The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-04-24
Wadena Wanderings. -
House cleaning is in order.
Now is the time to make garden.
Get out your hoe and garden rake.

Inc SOUND or the hammer ana saw
is now heard in every direction.
w. l.. Taylor, of New York Mills,
was in Wadena Monday evening.
Northfoss 4 Earnist have shut up
their meat market on Front Street.
Charles Mott has seen 4 type louise.
He thinks it's nice looking animal.
c. II. Boettcher is building an adj
dition to his residence on Averill
street.
Frank Miller is building An addition
to his dwelling in the shape Of 4
Kitchen.
Dave Jones has purchased lot Of
Peake & Murray in Block Al. on Sew
enth Street.
James Riddle, Of Minor, was visit
ing in Wadena with his family the
fore part Of the week.
Geo. Northfoss has built a very neat
picket fence in front of his residence
in Oak Park Addition.
The dance Friday night was not
much of success, only enough being
present to dance one set.
J.J. Bennett Of Clitherall, was in
Wadena, Tuesday, receiving medical
treatment from DR.. Babcock.
Those who are owing us will please
call and settle at once. We need the
money and have got to have it.
The new skating rink is beginning TO
loom up immensely. It is expected to
be completed about the first Of May.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Foss. of Hen
ming, spent Sunday in Wadena, the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Miller.
Peake 4 Murray are the agents of
the Northern Pacific for the sale of
town lots. Call and examine their
plat.
Bro. Love Of the Pe, ham Bulletin,
made us pleasant call Sunday night.
Come again. Midnight calls are all
the rage.
J. N. Heron, started for Minneapo-
lis Tuesday night to purchase the
lumber for the floor of the new skat-
ing rink.
John Weeks arrived in Wadena last
week, and has taken position in J..
X. Miller's hardware store as tinsmith
and clerk. Il
J Doty and family have returned
TO Wadena, after an absence of about
six months during which time they
have been in Iowa. ,
NJ. Stewart has sold his hardware
stock in Wadena to DIR, Briggs, who
will continue the business in the same
building or Front Street.
c. 4. Barron has purchased Al.
Staples store building on Third street
and his stock Of goods, and will move
into the building in few days.
A versnaa has been put on the A.
l.. Witter house that Conductor
Sperbeck is living in. It improves
the looks of the building very much.
Our thanks are due The Hon. D. NJ.
Sabin for u nicely bound book con.
tanning the report of the commission
ers of Agriculture for the year 1883.
Alex Broadfoot and family Of
Barrow-in-Foreness, Eng, left Liver.
pool April 5th, and arrived in Wadena
last Friday, making the trip in thir-
teen days.
Deacon Bolles, of Bluffton, has pur.
chased two lots of Peake & Murray on
Fifth Street. Consideration 5000.
He will Immediately commence the
erection Of fine dwelling thereon.
Parties having land contracts with
the Northern Pacific r. r. Co., can
save money by paying mp in preferred
stock: which may be ordered through
Peake & Murray Of Wadena MINI.
We have received 4 copy of the an
nual report of the Minnesota State
horticultural Society for the year
1884, with the compliments of Oliver
Gibbs, Jr., Secretary of the society.
Mrs. A. T. Anderson, of Minncapo.
lis will lecture in the Methodist
church at this place next Tuesday
evening, April Goth, on the subject of
temperance. Allare cordially invited.
A Teachers, Library Association
for Wadena county WAS organized
during the Institute last week, with
membership of seventeen. They
already have a library of 25 volumes.
Several trains loaded with young
cattle, mostly yearlings and two. year.
Odds, have passed through Wade this
week bound for some point in Alon-
tana. They were shipped from Iowa.
Peake L Murray have purchased the
lot OH Fourth Street just south of the
skating rink, of W. Bement. Consid.
Grafton $40. This lot was bought of
the r. r., Co., about one year ago for
$50.
The donation at the parsonage Tues =.
day evening for the benefit of Rev.
Hayner WAS we'll attended and is. re-.
ported as being very pleasant affair.
we were unable to obtain the
amount of the proceeds.
We neglected t. mention in last
weeks issue that Geo. A. Grismer. r.
II. Ollie, Jim Lock and Tom Barwiso
had departed for the Pine Regions
north of Lake 1tasca, where they ex.
pect in about six months time to nc.
cumulate small fortune.
We are in receipt sf a very neat in.
vitation to attend the opening of tho
Grand Hotel at Fergus Falls, May 9TH.
1884, under the new management, viz:
J;''nes X. O'Brien proprietor, and G.
J. kissner manager. This will, no
dnubt, bea grand affair. Tickets. five
dollars.