The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-07-21
SATURDAY slETlNGs.


months visit with friends in the Black
Hills country.
G. ID. Butterneld is in Chicago trans.
acting business
Mrs. G.. ID. Bley has gone to Omaha
for visit with friends.
Judge G. +. Eseley returned from
the Pierce G.. A. II. reunion.
j. S. Butterlield is here from the
Butterncld ranch at Wausa.
Mrs. II. G.. Matrau and Mrs. o. r.
Eller and her son Henry of Lincoln
have gone to Shawnee, Colo, to spend
a few weeks visiting with friends.
Misses Marguerite Klentz, Marga-
retha Boeck and Rosella Klentz will
leave Sunday for a few weeks visit
in Denver and other Colorado cities.
Miss Agnes Matrau, Miss Lydia
Brueggeman and Miss Emma Melcher
leave Sunday for Denver. While in
Colorado, they will visit with their
relatives at Shawnee.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Rey-
nolds, daughter.
A fair crowd of dancers enjoyed the
dancing at the Country club house
Friday evening.
The fremen and tailors are sched-
uled to play a ball game on the driv-
ing park diamond Sunday morning.
Chief of Police Marquardt was call
ed to Park avenue Friday afternoon
TO act as the dove of peace in a family
quarrel.
The Nebraska Telephone company
Is commencing to lay the newly ar
rived cable in the recently construct
ed underground conduits.
The w. c. r. L. will meet with Mrs.
Wcstervelt Tuesday afternoon at 2:30.
A full attendance is desired to com
plete arrangements for the chautau
qua.
G. II. Burnham president of the Nor
folk National bank, announces that
the Mast block is no more. From
now on, this building shall be known
as the Norfolk National bank build
ing" he says.
Norton Howe returned from a weeks
visit with relatives at Marengo, Ia.
The crops in that vicinity look very
bad, says Mr.. Howe. The pastures all
along the Rock Island road in Iowa
are burned up, he says.
r. S. Lackey reports the sale of the
two S. W. Garvin lots on Nebraska
avenue, between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets, to Mrs. Mary Becken-
hauer. The lots were purchased for
the purpose of building a residence on
them soon.
In Edgewater, some of the residents
have registered kick because a cit
izen has plowed up about a block of
the public street. Should it rain this
street will be long stretch of mud
and if it continues dry there will be
dust, they say.
A. II. Viele goes to Lincoln Mon
day to attend a meeting of the state
normal board of which he is a mem.
Der. The board will meet early Tues.
day morning and it is expected there
will be much work for them. The
matter of the Wayne, Chadron and
Kearney buildings will come up at
this meeting.
The Norfolk firemen's running team
committee has received an invitation
from the Humphrey fire department
inviting the Norfolk fire fighters tC
participate in the Humphrey firemen'S
tournament on July 26 and 81. Chair
man McCune of the running team
committee believes his men will be
ready to go. They are in good condi
tion he says, and will have a gooG
chance to win some of the prices
which Humphrey has ready. A spe
nia1 40 hold fpr hi (
purpose.
At a special meeting of the board
of education, the purchasing commit
tee was authorized to buy seats, blacl
boards and states next Monday, wher
the committee meets to look over bids
which will be submitted to them BY
two or three supply firms A motto,
was received from Miss Giberson o
Weeping Water that she has beef
elected to teach at Beatrice. Her res
ignatiOn was accepted and Miss Clar;
Whitney of Wayne was elected in he
place. The feature of the meetin.
was the completing of history for thu
sale of the school bonds.
Fire Driver Trulock held a confer
ence with number of firemen and
telephone man Friday on the subjec
of more modern fire alarm signals
The gong service at the fire station, i
was declared, was not efficient and
more modern signal should be install
ed. 1t was declared that a "stil
alarm" would be just the thing 70
night service. Signals should be in
stalled in the homes of several of tn
tiremen and both telephone compa
MES. When the alarm of fire is sound
ed the gongs in each station ar
sounded at the same time. The ques
ton is to be taken up at the next dc
partment meeting.
Winner Has Commercial Club.