The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-03-28
SATURDAY SlFTlNGS.

Ell. Jacobs Of Oakdale is guest at
the home of j. O. Aid.
S. James of Yapkton, S. D., was a
city visitor yesterday.
j. Haas of Wausa was visitor to
this metropolis yesterday.
SO. Campbell was Norfolk visitor
today from the county seat.
A. ]. Durland left yesterday on ten.
days business trip to Chicago.
Mrs. L. R. Craig and daughter Grace
of Pierce were city visitors today.
f. S. and e. B. Osborne were in the
city from Battle Creek yesterday.
The residence of DR.. A. l.. Macomber
on North Eighth street has been re-
shingled.
j. r. Anderson and family left today
for Spooner, Wis, where they go to
make their home in future.
Beeler Bros. had large patronage to.
day during their souvenir sale and kept
a large force Of extra clerks busy.
Miss Winnifried Cole returned from
Maple Grove today, where she closed a
very successful term of school yester-
day.
@. E. Cole came down from Cody to
spend week or ten days and be at
home for the birthday of Mrs. Cole and
Herold which occur on the Goth of this
month.
The household economic department.
of the Woman's club will meet with
Mrs. S. f. Erskine Monday afternoon.
An interesting program, including a
demonstration, will be given.
Elks should remember the election
of officers tonight, the hour of 9:05
having been set aside for that purpose.
1t is liable to be late session, as after
the election degrees are to be conferred.
Rev. Franklin Baker, under whose
direction the cantata of Ruth was given,
expresses thorough appreciation OF the
patronage given that entertainment at
the Auditorium last evening by the peo-
pie of Norfolk.
Miss Della Clark will represent South
Omaha in the declamatory contest to be
held in this city Wednesday evening,
April 2, she winning first honors in a
class of ten local contestants. Leo
Legro took second honors.
Sergeant Anthony E. O'Banion of
Fort Riley, Kansas, is in the city with
several assistants endeavoring to secure
recruits for his command. He is a son
of John O'Banion, and formerly made
this city his home, but has been away
for about ten years.
1t is announced that, beginning with
the first of the month, the Norfolk
Electric Light and Power company will
shut off the morning lighting service
that it has been giving during the win
ter. At that time the sun rises before G
o'clock and it would scarcely pay to
steam up for the short time after D
o'clock the light would be necessary.
The delivery team of G. P. Parish was
the motive power responsible for q
spirited runaway today at noon. They
started from Fourth street, took a turn
around two or three blocks, through the
Dudley livery barn and left the princi-
pal part of the vehicle to which they
were attached at an entrance through
which it was possible for them to pass
but not large enough to clear the covered
wagon. Little other damage was done
except to the carriage.
The Baptist church has engaged the
service of the famous Chinese lecturer
Tank Kee, (Gen. G. w. Bailey, fol
four lectures, April 10, II, 10. He carries
with him $50, 900 of Chinese curiosities,
paintings, tapestries, etc. and is the only
person out of China wearing the roya
robes, one of which cost $12 900 and tool
five years to make. This will be worr
during the lectures. He has also over
40 other costumes with him. The like
has never before been seen in Norfolk
They are fortunate to have secured him
The fire department has two causes
for complaint concerning the people OIL
the occasion of fire alarm. One is tha
boys and men not belonging to the de
partment will load themselves into tn,
drays hauling the fire apparatus ant
thus materially interfere with the speec
of the team and get in the way of tn,
firemen. Another complaint is tina
people crowd around at fire until ther,
is no room or chance for the operation
Of the firemen with their apparatus
The best aid they could give would b,
to give the firemen full swing until thei
assistance is asked,
Wayne Republican Tuesday, Marcel
%, the good people of Wakefield oper
their fine, new Auditorium to the public