The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-10-08

Star clothing store and said 81 saw
by want ad in The News that you
had found a purse. lost mine" She
described it and recovered the lost
pocketbook.
Fire caused from sparks of the
kitchen stove started a small blaze
yesterday afternoon at the New Mer.
chants cafe. The shingles around the
chimney were slightly burned, but,
outside of the plaster on the ceiling of
the kitchen being soaked, little dam.
age was done to the building. No
other damage is reported. The fire
made a quick run to the
scene of the fire and the flames were
eXtinguished speedily.
Glenn Wrey went to Gordon last
evening for a few days visit with his
parents.
A ball was given in the railroad hall
last evening. All present reported
fine time.
Ray Palmer went to Chadron last
evening for few weeks visit with
friends.
Miss Beth Newton of Gregory came
down yesterday noon on business.
julius Salzwedel transacted bust
ness in Madison yesterday.
Peare Barritt, who has been working
out of Chadron for some time, re-
turned to that place last evening, hav-
ing spent a few days with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kroholer and
daughter Helen, went to Missouri Val
ley yesterday for few days visit
with friends and relatives.
George Enich got his left arm in
contact with the reflective overflow
pipe yesterday at the shops. 1t was
severely scalded.
Guy Woodbury. is seriously i'll this
week at his home on Cleveland street.
Postal receipts at the Norfolk post
Office for the month of September
were $1,624.20, over 500 more than
in the same month last year. The re-
ceipts here fell short last August for
the first time in a number of years, on
account of the small amount of stamps
and stamped paper sold during that
month. Postmaster Hays, however, is
confident that the receipts here for
the entire fiscal year will be much
higher than the receipts of last fiscal
year, which ended in July.
William Pace, a colored man about
80 years DID, claiming he lives at us
Leavenworth street, Omaha, was ar
rested by Patrolman O'Brien last night
while wandering about the streets and
acting queerly. Today the man tried
to beat his brains out, knocking his
head against the bars of his cell. Col
Inns Brummette, porter at the Elmer
Reed barber shop, claims he knows
the man and says he believes some
one doped Pace who has been a cook
on a Union Pacific train between Chey1
enne and Omaha, but lately has been
working as cook for a railroad outfit
near Benson. From the actions of the
man he apparently thinks he is in
Florence. DR.. P. II. Salter, who was
summoned by Chief of Police Mar
quardt, says the man is insane.
George A. Brooks of Bazile Mills,
who recently purchased the Oscar Uhle
store on Norfolk avenue, is reported
by his friends here to have solved the
servant problem. 1t was noticed upon
recent visit to this city that a neatly
attired, colored maid accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. Brooks, to take care of the
infant son of the Brooks family. Mr..
Brooks was asked by friend if the
colored servant was better than a
white girl when Mr.. Brooks explained
the question by saying he had tried all
kinds of servants with much trouble,
when one day an idea came to him and
one day an idea came to him and he
went down to Alabama and found an
old colored man with his wife and
daughter, to whom he made a propo-
sition which they accepted. He
brought the colored family to Bazile
Mills, where he built for them little
cottage furnished it neatly to the de-
| light of the old colored nanny (who
makes hoe-cakes and sings lullabies
to the little one) "and now" says Mr..
Brooks, Il think l have solved the ser.
want problem. | can have meals any
hour of the night or whenever | wish.
Although the servants were engaged
| for two years, they want to stay with
Mr.. Brooks forever.
Among the days out-of-town visitors
! in Norfolk were: NJ. C. Fawcett, Mad
! ison; Edward Johinger, Niobrara; S.
A. Stack, Niobrara Chriss Hansen,
Bloomfield Paul Robinette, Niobrara !;
Mabel Brown, Gregory; George Mel
son, Lamro, S. D.; l.. Gill, Stuart p.
H. Pope, Wayne; A. G. King, jr., Orch
ard; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Walsh, An
Okla; e. M. Stamm, Hoskins; c. Chap
man, Hoskins; j. II. Sinclair, Gross !;
E. A. Crook, Foster; w. Krenzine,
Stanton; Adam Hug, Stanton; Edna
l.. King, Stanton; Hans A. Thompson,
West Point; Frank Cejda, West Point
Louis Peterson. Naper.
With 5000 little fish aboard to be
distributed in ponds in the vicinity of
Valentine, Neb., the Nebraska fish
| commission car, in charge of Superin-
tendent O'Brien of the state hatcheries
at South Bend, was in Norfolk a half.
hour yesterday. The car came up
from Lincoln.