The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-05

G.. &. Price and vile OF ridden spent
few days at the home of w. w.
Weaver this week.
Gussie Roth went to his home at
Clearwater, Neb., last night to spend
Sunday with his parents.
w. Il. Steadman left for Omaha at
noon today to spend Sunday. She will
return the first of the week.
Miss Clara Berner returned today
from Davenport. Iowa, where she has
been on a two weeks vacation.
Mrs. ]. Hartman returned from a
trip in Wyoming and Wisconsin last
night She has been gone a month.
M. c. Ha2en and family will break
camp next week and return home.
They have camped for the past six
months.
George ID. Butterfed has been in
Chicago this week. He will return
tonight, but will go on through to the
western part of the state,
Miss Minnie Neuman, who has re-
Gently had an operation in Omaha,
has improved so as to be able to re-
turn to her home in Stanton.
c. A. Randall, republican candidate
for senator from the Eleventh district,
is in town. He spent the week at the
| Judge Boyd was there part OF the
time and Judge Graves, who held
court there, was also on hand.
Mrs. H. Denton and daughter Mad
olin went to Omaha on weeks visit
with friends and relatives.
Six extra coaches were added to
No 400 this morning to help in the
transportation of the immense crowds
that are flocking to Omaha to attend
the Ak-Sar-Ben.
Mrs. W. c. Roland Mr.. and Mrs.
Mason Fraser and Mrs j. F. McGrane
drove to Stanton yesterday to take in
the fair.
Mrs. P. P. Killoran and son Farnk
went to Omaha to attend the Ak-Sar-
Ben festivities now going on at that
place.
Antilles & Smith yesterday purchased
fine team for use on a delivery
wagon.
DR.. Alden was able to be out of bed
yesterday and was up and around the
hospital after his weeks illness.
William Wagner shipped two car
loads of gravel to Winside and Wayne
this week, which shows that the quail
ity of gravel taken from here is of the
best
The Norfolk woman's club will Gel
citrate it's tenth anniversary on next
Monday afternoon in the parlors of the
Congregational church. Special prep
arations have been made to celebrate
the occasion in an appropriate man.
ner, and a large attendance of both
present and former members is antici-
pated.
Fremont Tribune: Rufus McMartin
was this afternoon found to be a fit
subject for the asylum and was or
dered sent to Norfolk. While McMar-
tin gave rational answers to most OF
the questions that were asked him
there was evidence that the board be
lieved justified it in concluding that
the patient was unfit to be at large.
Mrs. Frank Cummins, who was OPP
Grated upon at Rochester, Mimi, a
few weeks ago for gallstones, returned
to Norfolk yesterday morning. She
was accompanied by Mr.. Cummins
who has been at Rochester all of the
time since her operation. Mrs. Cum
Minis is recovering rapidly. She with
stood the trip pretty well and, though
still weak, is gaining in strength every
day.
What might have been a most Sc
rious accident was narrowly averteC
at the Wiley pantorium yesterday af
ternoon on North Fourth street. Nc
with gasoline when the pan contain
ing the gasoline was accidentally up
set, spilling the liquid on the hands
of Hight. Thinking that the gasoline
should be burned off the floor, some
one applied a match and the gasoline
did the rest, by severely burning
Nights hands before it could be ex
tinguished.
The state board of charities and cor
rections will meet in Norfolk for two
days, week after next, Tuesday ant
Wednesday, October and 10. Thi!
board is a charitable institution, or
gained for the purpose of studying
ou' new methods of caring for the
criminal and unfortunates of this
world. The meeting was secured fol
Norfolk through an invitation present
ed by A. X. Barnes. There will b'
discussion and lectures by prominen
men on the two days when the boarC
meets here.
The report that B. T. Reid had beef
, killed in a railroad accident up nea
Deadwood is untrue and without foun
dation, as Mr.. Reid has been heart
from since the report was received, a
Sioux City. The only foundation 70
the story is that a travelling salesman
q for Foot, Schultz & Co. was killed il
an accident in Minnesota Much anS