The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-05
SATURDAY sIETINGs.


Monday.
A. H. Viele is expected home today
from an extended business visit tc
Chicago.
Otto Fuerst is expected home from
Chicago Sunday or Monday He will
go at once to Madison to take charge
of the Independent telephone com
pany's office at that point
Charles Harding, president of the
Omaha board of education and also oi
the Farmers cooperative creamery
company of Omaha is visiting at the
E. a. Bullock home. Mr. Harding in
years gone by was manager of a cream
cry in Norfolk
James Beck left for Platte Center
Saturday on business.
w. A. Witzigman will leave tomor-
row for visit to Clinton, Ia, Peoria
and Chicago
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Russell of
Omaha have been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. John Friday.
Mrs. Ed Nelson of Creighton IS
spending over Sunday at the home Of
her brother, W. J. Hahn,
Dr. o. r. Meredith postponed his
regular Friday trip to Stanton yester-
day on account of the weather,
Rev. Edwin Booth, jr, is suffering
with a severe attack of grip and as a
result no church or Sunday school
services will be held in the First Con
gregational church.
County Superintendent +. A. Muir
phey and Superintendent e. S. Cowan
came down from Knox county yester-
day to attend the school folks ban
quet, which had to be postponed.
Among the days out of town visi.
tors in Norfolk We're: l.. w. Knopp,
O'Neill; o. e. Rassett, Ord; L. b.
Munford, Pierce; Earl Fuhter, Madi-
son; James Graham, Winside: Joseph
Better, Lindsay; ]. c. Parker, Win
side; j. C. Carnelly, Lindsay; Char
lotte Lawson, Wayne; II. H. Ziemer,
Pilger j. H. Welsh, Stanton; l.. B.
Haneman, Ewing; Mrs. John Pishik,
Wayne; f. II. Mason, Bloomfield;
George Nj. Bailey, Latta Miss Grace
Bailey, Fairfax S. D.; John Dolphin,
Miss c. Ruppell, Bloomfield; e. l..
Cowan, Creighton; E. A. Murphy, Cen
ter; Ed Piper, Fairfax, S. D.; Mrs. F
Nelson and Miss Winifred Nelson,
Niobrara; H. p. Shumeway, Wakefield.
A marriage license was issued at
Madison this week to August c.
Druck and Augusta M. Schultz of Nor
folk
Bill Jones, porter at the Reed shop,
lost $50 worth of glad rags" in the
fire which destroyed the Norfolk
rooming house Thursday night.
President Inhelder Of the Farmers
state bank at Hadar, recently robbed,
has not only purchased new safe
insurance from $500 20 $500 His
insurance lacked over $500 of cover.
ing the recent loss.
Mrs. c. S. Parker underwent an
operation yesterday for relief from
pneumonia, draining the lung. The
operation was successful.
The regular meeting of the Woman's
club will be held Monday afternoon in
the parlors of the Congregational
church. full attendance is desired
as important business is to come be
fore the club.
Miss Kathryn Wilson of Meadow
Grove is recovering from the effects
of a serious runaway accident during
the holidays. Miss Wilson is a sister
of Mrs. e. H. Brewer of Norfolk.
II. NJ. Hall of Bethany, Neb., mem
Der of the state bible shool association,
will conduct the meetings of the bible !
school institute on February Is and |
10 at the Christian church of this
city.
James Delaney, nephew of w. A.
Witzigman, who has been here from .
Creston, Ia, on visit, has for the .
time being taken Archie Cows place .
as bookkeeper in the Nebraska .
National bank.
Pierce Leader: Miss Rosalie Wit |
ten has been employed as stenog-
rapher in the court house, she enter
ing upon her work Tuesday morning.
She has been attending the Norfolk
Business college for the past two
years, and recently graduated
Professor II. NJ. Steidley of Lincoln
is to be in Norfolk on February 81 to
assist with the program of the Norfolk
District Bible School institute to be
held here on that date. The meeting
will be held under the auspices of the .
Nebraska state Sunday school conven-
ton.
w. C. James, district deputy of the
NJ. w. A., is in the city over Sunday,
closing up some matters left UNI
finished when he was transferred to
Omaha. In Omaha he has charge of
Burt, Washington, Douglas, Sarpy and .
Cass counties. d. F. O'Brien of this
city is working in the Omaha terri
tory as assistant deputy. Ralph c.
Young, the new deputy for this dis
trict will make his headquarters in
this city.
Pierce Leader: Fred Cast, living
on a farm east of Pierce, states that
his father-in-law, Carl Wolff, residing
ten miles southeast of Pierce, had re-