The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-09-17
FRIDAY FACTS.

day.
M. j. Sanders is transacting business
at Randolph.
Mrs. Peter Kautze and Mrs. Heck
of Hoskins are in the city visiting
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs c. A. South of Anoka
are in Norfolk today.
c. w. McMaster returned from a
business trip to Omaha.
Miss Hazel Mcdonald of Pierce is
in the city visiting with friends.
Miss Emma Melcher went to Sioux
Lity today to visit with friends.
Jack Koenigstein will move into
his new residence on Tenth and Nor
folk avenue tomorrow.
A. w. Paulson, who has been laid
up here for the past week, went to
Sioux City in his automobile. Mr..
Paulson is on his way from Cheyenne
to eastern Iowa.
j. S. Mathewson, S. G. Mayer, F. e.
Davenport and w. f. Hall went to Til
den at noon to witness the baseball
game.
c. e, Burnham, G. d. Butterfield,
ID. Mathewson and w. A. Witzigman
are expected to return from Omaha
today.
Mrs. j. r. Carter left for Lincoln.
Mr.. Carter, who is at Homer on tele-
phone business, expects to join Mrs.
Garter in the capital city soon and
take up his new position there with
the Bell Telephone company.
The case of August Degner against
Mrs. Alyina Gruchow, in which Mr..
Degner sued for the rent of his house,
was dismissed in Justice Eiseleys
court this morning. Another suit will
probably be filed by Degner in the
near future.
\ believe | read the story of Har-
riman's death and saw his picture in
The Norfolk Daily News before the
mans body was cold" That's what
one prominent business man remark
ed to group of citizens this morn
ing while watching the New York
stock market quotations.
Much interest is shown at the high
school building among the young men
over the coming baseball game be-
tween the Norfolk juniors and the
Battle Creek team, which takes place
next Sunday afternoon at Battle
Greek. The Norfolk youths are con-
fident of winning from Battle Creek
as easily as they did from the Stanton
juniors some time ago. The following
is the lineup of the Norfolk team: Lu-
Ian nj ipA 7 -,
IS; Emery, lib; Dignan, 2b; Heller
man. 3b; Ward, If; PLANT, CT; Scott,
If
ID. Mathewson of Norfolk created
something of a sensation in Omaha,
responding to a toast at the bankers
convention. His audience was con-
Vulsed with laughter and when he had
finished Mr.. Mathewson was applaud
ed to the echo. Concerning his toast
the World.Herald says: "The first
speaker was Darius Mathewson of
Norfolk, Neb., who discoursed on
Banquet Pains until his audience was
conVulsed with merriment. He
touched upon most every subject in
the calendar handling everything in
hiS O"i Slyl6. AL
the close of his address he was ap-
plauded to the echo" The Bee said:
DARIUS Mathewson, Norfolk, Neb. on
his subject of Banquet Palms. turned
a number of well taken practical jokes
on his audience in his talk, which was
a burlesque of the stereotyped after
dinner speech.
Young Denney of Iowa, the pugilst
who fought a battle here with Kid
Jensen some time ago. is in the city
awaiting word from Monk Trummer,
the we'll known welterweight of
Omaha. Monk Trummer has chal.
lenged Denney for a match which will
take place at some town probably
near Norfolk in the near future. This
match when arranged will prove to
be a fast one as Monk has done some
fast fighting in Omaha not only with
Guy Buckles but other fighters.
Young Denney is well known here
and will put up a fast fight,
At the annual meeting of the board
of directors of the Northfolk Long Dis
lance Telephone company which was