The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-09-15

team to Battle Creek Sunday. The
game will be fast one.
Thirty Norfolk boy scouts left the
city at $3.50 n. m. with full equipment
for a march to Stanton. The scouts
planned to return home about o'clock
p. m.
f. s. Battey, a prominent hardware
and lumber dealer of Highmore, s. d.,
a brother OF Mrs. r. f. Coleman is in
the city with his family, with a view
OF going into business in this city.
Supt. M. e. Crosier announces that
the Grant school would not open until
a week from next Monday, on Septem-
Der 1S. 1t had been reported that the
school would open next Monday.
oliver Utter beat r. B. Mckinney In
the semi-finals for the Burton cup, 6
up and to play. Utter and e. F.
Huse now play an 1S-hole match In
the finals, the winner to get the cup as
a permanent trophy. The match prob
ably will be played tomorrow morning
at $50.
There was a free.for-all fight in
house conducted by negroes on Sec
ond street and Norfolk avenue. One
of the negroes was thrown from a
second story window and several
alarms for the police were not an.
swered.
The police are watching for a man
who has a habit Of prowling in the
rear Of several Norfolk avenue bust
ness houses. The man was seen again
last night. 1t was believed he was en-.
deavoring to break his way into the
Schenzel meat market.
]. w. Porter of North Ninth street
killed five-foot bull snake this morn.
ing with a whip. Mr.. Porter was driv-
ing on Norfolk avenue near Thirteenth
street when he noticed the serpent in
the road. Remaining on the seat of
his vehicle he slashed at the snake,
killing 1t with the whip.
Nine cars or material for the new
Union Pacific depot are now being
unloaded by a large force of work.
men. The Union Pacific engineer ar
| rived in the city today to take full
| charge of the work. There will be
about twenty Norfolk men employed.
The actual work Of construction will
begin next week.
Norfolk is pointed out as an ideal
place for an electrical and gas whole.
sale fixture point. A local firm is
much interested in starting a jobbing
house for that material here. They
point out the fact that fixtures and
glass can be purchased cheaply in the
east and can be sold for less in this
city than Omaha houses can afford to
sell.
| S. A. Cokeley was arrested for being
drunk and disorderly last night. Judge
Eiseley, who has one case to try
against Cokeley and which case was
continued from last week until next
| Tuesday. continued Cokeley's second
offense until the day when the other
case will be taken up. "He at least
may be guilty of one of these charges,
says the judge.
| The First Congregational church is
all ready to sign the Norfolk avenue
paving petition whenever the petition
is presented to the trustees. This will
add 100 feet or more to the frontage
represented on the petition and will
reduce the frontage still required tC
about 400 feet The trustees of this
church voted some time ago to sign
paving petitions for either Norfolk av
enue or North Ninth street or both
| Less serious results of the Reed run
away accident on Norfolk avenue Fri
day afternoon are reported today
Mrs. Murphy and her year-old son
who were thought to be seriously in
jured, are now reported out of all dan
ger. Both We're badly bruised and
shaken up, but there were no broken
bones. Mrs. Reed, mother of Mrs
Murphy, whom the daughter and hel
two children were visiting here, is not
badly hurt. The 7-year.old daughter
of Mrs. Murphy escaped with only g
slight bruise.
County Commissioner Burr Taft
made trip to the county poor farm
Friday. Billy Pringle, who is now al
the place, appreciated the cane which
the commissioner took to him. Flows
are at work breaking the drained lanG
and Mr.. Taft believes that next veal
a good crop of corn will be raised or
this land. Fourteen cattle were ship
ped from the poor farm to the South
Omaha market and netted the county
over $500. Two teams of valuable
horses are to be sold next year.
Building activity in Norfolk has no
abated by any means. Several new
homes are to be built in the near fu
ture, while a number of plans are gu
among contractors who are requested
to file bids. Fred Doger and Otto Sell
ing are building new homes on FRS
street and Philip avenue; F. NJ. Cher
ington is building a new home on hi!
property in Edgewater park, where {
few months ago his old residence was
destroyed by fire; Patrick McGrane il
building tWO-stOry home on Cleve
land street; the st. Paul Lutheran
parsonage is nearing completion anC
workmen have started operations OF
the new addition to the EngelmaI
building. H. G. Brueggeman has haC
his home at 407 Philip avenue remod
eled. Plans are out for the new A. F
Stearns home. d. A. Zimmerman ha
moved the old l.. c. Mittelstadt house
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