The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-09-10
THE NORFOLK FRDAr SEPTEMBER 10 1909

and thence to Pierce, where he will
commence the regular term OF court
Wednesday afternoon.
About seventy old German soldiers
belonging to the Grieger verein OF Nor.
folk marched in body with their ri.
fees on their shoulders to the Union Pa
cific depot at II o'clock, and boarded
special car for Columbus, where they
will go into camp for three days.
Notice has been received at the
Farmers Grain and Stock company
from the Updike Coal company advis-
ing the advance Of about 10 cents in
all grades of coal. Already hard coal
has reached the $1,000 mark,a nd with
reports from the east of the advance
in coal it will probably go higher.
| George r. Desmond, who has been
doing gold, silver and nickel plating
at 401 South Third street, has opened
up plating shop at 211 Norfolk av.
enue, in the building formerly occu.
pied by the r. w. Clark bicycle re.
pair shop. Mr.. Desmond Is remodeling
and repairing the place and putting 1t
in shape for neat plating store.
| Baseball scores will be received in
Norfolk from the automatic telephone
company by the star clothing store,
which will put up board for the re-
suits received daily of the American,
National, Western league and local
games. The scores will appear on the
board as fast as received, and prob
| h,, n'olnnL N m 40 nnpnnlotn
scores will appear.
John Phinney, manager of the Farm
ers Grain and Stock company here, Is
busy moving the Office to the corner
of Madison and Sixth streets. An ad-
dition to this office will be built and
the plans and specifications are al
ready in the hands Of the contractors
who have orders to commence building
Immediately. This Office will be one
of the most modern Offices in the city,
being equipped with modern heat, gas
and probably electric lights. The new
addition will be 14x20.
Fishing and swimming seasons for
the school boy have come and gone
and the melancholy days for the worm
digger have arrived. Principals of five
schools of Norfolk have arrived and
the remainder of the teachers will ar
rive today or tonight, ready for the
opening of the schools. Miss Amy L.
Payne, principal of the high school;
Miss Rose Shonka, principal of the
Grant, Miss lone Chappell, principal
of the east Lincoln, and Miss May Fay
cite, principal of the west Lincoln, are
here
Not many hogs are coming into Nor
folk for shipment to the South Omaha
market. This week has been excep-
tionally good for this time Of the year.
The Salter Coal and Grain company
shipped two cars of hogs this week,
meeting fairly good market at South
Omaha on the first car, and the last
car went at about cents lower. The
Farmers Grain and Stock company
also shipped two cars of hogs to South
Omaha, meeting a good market. The
rain and cool weather probably had,
something to do with bringing in the
hogs this time of the year. One wagon
load of hogs arrived here from the H.
Buettow farm for shipment next week.
1t was with deep regret that friends
of Mrs. A. F. Stearns received word
early this morning that she had passed
laway at the Methodist hospital at
Omaha between the hours of G and z,
after an illness of several months.
Mrs. Stearns had been a resident of
Norfolk for the last five years, where
she will be remembered by large cir
Gle of friends. She was member Of
the First Congregational church here,
an active worker in the Ladies Aid
society and member of the Norfolk
Woman's club. The funeral will be
held at the home of Chas. Stearns, S12
North Thirty-ninth street, Omaha, at
2:3O D. m. Rev. w. ]. Turner of Shen-
andoah, Ia, her former pastor, will
have charge of the funeral services.
J. H. Bennett of Omaha and A. Ga
lusha of Lincoln, members of the fl
nance committee of the A. o. u. W.,
spent Friday afternoon at The News
office, checking up the Nebraska Work.
man mailing list.
Among the days out-of-town visitors
in Norfolk were: E. B. Bradley,
Burke A. c. Rubel, Fairfax Opie
Chambers and wife, Dallas; ]. A. Win
terstein, Wayne; Miss Bessie Rennick,
Wayne; w. ]. Cannon, Witten; Leo
Frisch, Madison; Ed Witter, Witten;
R. ]. Rawlings, Creighton; Miss Ethel
Jones, Wayne; George L. Coleman and
wife, Neigh; Mrs. George Godkin,
Neigh; H. P. Hansen, Butte; w. l..
Mote, Plainview A. P. Oleson, Wis
ner; w. o. Campbell, Creighton; X.
Surber, Wayne; Mabel A. Brown,
Wakefield; Nick Medinger, Bloom
field; Jas. P. Riddle, Creighton; Clare
Lembertson, Wayne.