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

noon with Mrs II. @. Cornell Mesdames
Mcbride, @. II. Reynolds, A. j. Dur.
land and @. b. Durland, and Misses
May Durland, Laura Durland, Annie
Mcbride, Jane Durland and Helen
Reynolds.
The members Of the Baptist Sunday
school started out early this morning,
with baskets brim full Of good things to
eat, and will spend the day at Taft's
grove. During the afternoon they will
witness a ball game between the Junior
league team and the West Side boys.
g. NJ. Thompson is preparing to make
a change in location. He will go to
Kansas next month with that end in
view. The household goods are being
stored. Mrs. Thompson and daughter,
Agnes, will leave early next week for
Boston, where they will remain for sew.
eral weeks.
The naval cadetship examinations are
still in progress at the High-school
building. There are eight entered in.
stead Of six as stated last evening. The
two omitted are Jerome LANCER Of West
Point and Louis Edens Of Petersburg.
The physical examination:wasiheld yes
terday afternoon but the results::::have
not been given out.
Several office changes are to be made
in the city. On July 1 w. J Cow e.
Bro. will remove to the Office now oc.
cupied by the Plano Manufacturing
company and Ransom Sc Clements.
The Plano people will have quarters in
their new warehouse and Ransom u
Clements will occupy rooms in the
Bishop block. The Office vacated by
Cow Bros. will be taken by: the Singer
Sewing Machine company.
Dan McCarrigan was brought up be-
fore his honor, Judge Hayes, this morn.
ing on the charge of::"drunk and dis.
orderly conduct, using obsceneIanguage
and resisting An officer" S.He pleaded
guilty and was touched up..to the tune
of $3.50. McCarrigan lis: an old of.
fender and we'll known inEthe police
court. When an attempt wasimade to
arrest him last night, he put up q vicious
fight and was only landed in1a cell at
Jail after a hard tussle with four men.
can you might say on my own per.
sonal account" continued Col. Mason,
q he tore off a few yards Of rag time
with his shoe brush, ''that they is a
good many lazy good for. nothin' niger
tramps layin' roun' this town what
won't labor when they git a chance.
Why this very day I tempted to git
two or three niggas to take posishuns a
washin' windows an do you think
they'd 'cept? Not on your tin type.
They absolutely refused. They orter
be run out O. town"
Norfolk avenue is to be improved.
"As soon as the street is cleared of the
building materials, rubbish, etc." said
Mayor Koenigstein, this morning, "it
will be graded up from the sides in good
shape. Then we will pass IN ordinance
to prohibit tieing teams on Main street
and provide additional hitching posts
and chains on the side streets. Other
towns, smaller than Norfolk, are doing
this and there is no reason why We
can't. We will make Norfolk avenue
something to be proud d."
A report from Omaha says that a
movement is on foot to consolidate a
number of small creameries in the north
Platte country. 1t is proposed to make
Swimming stations Of them from which
milk will be shipped to a central plant,
which will probably be located in
Omaha. Creameries interested in this
movement are located at West Point,
Columbus, Bazile Mills, Norfolk,
Albion, Atkinson, Tilden and Newport.
A meeting was held in Omaha yesterday
to consider the matter. The plan is to
consolidate interests and send the cream
to one central station, where it can be
converted into butter at a less cost than
at the individual plants.
Miss Amanda Willie will leave tomor-
row for Chicago. While there, she will
attend the commencement exercises Of
the Chicago Conservatory Of Music,
where her sister, Miss Bertha Willie will
graduate. The latter has completed a
two years course in one term and fin.
ishes with especially high honors. In
the final examination, she with two
other young ladies. passed perfectly, for
which they each received a gold medal.
A spell.down was held between these
three, in which Miss Willie received the
highest grade and was awarded a dia-
mond medal. She has many friends in
Norfolk who will feel a personal pride
in her excellent success.
Losr-On road between Pierce and
Norfolk June IL, Q dark brown leather
grip. 1t contained among other things
envelopes addressed to Mrs. @. A. Lind.
holm. II finder will write O. A. Lind!
holm, Rochester, Mimi, a reward will
be paid for trouble Of finding and for.