The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-03-16

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he was an operator here for several
years.
Butte Gazette: Clarence A. Dutch.
er was the lucky chap that drew the
contract for carrying the mail between
Butte and stuart, by the way Of Badg
er and lnglcs The contract IN for
four years beginning July I, Clar
once will put on good double RIG
and will be prepared to carry M many
passengers as may wish to 80,
Verdigre Progress Our saloon
men and butchers concluded that now
was the time to get ice If they expect
to get any this winter 80 they went
to Creighton and now every man who
wants II job can get one, Anton Tucr.
kon unlondod three carloads into his
house Monday and Tuesday and Mnly
and Ondracck and Cnlrk Parkhurst
and Vac propok are busy today nlltug
up their houses In all there has boon
ten cars Of ice shipped in here since
Monday making about 900 tons.
Wsncr Chronicle: E. q. Mount of
Norfolk, train master of this division
of the G. n n w. railway was here
to investigate the case of the WSncr
boys who boarded freight train Mt
stanton and rode back one night last
week and set the brakes in order to
enable them to get off at this station.
He obtained the names of the boys.
learned what he could of the matter
and will lay the information before
the proper officers for their considcra
| tion.
Spencer Advocate: Mrs ethel
| Tinsley moved to Norfolk Monday
| Her brother, Arthur Parker went along
to help her get settled. She was also
accompanied by Miss Maud Hoeger
who will continue to make her home
| with her. Mr.. and Mrs. Tinsley have
been residents of Spencer for num-
| bCr of years and make this move only
because it will be more convenient
for Mr.. Tinsley, who is n travelling
man. Their relatives and friends in
| Spencer dislike to see them go but
wish them prosperity.
Monowi News: The location for
the new depot at Norfolk which was
granted by the Norfolk city trustees,
has It's opponents aud the case may
go into the courts. Norfolk, feeling
the need of splendid uptown depot,
| through the act of the city council,
granted Philip avenue to the railroad
company for depot purposes, which
1 Il toll al, ll,t a.,
the public. The opponents now claim
it is against the best interests of the
city to have Philip avenue closed and
will fight the proposition in the courts.
| Clearwater Record: Richard f..
Marwood is said to have constructed
for his personal use n wheelbarrow
that is n mechanical wonder. Those
who have been fortunate enough to
obtain a glimpse of the wonderful de-
vice say that the like of it was never
seen in the land before. A ncighbor
claims that the machine performs n
great deal of labor, such as feeding
cattle, milking cows, etc, but 1t has
one bad habit, that of sucking eggs.
| He also requests us to warn our towns
men against allowing their children
TO play in the streets, for Mr.. Mar
wood sometimes uses the wheclbar-
row as an automobile and the car
goes at such a terrific rate that they
might be in danger.
Verdigre Progress : Tuesday even
ing Richard Chart, living on the ri.
kalsky farm southwest of here, came
to town on horseback and tied his
horse on the street. While In town
he met two men who claimed they
were from Bonesteel and wished to
| go out in the country near Richling
Mills, and asked him if he lived in
that direction. He informed them that
he did, but as he was with n horse
he could not very well take them out
with him. Shortly afterwards he got
ready to go home and discovered his
horse was gone. He Immediately
made a search for the two men, and
made the discovery that they were
also among the missing. He was
| forced to walk home, and the next
morning he and his brother traced the
horse and two men about eleven miles
southwest of here, where they lost all
track of them. Postal cards were
printed yesterday and sent broadcast
all over the state in the hopes of ap
pretending the thieves
"Hesper," the realistic story of the
Rockies from the graphic pen of Ham
lin Garland, which began in Satur'
days News and will continue each
Saturday until the end, is perhaps the
best serial story that has ever been
printed in a Nebraska newspaper
Hesper is the story of a New York
society woman who went to Colorado
with her invalid brother. Most OF
the action takes place in a mining
camp where a strike reaches such pro
portions as to require the interven
ton of United States troops. Hespel
meets the hero, a young man who haC