The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-07-19

married yesterday at Christ Lutheran
church. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. j. p. Mueller. pastor of the
church.
That Panama is getting closer to
the United States was illustrated yes
terday when a ten-cent piece of the
Republic of Panama issue of 1904
wandered into the Golfers of the Neb-
raska National Bank.
A number of important improve
ments are to be made in the power
plant at the state insane hospital here.
Two new 150-horse power water tube
boilers will be installed about Sept
ember. After that new dynamos will
be put in, and other overhauling done.
The postal card craze retains it's
hold on Norfolk with undiminished
vigor, boosting postofiice receipts and
bringing JOY and coin to the card deal
ers. New designs in postal cards are
constantly appearing on the Norfolk
market and each new bunch of pic
lures seems to increase the enthusi-
asm of the post card faddists. More
postal cards are sold in Norfolk, it Is
said, than when the fad first started.
The habeas corpus petition filed by
Herman Boche to secure his release
from the Madison county Jail, by bond
or otherwise, is still pending. At
the time the insanity affidavit was
filed by Boches attorney the district
court was requested by the defence
in the farmer murder case to post
pone hearing on the earlier proceed
ings. Since then the insanity COM
missioners have declined to consider
the insanity proceedings as under their
jurisdiction.
General Superintendent S. M.
Braden was a member of a party of
Union Pacific and Northwestern Off
Gals who made trip for inspection
purposes yesterday in Union Pacific
Motor Car No. TO- The Union Pacific
men wanted to inspect the Lane cut
off, which is nearing completion west
of Omaha, and they had their car run
up the Northwestern line to afford an
opportunity for a good view of the cut
off which is expected to be ready for
service late this fall. The party which
included General Manager A. l..
Mohler of the Union Pacific and Gen
eral Manager F.. Walters of the North
! western, came to Fremont over the
Northwestern and left a half hour
later for Omaha over the Union Pacific
Work on the Northwestern's new
office and freight depot at Fremont
was inspected. The trip also gave
| ri oil tN tho I, oh,
embodies some late improvements in
l its design.
John Michaelson sustained a very
) severe compound fracture in bone of
the leg at an early hour this morning
which walking toward home on a rail-
road track. In some manner Michael
l son is thought to have caught his foot
under a rail, stumbling and falling so
t as to break the bone in two places.
The accident occurred at lis o'clock
e on the Northwestern track that leads
from the uptown station to the juno
: ton. Fred Linerode and " " Light,
who live near the place, heard cries of
n a man in pain and found Mchaelson
with his limb dangling. A cot was Sc
n cured from the E. P. Olmstead home
and the injured man carried to his
n residence, corner Seventh street and
Philip avenue. DR.. Holden and DR..
= Pilger were summoned and the frac-
ture reduced. Michaelson formerly
It was in the employ of H. A Pasewalk
but is now in the we'll digging business
1t for himself He is heavy man and
his weight was an unfavorable factor
k in the fall.
l. The jamestown exposition is worth
a the visit, according to H. G. Matrau,
r who this week returned from an east
ern trip that included little time in
If Americas latest big exposition. While
r the jamestown exposition is not so
large as the big show at st. Louis, the
ri state exhibits that have been COM
n pleted are unusually fine. In the de-
lightful situation of the exposition
y Mr.. Matrau thinks that jamestown
N has it's chief charm. The Texas, the
Brooklin, the new Maine and the Ind
% lana were the warships before the
eyes of exposition visitors during Mr..
Matrau's stay and he took occasion
TX to visit the Indiana. A feature of his
m eastern trip that Mr. Matrau espec-
tally prizes was a visit to the battle
N ground of Gettysburg for the first time
r. since he participated in that famous
civil war battle as member of the
er Sixth Wisconsin. The grounds have
in been carefully preserved and Mr.
Matrau was able to trace out the posi-
n lions held by his regiment forty-odd
n years ago.
Gregory Rosebud Times; In the
Id case of W. ]. Hahn VS.. the Sleepy Eye
to Milling company, Western Elevator
company, G. w. VanDusen company
ut and Wohleter Elevator company, is an
of opinion just handed down by Presid
ing Justice Fuller of the supreme
er court of South Dakota at Pierre, in
e. which he sustained the lower court OF