The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-19

ter two weeks vacation at home.
Charley Talbert, formerly of Nor.
ok but now of Fremont, was at the
junction today on business.
Mr.. Lubke and little daughter Mime
If Pierce are visiting at the home OF
his daughter Mrs. Ida Christen.
Charley Darnell has moved from his
house on Fourth street into Charley
Talbert's house on Second street.
Jack McGrane, who has been in Chi
cago on business, spent n day with his
family and returned to Chicago yes
terday.
Carl Krake Is moving today from
Second street into the house he re-
Gently purchased Of Mr.. Lemont, for
merly occupied by Charles Darnell.
A birthday party was given In honor
of John LETTERS twentieth birthday
The evening was spent in playing
finch and high Ave. All had fine
time.
Word has been received In Norfolk
of the serious illness of j, p. Gallagher
of O'Neill, who has been suffering
from pneumonia. At present Mr.. Gal
logher Is said to be recovering and 1t
Is now thought he is out of danger.
A score or so of appropriate posters
announcing the band minstrel at the
Auditorium on April % have appeared
I'm Norfolk avenue show windows. The
posters were drawn by Ben Hull and
have attracted considerable attention.
At directors meetings of the Eau.
cett, Carney, Hager company Saturday
evening M. w. Beebe was elected vice
president of the candy company, sue
ceeding w. IL. Hager. Mr.. Beebe, who
travels out of Norfolk for the Omaha
hardware firm of Wright a. Wilhelmy,
will continue on the road for the Oma-
ha firm.
Fourteen hundred Norfolk people ac-
cepted the invitation of the Faucet,
Carney, Hager company published in
The News last week to visit the local
candy factory on Saturday, the com
pany's first visiting day" Definite
figures as to the number of the com
panys guests were secured as 1000
the occasion were more than exhaust
ed, Norfolk people proved their inter
est in the local factory.
A persistent street rumor that for
mer Norfolk citizen had cut his throat
in local restaurant was loose on Nor
folk avenue Saturday afternoon.
Meanwhile the supposed victim of at
tempted suicide was about town ap-
parently unaware of the street talk.
The police made some effort to trace
the story down but met with no sue
cess In locating the origin of the ru-
NOR.
Rev. George l.. White, the pastor in
charge of the chapel car now in Nor
folk, arrived in the city Saturday from
a visit at Lincoln. Sunday Mr.. White
conducted the morning and evening
services at the Baptist church. The
services Sunday were the beginning of
two weeks series of special services
which will be held every evening at
s O'Clock at the Baptist church. The
Sunday meetings were well attended.
A letter received by Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Il. Gerecke of this city from their son,
Alfred, states that the telegram which
came to Norfolk last week declaring
that twins had arrived at his home,
was the work of some practical joker
who labored under the impression that
he was doing something of humorous
nature. The message contained in the
fnln If IN
Mr., and Mrs. Alfred Gerecke as 1t was
to relatives and friends in Norfolk.
There will be no such number OF sa-
looms In Rosebud reservation towns
during the Trip county land rush as
were seen in the days of the Gregory
county land lottery. Under the new
law that has been passed in South Da-
kota there can be but one saloon for
every 800 people in town and this
will cut town of 1000 population
down to three saloons. Gregory claims
1000 population so that under present
conditions but three saloons can exist
there under the law. Under such a
law as exists in South Dakota, Nor
folk could have about sixteen saloons.
Annie Abbott, the mystic woman
whose magnetic power bewilders and
interests large audiences everywhere
appears tonight at the Auditorium for
= the first time in Norfolk. Hers Is an
unexplained power by which she per
forms surprising feats. She lifts eight
men in the air by merely touching her
palms to the back Of chair which
holds them. Standing on one foot
she resists the combined efforts OF
three men to push her over. The ag
gregates strength of four large mer
fails to lift this queer little woman of
her feet and no one in the audience
D can hold an umbrella over her head
This is the first attraction of this sor
that has ever come to Norfolk and in
dications are that large audience will
t watch the mystic powers performance
The Norfolk fire department is con
templating the erection of a fifty-fiv
foot bell tower, to be constructed witt