The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-23
two weeks.

two weeks.
d. Baum is suffering from an attack
OF toxin poisoning.
A regular meeting of the city coun.
ell will be held tonight.
Arthur Bruebaker has moved from
Bazile Mills to Norfolk.
There will be regular meeting OF
Beulah chapter Thursday night for In.
itiation.
Miss Carrie McLearie, who has been
very i'll for the past week, is now re-
ported to be recovering.
After n good practice on the driving
park diamond Sunday morning. the
firemens ball team has accepted the
challenge Of both the BARRIERS and tall
ors' teams.
One of the sample cluster light
lamps being introduced into the city
by the Ad club arrived Monday. This
lamp will be placed IN front of the
Mast block Immediately.
Many people attended the mission.
fest given by the st. Johannes Luth-
eran church in Pasewalk grove Sun.
day. Luncheon and supper were serv-
ed by the ladies' of the church. The
Norfolk band gave concerts during the
day.
Sixteen members of the Verdigre
military band were in the city Mon
day enroute to Sioux City, to attend
the three days convention of the Elks.
The band will return through Norfolk
| Friday and will give concert I'm this
city. Secretary Hawkins of the Com
mercial club welcomed the band to
Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Mathewson return
ed yesterday from a six months tour
of Europe. Among the countries Wis
tied by Mr.. and Mrs. Mathewson were
England, Germany, Italy. France, Bel
GUM and Holland. Mr. and Mrs.
Mathewson found on arriving in the
United States that students, going
back home from the eastern schools,
had taken up all available sleeping
berths on the railroad trains, and
stay of four days was necessitated in
New York. At Amsterdam they saw
European aviators flying in aeroplanes
every afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Math-
ewson enjoyed favorable weather con-
ditions going and coming.
William Perdue, wire chief of the
Nebraska Telephone company, has
been transferred to the wire chiefs
position at the Wayne office. Ray
Hartford, who has been board man at
the local office, succeeds Mr.. Perdue
and Ralph Nightingale takes Mr.. Hart
ford's place. John Lynde, jr., has been
added to the plant department force.
Conductor John O'Hearn returned
from a vacation which he spent with
his father-in-law, William Dobson, in
Arkansas. Mr.. O'Hearn reports that
the country in Arkansas is not as good
as that of Nebraska. Mr.. Dobson has
about eighty acres OF land under cul-
tivation, but is complaining of the dry
weather and may come back to Nor
folk in the near future.
Among the days out-of-town visitors
in Norfolk were: Eugene Osborne,
Hadar; r. NJ. Peyton, Creighton; Less
Walker, Madison; G. O. Carson, Mad
ison; Mrs. c. Oestrich, Hadar; Mr.
and Mrs. William Bates, Madison;
John Kelly, Dallas; S. s. Riley, AL
bion; F. Schinkus, Battle Creek; A..
Wallace, Carroll; Henry Hinrich, AL
bion; e. G. Barnum, Winner; A. H.
Backhaus, Pierce; p. L. Burke, Cen
trail City; R. V. Wilson, Butte; r. F..
Trumble, Butte; c. j. Alexander, Bone
steel; F e. Malm, Creighton; w. F..
Davey, Creighton; H. Marble, Tilden;
George w. Kirk Plainview; H. G..
Boldt, West Point.
With r.. H. Reynolds and William
McCune acting as coaches, thirteen
members of the Norfolk fire depart
ment who will "tryout' for the run
ming team, had their first workout on
the driving park Sunday morning. The
young men went around the track
twice and it was seen that the major
ity of them would make good on the
team. The team will practice each
evening. After the running the fire,
men enjoyed a game of ball which
ended in victory for the Reynolds
side by a score of 90 to z. The fire.
men will probably keep in condition
for the state tournament. Among
those who tried out were: John
Boehnke, John Bland II. A. Barnes,
II. Miller, Edward Phillips, J. o. War
ner, Edward Broecker, L. B. Broecker,
George Case, E. E. Trulock, w. F. Leu,
Arthur Schmiedeberg and Jake Chris.
Hansen.