The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-15

the work the required twenty-five new
members will be had before June l.
With this required number the bowl
ing alley will be assured.
Emery Bonney, who is behind the
bars at the city Jail for stealing BIZ
cycles, got a hearing before Justice
Eiseley yesterday afternoon and was
bound over for a hearing from the
county attorney, who will be in the
city Tuesday to take the matter up.
The fifth annual convention of the
Madison County Sunday School con-
vention will take place at Newman
Grove April % and 26. All phases of
the work will be discussed by persons
who will attend the convention from
different parts of the state. A large
representation is expected from Lin
coin.
A new house will be built by Edna
lngham, whose place was destroyed by
fire some time ago. The house which
was destroyed had been reported as
belonging to Leone Scott of Fremont,
but the lngham woman has been buy
ing it on installments and had but lit
| tie more to pay on it, The house was
not insured.
Stock shipments to the South Oma-
la market from Norfolk have averaged
about two 10 three cars weekly and it
! is reported that there are as many
good hogs in this vicinity as there
have ever been. According to reports
from the east, the good hogs have all
been sold out and for that reason the
! high prices have ruled supreme. But
| this is denied here and it is believed
that within a short time the high price
of hogs will drop to $3.50 hundred
weight. For the first time in a mum
Der of weeks hogs sold at $S.S5 at
local market.
why is it," asked a Norfolk bust
ness man, that on all the maps of
Nebraska Norfolk Junction is given
more prominence than is Norfolk?
There is no such place as Norfolk
Junction as it was many years ago
that the Junction came into the corpo-
ration limits. Looking at all maps of
Nebraska it will be seen that Norfolk
Junction is given prominence in large
black type, while on the other hand
Norfolk is either not mentioned at all
or, if it is, it is named in a dim type,
making it look like a little place north
of Norfolk Junction"
Samuel j. Reynolds, formerly night
chief dispatcher of the Northwestern
in this city, was here visiting with
= friends Mr. Reynolds had just re.
turned from Chicago where he went
from jamestown, n. d., at which place
he holds a chief dispatcher's position
for the Great Northern. At Chicago
Mr.. Reynolds was offered a position
with the New York Central road
which, however, he refused, his posi-
. ton in jamestown being much better
II came back to Norfolk to sell my
, five lots here" he said, but the city
has grown so much in the past year
= that | have changed my mind and will
hold on to them"
= A well known tobacco salesman who
r. was in the city today tells of a rea
old time wedding which occurred al
Howells, Neb., some time ago. "WheT
I Joe Nonnhamme, a saloon keeper
< of Howells, was married, 265 fam
lilies were represented, who, includ
a in children, numbered 1,0l2. A
l the dinner table, which was ladel
with all sorts of eatables, sixty kegt
l. of beer, five gallons of whisky, tel
e gallons of port wine were consumed
a A thousand cigars We're smoked, ant
l. while dancing the floor broke through
= and the dancers fell into the cellaG
e The wedding celebration lasted tw,
days" Mr., Vonnhamme, says the tray
e cling man, vouches for this and pre-
r sented the bills for the eatables am
p beveridges consumed, as evidence.