The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-03
library building Monday afternoon at

IL. Fuesler buildings.
! Ralph Beveridge, who sustained a
sprained ankle few days ago, Is now
suffering with an attack OF rheuma-
tism.
| Tom Hight, who has been confined
to his home for some time will Illness
brought on by grip, is reported recov.
ering slowly.
A carload of wheelbarrows. to be
used on the underground work of the
Bell Telephone company, arrived in
the city yesterday.
Because a number of the directors
were out of the city, there was no
meeting of the Commercial club di
rectors last night.
Matt Schaffer, sr., who was for
time thought to be past recovery, Is
now reported entirely out of danger
and improving rapidly.
Many Norfolk citizens seem quite
satisfied with the Norfolk avenue paw.
ing Many who witnessed workmen
| boring through the marhle-like cement
Friday to reach a gas leak declared
no better concrete could be had any.
where.
j. Pierpont Morgan and his wife
were passengers on the same steamer
| for Europe which Mr.. and Mrs. Math.
ewson of Norfolk recently sailed on
from New York.
A. ID. Schermerhorn, assistant SUI.
perintendent and division engineer of
| the Union Pacific railroad company,
was in the city looking further into
| the new depot proposition.
A meeting of the citizens of North
| Ninth street, who are to present Pc
tition to the city council for new
paving district, will be held in. the
city hall Sunday afternoon.
A. w. Hawkins, travelling salesman
for the Bradley Davis Implement COM
pany of Council Bluffs, is laid up In
| his room at the B. 7. Reid rooming
house with an attack of tonsilitis.
| Fred Boche is entirely out of danger
and will not be operated upon. He
! suffered second attack of appendf-
cts few days ago, but Saturday he
| was able to be out of his bed for a
short time.
Mrs. S. E. Reed, mother of Elmer
| Reed of this city, died at her home in
st. Joseph, Mo-, Friday morning. Mr..
and Mrs. Reed left the city Friday
evening for st. Joseph where the fu-
| neral services will take place Sunday.
Ed Brueggeman and Frank Carrick
| returned from Columbus, where they
were looking up a business PROPOSE
| ton. When asked If he would accept
| the franchise for street lighting, Mr..
Brueggeman said he did not know at
| the present time what he would do.
The Norfolk Commercial club have
sent to a large number of farmers a
| neat pamphlet telling of the Norfolk
Breeders institute which will hold
| three days session in the Auditorium
commencing February %. The PAM
phlet includes the complete program
| of the institute.
Preceding the marriage of her son
! Robert Powers to Miss Elsie Hoefs at
Fierce Saturday evening Mrs. W. E.
Powers gave birthday linen shower
for the bride on Friday, at which there
were eighteen ladies as guests. A de-
licious supper was served at the close
| of the afternoon.
Although number of last years
clerks baseball team declared they
would make strenuous efforts to bring
Norfolk into the state league with Ere
mont, they are not doing anything at
present in that direction. AS far as
can be learned Red Clouds franchise
| is still for sale.
The searchlight on the fire wagon,
| after severe "tryout" last night by
| number of firemen under the direction
of Chief Green, proved a success and
was passed upon favorably by the crit
les. 1t was found that the light illum-
mated the darkest alleys from one
block to the other.
L. V. Kenerson has resigned his DO
sition as roundhouse foreman with the
Union Pacific Railroad company and
has accepted the night roundhouse
foremanship for the Northwestern
road at the Junction. John Napier will
probably succeed Mr.. Kenerson with
the Union Pacific.
There was large crowd at the EN-
Si'Vh ny tlS SHllSI Lulu-
eran church school last night at the
schoolhouse on South Fifth street. In
fact, a large number of people were
turned away, and to accommodate
them, the performance will be re.
peated Monday night at o'clock.
William Yates, the colored painter,
has been released from the county Jail
where he served a thirty-day sentence
for furnishing liquor to Mrs. Sam
Coon. Yates declared on arriving at
Madison that he would remain there
after his release, but he appeared on
Norfolk avenue Saturday morning.
1t is found that in the report of the
case of A. Morrison against Mrs. Glib.
son, mentioned in yesterdays paper,
that the figures taken from the record
give the impression that the Jury did
not award the full amount of the
claim. This is caused by the fact that
the difference had been paid since the
suit was begun.
Funeral services over the remains
of James c. o. Jensen, who died at
Burke on February 23, took place at
Fairfax, S. d., Saturday afternoon.
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