The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-23
Madison were Norfolk visitors.

turned from IA business trip at Battle
Creek.
James Thomas of Carter, S. d., Is In
the city visiting with relatives. Mr..
Thomas reports everything prosperous
around Carter.
V. E. Labbey. travelling passenger
agent of the Illinois Central railroad
company of Omaha, was in the city
transacting business.
Frank Whitney and his son, George
Whitney OF Franklin, Neb., who were
here visiting with Judge and Mrs. C.
f. Eiseley, have gone to Lincoln.
Otto Born, a prominent farmer liv-
ing west of Norfolk, has just installed
private gas plant at his farm, light.
| ing the house and barn.
There will be a shortage Of Ice In
the Rosebud country this winter ow.
/ ing to the fact that streams are dry,
! according to a Norfolk man. It Is said
that Ponca creek is dry north of An
Okla.
The Northwestern railroad is build.
ing new ice house adjoining the new
one built last year. The old ice house,
/ which was damaged by fire, has been
torn down.
Rev. Mr.. Brauer of the Hadar Luth-
eran, church held services at the ST.
! Paul;s Lutheran church Sunday after
noon, filling the place of Rev. j. White,
preach.
Norfolk is in the grip of chicken
pox epidemic, according to a Norfolk
| physician, who declares that there are
at least 200 cases now prevailing in
| the city. The grown people as well as
the young are suffering from the at
| tack
The oldest citizen of Franklin coun.
| ty, Pa, celebrated his ninety-sixth
birthday anniversary last week. He
| is Emmanuel Martin, great GRANDPA
| Their of Ira NJ. Hamilton of this city
The celebration took place at Mr. Mar
tins home in Chambersburg, Pa.
Ten thousand pounds of elk meat
has been sold at Butte, Mont, says a
letter received by Norfolk man from
| in the forests and the recent forest
fires has driven the elk out of Yellow
, stone park into the open, where they
have been slaughtered,
John Wheelan Of Butte, Neb., paid
| So in Judge Eiseley's court Monday
morning for being drunk. His fine
amounted to $3.50, but the judge let
Wheelan go with reprimand. Be-
fore leaving the court room the pris-
oner declared he had quart bottle
of whiskey before he was locked up,
and wanted to know where it was.
Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. Herman Raasch, who died at
her home at Stanton last Thursday
afternoon, took place at the Stanton
home at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. She
leaves a husband and three grown
daughters. Mrs. Raasch was a sister
of w. l.. Lehman of this city, who
with his family attended the funeral.
The Norfolk Business college bas-
| ketball team will play the clerks team
in the Taylor building January 6. The
| lineup of the school team will be:
| Klug and Grundmann, guards; Nc
Cauley, center; Leist and Steffen, for
| wards. The college team challenges
any north Nebraska team. Letters
should be written to o. j. Steffen,
manager.
Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. Charles Casselman, who died
at her home on First street and Mad
ison avenue at $50 Sunday morning,
| took place at l o'clock Monday after
noon at the family home, where Rev.
Roy j. Lucas held services, after
which the remains were taken to War
nerville and interment made in the
had been ailing for five or six years
and death was due to liver compiled
tions. She was born in Michigan for
ty-three years ago and when IL years
old came with her parents to Madison
county, where she resided on a farm
near the town of Madison. Later her
parents moved to another farm near
Warnerville. where twenty-four years
ago she married Charles Casselman.
With the stock season over on the
Northwestern road, the working force
in several branches of the system has
been cut down. In Norfolk a number
of dispatchers have been reduced to
operators and three platform men and
one clerk have been cut from the pay
roll at the freight office. Three dis
patchers now handle the work which
recently required the work of six.
Three of them formerly handled the
east and three the west points from
Norfolk. Now the three remaining
dispatchers handle the line from Long
Pine to Fremont. At Fremont reduc-
tions in the working force have also
been made.
Harold Davey, formerly of Norfolk
but now drummer in the orchestra and
band of theatrical company playing
THE Messenger Boy" spent the night
in this city with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James H. Davey, 61O South
Fourth street. He left the show at st.
Joe and joins it near Lincoln for to-