The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-07-27

Denver schools. Both are enjoying
vacation, part of which will be spent
here.
Saturday was good day for Norfolk
merchants, the streets being full of
farmers and out of town people, who
were attending to their weekly shop.
ping.
Arthur Altman is taking a vacation
this week. He left this morning for
Sioux City where he will join some
friends and camp out in the greenwood
a few days.
City Engineer w. H. Lowe has re
turned from Creighton where he has
been making surveys for a canal which
will be used to furnish power for that
city S electric light plant.
Miss Mable Hook is expected here
soon to visit Norfolk friends. She will
leave her home in Chadron tonight and
will visit at Fremont, Omaha and Col
umbus before coming here.
Rev G.. H. Main and Rev. John Jesfr
ries Of South Norfolk exchanged pulpits
last evening, the former preaching in
the Second Congregational church and
the latter in the M. E. church.
Yesterday was Mrs. Carl Reiche's
birthday and she observed it by giving
party in the dance hall two miles south
Of the city. Quite number of her Nor
folk friends attended. 1t is said there
will be dance given in the hall next
Saturday night.
The nights for the past week have
been very beautiful out Of doors. The
brilliant moon, gentle breezes and COM
Portable temperature combining to make
them almost perfect. If it were not for
the mosquitoes and necessary sleep it
would be almost sin to go to bed.
F. ] .Hoyder and family departed yes.
terday for Minneapolis, Mimi, Madison,
Wis, and other points where they will
visit. Mr.. Hoyder expects to return in
about 10 days, while his family will re-
lief agent, who has lately been at Hot
Springs, is attending to Mr.. Hoyder's
duties at the union depot.
While those who have crops of small
grain and hay to harvest do not probably
desire it particularly, large number Of
people in this neighborhood would sin.
cerely thank Jupiter Pluvius if he would
kindly distribute few spoonsful of wa
ter ON the dust. This is not positively
demanded but left to the discretion Of
that my ythical individual.
Mrs. @. d. Burgoyne of Hastings was
standing on the platform of the way
car of freight train No. "a, while it was
switching at Tilden Saturday, when a
jolt of the Car threw her off the plat
form and she struck on her head, killing
her instantly. Her little daughter. who
was with her, was also thrown off her
feet but was caught by a bystander be-
fore she fell.
A report concerning the creamery
business in Iowa, which is one of that
states best wealth producers, says that
it has 800 creameries, or an average of
nearly 10 to each county. The patrons
number $4,000 who sell milk from
,Sl4 cows. The state shipped
1850, 900 pounds of butter in 1898, for
which it received $l4,0O0,0O0. Surely
the lacteal fluid industry in Iowa is an
important item and it is becoming so in
Nebraska
The mission feast of the German Lu-
theran church of Battle Creek, held yes
terday, was very successful affair and
was attended by large number of peo-
pie from this place. The exercises were
held in Tomhagen's grove, one-half mile
south of the town, where all necessary
arrange ments had been made. Rev. vi.
BRIGHT preached in the morning and
Rev. e Denninger in the afternoon. A
little rain in the afternoon, accompanied
by thunder aud lightning, dispersed the