The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-04-12


s. ID. Robertson and j. r. Wolfldel
went to Ewing Saturday noon.
Mrs. A. NJ. Leach returns Sunday
from n visit to Glenwood, Iowa.
Dr. II. r. Holden and G. s. Hayes
leave tonight for Lost Springs, Wyo.
Bret Mccullough returned to Nor.
folk Friday evening from Randolph.
Lorin Doughty returns to Lander,
Wyo., tonight after a weeks visit at
home.
Harry Miller and DR.. w. r. Peters
of Stanton were in Norfolk for the
Isle of Spice.
Northwestern Brakemen Walling,
Dick, Taylor and Nelson are taking ex.
aminations for appointment as con-
ductors.
II. G.. Underberg and p. Grant Of
Madison were in Norfolk last evening.
his daughter in Norfolk.
Miss Elsie Piper and Miss Myrtle
West returned to Stanton at noon af-
ter attending the teachers association
meeting in Norfolk.
Miss Laura Younger of Humphrey,
who has been the guest of Miss Edith
Barrett, left Saturday noon for Sun
day Visit at Stanton.
Miss ELLA Buckendorf, who has been
spending the week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs L. Buckendorf, returned
Saturday to her school at Newman
Grove.
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son.
Mail Carrier VIII Darlington was
forced to send substitute over his
district today on account of very
sick child at home.
An early evening fire in Richard
Peters blacksmith shop Friday result
ed in small fire loss, the fire depart
ment extngulshing the flames before
they had gained Roadway. Insurance
was carried.
Work on the new city sewer system
has been resumed, three carloads of
sewer pipe delayed in transit having
reached the city yesterday afternoon.
1t Is estimated that four weeks more
will finish the sewer.
A South Dakota train wreck having
prevented Architect Eisentraut of
Sioux City from making train connec-
lions for Norfolk Friday evening, the
meeting of the board of education
scheduled for that evening was post
poned until such time as the Sioux
City architect can arrange to meet
with the board.
j. w. Tannehill, postmaster at An
con in the canal zone, is home from
Panama on a forty-eight days leave OF
absence. Mr.. Tannehill was appoint
ed out of the Norfolk postofiice a year
ago. He returns to Norfolk well sat
isfed with his new home in the canal
zone, He is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs A. +. Tannehill.
Father Windolph of Creighton will
conduct Sunday services in the Nor
folk church of the Sacred Heart, while
Father Walsh has charge of the
Creighton services. Father Petlach o.
Verdigre passed through Norfolk to
day for Battle Creek, his duties al
Verdigre being performed in his alb
sence by Father Mulligan of Norfolk.
The standing walls of the old higl
school building are coming down a
once. The board of education, follow
ing out a resolution adopted at a re
cent meeting, has arranged to have
Alex Morrison take charge of the worl
OF lowering the walls to the level O.
the foundation. AS the walls are t.
be undermined and permitted to slide
, down the operations will require bu
, a few days. The particularly danger
GUS part of Mr.. Morrison's task lies II
the high tower Of the old building
1t is proposed, however, to remove tn,
supporting walls and topple the on,
chimney still standing over on tn,
. walls of the tower.
D The farms of ]. S. Craig and hi
( son A. E. Craig, west of the city, ha-,
for the past four years been used NOR
A or less as a public highway. peopl
+ driving across their meadow land
somewhat promiscuously. This yea
+ they have especial use for these mead
!. ows and they have decided that the
: cannot longer leave them open to tn
public for roads.
n Times Tribune: Isabel Irving an
!, her company made good at the Aud
forum last Saturday night. A packe
S house greeted the company and wer
,, delighted with the superb acting of tn
= entire company In fact the people c
Norfolk can congratulate the preser
t management of the Auditorium fo
their success in getting a good class {
t shows here since they opened tn
house.
n A forty-horse-power blowing engin,
weighing eighteen tons and the bi,
+ gest traction engine ever brought I
Norfolk, has been received in the cit
e by the Il. A. Bullock threshing mi
chine company. The big engine is I
= be used in breaking the prairies of tn
Rosebud reservation. Pulling twent,
r four plows and cutting two acres &c
every mile that it travels the big el
S CINE will pillow up fifty acres a da,
The engine was built in Richmon,