The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24

| on the way to California for the bene
ut of her health had died on the train
! Robert Carter son, was with her.
Ernest r. Manske and Miss Gladys
Bonncy. both OF Norfolk, were mar.
ried at the Methodist parsonage at
stanton. Rev c. n. Dawson perform.
ed the ceremony They will reside
in Norfolk
+. NJ. Gregg, a former Wayne nor
NAL instructor now at the Peru state
normal. was elected to the village
board at Peru last week. Mr.. Gregg
was one Of the instructors at the teach
ers' institute in Norfolk last fall.
Pierce Call: f. w. Steinkraus was
able to get out last Saturday for lit
tie ride and visit the bank. He also
came up again Monday, the summer
like air and warm sun of those days
giving him strength and acting as a
tonic on his weakened system.
Chief Flynn broke the dog license
record During the last year 2O3 dog
licenses were collected by him. Dog
owners dug" up 1929 to get their
dogs enrolled in the Norfolk dog book.
From the dog crusade the city Melted
$3.50. said to be $50 more revenue
than ever secured from dog revenue
in any previous year.
County superintendent F. S. Per
due of Madison, A. V. iced OF Ponca,
w. Il. Miller OF Harrington and Frank
Pilger of Pierce have been selected
as additional faculty members for the
summer session at the Wayne normal.
Bach of the four will deliver series
Of lectures to the student body in ad-
dition to their class teaching.
Damascus commandery. No. 20,
Knights Templar, elected officers last
evening, the list Of new officers being
as follows: Joseph Alberry, eminent
commander; c. f. Burnham, general
issimo; G.. b. Salter, captain general;
l.. G.. Mittelstadt, treasurer; w. r.
Hoffman, recorder; J. B. Barnes, prel-
ate The officers will be installed on
ascension day.
The fact that the condition of the
bond market has caused general sus.
pension of city improvements in the
larger cities was said to account for
the competition for the Norfolk sewer
contracts Contractors are said to be
leaving the cities and looking to the
smaller western towns for their con-
tracts, the financial disturbance of
last fall having for the most part had
no effect on the latter towns.
Ed Madsen arrived in the city last
evening from Missouri Valley, called
here by the serious condition of his
brother, Charles A. Madsen. Chris
Madsen, who is commercial traveller
in North Dakota, will arrive this even
ing. The damp weather of the past
few days, following hard trip from
Denver to Norfolk, has not tended to
improve the patients condition.
Wayne Democrat: Mrs. Aug. Suck
erstoff of Bloomfield, was taken to the
Norfolk asylum last Friday being in
charge of an officer and her husband.
The poor woman presented a pitable
sight, her hair flying loose and be-
draggled Some years ago a bolt Of
lightning struck the bed in which the
woman was sleeping, and it affected
her mind SO that she had to be taken
to the asylum. Later she became
during the light thunder storm Of last
week she became violent and unman-
ageable.
Burt Mapes has been agreed on by
the creditors of the Hansen Merchan-
tile company of Tilden as trustee and
the interest OF the various creditors.
At the time the bankruptcy proceed
ings were filed Mr.. Mapes was named
as receiver by the federal court and
has had charge Of the affairs OF the
defunct company up to this time. The
creditors meeting in Norfolk yesterday
was attended by Attorneys n. d. Jack
son of Neigh, F. l.. Putney OF Tilden
and D. c. Shull Of Sioux City and T.
X. Hansen, vice president Of the bank
at Tilden.
Guy e. Smith of the firm of Smith
N oou VI lhuldHOld' Ia, SuCCSooluA
bidders on the sewer contracts Thurs
day evening, yesterday signed the con-
tract for the construction of the sewer
mains in the three sewer districts.
The work by the terms of the contract
is to be completed by August 10. In
the sewer district in the Heights the
Indianola firm will find considerable
of task on account of the unusual
depth to which the sewer must be
laid. In some places the trench will
be fifteen feet deep and the average
depth will be about twelve feet Sand
too will probably give trouble in the
deep trench digging
Another district court case has been
transferred to the federal court in
Norfolk. j. H. Jones of Pierce recent
ly brought suit for $4,000 against the
Northwestern railroad company as a
result of iniurieS sustained through