The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-20

Tonight the organization OF the in
dependent militia company will be
completed at the city hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. T. Reid have settled
in the Winder residence property at
the corner of Prospect avenue and
Twelfth street, recently vacated by
Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Haley.
Mrs. Ida b. Kennedy of Lincoln, a
state deputy in the Royal Neighbors,
is in Norfolk for the purpose OF at
tempting the organization Of a local
lodge of the Modern Woodman wo-
mans auxiliary.
Fred Krantz Saturday fell from n
hay stack on his farm south west Of
the city, breaking his left arm near
the wrist. The fracture is severe
one and will probably impair Mr..
Krantz's use of his left arm to a Ger.
tain extent.
Mrs. e. p. Olmstead, who was recent
ly operated on for appendicitis in a
Sioux City hospital, has regained her
strength faster than was expected and
Is expected to return to Norfolk this
evening. Mr.. Olmstead has remained
In Sioux City and will accompany his
wife home.
The dentists of northeast Nebraska
are coming to Norfolk Tuesday for
their semi-annual meeting. The as
ISOLATION will meet during the after
noon and evening in Marquardt hall.
Arrangements have been made for a
special dinner so that the dentists can
be together at the OXnard at o'clock.
Between twenty and thirty dentists
will be present.
The project for an electric theatre
In Norfolk has been revived, this time
by the firm Of Burtz & Koyen of FIRE.
mont. The firm has leased the room
In the Koenigstein block west Of the
Ware drug store and will have Lyric
theater" installed, they say, by Octo-
Der 1. The moving picture people
have leased the store room for six
months with a two year option.
]. e. Copeland the Northwestern
train dispatcher who left Norfolk re-
Gently to accept a position with the
Southern Pacific at Sparks, Ncg., was
robbed enroute. 1t was in the railroad
depot at Ogden in Utah that a wary
pickpocket connected with Copelands
wallet resting in a hip pocket. The
| Norfolk railroad man was left with
$3.50 by the light handed gentlemen
who was in too great hurry to collect
change.
The Sioux City weather man has
figured out from table of averages
this section before October S. From
many years of record he finds that q
certain number of days, on an aver
age, run between the last killing frost
of spring and the first killing frost
of fall. From this he declares that
there is likely to be no killing frost
in this territory this year before the
5th Of next month.
| The new Northwestern time card
which went into effect Sunday morn
ing, gave promise of solution to the
congested train situation that has ex
listed at the Junction depot for some
weeks. The Black Hills passenger
left for the east at 1850 p. M, the
new scheduled time, meeting No.
from Omaha at Stanton. What delay
existed at the Junction on the frs
day of the new card was due to the
passenger from Omaha being late.
| viii Evans and Charlie Holloway
both working for the Norfolk Long
Distance Telephone company, played
leading parts in a runaway late Satur
day afternoon. Returning from Hos
kins on telephone business about {
O'Clock Saturday afternoon the splash
of water from hydrant near the Nor
folk avenue bridge and a frightened
horse resulted in an overturned buggy
from which both men were thrown
with some force. Evans head was
considerably bruised but the injuries
were painful rather than serious.
| Rev. F. w. Benjamin, for a veal
and half past the pastor Of the
Baptist church of this city, preached
his final sermon in Norfolk Sunday
evening. Thursday Of this week Mr.
Benjamin will leave for southern
California, where his family will joir
in short time. Mr.. Benjamin's health
has been very poor for some time ant
he found relief in trip to the coast
last spring. Fearing the effects Of
a Nebraska winter Mr.. Benjamin
leaves during the week for the south
ern part of California where he ex
poets to continue his pastoral work
The Baptist church has taken no &C
ton towards securing a new pastor
but it is said that the church will
probably have a new minister in q
short time.
Among the Norfolk bankers who
will leave Tuesday evening for the
eleventh annual convention of the Ne
braska Bankers association at the
Rome hotel in Omaha on Wednesday
Thursday and Friday are George But