The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-05-17

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some time as a result Of broken leg
sustained at the Battle Creek races.
Mrs. l.. A. Miller left this morning
| for Denver.
NJ. G. Hazen returned last evening
from Pierce.
Miss Minnie Koehn of TIoskins was
a Norfolk visitor yesterday
Tralnmaster II. o. Mount returned
last evening from Scribner.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. B. Nicola arrived in
Norfolk from Foster last evening.
Presiding Elder Thomas Bithell left
at noon for Plainview and Bristow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowery, Mrs. Helver-
son and Mrs. Loe and son were visit
ors from Stanton county yesterday
Mrs. II. E. Siman of Winside, who
arrived in Norfolk yesterday from Lin
coin where she attended the grand
chapter meeting of the Eastern Star,
was the guest of Mrs. Il. p. Weather
by last evening and today.
BILLY" Blatt, formerly of Norfolk
and now of Omaha, who was at Bone
steel during the days of the Gregory
county rush, passed through the city
at noon enroute to Dallas at the edge
of the Trip county reservation. He
said he intended to start bank" at
Dallas.
DR.. and Mrs. p. II. Salter of Norfolk
and DR.. II. l.. Kindred of Meadow
Grove arrived in Norfolk at noon from
Omaha where they were present at
the annual meeting of the state med
ical association. Other Madison coun-
ty physicians in attendance were DIR.
Tanner of Battle Creek, DR.. Long of
Madison and DR.. Nelson and DR.. Camp
bell of Tilden. DR.. Long, who was
the retiring president of the associa
ton, was chosen as delegate to the
national association Dr. III. Clifford
of Omaha was elected to the presiden-
cy by the state association.
Mrs. George b. Christoph of Nor
, folk was appointed grand organist of
the grand chapter of the Eastern Star
by the grand matron of the order at
the annual meeting in Lincoln. Mrs,
May Chambers of Niobrara was named
as grand Esther. The new grand ma
tron of the order is Mrs. Ellen Dobson
of Lincoln Norfolk was represented
at the grand chapter meeting by Mrs.
= Christoph and Mrs. Anna Musselman.
Rev. j. W. Morgan has resigned the
; pastorship of the Presbyterian church
= of Norfolk to accept a call from the
Presbyterian church at, Wahoo. He
will preach his first sermon in the Wa
hoo church next Sunday, his family
removing to Wahoo later in the week.
The Presbyterian church at Wahoo is
: one of the larger churches of the
place. Mr.. Morgan has been in charge
of the Norfolk church for the past
year.
Lee Root, until recently a printer
in The News Office, has Joined the
navy as a printer and in an eXamina-
5 ton stood at the head of a large class.
: He has gone to San Francisco.
W. A. Witzigman is home from
Omaha, where he spent several days
: in the Methodist hospital following an
l operation by Dr.. Clifford to relieve a
Q stoppage of the tear duct and sac
4 Mr.. Witzigman is still under a course
S of treatment.
| EX-Chief of Police James Hay, with
S his family who recently returned from
y visit in California, now make theiI
e home on Pasewalk avenue between
S Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
$ County Superintendent f. S. Per
a due will present the diplomas to the
II graduating classes of the Tilden anC
: Battle Creek high schools at the com
l. mencement exercises this spring.
The Norfolk police force under the
Durland administration is to appear
=, on the streets in uniform. The Off
GERS will wear the regulation city uni
:, form, dispensing with the helmets.
The Norfolk fire department is go
~ ing to enforce a rule of the city's thai
no hose cart can be taken out of {
- fire house for any other purpose than
to respond to fire alarm without OBJ
L tanning permission from the chief.
Rev. Thomas Bithell, presiding ell
- der of the Neigh district, will lectur,
Monday evening at Bristow on 9TH,
n Right Side of Life" Mr.. Bthel
spoke in the Methodist church a
a. Plainview this week on Our Country.
H. e. Owen & Sons have beel
n awarded the contract for twent.
miles of the Saratoga & Encampmen
# railroad and are at present movin,
large outfits to that point. This roa
~ will connect with the Union Pacifi
railroad at Walcott, Wyo., and run
Vi to Encampment, which will give al
opening to the noted copper fields o
in southern Wyoming.
The Knights Templar commander
ID of this city has just received an inv
tation from the Chamber of Commerce
v. at Albany, New York, inviting tn
commandery, or its delegates, to visi
ot Albany in case they make the trip {
N. the grand encampment of the Knight
Templar of the United States of Anne