The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-04
TUESDAY TOPICS.


parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. p. Pippin,
and other relatives.
Mrs. 8. G. Stote and daughter, Ma
tilda, passed through the Junction
Monday evening on their way home
to Nicola from two weeks visit with
relatives In Fremont.
G. b. Doleson OF Missouri Valley at.
tended the Decoration day services In
Norfolk and will visit for few days
before returning home.
DR.. d. X. Tindall went to Lincoln
last evening.
f. A. Brakeman has been In Chad
ron on business.
Miss Hattie Allbery was up from
Omaha over Sunday.
Capt. A. G. Logan of Center was
Norfolk visitor Tuesday.
Adolph Hephnger Is here from TIL
den on visit with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bridge of Ere.
mont were guests at the G. S. Bridge
home over Sunday, Mr.. Bridge return
ing to Fremont Tuesday.
Miss Edna Phillip of Rock Rapids,
Ia, on her way to visit sister on a
Trip county claim, west of Dallas,
S. d., was the guest of Miss Modem
hauer.
Mrs. II. G.. Bronze of Omaha is Wis
iting Norfolk relatives on her way to
spend month in Trip county with
her son, Charles Bronze, who won
government claim in the drawing and
who filed near Witten.
Miss Bessie Widaman has taken a
position in the G. s. Hayes jewelry
store.
V. A. Nenow pulled a four-and-a-half
pound catfish out of the Elkhorn, near
Kent's Siding Tuesday afternoon.
p. F. Sprecher has written from the
vicinity of Flathead Lake in Montana
that he Is very much pleased with the
country.
Rev. Carl Martin, pastor of ST. Jo-
hannes church, delivered the funeral
sermon at the services held over the
S-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Tews Tuesday afternoon at the Tews
home, east of the city.
The Ladies Aid society of the First
Congregational church will meet
Thursday, June 8, at the home of Mrs.
Napier, with Mrs. l. j. Johnson as
sisting. All the ladies of the Congre-
cation are cordially invited.
City Attorney McDuffie of Madison
whose name was brought forward
some months ago as non-partisan
candidate for county Judge, was in
Norfolk Tuesday morning looking
over the local situation. He has not
decided whether or not he will enter
the field. Judge Bates has entered
the race for reelection.
The Norfolk high school baseball
season Is over. No effort will be made
to play off Saturdays game with STAN
ton, which was postponed Saturday
morning on account of the rain. The
local high school played three games
and lost all three, losing twice to Ne
ligh and once to Stanton.
Erie G. Wells, an old soldier and a
pioneer of limerick precinct, was bu-
ried on Memorial day in the limerick
cemetery. Mr.. Wells died Saturday
at the age of 70 years. He had lived
in Madison county on the old home
stead in limerick precinct for some
thirty-tive years. He was a Mason
and a member of the G.. A. R., in adj
dition to ranking as one of the most
respected of the older citizens of the
county. He leaves wife and sew
eral daughters.
S. E. Hewins of Norfolk has just re-
ceived word from Texas that his
brother, Homer Hewins, aged about
IS, was found dead in bed May II.
He lived alone and was working with
a surveying crew in Pecos county.
His son. Homer Hewins, jr.. lives in
San Francisco. The Norfolk Homer
Hewins, son of S. e. Hewins, was
named for the uncle who has just
died. Mr.. Hewins' health was appar-
emily good, though he had been com
planning of rheumatism.
Mrs. Rose Collins and her two sons,
Oliver and Philip, who left Norfolk
Thursday for their new home in Sc
attic, were delayed twelve hours in
Idaho by wreck, their train smash
was smashed, three cars went off the
track and two were upset. The diner
on the train was wrecked and one car,
catching fire, burned up. The passen-
gers were Jared by the impact, but no
one was hurt. The engineer and fire.
man jumped and escaped injury.
A meeting of the Norfolk Country
club, to elect directors and officers for
the coming year, will be held in the
Office of Mapes & Hazen Wednesday
evening at s o'clock. Every member
of the organization is urged by the
present directors and officers to be
present. The committee named by
the last mass meeting of the club to
draft articles of incorporation and file
them with the secretary of state, have
complied and grounds have been
leased. Now the directors have called
a meeting at which the club may
choose permanent directors for the
first year.