The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-02-14

were well impressed with the auto
matte knotter A report will be made
to the Commercial club Tuesday morn
ing by Mr.. Pasewalk
The Norfolk Long Distance Tele.
phone company is to install new fire
alarm system in connection with
sending in fire alarms over their
wires.
Pierce Leader: w. c. Ulrich saw
Dimples" at the Norfolk Auditorium
Saturday night. He was well pleased
with the play.
John Reimers, a young farmer liv-
ing four miles west of Pierce, caught
his heel in the lines when his horses
became unruly and, falling over back
wards, broke both bones in his left
leg between the ankle and knee.
A message received by Chief Flynn
last night stated that his daughter,
Miss Agnes Flynn, who was operated
on for appendicitis Monday, had been
able to be up a little. Miss Flynn is
recovering rapidly from the effects of
the operation.
Miss Leslie of Hoskins, a seventh
grade teacher in the Madison city
schools, was compelled to give up her
school work this week on account Of
a threatened attack Of appendicitis
She has returned to her home in Hos
kins for a few weeks vacation.
1t is understood that the attorneys
| for o. p. Herrick on his suit against
| Norfolk on the sewer contract will
| seek to have the case continued in
the district court next week. The
city, on the other hand, will probably
ask to have the case tried next week
1t is stated that the Armour com
pany contemplates moving it's Norfolk
produce headquarters from the pres
ent location near the Northwestern
| freight depot to a new location on
| North Seventh street. 1t is said that
if this is done the buildings will be
enlarged.
The Norfolk pickle factory has been
closed for few days on account of a
delayed shipment of olives from Min
neapolis. The factory will open again
| Monday. The company will have a
new man in Norfolk in a short time
to succeed NJ II. Elliott, the COM
pany's pickle expert, who goes to Lin
coin.
| Secretary j. P. Bailey of the state
organization of the Y. NJ. c. A. is to
hold two meetings at Madison next
Sunday, a meeting for men in the af-
ternoon and a union meeting at the
opera house in the evening. Mr.. Bal
ley will be a prominent figure in the
state Y. Nj. C. A. convention which
comes to Norfolk next week
| Hoskins Headlight: Henry Tiedje
went to Omaha with VIM. Anderson's
cattle Monday, to see what chances
there were of bringing home his
daughter, who is in the hospital at
that place. Her recovery is very slow
and if she does get well she will be
a cripple. She is the one who was
accidentally shot at Christmas time
Of last year.
| Councilman Dolan is reformer, an
art reformer. The Fourth ward coun-
Gilman in the council Thursday even
ing introduced his pet reform to the
meeting, a proposal that all telephone
lpoles in Norfolk be painted, preferably
painted green. 1t was said at the
meeting that the telephone companies
objected to painting poles because
paint is injurious to the life of the
pole.
After. a discussion running some
thing over year the city council has
decided to bring condemnation pro.
ceedings in order to open Pasewalk
Iavenue west of the Union Pacific
tracks. The street is open on the
east side up to the tracks. p. Stat.
ford, A. Morrison and j. S. Mathew
son were elected appraisers Thursday
levening by the councilmen on formal
ballot.
No change in the officers or direct
ors of the Elkhorn Building and Saw
ing association was made at the com
pany's twenty-first annual meeting
F. E. Davenport and DR.. H. J. Cole
were reelected to the board of direct
Ors for terms of three years. The list
of officers follows: DR.. H. j. Cole
president; A. Degner, vice-president;
T. E. Odiorne, secretary; w. A. Wit
Zigman, treasurer.
Thomas Riley was arrested last
night by Officer Kell and lodged il
Jail on a charge of being drunk ant
, fighting an officer. He was as husky
an offender as has been in the city
Jail for long time. Riley was big
ger man than Kell and Norfolk's nigh
officer is a rather healthy specimen
of manhood. Riley resisted arrest il
a strenuous way. John Moore wa!
, "vagged," and Dennis Deagan was an
other tramp "jugged."
Columbus Tribune: The Spedden
| Paige stock company closed week.
. management at the North opera hous,
Iloct SATURDAY. awning Thay p1ayaf