The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-01
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS. JOURNAL; FRIDAY MAY 1905


He is now an instructor in the de.
partment of animal industry of the
state university at Lincoln.
Next Friday Is May Day. The cold
wave has threatened the wild flowers
but the children are making the usual
calls on Norfolk avenue merchants
for material for May baskets.
Members of the school board ex.
pect to arrange some kind of an
Opening" for the new high school
building, although the details of the
opening have not been quite deter.
mined.
Miss Alice Ogden on the occasion
of her sixteenth birthday was sur
| prised by sixteen of her young girl
| friends. The evening was spent at
music and games. Refreshments were
served.
| j. o. Metcalf, & former manager OF
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany in Norfolk, has decided to enter
the naval service as a telegrapher.
He will enter the government service
| III view i OIh.
"If | had fruit trees in this country,
| would cover the ground around
them with a thick mating of hay and
leave it there until far into the spring,
in order to retain the frost and pre-.
vent premature budding" said man
in Norfolk yesterday.
| The Fremont Aerie of Eagles have
invited Norfolk members of the order
to be present in Fremont on the even
ing Of May 5, when Fremont Aerie
No. 200, is to dedicate its new quar-
ters and initiate seventy-fve new
members. A special invitation was
extended to P. NJ. Barrett of Norfolk
as state president.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. x. Boas left yester-
day for their new home in Sioux City.
| They left a great many warm friends
in Norfolk who very much regret their
departure. The beautiful home built
! by them recently has been purchased
! by G. p. Parish, who is now removing
his household effects from the w. II.
Bridge residence into his new home.
| MyrOn Schwenk and Mr.. Helm. con-
neCted with experimental work along
agricultural lines carried on by the
! University of Nebraska, sprayed the
l.. NJ. Gaylord orchard four miles west
of Norfolk. The spray was an early
one to afford protection against apple
scab. When they left they expected
to return in about ten days aud spray
a second time, this time against the
coddling moth. While here they
treated some potato seed on another
farm west of the city. The young
men completed their work and left
Norfolk just before the cold wave
came.
Lincoln Journal; Two group meet
| ings of Nebraska bankers, one at Ere
mont and the other at Norfolk, pro-
vided the opportunity for Lincoln
| fnanciers to meet their brethren from
the northern part of the state and
get firsthand information on the con-
ditions prevalent there. Those from
this city who attended the two gath
erings came back feeling that the
state must be all right in a business
way, for they heard none but en-
couraging reports. The general tone
Of what the upstate bankers say was
that while business is quiet it is on
a solid footing and is improving.
According to a Stanton dispatch
the Norfolk railroad men who called
upon Stanton citizens with the petit
tion against cutting down railroad
revenue at this time met with
friendly reception. OF the petition
the Stanton dispatch says: at was
presented from the standpoint of the
employees Of the road, and attention
was called to the fact that further
entail reduction Of wages. This
argument seemed quite convincing
for the petition was largely signed
irrespective of party. Among those
signing were a number Of prominent
members of the local Bryan organi-
zation
Fremont Herald Mark NJ. Bel
linger, the we'll known travelling man,
awoke Sunday with the sense of sight
almost gone. Mr. Eellinger is suffer
ing from the effects of acute nephritis,
and it is not known yet whether or
not he will ever regain the full use of
his sight. He rested with compare
tive comfort all day yesterday, and
last night, Mr.. Martin, the attending
physician, asserted that he had more
hopes of his ultimate recovery. The
many friends of Mr.. Bellinger were
greatly shocked to hear Of the mis-
fortune which had befallen him. He
returned from the Hastings meeting
in comparatively good health. On
Sunday for time, it was feared that
the stroke would end his life. He is
still in a critical condition.
Julesburg (Colo) Grit-Advocate:
A quiet wedding took place at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Edwin A. Fry,
Wednesday evening, in which their