The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

March, Norden.
A special conclave of Damascus com
mandery, No. 20, will be held at Ma.
sonic han Friday evening.
Lincoln Journal: Myra l.. Meyer of
Crawford, who has had trouble to get
possession of telephone company
franchise which she bought, has APP
ocalcd her case to the supreme court.
Norfolk teachers who have north
Nebraska schools were among the
Thanksgiving home-comers. In some
instances the country schools only dis.
missed for Thursday, resulting in an
early return to school work.
The dance given by the Norfolk band
| Thursday evening at Marquardt hall
was well attended and a success in
every way. The music was fine, the
floor elegant and the dancers in good
humor all conspiring to make good
time.
John Krantz president of the Nor
| folk association of the North Nebraska
Live Stock Owners Protective asso.
citation, has called a meeting of the
Norfolk branch to be held at the city
hall at 2:30 o'clock Saturday after
noon.
Mrs. b. w. Barrett recently operat.
ed on by Mayo brothers in Rochester,
Mimi, on account of a humorous
growth, was able to leave the hospital
Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Barrett ex-
poets to return to Norfolk sometime
during the coming week.
Early Friday morning prominent ed
ucators began to arrive in Norfolk to
attend the banquet and first meeting
of the North Nebraska School Folks
club, the banquet taking place in the
evening, the organization meeting in
the afternoon at the Pacific hotel.
The Elllhorn Life insurance company
have added two additional rooms to
their home offices in Norfolk in the
Citizens National bank building. II.
C. Mason of Fremont, whose title is
Superintendent of agents, will use one
of the rooms and may possibly move
to Norfolk at the close of the present
school year
| The Belle of Manila appeared before
good audiences at the Auditorium mat
inee and evening Thanksgiving day.
The attraction was well presented and
seemed to give pleasure to those who
attended The play is musical com
edy with a lot of bright things in it,,
but it might be wonderfully improved
by the addition of a chorus.
A number of the young friends of
Miss Mabel Estabrook gave that young
lady a shower party Wednesday even
ing, at the home of her father on
South Ninth street A jolly time was
had and when the party was over Miss
Mabel was the possessor of number
of housekeeping articles that will help
to furnish the new home soon to be
established in South Dakota.
Mrs. Louise T. Clark of Norfolk on
the eve of Thanksgiving was adjudged
insane by the board of commissioners
at Madison and assigned to the Nor
folk hospital. Wednesday evening
Mrs. Clark was taken to the hospital
by Sheriff Clements. She has hus-
band and five children and one of the
saddest features of the case was when
a mere babe had to be taken from the
mothers arms. Mrs. Clark's insanity
was largely along religious lines.
Lincoln Journal: A great deal OF
coal is moving 1t is said that dealers
in the smaller Nebraska towns are
r getting well stocked with fuel and that
, there is now little danger of a domes
tic fuel famine with an ordinary win
2 ter There may be shortage of steam
T coal because of the slow supply at the
: mines and the fact that consumers dc
not carry large stocks of it. 1t is sale
that the mines are filling orders fol
| domestic coal rapidly.
Land Commissioner Eaton has re
= turned to Lincoln from Boyd county
g where he went to look into the matter
/ of getting the land occupied by the
Boyd county settlers reappraised II
, accordance with the orders Of the
board issued several days ago. Tht
I work has been completed and the lane
in controversy has been valued at al
average of from $40 to $25 an acre, Sc
+ Mr.. Eaton said. This valuation the
G settlers thought too high, but it is the
belief of the board they will be willing
to pay and get titles to the property
, The land will be sold on twenty-yeaI
payments, interest at per cent.
+ The Black Hills extension of thu
, Northwestern road between Pierre anC
: Rapid City, crosses more bridges thai
anv other road in the world of eQua
I length, says the Yankton Press anC
p Dakotan. The first fifty miles crosse!
e forty-seven bridges, and the entire line
+. 165 miles long, crosses considerabl!
, over hundred. The road cost owe
!, $4,000 a mile, making it more thar
I twice as expensive as an ordinary line
: but the company finds from the bust
n ness already done that it is going t.
. be a money maker. Extraordinary ef