The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-10-15
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.

Joseph PLANT went to Gordon on
business.
DR.. c. A. McKim was in winside on
business.
Julius Haase went to Meadow Grove
on business.
Miss Hazel Mcdonald of Pierce was
in the city.
Frank Flynn of Gregory was here
visiting his parents.
Miss Marotz of Hoskins was in the
city visiting friends.
W. II. Green of Creighton was here
to see The Man of The Hour"
County Commissioner Henry Sun
derman was here on business from
Madison
Mrs. w. G. Roland has gone to Oma.
ha where she will take treatments at
a sanitarium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker of Sioux City
were here yesterday enroute to Rising
City, s. d., where they have home
stead.
Miss Hattie Lichtenberg, William
Lichtenberg and Albert Lichtenberg of
Hadar were here for short visit with
ITlenub lutSuay.
County Commissioner John Malone
was in Norfolk from Madison. 1t was
his first trip since his attack of stom-
aeh trouble six weeks ago. He has
been in bed all that time. Mr. Malone
expects to go to hospital in Omaha
this week.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles u
rich, son
The library board will meet Thurs
day afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. lngles, who has been i'll for
the past week, is again able to be
about.
The West Side Whist club will meet
with Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ Braden Thurs
day night.
John Tannehill postmaster at An
con, Panama, is in Norfolk for a three
weeks visit with his father.
Elmer Cook, who has been operated
on for appendicitis, was able to be
down town for the first time in two
weeks.
G. II. Groesbeck has never seen his
new daughter, who came to his home
in Norfolk Monday. MIR. Groesbeck is
in Denver, unavoidably detained, and
will not be able to return until the
latter part of the week.
An unusual number Of travellers
were in Norfolk yesterday, coming
from and going toward South Dakota
and Nebraska towns. Hotels were
pressed hard for room and claim one
of the busiest days of the season.
Kenney Bros. of Stanton sold the
200-acre farm of Will Zilmer for 1925
per acre. This farm is located three
miles west of Stanton and was sold 10
the adjoining farmer, julius Bremen.
1t is the highest price paid per acre
for farm in that county.
Norfolk friends have received cards
announcing the marriage of Frank II.
Beels of this city to Miss Rosa A.
Strucks on Monday, October II, at
Omaha. Mr.. and Mrs. Beels will be
at home after November | at sos South
Tenth street, Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. w, II. Butterfield re-
turned last night from Colorado
Springs, Colo, where they have spent
the summer for Mr.. Butterfield's
health His Norfolk friends were
pleasantly surprised to note how well
he looks. and his health has materially
improved George ID. Buttertield went
as far as Fremont to meet them
Excitement prevailed yesterday af-
ternoon at the Fair store when fire
was discovered In the furnace room.
The furnace, which was too hot, set
fire to the floor and quite a blaze had
been started. Smell of the burning
wood caused an investigation by the
proprietors who, with the help of their
employees, quickly eXtinguished the
flames.
The longest stove pipe for heating
stove In the city was pat up in the
drying tower of the fire department
here yesterday. Commissioner Uecker
and Driver Monroe say the pipe meas.
ures over sixty feet, running up from
an ordinary heating stove to the top
of the tower which dries the hose and
at the same time gives the stove an
unusually good draft.
A sum of $52.75 in cash was stolen
out of the cash register at the Oxnard
hotel by thieves, who entered the of
fee after the clerk had gone up stairs
TO make morning calls. No one was
in the lobby of the hotel when the
clerk left the Office. The robbery was
discovered by r. F. Schiller the man
ager after he came down in the morn
ing. 1t is thought a gang is doing
the city.
The one item of construction in the
Northwestern annual report referring
to Nebraska lines follows: THE main
line of the Nebraska and Wyoming
division between Thatcher and Valen
tine, Nebraska, is being revised and a
cutoff, 5.73 miles in length located
south of the present main line, is being
constructed between these points
This work involves the construction OF
new bridge 1900 feet in length
across the Niobrara river, and will re
suit in a material reduction in grades
at this point.
Among the days out-of-town visitors
in Norfolk were: Fred Jenkins, Mad