The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-04-05

trust company
H. Sly and family left Tuesday for
II two weeks pleasure trip south OF
Newport \. T.. Larson will handle
Mr. Sly's work AZ chief train dispatch
or In the Northwestern once.
Harold Cow, Oliver utter and Roy
Lulkart, Norfolk students at the Uni
vcrsity of Nebraska returned to Lin.
coin Tuesday morning after spending
the Easter recess In the city.
Jake Christensen got back from
Deadwood on the noon train. He had
been visiting his brother
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dick arrived
home yesterday from Atkinson where
they had been visiting friends.
Joe Miller of Long Pine has accepted
u position with the car rcpalrors and
viii make his home in Norfolk.
Ike Taylor left for stanton ycster-
day to look up location.
Mr.. Wicr Is erecting fine new
house just south of the Congregational
church on Second street.
Mr. and Mrs win hin are the pa
rents Of "A baby boy who arrived April
Fools day
Mrs. Robert crafts pet horse died
yesterday evening of old age. He was
twcntyscvcn years old Mrs. Craft
owned him sixteen years and feels
very bad over his death.
Mrs. Chas. Long returned yesterday
morning from Lynch, where she has
been visiting her daughter Mrs Cad.
Strain, and son ElvIn Long and fami-
| ly.
Oniccr Livingstone has been an
noyod for some time by boys from
twelve to fifteen years of age riding
on the NJ. a. o, from town in the even.
ings. They are very careless and run
great danger of being injured by the
trains. They catch the baggage wag-
ons back.
Born to Mr.. md Mrs. William
Defines n son
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. William Hin
on Monday, n son.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Huebner
of Hosliins, a son.
The remains of Robert McKibbon,
the siX-year-old son of Charles McKib-
bon, living six miles west of the city,
were laid to rest in Best cemetery
Monday, Death followed an attack of
measles and occurred Sunday.
Marquardt hall is being fitted out
with new toilet and dressing rooms
with tile floors and now fixtures, Car
pentcrs are at work on the improve
ments, which when completed will cost
A. j. Durand, the owner of the hall,
about 5000.
Norfolk Is being made more and
more distributing center Today
there is headed toward this city from
the manufacturing plant of the Inter
national Harvester company a train
load OF machinery consisting of four
teen cars Fifteen cars have been re-
ceiycd before during the season, maxi
ing practically two trainloads They
are coming to the Norfolk Transfer
company for redistribution. 1t is
thought that the train is being rushed
particularly fast because of the inn
pending railway trainmens strike.
The state legislature has appropri-
ated $4,000 for new buildings and inn
provements at the Norfolk hospital for
the insane. The first telegram an
nounclng that the bill had passed the
, senate gave the figures at $4,000.
This proved later to be in error The
original bill called for 100000 and
was reduced $4,000, $4,000 being de-
+ Quoted from the appropriation for fur
| nj
. barn. The bill, as soon as it passed
the senate, WAS rushed over to the
I governor for his signature which, it
was thought, would soon be attached
| Captain and Mrs. Mapes have re-
turned to America after an extended
stay in the Philippines, where CAPTAIN
! Mapes was stationed. Mrs. Mapes, for
' merly Miss Loa Blakely of this city,
arrived in Norfolk yesterday at noon
to visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
3 c. A. Blakely. Mrs. Mapes is decided
~ under the weather, having contract
2 ed severe cold on the voyage. Cap
: tam Mapes has joined his old regi-
ment. the Twenty.fifth infantry. for.
A merly stationed at Fort Niobrara, Neb..
s now in Texas. He accompanied Mrs.
Mapes as far as San Antonio, Texas.
). and she finished the journey alone.
e Norfolk music dealers have received
large consignments Of the catchy song
e hits from THE Isle of Spice" the clev-
y er musical comedy which comes to the
Auditorium Friday evening. A num-
9 Der OF children of the city were recent
e ~ trained in many of the pretty dane.
es and drills taken from THE Isle of
r SPICE and were to have given them
/ IN an entertainment which was later
abandoned. The Auditorium manager,
{ VINO saw this production at Lincoln n
p wee kago, says he counted nearly forty
people on the stage in one scene. He
n says that the music is fetching, the
k costumes new and attractive the cleo
triCal effects IInuSuaIIv affao+;,,o -