The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-08-28
TUESDAY TOPICS.

who have been holding revival meet.
ings at Goose Lake, were in the city
yesterday.
James Brown and son of Stanton
were in the city Monday
II. c. Shafer went to Bristol, Okla,
Monday noon on business.
Mrs. G.. f. King returned from
Landers, Wyom, Monday noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Snyder of
Mount Hope, Wis, are visiting at the
home of G, c. Lambert.
Mrs. f. c. Jones of Chicago arrived
Monday noon to be the guest of Mrs.
c. f. King for several days.
Mrs. Agnes BaIentyne of Harting-
ton is visiting at the home of John
Ballantyne for a few days.
Il. O. Garrett of Fremont, one of the
three Democratic candidates for the
nomination of lieutenant governor,
was in Norfolk over night, leaving this
morning for Fremont
Rees Solomon has charge Of the
music at the teachers institute held at
west GOlllJ lllS week.
Lester Weaver has resigned his po-
stion as baggagemaster at the North
western uptown depot.
S. G. Dean put a large sign in the
bank at Tilden Monday
Hans Vogt has returned to his po-
sition with the hardware store of
Coleman & South, after spending a
weeks vacation with his parents at
Tilden.
AL Johnson has received an adj
vance in his pension. He served ten
years in the Ninth u S. cavalry, a
colored regiment, and was injured by
a horse.
The Sunday school class of S. F.
Erskine, who have been spending ten
days at Crystal lake camping, re-
turned Monday evening and report a
royal good time.
Miss Lizzie Schram has accepted a
position as bookkeeper in the store of
Venus Huebner at Pierce.
The Electric Light and Power com
pany have added a meter inspector to
their force. Mr. Brown of Pine Bluff,
Ark, will fill the position and will
make his residence here.
H. f. Barnhart of Norfolk has been
engaged with C. II. Stewart of Os-
mond and w. w. Quivey of Pierce to
defend Editor Leedom of the Osmond
Republican from the charge of criminal
| libel.
Heavy rain fell all along the North.
western as far northwest as Dallas
Monday morning, according to County
| Clerk Richardson of Boyd county. who
was in Norfolk from Butte Monday
afternoon.
Grover Mayhem is the first man to
| fall victim to the anti-bicycle crusade
to which Chief of Police Peters stands
spencer. Mayhem was fined 81 and
costs, or $40, for riding bicycle on
the side walk. The complaint in
police court was made by Burt RAIDER,
who claimed that Mayhem ran into
one of his children. Several com
plants have been entered with the
chief in regard to reckless riding.
l. J. Johnson of Bloomington, H.,
| formerly a commercial traveller out
of Norfolk, has been visiting with his
daughter in Norfolk, Miss May John
son, during the past few days. Mr..
Johnson is taking an enforced vaca-
| ton from "the road" as the result of
a trivial accident which proved ser
| ious. Mr.. Johnson broke a small toe
and before he got through with it he
| had undergone two amputating Oper-
ations and at one time his life was al
most despaired of as the result of
gangrene. He was confined to his
| bed for sixteen weeks and two days
and it was at one time feared his en-
tire leg would have to be amputated.
| Authors of musical comedy always
try their utmost to get winning and
attractive dancing numbers. "The
Mother Goose" number in the Royal
Chef" is probably the most popular
dancing number that has been in any
musical comedy in many years. There
are sixteen little girls to take part
in the number, and they are dressed
in black, red and green pantalOOns
with a black bolero to represent
witches. These Mother Goose" girls
as they are known, taking their names
from the title of that song, are famous
throughout the country, and are the
originals Of that class of fancy dancers
who enjoy the soubriquet of "broil
ers." The Mother Goose" number
never fails to get nine or ten encores
at every performance The date is
! Tuesday, September 1, when the new
theatrical season opens at the Audi
forum.
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