The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-21

the case is serious enough that two
nurses were thought advisable,
Mrs. Mary Mathewson will enter.
tain about thirty friends for Miss
Lisle Wilkinson Thursday evening.
The Verges estate has materials on
hand for fixing up the building at the
corner of Norfolk avenue and Fifth
street. recently damaged by fire.
A small boy set fire to the barn of
], Gall in Gregory county, s D.. while
the family were away at church
Four head of horses were cremated.
An old house from North Seventh
street Is being moved into the south
ern part of the city to he repaired and
made into a desirable residence prop.
erty.
Local Northwestern people are
panied to hear of the death of the
wife of George Bidwell, son of General
Manager Bidwell. Mrs. Bidwell died
in Kansas and the body was brought
to Omaha for interment.
A large number Of severe colds are
reported about town as result of the
sudden changes in the weather. Shift
ing rapidly from warm to very cold,
the month of April has so seriously
subjected people to the changes that
the person who has escaped is an eX.
ception to the rule. Some of the
cases have developed into stages more
serious than mere colds.
Dozens of teams, drawing emigrant
wagons, may be seen on the streets
of Bonesteel every day, going out on
the Rosebud reservation and the re-
serve it is said, is literally alive with
humanity. There is scarcely a quar-
ter section of land on the entire reser-
walton which is not occupied, thus set
tling that country much more thickly
than is the territory around Norfolk
and other Nebraska towns.
Fremont Tribune: The new Union
Pacific motor car of which much has
been said lately. passed through Ere
mont at Il o'clock yesterday morning
1t was run through from Omaha to
Grand Island. The road is to make
a weeks trial OF il on the line between
Grand Island and st. Paul Fremont
people who were at the depot did not
have much chance to give the car a
close inspection, as it did not stop
here. 1t is painted red and resembles
in appearance the ordinary street rail
way car. The noise it makes resem-
giles that of gasoline automobile.
A party OF Northwestern officials,
including General Manager Bidwell,
General Superintendent G. G. Hughes
and Superintendent G. II. Reynolds
have recently made a trip over the
Nebraska G. Wyoming division OF the
road. 1t was rumored up the Bone.
| steel line that an extension was con-
templated. Concerning the report,
Superintendent Reynolds said, 81
know of no plans for extending the
Northwestern beyond Bonesteel at
present. 1t is possible that if the Mil
waukee extended across the reserva-
| tion, we might push out a little far.
ther, but there is no reason to believe
that the Milwaukee is planning to ex-
tend
Humphrey Democrat: We notice
by the Omaha papers of last week that
DR.. T. r. Stack and wife, formerly of
this place, are in trouble at their pres
ent home in the little town of Ben
nington near Omaha. Their trouble
consists Of an anonymous letter writ
ten to DR.. Stack casting serious re-
Elections on his wifes character. The
letter was traced to Peter NJ Dickey,
an elevator manager at that place,
who formerly lived in Howells, and
the doctor had him arrested on the
charge of criminal libel. At the hear
ing evidence was introduced to show
that Dickey had made verbal remarks
concerning Mrs. Stack similar to those
found in the letter and he was bound
over to the district court and his bond
fixed at $500. This account should
make some OF our local anonymous
letter writer's cease troubling before
their deeds are exposed to the light of
day in a law court.