The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
FRIDAY FACTS.
I'd South Is in Omaha.


Mrs. J. NJ. Kingley of Tilden is here
today.
DR.. w. II. Pilger was in Omaha yes.
terday.
Miss McWright of Butte was caller
yesterday.
o. E. Engle Of Plainview was
visitor today.
William Zutz of Hoskins was in
Norfolk today.
Mrs. J. A. Huebner of Hoskins
visited Norfolk yesterday.
NJ d. Tyler has returned from n
business trip to Lincoln and Neigh.
Mrs. N. |. Owens of Missouri Valley
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Ellerbrock.
Mrs. c. B. Jamison of Lynch is the
guest of Mrs. st. Clair Mitchell at the
Pacific hotel.
Elmer Reed returned today from
Lebanon, Kan, where he accompan-
led his wife, who will visit her par
ents.
j. w. Smith of Blue Springs, Neb.,
who has been visiting his daughter,
Mrs. w. j. Cow, for ten days, returned
home today.
Among the out-of-town visitors in
Norfolk today were: l.. G. Whipple,
Niobrara; Charles Locke, Bloomfield;
Daniel Cox, Brunswick; Mrs. Gus Mil
Ter, Hoskins.
Postmaster John r. Hays has been
advised by the postoffice department
that the 50 and SIS stamps will be dis
continued, and that hereafter the
heads of only Washington and Frank
lin will appear on stamps, Franklin
on one-cent stamps and Washington
on all other denominations. Mr..
Hays was also directed to have public
school teachers instruct pupils in the
proper way of directing letters and
classifying mail.
Jacob West at Neigh was acquitted
of the charges filed against him by
Fred Finne.
DIR. c. w. Ray delivers a lecture on
THE Holy Land at Newman Grove
Tuesday evening.
Damascus commandery, No. 20, X.
T., will meet for important business
at o'clock this evening.
Mrs. H. NJ. Culbertson has sent
word from Hot Springs that her
mother, Mrs. Jackson, is much better.
Fritz Bruins, in his eighty-third
year, a north Nebraska pioneer who
has lived in Niobrara since 1861,
died this week.
Mrs. w. A. Kingsley of the Pacific
hotel fell down stairway in Omaha
yesterday and cut cash in her head
which necessitated several stitches.
Word from Lincoln now is that
Governor-elect Shallenberger frac,
| tured his leg, between the ankle and
knee, during the Shriners initiation.
Rev. Edwin Booth, jr., pastor of the
First Congregational church, will give
stereopticon views of Hoffman's life
of Christ at the Sunday evening ser.
vice.
The Royal Arch degree was COLI
Reynolds last evening, a banquet fol.
lowing the ceremony of Damascus
chapter.
The County Chairman" which
J comes to the Auditorium Saturday
night, is the feature attraction of the
week at the Grand theater, Sioux City
this evening.
The postoffice at Brocksburg on the
Keya Paha river, was destroyed by
fire, all of the mail in the office burn
ing. The loss to the Office and gen.
eral store was $4,000.
Rev. Harold Booth of Sioux City
called on Rev. Edwin Booth, jr., to-
day to ascertain if there was any re-
lationship between them. The closest
relationship that could be established
was thirty-second cousin.
Henry Haase returned last night
from Lincoln where he went to con
suit Governor-elect Shallenberger with
regard to his candidacy for the stew.
ardship of the Norfolk insane hospital
He says that he thinks Norfolk has
good chance to get the appointment
A fifteen-year-old runaway boy from
the Kearney reform school was here
two days this week. After he had
gone Chief of Police Peters got a
message from the Kearney authorities
to arrest him. The latter were mott
fled by wire that the runaway had
gone to Tekamah.
d. c. Cordery, manager of the LUX
art store, has just returned from St
Paul, where he has made all of his
purchases for next spring. He says
that prices are rapidly advancing or
cotton goods, wollens, shoes. etc, and
price advance which went into effect
on one day during his trip, just after
he had finished buying, saved hin
about 5000; .....us..