The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-07


Pierre.
Mr. and Mrs Jack Koenigstein broke
camp yesterday after several weeks
outing on the Elkhorn river.
Miss Ange Wilkinson has resigned
her position as clerk in the Johnson
dry goods store, and expects to leave
soon for California.
The Norfolk police are looking for
man who is charged with having
stolen u case of fine samples from
Nels Hansen, a commercial traveller.
1t is thought that the man has been
located
Among the first Bryan "home folks"
to return to Nebraska were T. II. Por.
ter of Omaha, western correspondent
for the New York Herald; p. E. Nc.
killip of Humphrey and Dan Stephens
of Fremont.
Miss Bertha l.. Randall, daughter
of Charles A. Randall of Newman
Grove, will be married at that place
tomorrow to Robert =. Pierson, as
sistant cashier in the First National
bank at that place, of which Mr.. Ran
dali is president
Edward G. Gay, organizer in Norfolk
of the Royal Achates lodge, who was
suddenly called east by the illness of
his mother, writes to friends here
that his mother died before he reached
home. Mr.. Gay will not be back in
Norfolk for a week.
There was considerable local in.
terest here in Norfolk over the Cans.
Nelson fight last night and crowd
surrounded the bulletins that were re-
ceived in the Buffet. Interest was in.
creased when the fight kept going for
so many more rounds than had been
anticipated. Nelson was the general
favorite here and it was thought that
he would win because Cans had lost
some strength by training down to
weight The decision on foul did
not bring much satisfaction to the
local fight fans, because it was lack
ing in clear cut victory.
People living on Madison avenue
between Third and Fifth streets, or
south of Madison avenue on Third
and Fourth streets, are today expert
encing considerable inconvenience be-
cause of lack of city water. due to
repairs which had to be made. The
water will be turned on again tonight.
The theatrical season opened for
the year in the Norfolk Auditorium
last night with the William II. West
minstrels, and the first night proved
a success in every way. The theatre
was crowded with people who had
not seen a show for several months,
through the hot summer, and they
were delighted with the minstrel pro-
duction. The company is clever and
kept the audience laughing from the
rise to the fall of the curtain. Among
the more popular of the new songs
which were sung WERE "a Silver
Thread Among the Gold" by William
Renaud, who has a beautiful soprano
voice seldom owned by man;
Preacher and the Bear" by Billy
Graham" Waiting at the Church."
and He's an Indian" by George Van.
The company was nicely costumed,
the music was all catchy and clever
and many of the jokes were new and
rich. 1t was by far the best minstrel
show ever seen in Norfolk and, if the
Auditorium management will continue
to put on shows of equal quality, the
theater will undoubtedly receive a
generous patronage all through the
coming year.
Leigh World: Another party of sur
veyOrs are now engaged in making a
branch to be built by the Union Paci-
fic from Fremont to Tarnov, and which
crosses ColfaX county striking the east
line of the county near the junction of
the two Maple creeks, going in a
northwestern direction and entering
Platte county at a point about five
1t is supposed that the re-survey will
settle the exact location of the road,
and the men making it were, last Fri
day and Saturday, working in the
of the Dodge-ColfaX
county line. There seems to be little
doubt about the line being built and
as soon as the re-survey is made we
expect to see steps taken to purchase
the right-of-way, and as we said some
weeks ago, it would not surprise us
to see work on it's construction COM
mence this fall. We shall try and
keep posted on the progress made and
report to our readers from time to
time. The building of the new road
will be a great thing for the farmers
of the central part of the county who
are far from town. Not alone will it
give them a closer market, but it will
add much to the value of their lands.
1t will take some trade from the other
towns of the country, but in the end
will be for the good of a large number
of our people, and those who may be
injured by its building should look
upon it in that light. 1t will be a pay
ing proposition for the Union Pacific
as it passes through some of the best
farm sections of the state.