The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-10-13

to Norfolk During the summer Mr.
| Tildcn has been In the west and Mrs.
Tllden has been at Dos MoInes. They
live on South Fourth street.
A. O. Nichols OF Danbury, Iowa,
came In on tho carly train this morn.
! ing from visit TO his brother ED Mt
, Lynch He thinks there Is no country
on earth quite so good ns Boyd coun.
Ity.
/ Theodore Bcltz and family have re-
turned to this place and will remain.
They formerly lived here but two
years ago went to Iowa, Thcy return
with the feeling that there Is no place
like homeland Nebraska Is home to
them.
N. Hansen, the cigar salesman, will
live Mt the Oxnard for n time, while
Mrs. Hansen visits at ColiaX, Iowa.
The Ladies' of the Maccabocs gave
surprise party this afternoon for
Mrs, Harrington at the home of Mrs.
Lyman Miller
The open meeting Of the household
department of the Woman's club,
which was to have been held on Mon
day next, has been postponed for two
weeks
Father Vaughan Is scheduled to de-
! liver a lecture at Spencer, Neb., to.
night Spencer people will make no
mistake in hearing him, He Is u bril-
liant lecturer.
The colony of Norfolk young men
! in Lamar Col, who are employed in
the sugar factory there, Is constantly
increasing. Clarence Gcrecke will
leave next week for that place.
| A gentleman down from Lynch says
the fair In progress Mt that town is n
splendid exposition of the products of
Boyd county. The exhibition is being
given in n tent and is well attended.
| A special was run from Omaha last
night, bringing homo big crowd of
people who had witnessed the Ak-Sar-
Ben parade. The train left Omaha
after the close of the festivities last
night and arrived here about o'clock
this morning.
A. Raider n man about sixty years
of age, was run over at West Point
this morning by special passenger
train on the Northwestern road which
was bringing home Ak-Sar-Bcn eXcur-
siOnists. Mr.. Raider lives at West
Point He was getting off the train
when he slipped and fell the wheels
catching his leg, which was run over.
James Thomas, representing the
Bell Telephone company, has already
written thirty-ilve contracts for the
company in Norfolk during his two
weeks stay, besides the hospital pri-
vate exchange contract
DR.. Earl Douglass Holtz will give
his lecture on Grip, Grit and Gump-
tion," on Saturday evening, October
II. This is the first lecture of the
course to be given during the winter
under the auspices of the young peo-
pies societies of three churches. The
| course will include two lectures, one
entertainer and two musical numbers.
Pierce Call: Arrangements have
been made for ball game with Yer
digre on the Pierce diamond this after.
noon. This will probably be the last
game of the season as a majority of
the clubs closed the season on Octo.
her |. Come out and give the boys Il
lift. In the evening members of the
team contemplate giving a dance at
the opera house.
Mrs, c. r. Farley & Son, who pur-
| chased the old Norfolk House for 81
800, are now rcuovating and remodel
ling the place with the end in view of
making it very desirable lodging
house, They are going over the house
now for the second time, ropaintiug
and re-papering every room They
serve no meals but have twenty-five
rooms for dodgers.
Pierce Leader: VIII Ulrich. propri-
! etor of the City Meat market, has a
reputation as n butcher that extends
further than in the immediate vicinity
of Pierce. All this summer he has
been shipping meat to the Norfolk
asylum once week, simply because
the meat he handles Is of the best
and most nicely prepared of any I,
be found on the market anywhere.
This speaks we'll for Mr.. Ulrich and
the town as well.
Mrs, Walters has received several
letters from the doctor since he ar.
rived in the Panama canal country
He is stationed at a small place forty.
eight miles from Colon and is getting
along fine. He says there Is a mis-
taken idea about the health of that
country. There is no more sickness
where he is than there is in Norfolk,
except among the men who work in
the swamps, and they suffer the usual
ailments of that kind of a life. He
says the climate is agreeable. the
night being quite cool. Mrs. Walters
expects to join the doctor a little later.
Pierce Call: Chris Schnoor and his
brother Henry had quite an exciting
experience last Friday evening. They