The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-10


Green have both been quite sick with
the grip hut are now better.
Miss Bertha Piger Is in the city
from Anoka, for n visit with her
mother.
rho Misses O'Neill OF Battle Creek,
and Miss Richardson, were here last
night
w. G.. Baker expects to leave on
Monday for a months visit nt his old
home at Greenvllle. Pa.
Mr.. Simon Mayer OF Lincoln is
guest OF his brother, Sol G. Mayer.
He IL enroute home from n trip to
New York city,
Hiss Sisson left this morning for
Delaware. Ohio. whore she will take
up her work ms the representative OF
the Womun's Foreign Missionary so.
cicty of the Methodist church In the
states of Ohio, West Virginia. Ken,
tucky and Tennessee. having resigned
her position in the Norfolk high school
to take the Office The teachers OF
the high school indicated their apprc
citation of her companionship since
she has been teaching with them by
presenting her with beautifully
bound edition of Shakespeare in
eight volumes and the Junior class
attcstod their regard for their retiring
instructor by presenting Il handsome
signct ring,
Dr G, r. w MarQuardt will leave
tomorrow for Chicago, whore he will
take a post graduate course in the
Mccormick Neurological college. The
course to he taken treats OF the effect
OF eye strain on the nervous system
and will be valuable adjunct to the
doctors knowledge of opthalmology.
lie expects to be absent two or three
months and will leave In charge OF his
business here julius Toman. com.
petent workman, who has been with
him the past three weeks.
The Women's club will meet in the
parlors of the Congregational church
Monday afternoon at 2;30 o'clock.
II was the members of the Modern
Brotherhood of America and not the
Modern Woodmen who, gave the re-
cent surprise party to Mrs. Farley on
South First street.
III. G. Xirfas has rented the Rees
building and is getting it ready for
occupancy by his restaurant. Mr. Zir-
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several weeks ago that destroyed the
two Krug buildings.
Omaha Bee: Articles of incorpora.
tion have been filed by II. Il. Owen
and A. A. Lovelace, who will operate
as the owen & Lovelace Contracting
company in doing general railroad,
canal and diking work. The capital
stock is $4,000.
John w. Davis is circulating sub.
scription paper with the object of
raising enough money to build stables
at the race track north of town. If
successful the track will be put in
condition and things arranged salts
factorily to the horsemen who may
wish to train their fast steppers at
Norfolk for the coming racing season.
II. Il, Own has bought the d. NJ.
owen grading outfit. consisting of fif-
ty teams and n full plant of machin-
cry. This, with Mr.. Owens outfit
makes his one of the largest and best
in the west. He has Just closed up a
contract on the new electric line from
Omaha to Lincoln, of about a half
million yards of earth. and expects
to work 250 teams and 800 men during
the summer, completing the contract
by September of this year
Chief Kern of the fire department
announces today that there will be no
change in the fire districts of the city
on account of the change that has Just
been effected in the wards of the city
| The fire districts will remain mum.
| bered as formerly. The reason for
not changing the fire wards is the
fact that the new city wards are too
indefinite for fire purposes. For in.
stance, First ward under the new ar,
rangement extends for mile and
a half east and west and fire which
was reported for that district might
be at the extreme western end OF
the city limits or 1t might he at the
extreme eastern end. As II stands
today II is a we'll known fact that the
First ward means the business dis
trict, always, and other wards are also
compactly arranged in the old way.
The spring weather that, had pre-
vailed for several days, has beer
brought to sudden end today by a
cloudy sky, a dampness in the all
and threatening rain. While the ther
mometer had stood up at the seventy
five point, it today dropped somewhat
and the morning was raw and chilly
A range of more than 100 degrees in
three weeks is a record that might
startle the oldest inhahitant. Less