The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-17

ed by Sherman Polling, charges Freat
with passing on Polling two bogus
checks, one for S25 and one for 81.
Polling charges that Freat was aware
at the time he passed the checks that
he had no money in the Citizens Ma
tional bank on which the checks were
drawn. Constable Finkhouse says
Freat is located on homestead not
far from Lamro and that he will so
one time had money deposited in this
bank.
The Girls Dancing club will enter
tain the young men at a dancing party
In Marquardt hall on the night Of Feb.
ruary Ia.
More encouragement should be Civ.
en- to the local committee on next sum.
mer's race meet, according to a mum
Der OF business men who do not be-
lieve Norfolk should so without a race
meet this season. =. NJ. Barrett, sec
rotary of the Northeastern Nebraska
Short Ship Racing association, holds
a pessimistic view regarding race
meet here this year. Lack Of inter
est is his explanation. Last years
races in this city were the best ever
seen here, but interest was not up to
the standard. It Is believed the race
meet this year would be a paying pro-
position owing to the fact that large
number of special inducements have
been offered by the association. The
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some very good horses while the stake
race will not be overlooked by own
ers of racers.
The directors of the Norfolk Asso-
ciated Board of Charities will hold a
meeting tonight in the Office Of the
Durland Trust company. A secretary,
treasurer and various committees are
to be appointed.
Enormous quantities of snow melted
as the result of the great thaw Satur-
day and Sunday. Farmers living about
eight miles north Of this city report
that the hills in that vicinity took on
the aspect Of waterfalls, the water
caused by the melting snow coming
down the hills in great streams.
The Wayne Normal team easily de-
feated the Norfolk Business college
basketball team in a one.sided game
Saturday afternoon at Wayne by a
score of 33 to 8. The normalites, ac-
cording to the college team captain,
played an excellent game and the Nor.
folk boys were outclassed
Mrs. Thos. Cracking has returned
from Kansas City, where she attended
the funeral Of her brother, Nathan
Miller, formerly a Norfolk resident.
Mr.. Miller died last week in Kansas
City after an illness brought on by
pneumonia. For some time Mr.. Miller
lived on farm east of this city.
j. c. Engelman has completed the
| work of moving his law office furni.
| ture into the upstairs rooms of the
Engelman building. These rooms were
formerly occupied by Mr.. and Mrs
Engelman as housekeeping rooms, but
the family has moved into the house
recently purchased by DR.. l.. A. Culm
see on North Eleventh street.
| Fred Zitkowski, 3-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Zitkowski OF
Rocky Ford, Colo. is suffering from an
attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Zitkowski
who has been here for the past month
visiting with her brother, DR.. C. j
Verges, intended leaving for Rocky
Ford Friday to join her husband, who
leaves soon for California, but the sud
den illness of her son has caused 6
delay in the departure.
| T. r. Hutchinson, a travelling sales
man for the Granger Bros. wholesale
grocery firm of Lincoln, surprised his
Norfolk friends Sunday by announc
ing that he had become a benedick
Mr.. and Mrs. Hutchinson returned
from Fremont, where they were mar
ried Saturday, and have taken room!
in the western part of the city. Mr.
and Mrs. Hutchinson will make Nor
folk their home.
| A party of strangers endeavoring t
celebrate Lincoln's birthday through
the medium of liquor, found Norfoll
very inconvenient Sunday morning
The drug store clerks were kept bus.
turning down. requests for liquor
A party of these strangers gathered
at one corner of Norfolk avenue an,
took turns" in calling on various dru
} stores to harp on the sympatheti
nerve of the drug clerk with request
for tirewater. They found, after som
time, that Norfolk, except for the bin
pig east of the city, was absolutel
dry" on Sunday.