The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-09-10

brary board meeting yesterday. +.
II. Woerth, Scribner, main building,
$685.; j. l.. Dignan, plumbing,
S303.S0; s. Beck, steam heating, 5000;
Ed Brueggeman, electric wiring and
lighting, 500; total, $l0.12S.S0.
George II. Spear of Norfolk has just
returned from Crawford, where he
mustered in a company of uniform
rank, Knights of Pythias. This is only
the second uniform drill team in Ne
braska, one at Lincoln having been
established for some time. In com
petitive drill between the two, Craw-
ford expects to win. The Crawford
uniforms cost $3.50. Mr.. Spear was
invited last summer to muster in the
company, which is composed of Off
GERS Of the regular army, stationed
there.
The baseball team left for Laurel at
Z o'clock a. m. They play the Lyons
team this afternoon and tomorrow.
These two games will probably be ex-
citing contests as both aggregations
have for some time been wanting to
see what the other could do. Norfolk
comes back here Thursday morning
and plays at Tilden Thursday after.
noon and Friday. Saturday will again
see the team back home in readiness
to play Correctionville Saturday, Sun
day and Monday.
Omaha Bee: Macmillan Harding,
son Of Charles Harding, has arrived in
Germany, where he will shortly begin
his course of study at the University
of Berlin. Only few of Mr. Harding's
friends knew of his good fortune and
reward for scholarship which he re-
ceived when he was graduated at Yale
university this year. Mr.. Harding be-
longs to the Phi Gamma Delta frater-
nifty and the Phi Beta Kappa society
at Yale, and won the Borden Fellow
ship" which really means year
abroad at any of the universities that
the student may choose and Is open
to any member of the Pi Beta Kappa
society who is an honor graduate in
all studies. Mr.. Harding has decided
to spend six months at the University
Of Berlin and the remaining three
months at the university at Heidel-
berg Mr.. Harding's sister, Miss Ruth
Harding, who returns to Vassar in a
fortnight, will be the leader of the Glee
club this year.
A burglar robbed the Hall book
store on Norfolk avenue for the sec
ond time in two weeks last night
lister of about SO. Fred THEM, pro-
prietor of the Merchants cafe, while
at work in his kitchen, heard strange
noises about the rear of the book store
at 1880, and upon entering the place
this morning Mr.. Hall found that the
burglar had cut out the rear window
and entered the store by that means.
the same key on the register as did
the thief in the previous burglary, it
is thought by the management of the
store that it may be the same offend
err. Access by the front door was i'm
possible, as new lock had already re-
placed the old one. Nothing else in
the store was touched and footprints
of mud, which led directly to the cash
register shows that the thief was ia
miliar with the inside of the store.
Mr.. Hall says they have suspicious as
to the thief and an arrest may follow.
Richard Grauel arrived home from
Missouri Valley, where he passed a
successful examination as fireman.
He is now handling the scoop shovel
on the switch engine nights.
Mrs. Tom Shively and two children
orY.ixy Cd nly'c xyicif In,
Omaha and Council Bluffs.
Miss Madaline Welsh of Lynch came
down yesterday to attend school here
the coming year.
Fred Muttersbach, a former machin-
list here, who has been working in
Deadwood, came down yesterday to
visit the shop boys.
Allen Castle of Long Pine went to
work in the round house yesterday.
Walter Krake of Sioux City is visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Karl
Krake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kroholer and
daughter, Helen, left yesterday for
Sheridan, Wyo.
Among the days out-ot-town visitors
III NOTlOlk were. MISS "A. f1OleTeT,
Creighton; Judge William Bates, Mad
ison; NJ. H. Leamy, Plainview; ]. G.
Jeppesen, Bloomfield; Harry Mallory,
Pierce; Theodore. T. Johnson, Burke,
S. D.; John j. Sammli. Stanton; Ed
Gardner, Beemer; Jack Sims, Beemer;
George Gardner, Beemer; Troy Gard
ner, Beemer; E. Perrine, Creighton;
Otto SCHNEIDER, Niobrara; j. ]. Doern.
barger, Wayne; A. L. Hawser, Witten;
Lawerania Madison, Pierce; Emil Hen.
Kicker, Wakefield c. Anderson, Wake
field; G. Sundall, Wakefield; Peter
Wandell, Wakefield; w. E. Jenkins,
Cedar Rapids; George A. Brooks, Baz-
lie Mills; j. c. Hartnell, Hubbard;
Mrs. f. NJ. Deweese, Plainview; w. o.
Hartman, Wakefield; Dan Ryan, Stan
tom H. Webb, Winside; Christ Car
son, Winside; John Ekholm, Newman
Grove.