The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

his census taking the past twenty.
! four hours.
w. J. Stadelman, who was elected
president of the Norfolk Driving club
/ AZ time when he was absent from
the city and who requested time to
consider the matter before accepting
the place. has now decided to accept
the office. There is every indication
that the race meet in Norfolk this
summer given fair weather will be
one of the most successful events yet
held in north Nebraska
The Ben Hur lodge of this city n
week from next Monday will add a
large class to its membership rolls.
Twenty.threc new members have al.
ready been secured for the class and
it is hoped that this number will be
raised to about fifty at the time of
the class adoption. The work will he
put on by the local lodge team, but
lodge members from Page, Neb., will
be special visitors.
Madison county auto victims so far
this week are Cornelius Jacobson of
Norfolk and DR.. NJ. ID. Baker of Til.
den. DR.. Baker broke his arm in at.
tempting to crank his automobile
Tuesday evening. Both bones in the
right arm were broken Mr.. Jacobson
had the ligaments in his right wrist
and hand severely and painfully
strained by a similar accident at Madi.
son Wednesday. He was cranking an
auto when the gasoline engine jerked
back He lives at 1912 Phillip avenue
and had his arm dressed in Norfolk
Thursday morniro.
The Elkhorn Blu lding and Savings
association became of age this week.
holding its twenty.first annual meet
ing. At the stockholders meeting the
old directors We're reelected as fol
lows: II. j. Cole, Albert Degner, w.
A. Witzigman, T. L. Odiorne, f. T..
Davenport and II. G.. Matrau. The di.
rectors at their meeting reelected H.
j. Cole president; W. A. Witzigman,
treasurer, and T. e. Odiorne. secre-
tary. A. Degner, as vice president,
gave way to H. C. Matrau. Mr.. Ma
trau and DR.. Cole were two of the six
incorporators of the association TWEEN
ty-one years ago.
Police Judge Eiseley passed the
cigars yesterday. Business in police
court picked up in such an astonish.
ing fashion with the descent of the
grounding back into his hole that
Judge Eiseley became convinced that
the fee famine was over, New Years
resolutions forgotten and the day of
police court trials restored as in the
days of Chief John f. Flynn. Them
were happy days" remarked the
judge, rejecting back upon the time
when the wheels of industry hummed
IN police court. That was the time
when the city council offered Judge
Eiseley salary in place of his fees,
but the judge stuck to his fees. Then
the country braced up, reformed and
arrests ceased. The judges fees. |
which once were worth more than a |
salary, wouldn't buy smoking tobacco.
lhat was why when court was over
yesterday Judge Eiseley went down |
on the avenue and bought real cigars. |
For he found three cases to try. Peter
Quick paid $50 for being intoxicated. |
Quick works on a bridge gang and
little later fell by the wayside again.
The second prisoner, a young man
who said he was soliciting for the
Omaha Bee and Twentieth Century |
Farmer, wanted his name cancelled |
and was registered on the docket as
John Doe" He paid $40; charge,
intoXication. The third man, arrested
by Officer Kell, had his case con-
tinued until Saturday.