The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
TUESDAY TOPICS.

Frank Beels went up the Bonesteel
line yesterday.
j. W. Ransom is home from a bust
ness trip to Chicago.
NJ. d. Tyler returned to Norfolk
Monday evening from O'Neill.
County Attorney Jack Koenigstein
was in Madison Tuesday afternoon.
Burt Mapes returned Tuesday noon
from O'Neill, where he was in attend
ance at district court.
o. w. Rish has returned from
Wayne, where he secured the contract
for the extension of the city water
mains.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Huse left at noon
for Excelsior Springs, Mo-. where they
will remain a couple of weeks seeking
health from the mineral waters of that
place.
Attorneys NJ. F. Harrington of o.
were in Norfolk Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G.. Hight and little
son left last evening for their South
Dakota homestead near Interior, S. d..
County Commissioner Burr Taft
went to Madison Tuesday noon to at
tend a meeting Of the county commits
sioners.
Leroy F. Nethaway of Wahoo and
Claude L. Nethaway of near Fort Cal
houn, left for their respective homes
Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. George Daily Of Ord,
and daughter, Miss Sadie Daily, re-
turned at noon to their home in Ord,
from where they were summoned to
Norfolk by the death of Mrs. Netha-
way.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Beeler returned home
last evening from st. Joseph, where
her sister, Miss Pearl Reese, is recov-
ering from an operation for appendi-
citis. Miss Reese is still in the hos
pital.
Carl l.. Goucher, representing the
Klopp & Bartlett company of Omaha
was in the city, visiting his old-time
friend, A. l.. Killian. These gentle
men were schoolmates in the days long
ago and the visit was enjoyed by both.
r. E. Robinson of the Crofton Jour-
nal was in town between trains, on
his way home from Madison, where
he had been to see Senator Allen about
bringing proceedings against the in
surance company that carried policy
on his plant at the time it burned.
Miss Sophia Nethaway, made or
phan by Thursdays tragedy, returned
Tuesday noon to the convent at West
-, hnr limo
before the tragedy. She was accompa-
MED to West Point by her aunt, Mrs.
Sophia Bellinger enroute home to
Wahoo.
Mrs. Isaac Powers, who has been
seriously i'll, was said to be a great
deal better Tuesday and it was thought
that unless some complications set in
that she was on the road to recovery.
Her daughter, Mrs. Whitney of Chica-
go, was called to this city by Mrs.
Powers illness.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. William Deg
ner, son.
The Eagles will give a smoker on
day.
The West Side Whist club will meet
with DR.. and Mrs. P. H. Salter Friday
evening.
Because next Friday falls on the
thirteenth of the month the Christian
Endeavor of the First Congregational
church has determined to hold Fri.
day" social in the church parlors.
DR.. w. r. Peters of Stanton was
called to Colorado by the death OF his
mother who had gone to Colorado to
better her health. A husband and
daughter were with Mrs. Peters. The
body is to be taken to the old home in
Wisconsin for burial. Mrs. w. r. Pc
tiers, who was formerly Miss Maude
Tannehill of Norfolk, went to Omaha
yesterday to meet the funeral party.
Verdigre Citizen: Friday little Der
tina Elk, aged eight years, was laid to
rest on a prominent point of land just
south of town. Little Bertha was a
favorite with her people and her bu
rial was conducted by the usual wierd
and fantastic custom of the wild In
dian. All day long at intervals as the
wind would watt across the beautiful
Hey of the Ponca and as the eye