The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28


Probably the Omaha train robbers,
when seen whizzing through Norfolk
in an automobile early Sunday morn
ing, were bound for Sioux City. It's
only to be expected that they have
heard of the way the Hadar bank rob-
bers have been taken care Of over
there.
A girl who is engaged to be married
and whose trousseau is being made,
shouldn't announce that her engage
ment has been broken until she's dead
sure of it. A Norfolk girl during the
past week called off the dressmaker
with word that she wasn't going to be
married, after all-that the engage
ment was broken. Within three days
she gave an order to go on with the
duds-that the engagement was "on"
again.
OVER NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIEs.
Carlock, S. D., is to have a jail.
Madison may ask for a Carnegie H.
brary.
The O'Neill Independent was 81
years old last week.
An Eastern Star lodge has been or
ganized at Dallas, S. ID.
c. A. Jerrard has started the Demo-
crat, new paper, at Bassett.
The Beemer Times believes that
Beemer's pillow factory is now a sure
go.
Arthur F. Mullen of O'Neill has sue
ceeded c. j. Smyth of Omaha as state
deputy of the knights or Columbus.
p. l.. Wyman, manager of the Bris-
tow cheese factory, may interest
Bonesteel citizens in a factory at that
point.
BY vote of 10S to Gregory, S. D.,
voted $4,000 bonds, $4,000 for a high
school building and $1,000 for refund
ing purposes.
The Randolph high school won the
cup at the Harrington field meet.
Harrington won second place. In
baseball Randolph defeated Creighton
3 to /.
Bonestee1 Pilot: James Dahlman,
who was recently reelected mayor
of Omaha by a handsome majority, is
brother of Mrs. T. ]. Thompson of
Fairfax.
The Witten town lot sale has been
postponed from June l to June 8, on
account of the Trip county election
coming on June l. The sale is held
at Gregory, S. d.
Collins, the newest Trip county
townsite. is between Witten and Sci
Ter on nearly a direct line. B. F. Col
Inns, j. Nj. Hacker, Fred Huston and
Windsor Doherty are said to be back
or the new town.
w. |. Kortwright, editor of the de
| funct Randolph Reporter, who wor
fame by editing the Fairfax Sun-Re
view from the county jail was look
ing for a newspaper location in Tripl
county, but failed to find one.
The Colome Times asserts that Co
lone will be railroad town before
snow flies. The railroad survey, il
declares, passes through Colome goinl
northwest through the John BandoI
allotment. The Times says that {
visit to Colome by Contractor Tread
way, who built much of the Bonestee
extension, looks like railroad building
a supreme court announcement
states that the decision is affirmed il
the case of II. j, Hoffman against
w. Aller, police judge of Wayne
| Hoffman sought to have part of thu
police court record eXpunGed. This il
denied by the court The record wal
made by the judge who had fined ;
number of persons on misdemeano
charge.
Business Changes in the Northwest.
Fred Volberding has purchased thu
d. j. Brazda grocery stock at Wis
ner
w. P. Bishop, Gregory hotel man
has sold his cafe to Hooking & Scott
but retains the management of tn,
hotel.
The Kilgore State bank, A. G. Hol
of Johnstown president, e. R. Gurne,
of Fremont vice president and w. L
Dillon cashier, has been incorporates
with $4,000 capital stock and will
open for business June 1.
About Norfolk.
Madison Chronicle: Norfolk ha
sidestepped from the camel brigade
after a week or two of drouth, ant
has licensed six or seven thirst EN-
poriums.