The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-06-24

praCticing FOR the game soon.
T. p. Mathews, proprietor OF the
Peoples Department store, returned
from his home at Grand Island where
he had been guaranteed for two
weeks. One of his children had been
suffering from an attack of scarlet
fever.
NJ. J. Sanders and Walter Jones of
the Nebraska Telephone company
have gone to Wayne to look over the
damage done to their companys lines
from the recent food. One large
cable, it is reported, was destroyed
there.
Riding on a motor cycle from the
western coast, tourist passed
through Norfolk yesterday afternoon
enroute to the eastern coast The
road conditions he said all the way
were very good on account of being
free from mud
Norton Howe and Stanley Dixon en-.
| joyed fine fishing at the mill dam
yesterday morning. MIR. Howe enjoy.
ed bath in the waters when he ac-
cidentally slipped and fell into the
deep water. He had the advantage
however, of being an expert swimmer
and reached the shore in safety.
Eric Neitzke, 7.year.old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Netzke Of Hoskins.
suffered a deep wound over his left
eye this morning as the result of being
| kicked by 6-weeks-od colt with
which he was playing. He was
brought here and it was found neces-
sary to take two stitches to close up
the wound.
! Taking possession of the Union
Pacific restaurant on North Fifth
street drunken stranger in the city
commenced cleaning house" yester.
day afternoon. After doing some
damage to the furniture and carpets,
the proprietress of the place called
the police and the man was placed be.
/ hind the bars at the city bastile.
Norfolk's fremen will send to Madi-
son on July running and baseball
team to participate in the contests
which are scheduled to take place
there. At a special meeting held at
the city hall last evening Ed Monroe,
A. w. Finkhouse and l.. V. Kenerson
were appointed a committee to ar
range to send the firemen to Madison.
Although yesterday was the long
est day of the year it was warm one
| for the many citizens of Norfolk who
sweltered in the heat of the suns
rays. A number of men were seen
on the street with white duck trous-
ers. 1t was estimated on good au-
thority that more cold drinks were
sold Tuesday than any day of the
year.
City Dog Tax Collector Hamilton re-
ports the execution of six dogs Tues
day. The animals had no tags and
their owners not calling for them in
the specified time the execution was
necessary, he says. No more dogs
are cremated here. The easiest way,
says the dog catcher, is to kill them
in the regular way and bury them
in the dump grounds.
Funeral services over the remains
of S-year-old Ella Fisher, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Fisher, who Died
at Platte Center, took place at the
Christ Lutheran church Wednesday
afternoon. Rev. Mr.. Miller had
charge of the services after which
the remains were inferred in the new
Lutheran cemetery. Four little girl
friends of Elias acted as pallbearers.
Ernest Fisher was at one time yard
man for the Edwards & Bradford
Lumber company here and now holds
a similar position at Platte Center.
Although complaints have been
made against the festival lights along
Norfolk avenue by number of peo-
pie, nothing has been done to put
them in shape. The bone of conten.
ton has been that people hauling hay
into the city have often had narrow
escapes from being swept off their
wagons en- account of the lights hang
| ing too low. An accident was averted
yesterday by the GOODNESS of a driver
on a large van belonging to the Nor
folk Storage company. AS the van
came up the street 1t came in contact
with one string OF lights, which broke
off and fell to the ground where the
electric light globes popped and broke
with noise like so many shots from
a gun. The horses became frighten-
ed and commenced running away up
Norfolk avenue. The driver, however,
succeeded in stopping them and there
was no damage done to the van.
| Oscar Palmer, who was killed in
an automobile accident near Spalding
Friday afternoon, was known in Nor
folk. While driving his machine to
Spaulding from Petersburg, where he
had attended ball game in company
with another Spalding man and two
ladies, Palmer was trying to make
hill near Spalding when the machine
commenced backing down the hill.
Efforts to stop the car were fruitless
and it finally backed over steep en-
bankment and turned turtle over the
occupants of the car. The three other
people escaped serious injury but one
of the levers pierced Palmers lungs
and he died before he could be taken
from beneath the automobile. Palmer