The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15


utyship.
BY vote of nearly two to one Mad
ison county voters said that they want
ed to trust Peterson with the county's
cash and they will probably be will
ing to have him pick a deputy on his
own accord.
p. w. Ruth, who passes from deputy
to county assessor, will have the usual
long list OF deputy assessors to name.
There is, however, no change In the
politics Of the office. Deputy assess
ors are usually announced sometime
during the winter and filed with the
county commissioners for approval.
No other changes are slated among
the deputies at the court house. Sam
Mcfarland of Norfolk will continue
deputy clerk and w. c. Elley Of Madi-
son deputy sheriff Miss Rose Maurer
will remain in the county judges Of
flee.
The district court jury for the APP
preaching term of the district court
has been drawn.
missioners District Clerk Field and
Sheriff Clements have drawn by lot
twenty-four men who will constitute
the jurors for the November term Of
court.
From this jury list will be picked
the twelve men to sit in the Boche
case, providing of course, that the
10 nn1lnl IN trial tbic Wiptpr
Eight Norfolk men were drawn on
the list and five Madison citizens.
The jurors drawn were:
N! A. Buntrock, Norfolk; W. 81
Crook, Deer Creek; S. o. Davis, Mad
ison; julius Hickman, Norfolk; Carl
Kell, Norfolk F. A. Lulow, Valley;
S. N. Parks, Norfolk; Fred Schilling,
Union; VIM. Blank, Green Garden;
]. G, Damon, jefferson; James Dover,
Union; F. l.. Jacobs, Shell Creek; l.
w. King, Shell Creek; j. T. Moore,
Norfolk; Ernst Raasch, Norfolk;
Frank Tannehill, Warnerville; Fritz
Buettner, Madison; John Douglas
Madison; Alva Glenn, Madison; Her
man Kohl, Kalamazoo; Patrick kelly
JchSloohg ollSipohi, toui
son; Fred Smith, Norfolk; Herman
Wachter, Norfolk.
To escape the name of Wojciechow
ski, Father Anthony Wojciechowski
who has been known as Father Al
berts since coming to Norfolk to as
sist Father Walsh, has gone into
court. Wojciechowski is easy enough
in Poland but it stampedes the Eng
lish tongue. Translated into English
the name reads "Alberts" and it /!
this English name that Father Alberts
has adopted and which he seeks to bt
legally endowed with. Setting up the
handicaps that are attached to Thu
name of Wojciechowski in America
Father Alberts has filed a petition II
the district court with Senator Aller
as his attorney.
Next January when John H. Hard
ing, chairman of the board of county
commissioners, steps out Of the com
missioner's office he will be succeeded
by John Malone as chairman of the
board. Henry Sunderman's election
gives Madison county a democratic
board.
Next January Chris Schavlant
leaves the treasurers office and ], l.
Rynearson the Office of county assess
or. In both cases a state statute for
babe another term.
Madison county voters In effect have
filed a written request with County
Surveyor A. j. Thatch asking him t.
continue in Office for another term
Mr.. Thatch did not file for the Office
at the primaries and no candidate!
appeared on the ballot for surveyor
Voters to the number of 131, however
wrote Thatch's name on their ballots
electing him to another term withou
the formality of nomination.
Shame on "tag"-yes, twice shame
and fie, fie. How has "tag" escaped
the muck-rakers. It's a dangerou
game, is tag"
Tag" is claiming its annual lis
of victims. Since football was domes
tcated by the new rules the royal oil
game of tag" has gone on under thu
same old rules as when the worlt
was young, No reform at all, jus
plain old tag"
Basil Perdue. Madison pupil ant
a son Of County Superintendent F.
Perdue, is recorded as this falls frs
tag" victim.
Playing tag" after school Basil fel
and suffered a very severe disloca
tioA of the elbow on the left arm.
physician replaced the bones. whicl
had nearly pushed through the flesh
and after several weeks nature viii
have to spend several weeks to und
the work of tag"
h A similar accident in football woul
ava haan the subject of nresa dis