The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-17

ing. MIR Dexter was In Nurfulh
Wednesday morning cnroutc to Oma
ha lie said that the paralytic stroke
affected Mrs, DeXtor's face ON the
right side, and that for two weeks she
was In serious condition.
The first steps in the organization
of n Norfolk tribe of the Improved Or
der of Red Men will he taken at n
preliminary meeting to he held in
Eagle hall on next Friday evening at
$40 o'clock. At this time about TWEEN.
ty.ilve have signed as charter mem
bers of the proposed fraternal organi-
cation, which is being established In
| Norfolk by Col. j. G. Albright.
The Norfolk postofice received It's
last assignment of supplies from the
postoflice department by freight in
stead of by mail as has been the prac.
| tice In the past II is thought that the
shipment by freight of such supplies
as stationery inks and sundries used
In the transaction of business instead
of forwarding the same as mail" will
effect a noticeable saving in the de.
partment.
Arthur =. Pilger, who for the past
few years has been assistant cashier
of the Madison State bank at Madison,
is to accept position with the First
National bank at Stanton. Mr.. and
Mrs. Pilger will move from Madison
to stanton the first of next month
Mr. pilger Is the son of Mrs. Bertha
Pilger and Mrs. Piger IL the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Mary Davenport of Nor
folk
Officers for the coming year were
elected by the West Side hose com
pany at an adjourned meeting called
by President Jonas for last evening.
The officers elected are: b. w. Jo-
mas, president; +. Y. Flynn, secre-
tary; NJ, II. Green, treasurer; John
Napier, foreman; w. II. McCune, as
sistant foreman. A. II. Amerinc and
w, f. Lehman were chosen to repre-
sent the company on the fire police
force.
l.. A. Rothe of Fonda, Iowa, who
comes to Norfolk to become vice pres.
ident and active manager of the Citi-
zens National bank, has purchased the
home now occupied by II. Il. Gerecke,
corner Norfolk avenue and Twelfth
street, and will occupy it June 1. Mr.
Rothe will make very extensive i'm
provements in the property Mr.. Ge-
recke has purchased the cottage on
North Eighth street formerly occupied
by f. e. Davenport.
w. H. Bridge for a number of years
member of the Sugar City Cereal
mills company has severed his con
nectiOn with that firm and left at noon
on trip to the Pacific coast in search
of new location. His family will
not follow until Mr.. Bridge has found
a location that suits him. His daugh-
ter, Mrs Mccormack, now lives at
Tacoma. John Bridge will also leave
the Norfolk mill and go west. Ernest
Bridge. plans to make a trip into that
section shortly.
The Baptist chapel car after a
months stay in Norfolk will leave the
city Friday for Tilden, where the chap
el car workers will spend two weeks
or more. S. r. Davies, who is look
ing after the Baptist church work in
the absence of Rev. +. w. Benjamin,
will go to Tilden with the car, to be
joined Saturday by Rev. G. l.. Waite
from Lincoln. After next Sunday Mr..
Davies will return to Norfolk on Sun
days to hold Sunday services in the
Baptist church during his stay in this
vicinity.
over in Sioux City the Eagles are
now planning to stage The Mikado."
chich is termed by the Sioux City Tri-
bune as "the most popular of all com
ic operas" Prominent Sioux City
people are rehearsing the parts of
Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Katisha, Nanki-
Poo, Pooh-Bah, Pish-Tish, Ko-Ko, lord
high eXecutiOner, and the Mikado.
This popular comic opera of Gilbert
& Sullivan will be presented at the
Norfolk Auditorium by the Beggar
Prince opera company Thursday night
at popular prices-35c, soc and 75c.
This opera company is well known in
Norfolk and favorably known, too. It's
ClcNtI anu nave SOOu
voices.
Omaha World Herald: Municipal
ownership is the pace set by Bone
steel, which has voted $4,000 for a
water plant and is figuring on a mu-
nicipal gas plant. Editor d. w. For
ges, who is in Omaha, says that Bone
steel will be a division point on the
Northwestern road and that, starting
next Sunday, two trains will run each
way daily between Norfolk and Bone
steel. Northwestern directors voted
the other day money to build 100 miles
of road and this is taken to mean that
the extension from Dallas will con-
meet with the Pierre-Rapid City line,
either at Midland or Phillips. Bone
steel hopes to get the land office-now
at Mitchell and of little use thereby
relocation.
Practically all of the $500 men en-