The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-16

Wcatherby on Monday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock All members are re-
questcd to be present.
Miss Mary Kane celebrated her if. |
teenth birthday Friday evening by de-
lightfully entertaining number Of her
friends at the home OF her parents Mr.. |
and Mrs. Martin Kane, at Thirteenth
and Madison avenue.
w II. Dexter, in company with his
daughter Mrs. Farrell and her baby, OF
Hot Springs S. d., is visiting in the
city for few days. Mr.. Farrell will
join them before they leave for Has
tings, where they intend to live.
Clarence Salter arrived in Norfolk
yesterday morning after visit to his
ranch on the Rosebud reservation. He
drove twenty.eight miles on Thursday
in order to reach Norfolk in time for
the dancing party of last night. And
| Thursday was cold day.
The members of the Woman's Relief
Corps and the Grand Army of the Re-
public are preparing to give a fair in
the Pacific annex on February % and
23. The women Of the Relief Corps
will serve dinner and supper both days
of the fair. The first evening an en-.
tertanment will be given and the sale
of the goods exhibited at the fair will
take place the second evening.
Mrs. Robert Lynn died at her home
one mile east of Enola at $3.50 Thurs.
day evening of cancer Of the stomach.
She had been suffering with the dis
ease for almost year and during the
last six months was seriously i'll with
1t. The funeral services were held at
10 o'clock this morning from the home.
Burial was in Madison. Her husband
and a number of children, two not
grown up, survive her.
A. Degner has received word that r.
p. Hall, formerly a travelling sales.
man with Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett
& Co. OF Chicago and well known for
years throughout Nebraska territory,
died in Georgia last May. Several
years ago Mr.. Hall was lost sight of to
all his friends and word was heard
occasionally that he had gone south
or was dead but nothing authentic was
known until Mr.. Degner received word
of his death His mother is now living
! in Macon, Ga.
Mrs. II. e. Warrick and Mrs. e. P
+ Weatherby very delightfully."- enter
tanned about thirty-four ladies at theiI
5 home, corner Koenigstein avenue and
: Thirteenth street, at l O'Clock lunch
y con yesterday afternoon. The lunch
J. con was served in four courses and
: finch and euchre were played during
S the afternoon. Mrs. Naper won the
first prize for high score at euchre
L Mrs. Bear won the shouting prize anC
n Miss Tempel won the finch prize. The
same hostesses are entertaining anoth
g er company this afternoon.
t John c. Tighe of Stanton who, to
gether with Nj. Mihills of this city is
S planning to give a stock sale in Nor
d folk February IT, was in Norfolk yes
terday from Stanton. He has just re
Il turned from Lyons, where he attended
6 the sale of Manley & Co., in which one
g animal sold for more than $1,000. The
average price paid for them wa!
e $11.S0, and there were fifty head. E
n u. Russell of Blair sold thirty-nine a
r an average price of $93. The Duroc
Jersey stock to be sold here came from
II the Manley herd originally.
y Norfolk avenue was thrown into t.;
n furry at $50 this morning by al
alarm of fire. which came from tn,
n Fair store. Before the hose cart
n could reach the scene, however, th
'r fire was extinguished without any dam
age. The fire was caused by an un
& protected steam pipe running along
II partition in the basement of the stor'
'r building which set the dried pin
ablaze. Shortly before the fire wa
a discovered several of the clerk
T. smelled smoke but did not at first an
ID ticipate the cause of It. On opening
1t the basement door few moments lat
e er great volume of smoke poured ou
m water was all that was necessary +
81 put out the blaze.
re A patent on a unique device, de
N signed to prevent the collision Of raj
ID road trains, has just been granted I
er James S. Anderson, who lives at Ames
'e The patent consists of an electrica
AZ signal that gives the engineer motto
Of approaching danger, the signals bt
IN ing intended to operate distance c
five miles, so that the warning will b
m given while trains are that far apar
The locomotive will have in its ca
" signal bell. Above will extend 70
is that will strike an overhanging al
paratus so that when another train
lie entering that particular stretch of roaC
lie circuit will be established and "a
signal bells will ring. The patent wi
<. also include features for giving war;
n ing of open switches and burned bridl
r. es. Mr. Anderson has been workin
for two years to perfect this devic
b. and he believes he has succeeded i
IS, getting the result he wanted. He
IN not railroad man, but has taken col