The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-02
visit with her father.

Richardson spent last night In the
city on their way to Wayne.
A. w. Adams came down from
Pierce this morning to attend to bust.
ness matters in the city today.
Mrs. II. c. Matrau went to Stanton
this morning, called there by the i'll
ness of her niece. Mrs. Perry Briggs
s. Sebenaler of Osmond is in the
city today on his way to the southern
part of the state to look at some land.
Mrs. Sieger and son Ray, who have
been visiting relatives in the city, re-
turned to their home in Meadow
Grove yesterday.
Chas. Beiersdorf returned from
Plainview this morning where he had
been on a visit to his brother who is
quite sick with a stroke of paralysis.
Howard Holmes, who has been work
ing for c. II. Folsom and company for
the past month has resigned his posi-
ton and returned to his home in
Plainview.
j. II. Bryant and daughter, Miss Ma
bel Bryant, from Searsport, Maine, ar
the home Of X. e. Bryant on South
Fourth street. Miss Bryant will re-
main month and Mr.. Bryant will
probably stay all winter.
Halloween will be here tomorrow
night.
The Wednesday club will meet to-
morrow afternoon with Mrs. N. A.
Rainbolt
Joseph De Grasse, the actor, will
play Merchant of Venice" at the Au-
ditorium tonight.
j. Beckley of Creighton enrolled in
a course of instruction.
William Bergman, father of Mrs. G.
e. Saunders, died in st. 10, Mo-, Oct.
16. Mrs Saunders formerly lived here
and Is well known in Norfolk.
A new cement sidewalk is being laid
In front of the old Schwertferger
building on East Main street, now
occupied by the Duffy implement Co.
DR.. and Mrs. G. S. Parker have is
sued invitations for two dinner parties
to be given this week, one on Thurs
day evening at go and one on Friday
evening at $3.50.
Manager Groesbeck of the Gund dis
tributing house. received word yester-
day that the company's engineer will
be here this week to supervise the
beginning of work on the new build
ing.
Those who have doubts as to the ad-
visibility of graveling the streets Of
Norfolk, should notice the street in
front of the postofIice which is gray
eled and that which is not little far
Their north.
C. A. Randall of Newman Grove
republican candidate for state senator
from the Eleventh district, who passed
through Norfolk on his way to Pierce
yesterday, sayS that prospects for a
republican victory at the polls in
northern Nebraska a week from today,
are excellent.
The Sugar City Cereal mills are i'm
proving their dam by reinforcing it
with concrete instead of wood, and
building it about twelve inches higher,
which will help in time of low water.
The construction has been somewhat
delayed on account of having to build
it a little at time.
The poultry house of Folsom & Co.
has been doing a rushing business
ever since they began operations a
month ago. They have shipped about
four cars of live poultry which repre-
sents over $4,000 chickens. These
have all been furnished from Norfolk
and the surrounding country.
The lecture and demonstration civ
en- by Mrs. McMurphy yesterday af-
ternoon in the parlors of the Congre-
gational church, was very interesting
and entertaining. The roast beef,
baked beans, brown bread and banana
pudding were great successes. There
was large attendance and great in.
terest was manifested in both lecture
and cooking.
The barometer in Norfolk at s
o'clock this morning was the highest
it has been in many months, standing
1926 inches high. This denoted that
the air is heavier than it has been for
long time, and therefore drier and
clear. Fair weather is bound to fol
low a rise of this sort. The barometer
in Norfolk usually stands about 29.SC
inches high. The weather man pre-
diets fair weather.
The stock sale of Smith Bros. al
Newport tomorrow promises to attract
a large number of northern Nebraska
men who are interested in horse bar
gains. Smith Bros. have made Of
Newport horse market that is grow
ing in Importance and prestige every
month, and these sales serve to dis
perse large herds of fine horses a
reasonable prices. A large crowd o.
horse buyers will no doubt take ad
vantage of the offers which will be
made tomorrow, and the sale promise!
to be successful in every Way