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

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Mrs w. H. Green and two children
returned home to Creighton after n
visit with her parents here. Mt and
Mrs. NJ J. Kennedy.
BILE Gunderson of Bellwood visited
friends in Norfolk yesterday enroute
for visit at Spencer.
Father Alberts left Wednesday for
snyder, whore he will be present
| Thursday at the first mass of newly
ordained priest Father Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. Walker were in
Plattsmouth over Sunday. Mr. Walker
| has returned to Norfolk, while Mrs.
Walker is spending a few days with
her daughter, Mrs. j. Il, Harper, at
Clearwater.
Sheriff j. j. Clements and Deputy
Sheriff Elloy were up from Madison
| Wednesday afternoon, bringing Hugh
+. Mahood of Tilden to the Norfolk
hospital, Mahood having been adjudg.
ed insane at Madison Tuesday.
George b. Christoph returned home
last evening from trip to Sioux City
and Homer At Homer Mr. Christoph
as n member of the state board of
pharmacy had Or. Burke of Homer
| fined $40 and costs for selling drugs
contrary to the state pharmacy law.
Rev. and Mrs. f. w. Benjamin and
son, Weston Benjamin, arrived home
last evening from Colorado Springs,
Colo. Mr.. Benjamin returns to Nor
| folk to resume his work as pastor of
the Baptist church in improved health.
He has been absent for several weeks
past in California and Colorado.
Mrs. Fred Burner of Lindsay, ac-
companied by her sister, Miss Lizzie
Peters, who has been her guest, has
arrived in Norfolk on visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Peters
ID. Mathewson, C. f. Burnham, Or.
C. S. Parker, j. S. Mathewson and Sol
G. Mayer represented Norfolk Tues
day in Plainview, where a fast game
of ball was played during the after
noon between the Plainview and Walt
Hill Indians. The game was full of
action and resulted in a to victory
for the Indians.
Frank II. Beels and Sam Erskine
are planning to attend the tri-state
tennis tournament at Sioux City,
August 12-17.
No business was transacted by the
Norfolk Commercial club Tuesday
morning, a quorum of the directors
failing to materialize.
Among the recent additions to the
Norfolk colony camping at Kents sid
ing are Frank Peters and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wilkinson.
Gus Graul is to have twelve days
away from the city pumping station.
The city has given him that vacation
from his work as engineer. J. +. Spen-
Ger will have charge of the pumping
station during the twelve days
The funeral of Christian f. Schroth
was held yesterday from the home of
his step-son, Oscar Uhle, Rev. II, VOL
pert of st. Johannes Lutheran church
conducting the services. lnterment
was in the New Lutheran cemetery.
The pallbearers, chosen from the Sons
funeral, were Otto Selling, Herman
Mas, c. La Laubsch, Louis Wetzel,
August Brummund and August Koch.
Miss Mable Catlin and her friend,
Miss Vyra Starr, are in Norfolk on a
visit with Miss Catlin's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. l. Catlin. Miss Catlin and
Miss Starr are spending the summer
on claims in Stanley county, South
Dakota. In coming to Nebraska for
their Norfolk visit they rode on horse
back PA miles from Stanley county
to Dallas, S. D., where they substitute
ed their horses for the Northwestern.
| NJ. Slegel, chairman of the town
board of trustees at Butte, arrived in
Norfolk on the morning train to close
a contract with NJ. Endres for build
| ing four cement crossings at Butte,
Mr.. Endres will go to Butte tomorrow.
Butte is now iourishing in the cement
building line. The Bank of Boyd
county is erecting a fine new brick
building and will build eighty feet of
cement walk George Graves is also
putting up a fine cement block store
| building.
All three of the city carriers in the
Norfolk delivery service will be ben
Gifted by the recent Redistribution of
the postal service. The latest order
received from the department has adj
vanced Carriers Will Darlington,
Charles A. Richie and George T. Meis-
ter into the carrier class where the
yearly compensation is $500. When
the details of the proposed increase,
effective July l, 1907, was first made
public is was not thought that its ap'
plication would be so general.
The first regular passenger train to
be put on between Pierre and Rapid
City by the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway company will be on August
l. This announcement has been made
by d. Mcneil, trainmaster of that
division of the company. 1t has not
yet been announced officially by the