The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-09-14


attended the state meeting of the
oseopaths.
Mr.. and Mrs w. II. Brakeman and
sons, Earl and Clare, returned Satur
day evening from a visit at Alvo, Lin
coin and Elmwood. They also attend
ed the state fair
NJ. Mihills left for Sioux City, where
he has entered a number of pure blood
ed pigs.
A regular meeting of Damascus com.
mandery will be held at Masonic hall
this evening.
The Norfolk Lumber company is to.
day shipping car of lumber to Plan.
view for 7. j. Little of Battle Creek.
A hole in the new cement gutter
has been paved through the concrete
in front of Freythaler's by a horse.
There will be business meeting of
the West Side Whist club at the home
of e. p Weatherby tomorrow evening
at s o'clock. All members of the club
are requested to be present.
Antilles & Smith have finished cut
ting the archway between their new
/
store, and doors in the rear of the
grocery room have been changed
| about
The annual show of blooded stock
is being held at Wisner this week. This
has come to be a feature of the fall
fairs of northern Nebraska, as some
Of the finest stock of the country is to
be seen there.
| A committee appointed by the city
council drove out to the Raasch gravel
pit to inspect the gravel there, with
a view to buying some of it for use
on Norfolk avenue, along the edge of
the cutters, and on First street.
The civic improvement committee
in charge of the awards for the best
kept lawns and homes, will make their
decision today with regard to the
awarding prizes, The committee an
nounced, early in the season, that
awards would be made September 10
and, therefore, the awards will be
made promptly on schedule time.
The Norfolk base ball team were de-
feated by the Battle Creek team by a
score of eleven to three yesterday at
Battle Creek. The defeat for Norfolk
can only be laid to the lack of practice,
as Norfolk has a team which, when
they are in practice, can rarely be
| beaten.
Charles Flores is suffering from a
dangerously poisoned foot at his home
on North Eleventh street, as the re-
suit of a catfish prong running into
the member recently. He dropped the
fish and it's horn stuck into his foot.
The foot has been very badly swollen
and has had to be lanced twice.
The picnic held at Freythaler's park
yesterday was a success socially as
well as financially, the picnic being
well attended by the people from the
surrounding country. The main fea-
ture of the picnic was the band con-
cert given by the Hadar Concordia
band, which also gave the picnic.
Samples of wheat, apples and pears
have been received from H. j. Mas
kantine, formerly of this place but
now of Davenport, Washington, which
were grown by him on his Washington
farm. The heads of wheat are of
unusual length, well filled with a
plump, well developed kernel, but the
fruit does not come up to the fruit
raised here.
l.. L. Dckerson of the Verdigre Pro
gress was in town Sunday, having
brought his son to Norfolk and placed
him under the care of Mrs. Klentz for
treatment by DR.. Salter for an affection
of the eyes. The boy started to school
last Monday morning and came home
at night without apparent trouble, but
Tuesday morning he could not open
his eyes and was unable to bear a
particle of light. The boy Is getting
along all right and this morning was
considerably better.
Yesterday and the day before came
very nearly being the hottest days of
the summer in Norfolk The mecury
yesterday stood at SO and on the day
before at 81, while the hottest day this
summer was 80. The very hot wind
from the south yesterday helped to
make the day all the more a burden
on sweltering humanity. Such extreme
heat at this season of the year is quite
out of the ordinary. Last night was
the hottest night, the minimum being
g.,
J. w Humphrey has sold out his
tailoring and furnishing goods estab-
lishment in Norfolk to Campbell &
Neibrecht, who have now taken charge. |
The change was made on Saturday. |
A. b, Campbell, who made the pur-
chase, was here and has now gone
east to buy a stock of ready-made |
clothing. The tailoring end of the
establishment has been dispensed with. |
Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey left yesterday |
for a visit in Omaha. He has not |
yet determined fully his future course. |
The new owners come from Marysville, |
Kan, and are well known business |
men in that state.
One of the most largely attended |