The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-16

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Con
rad, son
Misses Ethel and stella Wllberger
Of Anoka visited friends ia the city
on their way to Madison.
Mrs ]. s. Centlevore, who has been
visiting Mrs John Lyndc, has returned
to her home In Pierce today.
A girl baby has come to the home
Of Julius Kell, living in Edgewater.
Lightning struck on the Carl Win.
ter farm north of the city Wednesday
evening. breaking down four trees.
A party composed OF Misses CARRIER
ry, Mablo and Edith Estabrook Elmer
and Joe Hight and Ben Bechtel are
picnicking today at the Craig lake.
Herman Krugc, who is employed on
the high school building, was pros
trated by the heat yesterday. He was
able to be at work again this morning
The Eastern Star held an initiation
last evening, after which social ses-
sion was held Dainty refreshments
were served and very enjoyable
evening spent.
Five cows were killed by lightning
on the farm of Ernest Wickman dur
ing the electrical storm that passed
over this section of the country
Wednesday evening.
When Superintendent Braden reach
ed Omaha the other day to take the
place of General Manager Walters OF
the Northwestern, while the latter
went on his vacation, he found that
Mr. Walters little son was quite sick
and the vacation had been indefinitely
postponed.
The Northwestern railroad bridge
across the Missouri at Pierre, upon
which all work was stopped for more
than month on account Of high water
will be completed If possible by Oct
ober |, ready for the crossing of trains
running over the line recently COM
peted from Pierre to Rapid City.
A state bank has just been incor-
porated at Dallas, s. d., under the
name of the Merchants and Farmers
State bank, with capital Of $4,000.
1t Is controlled by the Guenther fam
lily, the incorporators being Matthias
Guenther OF Bridgewater, Christof
Guenther OF Freeman and u. A. Guen.
Their OF Dallas.
| Great preparations are being made
by the committees In charge for the
annual picnic of Germania lodge, No.
1, Sons OF Hermann, which will be
held In Hille's grove north of the city
on Sunday. There will be music, re-
freshments and games. Buses will
carry passengers to and from the
grounds at a 10-cent fare.
Superintendent Bodwell announces
that every person who expects to
teach in Norfolk during the next
school year, who does not hold either
a state or county certificate, must ap-
pear for examination at the Lincoln
school building Friday and Saturday
August 16 and II, at which time and
place county examinations will be held
by County Superintendent Perdue,
Senator LeFollette relates an eXpe
rience he had while delivering an ad
dress in a tent in an Arkansas town
which may prove of value to others
during this extreme weather: II was
talking along and suddenly felt myself
growing faint. | lost the thread OF
my talk, but managed to regain my
self by placing a piece of ice on the
back Of my neck" the senator said.
The Madison county teachers asso
| nj hA no IN IA ott w. ~ q
the week beginning Monday, August
10, when large number of teachers
from all over the county will be pres
ent. Places must be provided fol
these teachers to board during the
week, and anyone who will take then
will confer favor by notifying Su
lperintendent Bodwell how many car
be accommodated
Charles Verges is laying gutter
and curbing in front of his residence
in the northern part of town. The
gutter is similar to those used on Mali
street down town and he is building
them to prevent the constant damage
to his property by water during
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this cause at the hands of the cit!
council until he has become disguised
J and finally concluded the only way t
| secure protection for his property wal
J to do it himself.
Yesterday afternoon while the SUI
; was blazing down at terrific rate
; making humanity swelter and corr
hump, Geo. Berry telephoned in from
his ranch west of town and asked hov
hot it was. At that time it was abou
95 in the shade, and Mr.. Berry reptile,
that it must be cold day down here
as his thermometer had been register
ing l2S a considerable part of the al
5 ternoon, AS a rebuke to the thing 70
getting so hot he gave it cold bath
and Immediately afterward it shooI
the water from its sides and gleefull
rushed up to 1876.
Statistics from Sioux Falls say tina
! Gregory county S D. has made