The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-08-17
FRIDAY FACTS

ness IN PIERCE yesterday.
Ray Seymour is in the city from York
visiting relatives aud friends
II. II. Kingman Of Carroll, Iowa, is in
the city visiting his son, Jim.
Miss Martha Wilde returned to her
home in Madison last evening
Teddio, the two.year.old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Klug, is very sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Buoholz departed
this noon on trip to Washington, ID. g.
Mr. and Mrs. s. n. Saunders were in
the city this morning from Bazile Mills.
Il. M. Norton went to Harrington yes.
terday to place an acetylene gas plant in
n hardware store.
M. j. Osterling has returned from
O'Neill, where he has been employed ut
the printing business.
Miss Anna Seymour returned home
from Lincoln yesterday noon. She has
decided to remain in Norfolk.
Miss Eva Dolen was II passenger for
Wayne yesterday afternoon where she
will visit relatives and friends.
II. w. Winter returned last evening
from Madison, where he has been at
tending n meeting Of the county COM
missioners.
The receipts of the postoflice for July
were $27. 23 larger than for the same
month last year. The total receipts
were sS94.9O.
David Baum returned home last night
from business and pleasure trip to
Stromsburg and David City. He reports
immense crops along the route travelled.
Henry H. Bovee has resigned his po.
sition as clerk in Baum Bros. store and
will take vacation until the sugar
campaign opens, when he will resume
his old place in the factory.
Rev. j. p. Van Fleet and the choir
boys of Trinity Episcopal church, who
have been camping since Monday at the
Yellow Banks, returned home this af.
ternoon, very much pleased with their
outing.
J. N. Bundick gave hay rack ride
last evening to company of about 25
young people. They drove to the hos.
pital for insane, and attended the week
ly dance. A very pleasant evening was
enjoyed by all participants.
An aged man and woman driving a
wagon, containing scenes of the Spanish.
American war, anchored on the vacant
lot south of this Office yesterday after.
noon and this morning pulled up stakes
and departed without apparently having
made fortune.
Walter Braasoh, clerk at the drug store
of A. II. Kiesau, stepped on nail yes
terday which was sticking in the boards
torn up for making repairs. The nail
pierced the sole of his shoe and ran al
most through his foot. Although pain
full it is not believed the wound will
prove serious.
The premium list of the Stanton coun-
ty fair has been received at this office.
The fair will be held September 49, 20,
81 and %. Good purses are offered in
he speed department and valuable pre-.
miums are advertised for the best dis.
plays of stock, merchandise, and farm
and household products.
Everybody is invited to attend the
ball game to be played on the Olney
grounds between the second nine of this
city and Pierce club tomorrow after.
noon. This is the first game with out
siders that has been played on the home
grounds and it is expected that consider
able interest will be:taken.
Miss Carrie Thompson entertained a
number of her little girl friends at
sewing club at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs j. 7. Thompson, on West
Norfolk avenue, yesterday afternoon.
A joyous time was had and choice re.
were served, which added
much to the pleasure of the occasion
O. b. Rice, the mattress maker who
lived at 40 Hastings avenue, has left
the city and no one appears to know his
destination. His wife and two daugh-
ters have gone to the home of her parents
near Verdigre, taking the household
goods with them. The gentleman is
said to owe quite number of accounts
about town.
C.J. Stockwell of The News office was
,ut fishing in the Northfork above the
factory day before yesterday and has /
his morning recovered sufficiently from
N over-diet of fish to state what luck he
,ad, He claims to have caught 9picker-
sl. black bass, 30 bullhsads, II perch |
md IS mountain trout. He thinks he
would have had better luck but for about |
nets stretched across the stream, which !
accounted for his not oattino n