The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-26
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES

| H. r. bdTnndTl went 10 wayne.
Fred Powell returned from Omaha
5. J. Neis of Neigh was visitor in
the city.
George n. Beels went to Neigh on
Wednesday.
J. c. PIERCE OF Creighton is here Wis
iting with friends.
Mrs. l.. J. Harris is suffering from
an attack Of the grip.
There will be q regular meeting OF
Beulah chapter No 40, Thursday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. French OF Iowa
Falls, Ia, enroute to Oregon, are here
visiting with Mrs. +. J. Rix.
The Ladies Aid society OF the
Methodist church will meet at the
parsonage for a social afternoon
Thursday at 2:30.
Patrolman William S. O'Brien found
horse and buggy in an alley late
Thursday night. The outfit was turned
over TO the Rice livery.
The Sioux City Journal publishes q
picture of the proposed sixth merid
ian road. from Canada to the Gulf OF
Mexico. The road passes through
Norfolk.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ho
mer Williams last night. Mr.. viii.
liams is the Northwestern brakeman
who Monday narrowly escaped death
in the Pierce railroad wreck.
A new oil tank with a capacity OF
10000 gallons has been placed in the
Norfolk Oil and Chemical Company
property. The company now has
three tanks with a 10000 gallon ca
pacity.
Frank G. Odell will be in Norfolk
this week to complete preliminary
plans for the Norfolk county life con
gress which is to be held Feb. 6. z
and s. Among other speakers will be
Gov. Aldrich, Chancellor Avery, Miss
Bouton, Dean Burkett, DR.. Condra and
Henry c. Moore.
Conductor William Beck is not as
badly hurt as it was thought In the
railroad wreck at Pierce the conduc
broken. His physician now finds that
| only the cartilage of the eighth and
ninth ribs was torn loose and an arm
bruised. No ribs are broken. Mr.
and Mrs. Beck were expected in Nor
folk today.
Members of the Robert Burns club
will meet in the Norfolk steam laun
dry Office to formulate plans for the
annual celebration Of the anniversary
of the birth of Robert Burns. Efforts
will be made to bring the Sioux City
Scots to Norfolk again this year
Piper Mcleod Of Sioux City, it is re.
ported, is willing to come and bring
his entire company of dancers.
Acting Mayor II. w. Winter has Civ
en- orders to Chief of Police Marquardt
that every automobile or hack found
without a light at night. should be in
vestigated and the owner or driver
should be arrested. Acting Mayor
Winter declared he had not heard
much about the disorderly and gamb.
ling houses which are being reported
as common" in all parts of Norfolk.
1T would be hard to locate them"
says the acting mayor. but if they
exist, the police must enforce the or
dinances."
Norfolk firemen, with the assist
ance of the chemical apparatus on
the combination hose and chemical
wagon. extinguished a fire in the Fred
klug farm house, one mile north OF
town, at II o'clock Wednesday morn
ing About $50 worth of clothes were
burned and some slight damage was
done to an upstairs room. The dam
age is covered by insurance. A stove
pipe leading through the floor of the
upstairs room ignited the many
clothes which were hanging on lines
too near the pipe to be out OF danger.
Capt c. l.. Anderson of the local
militia company Is doing q five mile
walk daily, to be within the require
ment of the new regulations under
which the local company will have to
pass an examination by the regular
United States inspector in March. A
meeting OF officers OF the company
was held Monday night and the new
regulations which are included in
eighty-two pages of printed matter
were discussed. Drill schools for
these new regulations are to be held
every Monday evening.
Among the days out-of-town visit
ors in Norfolk were: Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Kruirer, Bonesteel; Bernard Otter
fail, Madison; G. c. Goolsby, Creigh-
ton; ]. NJ. Lederer, Battle Creek; G.
U. Graulund, Newman Grove; F. ].
Lewis, Tilden: G. W. Krumm, Tilden;
d. Shippee, Tilden; j. ]. Ryan. Tilden;
r. S. Payne, Neigh; J. B. Lutte, Ne
light; j. c. jenkins, Neigh; 7. b.
Compack, Winner; ]. +. Douglas, Wal
thill; T. II. Simmons, Creighton; ].
r. Hicks, Stanton; II. ID. Gilmore,
Stanton Leo Nicson. Stanton; Mr..
and Mrs. J. j. Kneisel, Bonesteel; p.
II. Green, Creighton; ]. B. Rice, Ne
ligh.