FOR LEGISLATURE.
Battle Creek Mans Friends Boom Him
for the Position.

Battle Creek, March 31.-Special to
The News: The friends of Col T. ID.
Preece of Battle Creek are booming
him for the democratic nomination as
representative from Madison county
to the state legislature.
Giles Craig of Inman died at a
Council Bluffs hospital last Thursday,
where he went about two weeks ago
for treatment. The remains were sent
to Battle Creek and funeral services
held Saturday afternoon from the
Methodist church, Rev. r. J. Callow
officiating, and inferred at the Union
cemetery. He was native of Vir-
ginia and GA years old and survived
by a widow, six daughters and three
sons, all grown.
Harry Hintz came down from Ne.
ligh Saturday for a visit at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Bernard Warnke.
John Scheer was here Saturday
from Green Garden.
Mrs. Henry Schroer and little son
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of Wayne was visiting here from Sat.
urday until Monday with her frienu,
Mrs. Charles Werner.
David Brandt of Avon, S. d., and
Miss Lena Bredehoeft were married
Tuesday forenoon by Rev. j. Hoffman
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bredehoeft, one
mile northeast of town.
Henry Bahre arrived here last week
from Colorado for an extended visit
with his father, John Jost, and other
relatives.
Section Foreman Willis Pierce will
be transferred to section No. 20 at Stan
ton the first of April and Fred Chand-
Ter of Norfolk will take charge Of the
Battle Creek section.
Charles Werner bought the Connel.
ly property west of the Niles resi-
denCe.
Otto Stroberger of Creighton and
Henry Tassemeier of Tilden were here
Saturday attending directors meet
ing of the Battle Creek Mutual Fire
insurance company.
Charles Kurpgeweit was here Sat
urday from Lynch on business.
fire destroyed two little barns
north of the railroad track Saturday
afternoon on the Mrs. Mallory pro-
perty. The damage is estimated at
about 5000.
Fred Dittrick and family arrived
here Saturday from Verdigre for Il
visit with his parents and other rela-
tives.
Mrs. Fred Richardson, jr., is here
from Cherry county for a visit with
her aunt, Mrs. c. E. Hansen, and other
relatives.
Miss Lydia Cutkofsky was here on
Easter Sunday from the Wayne nor
NAL for a visit with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Massman.
A large granite monument was
raised over the resting place of the
late J. r. Gardels at the Lutheran
cemetery Saturday.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Con-
rad Werner was christened at the
Lutheran church Easter Sunday.
Benjamin Meyel, twenty years ago
cashier of the Farmers and Drovers'
bank at Battle Creek, was here from
Omaha the latter part of last week
shaking hands with his old friends"
John Voboril is here on business
this week from South Omaha. He
formerly lived at Madison.
Ferd Crowley is working the Joe
Shipley farm north of the river this
year.
The Lutheran church is treated to
new wall paper and inside paint this
week. The ladies of the church ex-
pect to pay the bill.
Samuel Hanen was here on bust
ness from Meadow Grove Tuesday.
]. w. Risk put a new roof on his
building on Main street, occupied by
the Stricken Implement company.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES

Miss Minnie Braasch returned from
Pierce.
Mrs. Fred Hickman returned from
Wayne.
M. d. Tyler went to Madison on
business.
Mrs. G. Letto of Lincoln Is in the
city visiting with the Freed Braasch
family.
Mrs. Thomas Bell who has been in
the city visiting at the home of p. F..
Bell, has returned to her home at
Lusk, Wyom.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hit.
daughter.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Nistle,
a daughter.
Preparations are being made for an
Elks dancing party Friday night.
Mrs. John Wade went to hospital
in Council Bluffs Wednesday for treat.
ment.
Mrs. Stanfield has returned from an
Omaha hospital. She did not undergo
an operation
Elmer Hardy has accepted a posi-
ton at the Thomas Bell ranch near
Lusk, Wyom., and leaves for that place
this evening.
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the Norfolk Country club will be
held at the Office of Mapes & Hazen
Wednesday, April 6.
At 8 o'clock Friday morning Dr.
Samuel Avery, chancellor of the Ne
braska university, will address the
teachers at the Auditorium.
Chief of Police Marquardt arrested
two hoboes yesterday morning whom
he found sleeping in a barn. Both
the men were so intoxicated that they
had to be taken to the Jail in a cab.
Work has begun on the new Engel-
man building on Norfolk avenue.
Graders are busy making the excava-
tions and other workmen will soon be
engaged on the foundation of the new
structure.
Sheriff G. S. Smith was here to sub
poenae b. W. Jonas, Herman Kruger,
II. G. Brueggeman and Theodore Willie
as witnesses in the Weitzke case,
case, which came up at | o'clock. The
case is in reference to some road
trouble on the county line. District
court will probably adjourn some time
Thursday afternoon.
Neighbors of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Custer, who were taken to Omaha
Monday say that the aged couple pre-
scented a pitiful sight as they were
being hauled away from their home
in three separate wagons. A few
household goods were loaded on the
first wagon Mr.. Custer on cot in
the second and Mrs. Custer, who is
rather a heavy woman, was carried
from the house by four men into the
third conveyance. Mrs. Custer will
probably stay with relatives at Oma-
ha and Mr.. Custer was taken to the
Methodist hospital.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
SECOND RUSH FOR LAND.
Long Abandoned Homesteads Sudden.
Iy Become Valuable.

Lincoln Journal: During the last
few years another movement of en-
igration has been started toward Phil
lips county, Colorado, following the re-
ports of successful crops raised there
for some years, according to the state
ment of Thomas Seip of West Point,
Neb., who is himself preparing to leave
this week for his claim in that county.
Nearly twenty years ago there was
rush for the demonstrating of the level
land in that country near Holyoke and
Amherst. After number of years
practically all the homesteaders left
the vicinity when they found there
was not rain enough for a crop to be
raised, Seventeen years ago Mr.. Seip
left West Point and took up claim
on the level prairies of Phillips coun-
ty. In spite of the fact that he failed
to raise crops he stayed in that coun-
try for five years in order to prove up
on the claim and get clear title to
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
Poor Eyes Lost Trail.

Lamro, S. D., March 90.-Special to
The News: 1t was poor eyesight, 1t
is thought, that caused Stewart G.
Geddes to lose his way home in Trip
county, near McNeely, and freeze to
death. February Is is believed to
have been the fatal day. Mr.. Geddes
was 60 years old. His sister. who
was thought to be in Iowa, has not
been heard from and the burial was
made here.
On February Is Geddes walked from
Nebraska through the soft, deep snow
toward his claim. He stopped at the
home of a neighbor, DR.. Crane, a mile
south, and asked where he was. He
was directed to the trail and D.
and Mrs. Crane watched Geddes I'M
til he had got nearly home. Then
they paid no more attention to the
incident.
Geddes eyesight was poor and it
is presumed he missed his house
when it became dusk, perhaps be-
came exhausted and, falling in the
snow, persisted there. The snow
drifted over his body and it lay there
until Saturday when his neighbors,
becoming alarmed at not seeing him,
instituted a search and found him
forty rods north of his house, dead.
He wore the same clothing he had
worn on the day DR.. Crane pointed
out to him the way home. Likewise
he had by his side small pan which
he had carried on that day.
His sister recently wrote the post
master at McNeely inquiring for Ged-
des and asking if he had got mail
that she had sent him a month be-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
THE STORM NEAR ALLIANCE.
Burlington Trains Blocked and Wires
Down-Hiqh Wind, Deep Drifts.

Alliance, Neb., March 3O.-The rain
that began Monday in mild shower
turned yesterday to snow and last
night to a severe blizzard, driven by
strong northwest wind, blocking
trains in the extreme western part of
the state and seriously impairing tele-
graph and telephone facilities. The
thermometer, however, is ranging
about 80 above. There will be no Sc
we're damage to stock.
West and north of here on the Wy
oming division of the Burlington, cop
ditions are reported worse.
There is a bad blockade due to deep
snow, and trains are from three to ten
hours late. Accompanying the snow
is a high wind, and telegraph wires,
weighted with ice, are swaying, level
ing poles.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
NEW CHURCH BUILDING.
Wayne, Neb., saptists Dedicate New
Handsome Structure.


Wayne, Neb., March 31.-The Bap-
lists of Wayne celebrated Easter by
dedicating their new church building
just completed. The building is of
brick and is 60 by 81 feet in size, be-
ing built in colonial style. 1t con-
tains besides audience and lecture
rooms and gallery on the main floor,
a complete kitchen, dining room and
parlor in the basement. 1t is heat
ed by steam and modern in every re-
spect, costing complete over $4,000.
Inspired by the splendid leadership of
the pastor, Rev. Parker Smith, who
was ably assisted by Dr. Myron w.
Haynes, of Pella, Ia, the people
pledged over $500 at the two SER
vices held morning and evening, en-
abling the building to be dedicated
free of debt
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-01
Had One Arm: Now Has Two.
Man Arrested Has But SinqIe Winu
L L..


Chief of Police Marquardt, with the
aid of Constable John Flynn, arrested
j. E. O'Brien, Emmett McCaffery ana
W. o. Mullory all of ONeill, and, not
being able to pay their fines they were
put in charge of the street commits
sioner to work it out. They did not
work very long, however, all three
making their escape for parts I'M
known. Judge Eiseley says that so
many prisoners turned over to the
street commissioner to work out fines
have escaped with but about one days
work, that it seems to do no good to
punish the offenders that way. All
three of these men were charged with
being drunk. When arrested Tuesday,
OBrien had but one arm, but in the
morning when he was awakened by
the police in his cell at the city hall
it was found that another arm had APP
peared on his body during the night.
He was the first of the trio to make
his escape. The other two, immedi-
ately the street commissioners back
was turned, ran away.