The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-07


United states senate granting that
village about $50 acres of tie old Fort
Niobrara reservation The allowance
of the grant hinged on the approval
of the war department, the reservation
being under its control. That approx
al has just been given.
DR.. Dawson. the Methodist minister
at stanton, and DR.. Sharpe, the Meth.
odist minister at Wayne, were in Nor
folk Tuesday to attend a meeting OF
the committee in charge of the pro-
gram for the district conference meet
ing of the Norfolk district of the Meth
odst church. This conference will be
held March 26-27, probably at Wayne.
The weather man produced the snow
storm and the mercury dropped
Wednesday morning. During the
night the wind shifted to the north
west, the storm center having passed
over Norfolk to the southeast. The
wind drifted the snow in places and
early Wednesday morning there was
the noise of shoveling snow and SHOW.
cling coal to be heard all through the
town.
Battle Creek Enterprise: Frank
Appleby, brother of Mrs. Chas. Hues-
ton of this place, died last Thursday
at his home near Clearwater. Mr..
Hueston went to Clearwater Friday
to be present at the funeral, Mrs.
Hueston being unable to go on ac-
count of sickness. This makes the
third death in the Appleby family,
within two weeks, the oldest children
son and a daughter, having died
before the father.
c. C. Cow, chairman Of the finance
committee for the Y. NJ. C. A. conven.
ton, has decided on the course that
will be taken in raising the $3.50 re-
quired by the convention. This money
will be raised by popular subscription.
The committee will ask 125 Norfolk
men to contribute 81 each. Printed
cards have been secured for the 81
pledges and have already been signed
by number of men. Mr.. Cow is as
sisted on the finance committee by
DR.. o. r. Meredith, w. r. Hoffman,
A. o. Hazen, Cleo Lederer and Fritz
Asmus.
Tuesdays sleet storm coated Nor.
folk streets and sidewalks with such
d. heavy caking of ice that ice skates
, were at once brought into play and
made good use of during the afternoon
Fremont Tribune: Norfolk has the
: annexation fever. That hustling city
wants the residents of the outlying
districts within the corporate limits
Of the town for two very good reasons
, One of them is that these people have
=, nearly all the advantages and bene
: fits of the city without paying fol
them. The other is a very important
. reason inasmuch as it would increase
;. the population of Norfolk by about
r 500 people and would look good in the
next census report. An action has
!, been filed in the district court ant
will be heard this month.
K The third-class postmasters of the
Third congressional district met Wed
l. nesday afternoon at Columbus for thu
purpose of endorsing the movement
e to obtain for third-class postoffice
increased allowances for clerk hire
g The movement was begun some tim
ago and has been Endorsed by severa
e state organizations of pOstmasters
The third class postmasters of Ne
IL braska are organized but the expens
a of holding state meeting is consider
l. able, so the poStmasters OF the dill
ferent congressional districts hav
e been getting together. The postmast
r ers of the First and Fourth district
< met in Lincoln last month, and thos
Re of the Fifth district met in Hastings
70 January 30. So far the meetings hav
g strongly Endorsed the proposed II
crease.
N The Travellers Protective association
lie will supplement its active campaig
D. for a passenger fare of two cents
mile with another for steel passenge
e cars. Backed by more than half
n million travelling statesmen there will
rs within a week, be introduced int
n congress a bill, which, if passed, wi
a compel all the railroads of the Unite
States to replace their present woode
III passenger equipment with fireproC
y steel coaches. 1t is desired that tn
N railroads retire ten per cent of tn
wooden cars each year for the ne,
Is ten years. The association, which
e, actively engaged in working for tn
y proposed legislation, had compile
is some startling tables, showing tn
great destruction of life during tn
lie past five years as result of collision
derailments and other accidents.
s. nearly every case the great sacrific
of lives was due almost wholly to tn
f, fact that the wooden coaches eithe
y. were crashed into splinters or caugf
fire after the wreck. Steel cars, it
lp claimed, would have prevented tn
is loss of life.