The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-04-22
Isltor to Nnrfolli Yesterdny.


visitor to Norfolk yesterday.
DR. X w. Williams went to Omaha
on the noon train and will visit her
brother for week or ten days.
Charles Hacker. formerly of Ere
mont. who will open a new saloon in
! Battle Creek this year, was in Nor
| folk today. He has lived in Fremont
| twelve years.
Prof w. H. Clemmons, president
of the Fremont normal school, was
in the city last night enroute to Har-
tington While here he was a guest
of Dr. BleiCk.
A small prairie fire southwest of
the city did little damage.
The Travellers Protective associa-
tion will hold n meeting at the Pa.
ciiic hotel in this city this afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
A date has been set for the open
ing of the soda water season but the
weather has not yet given positive
consent to its commencement
The old pool just west of the Queen
City hotel is being filled and the stag
nant pond that has heretofore exist
ed there during the summer will prob
ably be done away with.
The ice men have been trying for
some business but the coal men are
butting into their season with a ven.
geancc with the result that the ice
mans harvest of returns will be ma
terially shortened
Or f. NJ. Sisson has made arrange
ments for a tourist car which will
leave Norfolk over the Union Pacific
for California on April 81 Already
twenty-threc persons have signihed
their intention of making the trip
and a number more have the matter
under contemplation.
The room vacated by the Wilkinson
bowling alley in the Marquardt block
is being redccorated and painted for
occupancy and will soon be used by
the Sturgeon music store, while the
store room they have occupied in the
Pacific block will so to T.. G. Fisher,
who is to open up new saloon.
The reduced railroad fare to the A.
j. Durland lot and acre sale which is
to be held in this city next Friday
and Saturday, will mean that a very
large number of visitors will arrive
in Norfolk and remain here for a
couple of days at least. The rate
made by the Chicago & Northwestern
Is one and one third fare for the round
persons living up the Bonesteel
branch and on the main line west to
visit Norfolk. Many will take advan-
tage of the rate and come to town to
transact other business matters that
they may have pending. The sale
will mean much to Norfolk in several
ways. 1t will bring the investments
of a large number of individuals into
the city, where it is now under con
troll of one man. The business in
terests of the city will no doubt CON
slider the strangers as Norfolk S
guests and will make the two days
gala ones Arbor day is aiways a
semi holiday and it will be of espe-
cal significance in Norfolk this SEQ
son, The Iwenty-fifth infantry band
will be in the city to give grand CON
cert and ball at Marquardt hall Incl
dentally and to entertain the visitors
primarily during the sale There will
he thirty pieces to this musical orga-
nization and it will be as good as any
circus day that ever happened. Col.
f. NJ. Woods, the well known blooded-
live stock auctioneer, has been en-
Gagged and will arrive in Norfolk Fri
day noon, remaining over until Satur-
day night to sell the lots and acres.
There will be vehicles for the con
veyance from one end of the city to
the other of the purchasers and there
will be hot lunches on the grounds
The terms of the sale are also at
tracting considerable attention. The
rate made is for one-third cash and
the balance in two years at per cent
or for one-siXth cash and the balance
in monthly payments of small amount
. This makes it possible for anyone
who has not ready money, to invest
, in the property and to pay for it
easily and on convenient payments
Many investors will no doubt take
advantage of this and there will prob
l ably be any number of home-builders
$ who will consider it an opportunity
l worth while.