The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-05-14
fore the sunreme court.


Miss Anna Hazen. who has been
leachng school at Crofton. has ar
rived in Norfolk and will spend the
summer with Mr.. and Mrs. A. o.
Hazen.
Leaving for Omaha Sunday, Il. A.
Bullock will Je In Omaha the coming
week to attend the annual meeting of
the state electrical society there Tues
day. Wednesday and Thursday. Mr..
Bullock is president of the society.
DR.. c. w. Ray lectured to house
full of people at the Methodist church
at Butte on Thursday, May G..
Herman Froloff will erect cottage
this summer on the lots which he
recently purchased on South Second
street
Chris Schavland of Madison was re-
Gently re.appointed to his position as
secretary of the state assessment
board.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Esh, who
nave been connected with the Umm.
schau for some time, have gone to
Morrill,, Neb., to live.
The funeral of Ludwig Siedschlag
will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday af.
ternoon from the home, and at 2:30
o'clock from Christ Lutheran church.
Chris Glissman, who played on the
baseball nine last year, is working in
bakery in Columbus and will prob
ably not be available for the Norfolk
nine.
The business meeting of the Wo-
mans club will be held Monday even
ing. May 10, at 1880 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. c. B. Durland, 102
North Ninth street.
Don E. Cameron, formerly of Nor
folk but later of Gregory, S. D., has
established hardware store at Co.
lone in Tripp county and taken up
his residence there.
julius Huff, once city clerk of Nor
folk, according to word from Los An
geles, Cal, is professor of violin in.
struction in the New York School of
Music in Los Angeles.
A birthday party was given yester-
day at the home of Vera Emery, 210
1
her little friends were present, each
one bringing her choice present.
Mrs. Charles Verges entertained a
company of some forty young people
Friday evening in honor of Dr. Yer
ges' sisters, Misses Minnie and Marie
Verges, who leave Monday for &c
many.
Mrs. Ernstine Lueck, sixty-siS
years old, will be buried Sunday af
ternoon from the Reformed Lutheran
church, seven miles northeast of the
city. Mrs Lueck lived five miles east
of Hoskins.
/ The Nebraska Telephone company
has just completed a new farmers
line giving service to thirteen sub
scribers living beyond the NJ. Bene
dict farm. The line runs about
twelve miles north of the city.
Under the leadership of Miss Belle
c. Clark, the superintendent of nurs
es. the state hospital will head the
governors proclamation to observe
Mothers day. The inmates will be
cheered by the sight of white carna
tions in honor of her whom all hole
sacred.
Title to the Rome Miller dairy
farm, just south of the Junction de
pot, is still vested in the STANDARD
Stock Food company of Omaha. The
farm was sold some time ago to al
Iowa stock raiser, but the transaction
fell through after the deal had beer
virtually completed.
Fred l.. Dommissee, whose Norfolk
avenue restaurant was closed recently
was named local deputy game war
den by State Deputy Warden j. B
Donovan on the latter's visit here en-
route to Crystal lake. Mr.. Dommissee
was to he re accompanied Donovan but
he new officer oversight and missed
the train.
| Some interesting house stats
tics are given by 2. H. Bateman
the bill distributor, whose work puts
him in touch with the subject Bate
man says that there are 1,016 occu
pied houses in Norfolk at this time
and that there are sixty new houses
in process of construction, none cost
ing less than $1,000.
General Superintendent S. M. Bra
den of the Northwestern has giveI
the Norfolk fire department a checl
for $50 as showing the companys ap
probation of the work of the Norfoll
firemen at the big blaze in the North
western material yards Friday Mr.
Braden also furnished refreshments
to the firemen Friday afternoon
Norfolk business men are asked t.
heed warning to be more careful
about burning rubbish in the alleys
Last Wednesday night, during ths
wind storm, officer O'Brien carried
some twenty buckets of water to pu
out a fire. Notice is accordingly giveI
that outdoor stoves and cans useC
for burning rubbish must have &
screen on top to lessen the danger
from fire.
Robert Gruchow, an S-year-old sor
OF Fred Gruchow, living ten miles
north and mile east of the city, Is
dead as the result of dropsy follow
ing an attack of grip, which settled