The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

/ Grove attended the meeting,
Three Omaha young men start this
afternoon says the Omaha World.
Herald, on canoe trip of 800 miles
each I'm his own little craft. They are
II. Il. Sarson Willis Barber and Il. II.
Dooley, all members of n boat club
at Lake Manawa. They have shipped
their canoes to Neigh, where the
cruise starts. Down the Elkhorn they
will paddle to the Platte, down the
Platte to the Missouri, up the Missouri
to Mosquito creek and up Mosquito
creek to Manawa and the club house.
About two weeks will be taken on the
trip, although so much time will not
be needed. 1--WE expect to have a gay
old time" said Dooley yesterday.
And III guarantee we don't sleep
twice in the same place. Coming up
the Missouri will be the hardest part
In the back water.
The Wednesday club of this city
will begin It's winter series of meetings
October and will continue each We'd
nesday until March II, upon the sub
jcct of Holland" An attractive and
interesting program has been arranged
for the series. Officers Of the club are:
President, Mrs. G.. ID. Butterheld; vice
president, Mrs. w. H. II. Hagey sec
rotary and treasurer, Mrs. A. Bear
The program committee was: Mrs
| Wynn NJ. RanbOlt, Mrs. Darius Math-
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Butterheld Active members of the
club are: Mrs. A. Bear, Miss Helen
Bridge, Mrs. G. d, Butterfiold, Mrs w.
II. Buttcrlield, Mrs. n b. Dolsen, Mrs.
w, II. II. Iagey, Mrs. John r. Hays,
Mrs. w N. Huse Mrs. n. A. Huse,
Mrs. ID. Mathewson, Mrs. S. G. Mayer,
Mrs j. S. McClary, Mrs. c. S. Parker,
Mrs n. A. Rainbolt, Mrs. w. M. Rain
bolt, Mrs. C. II. Reynolds, Mrs. p. H..
Salter, Mrs. j. c. S. Wells.
A hundred and twenty-three teach
crs enrolled Thursday evening in the
Madison county teachers institute in
Norfolk makes a new mark for Madi-
son county institutes. The following
new names have been added to the In.
sttute list: S. A. Chidester, Newman
Grove; Il. Marie Anderson, Chambers;
E. ]. Bodwell, Norfolk; ]. A. Doremus,
Madison; Bessie H. Anderson, Cham
bers; r. Solomon, Norfolk; May Hop
kins, Sioux City; Bess f. Perdue, Mad
ison; Elizabeth Sheehan. Columbus;
f. M. Gregg, Peru; Eva Horsham,
Madison Sophia McFetters, Madison;
j. @. Zuck, Battle Creek: +. II. Price,
Meadow Grove; f. S. Perdue, Madi-
son; Bertha Richardson, Battle Creek;
G. e. Mcintosh, limerick. Not only
has the institute broke attendance rec
ords but 1t has set new record In
enthusiasm and work accomplished.
In this connection Prof r. Solomon's
work in music is mentioned as the
special feature of the institute.
Norfolk people who are up at a.
m. may see the big comet which Is
just now exciting star gazers. All
over the land people are pushing for
ward their rising hours to take a peep
at the new comet recently called a
terrestrial hobo" by Chicago news
paper astronomer. High up in the
heavens on these clear August nights
it can be seen with the naked eye
whirling through the stars at the rate
of thirty miles each second. This ter
restrial hobo is called Daniels COM
ct" Just at the present time 1t is
wandering somewhere between the
eastern horizon and Hyadnes. Hack
drivers, policemen and other early
morning denzens of the street see 1t
as hazy patch of light growing
brighter night after night. On Sep
TENDER 8, it will be 47,000,000 miles
from the sun. and will then be bright
est to the earth. Through a giant tel
esCope at Yerke observatory Professor
r. f. Barnard has made a collection
of remarkable photographs of the
heavenly wanderer. These pictures
are said to be the best ever made of
a comet. The comet has a long tail
of flying "specks" of burning lava,
each speck of course. as big as Kan,
sas barn.
Great possibilities in the cattle ship
ping industry at Rapid City have been
opened up through the leasing by Mel.
son Morris, the we'll known Chicago
packer, of over 100000 acres of graz
ing land northeast of there on the
Standing Rock Indian reservation. For
nearly ten years this land has been
controlled on a lease by the IT cattle
outfit whose bid for renewal was a
fraction of Il cent per acre less than
that of Morris Five years ago the
III people fenced the land, and for
years have had several large droves Of
cattle on this range, but with the
coming of Morris, this number is to
be largely increased. Morris owns
much land in Texas, and has always
grazed his cattle there. Since Sc
curing this lease in South Dakota he
has moved 5000 head of his cattle and
intends to bring in many other herds
) as soon as possible This is the first
instance where Morris has ever fed