The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-15

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A. G. Rolf of St Edwards was in
Norfolk yesterday between trains.
Mrs. II, c. Simmons returned yes.
terday from a short visit with her sis.
ter at Beemer.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Weaver re-
turned yesterday from a Sunday visit
at Meadow Grove.
County Superintendent Frank S.
Perdue of Madison was business Wis.
itor in Norfolk today.
haul Nenow of Battle Creek was in
.,orfolk yesterday on his way to visit
a claim which he has in Cherry coun.
ty.
Mr. and Mrs. f, p. Olmstead re.
turned from Wayne, where they at.
tended the funeral of Mrs. Albert Ber-
ny on Sunday.
Miss Reynolds, who is to serve as
trimmer this year at Mrs. E. f. Stear's
millinery store, has arrived in the city
from Chicago.
Mrs. Dillenbeck is slightly improved
after being quite i'll last week
Mrs. II. l.. Whitney of Omaha, for.
merly of Norfolk, has obtained di-
vorce from her husband. She is to
get $4,000, $35 per month and the Gus
tody of her daughter, Bernice.
The Ladies Missionary society of
the First Congregational church met
with Mrs. w, II. Johnson at 3 o'clock.
The subject of the meeting was "The
Chinese Empire and Its People"
e. c. Gay, deputy in the Royal
Achates lodge, and who made his
headquarters in Norfolk last summer,
has just sent word to friends here of
the death of his father His mother
died while he was stationed here last
August.
Articles of incorporation for the
Yankton & Southwestern railway, cap
italized at 100000, have just been
filed with the secretary of state at Lin
coin This is the line which has just
been surveyed through Norfolk en-
route from Yankton to the gulf.
Tuesday the ruins of the high school
building were still on fire. Water has
been unable to extinguish the smoul-
dering heap of coal in the southeast
corner of the basement A constant
stream of water wa: kept on the fire
considerable part of Sunday and
Monday.
Through the generosity and thought
| fulness of Mrs. b. W. Barrett, Norfolk
fire ladies who had grown fatigued
and chilled while fighting flames in
the Norfolk high school, were given a
genuine treat at her home in the way
of coffee and sandwiches. The fire
men have unanimously expressed
their appreciation of the act.
C. w. Roland yesterday took posses
sion of the general merchandise bust
ness of j. b. and J. w. Dickover at
Third street and Norfolk avenue. J.
b. Dickover is expected in Norfolk
from Santa Barbara, Cal, during the
week. Messrs. Dickover after selling
their business last week announced
their intention of making their future
home on the Pacific coast.
The Norfolk city library will receive
$3.50 as the result of the concert Civ
en- at the Auditorium last week by the
Oriole Concert company. c. S. Hayes,
who had charge of the local arrange
ments for the concert, gives the fol
lowing financial statement to The
News: Total receipts, $1,000. Elk.
penses of Oriole Concert company, Au-
ditorium rent, advertising, extra help,
amounted to $3.50. Cash for library
fund, $3.50.
Roland LANCER of this city has just
received word of the very serious i'll
ness of his brother, Ray l.. LANCER of
Seattle. Mr. LANCER was formerly in
bank at Humphrey and is known in
this section. He recently made a trip
to Italy and other European countries
in behalf of the bank in which he is
employed at Seattle and since his re-
turn he has been doing two mems
work. Mrs. LANCER telegraphed that
it was feared he could not live.
Seeking to prevent the firm of Camp
bell & Niebrecht from shipping a car
load of their clothing stock from Nor
folk, Willard Green appeared in the
justice court of G. c. Lambert yester-
day with Barnhart & Koenigstein as
attorneys. Green claimed that the
amount of $3.50 was due him from
the clothing firm for moving their
stock of goods from their store to the
Union Pacific depot on March 7,S and
8. He sues for that amount
81 might state" said Mayor Friday
yesterday, that the original PROPOSE
ton made by Splitter & Co. for the pur-
chase of the Norfolk sewer bonds at
par involved the payment of $4,000 to
the firm. informed their representa-
tive that this proposition could not
be considered by the city After in
vestigating the ocal situation the
agent appeared before the council with
proposition calling for the payment
of $4,350. This amount as you know
was finally reduced to $500, of which
sum the contractor pays $4,000"
The Woodward Stock company, who
conclude an engagement of nine roper