The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-01-31

MONDAY MENTION.

CudTleS WAITS Was uOWu III HUH
phrey last week to take charge of
Robert Lewis's barber shop while
Lewis was at the firemen's convention.
Miss Edith Barrett, who has been
quite sick with the grip, was not so
we'll Monday.
Ralph Sutliff of Hawarden, Iowa.
has been in Norfolk, the guest of
Ralph Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Conley and son
returned last evening from short
visit to Wayne.
Mosaic lodge No. S. A. F. & A. NJ,
has been called to a special meeting
Monday evening for work in the NJ. NJ.
degree. A full attendance was de-
sired.
Earle Brakeman has resigned his po-
sition with the Northwestern as
freight clerk to accept position with
the Norfolk Transfer and Storage
company.
Harold Cow resumes his work in
the state university this week, after
having been out of school one semes-
ter. He is taking the electrical engi-
neering course.
Sheriff j. ]. Clements of Madison
was in Norfolk Saturday. Sheriff
Clements is engaged in notifying the
jurymen who have been selected for
jury work at the coming term of court.
Laurel Advocate: Miss Amelia
Preusker of Norfolk, niece of the
Mittelstadt brothers, is guest at the
E. R. Mittelstadt home. She will pro-
baby remain in Laurel about a month.
Wisner Cronicle: Two victims of
the Boyertown theater tragedy were
the niece and nephew of Landlord j.
A. Carver of the Green Tree hotel at
West Point. The unfortunates were
aged 10 and % years respectfully and
were the children of A. P. Carver
resident of Boyertown.
The Flying Squadron" of the T.
p. A. comes to Norfolk next Saturday
Charging that his wife made two
attempts to poison him, Eli H. Hoshaw
has filed a petition for a divorce in
the district court in Holt county. The
occasions of the alleged attempts to
poison are claimed to have been on
the eleventh and sixteenth of Jan
uary. The wife's name is Sally Betsey
Hoshaw.
George Stalcup, who is putting up
ice for number of local customers
from his pond near the old sugar fac
tory, will finish his ice cutting this
week. Ice for the Northwestern is
not to be put in Norfolk this winter.
Arrangements had been made to fur
nish the railroad company ice from
the Fred Boche lake south of the city
but the ice on the lake is entirely too
thin for the company's use. The
Northwestern is getting its ice at
Valentine. A number of cars of ice
have already been shipped into Nor
folk from there.
Attorney H. F. Barnhart of Norfolk
states that he has been asked to as.
sist in the prosecution of eX-Sheriff
Johnson Dettman, charged with the
murder of his partner, eX-Sheriff
George Taylor of Fairfax, S. d. Mr..
Barnhart was engaged by relatives of
the murdered man to assist in the
prosecution Attorney Davis of Wayne
will also assist in the prosecution.
The trial will be held in April. Barn
hart, who has been at his room in
the Pacific hotel, since the recent OPP
Grafton, was able to be out on the
avenue for the first ime Saturday af-
ternoon. He was able to walk with
the use of a cane.
Lost: William Dyer of Oakland,
boy of seventeen who never smokes
or chews. Return if found and get
$50 reward. 1t was on December 8,
1907 that William Ernest Dyer left
his Cunning county home eight miles
west of Oakland to go to a school
house nearby. Circulars stating that
he has never been seen since, give the
following description: William Ern-
set Dyer, age II, height 5ft. In,
weight about 1875 or 1870 lbs, light com.
plexion, blue eyes, large nose, dark
hair, never smokes or chews, had on
light weight suit of clothes, high top
shoes laced in front. Always lived on
farm, it is possible he is living under