The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-09-15


James Loucks il moving into his
new home ON South Tenth street, re-
Gently bought from a. j. Durland.
The new Krug building on Norfolk
avenue In rapidly nearing completion
and will soon be ready for occupancy.
A meeting of the hre department
will be held at the city hall tomorrow
night, ut which members are urged to
be present.
A. L.. Scvcra and Miss Blanche Nor.
ris Of Anoka, Ncb., were married In
Sioux city yesterday and will be at
home In n few days.
Myron Farley, who was Kicked In
the breast by vicious horse n few
days ago. is quite seriously III Mt his
home In the Norfolk House.
John Mlchaelson and Miss Annie
Lettow of this city were married last
Friday at Lincoln. The bride and
groom are both well known In Norfolk.
A large number of people are pass
ing through Norfolk this week enroute
to the big fair at Sioux City. Many
Norfolk people are at Sioux City for
the fair.
The West Side Whist club will hold
business meeting at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. ID. Mathewson Thursday
evening at 1870. All the members are
asked to be present
Miss ELLA Mather. sister Of Mrs. c.
II. Vail, who was injured several days
ago, Is now able to be up and about
and believes that she has suffered no
permanent injuries from the fall.
A hunting party composed of p. f.
Bell, j. s. Mathewson, ID. Mathewson,
Charles Mathewson, Talcott Olney and
Judge Powers are searching for chick
ems in the prairie country northwest
of the city today.
The Highland Mobiles held an en-
joyable basket picnic last night at
their hall, which was well attended.
The baskets were furnished by the
ladies and were not auctioned off but
were bought outright by the gentle
men.
The proposition made by the Elks
to ID. Rees for the lease OF the second
floor of his new building, corner Nor
folk avenue and Fifth street, has not
yet been accepted by Mr.. Reos and It
is said to be not at all impossible that
another special meeting of the lodge
will be called to again take up the
question of future quarters.
The foreign missionary society of
the Methodist church met with Mrs.
Parker and elected officers for the en-
suing year as follows: President.
Mrs. c. =. Michael; vice president,
Mrs. Hagar; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. G, S. Hayes; recording secretary,
Mrs. OMAN; treasurer. Mrs. G. A.
Kuhl; superintendent of children's di-
vision, Mrs. Rankin; mite box secre-
tary, Mrs. Nix.
Supreme Judge ]. b. Barnes is not
altogether supreme judge. He is,
as well-and as efficient at that as on
the bench-somewha of an agricul-
trualst. This morning the Judge came
down town with handsome bouquet
of asters, which he planted and raised
in his own garden with tender care.
He Is also furnishing his table with
fine roasting ears of sweet corn and
string beans. all of which are the
third planting this season
The college vacation days for the
summer have practically ended and
students who have been spending their
weeks of rest and recreation in Nor
folk are beginning to return to the
college campus and academic halls.
Trains every day carry Norfolk young
men and women away for another year
of study The city is represented In
almost every portion of the country.
Many attend the state university,
many go to New Ulm, Mimi, some go
to military schools, and few attend
the colleges and universities in the
east
A Sioux Falls dispatch says The
delay of the government in adjusting
claims is shown by the case of Col.
Melvin Grigsby, Of this city, veteran
of the civil war and during the Span.
ish-American war colonel of the now
famous cowboy regiment. His career
as a soldier of the war of the rebel
lion did not officially terminate until
the present time, Notwithstanding that
he was mustered out of the service
forty years ago last spring, after an
honorable and exciting career on
southern battletields and In southern
prisons, when he gained the name of
Smoked Yank." Col. Grigsby was
somewhat surprised to receive a draft
from Uncle Sam for the sum Of s3.S2,
being the balance due him on his COM
missary account of forty years ago.
The official communication accompany
ing the draft was as commonplace as
though the balance was from settle
ment of last months business AFFAIRS