The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-07-27

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Eighth street.
II. c. Matrau left at noon today for
Chicago, where he goes to attend a
meeting of agents from the larger
cities of the Northwestern system.
The meeting will be held tomorrow in
the general Offices.
While playing ball yesterday Irwin
Barnes was hit on the end of the
thumb by an in-shoot that ripped that
member open and caused a painful
though not serious wound. 1t will not
disable him so that he will be unable
to play at Neigh next Friday.
The Norfolk Brownies are circulat-
ing a subscription paper for the pur-
pose of clearing off the diamond north
OF the city. The boys promise that
they will have some good games on
in few weeks and deserve a liberal
subscription.
The last Shoshoni special train
passed through the city last night GO
ing east, the one of Sunday morning
being the last to go west Hereafter
passengers for that town will have to
take the Black Hills train leaving Nor
folk at 8 p. m.
The Black Hills excursion of the
Omaha business men will leave Omaha
at 8 O'Clock this evening, passing
through Norfolk during the night and
reaching Valentine tomorrow morning
in time for breakfast. During the re-
mainder Of the trip they will make.
stops of few minutes at every sta
tion in western Nebraska and the
Black Hills.
At session of the board of insan-
ity at Fremont Mrs. Irwin Pollock. wife
of Conductor Pollock of the North
western, was found to be fit subject
for the insane asylum has been sent
to Norfolk. Mrs. Pollock attempted
to end her life on Friday by cutting
her throat with razor. She has suf-
fered from mental trouble since the
birth Of her child two months ago
Some excitement has been caused at
Hooper by the disappearance of ]. B.
Lane, letter carrier on route No. 2,
out of that place. Lane returned from
his trip without delivering all of the
mail Friday and remarked something
was the matter with his head. A sub
stitute was provided for him. Then
he disappeared. He was seen later
wandering through cornfield in the
country. A searching party followed
him, but could not locate him. He is
thirty-two years Of age and single.
Mrs. R. w. Mills died yesterday at
| the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Overocker, at Fairmont, Neb Mrs.
Mills went to Fairmont about month
ago and was taken ill with heart trou-
Bile. She has been growing gradually
weaker and the children were sent for
| last Thursday. Mrs. Mills was a men,
ber of the Norfolk post of the w. r.
c. and leaves hosts of friends to
mourn her loss. She was the wife of
Robert w. Mills, the old soldier who
lost his eyesight few years ago while
working at his trade.
Material Il on the ground and work
is already started on the erection Of
new up town freight depot by the
| Chicago and Northwestern. 1t will be
large and modern, and will be located
east and a little south of the depot
which burned last winter This will
give room for the erection of q pas
senger station such as was proposed
by the railroad company some time
ago, provided the city accepts the
proposition, but if not then it is likely
that the depot now being put up will
be all that Norfolk will get.
| Attorney H. F. Barnhart was quite
badly injured in a runaway yesterday
afternoon. He had started to drive to
Hoskins and when mile out of town
something gave way about the harness,
causing the pole of the buggy to drop
to the ground. This so frightened the
horses that they started to run, and
the buggy was overturned, throwing
Mr.. Barnhart to the ground. He was
just recovering from a sprained ankle,
and this was again injured and he
was badly bruised generally, although
no bones were broken and it is not
believed that his injuries will prove
serious. He was brought back to town
and given medical attention.
Two trains passed through the city
last night, one at o'clock and the
other at 9:3O, carrying the twenty-fifth
infantry, their horses and accoutre-
ments from Ft. Niobrara Forty.six
cars were required to transport the
outfit, there being two standard sleep
ers, eleven tourist cars, five baggage
cars, twenty-five box cars and three
standard stock cars. Verify, the move
ment of an army is no small job. At
Omaha, the two trains will be made
into three, and each transported sep
arately to its destination, Caredo, Ell
Paso and Brownville, Texas. The
abandonment of FIT. Niobrara is Sc
rious blow to the country near Valen-
tine.
An unusually large crowd of people
attended the funeral of Ralph Braasch
which was held at o'clock yesterday