The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-09-29

I
N. J. Wagner OF Duncombe, Iowa,
was in the city this morning on his
way home from visit to Bonesteel.
F. A. Kennedy OF Geneseo, Ill, and
]. NJ. Sellers OF Orion, H.. are here
looking over the country with view
to locating.
Woods Cones, banker OF Pierce, was
from Wayne, where he had been at
tending the fair.
Henry Haase returned last evening
from Sioux City, accompanying his
sister, Mrs. Palm and her son George.
They had been to the German Luth-
eran hospital. where a slight opera
tion was performed upon the boy by
DR.. Staads
l. ]. Johnson and wife left this morn
ing for Rockford, Ill. They go to visit
Mr. Johnson's parents and their son
John A. Johnson. While there Mr..
Johnson will visit the factory for which
he travels.
Albert Rohde, who had been visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Rohde in this city for the past two
weeks, has returned to his home in
Chicago, where he has a position as
one Of the city clerks.
James Thomas of Omaha connected
with the Bell Telephone company, is
in the city and will remain here for a
few days, having been sent for the pur-
pose of increasing the number of sub
scribers on the Norfolk list.
Brick work on the new Rees build
ing, at the corner of Main and Fifth
streets, is progressing at a lively rate.
George Rohde and family will leave
Norfolk about the first of October for
Chicago, where they will go to make
; their future home.
The West Side Whist club was very
delightfully."- entertained last night at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Burn
ham. 1t was the first meeting of the
year.
DR.. Matzen has rented the two front
rooms in the Odd Fellows building.
The rooms are at present being re-
: paired and placed in condition. They
will be ready by Monday
Indians have been passing through
Norfolk during the past few days en-
route to the Rosebud reservation
. where, it is said, the annual snake
dance of the Sioux is being danced.
The King road machine, drawn by
two teams, is at work smoothing out
the ruts on the streets formed as the
result of the recent heavy rains. The
machine does good work.
j. S. McClary received a telegram
yesterday afternoon telling him of the
death of his brother-in-law, Wentworth
Moss, in hospital at Salt Lake City
The funeral will be held at the home
in Evanston, Wyo., tomorrow.
Mrs. r. E. THEM last evening re.
ceived a message from her brother
Roy Carter, announcing the death OF
his wife at Columbus. Details were
lacking at the time the message was
received, but it was thought the re-
mains would be taken through Norfolk
at noon today for Creighton, where the
funeral will be held.
e. c.. Coleman has moved into the
Reckard house, corner Thirteenth
street and Norfolk avenue, and will
occupy the residence for six months
at the end of which time he will build
a new home.
w. II. Winslow, superintendent 'of
the Genoa Indian schools, passed
through the city this morning having
, in charge nine Santee Indian boys
whom he was taking to school. They
came down from Niobrara on the
early train.
, Fourteen carloads of sheep, being
, shipped from the Black Hills to Sioux
;. City, were fed in Norfolk at noon yes
terday on account of an error made in
the feed yards at Long Pine. The
, sheep were to have been fed at that
J place but were allowed to ride through
, without their meal. The train was
=. stopped in Norfolk, therefore, and
I enough feed scraped together to sat
, isfv the hunger of 4,200 sheep.
;. In response to a telegram saying
o that their father A. p Pilger, was
o considerably worse, Arthur and
: Charles Pilger went to Omaha this
G morning. Mr.. Pilger was operated or
n in an Omaha hospital for an affection
p of the throat, and at first 1t was
a thought his chances for recovery were
/. good and friends had been led to be
q lieve that he would get well, but the
:. later developments are very discour
D aging.
r A neat little volume entitled "Pro
!. miscuous Poems" by Rev. Wiltshire r
;. Peters of this city, has just been is
v sued from the press of The News. Mr.
n Peters is the circuit rider Of Norfoli
!. district, and the poems were writer
I. during his spare moments, and have
v been accumulated and published a
the suggestion of his friends. Th'
work shows a good deal of poetica
merit and demonstrates that Mr.. Pc
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