The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

town transaCting business ana visiting
old time friends.
Mrs. Ferdinand Schulz and Mrs
John Pofahl returned from a visit with
friends at Humphrey
Mrs. w. A. Kingsley, accompanied
by her brother, +. X. Hume, and wife,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Brown, arrived from
Omaha in an automobile.
Mrs. A. Brashear Miss Helen Bra.
shear and Walter Brashear of SCOTS
I Bluffs, Neb., are here visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brashear.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Sheriff,
a daughter.
|. T. Cook and sons we're awarded
the contract to do the coal hauling
for the state hospital.
S. J. Ramsey, who returned Friday
from a business trip to O'Neill, has
traded some of his fine hogs for a Holt
I county farm.
Farmers are bringing into the city
many samples of corn which, judging
from the samples, will make a record
breaking crop.
The third pair of twins coming to
the city this year arrived here at noon
Friday, when two sons were born to
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schula.
The trial of r. II. Brown f. E. Mabe
and w. f. Mickles, charged with riot
ing on Norfolk avenue recently, was
continued from 9 o'clock Saturday
morning until o'clock next Tuesday
morning.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. l.. V. HENDERSON re-
turned from Omaha, where Mrs. Ken
nerson took treatments at a hospital.
Although very weak, Mrs. Kennerson's
chances for recovery are said to be
very good.
Miss c. b. Ocumpaugh entertained
a number of her friends at an after
noon tea in her rooms in the Bishop
block last Tuesday afternoon, The
rooms were beautifully decorated in
red and white and colors.
1t is reported here that the evening
! Northwestern passenger train west
bound Friday evening struck team
driven by a farmer over a crossing
near Beemer, killing one of the horses.
The farmer and the other horse es-
capped all injury. The wagon was de-
molished.
For four days a Norfolk girl has
! been wearing the picture of young
man in her hat and is looking for it's
owner. The young lady declares that
she found the picture a few days ago
and unconsciously putting it in her
I h,t ,hn 10 -, lot,
sight of the public for four days.
Mrs. a. Buchholz, who was accom-
panied to Omaha by her husband
Wednesday, underwent an operation
at the Clarkson hospital in that city
Thursday morning. Mrs. Buchholz is
reported to have stood the operation
quite well and her rapid recovery is
hoped for. Mr.. Buchholz returned to
Norfolk yesterday.
CAS- far as our team Is concerned
the baseball season is over for this
year" said Manager Clarence Rasley
of the Norfolk clerks team today
The city league teams have not played
out their entire list of games, owing
to lack of interest. There is still
money in the treasury and it is be-
lieved that this will be divided among
the teams.
Miss Martha Davenport has under
taken to collect the Y. NJ. c. a. pledges
which are now due. The building
committee has made one $4,000 pay
ment to the contractor, who is rushing
the work of construction of the new
building, and the second payment
about a similar sum, is almost due.
The pledges should be paid to enable
the contractor to finish his work with.
out any interruption.
The Mapes & Hazen office IN the
Mast block was used as a court room
by Judge A. A. Welch Friday after
noon when he took the majority of the
testimony in the case of the Edwards
& Bradford Lumber company versus
Harriet T. Chamberlain. The M. &
o. train had missed connections with
the Madison-bound Union Pacific train
and the judge found that the afternoon
train for Madison was also very late.
He then ordered the court in the
Mapes & Hazen office.
John Schiller, brother of r. F. Schil-
Ter, manager of the Oxnard hotel, has
gone to Tekamah to attend the funeral
of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Nat C. Hous-
ton, who was killed in an automobile
accident at Omaha Wednesday morn
ing. Mrs. Houston was driving tour
ing car and collided with a United
States mail car in Omaha. She was
hurled to the ground and received in
ternal injuries which proved fatal.
The body was taken to her former
home at Tekamah for burial.
Kid West declares the wound he re-
ceived at the hands of Young Denney
in his workout Thursday afternoon
was an accident 81 was showing Den
ney new one" when he uppercut
me with his bare fist, which | be-
leved was badly hurt. l was not look
ing for the blow, at the same time ii
cut quite deep, but | believe it will
heal up in a few days" Two stitches
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