The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-10-12

himself as very sgreeably surprised I,
find such n thriving city here as greeted
him on his arrival.
M~arquardt's hall was filed to over
flowing last evening, the occasion beinl
the appearance of Richards d Pringle'
Georgia minstrels. The company gave
the best minstrel show ever seen il
this city Notwithstanding the fact tina
the stage in the hall is so small tina
some of the features had to be omitted
a special train came in over tht
Union Pacific last night, having OF
board Il. w. Baxter, general superin
tendent, j. X. Langtrec, superintendent
of bridges and buildings, and A. ID
Schemerhorn, chief engineer of this
! division. The officers were on a tour OF
inspection of the road. They departed
this morning.
Manager Sprechcr, of the local tele'
phone office, is another man who finds
it difficult to secure n needed force OF
men. The company is ~endcavoring tC
put up n new line ut Snyder and Mr..
Sprecher was requested to send six men
to that place. Thus far he has not been
able to secure a nan He came near
getting one yesterday but his hopes
proved to be of III ephemeral nature
and he is still on n quiet hunt. He has
good inducements to offer, too.
At the meeting of Norfolk lodge No.
As, |. o. O., +. held last evening Judge
II. ID. Kelly resigned as one of the rep
of pressing business duties and II. l..
Spaulding was elected in his stead.
The grand lodge will co~nvcnein Hastings
the 18th to 2lst of this month. G. w. +.
Marquardt is the other representative.
Mr.. Spaulding introduced quite an i'm
portant bit of legislation at the last SEES.
sion which will come up for action at
the coming meeting.
Another quite serious wreck occurred
on the Elkhorn line between this city
and Stanton yesterday morning. The
disaster was occasioned by IA boiler,
which was being shipped to the Harding
Creamery company at this place, roll
ing off the fiat car on which it was
carried. 1t fell in such a manner as to
get in the way of the cars following and
as a result three cars of freight and one
of stock were ditched. Although no one
was hurt the damage to the cars ditched
was considerable. 1t is understood that
the track was not blocked. A wrecking
train has been busy since the accident
in righting things and every vestige of
the wreck will soon be removed.
The crowd at the entertainment last
evening demonstrated the fact that all
hogs do not travel on four legs. There
were many cases of seat jumping, where
a man without n reserved seat check
would come in and take possession of a
chair that had been sold to another.
Most of these cases We're settled by the
SooN JuhilOi SiNlHS way iltCi al tlIOy
ing parley, but one man is known to
have squatted himself in another's seat
and refused to bulge even after he was
shown that it had been reserved long
before he thought of buying a ticket to
the entertainment. If, as is popularity
supposed names originate from the voca
ton or nature of the individual, the
name of this mar should be Swine, but
it isn't.
DR.. and Mrs. \. Hodgetts have
broken up housekeeping. preparatory to
their removal to Grand Island and are
stopping at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. :.
w. Ransom where about forty of their
friends called in and surprised them
with a farewell party last evening.
During the evening the doctor was pre-
sented with a handsome easy chair as a
token of the esteem in which he is held
by many Norfolk friends. Mrs. Hod.
gets, who has during her residence
here, been an active and valuable men,
Der of the Ladies Aid society, was also
the recipient of a choice gift from the
members of that society. The gift was
a quilt, the blocks of which bore the
autographs of the different members of
the society and will no doubt be highly
treasured by the recipient for the many
pleasant memories it will recall. Mr..
Hodgetts will leave tomorrow for Grand
Island where he will preach Sunday,
and his family will follow to their
future home Monday or Tuesday next.
They leave many friends who sincerely
regret their departure.