The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-01-25

Of lladdOn llall' will he presented by
the well known actress, Alberta Gal
latin, and an excellent company
Robert Updike of Omaha was in the
city over night.
r. Martollo of Lowell, Mass, who Is
| suffering with dropsy at the home of
his daughter Mrs. c. H. Groesbcclt,
Is seriously i'll and the attending ply.
stefan said last night that he can not
| recover.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II Buttcrneld left
yesterday noon for California TO spend
the winter. They were joined at Oma.
ha by Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Butter
field of Chicago, who accompanied
them on the trip.
Irwin Barnes arrived in the city yes
terday from Rapid CITY, S, D., to visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs w. J..
| Barnes. The prairlcs Of South Dakota
were so free from snow that Mr.
| Barnes turned his horses out to get
grass for themselves during his visit
to Norfolk.
Louis Hcckendorf has letter an
nouncing that his sister, Miss Joseph
Inc IIcckendorf, died January 10 at
Diggns, Mo. She was also sister
Of Mrs, II. G. Heieman, formerly of
this city but now Of Lincoln.
Herman Koch, who has been run.
ming an extra on the main line Of n
western railroad, Is home for few
days. In speaking OF the enormous
traffic over the western line he stated
that fourteen passenger trains fire.
quently with two to four sections, were
run daily and including extras FIRE.
QuCntly fifty to sixty freight trains
were run and all these over u single
track. MY running orders" contn-
ued Mr. Koch, "the other day com
PEELED me to get into the clear in less
| than a minute at way station to let
"A passenger train go laundering past
at mile minute. If the least hitch
had occurred | never could have got
a llagman far enough out to prevent
an accident A fellow gets "A bunch
of running orders so thick with doz-
en- trains to look out for in getting
twenty miles and when you have only
one minute more than your running
time to make n siding before a fast
train whizzes past it keeps fellow
from going to sleep"
About fifty of the friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Koerber surprised them last
night at their home with granite
shower Mr.. and Mrs. Koerber, who
were married in Omaha on Christmas.
returned Saturday evening from their
wedding trip, which included visits at
Chicago and Madison, Wis. and the
event of last evening was in the ma
ture of welcome home. High five
was the game of the evening and the
contests were aggressive and inter
esting Miss Nora Burnett won the
iirst lady's prize on Il cut with Miss
Lucy Schatfer, while Miss Dugan took
the BOBBY prize for ladies'. There was
u strong contest among the gentlemen
for first prize, Matt Schaffer, VIII Stat
ford, Walter Recroft, Jack McGrane
and Al Wilkinson being obliged to
cut, and Mr.. Schaifer winning. There
was also some contest over the BOBBY
prize for gentlemen, Gay Halverstein
winning on cut iwth Mr.. Harmon
and Mr.. Stavely, At the close of the
card games refreshments were served,
and the guests went home feeling that
they had given the bride warm wei,
come to her future home.
Clarence Saunders, who introduced
cigars among the Indians in Nebraska
before the state was settled. was in
town recently and was recounting the
neurology of the travelling men who
had fallen by the way since he first
came up the Elkhorn with General
Fremont Going backwards from Nels
Hansen, who blew into town with
bunch of his firms money and spent
1t all and his own salary to get bust
ness away from his rivals, Mr.. Saun-
ders spoke of BObbe Ellis, who did
time in Colorado for getting absent
minded and getting his hands into the
pocket containing the firms money,
he ran over list of two score dead
ones, There was Charlie Price, who
Is mayor of town or warden of n
penitentiary now somewhere down In
Kansas. He was iosher and always
looking for a victim. A faldr we
called DR., Deadshot came to Norfolk
selling remedy he called deadshot.
One day he got drunk and left his
goods in the wagon on the street.
Price mounted the wagon, made a
spell-binder of speech and proceeded
to sell medicines at cut prices. Every
one bought and he soon closed out
DR.. Deadshot's stock and adjourned to
the nearest saloon. Price got into the
Pop. state convention at Lincoln, al
though he was a republican, Gnd when
the relations between the pops and
democrats were strained to the limits
over fusion on the state ticket and nei-
Their party showed a disposition to
bulge after an all night session, Price
started pandemonium in the sleepy
crowd by moving to adjourn sine die. |
Attend the rummage sale Saturday, !
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