The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-31

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terests.
Miss Edna Durland OF Plainview is
in the city this week to visit relatives
and attend the meeting of the teach.
ers association.
Mrs. Bush and little daughter
stopped over in Norfolk to do some
shopping on their way home to Plain
view from Meadow Grove.
Mrs. Frank Emery left yesterday
morning for her new home in Pitts
burg, She was accompanied as far
as Nebraska City by her mother, Mrs
Herman Gerecke, who will visit at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs A. N. Ge.
recke for few days.
Miss Feyerherm of Stanton is a new
student at the Norfolk business col
lege.
Mrs. A. ]. Durland entertained
Saturday.
Mrs. David Signor has almost com
petely recovered from her recent at
tack of sickness.
The blackbirds and the martens are
the latest harbngers of spring to put
in an appearance in north Nebraska
John Stafford who has been so Sc
riously i'll at Scribner, is improving
steadily and was permitted to sit up
for an hour yesterday, for the first
time.
Grand Chief Of Honor Mary A. Lat
lyu in frl,t To
attend the meeting of the local lodge
of Degree of Honor, and large num-
Der of members were present. After
the regular order of business, refresh
ments were served and a pleasant so.
cal session held
John l.. Pierce, formerly of Norfolk
but now insurance commissioner in
the office of the Nebraska state aud
itor arrived in the city yesterday en-
route to the western part of the state
on business and remained here, visit
! ing former acquaintances and friends,
until noon today.
A story published in the Omaha
Daily News yesterday to the effect
that DR.. f. NJ. Sisson, presiding elder
of this district had resigned his posi-
tion to accept pastOrate at Stanton,
is entirely unfounded and untrue. DR..
Sisson will move to Stanton, but mere
ly as a change in his headquarters.
With a temperature of seventy-five
! degrees above zero, the closing days
of March certainly might be said to
resemble the pacific disposition of
! the gentle lamb-and the maximum
recorded yesterday was seventy-fve
degrees. The minimum for the day
was forty-eight. The barometer is
low, 1880, indicating possibility of
rain or cloudy weather. March winds
today blew with force.
At the regular meeting Of Ellls held
in their lodge room Saturday evening
the following officers for the ensuing
year were elected: Burt Mapes, eX-
alted ruler; f. II. Tracy, esteemed
leading knight; NJ. d. Tyler, esteemed
loyal knight; G. S. Parker, esteemed
lecturing knight; Otto Tappert, tyler;
c. f. Burnham, treasurer; C. p. Par
ish, trustee; Past Exalted Ruler p H.
Salter, delegate to grand lodge at Buff
falo next fall; Past Exalted Ruler w.
NJ. Robertson, alternate
A. II. Kiesau was nominated at the
Third ward republican caucus on Sat.
urday night, held at the Office of
Mapes & Hazen, for the purpose of
filling vacancy on the ticket caused by
the declination OF George A. Daven-
port. The caucus was largely attend
ed. +. A. Bullock was present and
addressed the meeting briefly, explain
ing the rumors circulated to the effect
that he was against Mr.. Kiesau were
unfounded and that he expects and
intends TO support Mr.. Kiesau. He
then nominated Mr. Kiesau for the
position and the choince was unani-
nous.
Captain Cronin'S servant, Maxwell.
colored. committed suicide Friday
morning at Fort Niobrara. by hanging
himself. Maxwell got up as usual in
the morning, built the fires, raped
on the door Of Mary, the colored cook,
saying: "Goodby, Mary, Pm going
to kill myself" He then walked away
and was found five minutes later in
the woodshed, his body dangling from
the rafters. Maxwell had piled trunks
and boxes mp in such manner as to
make platform, and upon this he
had climbed, while he put the rope
around the rafter afterwards kicking
the platform from under him. He was
dead when found, No cause is given
for the deed.