The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-12
TUESDAY TOPICS.

itor yesterday.
q. b. Gatlin Of Soribner was registered
here yesterday.
Mrs. Fisher of Madison visited with
Mrs. Rasley Sunday.
Mrs. l.. Il. Day was n Norfolk visitor
last night from Osmond.
The Wednesday club will meet with
Mrs. Bear tomorrow at 2 30.
J. f. and II. f. Birch were in the
city yesterday from Madison.
Levi Beemer is moving into the Plat
house west of Thirteenth street.
Mrs. A. O. Stear left last night for St.
Paul, this state, to visit a few days.
Warren Eller of Lincoln is spending
a week ut the home of II. @. Matrau.
a company Of young people were out
last night serenading people on the west
side.
Mrs. M. G. Bley went to Plainview
yesterday to visit her parents a few
days.
Mrs. Burt Mapes and son, Donald, re.
turned last night from a weeks visit in
Omaha.
l.. Sessions has been confined to his
home.for several days with an attack Of
the grip.
Chas. II. Chace of Stanton and J. r..
Chace of Pilger were Sunday visitors in
Norfolk.
Mrs. s. w. Hayes has been suffering
from a severe attack of the grip for the
past few days.
Mrs. l.. Stewart and Mrs. II. O'Con.
nor were Norfolk visitors yesterday
from Bloomfield.
Carroll Powers and Norris.s Huse re-.
turned to their university duties at Lin.
coin this morning.
Rev. Mr.. Siegler, Professor Nimmer
and Ed. Iuelow were visitors in the city
today from Stanton.
Russell Thompson is sick with the
scarlet fever and the home of the family
has been qu%arantined.
DIR. G. A. McKim returned this noon
from Tilden, where he had been called
on veterinary business.
The musical program rendered at
Trinity church on Easter Sunday will
be repeated next Sunday.
Mr., and Mrs. w. E. Spencer were in
the city today from Pierce, Mrs.
Spencer going on to Lincoln.
The scarcity Of farmers teams on the
streets these days is convincing evil
dence that they are busy with their
spring work.
H. Lodor expects to open up a bowling
alley in the room adjoining his saloon
now occupied by Hoffman and Smith as
a furniture store.
DR.. A. H. Secrakiam was in the
city yesterday enroute from Chicago to
Niobrara where he will establish him
self as a physician on the agency.
The ball given in the Marquardt hall
last night by the Knights and Ladies of
the Maccabees was very we'll attended
and an enjoyable time was had. The
two orders cleared about s. apiece.
E. M. Clement and family, who have
been spending the past three months in
Iowa, most of the time at Colfax, have
removed to Norfolk. Mr.. Clement is
working in the interest of Ben Hur or.
g~anization.
The old Cronk foundry in the cas-:
part of the city has been purchased,
through G. A. Luikart, by Omaha
parties, and j. N. Stewart Of that city
has taken charge and will conduct the
business of the institution.
Herman Huebner of Hadar, aged Al
years, died Sunday night in the hospital
for the insane of which he had been an
inmate for several years. The body
was taken to Hadar this afternoon and
funeral services were held in the Luth'
eran church at that place.
The spring weather of the past two
days has inspired unwonted activity
among amateur gardeners and house
holders. Garden sass and flowers are
being planted and the numerous bon
fires testify to the fact that considerable
dead grass and rubbish is being gathered
up and destroyed. 1t is an appropriate
movement and every citizen, including
business men, should inaugurate a gen
eral cleaning up S o that the city may
assume its usual tidy appearance.
The scaffold which is being used by
the fathers in the new Bishop blocl
gave way this morning and fell to thu
floor. The structure was n~uoccupieC
bnt II. l.. Mccormick was in the &C
of mounting when it fell. But TO
an open cellarway, it is asserted b,
spectators that the accident would hav'
been serious if not fatal to Mccormick
He fell through the cellarway and thu
escaped being crushed under the wreck