The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-08

der certain conditions, has been placed
ON illc In the Nebraska senate.
Word from Nlobrara Is that the ice
Is running freely at that point and,
while there Is II large quantity of wa.
ter In the river no damage to the
Northwestern bridge Is now feared.
superintendent Reynolds ana the work
train are still there.
The Ladies' Aid society OF the Con-
gregatIonnl church will meet with Mrs.
e. A. Bullock and Mrs George u. hut
| terrified Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the homo of Mrs. Bullock
All ladies' of the church and their
, friends are cordially invited TO be pres
Cnt.
The county commissioners found
That little riprappiug is needed near
the bridge ON east Main street. A
wagon containing five tons was driven
over the North First street bridge
without any more shaking than would
naturally be expected. according to
one of the commissioners
The new railroad passenger fare
Thursday morning, will be $2.GG. The
old fare was $3.35. The new two.cent
fare Will be effective for the mileage
as the route runs-thcro will be no
iares less than two cents per mile.
The old rate was less than three cents
per mile from here to Lincoln.
with the First street bridge over the
Elkhorn river and the Flanagan bridge
southwest of the city both repaired
from the recent ice gorge damage. and
prospects for the immediate repair OF
the Kost bridge, farmers southwest OF
the city are rejoicing Material for
the Kost bridge has been between
will probably arrive soon. The false
work is all finished
Rev, Nathaniel Pyc of Charles CITY,
Iowa, arrived in Norfolk last night.
Mr., Pyc Is the father of Mrs. II. /.
Doughty and expected 10 get to Nor
folk In time to attend the funeral Of
his little granddaughter. Helen, which
was held from the house yesterday af-
ternoon. He started from Charles CITY
Monday afternoon and should have
arrived In Norfolk yesterday at lO:45,
but missed connections in Omaha, and
did not get to Norfolk until late last
night.
Buyers of livestock, particularly
horses, are hard hit by new ruling
of the Western Trunk line committee.
which goes into effect March 10. The
new ruling prohibits railroad from
refunding car fare Of livestock buy
crs Heretofore these purchasers,
upon buying two carloads of horses,
have been refunded their fares. pro-
viding shipment were made over the
railroad on which they had bought
tickets. Now the order is rescinded
and the stockmen will be required to
pay full fare, regardless of shipments
A citizen of Norfolk, who is a mem
Der of the board Of education and is
enthusiastic in all matters of civic i'm
provemcnt, hit upon scheme recent
~ whereby the city could enjoy clean
swept crossings without the aid of an
expensive street department. His plan
was simply that the corner property
owners should see that the crossings
adjoining their property were kept
free from mud. He met group of
friends and fastened 10 breach the
subject. The group hesitated Final
ly one of the men said, You live in
the middle of the block. do you not?"
The reformer said he did
The voters of Norfolk viii be called
on this year to select three members
of the city board of education despite
the fact that the official notice of the
coming election as issued by the mayor
only calls for the choice Of two men,
bers. NJ. G. Ha2en who is a member
of the board at the present time, was
chosen by the board last December
to fiji the vacancy caused by the resg-
nation of w. II. Johnson. According
to Mr.. Hazen's Interpretation of the
matter his term of Office only extends
to the next city election The voters
therefore will have To vote for two
members of the board for the full term
of three years and for one member to
fill the unexpired term Of two years.
~ 1oit, ~ d. f1lDDtH anu M. y. ftd-
zen. whose terms expire this year, are
all republicans.
The will of the late William NJ Rob
ertson has been offered for probate In
the Madison county court Mrs VIII
liam NJ. Robertson and : d. Robert
son were in Madison Tuesday for the
purpose of proving up the will. The
fifteen years ago, names Mrs. Robert
son as eXecutriX. The county Judge
will issue letters to her as executrix
within the next few days. Save for
the large law library collected by Mr..
Robertson during his life the estate is
to be divided, share and share alike,
between the wife and the two children,
S. d. Robertson of Norfolk and Mrs,
George c. Williams of Ithaca, New