The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-06


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Construction work Is now proceed
ing on the now North Bell Telephone
line north of Norfolk
Hills are being removed and other
grading is being done along stretch
of road for mile between the farms
of Julius Hickman and Gus Schoen-
field, near Norfolk.
The Wisner stock show will be held
this week and number of Norfolk
stockmen interested In fine blooded
stock will attend.
A little son of l.. Wachter, living
four miles north of the city was rem
dered unconscious by fall from n
tree. Medical aid was summoned from
Norfolk.
G. Il. Sprecher OF this city is local
representative of the Nebraska Y. NJ
c.. A. He is corresponding member
for this locality and through him
young men going away may get an
introduction to Y. NJ. c. A. leaders In
other cities.
Sportsmen from all parts OF the
country are passing through Norfolk
enroute to the prairie chicken fields
Of South Dakota, the open season hay
ing begun Sunday morning. The hunt
ing license in South Dakota Is $40.
Birds are said to be unusually plenti
full.
Mr. and Mrs Rome Miller of Omaha,
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gagement of their daughter, Miss Eth
ell Miller, to Dr. Hewitt Allen Wag-
gener, who is house physician of the
Rome hotel. The wedding will take
place at the home of the bride on
Florence boulevard September Is.
The Trip county portion of the
Rosebud reservation will not be
thrown open by the government until
late next fall, according to the opinion
of Earnest Jackson of Dallas. Mr.
Jackson says that the work of allot-
ting Indian lands is being rushed as
rapidly as possible, and that the pro-
cess will continue all winter, but that
he expects no proclamation before next
spring and no opening until a year
from now.
The Northwestern railroad announc-
es that 1t has just established through
mail service daily between Deadwood
and Fort Pierre on its new line across
the state. This Is the first direct mail
service ever established between that
city and the capital. messenger is
on the trains and receives mail at the
intermediate points. This new SER
vice across South Dakota will cut off
much mail, as well as passenger bust
ness, that has formerly gone by way
of Norfolk
Battle Creek Enterprises: Leonard,
the 12-year-old son of Lawrence DUFF
phey, attempted to drive a loaded 80
calibre shell into a post Monday even
ing and the inevitable happened. The
cap was struck in the operation and
the shell exploded. The flesh of the
third and little fingers of the right
hand and of the little finger of the left
hand were badly lacerated and burned.
Fortunately, the bones were not in
jured, so the accident was not so Sc
rious as it might have been.
The Northwestern railroad will be
the next competing line of the South
ern Pacific, according to a statement
made to the Omaha News by States
Attorney S. l.. Upton of Boise, Idaho,
who was a passenger on the westbound
Overland Limited. THE Northwestern
has purchased over $250000 worth Of
property at Boise" he said. The
company would have absolutely no
use for this unless it intends to build
coast line and it's agents while in
Boise admitted that the extension of
the Northwestern to the coast is GER
tain"
State Veterinarian McKim is making
an extended trip into northwestern
Nebraska to investigate the prevalence
of scab among cattle. If the disease
is found to be excessively prevalent
as has been reported, he will, accord
ing to Lincoln dispatch, appoint the
government inspectors at Omaha dep
uty veterinarians to prevent the spread
of the infection. At present the In
spectors inspect nothing but interstate
shipments of cattle and pay no atten-
ton to animals shipped from this state.
Nebraska is a quarantined state, and
cattle not properly inspected are not
received at market in other states.
The receiver of the Standard Beet
Sugar company has force of men
employed at Fremont, says Fremont
dispatch, working out the brown sugar
left over at the close of last years
run. Another gang is at work clean
ing and overhauling the machinery.
AS soon as some of the litigation over
it between the receiver and the bond
holders is settled the building prob
ably will be dismantled and moved to
some place in the western part of the
state, where plenty of beets can be Sc
cured. SCOTS Bluff county Is one OF
the places which is likely to get it,
though there are a good many loca-
tions offered and nothing definite can