The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-10
MONDAY MENTIONS.


w. L. Lehman spent Sunday with
friends at Hadar
Miss Ida Gleason OF Madison was a
visitor in the city.
8. H. McClary arrived In Norfolk
from Michigan. where he Is superin.
tendent Of sugar factory, to visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 8.
McClary, enroute to California.
Charles Altman returned from a
business trip TO Lincoln.
Charles Christensen returned from a
business trip TO Gordon.
Guy Mathers spent Sunday at
Creighton with relatives.
Miss Iryl King returned from Grand
Island, where she spent a few days
with relatives.
Mrs. William Davisson of David
City is in the city visiting at the home
of w. Z. King.
Charles Rice has left the city for an
extended visit in the south. He will
visit Or. Bear at Richmond, Va.
Among the other cites he will visit
are St. Louis, Louisville, Washington,
New York City and others. Mr.. Rice
will be gone about a month.
A load of local alfalfa was put on
the Norfolk market Monday.
Born, 10 Mr. and Mrs. W. ID. Gal.
lup of Council Bluffs, Ia, son.
=. Peterson Of Winslde and G. Lund
of Stanton have purchased Overland
automobiles in Norfolk.
The operation on w. A. Witzigman's
eye, at Omaha Saturday, was success
full and Mr.. Witzigman is doing nicely.
Election OF officers and discussion
of plans as 10 quarters for the order,
will be features of the Elks meeting
next Saturday night.
William Altman has been elected
temporary president of the order of
Owls. In the temporary organization
there are over sixty members.
The auditing committee of the Y.
NJ. c. A executive committee will
hold regular meeting in the Durland
Trust company Office tonight.
Over 100 farmers were in the city to
attend the meeting of the Farmers
Mutual Fire insurance company, being
held in MarQuardt hall Monday.
The case Of A. Morrison VS.. r. Glib
son, which local jury in Judge Lam.
berts court found in favor of Mr.. Nor
rison, has been appealed to the dis
trict court. An appeal bond was filed
Monday.
c. n. Crouch, a retired farmer liv-
ing with his son A. j. Crouch near
Belgrade, died Sunday afternoon. Flu.
neral services will take place probably
Tuesday. Charles C. Crouch, a team
ster living in this city, is a son of the
deceased.
There are persistent rumors that
the DR.. A. Bear property on Norfolk
avenue and Fourth street, on which
the Singer Sewing machine company's
office is located has been purchased
and that building of some conse-
quence is to be erected there.
Fire Driver Ed Monroe has been ap.
pointed rural mail carrier, for which
position he took an examination some
time ago. Mr.. Monroe does not at this
time know whether he can take the
appointment or not. His contract with
the city as fire driver does not expire
until June /.
While other towns are preparing for
next summers chautauqua, Norfolk
chautauqua enthusiasts are silent. M.
C. HaZen, who had charge of last sum-
mer's session, says he has received no
word from the. chautauqua manage
ment at Des Moines, and as far as he
knows there will be no chautauqua
here.
Many ducks were flying yesterday,
but owing to the fact that the hunters
were not as plentiful as the ducks,
very little game was brought back. A
number of hunters, weary over not
being able to try their fire arms, com.
menced a bombardment near Hoskins
which was joined in by the other hunt
ers ''just to warm up the guns"
Another valuable pure bred Belgian
horse, out of the original shipment of
died yesterday, making but eighteen
left out of the original shipment. One
of the horses died while enroute to
this city from the east. The horse
which died yesterday was more val
liable than the one dying previously,
it being the second best filley in the
entire consignment. 1t was nine
months old.
When Norfolk automobile enthusi-
asts go to Omaha in a few weeks to
bring their newly purchased cars
home, there will be enough of them
to form a small sized parade or boost
ers' procession" The party, number
ing about eight business men, will
leave the city on Saturday night by
train and return Sunday with their
automobiles: Many of the purchas-
ers are already expert mechanicians,
but there are few who have not yet
figured out the mysteries of manipu-
lating a machine. The latter will be
accompanied by mechanicians who
will teach them the art, and by the
time they arrive in the city they will
be able to take care of their own cars.
With the falling of the price of but
ter and eggs to about half what they
cost year ago, has come to light
marked change in the butter business.
More and more farmers are selling