The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-28

hello to some of the boys Saturday
A. II. Beaton and family left Sun
day noon for Ames, Iowa, to spend
the next two weeks with relatives.
Engine 1928, one of the engines
which was in the wreck near Aims
worth passed through here Saturday
going to the shops. The boiler was
loaded on one car, the tank on another
and the rest on "A large coal car of
Train No. is carrying three bag
gage cars which are loaded every trip
with Christmas presents.
The pupils of the Sunday school of
the Second Congregational church,
gave a program Friday evening to
large audience. After the program
Santa Claus presented each with a
present from the Christmas tree
Among the numbers was an Grafton
rendered by Ed Fisher entitled, "a
Convicts Christmas" and two solos
by Preston Ogden, which were loudly
applauded.
Leo Williams, who has been at In
man working, came home this neon to
spend Christmas with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. p. Pippen.
Frank Potras, who has been at Ere
mont attending school, is home to
spend Christmas with his parents.
Announcement is made of the COM
ing marriage of Adolph Nenow to Miss
n hot Of oil hn
wedding will be January 3.
The Nye, Schneider, Fowler COM
pany of Fremont are following the
new Northwestern railroad extension
right on out into the Rosebud reserva-
ton with an extension to their line of
elevators.
The Wayne Herald has again
changed hands, Elmer Lundberg, for
merly editor of the Carroll Index, hav-
ing purchased the plant on Saturday.
Mr.. Lundberg is Wayne county man
and a good newspaper man.
Export business is already being Gre
ated at towns on the new extension of
the Northwestern. At st. Charles
there are said to be three cars of flax
and two cars of wheat ready for ship
ment
The Elks of Norfolk lodge, CAB, will
give their regular annual birthday ball
on Friday evening, January %, 1907.
Arrangements are being perfected to-
ward making this one of the prettiest
parties of the season and an effort
will be made to induce as many out
side members of the lodge to be pres
ent as is possible.
The annual meeting of the North
| Nebraska Live Stock Protective asso-
citation will be held, as provided by the
constitution, on Saturday, January -,
in the city hall at Norfolk, for the
purpose of electing officers for the en-
suing year. The constitution provides
for a meeting on the first Saturday
after the first Monday.
Turkeys have been scarce for Christ
mas eating in many parts of northern
Nebraska, and what there was was sold
readily at twenty cents per pound. AT
! West Point, where there were turkeys
in abundance at Thanksgiving, the
|
ia Claus festivities, and birds had to
be imported. The supply was not
equal to the demand in Norfolk, and
many ate goose who had planned orig.
inally for turkey meat.
On account of so many of the rail
road people being out on their runs
Monday the Christmas service at the
Junction which was to have been held
Christmas eve was given Sunday
night. The program given by the chill
dren was very well rendered as was
the music by the choir. Preston Og
den sang two solos. A Christmas tree
with Ray Hyde acting as Santa Claus
afforded the children much amuse
ment.
w. P. Dixon of this city takes eXcep
ton to the story from the Auditorium
that his thirteen-year-old son was ere
ating any commotion when he wa'
elected by Manager Petersen. Mr.
Dixon says that his son had been of
fered a ticket to help clean up thu
theater and that he was attending thu
door merely as additional accommoda
ton. He says that his boy left thu
building for a moment, during whicl
interval the youth whom he left il
charge of the door allowed several lad
to enter without tickets, The Dixol
boy, he says, was blamed for this b,
the manager, who seized and choke,
him, later kicking him out. This, say
} Mr. Dixon, is why complaint charg
ing assault was sworn out.
5 Patent No. S3S,SS7 has just been is
sued to Henry Nagel and John E. Ma
5 gel of Brunswick, on an improve
/. pump, which is described as follow
d. by the U. s. patent Office Gazette: j
t pump comprising a suction-pipe an
delivery-pipe arranged coaXially an
r an intermediate casing between tn
: suction-pipe and delivery-pipe of lars
er diameter than said pipe and consis
e ing of upper and lower cylinder-head
r and intermediate cylindrical sections
N 10th tho nppar on1 lpWpr SaptiOOC n,