The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-07-12
SATURDAY. SITTING e

j. f. Cooper was in town yesterda
from Oakdale.
Uriah Tatman has resumed his dutie
at the postof,ce
VIM. Hart of winside was visitor /
the city yesterday.
j. l.. Knesel was in the city from Ba,
tie Creek this morning.
Mrs VIM. Schwertferger went I
Ewing today to visit for time with he
parents.
A party of young people are plannil
to ride to Stanton on their bicycles thi
evening.
Miss Annie Herman returned yester
day from two weeks visit with friend
in Osmond.
O. 5. Evans of the Times. Tribune re
turned last evening from business tri,
to Newman Grove.
Dealers in bicycle supplies are said t.
be doing a rushing business in lamp,
and alarm bells lately.
l.. r. Prichard was in the city from
Meadow Grove last evening, greeting
old friends and acquaintances.
William Bryant and wife of Blail
stopped in town short time today
while on their way to Bazile Mills.
DR.. A. l.. Macomber is painting ant
otherwise materially improving the ap
pearance of his office on Fourth street
w. G Bryant of Griswold and Benz
Bryant of Bloomfield, Iowa, are visiting
their brother and son, DR.. +. A. Bryant
of this city.
Commander j. f. Evans of the Ne
braska department G.. A. r has ap.
pointed H. @. Matrau of this city as one
of his aids sde.camp.
The school board will hold meeting
this evening to consider the matter of
renvating the school houses, particularly
the high school building.
The millinery store of Sharpless Sis.
ters is being repainted and otherwise i'm
proved. Its appearance is very neat
where the work is completed.
The reunion grounds at Plainview
have been christened Camp Funston, in
honor of the gallant Kansas colonel who
distinguished himself in the Philippines
Geo. n. Beels has abandoned the
practice of law for the practice of Christ
ian Science healing. His new shingle
was hung out to the public this morn
ing.
Rev. and Mrs. Main have returned
from the Black Hills, where they have
enjoyed an outing of several weeks dur
alton. Mr.. Main will again occupy the
pulpit of the M. E. church tomorrow.
Wil'.Darcy, a l9.year.old Creighton
boy, was another of the Fourth of July
victims. He took hold of the wrong end
of a sky rocket and lighted it, and is
now minus fore finger and may lose
the entire hand.
Mrs. S r. Mcfarland of Stanton,
aunt of s. r. Mcfarland of this city,
died last Thursday and was buried yester.
day. She was 30 years of age and had
long been sufferer from consumption,
from which disease she died.
The O'Neill Frontier, one of the best
weekly publications in the west, this
week started in on its Goth year. It
says "we are a stout, healthy kid of
nineteen" and no one acquainted with
the paper will deny the statement
Several of the old soldiers and their
friends are arranging to attend the re-
union at Plainview next week. That is
q good place to be and those who enjoy
camp life, recreation and amusement
cannot miss it by going to Plainview.
Poison, the horse which won the long
distance COW boy race from Chadron to
Chicago in 1893, is now offered for sale
at $l25, with no takers. The animal
was owned by A. d. Clark of Iowa Falls,
Iowa, who priced it highly during his
life.
Harry Patterson and Stella Luikart
met unexpectedly near Twelfth street
last evening. They were on their bicy.
cles and the meeting was not so pleasant
as some meetings are. The shock of the
meet threw them both off. but neither
was very badly hurt
O'Neill Frontier: A piece of plate
glass, measuring one-quarter of an inch
thick, was brought down from Ainsworth
Yesterday as evidence of what a hail
storm did there the night of the 4th.
Hail stones were as large as eggs and
smashed that heavy glass in fiinters
Normie thinner, Newman Grove
ad. received bad cut in the leg on the
Fourth, caused by flying piece of jug
II which two other boys exploded gi-
mt firecracker What a kid won't think