The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-10-04

Burt Mapes was In Pierce Monday
afternoon.
Misses Frances and Jennie Burner
spent Saturday in Norfolk.
J. IL. Conley leaves Tuesday on n
business visit to Boxbutte county.
Elmer Hight went to Omaha Sunday
for a few days visit during Aksarben
week.
II. Rhodes of Creighton. vice presi.
dent of the North Nebraska antihorse
thief association, was in the city from
Creighton. Captain George w. Losey
was also here. The association is
planning to go into Gregory county, S.
of that section in fighting the horse
rustlers.
Miss Nettie Nenow has nearly re-
covered from very severe attack of
the grip.
Miss Tessie Dixon has succeeded
her sister as stenographer in J. II.
Conleys office.
II. j. Smith, formerly of Renvllle,
Mimi, has a position in c. S. Hayes
jewelry store.
Mosaic lodge No. 55, A. f. G. A. M,
will hold its first October meeting on
Tuesday night.
The Pioneer Hook and Ladder COM
pany will hold their regular meeting
Wednesday evening.
The third grade In the Lincoln build
ing was dismissed Monday as a re-
suit of the illness Of the instructor,
Miss Clara Brueggeman.
Charles f. Hoeger announces the
coming marriage of his sister, Miss
Hazel Hoeger of Portland, Ore, to DR..
G. Il. Watts. The marriage will take
place Tuesday, October 8.
Miss Anna Crosby will resign her
position as saleslady in the A. l..
Killian store this evening in order to
accept similar position with the
Pelletier Dry Goods company of Sioux
City.
Monday during school hours one of
the brick chimneys on the new Lin
coin building collapsed. Fortunately
school was in session at the time and
the shower of bricks fell to the ground
with no injury to the school pupils.
w. G. Altman, who has had an au
tomobile agency in Norfolk, is figur-
ing on fixing up an automobile garage
on Norfolk avenue. Mr.. Altman may
erect a corrugated iron building, 2Sx40,
on Norfolk avenue between Second
and Third streets.
Several temporary changes have
been made at the Northwestern train
dispatchers' office as a result of the
absence from the city of e. Sly, who
is trying to recuperate his health.
Sam Reynolds, night chief in the Office
is occupying the chief dispatchers'
chair while w. ]. Johnson has been
sent out from Chicago to act as night
chief.
Pending Herman Boche's trial next
December and the return of the jury's
verdict in the Norfolk murder case
no action has been taken either by
the state or the county towards pay
ing the rewards that were offered last
May for Boche's capture. Constable
]. H. Conley, who brought Boche in
to Madison, expects to receive the
5000 state reward and the 500 county
reward at the conclusion of the Boche
trial
The last chapter in the Philip av-
enue injunction case will probably be
written at the city council meeting
strators who sought the assistance of
the courts in their fight against the
closing of Philip avenue for depot pur-
poses have announced that they have
withdrawn from their suit against the
city, now rendered of little moment
by the erection of an individual North
western depot away from the disputed
crossing. The demonstrators have
asked that the city pay it's costs in
the case, consisting principally Of the
city's attorney fees. A committee has
been appointed to interview the city's
legal representatives in the depot bat
tie for report at the next meeting.
William Dunn, once of Fender, who
came to grief recently in Norfolk, has
the check habit. Dunn has the i'm
pulses of a millionaire and writes
checks with delightful ease but has
so far neglected to collect a bank ac-
count. In Norfolk William forgot that
his Fender account did not match
check he presented to the Hazenpfug
saloon. His memory failed in two sim
liar instances here and a local court
handed out thirty days in the Madison
county jail Williams time at Madi-
son was out last week but he hadn't
got past Humphrey before he STUN
bled back into the old check habit.
Chief of Police Flynn has been advised
that William is now in the county jail
at Columbus for thirty days on account
of the Humphrey transaction.
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS MEET.
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