The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
BUSY WEEK At NEIGH
TERMS OF COURT FOR NINTH DIS.
TRlcT ANNOUNCED.
sTRAIGHTENING UP SURVEYS
U. S. Examiner is at Work Overhaul
ing the Surveys Of the Western Part
Of the state-A Busy Week Socially
at Neigh.

at Neigh.
Neigh, Neb., Jan. T. Special to
The News: Frank Cool and family
are visiting at the home of T. p. Nc
Carly in this city. Last Saturday
while Mr.. McCool was working around
a sausage machine at Harrington, his
right hand was caught and injured,
making the amputation of his fingers
necessary
Mrs. II. 4. Parshall of Waterloo. Ia,
who was dangerously injured a short
time ago by an accident i'm the elevat-
or of a department store in that city,
arrived in Neigh this week, accompa-
MED by her daughter, Miss EiIie. Mrs.
Parshall is far from recovered and
will remain here for some time under
treatment of her brother DR.. A. f.
Conery
Terms of court for the Ninth judi
cial district have been announced by
Judge Boyd for the year 1907 as fol
lows: Antelope county, April 10, No
vember Ii; Madison, April /, Novem-
Der 25; Pierce, March Is, September
90. Wayne March A, December g.
The jury will report on the second
Monday of each term. The law makes
it imperative to set the terms of this
court the first of the year and, while
Judge Boyd cannot fill all these dates,
yet it was necessary for him to make
them.
Marriage licenses have been issued
by the county judge as follows: Her
man Henry Venticher of Elgin and
Anna Johanna Thiele of Clearwater;
Myron NJ Farley of Neigh and Tilla
Bedkee of Neigh (the address of this
couple as given by parties who know
them is Norfolk, Neb); Levi Jensen
of Creighton and Dora Brokaw of
Plainview.
N. B. Sweitzer, L. S. examiner of
surveys, and two assistants, Antony
Vitale and John Tufts, who have been
stationed in Niobrara for nearly five
years, have made their headquarters
here and will proceed to overhaul the
old and in some cases, fraudulent sur
veys made in western Nebraska in
early days. AS this country is fast set
Ting up and land values increasing
both old and new settlers wish to
know where they are at. Roads can
not be built, groves planted or perma-
nent improvements established for the
reason that in many cases in and ad
jacent to the sandhills, few if any
corners of the public land surveys can
be located. Vast areas of western
Nebraska are now undergoing the re
location of old and obliterated corners
under Mr.. Sweitzer's directions. Many
complicated questions have arisen in
the past, especially the Fort McPher
son and the Ponca Indian reservation
re-surveys, which were recently adjust
ed after nearly fifteen years of litiga
ton. These re-locations, following the
decisions of the supreme court locate
the corners in the locus of the old ones
which have disappeared or where ne
corners have ever been placed, accord
ing to the old field notes, so that ole
settlers will not be disturbed in theil
holdings. Judge Boyd in his wise de
cisions in the Ponca case, has mate
rally aided in the happy adjustment
of these complicated resurveys.
Social.
In keeping with the festal spirit OF
the season, the young people have
been enjoying a series of evening par
ties of late, generally for the enter
tainment of college stduents and ole
classmates who are at home to spenC
vacation. Two delightful parties were
held Saturday and Monday evenings
the former given by Miss Georgif
Fletcher and the latter by Miss Netti'
Wattles at their respective homes.
New Years eve the Logos club en-
tertaned their husbands at an eigh
course progressive dinner at the spa
cious home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Wolfe. Dinner was served at 1880
and for two and one-half hours all en-
ioyed delicious menu, intersperset
with toasts. Mrs. j. E. Wilder, il
sprightly fashion, gave toast to "Ou
Husbands" to which j. j. Melck re
sponded in dignified manner, Mrs
Carl Roben proposed a toast to GU
Babies" the greatest of all which sh'
convinced to be the big baby, who
when he came home, always opened
the door with this query, Where
mammal" and wore such a forlorn ant
forsaken manner if mamma chance'
to be out of town for a few days. tt
this N. d. Jackson responded in hi
usual happy manner. c. A. Hewitt
proposed a toast to the Logos Bach
elor Girl" which was responded to b.
Miss Amanda Willie, which was haI
died in a mastery manner and wa
the hit of the evening. Mrs. W.
Whittemore gave toast to Our AL
sent Member, Mrs. Best" She brief
sketched the life of the club and tn
inestimable help Mrs. Best had bee
during the seven years she had bee
president, paying a high tribute t
her worth as a woman and club men
Der. Mrs. F. G. Auringer proposed
toast to "Our Husbands New Year
l.