The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21

turns Of the baseball games of the
Western league, and probably games
in the east will be bulletined in this
place.
w. j. Stadelman went to Omaha to
attend the Joint meeting of the Ne.
braska and Iowa Independent Tele.
phone associations. w. A. Witzigman
and Burt Mapes will also attend the
meetings Wednesday. At Council
Bluffs, where the banquet will be held,
! Mr. Mapes is scheduled for an address.
Captain John w. Heavey, of the
Eleventh Infantry of the regular army,
! will be in the city February to make
the regular annual inspection of Com
! pany ID, local company of national
/ guards. The Norfolk men will have to
! appear in khaki uniforms and do heavy
marching orders. Quartermaster sup
! plies, ordnance stores, books and rec.
ords &C the armory will be inspected.
Experts from Sioux City have ar.
/ rived in Norfolk and are now = !tting
! the finishing touches to the Il. b.
/ Kaufman bowling alley on Norfolk
! avenue, which will be opened to the
! public about Wednesday. The alleys,
J three in number, are of regulation size,
| fitted up with the most modern bowl
I ing alley fixtures, running board of
| regular length and electric lights.
! Large score boards, seats for the play
ers and spectators are among the fix.
lures already here. Mr.. Kaufman
| plans to organize a number of bowling
clubs.
A letter from the state attorney gen
eral to w. j. Stadelman says that the
county attorney has been instructed to
start mandamus proceedings against
the Nebraska Telephone company to
compel installation of telephone in
the Norfolk Long Distance company's
office. This telephone was removed
from the office sometime ago and the
matter has been in the hands of the
railway commission, who turned it
over to the attorney general. The
matter of the installment of an auto.
matte telephone in the local express
office, it is said will also come up soon.
Mrs. r. f. Schiller last evening slip
ped and fell on the slippery steps at
the residence of l.. NJ. Mcintyre and
painfully injured her hip. Mr. and
Mrs. Schiller had been visiting with
the Mcintyre family and had started
home when Mrs. Schiller accidentally
slipped and fell from the veranda
steps. 1t was at first thought Mrs.
Schiller had been seriously injured,
oh 60;
falling. Mr. Mcintyre carried her into
the house, where after a physician
was called she was able to walk home.
at noon and will probably be accom-
A unique automatic hat and coat
rack has been installed at the OXnard
hotel, which is not only burglar proof
| but also equipped with checks whereby
| no trouble is experienced in finding
where the coat or hat has been placed.
Each hook has a metal number. A
hat or coat is placed between the dou-
BILE hook which, after the metal check
which springs the lock is taken out,
| closes down and holds the wearing APP
parel so tightly that it would be neces-
sary for a burglar to cut it out if he
"iShOu W SCI away Wllll IL. he CHECK
is retained and serves as key to I'M
| lock the hook.
Wind that drifted the snow Satur-
| day night in the territory north and
west of Norfolk, tied up railroad traf-
fic for the night. The passenger train
that left Norfolk for Dallas Saturday
afternoon, was tied up at Bonesteel
tryht %
the snow drifted into the track so fast,
even after a snowplow had just gone
over it, that the passenger train got
stalled. A freight was tied up at
| Newport.
Many protests are now being regis
tered against the game and fish laws,
chief among which are the closed sea
son on quail and the strict measure
against fishing. Although reports are
frequent that probably all the quail
in this territory have been either
frozen or starved to death, fish on
the other hand, according to many re-
ports, have been allowed to die from
suffocation. Holes should be cut in
the ice for the purpose OF giving air
| w Tic ilSI Dul HUN various IbDOIlS
these holes, if there have been any
cut, have been used by the wary fish
erman to spear the fish who come for
the precious air. Many nice mess of
black bass and other fish are being
consumed in Norfolk it is said. AS
much as 400 pounds of fish has been
speared by an individual, it is said.
Spearing is against the law, but some
fishermen claim fish would die but for
holes cut by the spearers
Among the days out-of-town visit.
ors in Norfolk were: Mabel Tonne
l;er, Madison; Adah Lonneker, Tilden;
Mrs. j. Vanblarion, Pierce; Dale Stell.
riga, Albion; NJ. E. Williams, Dallas;
l.. Matthes, Stanton; l.. B. Strain,
Creighton; G.. p. Oliveries, West
Point; T. E. Stevens, Dallas; Alvina
Dettmar, Pierce; w. Barto, Beemer;
e. l.. Gillian, Niobrara H. A. Allen,
Atkinson; Mr., and Mrs. Gay l.. Evans,
Creighton; r. A. Reid, McCook; c. f.