The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1885-08-13
LOCAL. NEWS

A. j. Goodhue was ut st. Paul on
business, last week.
VIM. e. Purcell has gone to New
Jersey for a month or six week. S
recreation.
Robert Dare, the miller, has gone
home to Elk River, Minnesota, for IL
few weeks recreation.
The county bridges at Fairmount
and on the Wild Rice will be COM
pleted by the first of September.
The Northwestern Bank will open
it's doors to the public Monday next.
1t will be very pretty institution.
County Auditor Runkel and wife,
of Milnor, was in town shaking
hands with friends the first part Of
the week.
The Breckenridge and Wahpcton
clubs will shoot on the formers
grounds, tomorrow, Friday, for $40,
eight men to enter.
Sam Lee, the laundryman, is put
ting up Il new laundry south of the
Manitoba track and west Of the old
place. Robert Powric has the con-
tract to do the work.
NJ. P. Propper's residence was
struck by lightning in Friday even
ing's storm, the chimney and part
of the roof being demoralized, but
fortunately no one was hurt.
The band boys passed the hat, so
to speak, last week, and Saturday
evening gave an open air concert,
extending the full length of Dakota
ave., and Of course played we'll.
VIM. Northey has returned from
Arkansas, and is pleased to say his
son is improving, after severe
wrestle with fever. The corn crop
in that county is more than i'm
mense.
The storm at Mooreton killed a
colt belonging to Hon. S. E. Steb-
bins, turning things topsy-turvey
about the barn yard and blew the
school house off it's bearings, some
ten feet.
Choice selection of spring goods
at PurdOn's. 2
j.. r. Spalt, recently of Minneap-
oils. Minnesota, is arranging the
Photographic rooms provided for by
Mr.. Peirce, second floor, in the
erection of the North Western Bank
building.
New goods arriving almost daily
at Purdon's. 2
J. F. Cargill, the little wheat
giant, was in the city to-day on his
way home to Minneapolis from the
west, having Travelled considerably,
and says north Dakota has lost
two million bushels of wheat, this
season. And that's q good deal for
new country. He thinks wheat
will worth 75c during September.
For choice teas and coffiees go to
Purdon's. 2
Farmer Moran, away down near
the reservation suffered a loss in the
Generalization Of his barn in the
late storm. One horse had q rib or
two broken, and the other suffered
likewise with leg additional brok-
en-. We hope the old man will not
be seriously crippled IN his loss. He
is perhaps the best Indian farmer in
this section.
Go to James Purdon & Co. for
good clothing, cheap. 3
The Silver King combination held
forth in Seely's opera house, Friday
of last week, presenting that most
interesting melo-drama. The Silver
King is simply superb, and we be-
lieve the company will return here
in a few weeks and repeat the play,
when they will have crowded
house. 1t rained heavily, but the
house was good.
Finest cigars in the city at Mil
burn & Co.'S. A
A man giving the name of Thos.
Fay. collared an invalid, Joe Miller,
on the street Tuesday, and after
crushing him to the sidewalk tried
to get into the mans pocket, but as
it occurred among a lot of men the
fellow was kicked off the man and
put in Jail. It was a sort of sudden
and unexpected scuffle. bystanders
could scarcely understand. Justice
Dow bound Fay over. 1t seems to
have been bold attempt at robbery,
but failed utterly.
Stop and take look at those Mil
burn hollow iron axle wagons. The
finest thing now made.
IL w. II. II. PIERCE.
Tuesday we noticed VIM. Brophy
Of McCauleyville, on the streets
with two fine appearing young men,
and on inquiry found the old gentle
man was accompanied by two sons,
one from Duluth, representing the
Lehman Elevator Co., and the other
from Chicago. 9 noted dentist, show
ing them the Wahpeton sights.
From the card Of Il. C. we find his
company storing grain for 20 days
for II cents per bushel, each sue
ceeding Is days, ] cent. Cleaning
and blowing, ] cent. And the