The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22

from the many homeseekers now here.
Il had thirteen applications within a
few hours" he said.
A committee OF the Norfolk board of
charities met with Mayor Friday with
view OF coming to some harmonious
terms with the administration toward
the charity work of the season.
A. J. Mosley. whose wife died In
Denver week ago and was buried in
Norfolk Wednesday, will make his
home In this city. He and his three
little children will live at the home of
his father.in.law, II. II. Luke, for the
time being
l.. G. Hepperly has returned elated
from the Madison county fair, where
he won FIVE first prizes on PerCheron
horses and thirteen prizes on vege-
tables, nine tirsts and four seconds.
He took the first premium on the best
five stalks Of corn.
Many farmers north and west of the
city are building new barns and resi-
dances. X. J. Filter, three miles north
and three miles east, is having barn
54x70 constructed on his farm. Ed
ward Thurman, living near this place,
Is having a new residence constructed.
Capt. Keleher of the Norfolk high
school football team, reports that so
hard Is the struggle among many of
the players trying out for a place on
the first team that he will not be able
to announce a full lineup until three
days before the first game, which will
be played here Saturday, Sept. 80,
with Wayne.
Rumors that County Commissioner
Burr Taft purchased the Verges brick
yard for the Western Bridge and Con
struction company, for branch office
here are denied by him. Records at
Madison also deny these rumors.
There has been persistent talk that the
property was purchased for this bridge
company but an investigation proves
otherwise.
Sylvester Cokeley. who was SEN
fenced to thirty days in the county
Jail is at liberty as the result of ha-
beas corpus proceedings filed in the
county court by his attorney, j. c. En-
gelman. The police will now probably
take Cokeley in on the warrant held
charges Cokeley with being drunk and
disorderly.
Chief of Police Marquardt is in pos
session of a box containing about 1000
loaded shotgun shells which were
found hidden away in hole in the
Union Pacific railroad yards Saturday
by a son of Edward Fairbanks, who
turned the property over to the police.
1t is believed that these shells were
stolen from a box car in the yards.
One case of shells was stolen only re-
Gently.
A. w. Hawkins, secretary of the
Commercial club, leaves Tuesday
morning for Chicago, where he will at
tend the convention of commercial
club secretaries. Mr.. Hawkins has
shipped many circulars of Norfolk to
the convention city to advertise this
city. The Commercial club has also
shipped many circulars of Norfolk to
York, Neb., where Frank Tannehill
goes to represent Norfolk at the Ne
braska Farmers association.
John Decker, Robert Schmidt and
members of Engineer Stanleys gang
Of the Union Pacific played a feature
part in putting out fire which in a
short time would have proved serious.
A passing engine in the Union Pacific
yards blowing up volume of sparks
was the cause of igniting a box car
filled with merchandise including
many empty gasoline cans. The rail
road employees after turning the fire
alarm put out the fair sized blaze with
few buckets of water.
Among the days out-of-town visit
ors in Norfolk were: w. Stanton,
Meadow Grove; w. E. Stone, Platte
Center; Il. F. Lynn, Winner; Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Melsha and son, Lynch;
William Moldaner, Tilden Mr.. and
Mrs. o. D. Ohmstead, Winner; F. H.
Noonan, Yankton; E. Herman, Albion;
f. V. Chere, Columbus; j. B. Orange,
jr., Chadron; E. Diefenderfer, Enola;
E. c. Sweet, Madison; Vida Chace,
Stanton; George Bayha, Niobrara; j.
w. Rice, Neigh.