The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1900-08-23

amusement II watermelon was serNeu
for r~efreshment.
The tennis enthusiasm has taken pos.
session of the small boys of Norfolk and
they take advantage of any vacancy in
the courts to indulge in the game.
The lawn tennis game last evening
was played by DR.. p. II. Salter and N.
A. Huse against +. II. Beels and w. II.
Bucholz. The former team won by a
score Of Sc.
Miss Jennie Wheeler entertained a
compsny of about 20 young friends at
her home on South Ninth street last
evening from 4 to s, in honor Of Miss
Ruth Harding, The guests enjoyed the
afternoon and evening very thoroughly.
The special car for the accommodation
of veterans to the national encampment,
g. A. r., at Chicago, will be at the F..
E. & M. V. uptown depot here until
II :55 Saturday morning. Tickets and
seats for the trip may be secured at the
uptown (Creighton) depot.
The weather changed quite suddenly
between 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon,
when black clouds drove down from the
north, cooling the atmosphere and bring
ing some rain. The clouds looked
quite fierce and their e%volutions were
anxiously watched, but nothing disas-
trous happened here.
The young ladies' NJ. Q. M. club
which has been enjoying a weeks
camping at the Yellow Banks, returned
yesterday noon and report having had q
most enjoyable time. The club is com
posed of Misses Gae Stanton, Iva Foster,
Maude Clark, Nora Dixon, Mary Covert
and Anna Killen. Mrs. Stanton and
Mrs. Foster chaperoned the party.
The auditorium and lecture room of
the Congregational church are to be
newly carpeted, in a color which will
harmonic with the paper that has re-
Gently been hung upon the walls. The
Ladies' society of the church is bearing
the expense, and at q meeting held yes
terday afternoon members of the society
selected the pattern for the carpet.
S. X. Warrick has resigned his posi-
ton as cashier of the Battle Creek
Valley bank, to take effect September /,
which he does for the purpose of taking
charge of a bank at Broken Bow, this
state. Harry Barnes, assistant cashier,
has also resigned. E. H. Luikart of
this city has been selected to succeed
Mr.. Warrick, and he will assume his
duties on the date that the latter ~retires.
Roy Gardner has been e~ndeavoring to
construct a telephone line to his home in
the west part Of the city. In the process
of construction he climbed a tree and
encountered a hornets nest from the oc.
cupants of which he got a warm recep.
ton and at once suspended Operations.
Manager Sprecher had been interested
in the line and being in the neighbor-
hood desired to know why the work was
not completed. He was informed by
Roy that it was too warm in the tree to
work and was invited to go up himself.
Whether he accepted the invitation or
not and what happened to him has not
been learned. If he went up. however,
he is probably ready and willing to en-
dorse Roy's opinion as to the tempera.
ture.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. G.. Westervelt re.
turned yesterday from a visit to Denver
and other points of interest in Colorado,
including Colorado Springs. Manitou,
and a trip around the Loop. At Grand
Junction they were entertained by S. H.
McClary and shown some of the wonder.
full peach orchards. Much of the fruit
is going to waste because it is impossible
to get it to market, owing, it was On.
planned, to the freight rates. Fruit
growers are putting up immense drying
houses andIhope in the future to take care
of much of their product in this way,
Its possibilities as a fruit country can
be realized from the fact that II of the
growers cleared $4,000 in four years
from one piece of land. Mr.. and Mrs.
Westervelt enjoyed the trip most thor.
oughly. They were accompanied by
their daughters, Mrs. VIM. Martin and
Mrs. Swithon Reynolds, who live in
Denver.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Norfolk National bank, held Tuesday
evening, N. A. Rainbolt rendered his
resignation as president of that institu.
ton, to take effect October /. This
move was made upon the advice of Mr..
Rainbolt's physician, who prescribes alb.
solute rest during the coming year in
hope that his failing health, which has
been brought about through long o n
tinued close attention to business, may
be regained. While the patrons of the
bank will regret that he is to retire from
its active management, they will be glad
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