The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-16

troubles growing out OF his iallure
in that capacity are responsible for
the unbalancing of his mind. II has
been number of years since he was
connected With the bank
There will be baptismal services at
the Baptist church tonight.
The fire department will meet to-
night in regular session at the city
hall at S o'clock.
Manager G. r. Sprecher of the Ne
braska Telephone company received
the joyful news yesterday that he
was uncle for the fifty-third time
No circus day would be complete
without the rubber balloon man, and
he was in evidence yesterday with
great lunches of gaily colored but
fragile toys.
The private car of Superintendent
Ware of the Union Pacific was in
the city yesterday from Omaha Di-
vision Engineer Skimmerhorn accom-
panied Mr.. Ware on the trip, which
is a tour of inspection.
The ice cream, lemonade, soda wa
ter and beer dispensers could not
have asked a better day than yester-
day for their business and it kept
some of them better than on the jump
TO supply all demands.
Superintendent d. c. O'Connor Of
the Norfolk schools will spend the
summer in the interests Of the Mac
milan book concern, and will leave
Norfolk tomorrow for Columbus
where he will begin his work. He
has been with this firm during the
summers for number of years.
A monthly meeting of Northwest
ern railroad superintendents was held
in the headquarters of the company
at South Norfolk yesterday. There
were present General superintendent
C. c. Hughes>of Norfolk, Supernten-
dent c. II. Reynolds of Norfolk, and
Superintendent Harmon of Chadron.
Ex-senator William V. Allen of Mad
ison, who had been camping with the
northern Nebraska attorneys at Mo
brara for the past few days, returned
to Norfolk this morning and went TO
Madison on the Union Pacific train
before noon. The senator enjoyed a
splendid outing with the attorneys.
The heavy black clouds that came
up from the northwest last night soon
after supper, looked particularly bad
for the people who wanted to go to
the circus, and the management took
the precautiOn to drive extra stakes
on the wind side of the tent and at
tach heavy ropes to prevent accident,
but when the storm came it was a
very gentle affair. The dust was
whirled about a little and the loose
hangings of the tents Tapped but
that was all, with the exception Of
a gentle shower that agreeably laid
the dust, but sounded much heavier
as it pattered down on the tent tops.
A number of the people of Norfolk
remembered that this was flag day
and flung the stars and stripes ont
from flag staffs in the business and
residence districts, commemorative
of the day that congress gave sane
tiOn 70 the emblem woven by the
deft and artistic fingers of Betsey
Ross. On this one hundred and
twenty eighth anniversary loyal
Americans will not admit that there
has ever been a more beautiful or
appropriate banner created for
great nation, and they continue to
admire it warmly and sincerely as
they observe these starry banners
floating in the breeze.
Henry L. Mayer, of the firm Of
Mayer Bros. of Lincoln, and brother
of Sol G. Mayer of Norfolk, has been
in New York for several weeks re-
ceiving treatment for the indisposi-
ton that has been causing his friends
some concern for nearly a year. Says
the State Journal His ailment was
finally diagnosed to be liberation of
the stomach and was treated with so
much success that he has been out
Of the hospital for two weeks and is
pronounced cured. In order that he
may regain his strength and make
the cure permanent he has been ad-
vised to spend the summer abroad
and will sail for Europe late this
month. After spending the summer
at Carlsbad and Wiesbaden he will
return ready to take up business
again.
Long Pine Journal: Work on the
grading for the Northwestern's cutoff
and bridge at this point is progress
ing slowly. Preparations are being
made to establish a railroad in the
cuts on the Davis fiat. There will be
several trains Of half a dozen dump
cars each, hauled by team of hors-
es. They will be loaded by hand la
Dor and then hauled to the big fill
near the creek. Other methods OF
moving the dirt in the big cut have
not proved very successful, and little
work will be done until the little
railroad is put into operation. The