The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-01

IL. {. iathkC reports Il good season
or trapping near this city. Bathkc rs
capturing from 500 to COO animals
daily Tie has about zoe traps at
work every day. Iathkc is spccializ.
ing in the supply Of skunk oil for
which he says there is u great de-
maud
Il. II. Mckinney, accompanied by
Dr =. II. Saltcr, went to Omaha last
night to consult specialists with re-
gard to his condition. Mr. Mckinney
underwent an operation last summer
Tor ulcer OF the stomach, but has not
been improving as rapidly as had
been hoped.
new grocery store Is to be cs.
tablished in Norfolk MIR. Price, an
Iowa man. las rented store room
and basement in the Elsclcy building
aud expects to open a store soon.
Later IL is said, Mr. Price expects 10
construct Il store building and con.
duct business in the residence por-
ton of the city.
Sam Ostrum the Northwestern
freight handler who was arrested
twice for being drunk and suddenly
disappeared when he promised judge
| Eisolcy to return with money to pay
his fine, was found hiding under the
| John Friday hardware store last eve.
ming by Chief of Police MarQuardt
Ostrom was drunk again.
| Among thu days out.ot-town visit
ors in Norfolk were; Fred Guenther.
! Crofton; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Engel.
| POnca; A. + Mann. Laurel; Vern PEN
! derson, Spencer; w. IT, Corey, Long
Pnie; H. J. Hin, Bccmcr; j. =. Biemn
Gregory; Mr.. and Mrs IT, Gruchow,
| WinnetoOn; X. G, Johnston Winner.
j. s. Lewis, ir., Wayne; Mrs. j. y.
Allison, Dallas; r. j, Malone, Enola.
II. +. Trumbull returned to Norfolk
| from Colorado after six months alb
sence. With him he brought West
| Virginia bride Mr.. Trumbull and
Miss SaIlie Burdett were married at
Pueblo, Colo, ON oct. 10, last. after
a months acquaintance Mr.. Trum-
| bull is now engaged in the nursery
business, and after a brief visit with
| Norfolk relatives he expects to 20
back to Colorado to live.
G. A. KuhI returned from Maurice.
la, where his mother. aged 80 years.
was III. She is doing quite well re-
ports Mr.. kuhl. Miss Birdie KuhI.
who accompanied her father to Maur-
ice, Will remain with her grandmother
for few weeks. A heavy snow fell
in the vicinity of IIawarden and Maur-
ice last week, Mr.. Kuhl says. The
snowdrifts are so deep that many OF
! the fences are not visible.
Considerable excitement was caus-
ed on Norfolk avenue and Third
street at , o'clock yesterday after.
| noon when an attempt at a fight was
made by two men. The excitement
was wholly confined to the big crowd
| that gathered. No blows were struck
ana the near fight ended in a race.
which resulted VIGOROUSLY for the
smaller of the would.be fighters. One
of the men was charged with drawing
a knife. Tie police were late in ar
irving and no arrests were made.
Norfolk baseball enthusiasts are
| getting interested in the coming sea
son. The fans point out that if
| team IS to he organized, the organi-
cation should take place very soon
| Ihey also claim that paid team
| could do we'll enough in Norfolk if
| a good baseball manager would take
such team in charge and manage
the organization the way similar
teams are managed in other towns
in this vicinity. Nothing has been
done up to this time in the way OF
organization.
AT the regular meeting of CONNER
cial club directors held today, the
Winnipeg-tO-the-Gu road question
was talked of at some length A com
mittee is to be appointed by the club.
This committee will have full charge
of the matter of keeping in touch
with other towns on the Meridian
read. The committee will make its
feature work that of looking to all in
formation regarding the road furnish
ing maps, and see that the road is
properly marked, etc.
Harry Brown Chrisman, the 49,
year-old boy arrested by Chief Of Pc
lice Marquardt for attacking the a.
year-Old son of Mrs Effie Gallan, re
ccived lecture at the hands OF JudG"
Iseley Nc fine was imposed be-
cause Judge Eiseley declared he had
no jurisdiction in the case. The case
was called to the attention of the
school board when Mrs. Gallan report
ed that ever since she moved to Nor
folk it was impossible for her son to
go out of the house without getting
beating at the hands of school boys.
Vernon Gill the 1S-yearold Norfolk
boy who admitted that he passed bad
checks on at least two salOonkeepers
here recently, was given chance in
Judge Eiselcy's court Thursday. At
torney NJ. c. Hazen, acting for Coun-
ty Attorney Nichols, was willing that
Gill be given his freedom on certain
conditions which will keep the boys
case pending in court. Gill will be
arrested on the first offense and the
case can be renewed at any time. No
formal complaint was filed against
him but he has promised to pay the