The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01


facts concerning the administration,
and its plans and purposes. He is q
good speaker and all who attend will be
we'll repaid for their time and trouble.
The musicians OF Norfolk met last
night and organized the Norfolk Mill
tary band and orchestra Gus Mar.
quardt was chosen as leader and mana
ger; Max Asmus is secretary and treas
urer Geo Heller, w. 9. Altman and
Rudolph Chrischilles compose the board
of managers. The boys are prepared to
furnish good music for all occasions.
The band will consist of from 10 to 10
pieces, while an orchestra of from D to 9
pieces can be furnished. The people of
Norfolk know that the members of the
organization are fine musicians and with
n permanent organization they will fur.
nish music unequalled by the best
Norfolk was visited last evening and
today by number Of noted sugar men
connected with the American Beet
Sugar company, who arrived last night
to look after the companys interests in
Norfolk. They were Robert Oxnard of
San Francisco, Cal. ; Jas. c. Hamilton
Of New York City; l.. @. Howe of Los
Angeles, Cal w. S. Pardonner of New
York City; Mr.. Hasche Of Oxnard,
Cal, and Mr.. Farrar of Grand Island
The party was accompanied by A. II.
Merchant of Omaha, assistant general
freight agent of the f. +. q M. V.
railroad company. The party, except
Mr.. Oxnard and Mr.. Howe, departed
this noon.
Word has been received that Dan
Whitney, proprietor of the Elkhorn
Valley house at Tilden, died last Satur.
day and has been buried. He has been
sick for some time and as he was well
advanced in years, his recovery was
doubted from the first. Mr.. Whitney
was All early settler in Norfolk and pre-.
vious to coming here had been in the
employ Of an eastern railroad. "Uncle
Dan" was well known to n large mum.
Der of people and his hostelry was par.
ticularly popular with the travelling
public. He was eccentric on political
and religious subjects and was particu.
larly fond of playing the violin, with
which he amused his guests day and
night. His children are all musically
inclined and at one time they had a
family orchestra that rendered very
good music. He leaves a wife, four
sons and three daughters.
Rev. w. r.. McKim has recently re.
ceived from friend copy of the Gal
weston, Texas, Sunday News, of the 2lst
which contains an account of the storm
as observed by Dr. Isaac NJ. Cline, local
forecast Official and section director,
with diagram showing the barograph
tracing produced by the atmospheric
pressure. The report says: The ba.
rometer commenced falling during the
afternoon of the 9th and continued fall
ing steadily but slowly up to noon of the
Sth, when it read 20 ~ inches. The
barometer fell rapidly from noon until
s 80 p. m. of the Sth, when it registered
2S4S inches, fall Of pressure of about
one inch in eight and one-half hours.
After s 80 p III. the barometer rose at
the same rapid rate that had character
lied the fall" The report also gives a
map showing the damage in the city
nearly one-half of which was totally de-
stroyed.
Tomorrow night, the 3lst, is Hallow .
cen, the name popularity given to the
eve or vigil of All Hallows, or festival
of All Saints, which is the lst day of
November. In former times it was the
occasion for various kinds of amuse.
ments, a popular practice in England
being the cracking of nuts, ducking for
apples in tub Of water and the per.
formance of other harmless fireside
revelries. The people of Scotland en-
joyed the evening in about the same
way, but the ceremonies partook of 6
more superstitious character, Will
witches and hobgoblins as entertainers
and fortune tellers to point out the flu
ture to the lads and lasses. This sort O
thing was evidently too slow for younl
America and it has been the practic,
for years for youths of this country t.
play mad pranks out of doors. No on
objects as long as certain amount o
discretion governs their actions, bu
when it comes to the willful destruction
of property and positive annoyance ant
discomfort of people it is time that tn
practice should be discouraged and tn
early steps looking toward the supres
sion of lawless acts on the part of tn
police should receive the hearty approva
and supporG of the people Norfolk.
Free of Charge.
Any adult suffering from col
settled on the breast, bronchitis, throa
or lung troubles of any nature, who Wi
call at A. X, Leonard s,will be presente