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


Miss Minnie Parr, enroute to Dallas
from her home at Dodge, was in the
city visiting with friends.
Albert Miller, of the postoniCe force,
has gone to Wisconsin TO spend few
weeks vacation with relatives.
NJ Rooney of Battle Creek c, S.
Smith and Monroe Smith of Madison
were in the city transacting business.
NJ c. Hazen returned from a bust.
ness trip to st. Charles and Butte.
Mr.. Ha2en declares the prospects for
crops in Gregory county are very good.
Rev. Edwin Booth, jr., returned last
evening from Lincoln. where he went
to read a paper before the Nebraska
Ministerial club, of which he is a mem.
Der.
b. Binney and A. J. Mason, publish.
ers of the Columbus Tribune and who
have just bought the Columbus Jour
nal, were in the city Friday on bust.
ness.
Mrs. C. Rasley returned from Wa
terloo, Ia, where she attended the con
vention of the American Mobiles
While in Iowa Mrs. Rasley visited
with relatives at Marion, Ia.
Mrs Wauford and Mrs. Potts arriv.
ed in the city yesterday from Indiana
for visit at the home of a. n. Nc
Ginnis. Mrs. Wauford is Mr. McGin-
mis- niece and Mrs. Potts was his
schoolmate when he was boy. The
visitors say that dry weather prevails
over Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
William Beck has moved from 1903
Madison street to SO South Eighth
street
Forty U. c. T. men from Norfolk
are attending the state convention of
| that order at Grand Island
Elton Seymour, who has been con
fined to his bed with severe attack
of tonsilitis, is again able to be at his
| work.
One Norfolk milk dealer has told
| some of his customers in this city that
unless rain falls soon. his pasture will
dry up and he VIII be unable to fur.
nish them milk.
Peter Coburg was fined $40 in
Judge Eiseley's court Friday morning
for being drunk and disorderly. He
paid the fine,
| Because he rode horseback too fast
in the business portion of the city ].
E. Miles paid a fine of So in Judge
Eiseley's court.
There will be a special meeting of
the Ladies' guild of Trinity church
| tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 at the
home of Mrs. Weatherby. All the
members are urged to be present on
account of important business.
| Albert Baker, aged 60 years, is in
the city Jail for being drunk. Baker
told Judge Eiseley that he had but a
few dollars and had spent them for
drink. He was unable to work. he
| said, and had been sick for some time
C. w. Collins and Benjamin Henry
two travelling sign painters, were fined
$3.50 each in Judge Eiseley's court for
being drunk and disorderly. The men
were paroled by the judge and have
promised to pay their fines next Sat
urday
Dr. C. F. A. Marquardt went to Hos
kins Friday morning in the hope Of
finding his sister Mrs. Carl Mas alive
but death had come during the night
after two weeks illness. Mrs. Mas
was rs years old The funeral will be
held at Hoskins at 10 o'clock Sunday
morning.
Reports have reached police head
quarters that tramps were infestine
the old sugar factory buildings. One
/ Ia So ~
to feed the tramps was molested il
the field and that five hoboes unhitch
ed his horses from a pillow. Later i
was said the tramps had fed.
Roger Wiley, a truckman of the
Northwestern freight depot, is suffer
ing from an injured back as the result
of an accident while at work yester
truck full of heavy brick into a ca,
when an iron platform leading to thu
car gave way. Wiley was thrown int.
the car, sustaining some injury to hi
back.
: A fire started in the kitchen of thu
L. SchenZel home on Madison avenu,
; between First and Second streets at
o'clock last evening. The firemen pu
out the blaze with a chemical. En-
route to the fire one horse slipped ant
{ fell in rounding the turn on Norfoll
avenue and Third street. The ANNA
was dragged the entire length of tn
intersection by the force of the speed
r ing wagon.
The ball team of the Methods
: church won a fast five inning gam
. from the Baptist church team yestel
! day afternoon by a score of to 8. A
: o. HaZen, manager of the Methodists
{ is training his team steadily. Gle
2 Lederer is manager of the Baptists
= The feature of the game were tn
e home runs by A. Smith and A. Bow
man. The batteries were Lobdell an
\ Kruch and Ogden and Gillette. I'm
a Ipire, Mapes.
a The Norfolk Business college cam
D within an inch of being i'pinched
s Thursday afternoon, when Chief c
Police Marquardt made his appear
b ance in the Office of Prof. Harms an
:. declared that if the students threN
n another piece of paper out of the co
e lege windows he would arrest the eI
|. tire school and teach them the cit
n ordinances in the city bastile. Thurs
r day afternoon an enormous amount c
paper was thrown out of the colleg