The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23

J. II. willow of Fullerton transacted
business In the city yesterday.
Miss Minnie Marble of Tilden visit
ed in town yesterday afternoon,
John Reed went to Lincoln this
morning to attend the university.
n. ]. Bundick of the sugar factory,
went to Omaha at noon yesterday.
X. +. Kitterman and II. Fosterman
of stanton were city guests over night.
Mrs. c. ID. Sims has returned from
a two-months' stay at Boulder, Colo
rado.
| Wiseman went to Omaha yesterday to
attend Jewish services.
Frank Hough, a real estate man of
Newman Grove, arrived in the city
yesterday and will remain day or
two.
Duard Stafford, manager of the Da-
venport shoe store at Stanton, is sick
at the home of his parents on Norfolk
avenue,
| c, u. McNeill of Humphrey was in
town yesterday. He was on his way
to Pierce where he will make his flu
ture home
Attorneys Nj. d. Tyler and Burt
| Mapes went to Center, Knox county,
yesterday to attend district court. At
torney A. A. Welch of Wayne came
over and also went to Center.
Rev. Mr. Leidy of Plainview was in
town yesterday on his way home from
Wayne, where he had been attending
the conference. His new assignment
is Benson, a suburb of omaha.
Harry Gerard of O'Neill is in the
city today enroute to Bellwood where
| he has purchased a blacksmith and
wagon shop, which will be known as
the Grant e Gerard shop.
Mrs. j. C. Stitt has gone to omaha
for a visit with the family of her
brother, E. e. Holt. Her little niece,
Jessie Holt who has been at the Stltt
home for the past seven weeks, ac-
companied her.
]. F. Kyle of Randolph is in the city
looking for a location. Mr.. Kyle is a
hotel man of experience and has an
enviable reputation in that business,
and those who know of his ability are
hoping that he may locate in Norfolk,
A daughter was born this morning
to Mr.. and Mrs. F. f. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Buss, living on
| oOutn lenln street, WelcOmeu an IL
pound boy to their home this morn
ing.
Mrs. NJ. J. Romig left this afternoon
for Battle Creek for a few days visit
with relatives and friends.
The West Side Whist club will hold
| their first meeting for the winter at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. f. p Wealth
erby on Thursday evening, September
22.
The regular meeting of the w. C. r.
y. will be held at the Methodists
church at 8 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. ALI members are urged to be
present.
The ball game tomorrow afternoon is
to be played between Norfolk and
West Point instead of between Norfolk
and Tilden, as announced yesterday.
A good game is anticipated and there
should be large attendance.
The Norfolk Millinery and Art com
pany took first premium in the needle
work department at the Madison coun-
ty fair on a handsome Mounterellick
center piece made by Mrs. Schwartz.
The display was large and varied in
this department and the competition
close.
The Womans Relief corps and the
G. A. r. will have q picnic tomorrow
at Warnervlle, upon the invitation of
Mrs Warner. Every member of both
organizations are invited to attend
and carry baskets properly fortified
against vigorous appetites.
The chief of police says the city is
very tame just at present. While he
is not hankering particularly to tus-
sci with a drunk, tackle a crook or
follow bloodhounds all night, yet he
admits that the present condition is
likely to make him lazy. Why, only
$500 in fines have been contributed to
the city treasury this month.
Yesterday was about the first time
this season that the dust has shown
any considerable activity, and it made
the merchants who have laid out
their new fall goods, and the milliners
displaying new goods in their line,
wish that the season had closed with
out the exhibition of dust activity.
Nebraska corn is great! Every Ne
braskan will concede the point and
even some visitors admit it. Occa-
sionally a visitor will become so en-
thused over corn on the cob that he
yearns to take some of it home with
him. 1t is said that people living on
north Ninth street are so impressed
with the beauties of cooked corn that
they ship 1t east in that condition to
relatives. There is nothing like stand
ing up for Nebraska.
David B. Lewis Uncle Josh Spruce
by company played to a good house
at the Auditorium last night and the
audience was fairly well pleased with
the performance Most of the special
ties are good and the orchestra and
band music are way above the average.
Some of the parts are we'll carried,
while others are commonplace. The
sawmill scene, as one person in the
audience expressed it, fs to id
realistic to be funny" The sight of a
young woman travelling toward a
whirling saw that you know is going
rapidly enough and is solid enough to