The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-16

otlrk, leIt thursday noon LOT Ondnh
for a visit with Mrs. T. ]. Donohue.
Ralph Luikart is home from the
state university for the holidays.
Mrs. Richard Rohrke of Hoskins
was a Norfol, visitor yesterday.
II. F. Slaughter, the Gregory land
man, transacted business in Norfolk
yesterday.
Mrs. w. j. Smyth and daughter,
Cora, who have been guests In the r..
o. Webb home for several weeks, re-
turned to Albion Thursday noon.
Among the days out of town visi.
tors in Norfolk we're: District Judge
A. A. WEIGH. Wayne; F. Moore, Creigh-
ton; j. F. Rosenberger Harrington;
p. l.. Hageman, Platte Center; A. s.
Clements, Creighton; w. Il. McCord,
Albion John P. Biohn, Fairfax. s. D.;
w. j. Hooper, Bonesteel, s. D.; II. S.
Slaughter Gregory, s. d.. Miss Letha
Walter, Pierce; George w. Kirk,
Plainview H. H. Dake, Humphrey;
J. A. Sykova, Wagner, s. d
Miss Elizabeth Mcfarland, daugh-
ter of Deputy County Clerk McFar-
land, has been elected teacher in the
Madison schools, succeeding Miss Bess
Perdue.
Madison county will soon have one
dry" town, Newman Grove having
voted overwhelmingly for town prohi.
bition Tuesday. This will be Newman
Groves first experience. Newman
Groves vote is not the first prohibi
ton victory in the county, Meadow
Grove at least having been in the dry
list some years ago.
Miss Pearl Mclean, Nickerson
school teacher who drew No. 1856 in
the government land drawing at Dial
las and who passed through Norfolk
on her way back from Gregory, S. d..
north of Lamro, thinks that she filed
on as good land as No. l despite the
fact that only eight people ahead OF
her dropped out.
Senator Randall of this county al
the recent session of the legislature
secured the passage of his bill known
as the pure bakery law" Section
seven of the bill reads as follows: INC
person or persons shall be allowed tc
live or sleep in any room of a bakery
shop, kitchen, dining room, confec
tionery. creamery, cheese factory OF
place where food is prepared, used OF
sold"
Miss Elfin Hill of Omaha is visiting
in the city.
Miss Nell Norton of Sioux City is il
Norfolk visiting Mrs. j. H. Shinn.
B. w. Nicola, who has been in Nor
folk on visit with his son, l., B. Mic
ola, has gone to Seattle.
Rev. G. l.. Barker of Swedesboro, n
j., who had charge of the camp meet
ings held here some ten years ago
visited friends in Norfolk yesterday.
Damascus commandery, X. T., will
meet at o'clock tonight for work il
the Black Cross.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Klug yesterday.
A supper given in the Ray schoo
house Thursday evening by the ladies
cess netting $3.50.
Norfolk attorneys joined Judge A. A
Welch of Wayne in this city at Il
o'clock Friday morning, going to Madi
son on the passenger for an afternoon
session of the district court at the
county seat.
Jules G. Lombard, we'll known il
Norfolk and throughout the country al
campaign singer and republican
worker, and one of the few remaining
characters of the Lincoln campaign, il
dying at the home of his sister-in-lav
in Chicago. Mr.. Lombard formerl!
visited Norfolk quite often.
George E. Schiller, who owns thu
Oxnard hotel, was elected mayor o
Central City at Tuesdays election
Mr.. Schiller was elected on the Demo
cratic ticket. Central City claims ;
population of nearly $1,000
Fred Falk has bought the S. P. SUIT
phen forty-acre tract just east of Nor
folk for $4,000.
The library board meeting yester
| day afternoon voted to install the New
ark system of charging books. Th'
| system is simple and up-to-date and il
used in nearly all the libraries of thu
country. The use of the library is be
| coming so general that the presen
method of keeping track of the book
| is proving inadequate. Miss Temple
[ ton, secretary of the state librar.
| board, will install the system here
She is expected next week. The lib
rary board voted to give all possibl,
announcement to the amateur play
"The Man from Nevada" given at thu
Auditorium next Friday for the benefi
| of the library.