The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-03-06


OF Missouri Valley, who will be tried
for killing NJ. Il. Brundrlge.
The Pierce Leader states that 1t is
reported that DR.. A. NJ Cross. may
remove from Pierce. DR.. Cross has
lived in Pierce for eighteen years.
Ten Stanton high school pupils con.
test Friday evening for the honor of
representing their school at the north
Nebraska declamatory contest in Nor.
folk next month.
Stanton Picket: John Falger has
gone to Wisconsin on visit. His
aunt and uncle from central Illinois,
will return with him to live on a farm
south of Norfolk Junction,
The Chess club meeting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Fuesler last
evening held its last meeting for the
season. The previous meeting was
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. II. A.
Pasewalk
Judge Douglas Cones OF Pierce,
while In Norfolk yesterday did some
work for the candidacy of w. e.
Powers OF Pierce for the position OF
district delegate to the Denver con.
vention.
Atkinson Graphic: John Bond and
family left for Norfolk, where Mr.
Bond has traded for an eating house
We are sorry to see this family leave,
but trust that this may be for their
best interests and IL 1t does not prove
such they will find the place made
vacant by their removal still open
for their return.
A considerable portion of Norfolks
available cash was held from the ways
Of commerce yesterday morning when
one of the bank safes refused to open
at the appointed time. The bank Dor
rowed temporary cash funds and sue
ceeded in getting its safe open by IL
a. III. A safe expert was about to be
called from Omaha.
Judge Welch arrived in Norfolk
Tuesday evening from Madison, where
he acted as trial judge in the Boche
murder case. He left for Wayne
Wednesday morning. Judge Jackson
of Neigh passed through the city yes.
terday enroute home. Attorneys
Mapes and Tyler, who were counsel
in the defense, have returned home.
From the cash returns from Durno's
entertainment, one of the high school
lecture course numbers, the committee
gle admission tickets little more than
covered the expenses of the number.
The course now has small balance
in the treasury. Durno, in addition to
being financial success, pleased his
audience.
Joe Barley, who was implicated in
the roller skate robbery at Wayne, has
been brought to the Norfolk hospital,
the Wayne county board of insanity
having adjudged him insane on the
complaint of his father. A year or
two ago Barley was discharged by the
railroad company for being respon.
sible for a freight collision east of
Emerson and later he was arrested
charged with cashing a railroad pay
check not issued to him.
City Superintendent E. ]. Bodwell
met President Roosevelt on the occas'
ion of his recent eastern trip to attend
an educational meeting In Washington
d. c. With State Superintendent Nc
Brien, DR.. Luckey of the state univer
sity and President Thomas of the
Kearney normal. Mr.. Bodwell wal
introduced to the president by Senator
Brown. The senator afterwards pres
ented the Nebraska school men tc
Vice President Fairbanks and also en-
tertained them at luncheon at the
capital.
Brown county, according to a Lin
coin dispatch, is the first county II
the state to notify the state treasurer
that it Is going to vote on the propos
ition to issue bonds for the purpose
of erecting county high school build
ing. The county clerk wrote to Treas
urer Brian to see whether the state
could buy the bonds, the question OF
county. Mr.. Brian held inasmuch a!
the bonds will be signed by the count!
clerk being whether the bonds were
school bonds and the chairman Of thu
Board of County Commissioners thu
bonds are certainly an obligation O
the county and can be bought by thu
state. He notified the county clerk t
have the bonds pay 5 per cent Thu
proposition to be voted on Is to be al
issue of from $4,000 to $4,000 bonds