The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-08-07

Republican ticket and something OF
fisherman by way of pastimc, was
in the city over night.
w. l.. Lehman is taklnG his vaca.
] don from the Star Clothing company
c. 7 Uoush caught two channel cat
FISH Friday morning in the Northrork
river below the mill dam, one fish
weighing eight pounds ana the other
five
| s. w. Garvin, who recently resigned
his seat in the city council, accom-.
paSied by Mrs. Garvin, lett today for
Kansas to visit daughter. Mrs c.
IC. Raglan After their Kansas visit
/ they will 80 to Denver Mr.. and Mrs
Garyin have left their household
goods in Norfolk and II Us possible
that they will return to this city af.
ter the winter Ralph Garyrn will
join his parents next week.
! +. l.. Kaufman has severed his
connection with the Realty Advcrtis.
| ing Cigar company and returned to
Lincoln Friday noon to engage in the
| printing business with his father.
Miss Ollie Elliott gave an elocution
recital Friday evening before a fair
sized but very enthusiastic audience in
Meadow Grove. Miss Elliott has the
degree of bachelor of eloCution from
the Nebraska Wesleyan university and
| has been giving successful concerts
for the last two years in different
parts of the state. Miss Elliott was
| formerly resident of Norfolk and
taught school in the grades for one
year
The first meeting of the creditors
of the FaucettCarney company, which
has been adjudged a bankrupt, will
be held in Norfolk on August II at
s a. m A trustee may be appointed
at this meeting and creditors will be
asked to prove their claims. One OF
the first steps of the creditors who
have thrown the candy firm into bank
ruptCy will probably be to contest the
assignment made to the bank of the
firms business.
w. r. Larimore of Oklahoma has
accepted the position of Superintend-
ent of agencies for the Elkhorn Life
and Accident Insurance company of
Norfolk. Mr.. Larimore will have en-.
tire charge of the agency work of the
company in all parts of the state. He
comes highly recommended to the
company and has had many years of
experience as an organizer and solicit
tor 1t is thought that he will prove
valuable man.
Great interest is being manifested
in the coming race meet. Up to date
six horses are on the track continu-
ally trying out and several more will
arrive next week. W. NJ. Zulauf of
Pierce is here with his sorrel gelding
PAGER Captain Mack, with his record
of 2:15A. Woods Cones of Pierce has
King Woodford, a brown stallion trot-
ter on the track working out. His
time is 2:29A. w. u. Rhodes has two
horses here, Windsor Walnut, bay
stallion PAGER, 2:21A, and Birdie Col
yer, 2:34. d. T. Ambrose also has
two horses here for the races. A. G.
Wiley has a three-year-old bay geld
ing PAGER and Eugene Wiley brown
stallion PAGER with record of 2:1SH.
Denver, Pueblo and Boulder, Colo,
papers the past months have contained
considerable about H. c. Truman,
formerly in the paint and wall paper
business here. Truman took care of
sick man, George NJ. Murray, who
was dying of tuberculosis. Following
Murray's death he was arrested and
charged with making way with prop
erty belonging to the dead man valu-
ed at about $4,000 and consisting of
over $500 in currency, two gold
watches and eight diamond rings. In
vestigatiOn taken up by the Eagle
lodge of which the deceased was a
member showed that Truman had de-
posted the property with the under
taker and had later called for and re-
ceived it. Truman claimed that Muir
ray in the presence of Mrs. Truman
had said that he had no relatives and
that Truman could retain his property
after his death. Truman was with
Murray three days in tent near the
tollgate at the mouth of Boulder
canon. Truman turned the disputed
property over to the sheriff.