The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-05


into it at Stanton.
Surprising their Junction friends |.
Edward Dooley, u Northwestern fire. /
man. and Miss Rose Clayton of Wisner
went to Council Bluffs and were mar
ried the early part of this week
MIR. and Mrs. O. G. Mum of Hunt /
ington, w. Va. have arrived in Nor
folk to make this city their permanent
home. Mr.. Mum has charge of the
shoe department in the 4. l.. killian
store.
Revised bids for the construction of
the Y. NJ. G. A. building will be opened
in the Office of J. G. Stitt by the eX-
ecutive committee on the evening of
August 5. There are about five bids
filed.
George Long of Rock Island, H.,
who is here visiting with DR.. c. j.
Verges, is spending his time at the
mill dam fishing. He succeeded yes
terday in landing fifteen fine catfish
and few large buffalo.
While flying a toy balloon from the
top of a porch on his fathers resi-.
den. 7.year-old son of Or. II. T. Hol.
den, accidentally fell from his high
perch, but luckily sustained only a
severe shaking up.
Miss Clara Law has accepted
months employment as stenographer
and bookkeeper at the office of the
Elkhorn Life Insurance company, re-
ha ~ W
leaves Monday for a months visit
with friends at Denver, Salt Lake,
! Portland, Seattle and other western
coast cities.
Sheriff c. S. Smith was in the city
and served summons on Mrs. Lena L.
Trumm, whose husband, Francis
Trumm, formerly a hack driver here,
is suing for a divorce at Ainsworth
Neb. Mrs. Trumm keeps boarding
house here and has obtained the SER
vices of a local attorney to fight the
divorce proceedings
Architect j. C. Stitt has just finished
the sketch of the proposed Methodist
church parsonage. The frame build
ing will cost about $4,000. 1t will be
stairs will consist of wide front
porch, living room, dining room, study,
kitchen, an enclosed summer kitchen
and large hall. The upstairs will be
fitted out with four large bedrooms,
clothes closets and bath room.
A family reunion is being held at
the home of S. A. Miskimmins, 215
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sumptuous family dinner will be
served Among the out-of-town rela
tives who are now here to attend the
reunion are: James Richards, Baxter
Ia, father of Mrs. Miskimmins; Miss
Nora Richards, Spokane, Wash; Mr.
and Mrs. l.. ID. Noll and Mr.. and Mrs
c. A. Young, Dawson City, n. M.
over SIS worth of carpenter tools
} and window castings were stolen from
the new Engleman building on Nor
folk avenue during the night. A win
dow in the rear of the building was
, left open and it is believed by Con
: tractor Miller that the robbers entered
by that means. Mr.. Miller says he
has no suspicious as to who the
layed his work greatly, it being neces
sary for him to send to Omaha TO
new castings. The building, with tn,
: exception of the front windows, i!
completed Mr.. and Mrs. Englemal
will move into the upstairs rooms Mon
day. Mrs. Cooper has rented half o
the east store room, where she vii
oi
parlors. The other half of this room
will be occupied by Mr.. Engleman a
l. his law office The west store room
I has been rented by Leik and Mayhem
who will open up grocery and frui
S store.
Norfolk has gone dry as far as tn
water wagon is concerned. Millar
Green, to whom has been given owe
l. the street sprinkler, has shut down o
sprinkling the streets of the city, pent
ing settlement of the question of pa!
One prominent business man on Mo-
$ folk avenue says: THE street sprinl
Ter has not been on the street for SCI
- eral days on account of a number {
business men refusing to make thei
monthly payments. The usual fee
about 81. The entire payment shoul
s. not be shouldered by a few of tn
business men," Mr.. Green says h
IS has quit sprinkling until the money
paid. The city council some time ag
!" thought it easier to take the sprinI
ling duty from the hands of FIJI
Driver Monroe and sell the wagol
i The wagon was turned over to NJ
t. Green.
The apron of the mill dam on II
u Northfork was packed yesterday afte
noon with young and old fisherme
n. most of them lucky ones. The seer
q, resembled very much a Sunday afte
pr Moons crowd of fishers on the vario,
n docks in Chicago. The river was 10
and, well provided with bait consis
t. ing of crawfish, minnows and doue
V. balls, the Norfolk fishermen were
J., the height of their glory pulling o.
carp, buffalo and catfish weighiI
h from one to ten pounds. The ca
d, were biting freely and the lucky fish