The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-10-18
FRIDAY FACTS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jahn of Pierce were
city visitors yesterday,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Sutherland of
Omaha are guests of Mrs McKim.
A Mckinley club has been organized
at Hoskins with a membership of 63.
Miss Nellie Gerecke has gone to Ban.
croft for week S visit with friends.
Mrs. David Baum entertained com.
pany of ladies today at o'clock lunch
con.
Mrs. L. r.. Pritchard of Meadow
Grove i, visiting with Mrs. Chas.
Rudat.
MIR. and Mrs. H J. Caulfeld returned
from Sioux Falls, S. d., yesterday
morning.
A. j. Durland was passenger for
Ewing last night, where he goes on
business trip.
r. Z. Moolick of South Norfolk de.
parted yesterday for Portland, Oregon,
on a business trip.
Mrs. G. E. Evans, who has been visit.
ing here returned to Meadow Grove
Wednesday evening.
c. E. Hartford returned last night
from Lincoln, where he attended the
grand lodge, Knights of Pythias.
Burt Mapes has returned from Omaha,
where he went to attend a meeting of
the republican state central committee.
A. G. Ridgewey, the new pension ex.
aminer for this district, has arrived in
Norfolk and taken charge of the work.
Mrs. Mable Bartlett. who has been
visiting with Mrs Chas. Rudat, departed
this morning for her home in st. Paul,
this state.
Superintendent D. G. O'Connor is in
Lincoln attending n state educational
meeting at which he is on the program
for paper.
Superintendent c. H. Reynolds went
to Ainsworth last night to be present at
the preliminary hearing of his assailant,
Robert Rose.
The city council of Madison has ad.
vertised for bids for the erection of an
electric lighting plant in that city, the
bids to be opened October 81.
Miss Keating, matron at the hospital
for the insane, has been enjoying a
visit from her sister, who returned to
her home in Columbus yesterday.
Jas. Nichols of Madison was honored
at Lincoln the other day by being elected
to the Office of grand prelate by the
grand lodge, Knights of Pythias.
Leslie Leavitt, who has been visiting
his parents here, left yesterday for West
Point where he will visit his brother,
Fred, a few days before returning to his
home in Chicago.
Rev. F. p. Wigton was in the city
this morning on his way home to Os.
mond from Central City, where he had
been attending the Nebraska synod of
the Presbyterian church.
Helen Gonger, the Indiana orator,
was guest at the Oxnard over night.
She spoke at Battle Creek yesterday,
will speak at Plainview this afternoon
and at Creighton tonight.
Mrs. Buckendorf received telegram
from her husband last evening announc.
ing that while their son William, is
very sick, his life is not endangered.
He is sick in hospital at Shell Lake.
Chas Knapp, a stockman from Ewing,
has arrived in Norfolk to make this his
home. He will occupy the cottage on
the Heights, recently vacated by Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams, which he has pur-
chased.
Local republicans are endeavoring to
arrange for excursion rates to Madison
next Tuesday ON account of the Rankin
rally. If the rates are secured it is
hoped that a large number will attend
from this city. 1t will be fine oppor-
tunity for half days outing.
FIR. Hoehne, who has been running
jewelry business in Koenigstein's drug
store, expects to leave Monday for
Omaha and make that city his home in
future. G. f. Mccormick will move
into the cottage vacated by Eim, corner
of Nilth street and Madison avenue.
Madison Chronicle: County Super
intendent Crum reports schools he has
visited to be in excellent shape and that
there is more uniformity in the method
used, especially in the primary depart
ment. The method is the one Miss
Williams of Norfolk used in the insti-
tute.
Governor VIM A. Poynter and Hon.
T. ]. Nolan of Omaha will address the
people of Norfolk tomorrow on the polit-