The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12


out of Fremont, came home sick
Trinity Social guild will give their
last dancing party of the season at
Marquardt hall this evening.
The Ladies' Trinity guild will meet
with Mrs. Troutman Friday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock in social session.
| Mosaic lodge No. 90, A. f. Il 4. NJ,
initiated two candidates into the l..
A. degree of the OF der Tuesday even
ing.
| Mrs. Il. o. Mount Is rapidly recov-
ering from the effects of the opera
ton for appendicitis and is able to be
out little.
Mrs. T. Il. Odiorne was surprised
| Thursday afternoon by an informal
party arranged by friends, the occa
sion being her birthday.
Mrs. Fricke will entertain the La.
dies Aid society Of the Presbyterian
church tomorrow afternoon at 3
O'Clock in her home on North Twelfth
street.
H. +. Slaughter, The Gregory county
banker is contemplating the erection
of a handsome residence in Gregory,
| S. ID. The new home will cost at
least $1,000. Architect j. c. Stitt has
been called on to prepare the plans.
Three Of the local fire companies
are to elect officers during the next
few weeks. The several elections are
announced as follows West Side
hose company, May Z; Pioneer Hook
and Ladder company, May l; Queen
City hose company, April 10.
Duffy Brothers, Norfolk implement
dealers, are going to retire from the
implement business. w. P. Duffy will
remain in Norfolk as the local repre-
sentative of the Case threshing ma
chine company, while e. l.. Duffy in
tends to locate on farm either in the
Rosebud country or in western Ne
braska.
The collapse of a bridge two miles
west of Missouri Valley on the North
western, slightly injured three engi-
neers-F. H. Kinney, Herman Rose
and Edward Werle - and stopped
trains for time A dredge is work
ing at that point. A derrick, which
raised up the bridge to allow the
dredge to work and which lowered the
bridge into place when trains wanted
to pass, toppled over and the bridge,
derrick and dredge are in the water.
Trains got through again by yesterday
noon.
Beginning with today, trains be-
tween Norfolk and Sioux City will not
stop at South Sioux City and tickets
bought for the interstate trip to and
from Sioux City, will be charged for
only at the rate of two cents per mile,
with fifteen cents additional for the
Missouri river bridge. 1t is said that
this change is in no way an attempt
to retaliate upon South Sioux City for
the new two-cent rate in Nebraska,
but that for years the schedule has not
provided for the stop at South Sioux
City.
The general committee, which is to
represent the churches of the city in
the effort to secure the next state con-
vention of the Young Mems Christian
association for Norfolk, has been re-
inforced by Rev. ]. w. Morgan and l..
H. Lederer from the Presbyterian
church. The personnel of the commit
tee as announced is as follows: Rev.
j. l.. Vallow and L. M. Beeler, Meth
odist church; Rev. F. w. Benjamin
and E. e. Coleman, Baptist church,
Rev. w. j. Turner and G. T. Sprecher,
First Congregational church; Rev. ].
w. Morgan and L. H. Lederer, Presby-
terrain church
At the residence of the brides pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs Samuel Kent,
west of Norfolk at 1890 O'Clock
Wednesday morning Miss Agnes Kent
was married to Andrew ]. Barnes of
Cody, Neb., Father Thomas Walsh of
the Norfolk church of the Sacred
Heart officiating. The bride was at
tended by Mrs. Snyder of Battle
Creek, the groom by John Kent. 1t
was a pretty home wedding with some
thirty relatives of the bride and
groom in attendance. Following the
ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes left on
a western trip before making their
home at Cody. The bride of Wednes-
day is the charming daughter of one
of the Oldest and best known citizens
of Madison county.
The minstrel show to be given by
the Norfolk band at the Auditorium
April % will be for the purpose of
raising funds with which to purchase
new uniforms for the organization
and it will be the first opportunity
afforded Norfolk people to express
their material appreciation for the
bands existence and to help it along.
All winter long, without making any
fuss about it, the Norfolk band has
been steadily and substantially i'm
proving under the leadership of a
special bandmaster hired at a good
sized salary to give instruction, The
band has been able, through dances,
to raise enough fund % pay its regu-