The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-03-06
WEDNESDAY, WRINKLES.

Geo Duncan OF Wayne was a visitor
to Norfolk yesterday,
Mrs O'Shea OF Madison was Nor.
folk visitor yesterday.
Ralph Morr OF Wayne is guest OF
his parents in this city.
Miss Mary Weker went to Lincoln
this morning to visit relatives.
Sidney Prior of Winside was n bust.
ness visitor to Norfolk yesterday.
Herbert Daniel Of Omaha is here to
visit friends and attend to business.
f. Il. Gieseker of Neigh was trans.
acting business in Norfolk yesterday.
DIR. s. A. Campbell of Tilden was in
the city yesterday on professional busi-
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. II @. Fricke and Mrs.
Peters of Pierce were Norfolk visitors
Monday.
+. H. Putney Of Tilden who has been
attending court ut Madison, was in the
city today.
Thomas Sheean is confined to his
room with quite a serious attack of the
| measles.
N. Weker of Pierce was III the city
this morning enroute to Lincoln to visit
at the home of his son.
Mrs Bley and her sen have returned
from visit with relatives and friends
at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
VIM Wagner and Ernest Raasoh
have returned from an extended visit
with relatives and friends in Wisconsin.
Merchants report that spring trade is
already opening up with promise of
lively season by the time warm weather
arrives.
The room of the high school building
occupied by the eighth grade was thor.
oughly fumigated yesterday to rid it of
germs of contagion.
O. w. Britt, formerly city prosecutor
of Omaha, was in Norfolk today on his
way home from Madison where he had
been attending court.
Valma Light, employed in the hos
pital for insane at Hastings, is here to
visit his father and his numerous Nor.
folk friends and acquaintances.
In observance of her birthday, which
vas yesterday, Mrs. j. G. Stitt invited
small company of her lady friends to
spend the day and take lunch with her.
A sitting of snow last night added to
the essentials toward keeping the sur.
face of the streets in creamy condi.
ton as soon as warm weather comes
again.
Mrs. Marv Davenport and daughter,
Miss Matte, will be home tonight from
their extended visit with Mrs. Geo. A.
Latimer and other friends at Spokane,
Wash, and other points on the Pacific
coast Mrs. Il. E. Odiorne went to
Sioux City to meet them.
A successful meeting of the Retail
Clerks association of Norfolk was held
in the city hall last evening and
further steps taken toward the perfect
ing of permanent organization.
The ladies society of the Congrega-
tional church will meet with Mrs w. II.
johnson tomorrow afternoon at 2 80.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
members of the congregation to meet
with the society.
Firemen should bear in mind that to-
night is the regular meeting of the
hook and ladder company and that there
has been special meeting of the de-
partment called to consider the matter
of changing the date of the state tourna.
ment. There should be large attend.
ance.
Mr.. l.. Steers, who has managed the
local work for the International Cor.
respondence schools, has been promoted
to be division superintendent at Hast.
ings. @. A, Fuller takes the agency
here. f. M. Allen, supervisor, and w.
l.. Tuck, superintendent, were in the
city today supervising the transfer.
The Norfolk shoe company will begin
at once on plans for remodeling their
store room. The shelves will be ex.
tended to the ceiling, the present center
fixtures will be removed and in their
stead the floor will be carpeted with
linoleum, chairs for the convenience of
customers installed and the store given
an up-to. date appearance.
Lincoln Star: At the penitentiary no
elaborate preparations have been made
for the execution of the death sentence
imposed on Gottlieb Niegenfind. 1t is
expected that the matter will be taken
to the supreme court and a stay of exe-
cution asked for by the lawyers So
far there has been little exertion in be-
half of Niegentind, but it is expected
that some legal maneuver will be at
tempted to prevent the hanging on
March 13.
The following dispatch from Denver
relates to an attraction that is billed to
appear at the Auditorium at an early
date Madrio Robillard, known in the
theatrical world as Louis Martinetti, is
dead at Victor, Col, and his remains
will be shipped to Fall River, Mass, for