The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
FRIDAY FACTS.

visit to Omaha.
w. L. Kern was passenger yester.
day for Wisner.
w. B. Throckmorton of Albion was
city visitor yesterday.
Roy Gardner went to Emerson today
OH telephone business.
w. H. Bucholz and NJ d. Tyler went
to Omaha today on business.
Chas. Nenow of Gordon is visiting
with his mother on South Sixth street.
Mrs. E. W. Zutz has been quite sick
for several days past, but is now recov.
ering.
Chas. f. Prior, treasurer Of Hartford
insurance company, is in the city on
business.
Carl T. Seeley of Madison was in
town yesterday on internal revenue
business.
+. J. Denny went to Wisner today to
look ter the interests of the telephone
company.
Mrs. G. S. Parker and Miss Fannie
johnson drove to Madison yesterday
te LOON.
County Clerk Phil. Bauch of Madison
was here today on business connected
with the printing of the ballots.
Miss Winnie Hartley is expected here
from Tilden tonight to spend Sunday
with her sister Mrs. w. q. Baker.
Mrs. +. w. Leavitt of West Point,
accom- panied by her mother, was here
yesterday enroute to Hot Springs, S. ID.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayden of Meadow
Grove, who have been visiting at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. h. Seegar,
went home yesterday.
G. T. Sprechers baby boy, Dwight,
has been very sick with whooplng cough
and complication of other ailments but
is now out of danger.
Mrs. W. H. II. Hagey entertained
number of ladies Wednesday afternoon
in honor of Mrs. Seymour and Miss
Reynolds of Lincoln
VIM. Woehler of Wayne and Miss
Wolfe Middelstadt of Pierce are to be
married Sunday at the latter place.
They will make their home i'll Wayne.
The $4,000 electric light bonds re-
Gently voted by Madison were sold to
M. G. Garret of that city at premium
of 81 so yesterday There were six bid
ders.
Victor Lee, the magician, and his
company arrived today from Schuyler
and will entertain the people OF Norfolk
tonight and tomorrow night at the
Auditorium.
The work of breaking the ground for
the new Bishop block at the corner of
Tourth and Main streets was commenced
this morning, but the soil was too moist
and the job was given up.
August Schulz, son Of Ferdinand
Schulz, departed yesterday for Bazile
Mills, where he and Miss Bertha Schiline
of that place will be united in marriage
on Sunday. They will reside in Nor
folk.
w. S. Whitford and bride of Clinton,
Iowa, are visiting at the home of j. G.
Adams ON Fourth street. Mr.. Whit.
ford is nephew of Mr.. Adams and is a
machinest in the North Western shops
at Clinton.
G. j. Chapman gave graphophone
concert last evening at the Second Con.
gregational church to fair-sized audi.
ence. The proceeds of the entertain
ment went toward paying off the church
indebtedness.
Misses Anna Winter, Bertha Doehr-
ing and Anna Haase, all daughters of
prominent German residents, have
gone for two.months' visit: with rela-
tives and friends at Watertown and
Xonia, Wisconsin.
G. f. Flanagan of Iowa City, Iowa,
a travelling man representing Pontiac,
ILL.,, shoe house, was killed in wreck
on the Burlington, between Rising City
and David City last evening. The de-
,ased WAS well known in Norfolk and
had announced his intention of being
here this evening TO see his customers.
Romeo, the large elephant belonging
to Ringing Bros, circus. was killed
Wednesday at Wichita Falls because
he attempted to kill his keeper When
Romeo made lunge at the man he
saved his life by dodging under another
elephant. The animal had record of
killing three keepers during the past
10 years.
Madison Chronicle; ]. F. Neidig
shut down his sorghum mill a week or
ten days ago, having worked up all the
crop. The output this year in sorghum