The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-31


have been here spending Christmas
with the Carl Wilde family, have re.
turned to their home at Fremont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Powers of Chad
ron, who have been here spending
Christmas with their relatives, have
gone to Omaha for visit with friends.
G. F. Durland and family, c. Ber-
nard and family and Richard Wood
and family, all OF Plainview, were in
the city spending Christmas with rel
atives.
w. M. Rainbolt, who has been here
Mr.. and Mrs. N A. Rainbolt, has re-
turned to Omaha. Mrs. Rainbolt and
children returned to Omaha Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Hartford and lit
tie daughter, who were here to spend
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. G. e.
Hartford. returned to their home at
Wayne, accompanied by Miss Gladys
Hartford.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Bucholz and
family spent Christmas at the N. A.
Rainbolt home. Mr.. Bucholz and his
son Fritz returned to Omaha Sunday,
and Mrs. Bucholz and her son Arden
will remain here the remainder of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hodson enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Long, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Durham and Mr.. and
Mrs. Cooper and family on Christmas
day.
Ben Gross of Gross, Neb., passed
through here Sunday on his way to
Omaha with sheep.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hinze spent
Christmas in Omaha with Mr.. HINES
mother
Bill Kell went to Pierce Saturday.
Miss Rebecca Duggan returned to
her school near Plainview Sunday, af
ter spending Christmas with her pa
rents.
Miss Margaret Hamilton has re-
turned to her school near Plainview,
after spending Christmas at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Benedict and
Miss Hattie Benedict have returned
to their homes near Pierce, after
spending Christmas at the home of
Pat Crotty.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. P. Pippin enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. John Williams,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Fisher and Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Williams at Christmas
dinner.
Misses Margaret and Leona Case
are here from Omaha to spend a few
days with their parents.
w. B. Alton went to Omaha on No.
8 last night to attend the funeral of
the late S. A. Teal.
The same old number of neckties
formed Christmas gifts this year.
Floyd Hull has opened suitorium
in the Stoeber building on South
Fourth street.
Mr. and Mrs. c. j. Fleming are at
Wausa, where they attended the flu
neral of Mrs. Fleming's brother, who
died at Reno, New, last week.
The annual meeting of the North
Nebraska Live Stock Owners associa-
ton will be held in Norfolk Thursday,
according to H. e. Mason Of Meadow
Grove, who passed through the city.
w. G. Covert, son of j. NJ. Covert,
has gone to Burlington, Ia, to accept
a position with the Crittenden & East
man furniture company, for whom he
will travel in this territory with head
quarters at Norfolk.
Orders have been received by the
officers of Company d, local national
guard company, from Washington to
start the gallery target practice. This
practice will be continued here all win.
ter and viii be taken up Immediately
at the armory.
Some of the best skating Of the sea.
son was enjoyed by large number of
Norfolk people yesterday. The river,
which is soldly frozen, affords fine
skating. Skaters, however, should be-
ware of air holes, which have resulted
IN many drowning on the Northfork.
December 81, and still the farmer
reports that half his crop of corn is
still on the stalk. No damage Will be
done to the corn from the high snow
drifts unless it thaws and wet weather
sets in. Now, however according to
some of the farmers who come here,
chances are that the corn will not be
picked until spring.
Mrs. +. T. Birchard, formerly of
Norfolk, died at the family home in
Omaha at go o'clock Monday morn
ing The funeral will be held Tues
day afternoon at o'clock and the re-
mains taken to Marshalltown, Ia, for
j burial. This information is conveyed
to C. s. Bridge of this city in tele-
gram received Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Marie Buckles of Cherry, ILL.,,
formerly of Norfolk, whose son is
among the 200 dead miners in the st.
Paul mine, has written Norfolk friends
that she will be unable to reach Nor
folk until after February 1. The bodies
of the entombed miners, Mrs. Buckles
says, will not be removed from the
mine until after that date. 1t is stat
ed at Cherry, Mrs. Buckles says, that
the condition of the bodies will be
such that recognition will be impos'
sible.
Omaha Bee James Winspear, &c
years of age, died at his home, 23ll
North Twenty-eighth street, Wednes'