The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-01-03

ATlnuT lnuTDeT OF MISSOURI valley
visited old Norfolk friends yesterday
Mrs. Milo Perry went to Pierce yes
terday and returned home last even
ing.
Miss Alice Kampman is sick this
week.
George Arp, jr., Of Missouri Valley
is here visiting his sister, Mrs. Frank
Krohler.
The little daughter of A. II. Holmes
is quite sick.
Charlie Long went to Pierce Satur-
day noon and returned home in the
evening.
A carload of forty soldiers passed
through the Junction last evening on
their way to Fort Robinson.
Miss Anna Chase is on the sick list
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schrider, who
have been visiting relatives In the
Junction, left last night for their home
in Chadron.
Mrs. Charlie Reed, who has been
here visiting her niece, Mrs. Emerson
Stamm, left yesterday for her home
in Verdigre.
Miss Bessie Williams went to Au-
burn yesterday for visit.
Miss Podendorf of Missouri Valley
is visiting at the home of Chas.
Scharm
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Denton and
daughter Madolin returned home from
Missouri Valley yesterday.
daughter arrived as a Sunday morning
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
d. Sturgeon.
Fremont Tribune: The lid is on at
Norfolk. Now, next thing, we'll be
hearing of it going on at Columbus and
Nebraska City.
Fremont Herald: The wife of a
Norfolk lawyer shoots him. It's a
cold day when they can't stir some
thing up at Norfolk.
Sunday a new time card went into
effect on the Union Pacific. A few
minor changes went into effect on
the main line trains but the Norfolk
schedule was not affected.
DR.. c. H. Davies of Humphrey has
been appointed to a position in the
Hastings hospital for the insane. DR..
Davies will have care of the wards for
merly in charge of DR.. Kuegle of Mad
ison, the latter having received a pro-
motion.
A rumor comes from Bonesteel that
Herrick is going to try to wrest the
county seat of Gregory county away
from Fairfax. Two-thirds of the vot-
ers of the county would have to favor
it. Fairfax is said to feel no danger
of the lass.
Just eight days after the death of
her husband, Mrs. John Horsham of
Madison died during the past week
at the Horsham home in Madison
Mrs. Horsham was eighty-two years
old and with her husband had been
one of the pioneers of Madison county
A livery team belonging to Walter
Elley of Madison went into an open
sewer ditch on Norfolk avenue be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
Saturday evening. Considerable diff
ficulty was experienced in getting one
i ut
accident happened in the early even
| ing.
In the January issue of Sports Afield
there appears an illustrated article by
"a Canoe Trip Down the Elkhorn.'
Two pretty halftone views of the Elk
horn river accompany the sketch
The editors thought so well of DR.
Mackay's article that it is one of the
two articles announced on the cover
page.
Although no definite date has beer
announced a meeting of the city Ii
brary board will probably be held dur
ing the coming week. 1t will be nee
essary for the library board to take
action towards securing a site for the
new Carnegie library building which
now seems assured for Norfolk. TIL,
board is expected to take the initia
tive in starting a movement to secure
library site,
The annual meeting of the Park Av
enue Christian church will be held OF
New Years day in the church build
ing. At noon there will be baske
dinner in the church. In the after
noon the officers reports will be givei
and the annual church election held
A basket supper will be in order afte
the regular meeting. In the evening
President ]. NJ. Pile of Wayne colleg,
has been secured for an address.
Business will pick up materially OF
account .sof the snowfall of Sunday
Just such a condition has been needle
to help move the winter goods tina
merchants had bought, And snow wa
needed, too, to create a little sti
around the old farm-just to make
known for sure that winter had a.
, rived. Business men and commercif
, travellers look for increased bushes
! activity as a result of the snow,
<zHEAe Edna Ward, ten years old,
4 A i .< lie authoress who bids fair