The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-01-18

on the charter list of the Norfolk lodge
Friday night, and that District Deputy
w. b. Taylor of the above lodge will
institute the lodge here on Saturday
night, January 26. The Omaha lodge
team will do the work. 1t is expected
that about 100 out.of.town members
will be present to enjoy the occasion.
The lodge here starts with u membership
of 1903.
Stanton Picket II, N. Way has de.
cided to leave Stanton and with this
end i'll view is disposing of his real es.
tato in the county. Monday he sold the
northwest 10 of the Gobler quarter to j.
j. Lammli. The balance of the place
was previously sold to the Gestsh boys.
Mr.. Way now has only $40 acres loft.
He will go to Omaha about March first.
His family.will remain here until the
close of..school in June, and not until
thenswill his fine residence be offered
for sale.
Word has been brought to Ponder
that last Monday mo Knife the last
chief of the Omaha Indians had died Mt
the home Of his son, Mathew Tyndalc
on the reservation, ut the advanced age
of II hundred and thirteen years. He
is believed to have been the Oldest living
resident of Nebraska. He was born
before Washington was elected presi-
dent, and consequently had lived in
three different centuries. He had never
been sick, at least within the memory
of any living relation or acquaintance.
The officers of the Norfolk beet sugar
factory desire that old growers should
have the first opportunity of contract
ing to raise beets under the new agree
ment and Their, fore no effort has been
made to secure c%ontractsin new territory.
T~heyswill only wait until February l.,
however, III the old growers and after
that such will have to take their chances
with new contractors. as work will be
done in new territory. Contracts are
coming in fairly well and the prospects
are for n greater acreage than before for
years.
w. l.. p. Wells, who has been about
town several days in a slightly demented
condition became very much'off" Satur-
day and Sunday. He raised something
Of disturbance at the telephone Office.
He had IS cents with which he was
doing a large amount OF buying, among
other things buying a ticket to South
Sioux City. Chief Wldaman finally took
him in charge and bought him q ticket
for Columbus, to which city he was es-
corted by EdWagner and turned over to
a deputy sheriff. 1t is said that he is a
victim Of the morphine habit.
The beet sugar factory at Ames has
closed down after q three months cam
paign. 1t is claimed that this years
run was the largest in the history of the
factory. Speaking of the campaign a
correspondent says: 1.-The managers
of the factory have a serious proposition
to face with the farmers of this section
during the past two months. During
October when the beets we're being har.
vested, the precipitation in this section
was very heavy, and in many cases in
jured the beets to a noticeable extent.
The same thing happened a year ago,
and with two seasons bringing the same
results, the farmers began to grow sus-
picious of the industry. The managers
of the factory began an investigation at
once and found that during the past
twenty-five years, the months Of Sep.
TENDER and October had neve been SO
wet as during the past two years. They
were firm in their belief that the seasons
were abnormal"
The following from a recent issue of
the World. Herald will be of interest to
the friends of the late DIR. Maxfield {:
"The will Of the late Rev. DR.. J. B.
Maxfleld, many years a presiding elder,
who died September II, 1900, has been
declared valid by Judge Vinsonhaler,
and has been admitted to probate, and
the widow, Mary M. Maxfisld, named
as administrative in the document,
she having been appointed executrix.
September 5, 1894. DR.. Maxtield made a
will, bequeathing the greater portion
Of his property to Mrs. Maxfield. After
his death, Guy Mckenzie and his
brothers and sisters, children of a sister
of DR.. Maxfield, brought q contest.
They alleged that at the time Of execut-
ing the will, the doctor was of unsound
mind and lot competent to bequeath
his property. On the question of com
potency, testimony was taken, all show.
ing that at the time Of making the will
and up to the time of his death, DR..
Maxfield was of sound mind, and that
his mental faculties were unusually
ear"
Given Away-Norfolk Auditorium.
The Norfolk Auditorium was opened
January 10, 1900. The cost of ground
and building was $4,000, at time of
%Onanin0 the hOuSe Since then there