The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-09-07

visiting friends in the city.
n. G. Lears of Wisner transacted
business in the city Saturday.
Chas. Smith and Chas. Mclaughlin
> of Bancroft are i'll town today,
Miss Edith Morrow opened her schoo,
in the Reiche district this morning.
Miss Elvira Durland returned Satur.
day evening from her visitin Plainview.
Registered at the Evans, Hot Springs,
5. d., from Norfolk Mr.. G. w. Jones.
J. +. Tawney and two ladies of Pierce
drove down to the metropolis yesterday.
were city visitors this forenoon from
Pierce.
An awning was put over the win.
dows of the new Variety store this
morning.
Ed. Stevens is up from Missouri Val.
ley for n few days to visit his parents
and friends.
Herman Fricke, jr., and Miss Minnie
Fricke were visitors in town yesterday
from Madison.
Miss Nina Walker went to her school
yesterday ten miles south, the fall term
of which opens today.
Chas. Platz, living ON South Fourth
street, ~rejoices over the arrival of a new
! cnn ot h;c b,,,a 1oct 1y,;loy
Tom O'Neill is moving from the
Osborn house west of the High school
to "A house near the Washington school,
where he is %janitor.
Henry Bovee left at noon today for
Detroit, Mich, where he is offered the
position of bookkeeper in the new beet
sugar factory at that place.
George Brechler, who will in all
probability be the democratic candidate
for county treasurer, is in town today
OH his way from Battle Creek to Madi.
son.
The banks are closed in observance of
Labor day. Outside of this and the
closing Of the postoffice, this national
holiday is not being observed in Nor
folk.
B6ots are now ripening so fast that it
is thought the crop will be in shape for
the sugar factory to commence operations
earlier than the goth of the month, pro-
badly by the 10th.
The time having expired covering the
period which merchants agreed to close
their stores during the evening, business
houses generally will be found open
hereafter until 8 or 10 o'clock.
The horse attached to E. J. Schor.
regge's bakery wagon got gay this morn
ing and ran away. After going about a
block, the beast was stopped by some
one who came to the rescue. No dam
age.
Rev. j. B. Van Fleet has rendered
his resignation as pastor of the Episco-
pal church, to take effect November /.
He has several calls from other local.
tiles, but has not decided which one he
will accept.
Ernest Schulz leaves for Minnesota
tomorrow where he will enter a college.
A farewell party was given him at his
home last evening, which was attended
and enjoyed by a large number of his
young friends.
Roscoe Smith, the young man who
lost his leg about two years ago, is today
wearing an artificial limb for the first
time. 1t was made by a firm in Mime
apolis and m as near doing the work
of nature as is possible.
The Free Methodist camp meeting
opened yesterday in a grove half a mile
south of the Junction. The first day
a satisfactory attendance and a
time. The camp meeting will
be continued ten days.
Miss O'Sullivan, who was elected
assistant principal Of the High school,
has resigned that position to accept one
paying $50 90 a month in South Omaha.
Miss Mygatt has been assigned to her
old position in the High school, made
vacant by the resignation of Miss
.'Sullivan.
Mrs. Thomas, who has been matron
Of the Norfolk hospital for insane for
years, left today, accompanied
by her daughter, for Hastings, where
she takes a similar position in the hospi- /,
tal at that place. The place made va.
'ant here has been filled by Mrs. =,
,
Three new chemists have taken posi-. 4,
ions with the American Beet Sugar /,
company at this place, and are now here 4.
'eady for the factory to open. They i,
re Mr.. Conklin of Pekin, H.. and =,
lessrs Eddy and Sanford of Worcester, '
Mass, the latter being graduates of the '
anne school as Superintendent Baird :.