The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

agent at Pierce and quite well known
In Norfolk, has been transferred from
Pierce to Bristow, moving farther up
on the Bonesteel branch. Mr.. Bronze
has been at Pierce for six years.
Friday brought electric lights to the
Union depot which for something like
twenty years has been paying toll to
the coal oil magnates. An arc light
Is also to be placed near the south
end Of the depot platform.
On next Monday evening Norfolk
people who are interested In Sunday
school work and bible study will meet
at the Christian church, where a
teachers training class will be organ
lied. The class represents new line
Of bible work in Norfolk, Is interde-
nominational and starts with a men,
bership Of about forty.
The two carloads Of apples shipped
from Norfolk several weeks ago prov
ed to represent the seasons exporta-
ton of apples but also represent a
mark in the development Of the or
chards Of the vicinity. Only last year
the first carload of apples ever shipped
out Of Norfolk was hauled away to
outside markets. This year one car
was shipped to Sioux City and one to
Sutton.
A committee representing the state
normal board in the investigation Of
the charges against Prof. ]. w. Scar
son of the Peru normal has gone to
Auburn, where the Searson trial is on
in the district court. Mr.. Searson Is
charged with attempted assault on one
Of his pupils, Miss Katharine Hudson.
Prof Searson Is we'll known in north
Nebraska and spoke at the last teach
ers' convention in this city. Miss
Hudson was elected to a position In
the Norfolk schools last spring but
did not accept Educational men in
this section of the state look for Scar
sons acquittal.
Northwestern officials in Norfolk
will have happy Thanksgiving If the
prediction of the depot contractor Is
| fulfilled. The latest word on the COM
pletion Of the new uptown passenger
depot Is that it will be finished in
about two weeks, in plenty of time
for happy Thanksgiving for the rail
road men who have had to contend
with box car quarters for many
months past. 1t was with Thanksgiv-
| ing in mind that the contractor has
been bending his efforts to finish the
depot. The Northwestern has been
using the new depot platform during
in getting into the new structure at
| the earliest possible moment.
Ernest Raasch has a pony that he
considers a wonder. The pony will
lead another animal from almost any
| farm west of town. The other day it
led a colt from Hadar to the family
farm and recently it has led a cow a
long distance, to the proper stable.
Mr.. Raasch says he doubts If there is
another pony in the county that can
do this.
Tilden Citizen: Fife Scovell met
with a peculiar mishap on Monday
which necessitated the assistance of
specialist in throat trouble to rem
edy. The girl was using her teeth to
pull sand burr from her mitten and
inhaling, swallowed the burr, which
lodged in the vocal chords. All eff
forts to remove the prickly substance
were unsuccessful and the girl was
taken to Omaha on the following
morning. DR.. Owen, the oculist and
aurist, worked for an hour or more
before he was able to dislodge the
burr, but eventually he succeeded in
removing every particle from the
tissue in which it was imbedded and
the girl returned home but little the
worse for her unpleasant experience.
Fred Marshall the popular Knox
county superintendent who tried for
the Office of clerk of the district court
at Tuesdays election, was pretty badly
defeated by Ben Saunders, the present
democratic clerk and one of the
strongest campaigners in north Ne
braska. Marshall is well known in
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educational circles in north Nebraska.
Marshall this fall had refused to stand
for county superintendent again and
was placed on the ticket for district
clerk after a vacancy. Here he met
a prejudice that seems to exist against
Changing Offices" At the north Ne
braska teachers convention in Nor
folk last spring Marshall was men,
toned for the presidency of the asso-
citation. At that time he was vice-pres-