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


Inman this evening to spend Sunday
with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. +. w. Rathbun OF
Gregory are guests at the Il. A. Bull
lock home
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Harding IL
Omaha are guests at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. II. A. Bullock.
Assistant District Manager Garter
of the Nebraska Telephone company
has been in Wakefield.
Mrs Fred Marshall of Niobrara who
has been visiting her mother Mrs. A.
II. Vicle, will return home Monday.
Archie GOV has resigned as book
keeper in the Nebraska National bank,
leaving for Lincoln on a visit before
going to Des Mones Saturday to take
M art work in Dcs Moines school.
He will study sketching
regular meeting of the Eastern
Star will be held this evening.
The Elks annual ball will be given
ut the club rooms Friday night.
Mrs. Carl Zuelow, who is in a hos
pital in Kansas City, Is said to be i'm.
proving in health.
Thursday was disagreeable day in
Norfolk, rain falling during the early
part of the day and turning to snow
shortly after p. m. A cold wave Is
the forecast
Uncle Billie Pringle and his music
organ. nearly as old as he, are back
In Norfolk playing in the rain.
Ed Harter, still census taking de.
spite the rain, had enumerated 1881
people at noon. He Is still working
In the northwest portion of the city.
The household effects of Robert
Utter and X. w. Williams were ship
ped Thursday to Beeville, Tex, where
both men will engage in fruit raising.
A meeting of the Norfolk CONNER
cial club auxiliary will be held at the
automatic telephone building next
Saturday evening at 8 p. m. The
meeting will be an important one.
Mr.. Lackey, a member of the firm
of Monroe & Lackey, proprietors of
Big 4 Feed store has moved to Nor
folk from Stanton and will occupy the
house vacated by r. W. Williams on
South Eighth street
Among the days out of town WISH
tors in Norfolk were: w. M. Ander-
son, Wisner; Charles Olson, Wayne;
=. b. Baker, Center II. II. Hart, Joe
Javey, John Doyle, Ponca; Mr.. and
Mrs. w. f. Bishop, Pierce; F. G.
Auringer Neigh; Pat Stanton, Til
den; NJ. Hart, Silver Creek; Mrs.
Ryan, Mclean; c. o. Shannon, Nc
Lean w d. Forbes, Butte; G. e.
Anderson, Oakland; r. A. Tawney,
Douglas Cones, Pierce; G. w. Park,
Oakdale.
little eightyear-old son died at
the Butt home five miles northeast of
Norfolk at 5 o'clock Wednesday after
noon. Death resulted from Scarlet
fever
In Madison it was thought that Hugh
Jackson, alias Jack Curtain, alias
Clarke, the criminal who shot an
Omaha policeman the other day and
who has since died from wounds re-
ceived from another officer, may have
been the Clarke who, a number of
years ago, was confined in the Madison
county Jail on the charge of house
breaking and who made a daring
escape from Jail. George Losey was
sheriff at the time and though every
effort was made Clarke was never cap,
tured.
Graduating exercises at the train
ing school for nurses at the Norfolk
state hospital are held this evening
in the chapel at the hospital, a class
of five receiving diplomas. The mem
bers of the class are: Jane S. Hubble
Kathleen r. Curry, Naomi Moore
Stella NJ. Ewing, Mabel S. Eckert An
effort was made to have Ex-Governor
Sheldon come to Norfolk and deliver
the address, but the former governor
and his wife leave today or tomorrow
to spend several months in Mssis
sppi where the governor has large
interests. DR.. G. A. Young as superin
tendent will therefore probably make &
short talk in addition to presenting
the diplomas. Dancing will follow the
exercises.
The funeral of Ira G. Westervelt
of this vicinity, was held yesterday
afternoon from the family home OF
Madison avenue, Rev. c. w. Ray, pas
tor of the First Methodist church, con
Quoted the services. n. A. Rainbol
and John II. Hays also spoke, the
former speaking about Mr.. Wester
velt's course in business affairs, the
latter reading a sketch of his life. The
details of the funeral had been plan
ned by Mr. Westervelt before his
death. He had selected all the pail
bearers in advance, speaking to some
of the men as much as two years ago
To one of the pallbearers, Frank
Prince of Madison, the request was
made five years ago. Interment wal
at Prospect Hill cemetery. The pail
bearers were: William Bishop o
Pierce, Frank Prince of Madison, c
S. Bridge, c. b. Durland, A. n. Nc