The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

| chance at the murderer of Walter Cop
pie and his wife, "lf we get chance
at him, Wen fix him." seemed to be
the general sentiment.
Wayne Democrat: President j. NJ.
Pile is very grateful TO County Super.
| intcndents iced of Dixon, Pcrduc of
Madison, Miller of Cedar, Pilger of
Pierce and Marshall of Knox for their
services as members Of the Normal
| teaching force for the summer term.
These men are amoung the most sue
cessful superintendent of The state
and each spent n month in giving in
struction in the Normal. In addition
to their class work each gave several
lectures to the students along general
lines.
Fremont Tribune: Phil Primley was
here from O'Neill over night, return
ing this morning. He has been playing
ball with Meier and Captain Bradley
and some others up there. Primley
says the O'Neill nine has been doing
some fine turns at the national game.
1t has lost but one game since he
joined in three or four weeks ago.
He says that northwest Nebraska is
the hot baseball country just now.
Every little town has a team, and most
of them are keeping up some paid
players.
The corn crop is assured. Another
fine rain fell over Norfolk and north.
nrn Nobroclo No5nncdnv r,nrnin,r ond
experts on the crop situation say that
now nothing can prevent a bumper
crop of high priced corn. The rain
fall in Norfolk amounted to .93 of an
inch. The rain came steadily and
gently so that the full benefit was
in. For some weeks there had been
less than normal rainfall in this sec.
ton, but this rain came just at the
right time.
BOnesteCl News: Secretary Kull
has received positive information from
Governor Crawford that he will be in
BOnesteel September 18th, the opening
day of the Gregory County Fair and
that he will gladly participate in the
exercises for the opening of the fair.
He also stated that if possible he
would remain over to the afternoon
many of the citizens of Burke, that
day being set aside as Burke Day"
With South Dakota's Governor with
us on the 18th and 18th and South
Dakota's distinguished United States
Senator, in the person of Hon. A. b.
Kittredge on the GOTH it goes without
saying that there will be something
doing in Bonesteel fair week.
Chicago Tribune: An interesting
wedding took place Monday evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. r.
French, in Beverly Hills, when Miss
Henry Cleveland, was married to Mr..
Benjamin Tunley Reid of Norfolk,
Neb. Mrs. French acted as matron
of honor. A. II. Winder of Norfolk
was best man. The ceremony was
| performed by the Rev. Clifford Snow
den, pastor of st. Paul's Evangelical
church. Miss Cleveland is member
of a family well known among the old
er residents of Chicago. Her grand
| father, H. w. S. Cleveland, who was
landscape architect of national repu-
tation, laid out the park systems of
the city. Since her fathers death
Miss Cleveland has been a ward of
Mr. and Mrs. French.
John Pike, the Northwestern relief
agent arrested in Norfolk as the al
legged betrayer of Myrtle Hendrickson,
has been released from the county jail
at Fremont. After several days of
confinement he finally managed to give
bond that was satisfactory. For some
reason the release of the prisoner was
kept as quiet as possible and his at
torney requested the authorities not
to let it leak out. Pike at once left
Fremont with the woman to whom he
was married a few weeks ago. 1t Is
said they went to Davenport, Neb.
Arthur Ricard, a homesteader in
the western part of South Dakota,
waking from slumber and seeing a
rattlesnake calmly watching him from
the same pillow on which he lay, caut-
iously seized tomato can and killed
the RATHER with one blow. Ricard lay
quietly when he first discovered the
snake. The reptile began to move
around while the PROSTATE mrn eau
tiously reached for the can, on a shelf
over his head. The rest was easy.
The rattler's head was severed. The
snake measured three and half feet
in length and had nineteen rattles.
To impress on north Nebraska the
important fact that it is less than two
weeks from circus day in Norfolk, the
second advance car of the Barnum
G. Bailey show was in Norfolk Wednes-
day morning. The car came in Tues,
day afternoon and at noon rolled on
to Grand Island. Behind, it left part
of its advertising crew, who scatter
out over this part of the state to reach
the surrounding countryside and the
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