The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1900-11-30

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and thon the other. Babies that are
busy never cry.
Table Rock Argus a young Falls
City citizen calls his sweetheart Re.
vengc-for Revenge is sweet. "A
young married man mt Dubois calls his
mother.in.law Delay, Delays are dan.
gerous." a Sterling man calls his wife
Fact, Facts are stubborn things" A
Pawnee attorneys wife calls him Neces.
sity, Necessity knows no law A
Humboldt insurance agent calls his wife
Honest, Honesty is the best policy
An Elk Creek man calls his wife Mary
Jane, because that's her name, and n
Table Rock man calls his wife Enough,
Enough is ~ good as a feast"
The four. year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Leu, who live west of the city
was poisoned yesterday evening by eat.
ing strychnine and died two hours later.
The little one was hunting for some
thing to eat and came across the strych-
nine, which was kept in the house to
poison rats. She ate n quaint y of it
and when the parents discovered the
calamity they at once started for town,
with the child, for medical assistance.
They reached the home OF Mrs. Leu's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Doehring,
but the little girl had died on the way
there. 1t is u sad calamity and the
parents have the heartfelt sympathy Of
many friends. The funeral will be held
tomorrow.
The Senior class Of the Norfolk High
school is arranging for two high. class
entertainments to be given this season
under its direction. The first will be
given on December 2Sth and the second
on January Gath. The former will be of
"a musical nature by Miss Childs of Min
neapolis and will be given in the M. f..
church. The second will be an illus.
trated lecture on the Yellow S o Ma
tioual park by Alfred Flude. Both en-
tertainments are secured through the
Red Letter Lyceum bureau, and come
very highly recommended. Tickets can
be secured from any of the members of
| the Senior class. Season tickets admit
ting to both entertainments will be sold
for 70 cents for children the admission
to both will be 80 cents. The class ex-
poets to give patrons the full value OF
their money and hope that there will be
a generous demand for tickets on the
part of Norfolk people.
There are few young men who have
seen more of the world and experienced
greater variety than Will Rainey
formerly Of this city, during the pas,
three years. The following short re-
view of his experience may be interest
ing: He joined company L., N. N. G
in January, 1897. In May, 1898, hi
went to Lincoln and was mustered int
the United States service as a %volunteel
with his company and remained sever
months, after which he returned t,
Omaha and got an honorable discharge
He then went to st. Louis and joined
the Seventh u. S. Cavalry went t.
Cuba with the command and stayet
seven months. Returned to Omaha an,
got IN honorable discharge and then t.
Macon, Ga, where he entered the ser
J vice of the U, S. navy. Went to Sal
Francisco, Cal in January, 1899, an,
left there February 10 for Valparaiso
Chill, on the training ship Hartford
On March 90 he went to Montevideo
} Uruguay, and on,May % to Fort Monroe
Va; from there to Hampton Roads
J Maine, and then to Bay Harbor, Mass
+ He then went to New York and on tn
, Battleship Indiana went to China. II
is now at Gibraltar, Spain, an Englisl
I port and in 10 days expects to return t
China on the Dixie. At this rate MI
b Rainey will in a few years have been il
all the important countries of the world
1t is said that he is enjoying the exper
fence very thoroughly.
Big Profit In Beets.
| A special to the Denver News fror
Rocky Ford, Colo, speaks of the suga
beet industry in that section in the fol
/ lowing glowing terms:
, 1.-The sugar beet growers OF tn
Arkansas valley are reveling in none
. as a result of the pay which they hav
just received for the beets delivered i
, October. The American Beet Suga
/, company finished paying today "a
Dntnhar heafs and xlho 900 mas nnia /.