The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1885-11-26
Wahpeton Rohand Thursday November &C. 1885

The campfire at Seely's opera
house last evening drew a crowded
house. The magic lantern show i.
highly complimented, as is also the
music. speeches, stories and supper
1t should be remembered that the
Reliance hose company gives its
benefit this evening. The boys
have made every arrangement for q
a good time, and they should be lib.
orally encouraged.
Lathrop Stewart has leased his
farm for two years, and will soon
make business trip to the east, re.
turning in few weeks. We dc
not know what the old gentleman
proposes to do or where lie will re.
side. Believe here in town.
Wahpeton's wheat buyers de.
serve to be complimented. They
have last and this week paid as higl,
as IL cents above market quotations
for wheat. And having taken in
some 10000 bushels have naturally
distributed good many hard dol.
lars among the farmers above rul.
ing rates, but we think the corpora.
tions can stand it we'll enough.
Col. Hawkes. says several of the
N. p. people went over the line last
week inspecting the same, and while
here indicated place on which to
locate their water tank, now on the
Breckenridge side of the river.
The Water company will pump
water into the tank for the use of
the iron horse. This is another in
dication that Wahpeton holds the
key to her own destiny and power.
S. j. Dietel departed Monday
evening for St. Paul to fill an en-
gagement in wood carving. Step
into Frenk's Place and see wood
carving Mr.. D.. has placed on the
counter there. and be convinced that
he is an artist at his profession.
He will cut most anything out of
wood. We wish. Mr.. Dietel good
success and that he may be enabled
to lay up goodly supply Of "dust"
in the sanity CITY.
The plumbing firms of Stevens &
Allen and Pettitt & Glow have not
entirely gone out of the business.
The former has dissolved but Mr..
Stevens expects to do a general
plumbing business in the spring.
Pettitt & Glow want to put in a
pump house and perhaps other
works in the spring. This is the
way these gentlemen talk. The
water company will do plumbing as
cheaply as possible, in the mean
time.
Mrs. Captain White is favoring
the ladies of Wahpeton with the
latest national passtime, viz: A
painting school. Mrs. White is
quite an artist. and liking the pro-
fession has leased a room in connec-
tion with the Dorcas society, Hav-
wards block, and every day in the
week ladies of the artistic turn of
mind may be found there working
away for dear life with the hope Of
some fine morning to awake and fine
themselves famous for skillful
touch and fine taste.
Fred Hoefs, one of the leading
and most esteemed farmers of the
German settlement met with Sc
we're accident last week, by the
bursting of gun in his hands. 1t
seems the gun had been loaded the
past two years and standing in an
out OF the way room up stairs es-
capped attention till above mention
ed accident when the old gentle
man, nearly 60 years of age, under
took to fire at geese. The charge
seems to have not gone out of the
gun the usual way, but to have
passed out between two and four
inches from the locks, bursting the
barrel wide open and tearing off
the middle finger of the left hand
and end of the first finger. DR..
Reno dressed the wound at the time
and subsequently Mr.. Hoefs came
in to St. Luke's hospital that he
might he more safely treated, or at
least be nearer the surgeon. The
gun was an old German muzzle
loading one, and it is thought the
powder had eaten into the barrel.
Col. H. r. Pease of Watertown,
this territory, president of the Da-
kota Mutual Insurance Company,
was in the city Saturday last, being
introduced by A. J. Goodhue, Esq,
and Judge Lauder. The colonel
served Mississippi for a term of
years in the United States senate,
and subsequent to this was receiver
at the Watertown land office for a
term or two which brings him down
to the present time and this enter
prising step. He explains that one
of Dakota's greatest wants is
cheaper insurance and thinks this
can be effected among her own peo-
pie and capital, as seen in the be-
ginning hereof bis company works
on the mutual plan. The Colonel
was in town but one day having lit.
tie time, but succeeded in appoint.
ing Chas. r. Loomis agent here to
further introduce and push the new
corporation. It is a we'll admitted
fact that in individual cases every
dollar saved is just as good or better
than the risk of earning a dollar,
and the rule works equally we'll in
larger matters. Every dollar that
Dakota can keep at home is just
that much capital saved, and there
is no question about there being an