The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-22

street and is having 1t raised and re.
modelled into modern house. Mr..
Koehn will make this place his resi-.
dence after repairs are completed.
Mrs. Mike Halpin, who with Mr..
Halpin went to Ireland last spring, Is
now in Pennsylvania and writes to
friends in Norfolk regarding their trip
to the old home. She tells of how
fresh and green everything Is back
there and says she expects to return
and make her future home in England.
Although Detroit had tied the
worlds championship series at Detroit
Thursday, many Norfolk baseball fans
played Pittsburg for a favorite. Many
here believed, on account of the Grip.
pied condition of the Detroit team
Pittsburg would carry off the honors.
Betting here was about to 1 on
Pittsburg.
George Freeman and Miss May Bru-
en- of Humphrey, formerly with the
Nebraska Telephone company here,
were married at Humphrey last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman have gone to
Pilger, where they will have charge of
the telephone Office at that place. The
position held by Mr.. Freeman with the
lineman gang here has not yet been
filled.
| Evangelistic services will be held at
the First Methodist church, beginning
October 20, continuing two weeks. DR..
J. w. Mahood, said to be n persuasive
en- nd WI hn
sisted by his singers, Rev. and Mrs.
A. T. George of Winona Lake, Ind. Mr.
and Mrs. George are said to be mas
ters in their work and it Is claimed
their duets and solos are very fine.
! Stock shipments to the South Oma-
ha market were very light the past
week. The market broke three or four
times, which is probably the cause of
the light shipments. Thursday the
market on hogs was twenty cents low
er and was strengthened only a little
the last part of the week. The Salter
Coal and Grain company will ship a
load of hogs Monday. They will also
ship a car of corn next week.
j. S. Mathewson and Darius Math-
ewson went up the Northfork about
four miles yesterday afternoon and
fioated down in a flatboat, using pad.
dies to guide with. When the sugar
factory dam was reached they had a
very close call from being thrown
overheard into the chilly waters. The
dam was ridden over safely. OF the
nineteen ducks they saw the hunters
claim to have killed every one.
Nearly the entire football team of
the Norfolk high school went to Oma-
ha to witness the Minnesota Nebraska
football game. Nebraska was a favor.
tie with the local team, owing to the
fact that their coach was at one time
star player with that eleven. Super.
intendent Hunter believed Nebraska
would make a very strong showing
against Minnesota and said he would
not be surprised if they carried of
the honors. The local team took part
: in the snake dance before the game.
Interest in the new Y, M. C. A. build
!, ing proposition is increasing. Mem
bers of the teams are enthusiastic
over the coming meeting of the trus
tees and the committees, at which g
supper will be served. State Secretary
J j. P. Bailey and other well known Y
!, M. c. A. workers will deliver ad
dresses, among which will probably
, be Head Consul Talbot of the Modern
Woodmen. Thursday evening is des
ignated for this meeting, which will
occur at the Y. NJ. G. A. headquarters
, Printed circulars have been finished
and they will soon be circulated
around the city.