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FRIDAY FACTS
Al Hallnm Is iu tho city from Uinnhn
Miss Mao Bates made n trip to Uinnhn
cfltordny
Vnn B Lady of Omnhu is n city visi
tor todny
Miss Summon of Wimlsido is shopping
in tho city today
0 A Workor nntl daughter of Piorco
woro lu tho city yostordny
Mr nnd Mrs A 1 Durlnnd drovo
oror to MadlKon this morning
Miss Edith Parker camo homo todny
from Oroto to spend tho holidnys
Urin Prichard of Mendow Grovo was
vlsitiug Norfolk friends yesterday
Mrs J T Palmer nnd sou woro iu
tho city from Battle Greek yostordny
John II Fair of Couucil Bluffs trans
acted busiuess in tho Sugar City yester
day
Molviu Mayor wont to Albion today
to spond Christians with his grand
parents
Miss Allco Mullou has returned from
Lincoln to spoud tho holidays with hor
parents
Mrs T P Woiubar of Madison iB
visitiug at tho homo of Mr nnd Mrs
H C Matrau
Mario Brown has returned to her
homo nt Plaluviow after n visit with
Norfolk friends
W P Pauo of Rockford 111 arrived
in tho city yesterday to spond Christ
mas with relatives
Frank Owen nnd I Nightingnlo nro
extrn clerks in Kiesaus drug store dur
ing tho holiday rush
Miss Amanda Willo will go to Noligh
tomorrow to spend Christmas with
relatives and friends
Thoro wns no quorum presout nt tho
council chambers last evening and
thoroforo no meeting was hold
Mrs M O Walker will depart tomor
row for St Too Mo where sho will
spend tho holidays with friends
Mrs C V Landers and children of
Genoa will nrrivo tomorrow to visit rol
ntives nnd friends over Christmas
An ice pond for the youthful skaters
of tho Heights is being prepared on tho
lot south of M O Hnzcns residence
Miss Lucy Williams will spend tho
holidnys with Omaha relatives and
friends departing tomorrow morning
Miss Hnttie Allbery leaves tonight for
Cheyenne Wyo to spond her holiday
vacation with her sister Mrs J H
Watts
Roy Carter is expected homo Sunday
from Minneapolis whero ho has been
attending school to spond his holiday
vacation
St Pauls Lutheran church will nlso
observe Christmas with npproprinto ex
ercises given by and for the children
Sunday evening
Mr and Mrs E A Bullock and Clyde
will leave tomorrow morning for Har
lan Iowa to spond Christmas with Mr
Bullocks parents
Robt Ellis is a little improved this
morning E H Ellis an undo of the
siok man arrived this morning from
Sioux Rapids Iowa and will remain
with him a few days
Mrs W H Remy of Ainsworth ar
rived in tho city today to visit her
daughter Miss Luella Togother they
will go to David City tomorrow to
spend Christmns with friends
Miss Mabel Green who formely lived
in Norfolk was married Thanksgiving
day to Ellory Eaton brother of Rev
W II Entou They will arrive in the
city tomorrow to spoud the holidays
Horace Gregory of Wayuo was in tho
city today to meet his mother Mrs
Uriah Gregory who wasj passing
through the city onrouto from Madisou
Neb to Spearfish S D to spend tho
wintor with her daughter Mrs Dr Gil
lette
Thoro is some consolation for tho
youngsters in tho fact that if they nro
unable to uo their nico now sleds and
skates on Christmas thoy can hunt up
their base ball paraphornalia nnd Ashing
rods and enjoy tho day nuywny
Judge and Mrs Isaac Powers returned
from Omaha whero they have been dur
ing tho past two weeks Mr Powers
has been attending to an important law
suit whilo Mrs Powers has been visit
ing her daughter Mrs Whitney Tho
two ladies also inado a trip to Ohicngo
Mr and Mrs Powers will return to
Omaha tomorrow to spend Christmas
Many of tho store windows havo hand
somo holiday displays but tho window
of Oscar Uhle is n decided novelty In
it ho has a Christmns treo tho pedestal
of which is a musio box As the music
box turns and plays sweet musio it also
slowly turns tho tree which is hand
somely decorated and illuminated even
ings The musio box came from Ger
many
The funeral of L K Hills of Warner
villo was held at one oolock this after
noon from Triuity Episcopal ohuroh and
was conducted under the auspices of tho
Masonio lodge of this city Rev V R
McKim of Hartiugton ofllciated Mr
Hills recently camo to Wamervillo from
Missouri nnd since his arrival has been
afflicted with kidney trouble which
finally resulted in his death He was
08 years of ago
Bob Reynolds and Miller Mather nro
laying tho brick on tho front of tho now
nneni house under difllcultv Enough
i
of tho shooting is knocked off to ndmit
of thorn sticking their nrms nnd heads
through nnd in this position they lny
brick Thoy do tho work rapidly and
well in spito of tho handicap Tho
asbestos rooting is being rapidly put on
and work on tho interior is kcoplng
good paco with that on tho outside
Tho city schools closed this afternoon
for n two vooks holiday vncntlon Ex
orcises appropriate to Christmas woro
hold in tho various buildings and woro
woll nttondod by patrons of tho school
Tho toachcrs of tho Lincoln building
Misses Howig Ruth Mutrau Grace and
Bessie Kidder united in giving their
pupils a very pleasant furpriso in tho
shape of a largo Christmas tree loaded
with abundant romombrances It is
needless to say that tho efforts of thrso
ladies woro most thoroughly nppreclnted
Ed Brnnsch son of Mr nud Mrs O
W Brnnsch of this city will bo marriod
Sunday ovouing at 1 oolock to Miss
Mottn Hanson nt tho homo of tho brldos
parents Mr and Mrs T K Hanson in
Tildon Mr Bruasch hna for a nunibor
of yonrs boon assistant enshior iu tho
Tildon Stnto bnuk and hassucccodod
iu winning ouo of Tlldons fairest
daughters His frionds in Norfolk will
uuito iu extending congratulations on
tho approaching event Tho young
couple will make their homo iu Tildon
Lotters havo boon received at tho Uni
versity of Nebraska from General Man
ager Goo P Bidwoll of tho Prompnt
Elkhorn nnd Missouri Vnlloy rnilrond iu
which ho calls attention to experiments
in hog cholera being conducted along
tho lino of that railroad Tho results
of theso experiments soom to indicato
that many farmers in Nebraska and
western Iown hnvo successfully
raised hogs by rangiugthom with sheep
ana nlso by mixing pons witn corn
Mr Bidwoll or the university would bo
very glad to correspond with anyone
who has made tests of this kind and
hud similar experiences
Tho old postoilico building on East
Main street occupied by tho industrial
storo of the ladies of tho Congregational
church and owned by tho Norfolk
National bank caught iiro on tho roof
this noon uud an alarm was turned in
which soon brought tho three hose
companies and hook and ladder com
pany to tho scone of action and a few
squirts of water soon put a quietus on
the disturbance Tho upper story of tho
building is unoccupied and thoro has
been no flro in tho lower story siuco
Saturday so tho only plausible caufco of
tho blaze is that a spark or burning
piece of soot from a neighboring chimney
lodged in the shingles and sot them on
fire Quito a hole was burnod in tho
roof which was tho only damage dono
by the fire Tho upper floor was quite
liberally flooded with water but
whether or not it did auy damago has
not been ascertained Tho West Side
lioso company had tho record for the
first water
SATURDAY SIFTINGS
H Pry is in tho city from Pierce
SG Brady of Coad is iu tho city
Harry Rembe is sick with appendi
citis
Miss Turner of Pierco is a city visitor
today
Miss Bruner wont to Wausa today on
a visit
Miss Diltz of Pierce is a city visitor
today
Miss Jian Halo of Newman Grovo is
a city visitor today
Morris Mayer is homo to spond tho
holidays with his family
Miss Bachelor has gone to Wayuo to
visit during tho holidays
Albert Kenny and wifo wero iu tho
city from Stanton yesterday
Mr and Mrs W Ludwig wero down
from Battlo Creek yesterday
Miss Martha Parker is expected homo
tonight to pond the holidays
Willie and Vera Ilayward havo gono
to York to celebrate Christmas
Ott Bonsai of Ponder brothor of Mrs
Jus McDonald is horo on a visit
Mr nnd Mrs McBrido of Stanton are
in the city to visit over Christmas
0 Wolfo and daughter Helen wero
oity visitors yesterday from Hadar
Miss Myrtico Mygatt went to Long
Pino Friday to spend hor holiday vaca
tion
Miss Edua Durlaud is down from
Plaiuviow to spoud Christmas with
friends
Mrs P II Carbery nud daughter havo
gono to Oak to spond tho holidays with
friends
Mrs J E Eberly nud Mrs G A
Eberly woro city visitors yesterday from
Stanton
Miss Mabel Ellis who is attending
Doauo collego at Crete is homo for tho
holidays
Geo P Truman of Lincoln is hero to
spend Christmas with his brother II 0
Truman
Miss Ireno Dexter who is attending
Brownell hall in Omaha is homo for
the holidays
Miss Nettio Nothaft doparted for
Sioux City this morning to visit friends
over OhriBtmas
Miss Verua Seoly of Madisou was in
tho city this morning ou her way home
from Plaiuviow
Win Persons and wife of Pocatella
Idaho aro horo to spend tho holidays
THE NOKFOLK NEWS THURSDAY DKOEM1WR 28 1899
with Mrs Persons parents Mr and
Mrs Horlsky
Misses Week and Kirk teachers nt
Pullorton passed through tho city this
morning to Wuyno
Miss Nina Wnlltor who tcnohos 12
mllofl south of tho city will spend tho
holidnys at homo
Chns Tolor nnd Gnlo Hid hnvo gono
to Shonnudoah Iown to visit frionds
during tho holidnys
Rov A HofhiBof Piorco enmo down
yesterday to moot his son who is on his
way homo from Soward
Mr and Mrs W P Payno of Book
ford 111 woro guests of Mr and Mrs
W II Blukomun over night
O W Brnnsch and sons Willinni nnd
Ralph go to Tildon tomorrow ovouing
to attend tho wedding of Ed Braasch
Misses Floronco and Gortrudo Jandt
visited Miss Winnio Joffories yesterday
whilo on thoir way from Sioux City to
Crawford
Prank Usborn is homo from Lincoln
whore ho is attending tho state univer
sity to spond tho holidnys with Ills
paronts
Miss Wiuuio Hartley who is teaching
at Madison is in tho city nnd will
spond tho holidnys with Norfolk rela
tives and frionds
Guy and Kimball Barnes Ernest
Bridgo nnd Sydney Robortson camo
homo today noon from tho statu univer
sity to spond tho holidays
Dr Blair was in tho city yostordoy
and took his wifo homo Sho ban boon
at tho Saltor sanitarium for tho past
two weeks receiving treatment
Mrs Philip Earl of Chicago will ar
rivo tomorrow ovouing to spond tho
holidnys with her paronts Mr and Mrs
Bryant and hor sistor Mrs Geo L lies
Thoro was just ono plain drunk in tho
cooler last night nnd this morning as
ho had no excuse to offer as to why ho
Bhould remain ho was invited to loavo
town
W M MoElhiuucy of Omaha is in
the city prospecting for a location for a
department storo Ho has not yet de
cided to locato horo but may concludo
to do so
Geo D Buttoriiold passod through
yesterday from Creightou to Davenport
Iowa whero Mrs Buttoriiold nnd bnby
precoded him Thoy will spond Christ
mns with Mrs Butterficlds pnronts
Geo L lies camo iu yostordny from
North Dakota to spend Oliristmns witli liiB
family On Sunday ho was sleigh riding
700 miles north of horo whoro tho ther
mometer was 18 degrees below zero
Tho Battlo Crook Valley Poultry and
Pet Stock association will hold its second
annual show iu Battlo Creek on January
0 10 and 11 1000 A number of good
prizes ore offered and n lino show is
expected
Tho Pleasant Hour Social club of
South Norfolk is preparing to give a
dancing party at Railway hall Monday
ovouing Enough invitations havo boon
issued to fill the hall comfortably and
insure a good time
Those big double header freight trains
continue to be a regular thing on tho
Union Pacific Prom Columbus hero
tho train is a double header but beyond
this place to Sioux City only ono engine
is required to handle it
Tho Sugar factory campaign is ox
pected to close in about a wook Tho
boots origually grown for tho factory
wero oxhaustod some weeks ago nud
tho plant has siuco boon running on
boots raised for tho Amos factory
Mrs Jack Koouigsteiu will spond
Christmas in her own homo having
so far recovered from her long serious
illness to bo moved yesterday from tho
homo of hor father whoro she has been
many mouths to hor own home
Tho Christmas dancing party of the
Early Hour club will bo held at tho
Mast hall Tuesday ovouing uud promises
to bo tho ploasantost party yet given by
that popular club Tho hall will bo
decorated in a manner appropriate to
Christmas Snssano the Sioux City
harpist will furnish music
While tho postoilico forco will con
form to tho usual custom aud obsorvo
Christmas thoy will also give duo re
gard to those who uro anxious to know
what Undo Sams mail contains for
thorn in the way of presents aud tho
ofllco will thoroforo bo opon from 0
to 1 1 I50 in tho morning and again in
tho ovouing at 7 10
Three young lads of Omaha were ar
rested Sunday night in tho Creightou
Orphoum Tho young fellows occupied
front seatd in tho gallery nnd amused
themselves by spitting upou tho people
sitting below them Norfolk mny havo
mean boys but The News is certain
that nono of them would attempt such
nasty deviltry as this
Plalnviow Republican A couple of
Norfolk parties aro contemplating tho
erection of a two story brick hotel in
this city next Bpriug They aro of tho
opinioii that Plainviow is in need cf a
bettor hotel building and if thoir plans
carry through will put up a flno build
lug with nil tho modern appliances
Further particulars later
Tho trustees of the public library
association have selected Superintendent
OConnor to represont them at tho
meeting of representatives of the
various publio libraries of tho stato at
Lincoln ou tho 20th Tho P 13 M
Y company have again exhibited their
liborallty nud intorost In nil ninltors of
bonofit to tho public by offering tho
roproBontutlvo froo trnusportiitlon
Miss Edith Morrow gnvo hor pupils
of tho school throoinllos south of town u
Jolly Christians fostlvnl last ovonlug
Tho school houso wns decorated with n
bonutiful treo woll ludoii with presents
for every scholar thoro wns u sure
enough Snutn Olnus with oxoroiBss np
proprinto for tho occasion A novelty
wns introduced tills year in tho form of
aenko walk partlolpnted iu by eight
pupils In coon uttiro
A report on tho sugar beet crop In
Nebraska Issued by tho Ohicngo Bur
lington fc tjunloy road estimates tho
totnl nmount produced at 25000100
pounds of sugar Tho price paid for
tho boots ranged from 1 to f per ton
Tho factories nt Grand Island and Nor
folk report that it was dilllcult to get u
sufficient ucreago of tho beets plunted
notwithstanding tho fact that tho early
pnrt of tho past season wns excellent
Roinhnrdt Wildo wns quitobndly hurt
yesterday Ho wns riding u horso after
cnttlo when n rubbit ran ncross just
ahead of tho horso frightening it so it
shied and throw Wildo off injuring his
kneo so ho could not walk Neighbors
saw tho accident and nssistod him to tho
homo of his father Frederick Wildo
who lives a few inilos north of tho city
At last accounts it was not known
whether any bones had boon broken or
not
Moadow Grovo Press Mr Oscar
Warner bettor known as Old Grizzloy
living north of town captured an
oaglo ono day last week in a wolf trap
Ho had a 20 pound weight tied to tl e
trnp which tho bird carried about I5
yards after being captured ho suvh
that tho wings of tho oaglo will measino
11 feet from tip to tip Mr Warner waH
in town Saturday to got matorial for a
cage to put it iu From tho description
ho give of tho bird it must bo tho Golden
eaglo
Battlo Creole Enterprise Meadow
Grovo has two school niuiuns who bo
Hove in physical as woll as mental de
velopment and in keeping with tho
theory thut a brisk walk gives that do
lightlul glow to tho complexion so much
admired by tho Btorncr sex Misses Gortio
Wado and Josio Avery hoofed it from
Moadow Grovo to Battlo Crook last Sun
day afternoon Thoy returned on tho
ovouing passenger having acquired the
delightful glow with a fow corns
thrown in
An exoliango says that tho latest
thing iu entertainments is a left hnnded
party Tho guests aro required to havo
thoir right hands tied up pinned down
or cut off nud everything is thou dono
left hnnded All tho guests nro required
to register their nnmes ages rosidonco
untivity etc left handed nnd thon play
loft handed gnmos loft handed music
etc and eat left handed pickles and
other rofrosbmonts and thon bid tho
hostess u left handed farowoll and tuko
tho other baud homo
Jack Adair aged ir years a resident
of this county for many years but for
sovcral yoars living at Cripple Creok
Colo whoro ho was employed in ono of
tho mines mot with a horrible death
whilo capping a cartridge Tho lnttor
oxplodcd causing instant death IIo
loaves a wifo and four children His
body was brought to Madison for burial
Saturday night Tho Ancient Order of
United Workmen lodge of which Mr
Adair wns n member had charge of tho
funoral and will pay tho widow 2000
Tho following item from tho Battlo
Creek Republican refers to tho old
gontloman who made Norfolk his head
quarters for some timo and fondly
imagined that ho was n real estato
dealer Ho also operated at Tildon nnd
other towns along tbo Elkhorn P
W Richardson received a telegram last
Friday informing him of tho death of
J 13 Chuso at tho hospital for insnuo
Hastings Nob on tho 8th of December
Mr Ohaso was familarly known heie
for a number of years For a timo ho
was an inmate of tho county poor houso
but later was taken to tho Norfolk
insauo asylum aud from there to the
Hastings asylum
Tho B M sent a double headed
special train of -15 cars loaded with soap
from tho Ouduhy Soap Works in South
Omaha This was tho largest train of
hoap over run and is to supply tho
wholesale houses in Denver Salt Lake
Ogden San Francisco and Los Anglos
Ouo would hardly boliovo that -15 cars
of 6oap requiring two of tho largest
locomotives to draw them could bo
shipped nt ono timo to supply tho trade
of ouo section of tho country but it iB u
fact Tho train load of soap weighed
1500000 pounds consisted of 2000000
cakes packed iu 20000 caso3 and if
stackod ouo bar above nuothcr would
mnko a pile 135 miles high nud worth
00000
It would seem unnecessary for M
Stnuglnnd to continue trying his caso in
the newspapers When brought before
the polico judgo on tho charge of boing
druuk nnd disorderly ho denied tho ac
cusation and brought nine wituesses to
provo that ho was wrongly accused In
face of this weight of ovidenco tho
judge concluded that ho was guilty and
consequently assessed n lluo of 28 50
ngniust him Prom this decision ho
t ok an appenl to tho district court nud
gavo a good bond Whon ho gets be
fore tho dibtrict court if ho is found to
havo been wrongfully acoused he will
bo cleared but if not ho will be coin
pollod to pay tho fine No niiiniinUof
nowspnpor argument of thoenso will cut
any figure lu tho final result and If ho
Im wise ho will lenvo tho trial of his caso
to tho proper tribunal
Stanton Picket Itoport comes to
Pllgorof n peculiar nnd unfortunate
occurrence or series of occurrences In
Cuming county North or Wisnor near
the county lino lives llookinh Broslor
uu old man Ou his farm is a second
house in which n tenant a husky Ger
man named 1 Inning lives The tuna
havo had trouble and last Saturday
Broslor shot 11 lining with a revolver
injuring him considerably but not
fatally John II lining gave the old
a severe pommeling Monday Bros
lor was arrested on complaint of Hull
ing charging Jiim with shooting with
Intent to kill nnd he was released mi
hail Tuesday night Broslor camo to
Wisnor from West Point and started
to drive homo The team ran away
and threw him mil breakln his nose
jaw uud inflicting other serious injuries
The ball uud bunquot of tho K P S
L last evening was a pronounced suc
cess iu every particular The members
of tho club to tho niiinborof ten couples
met nt tho Mast hall whero dancing
commenced promptly nt t oclock musio
being furnished by the hospital orches
tra At 1 1 oclock an adjournment was
taken to tho Oxiiard hotel where a
banquet was served The tables wero
tastefully decorated with cut dowers
and Christmas greens and tho menu
was an elaborate aflair served by a
corps of trained waiters in a manner
which reflected credit upon Landlord
Spear Tho toasts were wit lily re
sponded toby inemberHof tho club tho
subjects being The school maams
Tho sugar factory Tim postal ser
vice Our absent ladies Ourabsent
gentlemen Tho hospital for tho in
sane Tho owl At tho close of the
banquet the merry makers returned to
tho hall whore the dancing was contin
ued until 2 oclock this morning
Those present were Mr and Mrs Gib
son Mr and Mrs Buiidick Misses
Howig Wood Harvey Gibson
McNish Ruth and Mamie Matrau Al
berry Messrs Eller Sinshoimor Owen
Pulton Conklin Baird Sims Eddy
HEAT CURES APPENDICITIS
IroliiliK iil riijHlclmiM Suy II Ih A -
aliln ti Ilnpiir JUodlrul Tiimlinmit
Dr Hutton in thtT Medical Record
This paper is a protest against the cur
rent surgical theory and prnctico that
all cases of appendicitis must bo split
opn This protest is based on twuuty
soven years experience as physician
and surgoon including service in three
hospitals ono western fort flvo years in
mining surgery live yoars in railroad
gory twelvo years in general practice
ou tho central western plateau of Minne
sotn nnd four in this great cily which
uniquo in tho speed of its riso unique
in tho snap of its peoplo uniquo in
vast tributary territory and population
is decreed by tho fates to bo tho hub
of tho earth in tho near by future My
oxpenonco is that appendicitis and all
other bellyaches for which men now
operate aro promptly nmenablo to proper
medical treatmont I can recall 100
cases treated with symptons of this
malady or of typhlitis or perityphlitis
as it wiib formerly called but I havo
never yet met a caso of it in which I felt
it my duty to cut or which terminated
fatally Influenced by tho prevailing
crao to cut timo and again in coming
to now cases I havo thought Now
sir your timo has eoino in thiscas you
niiibt bo cut But presto simple med
ical treatment again prevailed Later
ou I shall cite other uuimpoachablo
practitioners who share my views that
medical treatment avails in this malady
ono showing -10 out of 51 cases success
fully treated being moro than MI per
cont My treatment for nppondicitis is
frco calomel nnd soda purgation supple
mented by hot applications to be fol
lowed by a salino if action is too slow
onliHl Notlci Original
Department of the Interior United
States Liud Cilice ONeill Nebraska
December Ji 180 A sufficient con
test affidavit having been filed in this
oflico by William T Ferguson contest
ant against T C entry 1175 made
July 2i J80 for w no section 11
township 211 range 1 w by Luna B
Gates contesteo iu which it is alleged
that said iatos has failed to break or
came to bo broken flvo acres of said
tract during tho 1 2 i 1 5 i 7 8
nnd 10 years of said entry up to date
thut the said Gates has failed to
plant or causo to bo planted to
trees tree seeds or cuttings flvo acres
of said tract during any of said years
except iu tho year of 1895 which trees
havo never been cultiaed and havo
died out for want of cultivation and
enro That said failures still exist Said
paty is herebv notified to appear re
spond and offer ovidenco touching said
allegation at 10 oclock a m on Febru
ary 0 1900 before tho register and re
coivor of tho United States land oflico
in ONeill Nebraska
Tho snid contestant having in n
proper aflidavit filed Decomber 19 1899
set forth facts which show that ufter
duo dillgonco personul service of this
notico cannot bo made it is hereby
ordured aud directed thut such notico
bo given by duo and proper nublicatiou
S J Wkkkks
Register
Wanted soyeral bright and honest
persons to represent us as managers in
this and oloso by counties Salary 900
ayoarundoxpeuses Straight boua fide
no moro no loss salary Position perma
nent Our references any bauk in any
town it is mainly oillco work con
ducted at homo Refereuco Eucloso
self addressed stamped euvelopo The
Dominion Company Dept 3 Chicago
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TUESDAY TOPICS
Miss Winnie Owen Is on the siok list
II Hade of Omaha was a city visitor
todny
O F Shaw spent Christ mas with his
faintly
Al Lomoiids went to Stanton to spond
Christinas
R J Tate of Plaiuviow is a
visitor today
Norfolk
Miss Eva Heche or Stanton was in
he Sugar City today
Miss Winnie Hartley of Madison ob
Horvod Christinas in Norfolk
Chns Nenow is homo from Gordon
to spend a holiday vacation
Robert lnglis of Pawnee City is visit
ing his slsler ln law Mrs lnglis
C I Jenkins went to Omaha on the
noon train to attend to business
Mrs Frank Davis of Verdigre spent
Christ mas with Norfolk relatives
John J Eblo or Albfon spent Christ
mas with his parents in this city
P A uud II J Huston enjoyod
Christ mas at their homo In Ewing
Carl Wilde came over from Madison
and spout Christmas with his family
Airs Bert Aniarlno enjoyed a visit
from her mother or Pierco yesterday
F Fissa of the Fair store was visiting
rrlends iu Humphrey over Christmas
Ed Stevens of Missouri Valley Iowa
spent Christmas with his folks in this
city
lioherl Johnson is homo from Rush
medical college Chicago for the holi
days
Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson of Colo
ridge spout Christinas with Norfolk re
latives
Max Lonzor and sistei
wero in tho city from
is or uiniuin
Omaha over
Christmas
II is expected Hint tho campaign at
the sugar factory will close some timo
during tonight
13 H Tracy camo homo in timo to
alio that Santa Clans did the right
thing in his household
F S Oorryell who has been niakingii
throe months trip through Minnesota
is homo for tho holidnys
Ojiito a largo number of young peoplo
from up town attended tho dauco at
Railway hall last evening
Roy Wilborger and Missos Maggie
Barnes and Nellie Wukoly of Madison
were Christmas guests in Norrolk
G H Huntzingor a photographer of
Puoblo Col visited the families of C
S Hayes and L O liargelt yesterday
J II Kingman expects to move his
family to Euglo Grovo Iowa whoro ho
has ontered upon his now duties this
week
Mr and Mrs G F norland of Pierco
who spont Christmas with Norfolk rela
tives returned to their home today
noon
Roy Carter who has boon attending
tho Minnesota stato uuivorsity at Min
neapolis is horo to spond his holiday
vacation
Tho Sons of Herman and thoir fam
ilies enjoyed a Christmas treo and a
splendid social timo in Eisoleys hall
last evening
Mr and Mrs Dan Murphy spont
Christmas with thoir family at Wayne
Dnn is taking a well earned rest until
tho first of tho year
Miss iertrudo OSullivnn formerly
bookkeeper at the hospital but now in
tho office of the Eecretnry of stato at
Lincoln is visiting frionds hero
P W Piper formerly of Valentino
will start a feather renovator shop in
Norfolk soon IIo will also inako hair
and wool matrcssos for customers
Miss Maggie Prior who has been as
sisting in tho storo cf tho Johnson Dry
Goods company during tho holidays
has returned to her home iu Winsido
Mr and Mrs Robt Bridge of Fre
mont and daughters Graeo of Lincoln
aud Laura of Salt Lake City spent
Christmas with Norfolk relatives and
frionds
Mr and Mrs T D Teeter and two
children of La Porto City Iowa arrived
in tho city yesterday for a visit of a fow
days at tho homo of Mrs Teeters sister
Mrs W II Blakeinan
Mr and Mrs T S Richardson of
Fullerton aro visiting Mr and Mrs A
P OBanion Mr Richardson was
formerly bookkeeper nt tho nsylum and
has hosts of friends hero
At Stanton last Friday John Puhr
man a boy was acquittd
by tho county judgo of tho serious
chargo of placing obstructions on tho M
O track about five miles northeast of
this city recently
A man giving tho name of John Rod
ney was arrested last evening aud
brought before polico court this morning
to answer to tho chargo of vagrauoy Ho
was assessed tho usual flno aud having
no money was committed to jail
E M Ziseho wno is gotttiug ready to
open a cigar factory iu the building
formerly known as tho Mai hot has tho
furniture uud fixtures of his new placo
now in and will bo ready to open shortly
His stock of tobacco is now arriving and
will soou bo all in
The plasterers commenced putting
tho mortar on the ceiling of the opera
house this afternoon nud from presout
nppearauces the buildiug will soon te
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