The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-11-18

Considerable favorable comment has
! been caused among grand lodge of.
ficers of the Eastern Star in Nebraska
brought into the Norfolk initiation
ceremony the other night. Mrs.
George Il. Christoph the matron of
the lodge, was responsible for the idea
The proposal to divide Lyman coun.
ty, S. d., was defeated at the recent
election by 100 votes. j. II. Conley,
formerly of Non folk, was manager of
the automobile division committee.
Oacoma Is the present county seat,
but Presho, within three miles of the
exact county center is an aspirant for
the place.
A new automobile garage is prom
ised for Norfolk. Mr.. King of Meadow
Grove has purchased the DR.. Macon.
Der lot west of the Hutchinson bakery
shop on Norfolk avenue, and 1t is re.
ported he will build garage on the
now vacant lot. Mr. King has also
rented DR.. Macombers cottage on
North Eighth street and will move to
Norfolk.
The breaking of bolt which caused
the shafts to strike one of the horses
attached to w. G. Roland grocery de-
livery team caused runaway yester-
day noon which resulted in one OF the
horses sustaining an injured leg. The
accident took place on South Eleventh
street and the horses were stopped
on Philip avenue. The tongue of the
wagon was broken.
w. r. Jones has sold his residence
on Norfolk avenue and Tenth street
to John Koenigstein. The property is
known as the Colonel Simpson resi-
dence. The deal was made by Attor-
ney Jack Koenigstein, who reports
that his mother, who is now at Fort
Smith, Ark, will arrive in Norfolk next
week. Mr. and Mrs. John Koenigstein
will make their home in Norfolk.
John Schwichtenberg is contemplate
ing a trip to old Mexico to look over
osition look favorable Mr.. Schwichten-
berg may invest in one of the planta-
tions. If he goes on the Mexico trip
he declares he v i'll make a tour around
the world, going from Norfolk to Sc
attic, thence to Japan, through the
Suez canal and through Europe, over
the Atlantic to New York city.
Frank G. Moldenhauer has put on
display in the lobby of the Norfolk Ma
tional bank four sample ears of corn
which he picked from his fields The
corn is extraordinarily large, but Mr.
Moldenhauer declares the corn on dis
play is of the average of his field. Mr..
Moldenhauer admits he planted the
corn after taking instructions from
the book on corn sent out by the Nor
folk National bank, which he highly
prizes.
The entire work of the repairing of
the mill dam and fiume is now COM
plete and the contractors will leave
the city Monday or Tuesday The
mill is now running on regular time
and no further Inconvenience will be
experienced by the mill owners, who
now have one CT the best water dams
and fumes in the state. All that is
now lacking is a new bridge over the
dam.
Barring unfavorable weather the
prediction of Superintendent James
Craig, in charge of the paving here,
is that Norfolk avenue will be paved
from the river to Seventh street by
November 25. The excavation is about
completed and nothing remains to be
hIIt 10 10 viz Of
from the bridge to Third street. This
can be done in about one week with
the present weather conditions. The
brick, say the men in charge of the
paving work, can be laid in most any
kind of weather
Judge Isaac Powers, who was APP
pointed special master in chancery by
Judge Munger in the United States
court some time ago in an important
land case, leaves for Virginia Monday,
where he will look over the land in
question, hear evidence and take dep
ositions. Mrs. Powers will accompany
her husband as far as Rockford, ILL.,,
where she will visit with her son, re-
turning to Norfolk with Mr.. Powers,
who will make brief stop on his re-
turn trip. Attorney Calvin Keller of
Creighton will also go to Virginia in
| connection with this case.
George Adams, the Scotland, S. D.,
man who was arrested Wednesday
night for being drunk and disorderly,
was re-arrested yesterday afternoon on
the same charge. Adams was released
Thursday morning after he had paid
| Sc of his $40 fine in Justice Eiseley's
court on the promise that he would
leave the city Immediately and go to
Pierce, where he declared he had OBJ
tanned work picking corn for a farmer.
Later Chief of Police Marquardt was
confronted by Adams, who was hap
PLY making figure Fights in the new
pavement on Norfolk avenue.
Stole Grapes; Got Thirty Days.
/ There was considerable excitement
at the Northwestern freight depot yes.
terday afternoon when a hobo giving