The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-06


rics of meetings In Norfolk, passed
through the city at noon onroute from
stanton to Hosklns, where he will hold
series Of meetings.
Miss Alice Hughes of Platte Center
and Miss Margaret Cooley of Tildon
are guests at the home of their uncle,
]. H. Conloy, and are also attending
the teachers convention.
Engineer "Bill" Cooley of Chadron,
one of the old time engineers ON the
Northwestern who has been in this
| territory for twenty years, was In Nor.
folk today greeting old friends.
Miss Mary Covert will arrive In the
| city tonight from Bellevue to visit for
short time with her father. J. H.
| Covert, Later she VIII go to Chicago
| 70 attend Y. w. c. A. institute, after
which she will become n secretary for
the Y. w. c, A.
Mrs. II. H. Mohr and sons, Lloyd and
Lee; Mrs. Tom Chllvers and daughter
Prof and Mrs. Bowen, Leoua Moroy
and Mrs. Henzler and daughter Nor
ma, are In the city from Pierce to at.
tend the doclamatory contest tonight
Miss Hen2ler Is one of the contest
ants.
Lloyd Pasowalk Is entertaining n
houseparty this week, including Lloyd
Mohr of Pierce, Oscar Schavlnnd of
Madison and Chris Powers of Pierce.
All four of the young men are most
excellent musicians. SO that their visit
will have n pleasant feature in II not
known to all housepartics.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ N. Collins wei.
coined new eightpound daughter to
their home last night.
j. +. Rcmmington and l.. s. Rem
mington of stanton have bot ght lum
ber for the erection Of new house
there.
There will be club dance for
night. The Columbus orchestra will
furnish music.
John A Ehrhardt OF Stanton has
been retained by August Mueller to
defend him In court and George A.
Eberly, county attorney of that coun.
ty, will prosecute.
Wiley Bros. IL the name of new
firm in Norfolk They will operate
suitorium in the rooms over the Haley
wall paper store and have come here
from Hastings. They come well
recommended
The *. C. club. composed of Misses
Dorothy Salter. Merle Brakeman, Blu.
r,,. IA.
dred Cow, spent very enjoyable day
with Miss Margery Nicholson at the
hospital yesterday.
A real estate partnership has been
formed by G. II. Seller and William
Iut2. Mr.. XutZ has been in the of,
time and is young man of enterprise,
integrity and ambition. The Office of
the firm will be in the Bishop block
Miss Mary Covert came home at
noon today from Bellevue college,
where she has been holding a position
in the business Office of that institu.
tion. After visiting few days with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Covert,
she goes to Chicago to take two
months course with the Young Wo
mans Christian association.
The prairie fire of Monday night
reference to which was made yester-
day, was about seven miles north of
Norfolk In the Raabe and House neigh
borhood. The fire started about II
o'clock at night, but II is not known
from what source, and burned over
about half section of land belonging
to the two parties named. A report
from there says that when It was dis
covered the telephone was used freely
until about fifteen or twenty neighbors
turned out to help fight the flames.
1t was livery time while the farmers
were attempting TO prevent the flames
from spreading, but they succeeded in
getting them subdued before any Sc.
rious damage was done
o. p. Masters, who has been in the
service of the Northwestern railroad
company for more than twenty years
and who has made his home In Nor
folk during the greater portion of
that time, has decided to go to Chad
ron to make his future headquarters,
and will run a locomotive out of there
in the future. Mr.. Masters is one of
the best known engineers in the SER
vice in this part of the system, and
he has a great many friends here who
will regret his departure from Nor |
folk. Mrs. Masters will close their
home here and go to Chadron for a
portion of the time, but they will still
keep their pretty home here and will
open it in the spring when their
daughter returns from college. Mr..
Masters will run an engine west OF
Long Pine altogether in the future. |
He believes that he will profit by the
change.
The harness shop OF Paul Nordwig
was broken open at the rear by an
unknown person Sunday night. The |