The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-12-21

NNoN'lNuN Nh'lt Blu ll'N mlh H. lAglfe
and both went to Omaha.
Nick bund Of Battle Creek was hero
yesterday visiting with W. M. Beck
and doing some Christmas shopping.
Mrs. u. W. Fleetwood and children
left this noon for Sioux city where
she will visit with her parents and
attend the wedding of her niece.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Beck and two
children went to Neigh today noon
whore they will visit with Mrs. Bccks
parents
Grandpa Rylc has gone to yelling
ton, Kansas, to spend the winter with
his daughter
Mrs. John Taylor and ,sstcr.lnlaw,
Miss Florence, are in Lynch visiting
this week
Mr.. and Mrs Ira Taylor are the
happy parents of a little baby girl
Grandpa Beck, who went up to Bat
tie Creek about week ago to spend
the winter with his daughter, IL quite
sick
Bert Bonner took the noon train for
Chicago yesterday on business con.
ncctod with the Brotherhood of Loco
motive flrcmon.
Engineer WIN Dean has taken
sixty days layof and intends going to
Idaho.
The train boys reported n light fall
Of snow In Long Pine yesterday.
The workmen are all through with
william Bray's house.
Oortwlch 4 Sporn, ice men. have
purchased the lumber with which they
are going to build n large addition to
their ice houses.
Mrs. j. G.. Caldwell who IL visiting
her son B. w. Caldwell has received
the drawnwork table cloth made by
Mrs. M. =. Suffer.
| The fire loss on the u. j. Schorrcgge
property has been promptly settled by
the adjustors and everything has been
made satisfactory.
A union prayer meeting will be held
at the Methodist church this evening
Mt 1880 The motive i'm Evangelism
will be the subject under considera-
ton.
The dance given by the band boys
last night was very enjoyable affair.
|
boys would have liked, but otherwise
It was thorough success.
The Education Review, published at
Center, Knox county, commends the
meeting of the North Nebraska Teach
90 aoouCid,iun which is to be held in
Norfolk April 3, and 8, and predicts
that there will be a big attendance Of
Knox county teachers
Schools of Norfolk will close Friday
afternoon for the annual holiday va
cation of two weeks, and Norfolk
school children are already planning
for fun during that fortnight The
University of Nebraska vacation be-
gins Saturday and will continue for
two weeks.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany is rebuilding its line from Mer-
riman, Neb,. to DeadwoOd. Fred Koer-
Der of Norfolk has charge of the work.
AS soon as the work of rebuilding from
Valentine 70 Norman war completed,
that district having been damaged by
the early winter storm, orders were
received to carry on the reconstruction
work into the Black Hills.
Plans for the Christian church build
ing, which is to be erected at the cor
ner of Sixth street and Park avenue,
: were received yesterday by DR.. o. Il.
Meredith and the bids will be adver-
: tised for soon. The plans and speci-
e fications were designed by a church
architect in New York The plans
were to have been here by the first OF
November but failed to arrive on
schedule time so that the work has
been much delayed.
NJ w. Burrell of Riverton. Wyo.,
passed through Norfolk on the noon
train enroute to Kansas City, where
l. he Is going to spend the holidays. Mr..
Burrell drew allotment No. T. He
says he has one of the best claims in
the Shoshone country one mile from
Riverton, Wyo. He says he has been
offered $4,000 for his claim just as it
" stands. Riverton has nearly 1000 peo-
pie and is growing all the time. Mr..
Burrel seems to think that Riverton
will be the coming city of that coun-
+ try. 1t now contains five good stores
and people are building homes for
! themselves as fast as they can get
/ carpenters to do the work
|. The following call for a meeting of
u government ownership clubs, as out
U lined in these columns some days ago,
> has just been issued; The under
signed, provisional president and Sec
u rotary of the Nebraska Government
e Ownership league, hereby call a mass
o convention of the friends and advo-
Gates of government ownership of pub
J. lie utilities, and particularly of rail.
Il roads Said convention will be held
l. in the Paxton hotel, in Omaha, on the
27th day Of December 1906, at
II o'clock p. m. Every elector in Nebras-
u ka, regardless of political affiliations
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