The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-11-09

ling of grain.
II. A. Pasewalk is putting steel frame
scales in front of his office on East Nor
folk avenu
A number of people from the city are
planning to enjoy the weekly dance Mt
the hospital for the insane this evening.
A surprise party was given to Henry
Raasch last Saturday evening by his
friends who called in to celebrate his
10th birthday.
Geo. Brown, who formerly resided
in Norfolk, but has lately been living in
Wayne, has again moved to this city to
make his home.
The gentlemen's whist club, recently
organized on the west side, will hold
its first meeting Saturday evening at the
home of DR.. Bear, at 8 o'clock.
The November term of district court,
which was set for next Monday, the 18th,
has been adjourned by Judge Allen to
December rs, at 8 o'clock n III.
A train of 80 empty stock cars for the
Elkhorn came in on the Union Pacific
last evening, being those used in convey
inh the recent shipment of stock to Ames.
Gus. Bley died last night at his home
three miles south of the city and funeral
services will probably be held Sunday
The family left by the deceased COM
prises a wife and four children.
Clair Blakely. who received some eff
cient telegraphic training under Mr..
Yount, of the Western Union office,
this city, has recently been promoted to
a position at Scribner from the one he
has been holding at Pilger.
The Willard Minstrel company arrived
in their own car over the @. st p. M. &
o. road this morning from Wayne and
left wei the Union Pacific for Madison.
Norfolk was passed by owing to there
being no opera house in which the troup
could be accommodated.
A Norfolk warm air furnace has been
delivered at the new opera house and
will soon be placed in position. The
building will be heated by two of these
popular modern heat generators. The
work is progressing very nicely and the
masons are busy constructing the walls
above the first floor. The brick from
the old college foundation are being
used on the interior of the wallr.
The election returns are being car
vassed at Madison today and the results
will be published in tomorrow's NEWS.
The official nva is made under the
supervision of the county clerk, who
chooses two disinterested freeholders to
assist him. While there may be some
changes in the figures as given in THE
News yesterday, the election of the off
GERS as given is not likely to be changed.
The new opera house is being rushed
along at a marvellous rate, and people
can now begin to see that it will be a
building of which the city will have
every reason to be proud. Mr.. Warrant
insists that the house will be ready for
the opening at the time originally stated,
about the holidays, and if the work is
kept going as fast as it has been for the
past two weeks he seems in a fair way
to accomplish what he has undertaken.
The board of county commissioner rs
met at Madison yesterday and the ses-
sion will probably continue through
today. This is likely the last time that
Commissioner Johnson will meet with
the board, as he intends to hand in his
resignation al the close of the session if
the unfinished business is cleaned up.
He is preparing to remove from New
man Grove to his farm near Meadow
Grove, which takes him out of the dis.
trict.
The new delivery wagon recently re.
ceived by Collamer e. Grant was manu-
featured in Brattleboro, Vermont, by
f. d. Williams who makes a specially
of low down wagons. The wagon was
purchased through the agency of N,
Hills and his old friend Freeman Scott
who is running a grocery and uses the
same kind of wagon in Brattleboro. The
wagon is nicely finished and is some
thing new west of the Mississippi
river although it is quite generally used
where it is manufactured. The maker
uses a cut of one of Mr.. Scott's wagons
on his circulars.
The funeral of Herman Schelling was
held from the house one-half mile south
of the hospital for the insane yesterday
afternoon and the remains were laid tC
rest in Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr.
Schelling died Sunday and was 80 years
of age. Besides a wife, he leaves three
sons, William and Otto, who live here
and Herman, whose home is in South
Dakota. The funeral procession escort
ing his remains to Prospect Hill PASSED
the cortege accompanying the remains
nf Mrs Sniarinp m the namatary cost NJ