The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-07-23
MONDAY MENTION.

j. X. Boas of Sioux City was Sun
day visitor in Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. d, Butterfeld
have returned from week in Chicago.
Miss Helen Marquardt, who has been
spending a weeks vacation at Pierre,
returned this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Schmiedeberg drove
to Stanton yesterday to spend the day
with Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pettee.
Miss Reba Schmiedeberg left on the
early train yesterday for Omaha for
two or three months stay with her
aunt, Mrs. Reiff.
Miss Dorothy Boas of Sioux City, for
merly of Norfolk, is in the city visiting
with Miss Beatrice Cow and other
young friends for week.
l. Friend of Washington, d. C, is
guest at the home of Charles Rice.
Mrs. Friend and daughter have been
here for some time. Mrs. Friend Is
Mr.. Rice's niece.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton of Columbus
were visiting with Rev. Edwin Booth,
jr, over Sunday. Mr.. Eaton is for
mer resident of Norfolk, and formerly
had a canning factory at Warnerville
The families of NJ. G. Hazen and L..
M. Beeler have gone to Jackson's lake,
near the Yellow Banks, where they
will camp out two or three weeks.
John Krantz and family plan to go out
later.
Many complaints have reached Nor.
folk that certain farmers are killing
prairie chickens The winter wheat,
which is now being cut, affords hiding
places for the chickens, and it is as
serted that after sunset many of the
birds are killed.
E. Nethaway died at his home, 4O1
South Third street, at 1875 o'clock
Monday. He had been i'll for some
time, having only recently suffered
from a stroke of apoplexy. The fu-
neral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tues
day afternoon from the home. Leroy
Nethaway, son, is here from Wahoo.
The latest word from Mrs. D. Baum
is that she is still gaining steadily and
is apparently on the road to recovery.
| Owing to breakdown on the street
sprinkler, the businesses treets of the
city were wet down by means of fire
hose Monday. 1t was said the street
sprinkler would be repaired by Tues
day.
| Water Commissioner Brummund is
on the warpath. A too liberal per cent
of the city's water customers have
| failed to contribute to the water fund,
some of them being behind in their
dues year or more. Now the COM
missioner announces that tomorrow he
proposes to start out collecting with
the water key, and where the money
is not forthcoming delinquents will
find themselves lacking one of the nee.
essary elements to boil potatoes.
Norman S. Westrope of Plainvew
was in Norfolk and filed suit in JUS
tice Lambert's court, through Attor-
neys M. H. Leamy of Plainview and
H. F. Barnhart of Norfolk against Hen.
ry Pruden of Plainview for $160, which
he says is due him as commission for
finding a purchaser for Pruden's farm
in Knox county. All the people con.
cerned in the case were in Norfolk,
and papers were served on Pruden
here. The case will come up in JUS
tice Lambert's court July "a.
H. F. Barnhart goes to Butte Tues
day.
Mrs. A. A. Gregg of Crawford is in
Norfolk.
w. ]. Stadelman is in Omaha or
business.
j. C. Chamberlain was at West Point
during the day.
The railway commission has decided
to hear the Hay Springs telephone
complaint August 10, probably at Hay
Springs. The Hay Springs Telephone
company has filed complaint under
the Bartos law alleging that the North
western railroad company has failed
to install an independent telephone in
its station at Hay Springs. The com
mission will hear the complaint of the
Norfolk Long Distance Telephone com
pany against the Bell company July 2s
at Norfolk or Lincoln. The long dis
lance company complains that the Bell
company took out its phone in the Of
flee of the manager of the independent
company and has refused to reinstate
the disconnected service.
Lee BONNER of Norfolk was ar
raigned before Justice w, L. Berry OF
Madison Saturday afternoon on com
plant made by G. r. Seller, also OF
Norfolk, charging BONNER with having
threatened to do him great bodily
harm. County Attorney James Nichols
prosecuted the case. BONNER made
his own defense. declining the SERVICES