The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07

| pINHNtl mas Nttlutu uON W CNlt.
brate the Fourth of July this year
The first game of tennis for the sea.
son was PLAYED In Norfolk Saturday.
Chief of Police Flynn has started
out on campaign of dog tax collect,
ing.
The w. c. r. U. will meet with Mrs.
Osborne tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Miss Nina Trulock has enrolled as
n new student at the Norfolk business
college.
A gentle rain fell in Norfolk during
the night The rainfall amounted to
.62 of an inch and left the air fresh
and cool. The moisture was beneficial
to growing crops.
Max Asmus, formerly of Norfolk
and lately of Los Angeles, Cal, will
make his home after this week In
Portland, Ore, in which city he will
locate in the interests of the Inter
state Commercial Sales company of
Scranton, Pa.
Miss Georgia Austin, Miss Elsie
Johnson and Lawrence Hoffman leave
tomorrow as delegates from Norfolk
to attend the district Epworth League
convention held ut PigCr, June &c
IA number of local league members
are planning to go to Pilger for the
Wednesday session.
Mrs. John Craig, mother of Adrian
Craig, has been brought home from
Omaha where she was taken last
week for examination by surgeons to
determine whether or not an opera
ton was advisable. 1t was decided
not to operate. Since returning home
Mrs. Craig has felt better.
For the first time in couple of
years, the blue of policeman's garb
has made its appearance in Norfolk.
Chief John Flynn, newly appointed pc.
lice chief, started the week by ap.
pearing Monday morning in his brand
new blue uniform, freshly made and
properly creased Chief Flynn says
he will wear no regulation helmet
The half dozen damage suits brought
against Contractor o. =. Herrick by
L. A. j. Durland in the justice court of
Judge Eseley have been continued
until July /, when the cases will be
heard at a. m. Mr. Durland asks
for 81 $50 damages claimed to have
resulted TO his First street property
from the blasting for the sewer trench.
A musical piano matinee will be
given in the Auditorium Tuesday af.
ternoon by primary pupils of Mrs
| A This Will no bn Arc
of series of recitals to be given by
Mrs. Beels' pupils and a large number
of Norfolk little folks will take part
A small admission fee of ten cents
will be charged, to help defray ex
5 penses.
Laurel Advocate: The wrestling
5 match in the new Mittelstadt building
Saturday evening between II. F. Ham
/ iton and Ernest Manske, was won by
the latter with three straight falls
' About one hundred people witnessed
the match. Mr.. Hamilton Is the baker
I at C. S. Fore's and Mr.. Manske is
from Norfolk, and is working with the
S force of masons on the Mittelstadt
building.
I C. d. Sims, president of the Norfolk
Pickle and Vinegar company, left yes
e terday for Minneapolis and Chicago
to arrange for the purchase of tanks
A and other equipment needed in the
r Norfolk. A satisfactory local cucum
:. Der acreage is in prospect and Mr.
S Sims stopped in Sioux City on his
| way east in order to purchase a sup
ply of seeds.
A hundred or so people from Nor
2 folk helped raise the crowd at the
y. Concordia band picnic at Hadar Sun
day to half thousand. An open all
f band concert, informal picnic events
. and baseball game helped amuse the
8 crowd. At the tug of war thirteen
. sturdy men from Pierce were victors
r over Norfolk. Hadar beat Pierce al
: baseball. Unable to make train con
nections part of the Norfolk delega
: ton endulged in fivemile walk bacl
e from Hadar.
Ed Blackford was arrested Satur
: day on the charge OF petty larceny
< the complaint being filed by Carl Din
kle who claimed that Blackford haC
j stolen his watch. The trial was helC
t Saturday afternoon before Police Judg,
c. F. Eiseley. The young man plead
l. ed not guilty and was assessed a fin,
: of IS and costs, amounting in all t
$l1. He could not pay his fine bu
d said he would try to secure it from
e friends. He will get thirty days II
the county Jail at Madison if he il
/, unable to pay.
:. The Norfolk Gun club held thei
postponed trap shoot Saturday after
= noon at the race park north of tn
n city. Out Of a possible fifty Netha
way scored 46; Laggar, 49; Powers
e 81; Martindale, &c; Kaufman, "a
o Nethaway will represent Norfolk a
the thirty-second annual Nebraska