The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-11
WADENA, MIMI THURSDAY, MARCH H. 1880

E. E. Luce arrived home from his low:
trip Tuesday night. He expects his broth
erin law. MIR. p. p. Baron in q few days.
Mr.. Barrett cut terrible gasl. III his knet
aweek ago last Friday night by falling or
the railroad track while on his way to attend
the Wadena Lodge A. O. U. ". He was in
Tilted, however, TIE goat-yi9ing being left
out on account Of the accident. spea king
Of the lodge we cannot bat note the great
prosperity and constantly increasing men,
bersEip OF the Order at this point, and the
strong bond Of goodtel!owship which it.
seems t. be weaving in this community.
Mr.. Herbert Taylor .lo recently purchas-
| ed half interest in the vVadena FIGURING
llil has arrived and will assume the MAN.
agement of the mill at orce. The arrival cf q
large new engine and boiler which has been
! manufactured expressly for this mill is daily
expected ana when again steam is started
iup it will be reliable. Mr. Tay lor is q young
! ,lan, having received hi5 education as
miller il. England, and is thoroughly fami-
lar with milling in sll its practical details
He is certainly very valuable ACQUISITION
to our town and county and under his man
agsrrent we hespeak to: the Wadena mills a.
success which will ut once he gratifying to
the l,sople and profitable to the prcprietoys.
Long may it flourish
Some SNEAK thieves "did" " Wadcna Sat-
u"aey night and carriea cfF about $50 worth
Of hides, buEalo robes. Tie principal los
ers are k:tzAy, Miller & Foss and Migge g.
Bue!tcher. Mr. Miller accompanied by coz
stable Cooper and Mr.. Nigge, started early
Monday morning in pursuit Ct the thieves
and discovered signs Of them south Of the
Halfway House. The robes we're Giscoy-
cred in hay stack and the hides together
with about 70 lbs of pork were found COIL
cessed IN thicker. man by the name OF
ackle1nal1 was arrested and confessed. the
crime, bat afterwards escaped the officer and
took to the woods. He duplicates with
hIrsselt 9 h9y abant .6'
said is armed aad viii shoot Ibeffose being
taken. There is evidently q gang in there
which has boen operating in and about this
town for the past year, AID it is hoped that
they may now be apprehended and punished:
to the full extent Of the law.
Congratulate US; we have waited long
arnd patiently we have subsi sted on tan,a-
rae poles ard frozen potatoes intersperscd |
with ali occasional tree lunch of wind pud- |
ding and hot tongue all through the balmy
months of our soft and gentle winter for
y local, and now we have it. Listen to the
romantic tale. The glorious o'b Of day had
pressed the meridian and was shedding
It's cesplendant rays from the golden western
SKY, whcn Sir Herman started for B,ufton
with his spanking team of three in hand.
TWO ladies and Eorse). The pretty cutter
md other things glided smoothly enough
'yerthe sparkling snow until they reached
paint about q half-,nile from the CITY
here SIT Herman encountered obstruction in
he Highway but he had but one hand with
'ii1c'l to manage his frey steed with the
'thef he was heroically holding a. shawl
round no one OF the ladies J And now the
lorse '''s rears ~ and plnnges until the occupants
7 7 the sleigh are sprawling in the snow
ghAe the inluriated animal wheels on his
.ssls and dashes back to town at q break
scS speed with dlated nostrils and flash
ng eyes he thnndecs into town; slight OBJ
truct1on near the corner Of Third and Aver
Il streets causes hira to plunge nadly into
:. ;. GARDENERS front yard, leveling the
;nce before him; in here he leaves The.
angling sleigh and bolts through the gate.
through the streets he flies and out on the
ngand Prairie road with the speed of a
ctato bug; the constable by this time
as mounted his Arabian charger and
med with a warrant 10 arrest the horse
charge OF disturbing the peace, is after
lsn it is an exciting race between pursuer
III pursued, Tith chances in favor Of tile
tier but hold, shernaan's eagle eye catches
ght OF the fleeing fuget;ve and hears the
arion voice Of the constable ringing i" stop
m!' He takes in the situation att glance.
selects commanding eminence on cor.
':oy road and awaits the onslaught. He d
mes mes tthe horse does), the white sweat 9
opp;ng from Ills painting sides. Sherman =
aces up and with spring catches the c
'rss @ BY Che bride. He is stopped and c
back 10 town where the discom g rted e
y erman awaits him. Hut Herman IS s 3
I dssoa:agcd He gathers up the loose 4
ices @ a.s,d ;na1;ss another start. Strange .o