The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-08-09
FRIDAY FACTS.

Burt Howell was city visitor yester.
day from Neigh.
Guy Kierstead of Tilden was city
visitor Yesterday.
Madison is replacing its plank cross
walks with stone
The front of the Odd Fellows block is
being newly painted.
Miss Rhoda Ackerman was among the
Stanton visitors to the circus.
Mrs. G. s. A. Bargelt ia moving into
her new home on South Ninth street.
Arthur Pilger. deputy county treas.
urer, was over from Madison yesterday
MIR. and Mrs. Shwank and Miss Reed
of Madison were Norfolk visitors on
show day.
A son was born yesterday to Mr.. and
Mrs. w. NJ. Olmstead at their home in
the country
l.. G. Bley of Madison raised ii acres
of oats that yielded between 30 and "a
bushels to the acre.
Miss Kate Mcneil returned last even.
ing from Parker, s. d., where she has
been visiting friends.
Mrs. II. J.. Billerbeck and daughter
Mary arrived this morning from Os-
mond to visit Norfolk friends.
The Scott Mercantile company of
Stanton was robbed Of 90 pair of pants.
The thief has not been located.
The merry. &c. round packed up today
preparatory to removal. There seem to
be few to mourn its departure.
Il. b. Kenyon has gone to Plainview
and Osmond to look after the threshing
of grain produced on his farms.
A. l.. Stewart, editor of the Newman
Grove Herald, was in the city yesterday
and made this Office pleasant call.
A cyclest from up country ran into a
buggy on Main street yesterday noon
and his machine was badly damaged.
The government Thermometer at its
ighest register yesterday indicated 9e
degrees. Tie high record was above
100.
L. L. Johnson, who has been visiting
Norfolk relatives and friends for the
past few weeks, returned to Chicago to.
day.
Miss Fannie Odiorne arrived on the
noon train from Boston, Mass, to visit
at the home of her brother, II. T..
Odiorne.
Merchants state that the bulk of their
trade yesterday came from out of town
buyers. People of the city did little
shopping.
Geo. NJ. Dudley, who recently dis.
posed of the Bon Ton restaurant, is tC
take the position of day clerk at the Pa
citic hotel OH the Sth.
w. II. Johnson, of the Johnson Dry
Goods company, left today for New
York where he will purchase a fall ant
winter stock of goods.
The Madison and Humphrey tennis
players had II game at the former cit.
last Sunday, the Humphrey players win
ming by five sets to one.
Mrs. W. Ii. Bridge will leave tonigh
for an outing at Hot Springs, S. ID
Her husband, who is west in the interes
of the mills, will join her at some station
up the road.
Only one police court case grew on
of circus day hilarity and that was
drunk and disorderly. A number O
vags were locked up but were started o.
their way this morning.
The Wayne county teachers institut
is to be held in the district court roor
at Wayne August 81 to September
Miss Lucy Williams of this city wi
instruct in primary reading and nun
bers.
Geo. N. Beels was passenger fC
Long Pine and Deadwood last evening
where he will spend short vacation
He states that there were more than &c
passengers for the west, who had bee
attending the circus.
Thos, Bell is in the city visiting r.
latives and friends. He will leave fl
his home near Lusk, Wyo., this evenir
and will be accompanied by his nice
Miss Minnie Norton, who will enjoy
vacation of several weeks.
There will be no church services
the Congregational church during Il
next two Sundays. The church
being papered, painted and otherwi
improved inside. Sunday school w
be held at the usual hours.
Amatuer photographers were out
force yesterday and many views of Il
circus grounds, parade, crowds al
other sights were taken. Many of Il
picture takers were from out of tow
The Chronicle says that the reas,