The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-06
Local DaSheS.
Harvest at hand.

Harvest at hand.
Machine Oil cheap at Barron>s.
Town lots for sale by Whitney & Co.
The best IF Machine Oil at Barron's.
Memorial services Saturday after
noon.
A tip.top machine oil for IS cents,
At Barlon's.
Edwin Wiswell is getting to be quite
a bicycle rider.
Everybody attend the fair meeting
in the rink tonight.
Deputy Sheriff Butler, of Perham,
was in the city Monday.
Quite 4 number of Indians were
seen ol, our streets. Saturday.
For the best machine oils in the
market 80 to Amos 4 Benedict's
Atty. E. W. Thorp went to Long
Prairie, yesterday, on legal business.
Home manufactured wagons for
sale by Theo. Brockhof, Walena,
MINI.
John Clayton, of the Clayton Plow
Works, has been under the weather
the past few days.
The Lurton boys are building an up.
right to their dwelling house on
Averill street west.
DR.. L, W. Babcock's new buggy has
arrived. It is single top buggy, and
is one Of the finest in town.
Attorney II. B. Stearns returned
home Tuesday, from VISIT efa few
days to friends ut Alexandria.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Weeks, of VerD-
dale, were in this city Friday, the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Case.
Il. N. johnson, Register U. 5. Land
Office. of Fergus Falls, was in the city
Tuesday, shaking hands with his
friends.
II. F. Burch has just received an ele-
giant stock of ladies and gents furnish
ing goods, both in the staple and
fancy line for the fall trade.
Miss Carrie N1etzger vino has been
visiting in Kansas City for overa year
returned home yesterday AFTERNOON.
Her friends here welcome her return.
A. Murray, Esq, wife and children
went out to Battle Lake, yesterday
morning, to spend few days fishing
and ruSticating. We wish them a
pleasant trip.
Commissioner G. A. Alton, of Leaf
River, was in town Saturday. He
says crops in Wing River township
were damaged to quite an extent dur
ing the hail storm last week.
w. Cushion, cashier of the First
National Bank, and J. A. Chapman. of
Wellington, Ohio, were in the city
the latter part of last week visiting
their old friend II. B. Hamlin.
Geo. II. Smith, of Alex andria, was
in Wadena Friday, visiting his cousin
Fred Balfour. They had not seen
each other for about seven years and,
of course, had good visit talking over
old times.
Everyone should try to be in attend.
ance at the memorial services in the
skating rink next Saturday afternoon.
Farragut Post G.. A. R., and the Wa
dena Light Guards will be present.
The address will be delivered by Rev.
f. S. Peake of Detroit.
John Howe, the n. 2. Elevator Co.'S.
wheat buyer at this place, returned
home Tuesday morning from a two or
three weeks visit to his old home in
Wabasha county. John had not been
home for number of years and he
says he enjoyed his visit immensely.
At Il business meeting of the Light
Guards yesterday evening, arrange
ments were made to attend the men,
orial services in memory of the late
Gen. U. S. Grant to take place on
Saturday afternoon next. All mem.
hers Of the company should he present
ut the arm0ry rs early as 1890 p. m.
At a meeting of the Village Council
Monday morning, the bids on the Viii
Iage bonds in the sum of 81, 900 for
building Village Hall, were opened
and the bid of Geo. l.. Nevius, of Min.
nsapolis being the lowest, the bonds
were placed with him at a premium of
liz per cent at per cent interest for
ten years.
C.. L. Baxter, of Fergus Falls, ar
uivedin Wadena Tuesday night, and
has. now entered into a partnership
witty our well known Attorney E. w.
- Thorp. Mr.. Baxter is son of Judge
Baxter, and is pleasant and intelli-
gent young man. He is graduate of
the law department of the Iowa City
University. We wish the new firm
success.
The Wadena 'Red Caps accepted a
challenge from the Detroit Base Ball
nine to play matchrgamein Wadena
last Friday, but no Detroitites showed
up, and there being a few of the
Wrightstown boys in town a scrub
nine was picked up and the game
proved quite interesting, OF course
the 'Red Caps" downed them in e reat
altano INT that WAC M ronro AL,,,
could he expected.
Serg't Alfred Penny, of Staceyville,
Iowa, was in Wadena, Tuesday, on
business. While here he made the
FARMER 4 pleasant call. He is yery
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