The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-18
MONDAY MENTION,

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George Williams went to Sioux City.
r. j. Suhr of Pender was in the city.
Frank Pnney of Dallas was in the
city.
L. G. Cameron of SCOTS Bluff was
here.
/. Nightingale went to Lincoln on
business.
NJ. d. Tyler went to Madison on
business.
NJ. j. Sanders went to Madison on
business.
Miss II. Malone of Enola was in the
city visiting with friends.
John Click of Verdel was in the city
enroute to Kadoka, S. d.
Mrs. William Bordman and daugh-
ter Hazel are here from the north
eastern part of Iowa visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Albert Machmueller
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bosse of
Meadow Grove spent Sunday here at
the w. p Logan home.
Ed Brueggeman has gone to San An
tonic, Tex, and other cities in the
south for pleasure trip.
Mrs. G. A. Moore of Denver, Colo, is
in the city visiting with Mrs. John
Krantz and other friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. X. Smith, who have
been in the city visiting with their
daughters, Mrs. Morris Irwin and Mrs.
Frank Melcher, have returned to their
home at Planview
IyriI nd
who have been attending the hardware
dealers convention at Lincoln, have
returned and report a successful con-
Vention at the capital city.
Fred Amundson is on the sick list.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. William Heide-
man, a son.
The ladies of the Degree of Honor
will give a kensington at the home of
Mrs. Fred Linerode Wednesday after
noon. She will be assisted by Mrs.
Leach and Mrs. Barrett. All members
are invited.
Born, to Nh and Mrs. c. +. Byerly
of Chadron, nine-pound daughter.
Mrs. Byerly was formerly Miss Jennie
Wheeler of Norfolk.
NJ. jain, a rOundhOuse emplOye of
the Northwestern, was brought before
Justice Eiseley and charged with abus-
ing and beating his wife by Mrs. r.
Robinson of the Junction. The Judge
parolled jain on his promise to be
good hereafter. He claims he never
beat his wife.
Commissioner Burr Taft reports the
condition of the roads between Nor
folk and Stanton and Norfolk and Mad
ison in very good shape. Three loads
of lumber are being hauled from Mad
ison to Norfolk and unless road con-
ditions were favorable, says the COM
missioner this could not be done.
E. ID. Law, a Norfolk brakeman, was
painfully injured at Dallas Friday even
ing when accidentally he slipped from
the tender Of an engine on which he
was riding. The engine, it is said, was
doing some switching at Dallas when
Law slipped and fell on his face, which
was badly bruised. His wrist also was
gashed in few places.
The city council of Missouri Valley
closed a contract with L. A. Bullock of
Norfolk, who owns the Missouri Valley
electric light plant, for lao tungsten
lights of 40-candle power each, to be
used in lighting the towns streets.
The lights will be clustered, with four
tungstenS on each pole, poles not over
twenty feet high. There will be four
clusters within each block, and one at
each street intersection. Arc lights
are done away with.
Special services have begun at the
Presbyterian church. DR.. Kearns is
the speaker. He was greeted yester-
day by large audiences. He prefaced
his first sermon with a few remarks
as to what his stay will be like. He
will preach on such subjects as:
What Constitutes a Christian" The
Second Coming of ChTist-Is 1t Posi-
BILE and When Does 1t Occur?" etc.
Denominationalism, he says, will be
eliminated from his discussions.
Young Denny has posted $25 with
the sporting editor of The News as a
forfeit for Kid Root, one of the light
weights who fights Harry Lewis here
March 10. The skating rink will prob
ably be obtained for the contest.
Young Denny and Long Distance Da-
Wis will probably be among the pugi-
lists for the preliminaries. A wrest-
ling match is also scheduled for that
night. Articles have been signed by
the fighters and all is ready for the
bout.
w. A. Robinson, jeweler, who has
for a number of months been in bust
ness on Norfolk avenue, suddenly dis.
appeared from his place of business,
taking with him his tools and other
jewelry his own property. Reports Of
his whereabouts or why he left Nor
folk are conflicting. Some say Mr..