The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-01-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Bonner arrived
home from Missouri Valley on the
noon train. They had been visiting
Mrs. Donners parents.
Emil Schram went to Bonesteel yes
lcrday to take charge OF the switch
engine In the yards there.
A large party of young people met
at the home of Jean and Clara Crotty
Thursday evening and held n party In
honor of George Case, Leo Williams,
John Johnson and Frank Potras, who
are ut home on n visit from work and
school. All spent splendid evening,
| In the course of which candy, popcorn
and apples were served by the girls.
A certain young man OF the juno
ton started for Madison on the u. p.
train yesterday morning to procure n
marriage license. The young man
having never been out OF Norfolk, and
not accustomed to riding on the cars,
got off at Enola, the new town south
of Warnervllle. or course this was
very discouraging and he returned
home on the freight minus the neces-
sary license. Arrangements were
made over the telephone to have the
license sent here by mail and, provid-
ing there Is no other serious mishap,
there will be wedding bells ringing
here New Years day.
| Mosaic lodge announced a meeting
for Friday night, In special session,
for work In the M. M. degree.
The debris and ashes left by the
fire which destroyed E. j. Schorreg-
ge's building on Norfolk avenue, are
being cleared away.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Boas have issued
invitations for a dinner party. to be
followed by cards. for Friday, Janu-
airy II, at $50 o'clock.
Mrs. A. Osborn, who has rented her
farm to j. w. White, will spend the
winter visiting relatives and friends
In various parts of Nebraska.
| j. NJ Covert has bought out the
rug weaving plant of ]. W. White and
will consolidate 1t with his own. Mr..
White has moved to the farm Of Mrs.
A. Osborn, northeast OF the city, which
he has rented.
|
of Guthrie, Okl., on Christmas day, a
son. His name Is Fredricks. A box
of cigars came for Grandpa Gus Kuhl
yesterday.
| improvements at the Oxnard hotel
continue merrily For more than a
month force of several carpenters
have been engaged in remodelling the
hotel and it begins to look like new
place. The woodwork will soon be
coated with new varnish.
David City is tor be included in the
route of the Yankton & Southwestern
railroad. Fremont HILL promoter of
the projected line, left Norfolk at noon
for David City to feel the pulse of that
city with regard to the proposed new
line. David City Is slightly southeast
of Norfolk, in Butler county, and
would throw the line either straight
from here to Columbus or else a bit
to the east of Columbus. Surveyors
are expecting to start work from
Yankton next week.
Members of st. Paul's German Luth-
eran church. north of the city, have
decided to erect handsome new
church building in the very near flu
ture. Plans are already being drawn
for the edifice and as soon as the de-
signs are finished, work will begin.
The new church will be modern in
every way and will be one of the fin
est structures of the kind in this part
of the state. The old church will be
either torn down or used for a school
building.
While Norfolk was not selected as
the place of holding the next annual
convention of the county commission
crs of the state, the Madison
county commissioners express hope
that they will be successful in
their efforts toward that end next
year. South Omaha won out this time
because the representatives from that
city had delegates on the ground long
in advance and had done the work
) necessary to win before others ar
rived. A hard fight will be made fol-
next year
! Lewis Lehman, an old pioneer OF
Stanton county, died at his home II
= Stanton Wednesday night. Mr.. Leh
man was the founder of Stanton, hav
= ing laid out the town in the early six
ties. He has host of friends il
: Madison, Stanton and Pierce counties
many of whom will attend the funeral
< which is to be held Sunday afternoon
t from the house, afterward from thu
: Lutheran church. He was eighty-tw'
years old. He leaves a number o
!. children w. II. Lehman of Norfoll
I is Il son. He was called to Stanton
y Wednesday night and was there whei
e his father succumbed.
Fremont Tribune: Frank A. Har
L mon and Barney Aronson, who ar
d here from Shoshoni, Wyo., were Tr
Il bune callers yesterday afternoon
= bringing with them fine san
/, pie of copper ore taken from ney
v mine just being opened near thei
y town. This mine is known as tn
| I l., T.,