The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
MONDAY MENTION.

Herman Miller returned from Lin.
coin.
II. e. Close of Omaha is here on
business.
Herbert Hauptli returned from a
short visit at Omaha.
Mrs. II. Radenz of Hoskins was in
the city visiting with friends.
Mrs. Sadie Messenger of Tilden is
in the city visiting with the j. f. Lind
say family.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelley of Chicago are
in the city to spend few days visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b. Nicola.
Mrs. Fred Seller, Mrs Charles Ben
ton and Mrs l.. Alderman of Verdel
were here spending a few days visit
with the II. f. Barnhart family.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Rau-
tenberg, son.
Miss Emma Schulz, after a week.
vacation, is back at work.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Kuhl have gone
to Maurice, Ia, where they will attend
the funeral of Mr.. Kuhl's father, who
died at Maurice Sunday noon after a
lingering illness.
The city council will meet tonight
at an adjourned meeting to order the
special election for voting bonds for
the paving of the intersections of paw
ing district No. /. The feature of this
meeting will be the mayors message,
which will be read to the city fathers.
-, hot
the mayor will make many recommen-
dations, including additional officers
for the police force.
Chief of Police Marquardt was at
Madison, where he was a witness be-
fore the insanity board, who are hold
ing an investigation over Henry krue-
ger who has served out his term at
the county Jail on charges of turning
switches in the Northwestern yards.
Kruger is believed to be insane by a
number of Norfolk people He has
| been under arrest here a number of
times for various offenses.
After three days wind and dust
storm which held Norfolk in its grasp
| fair weather again reignS supreme
Saturdays storm caused much dam
age to fences and roofs. The roofs of
two box cars in the Union Pacific
yards were lifted, and the blacksmith
shop of Gus Nitz was slightly dam
aged. All day the air was full of fly
| ing shingles and other pieces of wood
| torn from roofs and houses. All the
barns at the Country club grounds are
| down.
A horse valued at 500, belonging
to the Hutchinson bakery, died as the
result of injuries received Saturday
morning from falling limbs of a tree
blown down by the heavy wind. At
tached to the bakery wagon the horses
were standing beneath the large cot
| tonwood tree in front of the bakery
| when heavy gust of wind sent large
| limbs of the tree crashing down on
top of the animals. The injured horse
was taken to a stall, where it died
late in the night.
| The heavy wind storm which held
Norfolk in its grasp all day had nc
effect on the bidders for the house or
the Y. NJ. C. A. grounds, which was
sold to j. w. Ransom the highest bid
der, for 1915. The work shop was also
sold to Mr.. Ransom for 500, making {
total of 1895 for the buildings. This
some of the Y. NJ. G.. A. committee ad
nit, is nearly 500 more than they ex
pected for the building About thirty
people attended the auction, but the
bidding soon simmered down and wa!
confined to about three bidders.
To keep up the high record which
the local company of the Nationa
Guard has made for itself in this state
it is said to be necessary that the sol
diers attend more regularly the week
| ly drills. Not only are the soldiers
backward in their attendance to thos,
drills, but it is said officers are alst
marked absent on many occasions
Unless the drills are more ATTENDED
the showing of the company at tn,
next encampment will not be up Il
standard Tonight the company viii
hold their regular meeting and it i
expected that the entire staff of off
GERS, non CONS and privates will b.
present.