The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-07-06


to visit Ed Bueggeman and Chas, Ahl-
mann at their camp at the mouth OF
the Northfork last night. The boys
stayed till late hour and in coming
home they were thoroughly soaked.
w. w. Young of Stanton was in
Norfolk this morning. He arrived last
night and talked with Norfolk friends
until noon, when he returned to Stan.
ton. Mr.. Young is candidate for the
republican congressional nomination in
this district
A letter has been received from w.
w. Buckley of Pearl City, ILL.,, want
ing details of the death of Thos Knoll,
who committed suicide here few
weeks ago 1t is stated that Pearl City
is his old home and that he lived there
as a boy, and he has many old time
friends there who would like to know
the manner of his death.
Another soaking rain fell over this
section of country at 1 o'clock this
morning. The air had been hot and
sultry all afternoon and evening and
humanity. More than half an inch of
water fell-.65 of an inch, to be exact.
From appearance of the clouds, the
northwest must have got heavy rain,
also.
John Jay Frainey will give a Shakes
pearean lecture-recital at the Audito-
rum this evening, under auspices OF
Sugar City lodge, No. 357, Fraternal
Order of Eagles. Mr.. Frainey comes
highly recommended and Is unques-
tionably one of the brightest platform
speakers who ever greeted Norfolk
audience The proceeds of the lecture,
after paying necessary expenses, will
be turned over to the Woman's club
by the Eagles to be used in the public
library fund.
D. Rees is home after an absence of
about month, working on the govern
ment contract secured by himself and
S. 7. Napier to furnish beef cattle for
Indians. He has just made a delivery
at the Rosebud agency and while he
was away he made quite an extensive
In all he has delivered under his con-
tract about 900 animals and there are
1000 more to deliver yet. He says
that while a government contract is
not now what it once was, yet he be-
lieves he will come out fairly well on
this one.
John King, the colored boy who res.
cued Mrs. Eble from the Northfork
river on Wednesday morning, has been
in Omaha ever since, to which city he
fled Wednesday noon through fear.
He was so overcome with his fright at
the experience that he boarded the
first train out of town. He was afraid
people might think that he had at
tempted to murder Mrs. Eble, and said
he couldn't stay another minute in
Norfolk. He will return this week,
however. He is a colOred man of good
reputation among his race here and
they claim he is entitled to a Carnegie
medal as a hero. He is married, and
has home here.
Railroad trainmen report that the
work of gravelng the Lincoln-Fremont
line of the Northwestern railroad is
proceeding slowly, but the new road
bed, as far as it has been built, is a
hummer, and will insure a fast SER
vice from Lincoln into Fremont. 1t is
said that when the new roadbed is
completed, fast train running the
fifty miles will cover the distance in
,1,i11 lNn ic
sleeper and a through train into
Chicago, to compete with other Lin
coln-C Chicago lines.
Lincoln Evening News: Congress
man Kinkaid of the big Sixth district
will have something to occupy his
time during the summer vacation if
the plans of Judge w. H. Westover
of Rushville do not go awry In let
ters which the latter gentleman has
been mailing to his friends in various
parts of the district and state recent
ly he announces his candidacy for the
fusion nomination for congress and
Solicits the support of those who are
opposed to the principles of the repub-
lican party or dissatisfied with the
record made by Congressman Kinkaid.
Mayor Woods Cones of Pierce ar
rived in Norfolk this morning and
spent some time in looking over the
system used in this city by Water
Commissioner Brummund, in caring
for the subscribers to city water. "Up
at Pierce" said Mayor Cones, during
this dry weather, we have been using
altogether too much water for the
2uount paid for it. We have had
nothing but a fiat rate, and it has been
a losing game for the city. We were
interested in the meter system, and
so / came to Norfolk to get few
pointers" Mr.. Cones is being urged
by Norfolk Elks to join the excursion
party to Denver next month, and he
may decide TO go along.
/ Come in my store and examine the
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