The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-22
SATURDAY SETTINGS.

- - luoIp' went 10 MaulSon ON
business.
e. +. Olmsted went to Madison on
business.
William Lichtenbcrg of lladar was
in the city.
f.. &. Barnum of Dallas is in the
city on business.
Miss Bessie Story of Pierce was
here visiting with friends.
Miss Hazel Mcdonald of Pierce was
here visiting with friends.
John Pofahl and Louis Krause OF
Hoskins were in the city.
J. h. Stecker of Hooper is In the
city visiting with his son, f. j. Steck.
er.
Miss Agnes Raasch. who has
claim in Trip county, is in the city
visiting with relatives and friends.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gall a
daughter.
Express messengers on the North.
western trains No. l and report a
heavy snow all the way between
O'Neill and Chadron.
W. IL ishutlltS, truck SdIuHueI
living east of the city, has a broken
leg as the result of falling from
wagon Friday afternoon.
Clyde Whalen has resigned mi, uo-
sition with the A. l.. Killian company
and will start railroadinE for the
Northwestern in few days
ED Becker has installed baseball
board in his cigar store and is reCeiy-
ing Western Union baseball returns
every afternoon of all the games.
The first baseball game of the sea
son was played here Saturday. when
the Norfolk high school team and the
Stanton team crossed bats on the race
track ball grounds
Fred Rutherford died at Lo, An.
geles, Calf, of ptOmaine poisoning.
He had been sick all winter with tu-
NOR on his foot, but had Just reeoy.
cred. He was railroad man here.
living ON Second street
Miss Fay Livingstone, who has been
collector for the Nebraska Telephone
company for the past four years. has
resigned her position with that com
pany and accepted a similar one with
the Norfolk gas company.
The w. c. T. u. will meet with Mrs.
OMAN Tuesday afternoon at = o'cISck.
! The executive committee will meet at
, o'clock and all interested are inyit-
ed to come. The program will COM
mence at 3 o'clock. The subject of
discussion is What benefit is the con-
test work to mothers?" All interest.
ed are invited.
Miss Anna Uhle and Martin Larsen
went to Madison this morning and will
be married at that place some time
this evening. Miss Uhle is niece of
the late Oscar Uhle and has been
keeping house for her uncle for many
years After his death she made her
home with the Ed Walters family.
Mr.. Larsen is mechanic in the en-
pIoy of f. A. Bullock. They have fur
nished house on Phillip avenue and
! fifth street.
Twenty members of the hose com
pany No. ! attended the meeting of
their company which was held at the
city hall last night. New officers we're
elected and three new members ad-
mitted, after which a luncheon was
enjoyed. The new officers are: Presi-
dent, Ralph Boyd; vice president. Ed
Benning; secretary, Ed Becker: treas
urer H. w, Winter; foreman, Luke
HENDERSON; assistant foreman. Ben
SkalOwsky. The new members are:
William Uecker Ed Kline and r
Dreeson.
That it is a good thing to take a
drink once in a while is declared bv
two Norfolk laborers who believe their
lives were saved when they left the
bottom of nine-foot ditch which they
were digging to get cooled off with
the aid of stein of beer. The men
had been working steadily all after.
noon when suddenly one of them sug.
gested that they take a drink" The
moment they arrived at the top OF the
ditch cave-in occurred and the ditch
was almost entirely filled with earth.
Had the men stayed at the bottom,
they would without doubt have been
buried alive.
Fred kanZler, for four years a
Northwestern fireman, died at the
home of his mother Mrs. Katherine
kanzler, at 7l5 South Fourth street,
last midnight, after lingering illness
of tuberculosis. Funeral services will
take place at the house at . O'Clock
Sunday afternoon and at 2:3O at the
Christ Lutheran church, where Rev.
j. p. Mueller will hold services. after
which the remains will be Inferred in
the new Lutheran cemetery. Fred
kanZler was born in Russia twenty
seven years ago. His father died here
and he has been living with his wild
owed mother. A few months ago he
went to Chicago to take an examina-
ton for engineer, but was taken i'll
while in that city and was brought
home seriously i'll. Brother firemen
who live here will attend the funeral
and act as pallbearers.
Nebraska senators and congressman
in Washington will soon be in posses
sion of letter from Norfolk physi-
.ia hA