The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-31

road west or NOriOlk, grazing up mat
thoroughfare preparatory to graveling
II.
II. G. Sattler Is adding TO his series
of warehouses and barns another
large barn on Madison avenue, be.
tween Firth and Sixth streets.
On the lowlands in this section
there was a very light frost yesterday
morning. The weather has warmed
since then. A light rain fell during
the night last night
NJ Mihills has shipped fine blood.
ed pig to the Iowa state fair. He was
too late with his application to get a
pen at the Nebraska state fair, but
will have some of his stock on exhibit
tion at the tri-state fair In Sioux City.
Four bird dogs belonging to Nor
folk sportsmen arrived in the city yes.
terday from O'Neill, where they had
been under a trainers care. The ami.
mails belong to Judge j. B. Barnes,
DR.. p. II. Salter, Jack Larkin and G..
Il. Hartford.
John Rays horse ran away last
evening, the band on the street having
frightened the animal He ran for a
considerable distance but Mr. Ray held
him fast. Then the horse began
plunging and rearing. He stood up
on his hind legs and in coming down
turned his head In such way as to
run the shaft into his eye. The eye
was put out and the horse almost
screamed with pain.
N. NJ. Cronin of Lincoln passed
through Norfolk TODAY enroute to
Butte, where he goes to represent the
Nebraska Teacher in a county teach
ers's institute that is to be held there
this week Mr.. Cronin is a teacher
in the Lincoln high school. The insti-
tute at Butte begins tomorrow. G. A.
Manville is county superintendent, and
instructors will be C. Il. Claus and b.
+. Smell. Ninety teachers are needed
in the county Mr.. Cronin was highly
impressed with Norfolk. This is
about the livellest business city of its
size | have seen," he said this morn
ing, "and any city in the country could
be proud of the Norfolk postoflice,"
Work on the two new steel bridges
over the Northfork river a mile and
a half north of Norfolk on First street,
is progressing nicely The steel is all
up on the north bridge and work was
begun yesterday on the south bridge.
A foreman was sick for several days,
which delayed work somewhat, but
now the force of nine men are busily
engaged in resuming work on the
south of the two bridges.
Arthur T. Ransom of Greencastle,
Ind, died at the home of his brother,
j. w. Ransom in this city last night.
The deceased arrived in Norfolk Il
week ago, accompanied by his wife
and daughter eight years of age.
He was forty-three years of age and
Is survived by widow and two daugh-
ters. The remains will be shipped
back to Indiana for burial. He took
cold in Norfolk and pneumonia caused
his death.
Oscar Richey, street commissioner
was acquitted in the sidewalk case.
The jury found verdict in his favor
at late hour in the day. This was
the case in which the city street com
missioner tore up sidewalk on the
property of Brac Hight, North Tenth
street, under instructions of Mayor
Friday, who declared the walk was in
a dangerous condition. Mr.. Hight
brought complaint for the wilful de-
struction of property because he had
received no notice that the sidewalk
had ever been condemned. County
Attorney Koenigstein filed the com
plaint and prosecuted it, while City
Attorney Weatherby defended the
street commissioner. The jurors were
L. b. Kaufman, August Brummund
and DR.. C. f. w. Marquardt. No rec
ord of condemnation proceedings
against the walk could be found by
the city clerk in his record, but the
mayor insists that the walk was con
demued by the council at one time.
A band was organized in Norfolk
| last night There are twenty-three
players in the organization to start
with, and there are prospects of forty
before the season is finished The en-
thusiasts met at the city hall last
night and decided to organize and tc
give band concert within the next
two weeks for the purpose of demon
strating to the people of Norfolk thai
the local talent can make good music
On the strength of this concert the
band will then ask subscriptions from
the business interests of the city, Sc
that a leader may be employed. Th'
twenty-three original members are al
good readers of music so that it vii
be a short time until they can produc,
a first class concert. In viii Ali
mann's safe there is music to the val
ne of 5000 which has never yet beel
opened, and some of these new piece
will be played in Norfolk. The ban,
men hope that the Norfolk busines
interests will subscribe to the ban,
fund so that the leader can be en-
ployed
STEAMBOAT EXCURSION.