The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-06-14
TIDINGS.

Mrs. w. II. Fox is visiting her sister
at Columbus.
j. Cater was in the city over night,
from Emerson.
Henry Torpin of Oakdale was a Nor.
folk visitor yesterday.
Mayor d. j. Koenigstein went to
Madison this morning.
Mrs. O. II. Evans is spending the
week with Fremont friends.
The Norfolk Athletic club is holding
a picnic at the Elkhorn today.
w. X. Hoffman is attending the under
takers convention at Beatrice this week.
A. j. Durland left yesterday for Knox
county, where he will be gone three
weeks.
Mrs. l.. Sessions returned last evening
from Pierce, where she visited Mrs. A.
Hitchcock.
Five smallpox guarantees were
raised yesterday and the disease is con.
stantly diminishing.
Fl. d. Kelly has returned from Neigh,
where he was present at the Odd Eel.
lows festivities last night.
Kimball Barnes returned to Lincoln
today, where he will take q course in
the university summer school.
O. w. Roben of Neigh arrived in the
city yesterday from the state university,
to assist in the electric light wiring.
The usual services, excepting Junior
league and Sunday school, w~ill:belheld
at the Methodist church next Sunday.
Miss Rosebeck of Platte county, WIS.,
tied with Mrs. Martin Kane yesterday
and left OF the Don train for Beemer.
The ladies guild Of Trinity church
will hold a special meeting tomorrow
afternoon with Mrs. Leonard, for sew
ing.
Home grown Strawberries are on the
market. They are especially large this
year and Of an exceedingly delicious
flavor.
Miss Winnie Owen, who has been Wis
iting Miss Meta Koenigstein and other
friends, returned to her homein Omaha
today.
Carol Powers will spend the summer
at Pixies Peak, with q university bota-
nizing party. They will leave about
June 30.
Gene Best recently received;a wound
in the arm from the explosion Of q lamp.
1t is now feared that blood poisoning
has set in.
Sweet peas are in blossom. Mrs.
G. e. Green, on North Ninth street,
claims to have had the first of the season
on Tuesday.
p. F. Bell is in Beatrice this week, at
tending the convention of the State
Funeral Directors association, otsswhich
he is president.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gobleman Of Madison
were in the city yesterday. Their son
has been in quarantine for smallpox
here, but is now convalescent.
Ed. Walters of Humphrey was in the
city over night and took the morning
traiu for Wakefield, where he was
called by the illness of his mother.
Miss Meta Koenigstein entertained a
few young lady friends last evening at a
farewell for her guest, Miss Winnie
Owen, who left for Omaha today.
Cheer up boys! Cherries are ripe.
And it is an unusually good crop, too.
The birds seem to have done less
than ordinary damage to the fruit.
Mrs. John R. Hays will return to-
morrow from Iowa City, Ia, where she
went to be present at the graduation
of her son, Charles, from the law school
Of the Iowa state university.
The examination for state profess
sional certificates will take place tomor-
row and Saturday. Thus far g. w.
Wallace of Madison is the only one who
has signi6ed his intention Of taking it.
Miss Hanna Boeck, who has been Wis
iting relatives in the city, returned to
Omaha today. She was accompanied
by Mrs. Geo. Dudley, who will go ON to
Harlan, Ia, to visit her sister, Mrs.
Tabor.
The opening game of the Junior
league series for Norfolk is scheduled
between the home team and Madison
for next Monday, June II. The contest
will take place on the diamond east Of
the city.
J. @. Stitt is preparing plans for o
store and Office building at Madison. to
be built by Frank Prince. The struct-
ure will be Of buff pressed brick, 36x6O,
and one of the finest of it's kind in the
county seat.
Mrs. Sally Saunders and Mrs. Ida
May Davis. who have been visiting at
the home Of Col. e. G. Mason and wife
on Braasch avenue, went to Sioux City
yesterday to join the @. O. Carr Min
strel troupe.
Chief of Police Conley states that a