The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-24
TUESDAY TOPICS.


yesterday
NJ. Carter was in the city yesterday
from Neigh,
w. A. Selman Of Battle Creek was
a Norfolk visitor yesterday.
Pat Kiolty of Tilden is in Norfolk
today, the guest of Charles Cummins.
b. b. Hathaway and Leola Hatha-
way were Norfolk visitors yesterday
from Magnet
William Sutherland of Battle Creek
was in town today He had been in
South Omaha with a shipment Of
stock.
C. w. Bush of Battle Creek was in
the city this morning on his way to
Cherry county where he goes to look
up a section of iKnkaid land.
County Commissioner John Harding
of Meadow Grove and Superintendent
Johnson of the Madison county poor
farm were in the city today enroute
to Madison to attend the regular meet
ing of the board Of commissioners.
The condition of the roads is still
seriously impeding travel as the mud
is very deep and very, very sticky.
John Risk of Battle Creek was in
the city this morning. Mr.. Risk re-
ports that his recent stock sale was
a hummer.
The Ladies' Aid society of the High
land Mobiles will meet with Mrs. Bar
o. oft
noon. All ladies of the order are in
vited.
Today is the time set by the wealth
er prophets for the beginning of
spring The singing of birds indicates
that it has arrived, all right, but it is
chilly bit of weather, for all that.
Mrs. A. E. Chambers, accompanied
by her husband, left the city at noon
yesterday for Omaha, where Mrs
Chambers has entered Clarkson hospi.
tai for a surgical operation.
Not all the school patrons under
stand the arrangements for the open
ing and close of the spring vacation
for the Norfolk public schools. The
schools will close at noon, March 90
for the annual spring holiday, and will
! reopen the morning of April 10, CIV
| ing ten days rest. During vacation
many of the Norfolk teachers plan a
visit to the Sioux City and Omaha
schools to learn the methods in use
there.
Rev. P. B. West has returned from
Naper, Neb., and states that reports
which have emanated from Dallas re-
garding the removal of buildings from
Naper to Dallas, are incorrect in the
impression given. He says that no
| hotel has been moved from Naper;
that a new printing plant has just
been placed in Naper, and that not a
building has been moved out of Naper
excepting little frame structure once
used as a sort Of drug store. Naper
is said to be booming and is gaining
! its share of increase in prestige and
growth.
The New England Journal of Edu-
cation, published at Boston, in its
notes on the department of superin-
tendence of the National Educational
association, which recently met in
Milwaukee, classes Superintendent
O'Connor of this city with the lead
ers of education in the following item ::
"The professional equality at this
meeting is noteworthy. 1t is interest.
! ing to see United States Commission.
er w. T. Harris in earnest conversa-
tion with Superintendent Thompson
of LeOminster, Superintendent w. II.
Maxwell of New York with Superin.
tendent Simmons of Westfeld, Super.
tendent e. G.. Cooley of Chicago with
Superintendent O'COnnor of Norfolk
Neb., Secretary Martin of the Massa.
chusetts state board with Superintend,
ent Schuetz of Negaunee, Mich, Hon
A. S. Downing of New York with Eu
perintendent Rawlins of Provo, Utah
The entertainment given in Mar
quardt hall last night by the Highland
Mobiles was success in every partic
ular, and was attended by a very
large crowd of people. The program
of the evening was opened with q
number by the ladies band after
which the play in which many mem
bers of the lodge participated, was put
on, 1t was entitled, Country Sewing
Society" and every single member OF
the cast was as clever as could be
The play made a great hit with the
audience. After the show, the side
shows were thrown open and a car
nival and midway reigned for fair
Among the most popular of the side
show attractions was the bear dance
The audience went down the line anC
took in everything on the pike. Th'
team drill by the ladies proved to b,