The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

clothes which were hanging by the
pipe were on fire. The blaze was ex.
tinguished before much damage was
done.
l. .Uecher, living north of town, is
confined to his home with illness.
The Norfolk Shoe company an.
nounce that they will open a branch
shoe store at Tilden on March o.
Measles and chicken pox have been
going the rounds of Norfolk homes
during the past few days, several mem
bers of some families having been at
tackled. None of the cases are serious.
Bret Mccullough is suffering from
a severely strained back as the result
of falling in friendly scuflle. Ross
Tindal accidentally dropped down
upon Mr.. Mccullough. The latter is
unable to be at his desk as a result.
After the entertainment in the Au-
ditorium Friday evening, the first
scene of the Slaves of the Orient"
was reset and a flashlight photograph
taken Of the stage and actors. Mr..
Savidge, the manager, Is particularly
pleased with the theater, and he says
1t is house that would do credit to
a town four times the size of Norfolk.
He took advantage Of being In the
house to have photographs made for
advertising purposes.
| ,O'Neill Frontier: Frank Campbell,
jr., manager of the O'Neill opera house,
received letter from the manager of
one of the worlds greatest singers,
Madame Nordici, expressing desire
to fix a date for the great singer to
appear in O'Neill. The letter states
that the manager will be glad to state
terms on which his singer would APP
pear and negotiations are suggested on
the strength of the announcement that
the Knights of Columbus will build
an opera house, the singer to appear
under the auspices of the local order.
Madame Nordici is the leading Cath
Ollie performer on the stage and APP
pears at many functions connected
with the church.
Lynch Journal: e. H. Mark started
out as usual on his rural route Mon
| day morning but soon found that he
was not to have usual sailing. He had
not gone far when he run onto an en-
velope marked 1.-THE Mail Carrier" It
contained one dollar. The next box
contained another, and thus it went
on at fifty cents and dollar per clip
until the aggregate amounted to $25.
And it all came as an appreciation of
his faithful service on the route. That
he wore pleased expression when he
reached the postoffice on the return
trip goes without saying. That he
will remember this pounding is as
sured and if there is anything he can
do to better the service it will be done.
| However, we might add right here that
the patrons of route No. | have good
reasons to appreciate the service that
Mr.. Mark is giving them. December
l last rounded out three years on the
route for Mr.. Mark and in that time
| he has missed but one day. During a
snow storm last winter he got out to
Pete Nelson's box, about seven miles,
and there his team refused to face the
storm and he came back. But few
routes can claim as faithful service
with as few complaints made for mis-
takes in mail
The secretary of the Bonesteel
chamber of commerce is in receipt of
a telegram from one of the members
of the South Dakota delegation in con-
both house and senate, and as a re-
| suit there is considerable excitement
| in Bonesteel over the prospects for
another rush to this part of South Da-
kota The part to be thrown open for
settlement is known as Trip county
and contains over 100000 acres of
land. j. NJ. Biggens, a squaw-man,
who formerly resided on a ranch in
Trip county, says that Trip county
is fully as good as Gregory county.
The Gregory county farms that were
drawn three years ago are now selling
at from 500 to $50 per acre. Over 49,
600 people registered for the Gregory
county opening and no doubt a great
many more will register for the Trip
county opening, as there is more than
twice as much land to be had. The
Bonesteel extension of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad has now been
completed to within four miles of the
Trip county line and it is said by
those who are supposed to know, that
the road will be extended through
Trip county, making connection with
the Pierre & Rapid City line, within
the next year. Bonesteel will be the
division point on the Chicago 4 North
western railway and it is almost GER
tainty that Bonesteel will again be one
of the principal places of registration
o01iuho rrn~nro nEnD