The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-18
SATURDAY SITTING.


DR.. c. w. Ray lectured at Allen
Thursday to a full house on Life and
Customs of the People OF the Holy
Land"
Norfolk golf players are still very
modest about reporting scores for the
9-hole course. ]. S. Mathewson GOV.
cred the course Friday in 20, as
against "a the evening before Thurs.
day S. G. Mayer played in SO, as
against 81 strokes expended by DR..
Brush.
George Spear, returning from Greg.
DRY. S. D.. states that the official count
In the Trip county election has ra-
suited in the election of Fred Salter.
a son of c. B. Salter of this city, to
the Office Of county register.
| City Clerk Harter, who is going to
Chicago for week next Thursday, is
anxious to have those who desire in.
formation about local city matters or
who have city business with him, to
see him during the next few days.
The second Sunday in June being
Memorial day for the Tribe of Ben
Hur, all members were earnestly re-
quested to assemble at the hall at 1880
p. m. sharp, Sunday, to assist in pay
ing honor to the departed members.
| Attorney e. p. Weatherby has OBJ
tanned default judgment in Justice
Lamhert's court against John G. Pen.
ny, candidate for the democratic
nomination for sheriff, for $25 for at
torney's fees. Attorney Jack Koen-
igstein short time before obtained a
similar judgment against William
Stokes for 500. The court ordered
the money paid from money coming
to Stokes from w. a. Redmer.
John Kern is in the city, stopping
at the city Jail. Mr.. Kern, 1t develops
on investigation, is not John Kern Of
Indiana who last year ran for vice
president with Mr.. Bryan, and also ran
for the senate. The Kern at the city
Jail is also from the east and is also
a member of the opposition, having
tangled up with officer Livingston at
the Junction. Kern was charged with
being drunk and with assaulting an
officer. He was fined but, not having
the $40, is in jail.
1t cost Conrad Kampman $50 to be
whipped Friday evening. Kampman
Is Junction man and while he was
uptown Friday evening became in
volved in fight with w. H. Kelly,
said to be Northwestern railroad
man, on Norfolk avenue in front of
the old Moeller saloon. Bystanders
said that Kampman had the worst of
the fracas. Kelly claimed Kampman
was the aggressor and swore out a
warrant Saturday. Kampman pleaded
guilty and paid fine Of SO and costs.
Madison Chronicle: Albert STEP
now, who was serving ten days SEN
tence in the county jail for stealing a
bride at Norfolk, was released at the
expiration of his time on Wednesday
but refused to "vamoose," skiddoo,
puck-a-chee, or skeedaddle, so Marshal
Kennedy put him in the city bastile
for the night and yesterday morning he
was turned loose and ordered to skip.
True to his name he began to "step-
now" in other words, he took his de-
parture along with him and went and
no one mourned.
Harry Rhodes of Kadoka, s. D., who
has been guest Of friends in Norfolk
this week, read with interest Saturday
a dispatch from Kadoka telling of the
unearthing of double murder be-
lieved to have been committed by one
Mike Malone. Rhodes saw Malone
just before he left. The latter was in
a pool hall flashing money and playing
pool for $25 game. He was drunk
and playing poorly. Rhodes, who was
a spectator, saw a gun in Malone's
pocket and slipped 1t out without at
tracing the mans attention.
A partial eclipse of the sun Will be
visible in Norfolk and north Nebraska
hext Thursday evening, June II. The
moon will first indent the sun almost
exactly at the middle of the right side.
This will be at o'clock, 8 minutes,
81 seconds. At 6:47 the eclipse will
have reached its maximum, and 35
per cent of the suns diameter will be
covered by the moon. The eclipse will
end at z o'clock, SO minutes, 10 sec.
onds, when the moon will leave the
sun almost exactly at its uppermost
point. This same eclipse will be Wis
ible almost everywhere in the United
States. In Liberia and the Arctic re.
gions near the north pole it will be
total eclipse.
A school picnic for the children of
st. Paul's Ev. Lutheran church at
Freythaler's grove, with the general
public invited, is announced for Sun
day afternoon, June 13, following the
exercises at the church in the morn.
ing. The confirmation class is exam.
ined at 10;30 preparatory to the con-
firmation services the following Sun
day, June 90 This will be the first
summer confirmation held at the st.
Paul church. The annual Sunday pic.
mics of the st. Paul church have al.
ways been very largely attended and
have been enjoyed alike by the chill
dren and the older people. Refresh.
ments are served and a program of