The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-05

Mrs. RhCunor of Battle Creek, who
has been here visiting, returned home
last night
Mrs. Murry Tyler and Miss Margaret
Lund of Battle Creek spent yesterday
with Mrs win Beck and returned last
night.
The West Side Whist club will meet
Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs II.
=. Weathorby.
Mosaic lodge No. 55, A. f. a. A. NJ,
will hold special meeting Friday
evening for the purpose of comforting
the NJ. NJ. degree,
Good Friday, which dawned with
clear skies and a crisp cool air In
Norfolk, was the occasion for church
services in most of the churches Of
the city. The services began at an
early hour
William NJ. Green OF Norfolk a
Northwestern fireman. and Miss Lilly
B. Appleby Of near Ewing were mar
ried Tuesday noon at the home of the
brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. +. o.
Appleby, four miles north of Ewing.
The bride and groom passed through
Norfolk Thursday noon on their we'd
ding trip. Mr.. and Mrs. Green will re-
turn to Norfolk from Omaha the first
of next week and will make their home
here.
A telegram to the Rev. and Mrs. f.
NJ Sisson of Omaha announced the
arrival of daughter at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs l.. c. Riddle at Point
Pleasant w. Va. Mrs. Riddle was for.
merly Miss Hildreth Sisson of Norfolk
Easter Sunday will be u fair day.
according to the weather mans fore
cast. There will be no rain on Easter
morning and consequently the old SUI
lperstition that rain on Easter means
rain for seven Sundays afterward will
have no chance to work out.
The Edwards Bradford lumber com
pany has purchased lot on Norfolk
avenue adjacent to their lumber yard
in the rear. The lot Is the second lot
/, west of the Oxnard hotel and was pur-
chased from Mrs. b. s. Martin. The
purchase of this Norfolk avenue prop
Itlly WAC Nuoubht w ihuiN"'O siN WV
J ton of new Office building by the
company together with the rebuilding
of the companys yards destroyed by
fire some months ago. Local repre-
sentatlves of the company say that no
announcement can be made at this
time.
Mont Robb of Murray, Neb has
} been appointed by Governor Sheldon
: as steward for the Norfolk hospital
for the insane. He will arrive in the
t city to assume his duties next Tues
/, day. Alex Peters, who had served in
: the capacity of steward for a couple
y of years, has returned to his home in
Stanton. Mr. Robb was formerly man
a ager of the Morton grain elevator al
Murray, a town fifteen miles from
' Nebraska City He has been in the
mercantile business and also has beer
l. a farmer. He was one of several ap
plicants for the position. Governor
: Sheldon has not yet made announce
ment regarding other offices at tn,
n hospital AS soon as the legislator,
has finished, the governor is expected
e in Norfolk for an inspection of the
hospital.
: Sheep shearng is now in progress
at the ranch of George Berry, west o
, Norfolk, and the operation will con
tnue for the next ten days. In al
n $500 animals will be shorn of thei
wool, the herds then being ready 70
n the market. number of Mr. Berry
friends have asked that they be mott
n fed when the shearing season begin
and Mr.. Berry through The New
n wishes to announce to those intereste,
that the process is now on and tina
Il he will be glad to be visited by an
who are interested in the work.
e Frank Brink, whom the jury o.
Tuesday acquitted of murder, on tn
II ground of insanity, may not be con
PEELED to come to the state hospital a
" Norfolk. Doctors and attorneys VIII
are interested in the case say tina
n Brink, now that the cause of his mem
al trouble, infatuation for Bessie New
T. ton, has been removed, will recove
his senses within a month under tn
'e care of friendly doctor. Drinks (,
II, Their will propose to the insanity boar
of Dixon county that he be Above
SIS to keep the young man at home undo
in the care of private physician. Youn
Brink is now with his parents.
as After the winters delay work wa
resumed yesterday on the drainag
,r, ditch generally known as Corporate
ne gulch but lately styled the "Norfol
avenue waterway" by the directors
elk the Commercial club Now that II
Is, frost is out of the ground the work wi
", be hurried through as fast as circur
en- stances will permit w. p. Dixon,
TX charge of the construction of Il
waterway, put five teams into servi
SIS yesterday. Ten more days of goo
on weather, Mr. Dixon thinks, will s.
err the waterway practically completed
Haase's slough and in shape to ca
ra for the first spring rains. 1t will
Of impossible to cOmDlete the ditch fro