The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-03-05


evening at the home of Il. o. Mount
on her way to join her husband, SUI
pe,intendent Reynolds of the North.
western who is in Lincoln this week.
The Norfolk jewelry store is again
without proprietor, recent pur-
chaser having moved the entire stock
away. II is presumed that the Shook
Jowelry company of Omaha, the job
bers who rent the building, will re.
place the stock in short time
A district organization OF rural mail
carriers will probably be formed in
this city on May 81. The following
committee on arrangements has been
appointed: j. Il. Risk of Madison
county, II. n. Hopper of Stanton
county and William Smith of Cunning
county.
Snow banks on Norfolk avenue
were attacked yesterday by a street
grader, the snow being spread over
the street. There is every indication
that this spring will see Norfolk av-
enue in the worst condition in years
as regards mud and the demand for
paving more urgent than ever.
Tom Lee of Omaha a former as
sistant prosecuting attorney of that
city, was in Norfolk Wednesday morn.
ing on his way to Madison to look up
matters connected with the farmer
suit against the bond company which
bonded the farmer saloon. Lee ap-
pears for the company in the case.
Among the new cottages which are
to be built in Norfolk this spring are
two cottages to be erected by J. w.
Ransom and two cottages to be
erected by r. f. Bruce, all four being
erected for renting purposes. One Of
the Bruce cottages will be on South
Eleventh street, the other on Cleve-
land street at the Junction. Mr.. Ran.
som will put up a modern cottage on
Phillip avenue and Eleventh street
and a similar cottage on South Fifth
residence.
Further details of the death of Mrs
J. w. Philips, formerly of Norfolk
in New Plymouth, Idaho, recently are
given in a copy of the Payette Inde,
pendent. Mrs. Philips died in a hos.
pital at Boise, Idaho, February 20
after an illness of seven weeks. Her
husband and two sisters, Mrs. ]. w
Lynch and Mrs. w. E. Parker, were
with her at the time. Mrs. Philips
was married to J. W. Philips in Nor
folk on April 19, 1896. Two children
were born. The funeral was held from
| the Catholic church.
A chilly night, freezing water in
the streets, helped the slush situa
tion, preventing the snow from melt
ing too rapidly.
| NJ. b. Cox has rented his farm here
and he and Mrs. Cox will spend the
next few months in the east. Mrs
Cox is now in Coleridge.
1t was John McAllister, a land mar
at Atkinson, who had a rather close
escape in Council Bluffs last fall from
lieved to have been the Council Bluffs
swindle organization, whose exploits
in New Orleans, Council Bluffs ant
| Little Rock have lately earned then
nation wide fame. McAllister was
brought to Council Bluffs on a big lane
deal. The land in question was sale
to be held by a colony of Germans
and it was represented to the Atkinson
man that they were suspicious people
and that ready cash was necessary tC
secure the bargain. 1t is reported
! that McAllister took something like
! $4,000 to Council Bluffs with him
After he had met the men who posed
as Iowa bankers the transaction was
postponed until past banking hours
McAllister's suspicious were con
| firmed when the party entered a room
in a hotel and one of the members
| locked the door. Then the Iowa meI
were all for hurrying the deal through
McAllister raised such a protest tha
he managed to get out of the room
Outside he found two policemen "Wt
are here to protect YOU" they tolC
him. The Nebraska land man told the
officers he would back them up ant
wanted the three to go back and make
arrests. But the police would have
none of this. They told the land mar
that he wanted to catch the first ca
and get over into Omaha before h'
was killed. They then hustled hin
out of the building.
Among the days out of town visi
tors in Norfolk were District Judge
Guy T. Graves, Pender; Franl
Philips, Henry Warnkey, F. Theissing
Fairfax S. D.. ]. l.. Packard, Monowi
H. c. Smith, Long Pine; ]. F. Glaze
Lynch; j. NJ. McMullen, Fairfax, S
D.; George H. Knittel, Carlock, S. D.
f. w. Usper, NJ. C. Beck, Dallas, S
D.; Jacob Coombs, Spencer; Jo'
Koch, Lamro, S. D.; c. NJ. Lundall
Wayne; w. F. Lefty, William Raines
Creighton; John S, Russell, Albion
John Sherman, Naper; c. F. Engel
haupt, Emmet; W. B. Donaldson
Pierce; E. H. Luikart, N. Hitchcock
Tilden.
Pope Has Better of His Cold.