The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-01-21

City and Walthill for couple of days.
DR.. :. b. Pecival, superintendent of
the state insane hospital, went to Lin
coin.
Frank and Charles Teppner of Plain
view were in the city visiting with |
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Huebner of Hos
kins were in the city visiting with
relatives.
L. w. Schlote of Tilden passed
through Norfolk enroute to Foster on
business.
Charles UeCker who has been here
visiting with the William Uecker fam
lily, has returned to his home at Miller, |
S. ID.
Peter Stafford is i'll.
w. l.. Lehman is i'll.
The Norfolk Mandolin club held
their rehearsal at the w. G. Altman
garage last evening.
New soda fountain counters have
been placed in the drug stores of c. j.
Fleming and Asa X. Leonard
The Norfolk Commercial club direct
ors held their regular weekly meeting
at the Oxnard hotel Tuesday afternoon.
Norfolk is given a clean bill of
health by DR.. Mackay, city physician.
There is not quarantine card in the
town.
Miss Julia Blaha of Schuyler died at
the state hospital for the insane Sun
day morning. Miss Blaha had been
confined to the hospital but two weeks.
The Burns club of Norfolk will give
q Scottish concert at Marquardt hall
on the anniversary of Robert Burns
birthday, January 20. Professor Mack.
lie is president of the club and w. f.
Graham secretary.
William Brady, travelling salesman
for an implement house at Lincoln, is
moving to Lincoln Mr. Brady has
made his residence at Ninth and koen-
igstein avenue.
The Ladies' Aid society OF the First
Congregational church will meet with
Mrs. Fox on Koenigstein avenue, with
Mrs. George II. Burton assisting,
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O.
A large number of people have been
reported suffering with grip. Among
those who have been attacked by the
ailment recently are: Ben Hecken-
dorf, II. S. Overocker and Carl Falk OF
Hoskins.
Constable John Flynn has gone to
Bloomfield where he will serve papers
on A. r. Walters. owner of one of the
houses in the restricted district Wal
ters' case will come up before Justice
Eiseley. Walters is charged with rent
ing a house for disorderly purposes.
Bishop A. l.. Williams of the Episco-
palian church in Nebraska, arrived in
Norfolk at noon and spent the after
noon at the home of the parish pastor,
Rev. J. c. S. Wells. A reception will
be held at the parsonage this evening
between and 10, to which all mem
bers of the parish and their friends
are invited.
Hay is getting to be a scarce pro-
duct around Norfolk according to a
number of buyers who have been glad
to pay $40 ton for it here. In the
western part of the state stock is suf-
fering from the scarcity of feed. Hay
from Norfolk has been shipped as far
as lIdnubI, w yum, as h'N "''S NSS''
within the past few days.
A collection of pottery, sent by Mrs.
Anna r. Morey, chairman of the art
committee of Federated Woman's
clubs, will be on exhibition at the home
of Mrs. y. |. Owen, 405 South Ninth
street, Wednesday afternoon and even
ing. All members of the Womans
club and those interested are invited
to call and inspect it.
If the people of Norfolk would seize
upon the opportunity afforded by such
warm days as these to clear on the
walks of slush and snow, the icy side
walks which are a constant menace TO
life and limb might easily and quickly
be made safe. With slight melting, II
becomes easily possible to get under
the crust of ice and snow with a SHOW
ell and every householder should get
busy.
AS the result of a red hot heating
stove upsetting in his Office, DR.. w. II
Pilger last evening badly burned his
hands while attempting to place the
stove back into position. The red
Goals fell all over the floor and only
the quick action of the doctor, who
finally succeeded in eXtinguishing the
flames which had already started on
the floor of the office, saved the build
ing from probable destruction.
William Bishop, the crippled peddleI
who. after his horse had run away
slept in the snow throughout an entire
night and terribly froze his hands, is
now thanking his physician that he
will still be able to have use of those
members. 1t was at first thought that
Bishops hands would have to be am
putated, but now his physicians report
Bishop will lose nothing but his finger
nails. Bishop has but one leg His
home is at LeMars, Ia.
Up to this time no word has beer
received from David Smith, the invent
or of the flying machine. w. c. Ali
man, who has been engaged in build
ing the machine for Smith, before
leaving for Texas last evening, SAID NJ
had waited for an answer to a lettel
,,h;oh no Sant Smith some time ago