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

Miss Eleanor Coffene, formerly Of
Norfolk but now of Omaha, arrived In
the city last night for visit until
Sunday with her friend, Miss May
Durland
! Miss Martha Rehfeld went to Pierce
today to attend the marriage of her
friend Miss Matilda Bauman to Mr.
Reinholt Kownn which will occur at
3 o'clock this afternoon,
Superintendent C. II. Reynolds who
went to Fremont to hold an investiga.
tion into the collision which resulted
in the death of Engineer John Murphy
at California Junction Sunday night,
returned in his private car last night
Miss Edna Durland arrived In the
city last night from University Place,
where she has been attending Wesly-
an. She remained for visit with her
sister, Miss May Durland, before go
ing on to her home at Plainview.
Miss Dollie Anderson, who has
been attending school in Omaha re.
turned to her home in Burke, S. D.,
today.
Misses Nettie and Verena Nenow,
Della Reavis and Hattie Moulden
hauer went to Hadar today to attend
social function.
Miss Yackish, violin teacher in the
Nebraska conege at Wayne, returned
today from a visit with relatives and
friends in Fremont.
Rev. ]. p. Mueller is enjoying a
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Mueller of Wall lake, Iowa, and Hen
ry Miller of Lyons, Neb.
AL Madsen is moving from South
Third street to Madison avenue.
Mrs. A. j. Ryel is very i'll at her
home at the Junction with pleurisy.
Gustaf Koerber of the Junction, who
has been suffering severely with ap-
pendicitis, was taken to the hospital
in Fremont where he will undergo an
operation.
Inc Nebraska Telephone company
has made proposition looking to the
absorption of the Cunning County In
dependent Telephone company, operat'
| ing at Beemer and Wisner.
Dr. Brush, formerly associated with
DR.. Powell of Omaha, arrived here
last evening to make his home in Nor
folk The doctor is establishing an
Office in rooms above the Hayes jew
elry store.
| A. Karo has purchased the two lots
east of the First Congregational
church on Norfolk avenue, and will
put up two houses for rent. A barn
is now being put up on the rear of
one of the lots.
| Owing to the large amount of cream
that had to be picked up along the
line, the Bonesteel passenger was
thirty minutes late this morning. The
dairy product of this section is becom-
ing a most important item.
c. C. Allmen of Omaha, manager of
the Standard Oil company in this terri
tory was here last night looking over
the plant of the company in this place,
with the purpose of making some need
ed repairs and quite extensive i'm
provements.
The Ladies Aid society of the First
Congregational church will meet
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. o. r. Meredith with
Mrs. A. II. Kiesau assisting. All la
dies of the church are most cordially
invited.
A team hitched to an ice wagon, be-
longing to ]. w. Oertwich took live
ly spin yesterday afternoon. They
ran from Fifth down Main, turning
west on Sixth They only ran a few
blocks before they were stopped. For
tunately no damage was done.
The funeral of John F. Murphy, who
was killed in the wreck at California
Junction, was held at Council Bluffs
this morning, from ST. Francis Xa-
vier's church, of which he was mem
ber. Mr. Murphy was a member of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers. the Knights of Columbus and
the Knights of Pythias.
j. S. McClary has received from his
son Sam a most interesting series of
photographs taken after the earth
quake of scenes in San Francisco and
Salinas, where Sam is located. Many
of the views were taken by Sam him
SELF The pictures give better idea
or the destruction wrought by earth |
quake and fire than columns of de-
scriptive matter could do.
Major J. R. Buchanan, who was gen.
eral passenger agent Of the Fremont,
Elkhorn and Missouri Valley railroad
before it became a part of the Chica.
go & Northwestern, whose home is
now in Wisconsin, is paying Lincoln
visit this week, where he is gathering
statistics for history of Nebraska. |
Mr.. Buchanan still has hosts of
friends along the line of the North
western in Nebraska.
A Willmar, Mimi, dispatch says
lad fifteen years of age, giving his |
name as George Harrison, was found
there nearly starved in a car filled
with corn. The boy said he had been
helping his step father at Randolph, |