The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-17

X. Southworth. Pilger; T. NJ. Bart
lett, Pierce. Il. j.. Brooks, Winnetoon;
NJ. J. Wagner, Creighton, A. ID. Sigler, |
Columbus.
Mrs. Nettie Kurrock OF Omaha Is In |
Norfolk soliciting funds for the old
ladies' home in Omaha, which is under
the direction of Rev. G. W. Savidge.
Judge A. A. Welch was in Norfolk
Wednesday returning from Center,
where he held short term of the dis
trict court. District court will con
yene at Neigh on April 81.
Miss Helen Brown OF Lynch, who
has been visiting friends in Norfolk,
returned home today.
G.. G.. Brown of Gregory, S. d.. Wis
tied with his daughter, Mrs. Lloyd
Cooper In Norfolk, the past two days.
Wire Chief Mcfarland and three
men went to Ewing yesterday TO move
mile of the telephone line for the
! Nebraska Telephone company.
s. X. Mcfarland came up from Mad
ison last night and at noon accompa'
MED c. Il. Doughty to Tilden, where
| they will attend big meeting of Odd
Fellows this evening. A class initia-
ton is among the features of the even
ngs program.
1t Is said about the Junction depot
that there has been a telling off In
the passenger business Though Nor
folk during the last week.
| II. A. Sem, who has been travelling
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turing company, has changed his head
quarters to Norfolk and is moving into
Judge Powers house on Ninth street
and Koenigstein avenue.
A sudden rush of flames from the
oven in the Pilger bakery burned
Charles Christensen. one of the bakery
employees, quite badly on the left arm
The burns were Immediately dressed
and were not very painful.
A, Low has lost in all about 200
sacks through the depredations Of sack
thieves who have broken into his
grain and feed warehouse. The sacks
are believed to have been taken by
boys in search of extra spending mon
ey. The sacks bring about three cents
apiece on the market.
The assignment of Norfolk teachers
to the various grades is not necessar-
lily final, it is said. The assignments
are made at the time of the election
to afford a working basis. They are,
however, for the most part retained.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Schulz and
Carl Fix have returned from Pierce,
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ding" celebration of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Schulz. Ferdinand Schulz and
Frank Schulz are brothers, and Mr..
Fix is a brother-in-law. There were
eighty people at the celebration.
The Nebraska Telephone company
yesterday unloaded a carload of poles,
$50 poles being in the shipment.
Twenty teams lined up to haul the
poles away. The poles were for use
in the construction of two new farm
lines, the Grand-Bell line and the Blue
Grass-Bell line, both southeast of the
city.
After a lapse of two and a half
months the West Side Whist club
met last night at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sol G. Mayer. At the close OF
the evening token of esteem was
presented to Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Boas
who are soon to leave Norfolk fol
Sioux City, in the shape of silver
spoons. Mr.. Mayer made the presen
tation on behalf of the club in a clever
little speech.
County Superintendent F. S. Per
due of this county has had his ability
, as a leve-headed educator again rec
I ognized by an appointment to the state
, examining board, the appointment
coming from the state department o.
: education. The principal work of the
, examining board is to investigate pri
, vate and denominatiOnal colleges anc
normal schools that grant teachers
certificates. On the board Mr.. Perdue
succeeds Superintendent Fullmer o!
, Beatrice who goes to Wesleyan univer
sity as dean of the Methodist schoo
and who resigned from the examining
board as his own institution is one o.
, the schools that has to be investigated
q by the board. Superintendent Bodwel
of this city, who has beer elected t.
succeed Mr.. Fullmer at Beatrice, ha:
n been one of the three members of the
q examining board since last summer.