The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-26


ers' association.
Miss Inez Viele, who has been teach
ing school at Niobrara, has returned
home. Miss Viele will spend the sum-
mer with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. H. Viele. Next fall she will attend
the state university.
Merrill A. Scott has accepted po-
sition in the Northwestern freight de-
pot.
Miss Eva Wiley has accepted po-
sition as bookkeeper in the Bee Hive
store.
Herbert Wichman Is back at work at
the postoffice after a fifteen days va
cation leave.
M. w. Case, who has been confined
to his home for the past week, is again
able to be at work.
r. B. Mckinney is suffering from a
small wound on his foot which has be-
come infected.
Damascus chapter, No. 25, r. A. M,
will meet this evening at o'clock for
work in the M. M. NJ, p. M. and M. +.
M. degrees.
After good practice Friday after
noon, the Norfolk baseball team held
business meeting in the c. H. Krahn
tailor shop.
Ferdinand Culmsee has sold his
property at DEBORAH, Ia, and has come
to Norfolk to make his home with his
son, DR.. C. l.. Culmsee.
Miss Luree Evans was years old
Saturday and company of little
friends spent the afternoon with her
to help her celebrate.
John Koenigstein, DR.. Mittelstadt
and w. F. Hall returned from a sue
cessful fishing expedition on the Elk
horn, south of the city.
The young ladies of the Dorcas So
ciety of the Congregational church had
a picnic supper on the chautauqua
grounds Monday evening.
Funeral services over the remains of
the infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Hickman took place Friday afternoon.
The baby died at o'clock Thursday
morning.
Accompanied by a quartet and man
dolin club. large number of young
men made trip up the Norfolk,
where they enjoyed refreshments and
music Friday evening.
A. H. Viele is in receipt of an invi-
tation to attend the sixth annual COM
mencement exercises of the Kearney,
Neb., normal school, which begin May
q and end on May %.
Jack Sullivan received a telegram
from New York City Friday notifying
him that he is matched for fight at
New Haven, Conn, in July. Jack will
probably go east to train.
Chief Game Warden Miller of Lin
coin was in the city Friday investigat-
| ing some matters pertaining to the
stealing of fish from the net put in
the Northfork below the mill dam.
Thomas McConnelly the Hastings
sewing machine repairer who has been
| working on the streets to pay off his
$40 fine for being drunk became i'll
and was released by Judge Eiseley.
McConnelly left the city.
The tailors ball team has accepted
\ the challenge of the BARRIERS team for
a return game. The tailors deny the
report that in the first game between
these two teams they used some of
the regular members of the Norfolk
team.
| Norfolk and Elgin will meet on the
driving park diamond Sunday after
noon. The Norfolk players have been
looking to this game with great pleas
ure. Manager Stafford and Secretary
Hulac both declare that Elgin has a
| good lineup and that the locals will
not have as easy a time as they did
with Stanton last Tuesday. The new
uniforms will be displayed by the local
team.
| Workmen laying the conduits for
the underground wiring of the Ne
braska Telephone company have
reached the underground work of the
Norfolk Long Distance Telephone COM
pany. On Norfolk avenue the former
companys conduits are being laid
above those of the independent com.
pany. 1t is not believed that the ex.
Cavators will again cross the indepen.
dent conduits in the extensive work.
| O'Neill Frontier: w. l.. Shoemaker
came up from Norfolk last Tuesday
evening and spent Wednesday visiting
his family in this city. Bill took his
string of horses to Norfolk last week
and is working them out upon the
track there, getting them in shape for
the fall racing campaign. Bill says he
has a good string of horses and will
be able to throw dirt in the face OF
more than one driver in this circuit
this season.
The members of the board Of edu
cation are having hard time in fixing
a permanent date for special meet
ing at which to elect a new superin
tendent to fill the vacancy made by
the resignation of Superintendent F.
M. Hunter. A special meeting was to
have been held last Thursday, but
some members of the board found IL
impossible to be present. It is be
lieved a special meeting will be called
next week. Another application for
the position was received by the board
today.
Donald and Charles Bridge, students
of the Culver (Ind.) military academy
sons of C. S. Bridge of this CITY, have
been offered place in the Annapolis