The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-08

her home at Ainsworth after a very
pleasant visit in this part of the state.
Messrs. Williams and Holyheld are
deputies on the police force today this
being circus day
Albert Gregerson of Foster is erect
ing concrete house on one of his
farTs near that city
County Superintendent f. S. Perdue
returned to Madison from Tilden to-
day Mr.. Perdue will move his family
and household effects to Madison next
Monday.
President J. NJ. Pile of the Nebraska
normal at Wayne, went to West Point
where he will deliver an address this
evening to members of school boards
and the Eighth grade graduates of the
county.
ID. d Hall, who for some years has
represented the Omaha World-Herald
in this territory, has severed his con-
nection with that company and leaves
tomorrow for Omaha where he goes
to enter business for himself
Miss Pearl Mccormick, one of the
teachers in the Norfolk schools, left
this morning for Scranton, Iowa, her
former home, to spend the summer
vacation. Miss Mccormick has been
reelected and will return this fall.
The telephone line man have, after
a weeks dligent search, located the
trouble which has made talking over
the phones difficult of late. Between
Twelfth and Thirteenth on Norfolk
avenue a minute hole was discovered
in the cable The cable will be re-
paired at once.
Peter Yearley, one of the lucky ones
In the Rosebud drawing, and postmas.
ter for the past year and half at Lu-
cas-, S. d., was passenger this morn
| ing for his old home in Springvalley,
Iowa. Mr.. Yearley recently disposed
of his homestead for $4,000 and is re-
turning to his old home to reside.
Madison Chronicle: Rasmus Neil
son, a prominent citizen of Norfolk,
was in the city the fore part of the
week and retained Senator Allen, ask.
ing his counsel to fight an attempt to
run a ditch across his land, as pro-
posed by certain citizens of Norfolk,
for the purpose of draining the city.
Prof J. w. Searson, who holds the
chair of literature and English in the
Peru normal college, returned to his
home this morning from Pierce where
he delivered an address last evening
to the graduating class of the Pierce
high school. There were thirteen
graduates. which is a remarkable num-
Der for a city no larger than Pierce.
The way in which News want ads.
work was demonstrated this week
again. A little want. ad was inserted
by Rome Miller, Offering 300 pigs for
sale. The little ad ran twice and was
then ordered stopped with this re-
mark: Don't run that ad. any more.
We could have sold 1000 pigs as a
result of it, The effect of the ad. was
great"
The evidence in the case of the ap-
plicaton of Isaac Weldon and Mert
Sullivan to sell Intoxicating liquors
was heard by the own board of Mead
ow Grove yesterday. The remon
strators were represented by w. v
Allen, while NJ. d. Tyler and Burt
Mapes appeared for Messrs. Waldon
and Sullivan. A decision will be rem
dered this evening.
, There will be a travelling mems
meeting at the Congregational church
Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. The
object of the meeting is to break the
usual monotony and give the boys
chance to break the usual Sunday
program, to mutual advantage. The
singing will be in charge of H. l.
Doughty. There will be addresses by
: several good speakers. All citizens
are invited to attend.
O. p MEREDITH NJ