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

visitor today.
Col. Hampton of Tilford, S. D., is in
the city on business.
NJ. G. Hazen is having his residence
on The Heights reprinted.
II. II. Reynolds vent to Wakefield
yesterday to work on a brick building.
Herman Hogrefe and Henry Massman
represented Battle Creek in the city
yesterday,
Hoyt Clark came in yesterday from
Cheyenne and is the guest OF his cousin,
Il. NJ. Norton.
Mrs. G. w. Inskeep will go to Omaha
tomorrow for a few days, inspecting
late millinery styles.
Rev. A. NJ. Mcfarland of Herman
spent the night in the city, the guest of
his son S. II. Mcfarland.
Herbert Daniel terminated his visit
with friends here today and left for
his home at Charlotte, Virginia.
Mrs. John r. Hays returned last
evening from an extended visit with her
son and sister at Missouri Valley.
This is Elkhorn Valley editors day at
Omaha. l.. @. Bargelt and wife reLre.
sent The NEWS at the festivities.
S. G. Dean, ST., who has been visiting
his son Silas in this city for some time,
left today for his home in Wataga, Ill.
VIM. Morris of Central City is in
town visiting relatives. From here he
will 20 to his old home in Keith, Ohio.
G. E. Chase and daughter BERTHE of
Pierce were in the city last night. Miss
Chase is a teacher in the Wayne normal
school.
One OF the four weeks old twin girls
of Ernest Mas. living in Edgewater,
died yesterday. The funeral was held
today.
Robert Utter went to Omaha yester-
day, where he will speld a month at the
exposition as the representative of "a
wholesale house.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Best, living nine
miles southeast of the city, are celebrat,
ing their silver wedding today. a
number of people from town are
participating in the festivities.
Today is the Jewish New Year, the
beginning of the year $500. 1t is an
important holiday in some of the cities
among the Jewish people, but is not
generally observed here.
Yesterday was the twelfth birthday of
Miss Genevieve Stafford, which impor-
tant event was properly celebrated by a
company of her little friends, whom she
invited to her home on The Heights.
Commissioner j.. j.. Hughes came
down from Battle Creek last evening
and this morning, in company with
Commissioner Winter, went to Madison
where a meeting of the county board is
being held today.
In giving the list of teachers of the
Norfolk city schools yesterday, the name
of the teacher in the Edgewater school
was given as Miss Edith Morrow. which
was a mistake, Miss Margaret Morrow
being the lady who is now in charge OF
that building.
The early closing agreement is to be
continued among the merchants Of the
city until October /, or should the
evenings become cool before that time
then business men will get together and
decide whether the stores shall be kept
open after 6 80. There are two excep.
tions to this, the shoe stores of Daven'
port Bros. and Spencer 81 Ovelman, both
of which will probably remain open
evenings. The former say they would
be glad to close if the other store would
but this Spencer & Ovelman decline tC
do, and the results that both will be
open.
Postmaster Sprecher has orders from
the postmaster general to weigh al
mail which leaves the Norfolk office
commencing on the morning of October
3, and continuing for 30 successive days
ending at midnight November &. 1t Is
stated in the order that the department
desires definite information regarding
the weight of mail matter originating
III the United States every "a hours
together with the weight of the equip
ment, supplies, ETC., passing over steam
railroads every "a hours. Coming at q
time when business is brisk the carrying
out of this order will put a heavy bur
den on the postmaster and his assistants,
but what the postmaster general say
goes, and the order will be carried out
Miss Vida Dawson, who is here from
Washington, d. c., visiting the family
of her aunt, Mrs. Chas, III. Johnson, wa
injured while at Taft's grove yesterday
During the afternoon the family wen
to the grove to picnic and some of thu
members went into the water, Mis-
n,u,on attamptod IN follou. tho fxampl.