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Dead, 80; injured, 1,73O; fire losses,
1888, ,O7O; injured by cannon crackers,
73l injured by powder explosions, 257
injured by toy cannons, 259; hit by stray
bullets, CO.
The Chicago Record of recent date
contains an announcement of the death
of Mrs. Maggie Ingoldsby, nee Gleason,
wife of John Ingoldsby, which occurred
June 2Sth. Mrs Ingoldsby was 36 years
of age and leaves, besides husband
two sons and four daughters. She was
we'll known resident of Norfolk sew
eral years ago.
Ira l.. Hungerford came up from Stan
ton last night and, III company with
Arthur Altman, drove to Madison today
on business. 1t is understood that the
attorney for the Times Tribune sue
ceeded in getting Judgment for quite
large sum of money against Hungerford
without the latter's knowledge and he
has gone down to see if the Judgment
cOulu HOT De set aside.
Neigh Yeoman Elder and Mrs
Gorst intend to start next Monday tor
Janesville, Wisconsin, where the family
Of Mrs Gorst's parents are to have re-
union. They will be gone about twelve
days. *** n. j. Davis came up from
Norfolk on Wednesdays freight In the
afternoon Mr.. Corby drove him over to
his farm which he had not seen for two
years. He thinks he is slowly improv-
ing.
Stanton Register: Last Sunday the
German Evangelical Lutheran congrega.
tion accepted in its regular meeting the
endowment of the late Frederick Sprick
consisting of $3.50. This is the first
endowment that has been made to that
church and we believe it is the first
church in this county to receive le-
gacy. The late Mr.. Sprick also willed
$3.50 to the Orphan Home Society of
Fremont.
M. o. Wager Of Battle Creek, super.
intendent of the county poor farm, is in
the city today. He reports that crops
on the farm are looking well, with the
prospect of big harvest. There are
now seven inmates of the poor house,
one of whom is Petite Pierce, a former
we'll known Norfolk character who used
to furnish much amusement for the
boys, both old and young. Mr.. Wager
says that Petite is quite feeble and is fail.
ing rapidly, being now almost blind.
Stanton Picket Prosperity is hitting
the. Norfolk Beet Sugar Company pretty
hard. The company has several hundred
acres of beets growing but can't get help
to tend them and the weeds are also
growing. The company pays good
wages and pays promptly and the only
reason they cannot procure help is that
help is not to be had. Everybody is
employed. 1t is the same everywhere.
The number of laborers is not equal to
the demand. 1t didn't used to be thus.
Culbertson Era A bland little urchin
of this city, with lurking gleam of
wickedness in his eye, celebrated the
glorious Fourth in manner which won
the plaudlts of all his immediate neigh
bors, but one. That one had a parrot
which incessantly screamed. Polly |
wants a cracker" The kid heard its APP
peal, touched match to giant cracker
and fed it to Polly, whose spirit on the
other shore concludes that the supply OF |
cracker, for once, exceeded the demand.
A letter dated May 20 from W.
Reavis. who went to Alaska from Bat
tie Greek, in this weeks Republican
contains this information: 1--WE think
We can make some geod money this sum-
mer. We were trying it little today.
We sluiced about one hour and half
and cleaned up something over So We
think we can make SIS or SEQ per day
this summer, and we can't work out
more than one-eighth part of our ground
by ourselves. Tell Bud and Conrad that