The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-09-07

Banker w. A. Witzigman and family
spent Sunday with friends at Tilden.
Nettie and Vena Nenow Oscar
Ilauptli and Frank Lenzer drove to
Stanton Yesterday
A. r. Peterson of Wisner. is in the
city advertising the stock show to be
held at that place.
Mrs II. Hyde of Missouri Valley re-
turned to ler home yesterday after
short visit in the city.
II. G. Bronze of Omaha stopped off
in Norfolk yesterday while on his way
from Omaha to Deadwood.
c. e. Doughty left yesterday for
Lincoln, where he will have an ex-
hibit in furnaces this week
f. H. Scott has returned from
Bloomfield, where he has been build.
ing a house and barn on his farm.
Mrs. j. Hutchinson of Oakdale
passed through the city on her way
from Council Bluffs, la, yesterday.
Paul Sisson, now employed on the
Des Moines Daily News, arrived in
the city yesterday to visit old time
| friends.
Miss May Johnson left yesterday
| for Omaha where she will attend
Boyles Business college during the fall
and winter.
Mrs. O'Niell Of Clinton, Ia, returned
to her home yesterday, after few
days visit with her daughter, Mrs
Witzigman
A. II. Kiesau and family, w. H.
Brakeman and family, and George
Davenport and family went to Lincoln
this morning to attend the state fair
Miss Mary Covert is home from
Bellevue college for a visit at the
home of her father, } II. Covert. Miss
Covert is a member of the faculty in
Bellevue college.
Mrs. r. II. Reynolds and daughter
Annie, have returned from an extend
ed visit with friends and relatives in
various parts of Iowa. They have
been absent almost the entire summer,
and enjoyed delightful trip.
Lester Parker has moved his family
here, to engage in the grocery bust
ness with his father.
The body of Albert Stark, who was
killed Friday at the round house, was
shipped to Ponca this morning for
burial.
The theatrical season will open in
Norfolk tonight at the Auditorium
with Vests minstrels. The company
arrived in town at noon.
Lightning killed five COWS at the
farm of Mr.. Bundrock, east of town
Saturday morning. A straw stack in
that vicinity was also struck and
burned.
The Norfolk Lumber company have
added a fine new dray team to the
equipment of the company, which they
recently purchased from Ed. Chopper
of Warnerville.
oyster season has arrived with full
force and the delicious bivavles are
now to be had everywhere in Norfolk
and in every style. The oysters this
year are reported to be especially
good ones.
Conductor Brahman was taken sick
at Crowell yesterday, while on his
run from Council Bluffs to Long Pine,
and had to be relieved by Conductor
Leach at Norfolk Junction. He is
much improved in condition today.
Joseph Hopkins, owner of two run
ming horses which won races at Bat
tie Creek, has gone to the O'Neill
races. He owns Charles Mitchell and
Katy Dean, each of which won first
money Mr. Hopkins lives at Hender-
son, Neb.
At the farm of Aug Nitz three miles
south of Hoskins, lightning struck the
barn, at about o'clock setting it
afire, and it was with difficulty that
they rescued four of the seven horses
enclosed in the building. Several
harnesses. a buggy and some farm
machinery were destroyed. There
was small insurance on the barn.
The prairie chicken season opened
on Saturday in Nebraska, and dozens
of sportsmen have been passing
through Norfolk westbound, in search
of the speckled fowls. The prairie
chickens have been pretty we'll hunted
out in the immediate vicinity of Nor
folk, but there are still large numbers
of them on the prairies OF the north
west-that section of Nebraska being
now perhaps the best hunting ground
in the country Off this game. Many
dogs have been in training at O'Neil
during the summer preparatory to the
season which is now open.
letter from H. E. Owen regarding
the condition of his son, Chandler
who was injured by train at Lane
last Friday, says that the young man
condition was found to be more serious
than appeared at first, but the ply
sicians claim he will recover unless
blood-poisoning sets in. He will not
he able to leave the hospital for three
or four months. He was trying tt
board a moving train when his weak
ened hand, recently afflicted witt
blood. poisoning, failed him and he fel
under the train, being struck anC
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