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

The families OF ", ~. AuHnS anu
NJ. y. Ryan spent the day picnlcking
At the Ekhorn.
Miss Jessie Mart yof Creighton is
visiting at the home of her sister
Mrs NJ. Z. Ryan.
Mrs. +. II. Andcrs of Long Pine Is
expected here today for short visit
with her daughter Mrs f. A. Blake
man.
Mrs. ]. A. Shoemaker, who has been
visiting at the home Of Il. =, weather.
by. returned to her home In Omaha
today.
Word reached Norfolk of the death
of the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Powers at Pierce, No details were
received,
Fred Sprecher and family have
moved their household goods to Aims
worth where they will make their flu
ture home.
Tiden has decided not to celebrate
the Fourth of July. Meadow Grove
will take advantage of the occasion
and hold n rousing celebration.
The trap shoot of the Norfolk gun
club, which was to have taken place
yesterday, was postponed on account
of the bad weather. 1t will probably
take place week from yesterday
Verdigre will celebrate the Fourth
of July in old fashioned style this year.
Five hundred dollars was raised among
| the business men of that enterprising
town within short time for the pur-
pose of defraying expenses connected
with the celebration.
| pr II. S. OVcrOcker has opened n
permanent headquarters at All Nor
folk avenue, whore he has very at.
tractive and up-to-date optical consul
tation rooms and reception parlor
Dr Oyerocker is graduate of n well
known college Of ophthalmology
The new tile floor is being installed
in the west room of the Cotton block
which the Nebraska National bank is
soon to occupy. There is large map
will make a unique nameplate. The
bank expects to move into the new
location about June TO-
Tilden Citizen: A movement Is on
foot to hold a matinee horse race In
lTildCn about the middle of June. Ten
race horses are being kept and trained
on the carnival grounds, and no diff
Guilty should be experienced in getting
up an interesting contest-especially
If a good baseball game were added
as an additional attraction.
Tilden Citizen: Contrary to all eX
|, pectations, the fruit crop in this sec
ton does not seem to have been ma
terially injured by the unseasonabll
severe frosts during this month. Cher
rieS will he fairly plentiful and apple
trees are laden with fruit. Berries
of all kinds are showing up in gooC
style and even peaches promise gooC
yield
. A great deal of excitement wa
caused on South Third street yester
day afternoon at about o'clock b.
l the finding of a supposed dead ma
lying by the side of the road. Chic
: Flynn was hurriedly summoned and h
with the city physician, Dr., Bear, wen
: Immediately to the scene. They foun
the man lying across the sidewalk an
a after short examination he wa
found not to be dead at all but onl
a dead drunk. The doctor revived hir
in very short time and the drum
e went peacefully on his way.
Tilden Citizen: The Burnham 15I
n acre farm south of town was this wee
sold to Tilden parties Tom McDol
e aid secures the thirty-five acres r.
naming of the northeast quarter; e,
s. Smith his the southeast forty, an
Egbert Winder is the owner of tn
S west eighty. Tom Mcdonald has mad
an offer of one or two acres on tn
k hill south of town for a stand-pipe sit
The village board will meet on Satu
n day evening to consider the propos
ton and ii is safe prediction thi
l., an agreement as to price will be rea,
lily reached.
t. ONeill Frontier: John Carton lie
Tuesday morning for Norfolk to spen
g the day visiting his daughter, Mrs. I
c. Sattler, On Wednesday mornin
II accompanied by Barney Hynes of Tu
ner, he will leave for New York to tai
o passage for Ireland where they wi
spend two or three months amidst Il
n scenes of their youth, visiting frienC
and relatives. Mr.. Carton has sever
e relatives there while Mr. Hynes hi
t. three brothers and several cousins al
nephews. Their Holt county frient
wish them a pleasant voyage and
safe return.
IN Mrs, James r. Fain and daughte
who have been visiting at the hon
n of Mrs. Fain's mother, Mrs. Luikal
k. for some weeks, expect to leave ne
IN Wednesday for Washington. d. c.,
k. which city Mr.. Fain has been tran
n ferred, Mrs. Fain will be accom-
r. MED to Washington by her sister, Mi
Stella Luikart, who will spend a pc
p. ton of the summer at the nation
in capital Mr.. Fain will be remember
in Norfolk as having been superinte
m dent of construction, representing t
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