The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-27
interest of his work.

John A. Ehrhardt of stanton has |
been worried because of no news from
lls son, Frank. who has been for sev.
oral years employed in the office OF
the san Francisco Cali.
MIR. and Mrs. Carl Davenport ar.
rived in Norfolk last night from Den
yer. and will make their home here
permanently. They had been living
In Denver for several months.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Groesbcck
drove to the Boche camp south of the
city and enjoyed fish dinner num-
ber of Norfolk lovers Of the out.of-
doors were ut the camp, enjoying the
day.
General Superintendent &C. Hughes,
of the Northwestern, went east at
noon, joining party Of Omaha people
who came in from the west in the
private car of General Manager Bid
well.
The street sprinkler started doing
business this morning.
A barn burned down at the home of
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the city, Friday night
Rev. J. f. Poucher has been invited
by the citizens of Planview to deliver
the Memorial address on May 30.
George NJ. Dudley, after having been
laid up with an attack of appendicitis,
is able to be up and about again to-
day
Word has been received announcing
the marriage of Mrs. Il. Chesney, for
merly of this city, to DR.. BraclSing at
Joplin, Mo.
DR.. Rush of Omaha arrived in Nor
folk Saturday noon to look over the
field here. DR.. Rush is contemplating
locating in Norfolk
Court Is being held at Center, Knox
county, today. Judge Boyd passed
through enroute to that point Attor.
ney NJ. ID. Tyler of Norfolk is attend
ing.
Miss Isabel Lawler, sister of Mrs
V. V. Light and for the past six months
an apprentice in the Macy studio here
left Saturday for her home at Chocaio
Minn where she will open studio
of her own.
} Mrs. William Leavitt, who has been
spending the winter at Booth Bay
} Harbor, Maine, win come west, either
, to Seward, where her son Fred is pas
tor of the Congregational church, ol
} to Colorado where her son Marshal
( now is.
Today was observed as Arbor day
/ by the banks of Norfolk, those insti
tutions being closed The day dawneC
= fair and rather chilly, but has warmed
t up to tree-planting temperature
: through the day A shower sprinkleC
+ little moisture over this section las
/ night. but merely enough to lay tn,
A dust.
g The Queen City Hose company ha
s elected the following officers for th
i year; II. w. Winter, president; w
e l.. Kern, vice president; NJ, Schmede
o berg, secretary; Mr.. Winter, treasurer
l. Mr. Kern, foreman; II. II. Reynolds
e line foreman Charles Herman, assist
4 ant foreman; Otto Filling and Williar
p Klug, fire police; Mr. Winter, genera
@ overseer
S |. NJ. Macy has awarded the contraC
& for building his new brick building
" Just south of the one he now occupies
II to A. Morrison. The bids closed Sa
II urday night There were four or fiv
It bids, made by Contractors Herman
IS Hight Kern and Ogden, and all {
II them were practically the same figure
| I hot nf
h er by a few dollars. The building
Il. to be two stories high for forty fee
< and one story high the rest of tn
m way so as to allow sunlight into tn
lie printing room of the Macy gallery.
The new wing of the hospital is b.
,r ing pushed rapidly to completion. Th
n plastering is all done and the room
n are ready for the finishing work (
I'd the carpenters. II will be moder
IN building in every respect. The wal
ID for the violent patients will be in Il
H. basement instead of on the top flot
as formerly. for then the noise tn;
VS. they make will not be heard so I,
s. and become so distressing to passe
along the road The middle floor wi
be the infirmary and the top floor wi
be occupied by patients, The bull
~ ing is to be equipped with all the mo
ern bath room appliances.
A sort of family reunion was he
10 in the homes of Colonel Cotton and
the Mathewson homes over Sunda
when DR., Mathewson of Washingto
William Mathewson of Wakefield al
n Charles Mathewson of Wakefield We
in the city. They all left early tn
Id morning for Wakefield, where L
li- Mathewson will visit for a short tin
before returning to Washington, L
ey Mathewson, when he came to this sc
X. ton many years ago for an elk hur
rode on the train as far as Wisne
IN which was the end of the railroad, al
mt from there drove on into Lande
to Wyo., n distance of some $50 mile
Dr. Mathewson is an eminent eye al
nor gNapia1igt aud hoe ,,.,.itt,V