The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-03-23
nished by the Columbus orchestra

! degree.
The pretty Chinese girl in the Win.
! dow at the Christoph drug store, giving
a ChinaLac demonstration. proved to
| be an attraction to goodly number
of persons this afternoon.
Oscar Uhle has rented the Eble
building, owned by William Berner,
and will move his grocery store into
| II about May 1. This is just next door
west of the Cole building, which he
now occupies.
| DR.. Taylor. who has been living at
Center. Knox county, is moving today,
with his family, to Montana, where he
will settle. He and his family passed
| through Norfolk this morning enroute
west.
Spring dawned today with beau
tiful morning, but the weather grew
worse instead of better and by noon
the air was raw and disagreeable,
The forecast is for generally fair
weather, but colder tonight
The latest information concerning
the funeral of Mrs. Fannie Graham,
who died at Everett, Wash, last week,
was contained in telegram from A.
]. Durland who was in Everett, stat
ing that he would bring the remains
here for burial, but 1t was not stated
when they would arrive.
Creighton News: The state banking
board has authorized the Farmers
State bank of Crofton, Knox county,
and it's articles of incorporation were
filed with the secretary of state this
morning. The incorporators are ID. A.
Matthews, G. II. BLY,, Charles Ruden,
j. w. Talcott and j. b. Kuehn. The
capital stock amounts to $4,000, all
paid up.
Fred Grim, secretary of the Farm
ers Mutual insurance company OF
northern Nebraska counties. went to
Plainview yesterday afternoon to at.
tend to business for the company. At
the meeting which was held In Nor
folk some days ago Robert Ruhlow
of Plainview was elected director,
hut he has declined the position and
Mr.. Grim went to Palnview to find out
who in that territory could be appoint
ed.
The new wing at the Norfolk insane
hospital is practically finished and the
work of getting it in shape for use
is all done with the exception Of COM
pleting one of the tunnels. The work
men on this underground passageway
are this week laying off because Of the
weather. When it is completed the
| oh to
date seventy more patients.
To be able to send the strains of
music from six different instruments
all into one little telephone wire and
all at the same time, is the feat of
Oswald Reiche the young musician of
many talents who lives south of the
city. He is now telephoning his
friends in town and, from the farm
several miles away, gives them a con
cert while they hold the ear-phone.
Amerine & Hight are today moving
their cement block factory from the
basement of the Eiseley block to the
Brakeman & Coleman transfer build
ing near the Creighton depot. Spe-
cial sheds have been built by Blake
man & Coleman for the factory and
| they have been leased for term OF
months. 1--WE will be nearer the de-
pot and can ship easier from that To-
cation" said Mr. Amerine.
Charles LAUGH, formerly of Norfolk
| but now of Bazille Mills, arrived in
the city last night and remained over
until noon today, enroute home from
South Omaha, where he had been with
| stock. He struck a low and dragging
hog market. He says that there is
snow to a depth of eight inches all
over Omaha and that there is much
more snow south of here than in this
section. At West Point on the way
home, he says, he first sighted snow
less land.
An excursion left yesterday noon for
Oklahoma, a number of northern Ne
braska people taking advantage of the
cheap rates. The fare was $l3 for the
round trip. Among those who went
from Norfolk were Fred Wegner, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Wegner and Fred Leh.
man. The Wegners go to visit their
brother, Herman Wegner, formerly OF
Norfolk, later of California and now
of Oklahoma. Mr.. Lehman went on
! land business. Jack Burt of Creigh-
! ton was one of the passengers on the
excursion.
Madison Chronicle: Early this week
letter was received at the postoffice
from a point in Iowa, bearing a most
| nuz1linp and uniuue address Aside
from the name of the sender on the
upper left hand corner of the envel-
ope, no name appeared but in the low
er left hand corner was pasted the
picture of a young woman. On post
card addressed to Postmaster Secor
the writer states that the letter is for
a lady feet inches tall, weight 120
pounds and a dressmaker to whom he
wishes it delivered. The letter has