The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-22

NbNulN ANlulHtN JHCk NbtHlESNtll
was In Madison yesterday In conncc.
ton with the meeting of the county
commissioners.
II. G, Garvin Is home from Omaha,
where he has finished the commercial
course at Boyles business college,
He has not decided on his future work
Mrs, w. l.. Woitz has arrived from
Texas for n months visit in Norfolk
with her mother, Mrs, Spalding. Mr..
Weit2 is now conductor on Texas
railroad.
Little or no spring blowing has been
attempted as yet by farmers about
Norfolk although many expect to
make an attempt at blowing before the
present week is over
The Hoity Toity advance sale was
unusually large, indicating Norfolk's
heart for the musical extravaganza,
but there are still large number of
good seats to be had.
Vernoa Oestreich, age four days, the
infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Oestreich died yesterday at the bone
ment will be made at Hadar on Thurs
day
News has been received here by
friends that Miss Julia Robb of Wis
ner, formerly resident of this city,
Is very sick with appendicitis. DR.. p,
H, Salter left for there yesterday to
perform an operation.
The Auditorium curtain will go up
tonight at $3.50 o'clock promptly, and
it is specially requested that the en-
tire audience be in the thCatcr before
that hour, as the seating OF people
after the curtain goes up has n ten.
dency to interrupt the performance.
Two rehearsals have been held for
the black face minstrel benefit which
will be given by the Norfolk band dur
ing the latter part of April. Norfolk
young men with ability along this line
have agreed to take part in the enter
tainmcnt. A number of good special
ties are also being planned.
Adrian Craig has returned from n
| trip west to Chadron, where he went
| in the interests of the anti-horsethief
association. He met with good sue
cess and it is thought a number of
towns in that section will organize as
socations to cooperate with the cen
trail association.
Preparations are beginning to be
made in Norfolk for the coming an
nual convention of northern Nebraska
| bankera, which meets in this city
April %, Arbor day. 1t is expected
that there will be fully 200 bankers
in attendance. A banquet will be
served for them in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Wiley start
ed at noon for Coffeyville, Kan, and
will be gone ten days or two weeks
visiting relatives there and in okla
homa. Mr.. Wiley has resigned his
position as special agent for the Co
lumbar fire insurance company and
upon his return will take charge of
the North Platte country for the West
ern Insurance company of Lincoln.
Stamp books containing twenty-four
One-cent stamps and selling for TWEEN
| ty-tive cents are offered for sale at the
|
| time. An assignment of the one-cent
stamp books was received at the post
Office this morning and were at once
placed on sale. The action of the gov
eminent in issuing books with stamps
of one-cent denomination is expected
to prove an especial convenience to
the post card fiends.
Someone willing to take grave
chances with the law appropriated a
team belonging to Fred Smith for their
own use last night. Mr.. Smith, who
lives three miles southwest of Nor
folk, drove to town yesterday evening
with a team of mules and a light bug
gy. Between the hours of 10 and II
last evening the team was driven off
from where they were tied at Fifth
street and Norfolk avenue. The mat
ter was reported to the police as a
case of horse stealing and consid-
cradle part of the night was spent in
looking for the missing property. Ear
ly this morning the team was left near
the Northwesterns city depot. The
mules showed hard usage and had evil
IDENTIFY been driven a good part of the
night. The guilty parties will be pros
ecuted if the opportunity offers.
Railroad officials of the lines of the
Northwestern west of the Missouri
river were in conference in Fremont
yesterday. With General Manager F.
G. Walters of Omaha they met in the
rooms formerly used as assistant gen.
eral superintendent headquarters at
the dispatcher's Office. 1t was assert
ed that no especial significance was
attached to the gathering, but that it
was for the purpose of discussing the
roads operative plans for the ensuing
year, With the opening of the spring
season, such a session is generally
held. The officials who were there
represented the head of practically