The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-05-21
er. Mrs. f. w. Taylor.


was a Norfolk visitor Friday.
County Attorney James Nichols was
up from Madison Saturday.
The Misses Goetche of the Wayne
normal were Norfolk visitors Satur.
day.
Miss May Johnson will spend the
coming week visiting friends in
Omaha.
Rev. and Mrs. Hammond leave Tues
day for Denver. Colo, to attend the
Presbyterian church meeting to be
held there next week.
Earl Perry and Miss Clara Ander-
son, two prominent young people of
this city, will be married on Wednes.
day of the coming week. A marriage
license was issued by County Judge
Bates at Madison Friday evening.
Mrs. NJ. c.. Howell returned this
week from visit with her parents in
Iowa suffering from severe shock as
the result of street car collision
The car struck a cab in which Mrs
Howell was riding. She was pitched
out of the vehicle. which was badly
smashed. Mr. Howell is a Northwest
ern fireman.
Judge A. A. Welch will convene
district court at Madison on Wednes
day of the coming week. The jury
will start in on its grind the follow.
ing Monday A rther light term OF
court is expected by Norfolk nttor
neys and there are no big cases On
the docket. The Trennepohl sidewalk
case may be tried,
Union Pacific train No. rs, the Nor
folk Columbus accommodation train
beginning May IT, leaves Norfolk al
/ o'clock instead of at o'clock, as In
the past. The change is made on &C
count of a general shake.up in time
cards which is taking place this
month, preparatory to the summers
business.
The telephone is to replace the tel
egraph in transmitting grain quota
lions to the Norfolk office of the Her
bert E. Gooch company's brokerage
Office, beginning Monday. w. A. Por
terrified, the telegraph operator wht
has been in charge of the office, will
go to Lincoln and j. D. Freeman will
come to Norfolk to take charge of tn,
office.
A girl from Cody, Neb., whose moth
er searched for her i'll this city recent
ly is believed to be still in the city
AS her mother described her, thu
young lady, eighteen or nineteen year,
old, is a slender girl about five fee
high with brown hair and blue eyes
A girl answering this description ha
been seen by some of those to whom
the mother appealed. The Cody VIC
nan, however, while describing he
daughter, did not give her name.
Under the direction of the Masonic
lodge, the funeral of the late Rober
l.. Canote, Northwestern conductor
was leld Friday afternoon at thu
j Methodist church, DR.. C. w. Ray, tn
) pastor, delivering the funeral address
The pallbearers were: w. M. Fisbe
of Missouri Valley, E. B. Taylor, S. G
Dean, H. r. Ward G. T. Sprecher an
George Peters. The impressive Ma
, sonic ritual was used at the grave, tn
{ Masons marching to Prospect Hill
cemetery at the head of the funera
procession.
County Judge William Bares of Mao
ison, who was in Norfolk Saturday o.
business is far from being OUT of tn
race for reelection. The office o
county Judge is made non-partisan b.
: new law and the candidates mus
: run by petition without recourse t
the party primary. There seems t
be little question but that there |
considerable sentiment in Norfolk fa
f vorable to retaining Judge Bates i
, the county court Norfolk attorney
: who practice more or less in the cour
ty court are also favorable to tn
: Judge. Judge Bates said that befor
l leaving Norfolk he would try to get
y line on the feeling here and that hi
!. decision as to whether or not he woul
run will be made public soon.
l A. N. McGinnis of Norfolk retaine
. his place on the board of directors c
( the Rosin Coal company at the receD
4 annual election. Sherman Wiley, d.
l II. T. Holden and Mr. McGinnis wer
$ III Wyoming TO attend the meeting
4 The only change in the officers wa
e the election of F. ]. Pimper of Howell
: Neb., to succeed H. c. Miller of Dous
1 las, Neb. The mine buildings hav
J. been completed, the mine cars and
y 1000 ton tipple ordered and the tie
g placed on the right-of-way, the grad
s of the eight-mile spur having bee
!. completed. The rails will be laid
f a short time, when the right-of-wa
e title is completed. The Norfolk pei
l. pie interested expect to have coal o
f the market by September 1. TIL
y mine will be equipped with all tn
J. latest electrical machinery before it
: opened, The company's little railroa
S connects with the Northwestern.
!. The T. B. T. ladies and their hui
/. bands gave pleasant surprise part
k at the home of Mr., and Mrs. Jane
r Wolfkiel Friday evening, in honor {
d Mrs. Wolfkiel's and Mrs. Hughe
- hirtbdouS both ladIaC nara pracan