The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-09-03

we're married at the Methodist Episco-
pal parsonage yesterday at 2.o'clock p.
m. Mr. Blain is fireman on the
Northwestern. They will live az the
Junction.
About 100 people from Norfolk went
to Stanton to attend the missionfest
of the Lutheran church there and re-.
port the affair success. Many good
mission speeches were made and a
bountiful lunch was served by the la.
dies of the church.
The Lynch baseball team, which was
scheduled to play here Monday after.
noon, packed up their belongings and
went to Stanton to play that team in
the afternoon. Although they broke
their contract with Manager Hall, they
were treated with the best of courtesy.
M. j. Sanders, newly appointed COM
mercial manager of the Nebraska Tele-
phone company here, is busy placing
his household goods in one of the
Raasch cottages, on North Eleventh
street. Mr.. Sanders expects his wife
and daughter to arrive the latter part
of this week.
A former Norfolk young man figures
prominently in a painting which is at
tracing attention in Omaha. The
painting is to be seen in the window
of the Henshaw hotel Herbert S. Dan.
lei, formerly Of this city and later city
prosecutor In Omaha, Is grouped with
w. ]. Bryan, Mayor Jim Dahlman and
Fl. E. Newbranch, editor of the World.
Herald. The picture is made from
photograph at the Homecoming landing
of Bryan in New York couple of
years ago.
1t has just been reported that horse
thieves made an attempt to steal
horse from the barn Of A. M. Tanner
of the Junction last Tuesday night.
Mrs. Tanner, hearing a noise in the
yard late in the night, aroused her
husband, who went out to investigate,
finding that someone had put halter
on the horse and started out of the
yard with him, but was probably
scared off by Mr.. Tanners timely ar
rival at the barn. This is the night
that the Hall book store was robbed.
Probably the most complete and
best collection of American pennies in
the country has been put on exhibition
at the Nebraska National bank by w.
j. Rouse Of this city, who says it took
him an even forty-five years to get
this collection. There are one-cent
pieces for every year from 1900 to
1909. The first change in the pennies
was made in 1857, when the small
piece was coined with the flying eagle
on the back, which is at the present
time rare coin. After a four-year
lapse the Indian head penny was
coined, and since 1860 there has been
no change until the new Lincoln pen.
ny was made.
kid" Jensen, who returned from
Walthill where he refereed the
Burke Giant-Burns wrestling contest,
says the Burke man was easy for
Farmer Burns who threw the giant
in nine minutes in the first fall and in
eight minutes in the second. Farmer
Burns and Jensen gave a wrestling ex-
hibition at Walthill after the match
demonstrating the Gotch famous toe
hold, the handle lock and other mys-
teries in tn ewrestling game. The lee
ture given by Burns at Walthill, Jen-
sen says, was listened to by more wo-
men than men.
Among the days out-of-town visitors
In Norfolk were: Grace White, Cor
don; c. S. Myers and wife, Butte; A.
]. Roepe, Pierce; Grover Johnson, Pill.
ger; M. c. Mcmahon, Tilden; Walter
Geyer, Fairfax; o. S. Christensen,
Madison; B. w. McKeen, Madison; o.
j. Baughn, Gregory; A. M. Spencer,
Gregory; S. N. Clayton and wife, Gre.
CORY; A. G. Lantz, Winside; C. H. |
Mahr, Plainview; w. L. Bowling,
Madison; j. c. Hoffman, Lynch.