The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-05

Snow fell heavily all day yesterday
over northern Nebraska and southern
South Dakota, and colder tompcra.
turc followed today.
There is a bad hole in the bridge
between the farms of Henry Bctwach.
| ter and Julius Hickman, on the coun-
ty line. which needs repairing.
The managers office of the Norfolk
Business college is now located in
Room No l of the Bishop block. whore
/ Manager Il. Perry can be found.
Alvin Shipman of Rock Rapids,
Iowa, is in the city negotiating for one
of the business establishments of the
town. He likes Norfolk and the pros.
poets are that he will become inter
ested and remain here.
The new transfer warehouse of
Brakeman 4 Coleman is just about
completed II is opposite the North
western city station and helps to fill
in gap in that ncighborhood. II will
be quite a convenience to that firm in
handling their big machinery business
and heavy hardware line.
1t is reported from Alliance that the
Burlington has had much trouble of
late because of box car thieves. These
robbers get into merchandise cars,
throw out goods along the right of way
while night trains are moving, and get.
ting off the train later on, 90 back
along the line and pick up their booty
in "A wagon.
Charles and Otelia Pilger enter
tanned twenty.eight guests last night
at n card party. Miss Meyers of Chi
cago led the ladies and Mis- Helen Mar
quardt was second, while Gus Bley
carried off first honors with the gen
tlemen and John Schelly took the
BOBBY. Refreshments were served and
an enjoyable evening was had.
The board of directors of the Farm
ers Mutual Fire Insurance company
held a business meeting in this city
yesterday, in order to make their an
cOrding to law. The company is re
ported in most prosperous condition
and is a boon to the farmers who are
interested in cheap an1 good insur
anCe
According to the trappers' theory {
mild winter will be the program. TC
date it has proven so but a little late
. the weather man may get on a toot
= The signs of the trappCr are that musl
= rats are building their houses on tol
= of the ground this winter instead o
. under the water as is usually the case
: Trappers say that has not happened
: for several years.
- The physicians are complaining
worse than the reporters about th'
:, distressingly healthful times AM
9 weather that is now on a visit to thi
section of the world. Some of then
, have offered the news hustler a chrc
mo just to stir things up so that some
- body might get a leg broken or an ca
"chawed" off, but the pencil pusher
who are usually rather enterprising il
getting something started, decline t
% be chrome seekers.
Mike Elmore is a Nebraska contract
q or whose specially is building raj
roads. He has just received 5000
= 600 contract on the Gould line eXter
sion from Pittsburg to tidcwater nea
G Newport News, Va. 1t is possible tina
when the to-be-bult Nebraska raj
.. roads get ready to let their contracts
y the eastern firms who have bee
p Knocked out by the western compel
y tiOn will have to be satisfied to talk
a some of the branch lines out in tn
q west where so many are talked of.
The other morning at the NJ. & {
4. station the seats in the waiting roor
n were crowded, when a good lOokin
young woman came in carrying in he
I. arms what she called "her baby" an
gently patting it. A travelling ma
- was on the point of getting up to Civ
g her seat when she uncovered il
head and said: well, you dear littl
q thing you're awake" He noticed tha
ir she was carrying an ornery little do
and kept his seat, very much to he
l. chagrin. She was not a Norfolk cir
# however.
Under the direction of governmer
,p secret service men, II. c. Dale, who
re- cashier of the Stoclmens Nation;
" bank at Rushville, Neb., has been a
rested on a charge of subornation {
a perjury in the land frauds. William
st Smoot, government farmer, appointe
10 under the civil service at the Pin
Ridge agency, has also been taken int
q custody on a charge of subornation {
ID perjury. The arresting officer in bot
+o instances was Deputy Marshal Moor
n Both of the defendants are alleged I
have secured fraudulent homestead e,
o tries for two of the wealthiest catt
m barons in Cherry and Sheridan coul
p. ties. These cattlemen are A. NJ. Mo
n. isett, president Of the Stockmen
bank, and his brother, A. r. Modiset
q a stockholder in the same bank. Da
IF and Smoot were arraigned before Uni