The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-09-15

X = Williams Of Wayne met fve
brothers who had assembled for tho
first time since the war. In which they
all fought In the Twcnty.third Iowa in
fnntry. Thcy were enlisted from Des
Moincs Their names were John. Low.
Is, benjamin, Francis and Emmanuel
Young.
j. II. Van Horn, who returned Sat
urday evening from the c. A. Il. on
campmont nj Denver. brought home
with him u valuable bronze souvenir.
10000 of which wcro made and pre-
scented to the old soldiers by a wealthy
! Denver resident Mr. Van Horn was
offered $50 for his souvenir, but re.
fused the offer.
The committee representing the
commercial club Of Norfolk, appointed
TO meet the railroad freight managers
In nn CndCavur to secure n more ia
vornblc freight rate for this city. left
this morning for Omaha where they
Will confer today with railroad ON
cinls In the hope of securing a rate
| Those who went were w. NJ Robert
| N'il' ~ Nh'll' NN'lls 'Es - lIlUEt anu
w. N. IIusc Mr.. IIusc was appointed
as substitute for H. G.. Sattlcr who
found II impossible TO 20. G. D. Jen.
kins IL also n member OF the committee
but because Of invoicing at home he
was unable to attend
The Elks at their meeting held Sat
urday night, voted to accept the prop
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viscd clause. for the greater portion
of the second story of the building
which he is now erecting at the corner
of Norfolk avenue and Fifth street.
The lease, If made, will be binding for
eight years. The term of lease will
begin May I, 1906 The second story
TO the building will be added only be-
cause Of the Elks' lease. The new
| quarters, MS now contemplated, will
| be directly across the street from the
old, and will have both n Norfolk av-
cnuc entrance and an alley entrance.
There was little general interest in
| Norfolk over the result of the Britt
! Nelson fight Saturday afternoon and
| the crowd around the special wire
which received the reports from the
ringsidc was small AT all times. The
betting here was not so ono.sidcd as
II was even at the ringsidc, and Nor
folk sports may be given credit for
having n better hunch as to the out.
come than some Of those who were
on hand for the fray. While the odds
favored Britt 10 to 7 at the ring, the
betting was about even in Norfolk
and it almost entirely favored Nelson
among those who heard the reports
coming off the wire.
Gene IIuse had an interesting expe-
rionco on the Rosebud reservation last
week, where he had gone hunting
| Wearing n Nebraska university cadet
uniform the belt of which Is like that
of regular soldier and carrying
! for a drink. The rancher became
frightened evidently, at the sight OF
the uniform. Asked casually as to
how long he had been away from home
for he had just returned from trip
he replied i'm an excited tone of
voice that he had only been gone but
day or two "What are you going
to do with this claim" was asked, as
a matter of curiosity. ooh, that is for
every man TO decide for himself" said
| the rancher, who then hurried into the
house and shut the door.
State Journal 81 have handled the
biggest express business from the state
fair that the company ever moved"
said Agent Morris Of the American
Express company yesterday. at the
end of the fair a great deal of live
stock is sold and this is delivered by
express. Along the Northwestern be-
tween Fremont and Norfolk, a great
many hog raisers live, and each year
they come to Lincoln and buy hogs to
improve their stock on the farm. We
handled two hundred hogs out this
year, and the larger number of them
were shipped to the territory between
Fremont and Norfolk. | worked sew
enteen men all last night in handling
this business. and this morning we
sent out three special carloads of ex.
press from the fair"
State Journal 81 believe the re-
ceipts of the fair this year will exceed
the expenses by from 1000 to $4,000"
declared Chairman C, H. Rudge of the
board of managers yesterday after
noon. Several other members of the
board estimated the probable profits
by almost the same figures as those
quoted by Mr. Rudge. 1t seems prob
able that the board may yet find itself
with enough money on hand to put un-
der way several much needed improve
ments on the grounds, and have
enough left over to see the next fair
comfortably started. Just previous to
the closing of the fair Friday evening
it was hardly hoped that the board
would find itself much more than even,
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