The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-26
TUESDAY TOPICS.
Phil BAUCH,
County Clerk.

D. W. Telph VI Whhelelu was .NoE'
folk guest yesterday.
Geo. II. Spear went to Omaha this
noon on a business trip.
The Music Students club will meet
tonight with Mrs. J. w. Gibson.
Mrs. f. j. Hale and daughter Of Bat.
tie Creek were in the city today.
G. w. Webb and f. Kohler were city
visitors yesterday from Columbus.
A. d. Wilkinson of Battle Creek..trans,
acted business in Norfolk. yesterday.
E. H. Tracy was a passenger for
Ewing this morning, called there by
business.
Mrs. II. A. Cheney was here with her
husband from Creighton to attend the
bankers meeting.
Fremont entertained group three Of
the Nebraska Bankers association yes
terday and an interesting meeting was
held.
II. S. Livingstone Of Oakland, Cal,
city editor on Oakland Tribune, is in
the city visiting his brother, f. H. Liv-
ingstone.
Mrs. Lucille Mathews and baby of
Omaha are expected tonight to visit
with Mrs. w. H. Bucholz and other old
time friends.
Mrs. B. S. Tobias and daughter of
Lebanon, Mo, are expected here tonight
to visit at the home of Mrs. Tobias sis
ter, Mrs. A. Morrison.
Mrs. j. d. Haskell accompanied her
husband from Wakefield to attend the
bankers meeting. They were guests at
the home of Col. Cotton.
r. H. Edminston of Omaha, state
agent of the Union Central Life Insur.
nee company, is in the city on business
connected with his company.
The regular weekly prayer meeting of
the Congregational church will be held
as usual Wednesday evening at S
o'clock. E. O. Mount will lead.
The 14.months.o old child of George
Rice, southwest of Fremont, fell upon
an open pair of scissors. The blades
penetrated the child's brain between
the eyes and it was instantly killed.
Mr.. Updyke of the Updyke Grair
company Of Omaha and Mr.. Fowler, re
presenting the Nye Schneider company
of Fremont, were in the citylover night
enroute home from a business trip tt
Verdigre.
Ewing Advocate George McCor'
mick from ear Clearwater has bought
Mrs. Andrew Thiebault's place and
takes possession Immediately. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thiebault expect to locate either il
Fremont or Norfolk.
An effort is being made to c the
pardon of the Reimers, father and son,
convicted of wrecking the Neigh banl
and sentenced to serve a term of five
years in the federal prison at Siou,
Falls. N. D. Jackson of Neigh was il
Omaha. Saturday securing the names
and addresses of the jurors who con
victed them.
Wayne Herald The Nebraska legis
lature has just enacted a law that de
clares cookie burrs and wild sun flower
to be a public nuisance and it also makeo
it the duty of every land owner to de
stroy them between the middle Of Aug
ust and the first of September each year
This is a good law but will avail but Lit
tie unless enforced. Similar laws il
other states are imperative just becaus'
road officers whose duty it is to destro,
weeds fail to enforce the laws. s,
many people feel that a state law is en-
acted to be violated. We say, "this i
the law" We are asked if it is state o
federal, and if the latter it is feared blu
the former is often ignored.
Edward e. Drew, an Omaha travel
ing man well known in Norfolk, hav
ing made frequent visits here, died a
Calebrook, New Hamshire, last Friday
He went to San Antonio about fv'
weeks ago, hoping that the change
would benefit his health, but being dis
appointed, went to his old New Englan,
home, where he died. Mr.. Drew was A.
years of age. For the past ten years h
has been in the employ of Paxton &
Gallagher and McCord & Co. He wa
prominent in Masonic circles, and wa
an officer in several travelling mems OF