The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-12-11

was tried. The case which excited
them most interest and occupied the
most time at Tyndal was brought by
Marie Skogland of Bonesteel against
Lee Michel of Springfield, charging
the latter with defamation of char
acter According TO A. j. Wilcox of
Gregory, who returned home by way
of Omaha and who was one of the at.
attorneys for the plantin, the jury
was out twenty.four hours, verdict
of $2.125 damages finally being rond.
cred. The amount asked for being
$5 600.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Burtz were
called to Omaha yesterday by news
of the accidental death of a brother
of Mrs. Burtz.
j. Il. Cooper and S, II. Pickering of
Lynch are here looking up Offices with
a view of opening up a real estate
Office. Mr.. Cooper is a nephew of
George II. Hodson of the Junction.
An impolite horse, which he was
leading to the blacksmith shop yester.
day afternoon, kicked A. Low, the feed
store man, knocking him down in the
| muddy street. Mr.. Low was covered
| with mud but was not hurt
Judge j. j. Sullivan of Columbus,
| who last week refused an appointment
to the supreme bench of the state,
will within the coming month move
| to Omaha, where he has formed a
partnership with j. f. RAFT, promi-
nent Omaha lawyer. Judge Sullivan
is an uncle of Mrs, G. A. Young of
| this city.
Coming to Norfolk under the i'm
preston that this was county seat,
Otis Bion of Columbus and Miss Flor
ence Thorne of Omaha met with dis
appointment at the end of their trip.
: Not discouraged, however, they en-
gagged carriage and drove overland
to Madison, where they expected to
be married during the morning.
Mrs. Harriet Murphy of Omaha,
state food inspector, will meet with
the economic department of the Wo-
mans club in the parlors of the First
Congregational church, on Friday af-
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock. She will give
a talk on what the commission has
done in the past year and will give
some simple rules for detecting adul-
teraton in food. The public is invited
to the meeting.
officers for the coming year were
elected last evening by the Norfolk
lodge of the A. o. U. w. w. E. Mullen
was elected master workman, succeed
ing J. II. Lough who accordingly be.
came past master workman. Other
officers elected We're: Ed Conley,
foreman; Lester Parker, overseer; NJ.
Moolick recorder; Chris. l.. Anderson,
tinancier; John Quick, receiver; Wal
ter Ward, guide; Arthur Daniel, out
side watch; George Knapp, inside
watch. f. A. Bullock was elected trus-
tee for three year term.
AT the regular meeting of the w.
r. c. Saturday afternoon the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Delphia Quick senior vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Emma Morrow; junior
vice president, Mrs. Mary Howe;
treasurer, Mrs. Eva Overocker; chap
lain, Mrs. Ellen Byerly; secretary,
Mrs. ]. o. Matrau; conductor, Mrs. J.
Redman; assistant CONDUCTOR Mrs.
Dixon; guard, Mrs. Lucas; assistant
guard, Mrs. Kate Hodson; color bear
ers, No. l, Mrs. d. Kuhn, No. 2, Mrs.
Eliza Dudley, No. 3, Mrs. King; No,
! 4, Mrs. M. Bondurant; delegate for
convention, Mrs. d. Kuhn; alternate,
j Mrs. Eva Overocker.
Judge j. B. Barnes left today for his
new home in Lincoln, where the
recent supreme court amendment de-
i Crees that he shall make his home as
long as he remains on the supreme
bench. Mrs. Barnes will join her
| husband in Lincoln probably tomor-
row. Judge Barnes has made his
) home in Norfolk just twenty years and
two months. Now that the operations
of the recent amendment are better
known in Norfolk the recent act of
, the peOple-Norfolk voters included
| finds a good deal less favor here than
it did before election. The enactment
: requiring Norfolk to give up one of
its most valued citizens to Lincoln is
, causing a good deal of local criticism.