The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27


Norfolk. The extra ore cars have been
added to the railroads equipment on
account OF the expansion Of business
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com
pany
NJ. u. Tyler Of Norfolk has been re-
appointed by the supreme court to the
bar committee which wrl examine APP.
picants for admission to the bar for
the coming year. Other attorneys on
the committee are: Walter l.. Ander.
son, Lincoln, secretary; w. A, Dobord,
| Omaha; Charles II. Sloane, Geneva;
| Wesley T. Wilcox, North Platte.
Madison Star-Mail; Judge Bates
| issued the following marriage licenses
the past week; Everett Grant Coke
! ly and Nellie Cowan, both of Norfolk;
Richard Winters, of WAYNE, and
! Helen Voocks, of Pierce; Henry Boy
sen and REESE Zcssis of Madison coun-
| ty; Leo Gildea and Josephine John.
son of Norfolk. The last couple were
married by the Judge.
Judge A. A. Welch of Wayne was
elected as Wayne's delegate to the re-
publican state convention at Lincoln
Tuesday but as Judge Welch Is hold
ing court Wayne county will be repre-
scented by A. r. Davis, the alternate
delegate chosen. At Butte Levi Ben
nett was elected as the countys repub-
lican delegate. G. L. Wood of Ponca
is DiXons delegate to the state repub.
lican gathering.
The last tent show of the season
was in Norfolk Friday evening. Ell
ler's tent production of the King of
the Cattle Ring" was given in Norfolk
to a tent full of people despite the
frosty atmosphere of the fall. Satur
day the company concludes its sum
mer season at Scribner. Then with q
weeks rest the same company will
open the winters season at Arlington
Neb., and start for the south. Two
cars are used by the company
A special train will run from Colum
bus to Madison and return next Thurs
day for the Madison county fair. The
train will leave Columbus at $3.50 a
m, get to Humphrey at $3.50 a. m. anC
arrive at Madison at about 10. Re
turning. the train will leave Madison
at $3.50 in the evening. This specia
train will connect with Northwestern
trains at Humphrey going both ways
one in the morning from the west anC
one at night going back to Oakdale.
The News weather editor struck i
on the dot in the prediction that Fri
day nights temperature would be jus
about the same as that of the nigh
before, and that there would be M
frost. The temperature was eXactl!
the same-46. Saturday morning
wind indicated an approaching area o
high pressure from the northwest, ant
; there was every reason to believe tina
, Saturday night might see light frost
But corn is safe, even if the frost doe
come.
= Madison Chronicle: G. A. Smith o
> Tilden has promised to umpire the bal
. game here during the fair. Charli
; has the reputation of being the hes
u and fairest umpire in northeast Nc
, braska. The first days game will b
between Newman Grove and Stanton
: the second day between Neigh an
y Creston and on the third day the VIII
V ners of the above games will play 70
the championship. AS Secretary r!
nearson says: There will be red he
ball from start to finish"
His telephone rental proved kin
, of tornado insurance Thursday afte,
! noon to julius Weichert, whose farr
property just east of Norfolk was dan
= aged by the small tornado of the afte
noon. 1t was his telephone line tina
saved one of his corn cribs from de-
|, struction during the storm for thong
- one wire snapped and a pole wa
twisted by the pull of the wind agains
the crib the remaining wire served t
'. sustain the crib during the momer
y, when the storm was at its height.
Everything is now ready for tn
u opening of the Madison county fair o
:, next Tuesday and the indications ar
- that it will be the largest and hes
fair ever held in Madison county. TIL
y entries in stock are coming in fast a
Il we'll as in all other classes. The race
d will be good and the baseball will b
y fast every day as each team ha
q strengthened weak points. Cresto
:, plays Stanton Wednesday, Nelig
. plays Newman Grove Thursda,
Thursday will be Norfolk day" {
, the fair.
Al Wayne Herald: Sheriff Mears r
turned from his Kansas trip Sunda
h. empty handed. Hardesty, who
r. wanted on complaint of f. A. Bulloc
of Norfolk for giving a mortgage @
If property not his own, had enlisted tn
= services of his friends and relation
a to keep him from being returned
Nebraska. Habeas corpus procee
~ ings had been begun before Sheri
=. Mears arrived but in order to mai
70 the delay more certain, Hardesty