The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-22

lnOnlaS y, HECK, y. -, DaNluSOn, w.
y. Dickson. l.. Il. Smith. =. II. Eigh.
ney, all of Long Pine, are in the city
at the Oxnard hotel
Harry Lodor and Frank Hirsch will
be home tonight from n months hunt.
ing trip in the Black Hills and Wyom.
ing.
The Norfolk Business college now
has an attendance of forty eight stu.
dents, and more are expected after
the holidays.
DR.. and Mrs G. S. Parker welcomed
a son to their home last evening.
Chas and the mother and the boy are
all happy over the situation.
Reports from the bedside of Il. II.
Luikart of Tildon, who has been suf.
fering some days with appendicitis,
are that he is considerably improved
Miss Mary Larson of Council Bluffs
is here the guest of Mrs Schwartz
She was formerly a trimmer at her
millinery store and is quite well known
here.
The secret of the fine weather has
Just leaked out. Chief Moore of the
weather bureau has just filed his an
nual report which SAYS the weather
cost $1336, ,19S.5S. All good things
come high.
Joe Kratky of Stanton has purchased
residence near the Christ Lutheran
church and will leave his farm and
become resident of prosperous Nor
| folk.
The new warehouse of Messrs.
Brakeman & Coleman is progressing
nicely and the masonry will be fin
ished and the carpenters will be at
work within few days.
Assistant Postmaster Gentle has
been hobblng around all the week
with a badly sprained knee. He is at
his post of duty most of the time but
he gets around with difficulty.
l.. r. Wallerstedt of this city, who
has been travelling for Schcnkberg &
Co. of Sioux City selling groceries,
will go with Lindeke, Warner & Sons
of st, Paul dry goods, on the first of
the year. His headquarters will he at
Mitchell, S. D., but his family will re-
main here until spring at least.
Congressman Mccarthy has intro
duced bill to authorize school dis
tricts within the limits of an Indian
reservation, wishing TO locate school
houses on an Indian allotment to ac-
Quire title to not over an acre of land.
| It seems in many cases schools in Ne
braska in such locations cannot get
| the title and as a result cannot secure
insurance.
The Logan Valley protective asso-
citation of Concord, Dixon county, has
been organized for the purpose of pur
suing, capturing and prosecuting
thieves and the recovery of stolen
property. The company has incorpo.
rated with a capital stock of $4,000.
The incorporators are John f. Han
son, Gus Peterson, II. J. Olson, A.
Emil Nilsson and l.. H. Neuermann.
| Eugene Wheeler of near Pierce, hav-
ing purchased farm near Fairfield, in
the southern part of the state, shipped
two cars of household goods and farm
ing implements and stock Tuesday, ac-
| cOmpaned by two sons. Today Mr..
and Mrs. Wheeler leave for their new
| home. They are highly esteemed peo-
Die of the Pierce neighborhood and a
host of friends wish them success in
| their new home.
| The Baptist congregation will have
business meeting after the prayer
service this evening to consider the
calling of Rev. Mr.. Cantwell of st.
Paul to the pastorate of the church
! here. A full attendance of all those
interested is requested. Rev. Sprague.
the pastor at large for the state Bap-
tist work. will again preach next Sun
day, and probably continue until a To-
cal resident pastor is secured.
The Christmas rush of package
sending has already commenced and
both the postoffice and the express
employees are busy as bees forwarding
the piles of Christmas gifts to their
destination. The express Office now
remains open each evening until 8
o'clock to accommodate Christmas
shippers, and will remain open until
that hour until after the holidays. 1t
is advisable to send packages early to
insure reaching their destination on
time.
The Liberty Bellies, which appear at
the Auditorium this evening, is with
out question the finest attraction that
has appeared in Norfolk this season,
with the one exception of the Prince
of Pilsen. 1t is an unusually high
class musical comedy and will prove
| DleaSing to the Norfolk audience to-
night The writer saw the piece in
Lincoln on Thanksgiving night, where
it played in the Oliver to a packed
house. and he was satisfied that it is
Norfolk's kind of theatrical enter
| tainment.
The recent state corn growing and
corn cooking contest for boys and
girls has stirred up the youth in many
Nebraska counties where corn can