The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-07

what with the fireworks, but after II
had cleared away numbers of private
parties sent up dollars worth OF rock
cts, roman candles and balloons.
This morning the committee had
men and teams at work cleaning up
the streets and removing the rest
booths and otherwise preparing Nor.
| folk for resumption OF It's ordinary
course of life.
People in the northwest, in Boyd
county and in Gregory county, $, D.,
are feeling good over the prospects
for bumper crop in all products of
that region. Crops are said to be look
ing fine.
A large sized crowd OF dancers at.
tended the ball at Marquardt hall last
evening, the floor being filled com.
pletely. Many from out OF town. who
had been in Norfolk to celebrate,
spent the evening Mt the dance, as did
many who live in Norfolk.
Postmaster General Cortclyou his
issued an order providing that here
after service on all rural free de
livery routes shall be suspended on
New Years day, Washngton's birth
day, Decoration day, Fourth Of July,
Labor day and Thanksgiving day.
The regular semiannual meeting of
directors of the Norfolk National bank
was held Saturday afternoon in the
bank parlors. The usual dividend
was declared, The directors from out
of the city who were present were
Col. f. p. Hanlon of Omaha, Senator
+. ]. Hale of Battle Creek and Will
liam Zut2 of Hoskins.
Prof. Compton, with his Juvenile
band from Wisner, passed through the
city this morning enroute home from
Fairfax S. D., where they made merry
music yesterday The band made n
great hit in Fairfax, II is said. and
was a good feature OF mighty good
celebration. The music delighted the
900 people who had gathered in the
town for the celebration.
Fire in the second story OF the
building occupied by A. Wilde, be.
tween Second and Third streets on
Norfolk avenue, broke out late Mon.
day evening and an alarm was turned
in. The damage was slight. The
rooms are occupied by Marila, a col
ored woman. The fire was in the vi
cinity of the stove pipe and was easily
extinguished. Some damage was done
by water.
Charles Flowers, the 17-year.old boy
who was arrested Monday on a charge
of passing a forged check at the Star
clothing store and the Bee Hive, with
the name of George Tannehill at
tachcd, was released from Jail yes
tcrday, the matter having been set.
tied to the satisfaction of all. Flow
ers sold his pony in order to obtain
money for the settling of the matter.
No complaint was filed by Mr.. Tame
| hill.
George Tannehill and b. c. Gentle
this morning created interest by
climbing up the ladder that belongs
to the high diver. A crowd quickly
| gathered, trusting that one or the
other or perhaps both were about to
make the perilOus leap for life. They
were merely sounding the water with
pole in order to learn whether or
not there was n net in the tank to
catch the man. They proved that
there is none and that the man lights
in pure, unadulterated water.
One of the first and perhaps the
very first conviction under the new
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sOmaniacs to the asynms of the state
was made at Columbus Monday when
| Joseph Wells was convicted by board
of special commissioners and sent up
to an inebriate asylum until such time
as he could be cured of his unCOntrOl-
liable appetite for intoxicants. Before
being taken to the asylum, Wells was
brought into district court by County
| Attorney Latham for renewal OF
recognizance on the criminal charge
which is now pending against him for
shooting Ezra Mahaffey last spring.
Degner's hardware store and Hum
phreys clothing and furnishing store
have marks that will serve as remind.
ers of the Fourth Of July celebration
and also emphasize the fact that some
fools never know the limit when given
little license by a freefOr-all good
time. In each of these stores there
are holes through the large plate glass
windows. In the Degner store there
is one hole and in the Humphrey win
dow there are two perforations. Two
of the holes are clean cut as though
made by bullets and one is dug into
the glass without going through, as
though a blank cartridge pistol had
been held close to the glass and the
wad had dug into the crystal surface.
It is such actions as these that are
forcing the blank pistols and cartridg-
es out of existence.
South Dakota Medics.
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