The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-10-01

town to the city.
Justice Eiseley fined Arthur Mast
$50 In police court yesterday on
complaint of George Fox, who says
he was attacked and beaten by Mast
One car of hogs sent to the South
Omaha market last Tuesday brought
top price being sold for $500 This
load was sent by the Salter Coal and
Grain company.
A number OF Norfolk people go to
Hoskins to attend the German Luther.
an missionfest there Sunday. A num-
Der of good speakers on mission work
are to deliver addresses.
Superintendent f. NJ. Hunter and c.
l.. Williams took the senior high school
football team to Neigh Saturday to
play the Neigh high school team the
first game on the gridiron this season.
DR.. A. Il. Tashjean has been to Oma-
ha to see NJ. NJ. Gregorian, who is in
hospital there from an attack OF
cerebral hemorrhage. The doctor re-
ports his condition as being very UNI
favorable.
The good roads movement looks
brighter. All business men approach.
ed by one committee yesterday were
in favor of the plan. Contributions
had been delayed through carelessness
in most cases.
]. p. Meyn lectured to large audi
ence at the Christ Lutheran school
last night. The subject of his lecture
was "The Life of Luther" which, with
the aid of the moving pictures proved
great success.
A hunting party consisting OF II. II.
Hartford, h. l.. Beveridge and Il. b.
Kaufman will go to the lakes south
of Wood Lake tonight for two weeks
outing. They shipped their camping
outfit yesterday.
Another campaign against the dogs
left running about the streets is being
made by the police of Norfolk. One
dog was executed yesterday by Chief
of Police Marquardt. Many dogs with
out tags, annoying citizens, are re-
ported.
George Stalcup is busy moving the
Office of the Farmers Grain and Stock
company, including the sales, to the
corner of Sixth and Madison, where
additions will be built on the old Of
flee, with modern improvements in
stalled.
Hunters are getting their guns in
shape for the fall shooting. The open
season on ducks and snipe began on
the fifteenth inst, and the chicken sea-
son will open on the first of October.
There is an open season on squirrels,
but none on quail.
William Beck, the Northwestern con-
ductor who was injured in the Occur
d'Alene electric car accident some
time ago, returned to Norfolk from a
Spokane hospital yesterday. Mr.. Beck
had one of his arms broken twice and
the other severely bruised. He is still
wearing bandages.
J Norfolk showed the county some
thing about fine hogs at the Madison
fair during the week. S. j. Ramsey
, carried away first money on his Po-
| land China hog Expansion Chief in
, the one year and over class, while a
six-months-old pig belonging to HIM
took second in the yearling class. a
/ hog belonging to William Knebel was
t awarded second in the one year and
? over, and a pig of his took first in the
under six months class.
Many store windows in Norfolk are
decorated now with trash and rusty
irons of all description, with signs
: stuck on them describing them as
: relics of Dr. Cooks, Commander Pea
: rvs and Dr. Kanes arctic expeditions.
=, One window has a piece of log, claim
ing it to be part of the north pole;
: another an old pair of shoes with ar
tificial snow, which are supposed to
: be shoes worn by DR.. Cook. One
= dealer exhibits a pipe (Which DR.. Cook
smoked while leaning against the
pole"
Telegraphic communication all over
the country was almost demoralized
, Saturday by what is commonly termed
by wire chiefs of telegraph Offices as
"northern lights" or earth currents
which ground the wires so heavily
:, even crossing them, so that communi
cation is practically impossible. In
= many cases the wires go open for a
minute or two and then close, and con
: tinue doing this for hours. The north
ern lights are visible at night, and II
person Is lucky enough to be look
. ing toward the north when the lights
appear there will be reward in seeing
flames shooting up in the far north
The earth currents, which last gener
. ally about two or three hours at q
time. make their visits here as a rule
u once In three or four years, about this
time of the year. Probably those SUI
fering mostly from the interruption
u caused by the northern lights are the
II commercial telegraph companies
y whose kilograms when delayed usually
mean damage claim. The Associat
Il ed Press wire running into The News
o office, and those into Omaha, gave
! considerable trouble.