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

| the city TO attend an Nj, w. n. meet
ing.
J. Stewart was in the city over night
from Wisner, attending the dancing
party last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Il. Turnbull have
returned from three months trip in
the southwestern part Of the state.
Mrs. George NJ. Root was an early
arrival in the city this morning from
Gregory the new town In the western
edge of the Rosebud country.
Harry Lodor has gone to Cincinnati
q to make arrangements with whole
sale house for covering the territory
tributary to Norfolk'as travelling sales
man.
Joseph Cantos, who has been in the
employ of sewing machine company
here for six months, left this morning
for Neigh where he will assume man
agement OF the Antelope county of
fee Of his firm.
Culverts which were damaged by
the recent water on Norfolk avenue,
are being repaired.
Miss Helen Grantly in her private
car has arrived in the city to present
Her Lord and Master" at the Audto-
rum tonight.
The main sewer on Norfolk avenue
was flushed by a fire department de
tachment this morning at the corner
of Fourth street and Norfolk avenue.
II. r. Allen, son of ex-senator w. V.
Allen of Madison, has located at Dal-
las, S. D., one of the new towns on
the Rosebud, and will soon start a
paper there.
John Stafford is Ill at the home of
his parents at Scrbner with severe
attack of typhoid fever. His sister,
Miss Edna Stafford, has gone home on
account of his illness.
The baseball players in the sopho-
more class at the Norfolk high school
have organized team and are look
ing for engagements. They have al
ready begun practicing.
A few friends were entertained by
C. S. Bridge and Mrs. M. A. Mcmillan
at the Bridge home on Norfolk avenue
last night. Supper was served at
$50, after which euchre afforded
pleasure during the evening.
There was some alarm in Pierce
when the news Of the fire at Hot
Springs, Ark, was received, as Mr..
and Mrs. S. D. Berg are at present in
the southern city! A telegram an
nounced that they were safe.
Although it was nearly 10 o'clock
before the dancing party given by the
Trinity Social guild began last night
it proved to be very enjoyable affair
to the thirty couples present. The
music was good, delicious sherbet was
served between dances and the night
was ideal for dancing. This is the
last of series given by the guild dur
ing the winter, the Lenten season be
ginning on next Wednesday,
Sam Coon isn't going to celebrate
. Chinese New Year in Norfolk this sea
son. In fact Chinese New Year has
} come and gone-and that's one reason
, why the usual annual festivities shall
not prevail in the city. Rheumatism
knocked out the celebration. The
. whole Chinese contingent in town had
: rheumatism. Sam is the whole con
tingent, and his aiment, which kept
him bedfast for some time, proved
enough to take all of the thoughts fol
: celebration out of his head. Usually
, Sam has a big party, inviting all OF
= his friends and serving oriental bev
erages which come straight from the
, land across the seas. But this time
there will be nothing-it is all off unit
next winter
while | was in Texas" said p. J
Barnes today, who has just returned
from a several months trip to the
sunny south "the mercury sank to ter
and eleven below zero, the wind blew
in a frightfully chilly way and snow
covered the ground to a depth of foul
+ inches during our entire stay. Their,
will be very severe loss of cattle il
Texas the latter part of this month
on account of the weather The
, stockman who owned 100 head pre-
/. pared for the elements but the maj
, with 10000 head was in no manne
ready for the severity OF the winter
and the losses will be very heavy
l One man In the town | visited had 16i
hides hanging on a fence out of
bunch of as many head. First ther'
came bad sleet storm and later th'
snow fell 1t was a bad winter il
2 braska any time than there
g COUSIN OF GENERAL CUSTER.