The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-03-30
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ter, will remain several days. Julius
Tappert, brother Of Otto Tappert, will
leave for his home in Davenport, Iowa
tomorrow.
Frank Eichberg, August Valentine
and Jess Green OF limerick were In
the city today enroute TO Madison on
county seat business. They left home
yesterday afternoon and cannot get
back until tomorrow afternoon, max.
ing 1t Il forty.eight hour trip to Madi.
son and back. This is the third trip
Mr.. Eichberg has made within few
months on similar mission.
Meadow Grove will grant licenses
to saloons this year.
Large flocks of brant were heard
going north last night They lowered
around electric lights.
The Pacific block is being rewired
by the Nebraska Telephone company,
an Independent cable being installed.
Weller Brothers, formerly of Nor
folk, but now of Nebraska City and
West Point, have purchased a lumber
yard at Humphrey.
A concert is now one of the features
at the Pacific hotel Sunday evening.
Those who heard the concert last
evening enjoyed it very much.
Norfolk offers exceptional opportu-
nifty for good trainer and conditioner
of horses. There is good track and
there are good stalls here already
built.
Mr.. Asmus of Ransom e. Asmus
will hereafter only be in his Office on
Saturday. He is to do special work
for the Home Fire Insurance company
of New York, of which he is the local
| agent.
About fifty citizens of Butte were
| in town last week, some going to
| O'Neill as witnesses in the Irwin MUIR
der trial and others to Mitchell, S. D.,
to appear at the land office in a land
contest case.
The Sons of Hermann have pur-
| chased 500 flag with colors en-
blematic of their order and will hold
a public meeting in the near future
to dedicate it. Speakers from abroad
will be present and a dance will be
given.
After a long residence in West
Point Hon. e. X. Valentine has re-
moved to Omaha, where he will con
tinue the practice of law. Mr.. Valen
tine was at one time congressman
from the Third district and has for
years been prominent in the northern
part of the state.
The increasing demand for poultry
has melted farmers to buy incubators
and raise chickens by wholesale. A
recent invention is self-regulating. 1t
drops the chick into brooder and is
not to be opened until all are hatched.
Fred Terry of Warnerville keeps his
in room without fire with the win
dow open. Sunshine is desirable for
the young chicks.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j Durland will
leave Everett, Wash, tomorrow, ac-
companying the remains of Mrs. Fan
ME Graham, and will arrive here on
Friday. The delay has been caused
by the illness of Frank Graham, who
desired to accompany the remains of
his mother to the last resting place,
but until now has been too weak to
undertake the journey.
ID. A. Watkins, a young attorney
who has been located at Bonesteel
since the opening of the Rosebud res
ervation and who figured in a sensa-
tion in which he alleged he was black
mailed a year ago, has left that town
and will seek a new location. Mr..
Watkins passed through Norfolk yes
terday morning enroute to Omaha.
He said that he might decide to locate
in ShOshoni.
A disagreeable sleet storm began
raging in this territory early Sunday
morning, turned to a warm rain dur
ing Sunday and is still in the game
today. The streets of Norfolk have
been made very muddy by the rain
and business has been slack about
walks at an early hour yesterday
morning were covered with a heavy
coating of ice and many people had
pretty close calls to falling headlong.
There is said to be much snow up in
the Rosebud country, roads being COW
cred with enough of the white drifts
to make it difficult for one team to
haul a buggy.
Omaha, Bee: Father Thomas
Walsh, who is securing subscriptions
for the new Catholic cathedral, is one
of the busiest men in Omaha. He re.
ports to other members of the Cath
olic clergy he is meeting with good
success in his financial campaign, but
he refuses to go into particulars as to
the amount of money subscribed.
Even Bishop Scannell is not made ac.
quainted with the progress of the
work and he has seen Father Walsh
but few times since the latter's ar
rival in Omaha. The clergy think
Father Walsh's reticence is occasioned
by the fact that he has some big sur