The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-12-10

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John Napier,
daughter.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Pearlie Ellis
of Wayne county, a son.
Mosaic Lodge, A. F. and A. NJ, meets |
Tuesday evening at s o'clock.
Former State Superintendent J. l..
McBrien will make an address at the
initial meeting of the Mems club of
the First Congregational church to-
night. Supper will be served at Z
o'clock.
Rev. John Melmaker held mis- first
services at the Baptist church Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Melmaker, who is the new
Baptist pastor, is making his home on
South Fifth street.
M. j. Sanders and Walter Jones
drove to Randolph Saturday to attend
meeting of the Farmers Telephone
Line companies. Mr.. Jones reports
the hardest drive of his life.
Much disappointment is shown by
the skaters who expected to open the
ice skating season at Klug's lake Sun
day afternoon. The snow which drift
ed on the lake made it impossible to
do any skating The water, however,
is frozen sufficiently and skating is
expected to be popular pastime soon.
Employees who have beene busy
packing up the George Brooks stock
which was formerly the Uhle grocery
store, have now finished packing and
will start one carload to Creighton to-
day. The store will probably be vacat-
ed by tomorrow noon. 1t is not known
who will occupy the store building af-
ter the Brooks stock is removed.
A telephone message was received
here from August Deck at Hoskins re-
porting that the jury at Wayne had re-
turned verdict in his favor, but fur
ther particulars could not be obtained
by Mr.. Deck. Mr.. Deck was plaintiff
in the Hoskins saloon case, where he
charges a bartender named Ziemer
with doing him great bodily harm.
Although the thermometer register
ed below zero Monday morning, Will
liam Denton was perfectly satisfied
with the weather. "One year ago to-
day." he said to a friend, II was NOV
ing from one house to another. 1t was
ten below zero. Now all we have to
kick about is these bad roads which
are about the only thing worse now
than year ago."
Norfolk members of the Norfolk
lodge B. p. o. E., No. 653, have receiv-
ed personal invitations from Elwin
Strong to be present with their ladies
at his play at the Auditorium Tuesday
evening Mr.. Strong is a member of
the local lodge, having been made so
at a special meeting some time ago.
The Norfolk members may turn out in
body to be present at this enter
tainment in which Mr.. Strong presents
Way Out West
, Funeral services over the remains OF
, Mrs. Wilhelmina Henkel, who died last
Tuesday, were held at the residence at
1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Services
were held at the Christ Lutheran
church at 2:30 by Rev. j. P. Mueller
: after which the body was inferred at
the st. Paul's cemetery. Mrs. Henkel
. was d WluO" anu was - SSoio oiN
I Two sons, Rev. William Henkel OF
Morrison, Wis, and George Henkel OF
l Milwaukee, were present at the funer
r al. The pallbearers were: c. F
;. Haase, Ferdinand Schulz, Gotliet
r Brummund, William Wagner, FREQ
Wachter, Herman Korth.
e E. A. Bullock has received wore
e from Blair reporting a case of near
s. electrocuticn of E. A. Beatty, line
n man of that city. Beatty had picked
t up telephone wire which was hang
ing down from a pole not knowing il
e was crossed with an electric ligh
t wire. A strong current of electricity
e passed through the man whom the ply
sician thought to be dead. After two
hours and a half of working the MAJ
was finally brought to life. Mr.. Bul
lock reports this is a frequent cas'
e where lnemen pick up telephone wires
without investigating what kind o
n current is passing through them.
y Travelling men report much trouble
:, in trying to make a stop at Lead, S. d
u where a strike of the miners of tn,
=" Homestake mine is now on. Miner
y believing the travelling men are eithe
"spotters" or detectives, wait at th
, stations and allow none of them OF
- the trains. Lead paper, however
y, reports one lucky travelling man VIII
- had the town to himself. This man /
= Frank Hirsch of Norfolk. The Lea
paper says: Frank Hirsch of NorfolI
'e Is in the city and is calling on his Gus
toners, not being deferred as hav
other travelling men, from coming t
the city by reason of the eXistin
,e trouble"
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