The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-10-26

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night. They were afterward treated to
a choice lunch and pleasantly enter.
tanned at the home of Miss Wood.
The date made in Norfolk for Elk Con.
gresham Andrews and Horace q. Whit
more, by the republican state committee,
for Saturday night, has been cancelled.
An address by a good speaker of nation.
al prominence will probably be secured
for a date later in the campaign.
The Youths Literary association
will give their graphophone concert this
evening in q \ II hall. AS the nd.
mission is but 10 and 10 cents they will
probably have IA good audience. The
boys have been energetically disposing
of tickets and have met with consider
able success.
No more beautiful weather could be
asked than that with which this vicinity
is now being favored. 1t is not only
pleasant to the people in general but
very satisfactory to the farmers and
Others whose employment requires them
to be out of doors. Tue only satisfaction
the shop and Office employee gets is to
envy the former class.
Geo. Davenport has sold the shed on
the south side of his carriage repository,
formerly used rs an opera house, and
the same is being torn down and re-
moved. Its removal discloses many
relics of former theatrical days. That
the corner north of The News office
will be considerably improved during
the coming few months is generally
conceded.
o. B. Hazen, who lives northwest of
the city, has rented his finely improved
farm and nursery to Mr.. Thomas of
Lincoln county for AZ months. Mr..
Hazen expects to leave in about two
months, with his family, for Denver,
Col, where he will spend the winter,
returning here next spring, when he
will probably engage in business. He
hopes at some future time to move to
Oregon and make that his home. He
has been considering such a move for
years.
E. A. Lundburg, a returned soldier
boy is candidate on the republican ticket
for superintendent of schools in Wayne
county, while Miss White, the present
encumbent is the candidate on the fusion
ticket. The chivalrous votors of Wayne
are up against a knotty proposition and
probably feel themselves like unto the
fellow who SAID, How happy l would
away" Their devotion to the fair sex
| will make them averse to the defeat Of
Miss White while their patriotism and
love of loyalty will prompt them to vote
for Mr.. Lundburg.
The stone for the foundation of the
new Catholic church arrived last night
and is being put on the ground in readi-
ness for the masons to commence the
work of construction, which will be with.
in the next few days. The excavations
are complete and the measurements for
the foundation have been taken so that
there is now no futher cause for delay.
The people without regard to religious
beliefs heartily congratulate the parish.
oners of the church Oh their progress
and growth. The new church will be
an ornament to the town, and all such
improvements should receive cordial
recognition.
The first issue of the Dawson Daily
News, published at Dawson City, Yukon
territory, is dated July 81, 1899. 1t is
the pioneer daily of the Yukon territory,
and is full of bright and interesting
news, is neatly printed, and is altogether
a catchy sheet. The name of Harry G.
Steel, editor and business manager, ap.
pears at the head Of the editorial columns.
Single copies cost 20 cents, and it is
delivered monthly by carrier for five dol
lars. Yearly subscriptions are $50. 1t
is printed in a rough log house, q pic,
ture of which appears in the paper.
The Office is an entirely modern one,
and is equipped with a cylinder press and
a Thorne typesetting machine]
SATURDAY SIFTINGS.
Joe Wiles has gone to Silver Greek,
this state.
Frank Davis has accepted a position
in Utter's book store.
r. H. Osborn, the Harrington photo.
grapher, is in the city.
i. o. Mornt has returned from a bus.
mess trip to Eagle Grove.
Mrs b. +. Lindsay of Pierce was
shopping in Norfolk today.
Mrs. S. Ried of Syracuse is visiting
with her brother, j. A. Trulock.