The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03

past two years, has resigned.
Miss Emma MarQuardt is another
14.ycar.old Norfolk girl who has just
won prize in the Omaha Bee juve-
nile story contest.
Norfolk soda founts are being pol.
ished and will open with the first
assurance that Miss Spring has really
checked her baggage to Norfolk.
w. l.. Lehman, who burned his
hands badly while trying TO put out a
fire in his home few weeks ago, was !
able to return to work today in the |
Star clothing store.
Fred Bochc has just finished cut. |
ting 5000 feet of cottonwood lumber |
on the John S. Craig farm. About |
fifty trees were cut out of the big |
grove, which it is estimated still CON
trees were planted by Mr.. Craig about
thirty years ago.
Columbus Telegram: The boys In
the manual training class at the high
school are this week making fine
walnut gavel which will be presented
the presiding officer at the meeting of
the North Nebraska Teachers associ.
alton in Norfolk. Work Of very high
grade in wood turning and draughting
has been turned out by the class this
year, and Superintendent Conn is pre-
pairing TO take with him an exhibit of
the work, just to show what the Co
lumbus schools are doing in the man
ual training department.
Norfolk has been on its good be-
havior the past month. Or else Nor
fob has been more careful. Or else
N0Tfolk's erstwhile Jealous guardians
have been only human and have not
pursued too hard the festive voter on
the eve of election. Anyway Police
4 Judge Eiseley's report for March will
4 show only 81 collected in fines. Ac-
cordmg TO the report Norfolk has in.
dulged in only seven dollars worth of
badness.
As a result of the visit here of State
Drug Inspector Frank Nicholson OF
Nebraska City, VIM. q. Berner has
been reported to the state food com
mission for prosecution on q charge
of selling unbranded liquor. The state
Inspector was in Norfolk two days
and at the BerneT saloon bought bot
tie of liquor which he charged was
not branded as required by the new
law. The prosecution win be placed
in the hands of County Attorney Jack
Koenigstein and will probably be
started in a local justice court.
When the little two-year-old son Of
Ed Marshall tumbled into a tub Of
hnt water yesterday at the Marshal
home Just east of Edgewater Parl
addition, the little fellow created &
FURRY of excitement. The water haC
lRst been taken from the stove ant
was near the boiling point. The little
feIl0w's arBo and back We're quite bad
lily scalded. The burns we've quite
serioHs-hcw serious could not be told
The mother had placed the tub o
water on the floor and supposed tina
her little SEN was out of doors.
l Stamon Register: Reverend r
Richter, an eloquent minister preache
al enthusiastic sermon at the Gel
man ST Lucas church. After the sci
vice he was called to the sick bed O
Mrs. Henings, twelve miles sOuthwes
Of Stanton. administering the hol
sacrament. Re is very socidble ma
with very accurate fetching ways. |
| Norfolk will send him the call StaD&ol
, WIFE acquire a very useful and helr
ful citizen. Rev. Richter at the pres
ent time has charge of two Englisl
Lutheran churches and one German
, Lutheran.
The Stanton high school promise
to have the biggest representation o
, any outside high school al the nortl
state 0eclamatory contest at the Audi
, forum Wednesday evening. Fifty
seven seats have been ordered re
ton delegation, who are coming herr
to support their representative in this
; contest. Madison will have q delega
ton of twenty, Atkinson of fourteen
Tilden of twelve, Beemer of six. Other
high schools will also be represented
are coming to the convention which
convenes Thursday morning will be
gin to arrive in Norfolk Wednesday.
Brown County Democrat: Sheriff
Piersail, who has been on the trail of
an escaped prisoner for a couple of
weeks, returned several days ago and
recounts an experience that he doesn't
want to try again. He got track of
his man in Gregory county, S. D., and
followed him west until he came to
the White river, and as 1t was nearly
night and the only human habitation
in sight was on the west bank he
decided to ford the stream. The
treacherous river was higher than he
thought. The team went out of sight
and Frank, standing in the buggy was
surprised when the murky, ice cold
water reached above his waist. He
was in for it, however, and urged his
ponies forward. Swimming and float
ing they reached the OpDoSite hank