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

from WISH In Illinois.
Fred Schclly has painted his new
pop factory II bright green
The Collins orchestra will play for
the Trinity Social guild dance Thurs.
day evening at MarQuardt hall
Julius Bremen OF stanton county
was in Norfolk yesterday purchasing
n bill of lumber for new barn.
The Trinity Social guild will meet
this evening with Miss Mullen. All
members are requested to be present.
Miss Ethel Doughty will be hostess
to the members of the Queen Esther
circle and their invited guests on
Tuesday evening.
| A runaway accident yesterday morn.
ing broke in two wagon belonging
to Rudy Blatt The runaway team
belonged to ED Marshall.
The Ladies Aid society of Valley
precinct will give supper ut the
Lowe schoolhOuso Thursday evening
A quilt will be given away.
A telegram has just been received
| by MIR. and Mrs. II. IL. Gerocke an.
nOunCing the arrival of fine pair of
| girl babies at the home Of their son,
Alfred N. Gercclie, in lloldrcgc, Ncb
The twins arrived this morning.
Deputy United States Court Clerk
| J, w. McClary is now receiving blanks
in connection with the appointment
which he recently received. lie cx-
poets several cases to be tried in Sep.
TENDER at the Norfolk term of court
but has as yet received no notice Of
any of the cases that will be brought
| here.
The Harding Cream company of
Omaha has filed n suit for libel against
| Editor Won Seggern of the West Point
Volltsblatt The paper is sued for
printing an item with regard to the
value of stock in the Farmers Coop
erative Cream company.
George Schiller, proprietor of the
OXnard hotel, has gone to Utah to
| look after 1000 acres of land which he
owns. This land was bought at 500
per acre and Is said now to be worth
| $3.50 per acre, having increased in
value from 100000 to $250,0OO.
There was excitement up around
Hadar Monday night. The little three
| yearold daughter of Anton Huebner,
who had been with her father in the
field, started alone to the home a mile
away and became lost. Neighbors
, gathered to join in the search and at
/ o'clock the child was found in the
road.
An adjourned meeting Of the city
council will be held tomorrow even
ing, at which time the election returns
of the recent city election will be can
vassed and the results officially an.
nOuncGd. AS the routine business of
the month is also to be transacted.
the councilmen are scheduled for a
| long session.
August Roth of Clearwater, a broth
er of little six year old Clarence Roth,
drowned April in bayou near Clear
water, returned to Norfolk yesterday
to take up his work in the local bust
ness college. August Roth says that
the suspicious circumstances connect
ed with the drowning have not been
cleared up, but that he has no infor-
nation that could be added to the
published accounts of the tragedy.
The moving picture show, present
ing the famous Passion play in life
size reproductions, together with a
variety of other interesting moving
pictures, will close at the Auditorium
tonight. The first nights audience was
| 10 he
that the closing production would be
seen by an equally large crowd. Much
| interest was manifest in the Passion
play pictures. Prices are 10c, 20 and
soc.
Harry Sutherland, who has for sew
eral years driven hack for G.. w. Mi
hills, has quit that work and is now
working on the sewer, cementing pipes
together. When Contractor Herrick
finishes here he will go to Iowa to
handle a $4,000 contract and later
he goes to Denver where he has ME
miles of sewer to build. Mr.. Suther-
land has agreed to accompany the con-
tractor to these places and continue
in the work.
A president of the Norfolk fire de-
partment and chief of Norfolk's fire
fighters will be chosen at the annual
meeting of the department Wednes-
day evening at the city hall. Other
officers to be elected are vice-presi-
dent, secretary, treasurer and trustee
for three year term. 1t has been stat
ed that Present Chief McCune does
not desire a reelection and as a re
suit a number of names are being dis
cussed for the position.
A special meeting of the stockhold-
ers in the Faucett-CarneyHager com
pany was held in the Norfolk Office
of the company. NJ. w. Beebe a Nor
folk travelling man, was elected to the
board of directors, succeeding W. f.
Hager who had withdrawn from the
company. A directors meeting, fol
lowing the stockholders meeting, took
no action in filling the vicepresidency