The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-10-13

through the 'lty cnroutc home from n
| trip mp the Boncstccl line Ne rccolv'
ed prize ON fine apples nt Lynch,
|. NJ. Macy was able to be mt work
this morning, after n siege Of Illness,
Mr. Killcn and son Claude have
gone TO Lamar, Col, to work In the
sugar factory there.
Damascus chapter, No. 25 II. A. NJ
will hold regular convocatlon at
Masonic hail this evening.
Firo at the home of Grant Brad.
shaw east OF the city and outside the
fire limits, caused nm alarm OF fire at
! $50 o'clock Saturday evening. The
department made the run.
c.. II. Salter, who came down from
! Dallas, s. d., couple Of weeks ago
| to spend few days with his parents,
MIR. and Mrs. G.. II. Salter has been
! III ever since. He has been suffering
from liver trouble.
Tho Ladies' Missionary society of
the Congregational church will meet
with Mrs. w. II. Bridge Tuesday af-
ternoon nt o'clock There will be
an election of officers and all mem.
bcrs are asked to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. u. Greene arrived
home at II o'clock this morning to
attend the funeral OF George Often.
hauser, who was associated with them
in his store room They had started
for trip to Minneapolis and St.
Paul.
! Bartlng Elseffer. the young man
who was shot and wounded by Eugene
Dietz for swimming In the Elkhorn
| river several weeks ago, Is able to
walk about town. He llmps but slight.
! ly and finds little difficulty in getting
about.
Sunday in Norfolk was one OF the
windlest days that has been known
here for many and many a moon. The
wind whipped into town from the
south, blowing northward toward an
area of low pressure which finally ar.
rived during the night and brought
with 1t II heavy rain. This morning
was cold and damp.
A party of eight Norfolk men left
| L.,
where they went to take positions
with the new sugar factory there
which has been built with the material
that formerly ran the sugar factory
at this place. Among those who
went were: Clarence Gerecke, G. c.
Bathke, Albert Kehl, Dolph Hight,
Leo Hight, Paul Kehl, Bradley Bow
man and daughter
If the numbnr of candidates in town
was an indication, Saturday was po-
litical day in Norfolk. On that day
there were registered in the city Chris
Schavland, county treasurer, candid
ate for reelection; J. j. Clements,
sheriff, candidate for reelection; Geo.
Richardson, candidate for county
clerk; +. S. Perdue, candidate for su-
perintendent of schools; S. w. Deuel.,
candidate for county judge. These
are all republicans. J, l.. Daniel, can
didate for county clerk, was lone
democrat in the city at the same time.
huge bullsnake, measuring four
or five feet in length. was killed on
n Norfolk avenue sidewalk last night
at the corner of Fourth street. The
serpent was found crawling across
one of the big cement sidewalks, and
at the busiest corner in town, where
dozens of people were walking every
moment. 1t was one of the largest
of its kind seen In Norfolk The dead
form was tossed aside and left lying
n thA .
became repuslive sight to passersby.
In New York City recently huge
bullsnake crawled into n baby buggy
and was found there when the mother.
who had left the infant on the curb
while she shopped inside a store,
pent and the Norfolk serpent were
in all probability mates.
The Norfolk High school has
splendid outlook for great season
with Il fast lightweight football team
this year. They have been training
for the past week under the watchful
eye of their prospective coach and
they are all making a very good start.
The team established signals Satur-
day afternoon and did little at pass
ing the ball in manner that did
them credit for the first attempt The
lineup is as follows; c. Ogden, cen.
ter; Manager l.. Guildea, right guard
r. Luikart, left guard; w. Beeler,
right tackle; r. Smiley. left tackle;
w. Hauptli, left end; c. Parish. left
end; c. Mcfarland right end; Can't.
b, Brakeman, quarter back; H. Cow,
half back; C. Austin, half back; l..
Hoffman, full back. A few years ago
Norfolk's high school had team
which was defeated at Pierce so to 0.
Later they produced Frank Perry, who
went to the Lincoln university team
with the best outlook of any freshman
on the team, This year they intend
to sustain that reputation.
W. b. Vail has returned from a
racing trip throughout northeastern