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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1905)
FREMONTVsfUDEVlTS SECURE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS. CONFESSED ACT TO THE BOARD , _ s The Three Boy's arc Expelled From School and Matter Placed In Hands of County Attorney for Prosecution. Told Girls What They Had Done. I Fremont , Neb. , May 2G. Special to The News : Ray Tweedy , John Ben jamin and Clyde Husentor , students In the High school , confessed this morning to the board of education that they had stolen Into the otllcoof Superintendent Gardner and taken the questions that were being pre pared for the examinations , and then they destroyed the copies. Discovery was made through the fact that the boys told some girls what had been done and the girls In turn repeated the Information to others. Finally the story reached the ears of the su- ojhiteujllent , and when the boys were light before the board this morning ey confessed. The boys wore exCelled - Celled from school and the matte turned over to the county i ney for prosecution. \ SATURDAY SIFTIN Joljn Frantow was here Ing. A. D. Pnllat was In the clt Kellgh. Constance Harrington of O'NeifjVas in Norfolk. M. D. Evans was over from Wayne on business. Mr. and Mrs. Loeb of Stanton were Norfolk guests. C. R. Benany was a Norfolk visitor from Bloomfleld. William Miller of Pierce Is a Nor folk visitor today. Ray McFayden of Genoa transacted business in Norfolk. H. J. Cackes was In Norfolk from Humphrey yesterday. C G. Whlpple of Niobrara had busi ness In Norfolk today. Gottlieb Breyer of Pierce was a Norfolk visitor today. L. A. Fisher was In Norfolk this morning from Oakdale. C. S. Hayes went to Stanton and Pllger today on business. Mattie Simmons of Battle Crock came down on the early train today. Mrs. Kluge of Hadar was in Nor folk this morning cnrontc to Madison. Mr. Bert Kemmeror wont to Neligli today to spend Sunday with his moth er. Mrs. E. O. Mount returned last evening from a six weeks' visit with her brother in Denver. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Durland are ex pected home tomorrow noon. Mr. Durland has been in New York on business , while Mrs. Durland has been In Battle Creek , Mich. , with her sister. Mrs. J. E. Olney Is expected tonight from Minneapolis and will be the guest of Mrs. Mary Mathewson for ten days. At the end of that time , accompanied by Misses Helen Math ewson and May Olney , she will go to Cherry Creek , S. D. , to attend the wedding of Miss Lyle Wilkinson. E. P. Olmstead is home from a business trip to Pierce. He says that the country up there seems to have much more water than here. The lowlands are covered with water and many of , the farmers have been pre vented from planting their crops be cause of the surplus of water that covers their fields. "Speaking of wa ter in cellars , " ho said , "Norfolk is not in it with some sections of Pierce , where it is heaped up about four Inches above the tops of the cellar walls. " Secretary of State Galusha and some other state officers passed through the city today on their way homo from Nellgh. In company with Judge Jackson they have been out fishing for the past few days and from the sound of Galusha's voice over the telephone as he called up The News office from the depot , they must have had a good time. His conversation was fairly Intelligible until ho com menced to tell how many fljih they caught , but about the time he reached the statement that he and Jackson were the best fishermen and that be tween them they caught COO pounds of fish , the telephone promptly iMirned out. out.Geo. Geo. H. Spear and family are nicely settled in the house formerly occu pied by C. W. Kunzman on Koenig- stein avenue. Vincent Stafford , who was so se riously Injured some time ago by be ing caught In the wheel of a delivery wagon , has practlcallyl recovered. The Oxnv/d this morning experi enced the inconvenience of the rainy weather iwhen the skylight sprung a leak and admitted a stream of water Into the hotel lobby that required con siderable mopping and scrubbing to proven the flooding of the office. P. F. Sprecher has sold the Madison Chronicle to S. C. Blackman c-f West Side , Io\\a , and the new proprietor Is now in charge of the plant. Ray Stu art and Frank Kublck who have been running the Chronicle for Mr. Sprcch- er , bavcv formed a partnership and will engage In business on their own account as POOH as they can bo re lieved of their duties. Mr. Blackman comes to Madison county well rec ommended and will bo given a cordial welcome to the newspaper field. Madison Star-Mall : Wednesday evening about dusk what might have been a fatal accident happened at the H larm > | | lCreasc in the and U this D la pur , the Nor\\k oxeu\ngp. | farmer's \vltj oUio tlculnrl.y true - ' . ! . , . i , , di0 RGrvlcc. tereats city wYio can on producW without The N < Vfolk I hroo rectory niV being addc ] Nellgh group 7 , eluding IhJ Doyd RoJ Chf mj T ; 'ari ? Tat C , ' iiB , The n the lists of t A largo atten ] guests will 1 ] Sioux City , I and other p the nssoclatit Springview. May is putt endeavor to breaf Norfolk and stand ! succeeding splendid morning nt 8 o'clock" fall for the month has seven Inches and tlilrtj and the forecast IB for night and Sunday with ey that they will bo realize vious high record wa more than eight Inches a lacks but n few points that figure as there has 1 a constant downpour since1 ord was taken this mornli1 prospect is not pleasing to tl have water In cellars and 1) as a legacy tram the reccn' rainstorm. The- ground Is aga pletely soaked and UK low places are filling mi ! > This was the da\ set ff > r t' p of the locomotive firemen ( ! tlip folk lodge and then filiiuK at llgh , but the downpour of in' the lowering skies \\ith il < infer for rain and the wind from tlir m r U east with prospect that itould cm. tinno during the day influenced tlmst who had the picnic in chnrgp to call It off and the excursion trains to car ry the visitors up was annuleil earlj this morning. Grand preparations for the event had been made , but the con ditions of the weather absolutely for bade their being carried out. The an nouncement is made that the picnic as originally planned will now be car ried out next Thursday and at that time the railroad boys and their friends hope to make up for any dis appointment that may have benn ex perienced from the unfavorable con ditions of the weather today. Wayne Herald : diaries Erxloben of Plum Creek is another Wayne county man who came into the county with the earliest of the early settlers , his arrival dating In 1870 and his to tal effects were packed In one wagon. He lived hero through hard times and grasshopper days , fought prairie llres and his first homo was 12x10 , not very roomy , and with mighty few of Hie modern conveniences that today are found In so many of our farm homes. Ho broke up the prairie , planted sod corn , took good care of the few dollars lars acquired by honest toil and today at 03 years of age he is ? ble to take the world easy , when his rheumatic pains acquired In facing the blizzards and storms of the early days will per mit. Seven quarter sections of the very best land in the county is a part of the results obtained by this man , who started with practically no cap ital thirty-five years ago and who has not been a buyer and seller of land and consequently no part of It repre sents anything gained by rise of val ues. ues.O'Neill O'Neill Frontier : Judge Klnkaid returned Monday from a business and pleasure trip to Mexico. He was ac companied on the trip by Omaha friends and they got down Into the tropical regions of the republic. The judge says Mexico City Is a very In teresting place , as is also the whole country and people. Ho visited many places of Interest , among which were the president's palace , where ho re ceived a cordial reception from Presi dent Diaz , and some of the principal cathedrals where are displayed very rich furnishings , there being over twenty tons of silver overlaying the altars In a single place of worship and vast quantities of gold used. Of the commercial advantages of the repub lic , the judge says there are many. There are now some $300,000,000 of United States capital Invested In va rious enterprises In Mexico. The trip afforded the party the opportunity to KOO vegetation in all stages o't devel opment , from corn about ready to husk In southern Mexico to the farm er In the field with the planted In Ne braska. Try our New York buckwheat flour. Feed store , Pacific block. ADDRESS F Rev. J. F. Pouc bute to the Wives , Mothers tendance Was Ve [ From The sun smiled k' ' mortal day exercises tcrnoon and the large " 3 the M. E. church was flllcu triotic people of Norfolk who bled to unite with the veterans rebellion in paying their respects their dead comrades. The main roon was not sufficient to accommodate the audience and the annex was drawn upon to supply the demands of those desiring to hear the program. Those attending were well repaid by hearing a very interesting address by Rev. J F. Poucher and pleasing special music that had been prepared for the occa sion. The church had been hand somely decorated with flags , and hanging In prominent places were the pictures of Abraham Lincoln , the war president , and his leading generals. Members of Mathpwsou post O. A. R. and W. R. C. ml't at the hall at the appointed hour land marched to the church , the vetavans swinging out In step to the miunc of the fife and drum corps In thfcir old time vigor when similar mus/c sounded as sweet and meant much Jnoro to the patriotic defenders of tlijr flag. The progrony was opened with a medley of patriotic selections by the high school orche. showing a const technique and e vine blessing wi Wm. Haresnnpo , Congregational ch' Post Commander ; national and depar ders outlining the servance of the di Lincoln's memorable dress. A mixed quartet , cod II. L. Snyder , Miss Mr. Solomon and Mr. H. was well received and by a recitation of Miss B man , after which the qu sang and Commander Bi Introduced Rev. J. F. orator of the day. The address of Rev was charged with pair and Us periods were It CLIMAX STORMo' CROPS AND FRUPi Heaviest Rain of the Se panied by Hail , Mov. Through the Country South atrlce Railroads are Tied Beatrice , Nob. , May 29. Si The News : The climax of tremendously I reached last nlglit lest downpours At 8 o'c which ca