The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-09

hoeing potatoes and his wife is made
useful around the jailor's palace.
Captain G. l.. Anderson will take
out his soldiers tonight for regular
drill over the paved section Of the
city. The indoor drilling has been dis
pensed with, since Norfolk avenue was
paved.
Subscribers to the fund being raised
to purchase the race track property
will be held in the city hall at o'clock
Tuesday evening. The meeting Is an
important one and it is requested all
those interested be present.
Saturday and Sunday were record
breaking days for the sale of ice
cream. II Is reported that one dealer
alone sold 500 gallons of the cream,
while the other dealers sales would
push the sale mark up to nearly 1000
gallons.
over 700 fruit trees have been plant
ed on the Butterfield ranch near Os.
mond during last week. j. S. Butter
field is managing the large ranch and
with him is j. G. S. Wells, jr.. who 1t
is reported is making good" as a
scientific farmer.
Dispatches at the Junction head.
quarters invested in white caps Satur.
day night. These are to be used by
the controllers of the lives of passen-
gers in the Office to fight away the
June bugs and to shade the eyes as
! they carefully watch their train sheets.
Bert Davis returned from Neigh
Saturday evening to spend Sunday
with his family. Mr.. Davis is now EN-
ployed by the Northwestern Telephone
| company, which is installing much new
| cable throughout the town of Neigh.
| Mr.. Davis will probably be employed
| at Neigh all summer.
Sheriff c. S. Smith was here Satur-
day and arrested c. Morton, a laborer
| in the employ of the Craig Construc-
| ton company. Morton was wanted at
Madison on serious charge. He es-
| capped the sheriff at Madison, but when
he came for his wages here, he found
the sheriff waiting for him.
Tilden has accepted the offer of the
| Norfolk baseball team to play at Til
den on July for purse of 500. This
| purse will be divided 60 and 49, the
losers taking the small end. The Com
| mercial club is to make preparations
for a special train to Tilden on that
| day. Elgin comes here to play next
| Wednesday.
| There will probably be no meeting
of the board of education this evening
| because of the absence from the city
of several of the members of the board
There are six new teachers to be elect
| ed and number of bills to be allowed
| Miss Paine's resignation is also to be
considered. The new superintendent
is to be in the city on June 90.
| B. p. Schneider, decorator for BeeleI
Bros store, has invented a wood burn
ing machine which is used without fire
or flame OF any kind A piece of hard
cedar is used to either make the cut
tings or burning. When turned slowly
the cedar burns the softer wood and
when turned rapidly the cutting Is
made.
The surveyors of the Baker Con
struction company finished their work
of putting on the map a proposed cleo
trio interurban line between Omaha
and Norfolk Saturday night They
made records of the proposed line
through the city on Madison avenue
to Thirteenth street. The surveyors
in charge of w. E. King, will return
to Fremont today.
The Pleasure Club boat landing was
formally opened Sunday afternoon
Many gasoline launches, belonging t.
members of the club were put in use
and many seekers of cool breezes wer,
conveyed to the resting places alont
the Norfolk river. The refreshmen
booth did good business and tn,
large crowd appreciated the comfort
able seats on the edge of the spacious
landing.
Samuel Shafton of Sioux City, WHIT
has been employed here by the Nor
folk Iron and Metal company as junl
buyer, returned Saturday night from
Tilden, where he claims he was as
saulted by some persons. Shafton ex
hibits pair Of black and blue eyes al
proof of the assault. Shafton left Nor
folk Saturday morning with a purse o
$40 to buy junk. He declares tn,
money was taken from him and tina
an officer struck him on the eyes sew
eral times. Only forty cents was re
turned to him, he says. Shafton i
about So years of age.
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