The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-28
THURSDAY TIpINGS.


Miss Lottie Schmit dcteyg Thursday
evening.
James Harvie, ninety-four years old
and a resident of Dodge county since
1869, Is dead.
President John Krantz CT the Nor
folk branch of the anti-horse thief as.
ISOLATION has called meeting of the
association to be held at the city hall
at 2 o'clock next Saturday.
The contract for finishing Fred John
sons new house on Keonigstein av-
enue, west of Twelfth, has been award
cd to Chas. Richardson, who took it
away from three other bidders.
Tickets for Durnos entertainment,
number of the high school lecture
course, may be reserved at the bust
ness office of The News beginning Fri
day morning. The magician appears
at the Auditorium Saturday night and
the indications point to a heavy sale
of tickets.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Burnham gave
the second of the series of dinners at
their home on Norfolk avenue Wednes-
day evening. After a splendid menu
had been served and the gentlemen
had been properly smoked" games
of five hundred occupied the evening
until late hour.
Leo Hight and viii Hight of In
terror, S. D., are in Norfolk packing
up carload of supplies and belong
ings which they had in Norfolk and
which they are now going to ship to
Interior, having decided to make their
homes permanently on their South Da-
kOta homesteads. There are now
about fifteen Norfolk families living in
the vicinity of Interior. The Norfolk
colony is said to like the country and
a number expect TO live there after
they have proved up" on their home
steads.
Gordon Journal: Last Saturday
afternoon Sheriff Beckwith called on
e. C. Swigert, j. G. Jordan and The
Fair and served notice to appear be-
fore Judge Edmunds court to answer
for violation of the Pure Food laws.
1t seems that when the inspector was
here short time ago he found a few
pounds of butter in the refrigerators
of each of the above that had a wax
wrapper on them, and were not mark
ed with the exact weight of the pack
age The dealers here did not have
an idea that it was necessary to weigh
each of the packages of butter or that
they were violating the laws by SELL
ing or holding it in stock.
Valentine Republican: The little
son of A. Haley and wife, of Sparks,
came near being burned to death last
Friday afternoon. Mr.. Haley was
busy invoicing the stock of goods
which he was preparing to turn over
to his successor p. F. Simmons, and
the child was playing in dry goods
box which was used as play house.
The little fellow lighted a candle
which set fire to himself and before
rescued was quite seriously burned in
the stomach and one knee. Had it
not been for the timely assistance of
C. F. Callen the child would have per-
ished in the flames. We are inform
ed that Mr.. Callen was severely burn
ed about the hands while rescuing
the child from the flames.
Messrs. Hoffman and Mayer of the
Commercial club directors have been
named by the club to appear before
the city council with the representa-
tive of the Armour company in an eff
fort to adjust the matter of the COM
pany changing the location of its Nor
folk building. When the matter came
before the club the directors hesitated
to take any action because they were
anxious to avoid trespassing on what
they consider the jurisdiction of the
city council. The solution of the mat
ter was the appointment of commit
tee to be present at the council meet
ing. The Armour company wishes to
move its produce receiving building
from the vicinity of the Northwestern
city station to North Seventh street,
where it proposes to erect a new build
ing about forty feet square. Some
protest has been raised by property
owners.
SpringvieW Herald: About noon
Saturday as Ray Carr, son of ]. F.
Carr, was driving home from the
school house, where he had been TAX
ing chairs for the entertainment with
a spirited team hitched to a widetired
wagon, he was thrown out near the
lumber yard and the wheels passed
over him, He was standing up in front
with his back to the wind, which was
driving a snow furry before it, when
the wagon struck bump which unbal-
anced Mr.. Carr and threw him under
the front wheel. He caught at the
double-tree but his hold failed and the
wheel passed diagonally across his
body. The hind wheel caught his head