The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-25

! rer. an old pioneer, who died at the
home OF his daughter. Mrs. Fred Kaul
He was eighty seven years old at his
death, having been born on Christmas
day, 1919.
Warm October days have kept the
cooling plant at the Norfolk candy
factory running we'll into the fall sea
son. The rather unusual heat during
the afternoon hours has made the
cooling plant really needed in the dip.
ping rooms during October.
NJ A. Rainbolt has received some
Wisconsin corn raised on land ada.
cent to his pleasure farm seventy
miles south OF Duluth. The corn Is
seventy day field corn and had ma.
tured. That section OF Wisconsin Is
not generally supposed to be in the
corn belt.
The Norfolk Brownies have ar
ranged for post season baseball
game with Battle Creek to be played
at the race track grounds at o'clock
Sunday afternoon. In former game
with Battle Creek the Norfolk Brown
les were defeated after fourteen In
nings Of play.
Smith Brothers second Norfolk
horse sale will start Monday at 1890
o'clock. The sale will start promptly.
A few shipments for the second sale
had arrived in Norfolk by Saturday
morning but the bulk OF the horses
and mules were to arrive Saturday
evening and Sunday morning.
Milwaukee brick" Is the color Of
the paint spread over the Citizens Ma
tlonal bank building. Not only has
the new paint had very appreclable
effect in improving the appearance Of
the block but the work Of renovating
the building has also been carried on
In respect to the woodwork In the
bank quarters.
M. ]. Daley, a former O'Neill boy
and the son OF Mrs. John Daley Of
O'Neill was recently the recipient Of
an unusual present from the Utah
mining corporation for which he Is su.
perintendent. The company's testi.
monial to Mr.. Daley took the form of
a $4,000 check from the directors OF
the Silver King company.
According to County Superinten-
dent Perdue's report the Inflated num-
Der "twentythree" hasn't brought bad
luck to the Madison county school dis
trict that bears that number. The
school house has been thoroughly over
hauled and repainted In the school
house the teacher, Miss Kathryn Tully
of Battle Creek, has brought good or
der and the county superintendent
finds first class work" being done in
the "twenty-three" school.
Yesterday afternoon the temporary
shed in front of the A. l.. Killian store
was removed by workmen, bringing
into public view the new modern front
that has been arranged for the Killian
store. Prism glass affords better light
for the interior Of the store while the
improvement has afforded two show
windows that are hardly to be excelled
in the state At the close of the holt
: day season other improvements will
be made in the store.
A sewer district to connect with the
city's new sewer system will be orga-
nized by property owners in The
Heights The new district will COM
prise the east three tiers of blocks in
The Heights and will probably be
started in the spring. The district pc
tition. which has been fathered by G..
II. Reynolds and NJ. C. HaZen, has
already received number of sigma
lures and there is no doubt about it's
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district.
Three derricks were arranged at
the site of the new high school build
, ing before a means was devised of put
ting a big stone cap over the door
arch at the south entrance of the new
building. The big stone cap weighed
from four to five tons and to erect an
: adequate derrick to swing the stone
, into place was task OF some dimen-
: sions. similar stone cap is still to
be out in place over the west entrance
: The brick masons are now working on
!. the second story of the structure.
, Fremont this week has pulled off a
: big three days wrestling tournament
:, On Wednesday evening Oscar Wasem
WTGSlltl WHO 10 well hHoNl III Jllo
section, threw Max Tretch, champion
> heavy man of Canada, in two straight
(; falls in twenty-three and eighteen min.
). utes. Thursday evening Pete Shu
!, maker, a Chicago athlete who claims
}, the light heavyweight championship
s of Illinois, defeated Tretch in two
:. straight falls in fifteen and seventeen
J, minutes. Wasem and Shumaker were
; matched for Friday evening.
Fremont Tribune. The Northwest
ern will go into the motor car business
and will inaugurate new service be
o tween York and Fremont next Mon
t day. 1t will begin to run motor cal
between the two places as a means
l. of providing the towns along the line
d means for connection with the fore