The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-12

day by the death OF his father. r.
Sutt. aLed more than 90. formerly
resident of Norfolk He sustained
stroke of paralysis Thursday. Mrs.
j. c. Stitt followed at noon and 1t is
feared that Mrs r. Stitt may be in a
prccarious condition as a result of her
husbands sudden death.
Street Commissioner Leu has begun
work on streets which has been want
ing attention for many months. The
| commissioner is soliciting ashes from
| hotels and business houses. These
ashes are dumped into the muddy
parts of the various side streets. The
! water has been allowed to remain in
some of these bitches so that the
streets were pronounced insanitary.
So fast is work progressing on the
new building for the Norfolk Chem
zeal and oil company, that W. w. Was
! son, president of the company, be-
lieyes he will be ready TO occupy the
structure within a week. Thursday
was busy day at the factory, Il car
load of stock being shipped to the
place, and so numerous We're the or
ders that as much stock was shipped
away.
Two tramps arrested Wednesday
have been released. Three others
were brought before Judge Eisoley
Friday morning and were also ordered
out of the city. There is no doubt in
the minds of the police that there
were really twenty-five tramps in the
gang at the Junction, The names of
the tramps ordered out of town were:
Mike Walsh II. Bird and w. A. Wal
ters. The latter is totally blind
L. Sessions has gone to Lincoln
lwhere tonight he will call to order the
annual business meeting of the Ne.
, braska Oruthologists union, of which
he is president. The annual election
of officers will be one of the features
of the business meeting. Tomorrow
the union will put in a days work in
the field which Mr.. Sessions declares
, will be of great interest to all those
attending
e A general cleaning up is going on in
$ the Office of the water commissioner
3. and city clerk Room is even being
t made in that office. which is located in
r the city hall building, for a desk for
e street Commissioner Leu. Mr.. Leu
q intends to ask the city to purchase a
e desk for his private use. The old desk
3 formerly used by August Brummund
has been turned over TO Police Judge
= Eiseley and Mr.. Carrick is in Posses
/, sion of a handsome new desk.
S G. +. Reddng a hack driver, has
d disappeared from the city. He has {
wife here. This news was made pub
e lie when Constable John Flynn receiv
ed warrant for Readings arrest
e Reddng was charged by William NJ
:, Green, a boarding house keeper, witt
intending to abscond without payin!
A his board bill, amounting to about $40
Re The constable traced the man to
resort in the eastern portion of thu
4. city. The officer found several grip
q, belonging to the hack driver, but TIN
man had escaped, The grips wer
Is empty.
st Shippers and carriers of all kind
of grain who have been blaming eac
* other for the loss of weight in tranSi
will probably have no further cause G
II Chicago Board of Trade weighmastel
finding way out of the difficulty. Nj
le Foss has sent to every railroad static
ID in this vicinity a folder and instruC
Sc lions showing how, by the use of bu1
" lap, all leaks in grain cars ban b
stopped. This system has been put i
vogue on the Northwestern road. A
the same time the grain loss instrut
lions were received in Norfolk, il
81 structiOns were received by the locf
Northwestern road from cement MAJ
III ufacturers who are distributing muc
reading matter for the instruction {
re shippers of cement and empty cemer
sacks. Cement sacks when being n
Is shipped must be tied in bales of fit
sacks each, before the local railroa
'n agent is allowed to accept them fC
shipment.
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