The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

f. f. Cartney of Fremont and Mrs.
b. CARNEY and Miss Eva Cartney of
Tilden were in Norfolk yesterday,
leaving at noon for Denver.
DR.. G. C. Johnson of Creighton was
among the first physicians to arrive
in Norfolk to attend the meeting Of
the Elkhorn Valley Medical society.
j. C. Blcknell was in Neigh yester.
day assisting one of his statesmen in
big piano sale at that point. Mrs.
Bicknell accompanied her husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Greene are in
Norfolk arranging to have their house
hold goods shipped to Plainview,
where they have made their home for
several weeks past.
DR.. G. S. Parker will leave Thurs.
day for Minneapolis to attend the SEES.
sion of the National Association Of
Dental Examiners and the clinics Of
the National Dental society.
Mrs. e. NJ, Van Patten of Fort
Dodge, Iowa, is here visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. e. NJ. Huntington. She has
been, with her husband. for an outing
at Manitou, Col, and is now on her
way home.
Gentry Bros, dog and pony show
was the attraction in Sioux City yes.
terday.
Miss Emma Wetzel is on a short
vacation from her work in the A. l..
Killian store.
The Salter Coal G. Grain company
are installing fine new scale at their
Office on Norfolk avenue.
S. T. Napier, who is at present de-.
livering live stock to the government
at Indian agencies, will not finish the
task for another month.
C. r. Cole, a student at the Norfolk
business college has accepted the
position of stenographer with the firm
of w. j. Cow and brother.
Mike Mullen has sold his residence
on Pierce street in South Norfolk to
Charles Bennett, who recently moved
to Norfolk from Long Pine.
Mosquitoes on the prairies Of the
Rosebud reservation are working
again this summer with wonted vigor
on cool cloudy days or in low spots
where matted grass has become damp.
In swarms of countless numbers the
little insects alight upon travellers and
literally eat them up. Mosquito bar
about the face and gloved hands are
essential to comfort at times.
Rev. John NJ. Hines, pastor of the
Second Congregational church of Nor
folk, and Miss Mable R. Hare of Cort-
land, N. Y, will be married on Wed.
nesday, August 7, the ceremony
occurring at Cortland. which is Mr..
Hines former home. Mr.. Hines
leaves Norfolk the first of next week
on his summer vacation. He will
return to Norfolk with his bride dur
ing the early part of September.
A huge mastodon's tooth picked up
twenty miles west of Long Pine was
brought to Norfolk on the morning
train by c. o. Mcdaniel. Mr.. McDan-
mel has been out west of that place
near the Northwestern gravel pit and
in walking along the track found the
big tooth. He says that he was of
fered $25 for it but preferred to keep
it. Four of the same teeth, he said,
have been found in that section. Mr..
MCDANIEL brought the tooth to Nor
folk to learn just what type of rem
nant it is.
Dallas News: The allotting crew
are now in camp on the Cottonwood
on the west line of Trip county. The
allotting in Trip county is nearly
completed. The difficulties of allot-
ting are many. The full blooded In
dian cares very little for land and will
not exert himself in the least to Sc
lect an allotment. The new law with
reference to the making of allotments
requires that the family record be
made complete of every applicant for
allotment. This makes it necessary
that every Indian come in and be
counted and as they are not inclined
to come in the work of allotting is con-
|sequently slow.
The Benser-Faucett company, the
company incorporated to control the
mail sack clasp lock invented by Post
master Benser of Hoskins and NJ. NJ
Faucet of Norfolk, has made arrange
ments to have their lock brought be-
fore the attention of the government
S. Marks of the Security Business Co.
of st. Joseph was in Norfolk over
Sunday and arranged to represent the
new company in their eastern nego-
tiations with the government and par
ticularly with the postofIice depart
ment. If the postmaster general ap-
proves the Norfolk lock" the lock will
be riveted to millions of government
mail sacks over the land and the in
ventors will stand to become wealthy.
Mr.. Marks will leave in about a week
on his eastern trip to investigate con-
ditions and interest the government
in adopting the new lock for which
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