The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-11
SATURDAY SETTINGS.

ness.
DR.. II. T. Holden returned from
omaha.
J. w. Ransom went to Sioux City on
business.
c. Il. Burnham went to Sioux City
on business.
J. G. Engelman went to Wakefield
on business.
c. S. Bridge has returned from Chi.
cago and other points.
Peter Stafford and John WEIGH re-
turned from a business trip at Wayne
and Wakefield.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Beach and son
have gone to Seattle, where they will
make their future home.
Miss Helen Giles of North Bend has
just returned from Chicago and is in
the city for three days visit with
Miss c. B. Ocumpaugh.
Miss Mabel Rix is reported i'll.
w. l.. Lehman is on the sick list.
Mr.. Box was in the city Friday,
looking for rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. George may return to
Norfolk from Sioux City.
Henry Ertznar has sold his town
property to j. l.. Thornburn.
The B. Y. p. U. will give social at
the Junction hall this evening.
Joseph Tassley of Holt county was
in the city enroute to Gregory, to
which place he is moving.
B. w. Jonas is still absent from his
ness is not considered serious.
N. S. Westrope, VINO has moved his
family here from Plainview, has rent
ed Offices in the Bishop block and will
conduct his real estate business from
here.
C. w. Lemont, who is still confined
to his home suffering from an attack
of rheumatism, is reported slowly i'm.
proving.
Battle Creek will organize an East
ern Star chapter tonight and the Of
| ficers of Beulah chapter have been
| invited to assist the grand patron in
doing the work.
Trainloads of homesteaders' person
al effects, including horses, cattle and
family dogs, are being shipped
through Norfolk daily enroute to Trip
| county.
The Elkhorn and the Northfork
rivers are bankful and rising. The
high water in the Elkhorn is said to
be partial cause of the rise in the
Northfork. A rise of four feet will be
required before the Northfork goes
over its bank east of the mill.
A jury term of the district and Unit
ed States court will be held in Norfolk
Monday March 81. Judge w. H. Nun
ger, George II. Thummel and r. c.
Hoyt will be here to attend this term
The jury will be drawn Monday, March
Z. A large list of trial notices is ex
pected here soon.
Street Commissioner Uecker under
took to solve the muddy crossing Ques
ton yesterday by putting his force OF
of the cutters have not been kept
clean and are filed with ice, causing
a drawback to the street commission
er's work, and at many points side
walks were submerged in mud and
water.
Mrs. f. S. Stanfield's condition is
reported worse. DR.. G. l.. Culmsee
and DR.. e. l.. Brush were called to hel
house last night, her physician, DR.. H
T. Holden, being out of the city. DR.
Culmsee says Mrs. Stanfield had two
hemorrhages at 10 o'clock last might
and was bleeding internally. The doc
tor would not say whether an opera
ton would be necessary at this time
Because the state laws provide thai
all live stock passing through the
state should be officially inspected, 81,
cows enroute to South Dakota from
Magnet, Neb., and three horses en-
route to California from Herrick were
stopped here by DR.. C. A. McKim fol
inspection. He has been kept busy fol
the past three weeks inspecting stocl
which is being shipped to South Da
kota.
w. ]. Stadelman stopped a runaway
team which was attached to a wager
of the Norfolk steam laundry, OF
Fourth street and Norfolk avenue. Mr.
Stadelman saw the team coming dowI
the street through the deep mud ant
succeeded in stopping 1t by waving hi
hands and yelling. The mud was to,
deep, however. and he did not endeav
or to go out from the crossing to grasl
the reins.
Another reason why Norfolk shoulC
pave was brought before the public
when Street Commissioner Uecker dis
covered that water which had beef
left standing in the cutters on Norfoll
avenue was seeping through tn,
ground under the sidewalk in front o
the Elmer Reed barger shop. where al
underground channel leading to base
ments OF business places had alread!
formed. The sidewalk, which was al