The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-05-10

home for several weeks, He will not
return to the business college until
next fall.
The West Side Whist club meets
with MIR. and Mrs. j. s. Mathewson
Thursday evening.
Alex Peters has rented the A. j.
Brummund residence and Will move
into his new home next week.
Miss Mino McNeely has accepted
the position as stenographer In the
law Office of Barnhart and Koenig-
stein.
A. A. Corkle of Tilden arrived In
Norfolk yesterday to take up the work
of book.keeper ut the Faucett-Carney
Candy company's Office.
A special conclave of Damascus com
mandery, No 20, will be held Thurs
day evening at o'clock for the pur-
pose OF installing officers.
Two carloads Of fruitjars and three
carloads of farm machinery were re-
celved In Norfolk yesterday by the
Norfolk Transfer company, for distri-
button out through this territory later.
The increasing amount of freight that
Is sent here. to be later distributed,
marks the advantageous geographical
position which Norfolk enjoys.
Graduates of the Norfolk high
school, by driving down First street
between Norfolk avenue and the juno
ton depot, may see scattered along
that street for more than mile rem
nants of onetime valuable school rec
ords. There are scraps of old books
and various other bits of papers which
were once carefully stored away in the
school house for safe keeping. The
brickbats taken from the fire debris
have lined First street for over a
mile, in n path about four feet wide,
with heavy layer of the brick and
rock
H. A. Pasewalk, Oscar Uhle and |.
M. Macy were reelected to the board
of directors of the Norfolk Building
and Loan association last evening at
the annual stockholders meeting held
in G. b. Durland's Office. Following
this meeting the directors reelected
the old officers, II. A. Pasewalk, pres
ident; DR.. A. Bear, vice-president; r..
W. Zutz, treasurer; c. b. Durland,
secretary. Beyond receiving the an
nual reports, only routine business
came before the meetings.
The 5000 damage suit brought by
Mrs. Olga Brummund against Con
tractor o. p. Herrick for alleged dam
ages to her home on South First street
| from the dynamite process employed
in constructing the First street sewer,
was heard before Justice Eiseley yes
terday afternoon. Nine witnesses sum-
moned gave their opinions of the dam
age Wednesday noon Justice Eiseley
will render his decision. Barnhart &
Koenigstein appeared for the plain
tiff, Il. r. Weatherby for the contract
I or.
DR.. and Mrs. p. II. Salter left on
the morning train for Omaha. where
the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the
Nebraska State Medical association is
in session Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday in the Creighton Institute
DR.. Salter. who is chairman of the
section on surgery" and a member OF
the board of councillors from the
Fourth district, appears on the pro
gram Tuesday afternoon for an adj
dress on surgery. DR.. f. A. Long OF
Madison is president of the state asso
citation.
A large number of Norfolk mer
chants and salespeople are looking for
ward to the coming of closed stores
during the hot summer evenings. Fol
many years this has been the custom
in Norfolk and the general public
anxious to cooperate in any way
which will tend to make life more
worth the living to the salespeople
who put in long hours, as well as the
merchants themselves, have always up
held the movement and been glad tc
do all possible to bring about this de
sired result.
C. d. Simms and c. Z. Greene, who
attended the recent state meeting Of
United Commercial Travellers at Has
tings as delegates from Norfolk lodge
and to whose efforts much credit |:
due for securing the next state meet
ing of the U. c. T. for Norfolk, have
returned home. Mr.. Simms was a del
egate and Mr.. Greene was alternate
Mr.. Simms said that when the delega
ton arrived in Hastings 1t was foun(
that there was some opposition t.
Norfolk for the convention, but hare
work brought about the unanimous
choice. About 60 persons sat dow
at the banquet.
Commercial travellers in Norfolk sa
that the backward season has cause,
spring merchandise in this section t
move slowly and as a consequence
merchants hesitate in placing eve
normally large orders for fall goods
The interest of this entire section jus
now seems to be conferred upon tn
weather. hope being generally e,
' pressed that warmer season ma
speedily arrive in order to insure
bumper crop. 1t is realized univel
sally i'm this section, commercial tray