The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-16

mont hDOul week ago, was dDlt w
go to work last evening.
Miss Catheryn Hewitt Of Arlington
is here visiting at the L. w. Stansbery
home.
Il. w. Pratt OF Chicago, assistant SUI
perintendent OF motor power for the
c. e. n. w, passed through the juno
ton last evening on his way west.
August Grauel left for visit In
Deadwood yesterday.
The steam shovel of the gravel pit
at Atkinson finished the work there
and went east to work for few days.
II. F. Barnhart has returned from
Spencer.
Mrs. w Uecker has returned from
Stanton.
j. G.. Collins went to Dallas Friday
afternoon.
]. L. Doyle has gone to Omaha for
medical treatment.
W. A. Kingsley has gone to Lincoln
for couple of days.
Mrs. =. II. Salter returned at noon
from Boston and New York
Louis Hansen of Tilden was visiting
friends in Norfolk yesterday
M. j. Doerng of Battle Creek Is in
Norfolk visiting Prof. August Steffen.
Miss Laura Waller of Menomonie,
Wis, who Is returning from the I'm
atilla government irrigation project
country in Oregon, stopped in Norfolk
to visit her cousin, Mrs. G. j. Hibben.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Twiss, who have
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. Twss, on South Eighth street, re.
turned to their home at Pierre, S. D.,
at noon.
]. b. Williams, formerly of Norfolk
but now of Lebanon, Mo-, had the mis-
fortune to lose one of his fine horses.
Another horse kicked it and broke one
of it's legs.
The drainage ditch on Norfolk av-
enue east of First street will soon see
it's completion. The thing for the
ditch arrived Friday morning and
Street Commissioner Uecker had the
work started Immediately.
Claire Brakeman, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Brakeman, suffered during
the day from a bug in his ear The
bug, an unusually large insect, flew
into the ear and lodged there. 1t re-
qured considerable effort on the part
of physician to extract it.
Miss Katherine NJ. Shatto has been
appointed superintendent of nurses in
the state hospital for insane, here, and
will have entire charge of the training
department for nurses. Miss Shatto
comes highly recommended, and has
had extensive experience in this line
of work. She is a graduate of the
Northwestern hospital at Minneapolis.
Fremont Herald While Chester
Beemer, who resides at 1872 North
! Clarkson, was repairing some electric
/ light wires near the Country club yes
terday afternoon he accidentally
grasped live wire containing LOO
volts of Juice" The shock stunned
knocked unconscious. The electricity
went through his hands and down to
his feet, leaving large scar on the
ball of each foot
A movement is on foot to Improve
down town streets and cutters, partic.
ularly at points now paved up by
horses hitched along the sides of the
thoroughfares. People passing by are
frequently despatched with mud, and
great holes have been dug into the
ground by the horses hoofs. Cement
cutters are suggested by many, while
a layer of ground brick and cinders
is in favor with others. 1t is said the
matter will be brought before the city
council at it's next meeting.
/ The work of checking out N. B. Dol
sen and checking in S. E. Martin as
manager of the Norfolk yard of the
Chicago Lumber company was finished
yesterday and Mr.. Martin is now in
charge of the Office. Mr.. Dolsen will
leave Norfolk within week, his fam
lily having already preceded him. Mr.
and Mrs. Martin have rented cottage
at the corner of Norfolk avenue and
Eleventh street. Mr.. Martin was for
merly with the Dierks Lumber and
Coal company of Lincoln, and has been
in the lumber business all of his life
being one of a family of prominen,
lumbermen.
DEPOSITS INCREASED 7 MILLIONS