The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

! brakeman, is suffering from bruised
foot as the result of dropping heavy
roll of felt roofing on that member.
| His right toe was badly bruised.
| w. j. McNamee. a Northwestern en-.
sineer, is suffering from strained
nack as the result of the shaker slip.
ping when he was engaged in shaking
the CRATES for his fireman at Atkin.
son.
DR.. A. B. Tashjean went to Fort
| Smith, Ark, where he will give med.
ical treatment to Arthur Koenigstein.
who is suffering from a slight attack
of pneumonia. Mr.. Koenigstein's con
dition is not serious.
Norton and Walter Howe were
lucky hunters Friday Walter, in
company with Carl Korth, killed sew.
en- rabbits, while Norton, who was at
Spring Branch for rabbits, brought
home three fine malard ducks.
The clerks Friday night organized
| their basketball team and it now re-.
mains to the militia to line up their
players and complete the league. The
members of the clerks team follows:
Elmer Hight. James Delaney. l.. e.
Seymore, Millard South, Charles HUI
lac.
There was birthday party at the
home of August Braun last Sunday
afternoon. \ number of the neighbors
were invited to share in the Joys of
the day and help eat the good things
that were served by Mrs. Braun. Rev.
Otto Bergfelder was also among the
guests.
DR. c. +. w. Marquardt of Omaha,
for many years a Norfolk business
man, is in the city on business and
visiting old friends. He says that
Norfolk, with its paved street, looks
good to him and this seems more like
home than a big city. He sometimes
| thinks of coming back.
Archie II. Cow has just completed
painting number of beautiful scenes
for the A. l.. Kilian display windows.
and some of them have already been
put on display. Mr.. Cow is a student
of an art institute in Des Moines, Ia.
and has received many compliments
for his beautiful work.
City Engineer II. II. Tracy made
two tests of the newly arrived Puring-
ton brick. The first test showed 1S
percent weight and the second test
20 percent weight. The test allows
the brick a 90 percent weight. The
property owners committee were pres.
OF hn
themselves well satisfied with the
Purington brick.
Railroad mail clerks of Norfolk
have organized a local branch of the
National Association of Railroad Mail
Clerks and elected II. b. Saunders as
their president; Frank Nelson, vice
president, and George Surber secre.
tary and treasurer. The local organi-
zation has membership of fourteen.
The meeting and organization was
held in the federal building.
Norfolk mail carriers had but two
hours left to work Saturday morning
when they called at the postoffce for
the mail. Some of us will get holi.
day today" said one carrier. 81 have
but two hours left to make my forty.
eight hours and | am not allowed to
work overtime. Some of the other
carriers have not more than three
hours work left them this week"
Unusually heavy mail is said to be
the cause of the carriers having work.
ed extra long hours.
Considerable interest was manifest
ed in Battle Creek Friday afternoon
when a stranger paid in court to
Charles Fenske the value of a dog he
had killed and the costs of the suit.
The stranger on December ! shot Mr..
Fenske's dog, an animal of much val
ue. The stranger was arrested by the
officers and a lively legal fight was
looked for when q satisfactory adjust
ment was made by the parties inter
ested.
A Bohemian whose name was not
known lost one of his legs and the
other was badly injured when he fell
under the Union Pacific passenger
train at Platte Center Friday night.
The man boarded the train at Column
bus and told a number of passengers
in the smoker his home was at Platte
Center. When that station was
reached he delayed getting off until
the train was in motion. 1t is believed
when getting off he fell backwards !
under the wheels of the cars.
H. II. Wakefield of Crookston, Neb. |
who came to Norfolk Wednesday to '
celebrate, paced into the arms of in
toxication and at the same time into
the arms of the police. Saturday morn.
ing he argued in Judge Eiseley's court
that he had no money His honor
Judge Eiseley, was sure Wakefield had
the required $40. for which amount
he was assessed, but a search of
Wakefield's clothing did not reveal the
coin. When it seemed evident that he
would have to spend another night in
the jail, he produced a $40 bill from |
his sock.
There will be no judging of chick.
ems on December 13, the opening day
of the first annual poultry show of