The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21


venture in that line OF work but his
friends think he has the push and
ability to make II go
Sam Zimmerman. Douglas Baldwin
and Oscar McGrail left today with a
car load Of horses and farm machinery
for Johnstown, where they have
claims The boys say that prairie
chickens are plentiful in that country
and they expect to have good time
for the next two months.
G. w Box OF Sioux City, who repre-.
sents the New York Life Insurance
company, is in town Mr.. Box has
been with this company number Of
years and expects to remain with II
until Lawson puts 1t out OF business
AS the occupation is fairly agreeable
he has concluded that will not be very
soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Raasch re.
turned Saturday from n nine weeks
visit in the east and north, having Wis
tied at Chicago, Milwaukee, Appleton,
Watertown. but principally at their
former home at Roxonia, Wisconsin
Yesterday more than fifty friends gath
cred at their home west of town and
surprised them, giving them a warm
greeting from their trip.
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Farley left at
noon to visit friends at Long Pine and
other points west.
County Attorney Jack Koenigstein
has just added to his already exten.
sive law library $40 worth OF new
books.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. NJ. Dudley have
moved from Norfolk avenue to the
house at il9 Philip avenue, recently
vacated by the family of F. F. Miller.
Lee Upton has resigned as rural
route carrier for the free delivery SER
vice and has been succeeded by John
Cronk, who received his appointment
last week.
A Norfolk ball team took game
score of 10 to 8. The batteries
We're: Norfolk, Bovee and Wetzel; ;
Winside, Needham and Olds. Umpire,
Marshall
Street Commissioner Oscar Richey
has ordered two cars of cinders that
will be used in filing in some of the
bad holes on Main street, and which.
it is hoped will prevent them from re-
forming every time it rains.
The choir boys of Trinity Episcopal
church will leave tomorrow morning
for their annual camping outing at the
Yellow Banks and the members of the
choir are busy today completing their
plans for the outing. They will re-
main in the woods for ten days.
The body of Simon Haase, who died
at Columbus from consumption after
an operation had been performed for
his relief, was taken through the city
today on its way to Harrington, where
interment will take place. VIM Paeg-
galer was in charge of the body,
The delivery team of the Palace
meat market left the shop in sum-
mary and unannounced manner this
morning about o'clock and made a
strong dash over good track as far
as Fifth street where they collided
with post and were caught No dam
age was done.
West Point is getting ready for a
big Labor day event in September
A committee from the Deutsche Land
wehr Verein of Omaha has been there
to make arrangements for a big eX-
cursion and picnic on that day, and it
is expected that two special trains
will be required to haul the people
from Omaha to the picnic grounds
The tent caterpillers are beginning
their seasons work on the trees of
Norfolk and if taken in time the prop
erty owners may succeed in prevent
ing an epidemic of these workers that
would in time rob the trees Of their
foliage as has been done in other plac-
es, A spray of poison or a torch an
piled to their tents" will give quick
results.
The street sprinkler is again earn
ing its wage and is kept busy from
morning TO night keeping the dust Of
the principal streets in an obedient
spirit. This with other inconvenience
es is borne uncomplainingly by the
people. however, as long as they real.
7e that the corn is humping and Civ
ing promise of future business and
prosperity.
Several buildings are changing loca.
tions in South Norfolk Just now and
George Stalcop is kept busy keeping
them on the move. His work has suf-
fered with that of other out door work
ers by reason of the excessive rain.
but with the drying of the roads he is
making an effort to catch up with his
duties, but it will keep him busy the
balance Of the season to do so.
The Hastings Weekly News. of
which F. F. Miller is publisher. is n