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

Mrs. David Hodson of Madison is
here visiting with friends.
Mayor John Friday is expected to
return from Galveston today.
Miss Eva Wiley returned from
Omaha where she spent day with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Klug of Stan
ton were here visiting with friends.
Mrs. John Robinson went to Oma-
ha to attend the wedding of her sister
Mrs. r. w. Shilington of Omaha is
here visiting with her sister, Mrs. Jo-
seph PLANT.
Mrs. Charles Beiersdorf has return
ed from a few days visit with her
sons at Eme rson.
Miss Eliza Filter has left for sew.
eral weeks visit with her sister, Mrs.
Fred Karo of Syracuse.
B. A. Palm is suffering from an at.
tack of the grip.
Miss Emma Schulz is back at work
after a four days attack of the grip.
r. 7. Bruce, who has been confined
to his home with severe attack of
illness, is now able to be about again.
A wet snow fell in Norfolk all day
Saturday
The Norfolk high school basketball
team went to Wayne to play the
Wayne high school team.
A manuscript of the senior class
play has reached the high school
building. The rehearsing will begin
Immediately.
George w. Evans of Norfolk has
filed for the republican nomination
for county commissioner. Mr.. Evans
has lived in the county twenty-eight
years and has never asked for a poll
teal office.
Efforts are to be made next May to
add another saloon to the number al
ready in the city. The proposed sa-
located in the building now occupied
by Charles Rice.
The weekend dinner of Y. NJ. C. A.
solicitors was held in the CONNER
cial club rooms at noon. So enthus-
iastic are the solicitors over their re-
dinner every day until March 2.
Captains Rome Keleher and Guy
Parish of last years football team re-
port that everything is arranged by
the high school students 70 organize
a baseball team. While these stud
ents prefer regular city team, they
declare their team will be fast one.
Sheriff c. S. Smith was busy here
Friday lacking up primary election
| proclamatiOps. The primary election
takes place on April 8 and is for the
purpose of placing in nomination can.
didates to be voted for at the general
election Nov. .. In the proclamation
all officers, from president of the
United States 10 county commission
err are mentioned.
| Miss Harriet c. Wood of st. An
thony, Ida. will be a guest over Sun
day at the home of II. c. Matrau. Miss
| Wood is county superintendent OF
| Fremont county, Ida, and is enroute
to the National Educational associa
ton meeting at st. Louis. which con
venes next week. Miss Wood for sew
eral years was a teacher in the Nor
| folk schools, and was one of the mos
popular instructors the city ever had
Carl Blacksmith, a one-legged Bat
| tie Creek falmer, claims he has beer
touched" for $40. Blacksmith was
arrested Friday night by Patrolmal
O'Brien for being drunk and disorder
| ly. He was able TO pay SO fine anC
Chief of Police Marquardt found i
necessary to stand responsible for {
livery bill owed by Blacksmith before
the latter could secure his team
Blacksmith declared he brought thu
$40 to Norfolk TO pay debt.
AS the result of much work, Secre
tary Hawkins of the Commercial clul
reports that large crowd of farmers
are expected in Norfolk next Wed
nesday morning TO take advantage o
the knowledge Of testing seed corn
by the many exhibits contained in thu
five special cars which arrive at tn,
city depot OF the Northwestern roat
at II o'clock Wednesday morning ant
leave at 11:45. A number of experts
on seed corn and corn seed testin,
will be aboard the train to tell thu
farmers what should be done to say,
the 1912 corn crop.