The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-07
FRIDAY FACTS.

Born, to MIR. and Mrs. Ernest Hille,
a daughter.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Weaver
of Santa Monica, Cal, son.
Miss Ella Huebner Of Hadar was
taken to Omaha to undergo an opera
ton.
G. c. Losch and r. c. Losch OF Idaho
Falls, Ida, were in Norfolk yesterday
afternoon.
C. R. Allen Of Durant, Okla, who
has been visiting in the city for few
days, left at noon for Sioux City.
c. w. Baker Of Omaha came up from
Fremont last night on a motor cycle.
He reports the roads in good condi-
ton.
Misses Reha and Leila Bowker Of
Tekamah are spending the week at
the home of their sorority sisters,
Misses Opal and Verna Coryell.
Progress on the construction of the
new addition to the Grant school is
rapid. The foundation has been COM
pleted and the workmen are now busy
on the construction of the first floor.
G. T. Sprecher leaves Saturday for
Libertyville, H., to attend the lectures
of the Sheldon summer school for
about two weeks. During his absence
Mrs. Sprecher will visit relatives in
Omaha.
Vern Lane of Salina, Kan, took
charge Of the local Office of the West
ern Union Telegraph company, sue
uyhn
to Junction City, Kan, to take the
managership of that Office.
Mrs. d. X. Tindall has been for some
time visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. B.
Stokes in Minneapolis, is now visiting
relatives in and about Chicago, and
will visit other relatives and friends
farther east before returning.
Although meeting of the firemen's
running team was scheduled for
Thursday night, only two of the com.
mittee were at the city hall where the
meeting was to be held None of the
team members made their appearance
The engine and tender and one box
car which were badly damaged in the
wreck of NJ. & o. freight train No. z
last Monday morning were brought
into Norfolk. An examination of the
wreckage shows that the wreck was a
serious one, especially to the engine
and tender.
David Richards returned from Chi
cago where he had been employed in
the switchboard department of the
Automatic Electrical company. Mr.
Richards became i'll with throat trou
BILE and on the advice of physicians he
returned to Norfolk. He will return
to Chicago to resume his duties next
September.
Among the days out-of-town visitors
in Norfolk were: II. II. Sixbey, Pill
ger; G. F. Beutler, Burke; Oscar An
derson, Newman Grove; F. J. Bender
Madison; F. A. Huston, Orchard; Mr.
and Mrs. c. H. Kelsey, Neigh; r. v
Wilson, Butte; w. r. Stone, Butte; ]
c. Bahls, Colome; c. Bernice, Greg
DRY; Fred ]. Buck, Wisner; William
Loeb, Albion.
At late hour last night Chief o.
Police MarQuardt, Constable Fink
house and William McCune, who
searched the city for the insane maj
who had been frightening women an(
children in the residence portions o
the city, reported that they were un
able to find the man. Tom Hight, wht
had been working in the south part O
the city, reported that he had chased
the man south.
Water Commissioner Frank Carried
reports that the city is in no DANCE
from lack of water in case Of fire. TIT
engine at the power house is pumpin,
much water during the hot season ant
averages $50 gallons of water per min
ute during the twenty.four hours. Thu
capacity at the station is from 400 I,
500 gallons per minute, says the waite
commissioner. The standpipe is KEEP
full at all times.
Jay birds are killing young chicken
II Norfolk, and several owners 0
chickens who have suffered loss b.
the raid of the jay birds have declare
a war against the feathered thief A
Stear and Herbert Wichmann repoT
that jay birds have swooped dow
upon their chicken yards and kille
many small chickens. Mr.. SteaT ha
watched the work Of the jay bird i
his chicken yard. THE jay bird come
down and kills the small chickens an
then pecks out their brains. He seem
to have a great liking for that pastim'
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