The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-07

j. ID. Sturgeon is to move his music
and racket store from his present Mar
! quardt block location into the corner
store room, which is now occupied by
the c. f. A. Marquardt saloon. Mr.
MarQuardt retires from the saloon bus
mess Monday evening. Mr.. Sturgeon
Will move to his new location, which,
is just one door west, Tuesday oE'
| Wednesday. | Sonneland OF Newmata
Grove, who has leased the Sturgeora
location for new clothing store, wiiN
be ready for business within a week.
or ten days. Mr.. Sonneland has sep-
cured his stock. The store will bef
thoroughly equipped with modern fix
| lures.
ii. r. Ward, under the title OF the
II. h. Ward Piano company, has open
ed piano and piano-player store ora
the northwest corner of Madison ave.
nue. and Fourth street opposite thss
postofice, having disposed of hiss
cigar and news store to p. Il. Car
berry Mr.. Ward will do Wholesale
and retail business and expects tes
put two men on the road. He has thes
exclusive agency for the ii. p. Nelson
and Gergard pianos ip the north hale
of the state. AS a member of th,s
A. Hospe company of Omaha acting
as the general travelling representa-
tive of the company for several years.
Mr.. Ward came In close touch with
the piano business between Deadwooa
and Omaha. He also had charge of ~
| hrnt Nnh tNia To-, n, IA.
one time. He is thus an expert im
the piano business and will enter thss
north Nebraska field with plenty or
experience and energy. He already
has piano stock at the new store.
he will also use Norfolk as dis
tributing point.
Supreme Judge ]. B. Barnes, whgo
was present at the meeting of thts
state central committee in Lincoln,
was told informally to go ahead ana
get up his petition and file 1t in con-.
formity with the law, regardless of amy
action Of the committee. judges
Barnes asked If any one on the COM
mittee could see any improperly OF
his going ahead and securing his pc
titions for filing under the law i'm
case 1t should be held good. He saic1l
that such pe..Iion as was required
was not easy to secure and If hes
could go ahead and get the signatures
he would be governed about us fling
by the decision handed down in the
case. The committee decided tenta-
lively to test the nOn-partisan election
law, holding the whole thing to bs,
a democratic scheme to stea. the SUI
preme court. Among the candidates
for the supreme bench in addition tcs
Judge Barnes are Judge Fawcett oE
Omaha, Judge Yeiser of Omaha, judge
Hamer of Kearney, h. G. Calkins OF
Kearney, and possibly Attorney Gem
eral Thompson on the republican side.
and Judge Dean, Judge Oldham ana
probably Judge Sullivan on the demo-
cratic side. Judge Duffie of Omaha is
circulating a non-partisan petition.
James Grant was up from Madison
Friday.
A. Stanton of Tilden was in Norfolk
Saturday.
Sheriff J. ]. Clements was in Nor
folk Friday afternoon.
Miss Irene Feyerherm returned 10
Stanton Friday evening.
G. Baldwin of Boston was expected
to arrive in Norfolk today for a wisIa
with his brother-in-law, ID. Mathew
son.
j. F. Flynn is down from the Rose
bud country for week
C. M. Phillips will arrive in Nor
folk next week to operate the ice plsn2
of the Pure Ice company, which STARTS
next week.
Miss Jessie Barnett of Stanton was
expected in Norfolk Saturday evening
to be the guest of Miss Bertha Howe
over Sunday.
A. Clark of Trenton, N. j., win reactr
the city within few days to start thee
big new steam turbine OF the Norfolk
Electric Light and Power company.
Mrs. A. H. Kiesau is in Waukon, Ia.
having been called there by the death
of brother-in-law. H. F. Opfer. Mr.
d Opfer died of heart failure at Maple
ton, S. ID.
Miss Bessie Brooks OF Newell, Ia
granddaughter of Mrs. Cracking ana
| George Sullivan OF Galseburg. ILL.,, who
is cousin Of Mrs. Cracking, are
visiting at the home of DIR. and Mrs
Cracking.
} T. T. Mcdonald of Tilden and WIFE
Mcdonald of Meadow Grove were in
Norfolk on business. The latter wilE
move with his family to Seattle abouE
June l. He will go into the reaR
} estate business on the coast.
Mrs Carl Wilde arrived home LAST
evening from New Ulm, Mimi. where
she attended the funeral OF her uncle.
the late Jacob Pfeninger. Mr.. Pfenin,
ger was without children and In hiez
will remembered his Norfolk neice lin
substantial way.
Among the days out OF town visitors
In Norfolk were A. ]. Thatch, Madf-
| son. William HOIliQtOn O,kauI. A.