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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK IN THE
NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PROMOTIONS IN THE GRADES
Promotions to the High School Are
Not Made at This season-No Hope
Of Occupying the New Building Un.
I'll After the Spring Vacation.

Semester examinations will be held
next week in the Norfolk public
schools. The examinations begin Mon
day and continue during the week.
Promotions in the grade rooms Of
Norfolk are made twice year and
the mid-year promotions are made
next week. Friday afternoon the mid.
year promotions will be announced,
the promotions going into effect the
following Monday.
Promotions in the mid year are lin
tied to the grades. 1t has not been
found practical to advance children
into the high school until the end Of
the year.
1t had been hoped that the last half
OF the school year would open with
the higher classes in the new high
school building. Now the spring va
cation is the date set.
The school enrolment is now about
1,2OO. The high school enrolment is
144,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
STATE SPEED CIRCUIT FORMED.
Eight Cities Given Dates Opening the
Seventh of july.

Lincoln, Jan. 13. - The Nebraska
Speed association, in protracted
meeting tonight, elected the following
officers: President, F. e. Kimball of
Beatrice; secretary, H. V. Riesen of
Beatrice. The length of the meets
was reduced to three days, and q re-
duction Of purses from $500 to $500
was agreed to. The belief that the
proposed limitation of entries to Ne
braska horses would endanger the life
OF the circuit resulted in the rejection
of the suggestion.
Tecumseh, Grand Island and Teka-
nah were added to the circuit. Has
tings was rejected and Lincoln with
drew before the vote was taken. Fol-
lowing are the dates agreed upon:
Tecumseh-July 7, s, 8.
Auburn-July IA, Is, 16.
Wymore-July 81, 90, 20. /.
Beatrice-July %, 20, 80. I
Tekamah-August 4, 5, G. !
Fremont-August II, ~, 10. =
Columbus-August 10, 10, 20.
Grand Island-August rs, 26, %.
The classes are as follows: PAGES
-2:12, PIG, 1922, $3.50; purses $500.
Trots-2:1S, 1922, 1927, 3-year-old 5000
purse; purses $500.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
OWES LIFE TO 81 BROWN.
Sick Woman In Iowa Experienced HUI
man Kindness of Heart.


man Kindness Of Heart.
Conductor Eugene Fraser, who stops
the train at farm houses to get a bow
Of hot water to heat milk for a peey
ish baby, does not have a monopoly
on human kindness among local rail
road men.
Superintendent s. H. Brown, of the
Chicago and Northwestern, well known
In Norfolk and with headquarters In
Sioux City, also keeps a can full Of the
milk of human kindness at his head.
quarters. The superintendent Is great
of heart and on Christmas eve he
executed feat which he and his mod.
est fellow railroaders kept safely bot
tied up until this morning.
To Superintendent Browns great
heartedness, Mrs. Henry Paulson, of
Kiron, owes her life. Stricken with
internal hemorrhage the dying wo-
mans train from Kiron was delayed
so that it could not meet No. 8 for
Sioux City by way of Ida Grove on
schedule time. The train on which
the rapidly sinking woman rode was
an hour and half late in getting to
Wall Lake from Denison. But the
connecting train waited for her at Wall
Lake. Superintendent Brown had
wired orders that 1t wait at Wall
Lake all afternoon If necessary.
Mrs. Paulson was hurried to the op-
Grating room on her arrival at Ida
Grove. Eight visiting physicians
watched the work of the operating sur
geon. The woman is now recovering.
The superintendent took what the
railroad men call "long shot" in or
dering No. 8 to wait an hour and a
half. Aboard it were men with i'm
portant business transactions to close.
There were those with bundles OF
presents for their Christmas at home.
All had to wait. The superintendent
had taken the law into his own hands,
determined to save the woman's life,
and he did not even know her name,
nor, it is likely, will he ever see her.
81 don't want any boquets thrown
at me-" said Superintendent Brown in
his office. 81 would have done the
same thing for anyone in that fix, and
I don't want any extra credit. The
woman couldn't be taken across coun-
try to the surgeons IL she had missed
her train, and there was no way Of
their getting to her. The operator at
the station wired me how it was, and
there was only one thing to do"
The plain matter of fact railroader
does not stop to think that down at
Ida Grove, slowly recovering from a
terrible operation, lies woman who
will never forget the unique sample
of Christmas charity which stranger
displayed toward her.
Mr.. Brown has frequently visited
General Superintendent Braden here.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
MAY INHERIT FORTUNE.
Through the Death Of Her Brother
Mrs. Berry Gets Rich Estate.


Through the death of her brother A.
Hogness, an aged hermit who has
lived his solitary lonely life near Bel
grade, Mrs. Gus Berry, Holt county
woman, may inherit an estate worth
around 100000.
Hogness was a man of seventy and
a native of Norway. Though wealthy
he lived the life of hermit and kept
close to his hovel. Then one day he
was found dead by neighbor.
A few days later a dispatch was
printed in The News that out in Bel
grade a small fortune was waiting for
the heir of the old hermit. Mrs. Ber-
ry heard of the item and wrote to The
News.
Hogness was thought to be worth
at least 100000, and had lately sold
his farm, on which he died, for $500,
and had purchased his fathers estate
in Norway, paying $4,000, and had
made arrangements to go back to the
old country and spend the remaining
years of his life.
He also had first mortgages on a
great many farms in Boone county,
Neb. He came here about thirty years
ago, and settled on the land on which
he died.
He had evidently been dead a week
or more when found, and no trace of
his money or valuable papers could be
found. 1t is known that he had sever
al certificates of deposit in Belgrade,
Cedar Rapids and South Omaha. 1t
is thought that he had secret place
for his valuables which may be dis
covered later on.
Mrs. Berry with her husband went
to Belgrade to take charge of the re-
mains. 1t appears that she will sue
coed to the estate.
The Berrys live three miles south
east of Chambers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17

be held in Norfolk, probably sometime
this month. The call for the meeting
will come from President w. c. Galley
OF Creighton. On account OF what an.
pears to be demand for several
changes this year the annual meeting
Will have good many matters OF i'm.
portance before II. For this reason
night session instead OF a morning ses.
sion has been suggested
Mrs. John X. Hays has received n
letter from II. S. Adams, n former res.
ident OF Norfolk, notifying her of the
gift of the following books to the pub.
lie library: A Plea for Hardy Plants,
Peer Gynt, Famous Painters of Amer.
lea, Fathers and Children. Rubin The
Pure Gold OF Nineteenth Century Lit
erature, Parsifal, Rheingold, Geroni-
mos story Of his life, Ponkapog Pa.
pers, A Man without Country. These
are all considered valuable additions
to the library. Mr.. Adams gift, accom-
panied by the wish that he were
Carnegie that he might give Norfolk
library building was appreciated by
the library committee. Mr.. Adams
now lives in New York where he is
engaged in literary work. He was at
one time connected with the sugar fac
tory In Norfolk.
The members Of the Loyal Mystic
Legion OF America held an adjourned
meeting Thursday evening at their
regular place in Grand Army hall,
where good natured and enthusiastic
crowd was assembled. The evenings
proceedings, though spiced with diff.
ferences of opinion and some good ma
tured discussions, we're In every re-
spect fraternal and interesting Every
one present seemed to enjoy the occa-
sion. Officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: J. w. Fetter,
w. c.; Mrs. E. A. Ogden, w. v. c.;
Mrs. d. A. Quick, w. p; L. NJ. Gay.
lord, reelected treasurer and secre-
tary. Mrs. Rose A. Adams, retiring
from the chair, by virtue of promotion
becomes P. w. The remaining officers
are appointive and will be named by
the chair in time for installation,
which Is at the next regular meeting.
After the meeting was over all hands
and some guests adjourned to Schor-
egge's restaurant where refreshments |
were INDUCED in, oysters and fruits
being most in evidence. The occasion
was one of the bright spots in the his
tory Of the order and will be looked |
back to with pleasure by those who
were present. Those who were not |
there missed a good time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
THIRD DISTRICT REPUBLICANS
MEET IN NORFOLK MONDAY.
Will Take Action Looking to the Sc
lection of Two Delegates to the Ma.
tional Republican Convention in Chi
cam in lime

lection OF Two Delegates to the Ma
tional Republican Convention in Chi
cago in June.
The republican congressional COM
mittee of the Third district will meet
in Norfolk next Monday evening to
take action looking to the selection of
two delegates to the republican ma
tional convention.
Following the call of the state COM
mittee of the republican party for the
state convention to be held in Omaha
on March IL to select delegates-at-
large to Chicago, notices were sent
out by Chairman Ward of the Third
Nebraska congressional district, who
is Congressman Boyds secretary, call
ing upon members of the Third district
committee to meet at the Pacific hotel
in Norfolk at s o'clock on next Mon
day evening. The purpose of the meet.
ing will be to take action to provide
for the selection of two delegates from
the Third district to the Chicago ma
tional convention.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
DEFENDS NEWSPAPERS
John Carey Of Sioux City Talks to
Real Estate Men,

John w. Carey, city editor of the
Sioux City Journal and a good news
paper man, told real estate dealers in
that town the other night few things
about newspaper work.
Newspapers and newspaper men,"
said Carey in substance, "are the con-
slant objects of criticism and attack
because of few inaccuracies which
creep into the columns at times.
THE wonder to me is that so few
mistakes get into the papers, when I
realize with what terrific rush and
hustle and speed the thousand things
are done which are necessary in the
few hours in which a live afternoon
sheet is put together and made up.
"If the newspaper men were to give
a return function for the real estate
men, would suggest that it be held in
the office Of an afternoon paper at
about half past o'clock I am sure
that you men would open your eyes.
You do not appreciate the gigantic
task involved in the making of live
newspaper these days. You would
forget your petty grievances. You
would have greater consideration"
The city editor continuing, kept hit
ting straight from the shoulder He
told how it had been charged that
Sioux City's newspapers were not
boosting for the town, but merely
watching their chances to tear down.
He denied that it was so. He asked
the real estate men to be ION the
square" with the reporters, declaring
that they were a class of men to be
trusted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
Issuing Few Passes Now,

Havelock, Neb., Jan. livery few
passes have been issued to employees
OF the Burlington in Havelock since
the vacation that the men enjoy when
the shops shut down for ten days.
This disinclination to travel is as
cribed partly to the fact that the holt
day trips were all taken during the
lay-off, and partly to the rumor that
is persistent in the shop town that
the railroad is about to make some
kind of a reduction in the hours of
work. 1t was said that the reduction
may come in the form of less work
each day, or in a closing of the big
shops all day every Saturday. 1t is
improbable that any men will be laid
on entirely. The shops are running
but eight hours day at present. No
official statement of a proposed re-
duction of the force has been issued
from the Offices.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
Battle Creek,

The did" is on in Battle Creek. OF
course Battle Creek has to keep up
with other cities Of prominence. On
Wednesday morning, the 9Th of Janu-
airy, 1908, is a remarkable day in the
history of Battle Creek. That morn
ing legal notices of the trustees of the
city were presented to our three sa-
loon keepers, ordering all pool tables,
billiard tables and card tables out of
their places of business, also prohibit
ing dice games at any place in this
village. Music in the saloons, except
monographs, is also prohibited. All
the board left is the chairs in the sa-
loon.
Col. T, D. Preece, the popular auc-
tioneer, has to cry for more bread
now, because a new male boarder ar
rived at his home Sunday.
w. A Barnes returned Sunday from
a two weeks visit with his brother,
L. d. Barnes, at Cody, Wyo.
Willie Barnes has taken position
In the Enterprise Office. The place is
vacated by c. NJ. Newton, who is go.
ing to start newspaper at Falmouth,
Mich. Editor F. e. Martin is down
with the grip this week.
For the year 1907 Rev. j, Hoffman
announced the following statement re-
garding the German Lutheran church:
Voting members (male members past
2D III; christened twenty-four in
fants; married three couples; cases
of death Z; confirmed seventeen chill
dren; there are three Lutheran school
buildings with three teachers: Prof.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
BOYD COUNTY LAND LITIGATION
1t Begins to Look as Though the End
is in Sioht


The long litigation and controversy
over 1900 acres of state land in Boyd
county may soon come to an end if
the offer made by the state board of
educational lands and funds is accent
ed by the people who live on the land
and who desire to buy after having
failed to get the property for nothing.
AT a meeting in Lincoln the board
offered to sell at the appraised price
recently fixed by the county super
visors with per cent interest for two
years added to the price. Alexander
Blair, one of the settlers who was
present said he was willing to pay
the price and it is believed the other
settlers will do the same. The state
board rejected an appraisement of the
county supervisors. Another appraise-
ment was made as of the value of the
property two years ago. State Land
Commissioner Eaton does not consider
the last appraisement the full value
of the land, but it is several thousand
dollars higher than the values former
ly agreed upon by the supervisors. He
voted to accept it. The other mem
bers of the board, Governor Sheldon,
Secretary Junkin and Treasurer Brian
also voted to do so. Attorney General
Thompson was absent. If the settlers
accept this will end all dispute. The
settlers first claimed to hold the land
under the homestead law, but the
courts and the United States land Of
flee decided that it was the property of
the state. Then the legislature passed
an act authorizing the sale of the land
to the settlers. The following shows
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17

In the matter of the estate Of Aug
ust Haase, deceased.
In the county court of Madison coun.
ty, Nebraska.
Now on the 2Sth day of December.
1907, came Louis Uecker, the admins
traitor OF said estate, and prays for
leaVe 10 render an account as such
administrator, also came Lizzie Haase.
the widow of deceased, and prays for
an allowance for support of family,
assignment of personal property as
signment of her homestead and dover.
and for the appointment of Louis
decker, the guardian of the minor
children of deceased.
1t is therefore ordered that the 9th
day of January, 1908, at O'Clock n,
m. at my office in Madison, Nebraska,
be fixed as the time and place for ex.
aiming and allowing such account.
and hearing all said matter. And the
heirs of said deceased, and all per-
sons interested in said estate, are re-
quired to appear at the time and place
so designated, and show cause, if such
exists, why said account should not
be allowed, and why the prayer Of
said applications should not be grant.
ed and all necessary proceedings had
therein.
1t is further ordered that said Louis
decker, administrator, give notice to
all persons interested in said estate
by causing copy of this order to be
published in the Norfolk Weekly
News-Journal, a newspaper printed
and in general circulation in said
county for three weeks prior to the
day set for said hearing.
In testimony whereof have herem
TO set my hand and affixed my oficit
seal this 2Sth day of December, A. I
lSo'' VIM. Bates,
County Judge.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Real estate transfers for the week
ending Jan. 10, 1908, compiled by Mad.
ison County Abstract & Guarantee
company, Office with Mapes G Hazen:
Charles Prauner and wife to Fred
Bierman, w. D., consideration $1,000,
VIZ Of VIZ of SW14 of SEA- of IL.
1913.
Citizens National bank to VIM.
Seiffert, w. D., consideration $4,000,
lots 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, II, IL
and IA, block 5, lots /, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, Z,
IS, 8, 10 and IL, block IA, all of blocks
4, II, 10, IL and 20, Hillside Terrace
addition to Norfolk.
Wilhelmina Brandenburg to Ferdi-
nand Brandenburg, w. D., considera-
tion $9,775, NEA of NEA of NW1A of
S-24-1.
]. o. Carter and wife Sena ]. to
Nora Manville, w. D., consideration 81,
part of block 4, Meadow Grove.
Christian d. Dauphin and wife to
Daniel M. Dauphin, w. D., considera-
ton 81, lots 8 and and the Ell of
the SEA of 1924.
Daniel M. Dauphin and wife to Chris
tian D. Dauphin, w. D., consideration
81, lot and the NEA of SWA of Z.
294.
Daniel NJ. Dauphin and wife to Eliz-
abeth Dauphin, w. D., consideration
81, lot and the SEA of the SWA of
1894.
Eliza A. Potter to ]. H. Dufphey, w.
d., consideration $4,000, SEA 21-23-3.
N. A. Rainbolt and wife to Corties
l.. Daniel, w. D., consideration $3.50,
lots 1 and 2, block 16, Park addition
to Norfolk.
N. A. Rainbolt and wife to Fred H.
Cornell, w. D., consideration 5000, lots
II and II, block 8, Park addition to
Norfolk.
Adam Pilger and wife Ernestine to
VIM. D. Uecker, w. D., consideration
$50, part of the SWH of the SWA of
23-24-1.
N. A. Rainbolt and wife to Olga F.
Graul, w. D., consideration SIS, lots
l and 2, block 16, Western Town Lot
Co.'s addition to Norfolk Junction.
Cora H. Bancroft and husband to
Horace c. Haskins, w. D., considera-
ton $4,000, lots and 6, block Is, F.
w. Barnes addition to Madison.
Josephine Banner and husband to
Josephine Durland, w. D., considera-
tion $3.50, lots 1 and 2, block /, Verges
Suburban lots to Norfolk.
Charles E. Crook and wife to E.
Crook, w. D., consideration $1,000,
WE of lot 7, block 8, Meadow Grove.
Charles e. Crook and wife to e.
Crook, w. D., consideration. $4,000, lot
., block 8, Meadow Grove.
Cora z. Harvey and husband to
Hans ]. Jensen, w. D., consideration
$1,391.20, outlot 8, Railroadd addition to
Newman Grove.
N. A. Rainbolt and wife to f. H. Cor
nell, special w. D., consideration 5000,
lots /, 2, 3, and 8, block 8, Riverside
Park addition to Norfolk.
Luther A. Russell to Dedda Hoskins.
w. d., consideration $50, part of the
NWA Of the SWA of 1924.
Chris T. Peterson and wife to John
H. Harding, w. D., consideration 81,
SWA of 1928.
Adolph Hille and wife to Johan
Schmidt, w. D., consideration $3.50,
lots A and 5, block 8, Hille's addition
to Norfolk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
Skies Are CLEARING,

Reports received from the north.
west by the Northwestern Monday
noon was to the effect that the skies
were clearing in the Rosebud country
and the Black Hills. The wind was
also going down. Sunday in Norfolk
looked threatening with some slight
suggestions of an anniversary storm of
the great blizzard of 1888.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
BULLET MISSED THIS TINE
PAUL PAUL. CAME NEAR BEING
THE VICTIM.
HALeeRr JoHNsoNs REVOLVER

johnson Was Loading the Weapon,
Preparatory to Taking II to Wicked
City Of Omaha, When II Came Near
Proving the Death Of Room Mate.
IFrom Mondays Daiiy.J
Leaving the peaceful bounds of Nor.
folk for short visit to the wicked
metropolis OF the state, Halbert John
son borrowed revolver and came
very near to accidentally shooting his
roommate, Paul PAUL, the new man
ager OF the Western Union Telegraph
company in Norfolk.
There were two cartridges In the
revolver and Johnson was on the
point OF filling up the gun when ID
went on accidentally, missing PAUL.
who stood near by and shatterinR q
mirror In the room. The young men
room with Mrs. Barrett on South
Eighth street.
1t was said that in attempting to
load the gun Johnson turned the cylinl
der the wrong way, exploding one of
the loads.
johnson afterwards got the gun load
ed and set out on his visit to Omaha.
PAUL., however, said the sight of the
fractured mirror made him nervous.
and while not superstitious, he moved
to another room in the house.
incidentally there is a severe penal.
ty against carrying loaded revolvers
in Omaha
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
Homecroft Earns.

Persons wanting to acquire 800 acres
OF fertile, productive land in eastern
Oregon (now being placed under irri-
gation) at twenty-five cents (25c) per
acre, first payment, write at once Ia
c. W. Evans, Ashland, Oregon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
Bullet Removed.

Attorney H. F. Barnhart underwent
an operation Monday afternoon at the
Pacific hotel in order to have the bull.
let removed from his knee. DR.. P. H.
Salter and DR.. j. II. Mackay were
called to extract the bullet.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17

A want ad. may make a vast differ.
ence in the kind Of job you secure
whether its to be what you want or
merely what you have TO take.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
CAN THEY CHANGE BONDS.
Interesting Legal Point Arises in
Pierce County.

Pierce, Neb, Jan. Especial to
The News: County Treasurer Her
man Hecht put up a personal bond in
lieu of a surety bond when he was in
stalled as treasurer, because the sure
ty bond had not yet arrived. Now it
has come and the question arises
whether he can substitute the surety
bond for his personal bond. The
change would cost the county $3.50.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
THE NORFOLK NEwsJoURNAL FRIDAY JANuARY, 1905

the appraised value and the value
with two years interest added.
Apr with
value Int.