The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-19

tnHfltS NtIPCke hlIlNtu III INOllOlh
1t noon today from Doadwood
Wesley Roberts, the little son of w.
w Roberts who Is suffering with ap
pcndicitis, Is able to sit up,
Miss Mnudc Tannchill, who has
been III with plourisy at stanton for n
week., is expected home tonight
Herman Wlchman of Pierce was
here yesterday to attend the Mclchcr.
Suorn wedding.
A. Il. Wjthorspouu of Omaha, travel.
ing freight agent for the Milwaukee
rond. was IN Norfolk yesterday, look
Ing after business,
The Degree of Honor is preparing
tor installation nONt week.
Fat Carborry was still very low this
morning, though stll alive.
The Elhs will entertain at a card
party In the club rooms tonight
Charles Gorockc has given up his
position with DCadwood shoe firm
and will arrive in Norfolk tomorrow.
His future plans are not as yet known
to his family and friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Contos of Ne
ligh arrived in Norfolk yesterday to
make their future home here. Mr.
Contois will have the position of as
sistant manager in the Singer Sewing
machine office.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Tanner have just
moved into their new house at South
Norfolk and thirty young people were
invited in the other night for the
hOusewarminE. There was dancing.
games, music and other features of
pleasure, mt the end Of which deli
cious supper was served.
Miss Oral Darby, the young woman
who was injured some time ago while
jumping from a moving train in Nor
folk, Is now able to be ont on the
street She will leave Norfolk prob
ably tomorrow for Spencer, where she
viii return for n short visit before go
ms ON to her homo at Ottumwa, South
Dakota.
Grand Master Workman O. ]. Van
dyke has written to Fred Koerber of
this city announcing that he will be
in Norfolk to attend Il meeting of the
A. o. u. w lodge ON the night of
Tuesday. January %. Plans are be-
ing made for special attendance and
it Is hoped by the local lodge mem
bers that Grand Master Workman Van
dyke will be given good welcome.
]. b. Barnes, jr, who arrived in
Norfolk from Casper yesterday, for
a visit with his parents. Judge and
Mrs. Barnes, says that frost and lack
of men has delayed the Northwestern
railroads building operations from
Casper to the Shoshone reservation.
The road Is built now about forty-three
miles out of Casper and the destina-
ton is over 100. A movement is now
IN foot to postpone the opening on
this account.
stephen Storll. the well known Mad
isOn county farmer, has more relatives
than he can count on Christmas day
there were hfty-two relatives, all chill
dron or grandchildren or grcat.grand
children, at his house for dinner.
There were three tables of men and
three tables of women, and then each
table had a second dinner so that there
were, in all, six different tablesful for
the meal, The guests slept on the
floor that night
The Elkhom Life and Accident in
surance company of Norfolk Is now
busily engaged in preparing it's annual
report to the state department. The
Company's increase in business during
the past year has been very satisfac-
tory, as is shown by the fact that the
ledger assets today are three times
what they were year ago. The in
surance in force has doubled within
the past year, the premium income for
the year having been more than $f3,.
900. The total claims in 1905 were
$S,O0042, including $412 dividends to
policy holders. The rest was for death
and accident losses. There has al.
ways been money on hand to pay all
claims, and there Is still nice sur
plus over all liabilities.
Harry Wright is now able to walk
about up town with the use of a cane.
His feet have recovered in fine shape
from the effects of the wounds which
he received in the fall from a tele-
phone cable at Beatrice and his wrist,
which was broken in eight places, Is
healing so that he will not even suf-
fer with stiff" wrist. He says that
in the accident 1t is possible that, had
he held to the cable, he could have
saved himself the fall, but the instant
the rope broke and his helper began
to drop, Harry reached for the fellow
in an effort to save him. This over
balanced them both and they both
dropped to the pavement, where the
helper was killed. Mr.. Wright says
that in falling he only had one idea
in his mind-that he must remain as
limp as possible. He threw himself
out of the path of his mate in order
not to light on the other. Not a word
was spoken by the two as they
lrODDpi and thara ,Vog ~, c,rc,t;o,,