The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-25
Town lots for sale by Whitney & Co.
Hail the lnilkman for MY.

J. II. Gray, of Duluth, WAS i'll the
city, Tuesday.
a good many of our people are oat at
til lakes fishing.
The boot-black craze has struck the
small b VS. in town.
$4,000 to loan on improved farms
by Whitney & Co.
Frank Henderson, of Thomastown,
was in the city Tuesday.
The highest market price paid for
oats at the Farmers Elevator.
Barron has put in stairs between his
grocery store and katzky's store.
A. D. Baker, of Deer Creek, was reg.
istered at the Merchants, Monday.
The TOWN Board of Equalization
was in session the fore part of the
week.
Go to Amos & Bene,lict's for bird
cages and flower pots. A large stock
just received.
Sheriff Kingsley is slowly recover.
ing from his spr:.ined ankle, but he
says it pains him a good deal yet.
Chas. L. Lewis, of Fergus Falls,
County Attorney for Otter Tail county
was registered 1T the Merchants, Tues
day.
FoR SALE.-Forty acres of land, one
mile north and one mile east from the
town of Vernda]e. Eighteen acres
cultivated. w. II. HARRIS.
Mrs. c.. A. Couillard returned home
from Wisconsin Friday afternoon.
She spent a few days on her return at
Minneapolis, with Mr.. Couillard's
parents.
Village Marshal Potter is at work
with a crew Of men on the streets. He
is having dirt filed in along the street
crossings and is filling up the low
places in the street.
Judge O ,trandtr and wife returned
home from Minneapolis Sunday
night. The Judge comes back much
improved in health and he looks as
fresh as school boy.
Parties having land contracts wit h
the Northern Pacific r. R. Co., can
save money by paying up in preferred
stock, which may be ordered through
Peake & Murray Of Wadena Mimi.
T.. S. Case and Chas. Christie return.
ed home from Montana last Thursday
Mr.. Case is quite elated over his mines
in that Territory. He is thinking of
putting in Il quartz mill and smelter.
Geo. +. Harrison, Of Philadelphia, is
the new day clerk at the Merchants,
Mr.. Hal rison is pleas mt gentleman
and the guests at the Merchants will
find him an accommodating and corte.
Gus clerk.
Capt. Irwin has received a letter
from Adjt.Gen. Mccarthy stating that
the Light Guards we exempt from
poll tax and jury duty. This is not
only his opinion but that of the State
Attorney General,
Jas. D. Plant, of the firm of w. II,
Hooker & Co., wholesale druggists,
New York City, has been stopping at
the Merchants the past eek, While
here he made contract with the
FARMER for some advertising.
+. W. LOOMS, of Walker & Co.,
Boston, is in the city selling history
Of the United States, The work will
come in pamphlet form, monthly. 1t
is written by correspondents from
both north and south, and promises
to be very valuable book.
Tramps are becoming altogether too
numerous in WadeHa. Would it not
be good idea for the Village Cocncil
to pass an ordinance empowering the
Marshal to set them at work on the
streets when found in the Village
This might have a tendency to keel
them away.
A party consisting of G. J. Stuart
and family, a. NJ. Baumbach and
family, Mrs. w. r. Baumbach and
Master Clif1ie Baumbach, of Wadena
Mrs. G. M. Maltby and Mrs. F, P,
Bishop, of Bluffton, went out to the
Wadena Boat House at Vining, Mon.
day morning, to spend few days fish
ing.
George Northfoss has pet in the
shape of bruised elbow. He Was at
work in the planning mill yesterday.
boring by machinery with an irch and
half anger when the anger came loose
and flew out with a terrible force strik-
ing him on the elbow. The auger is
about two feet long and it struck him
sideways completely doubeling it. If
it had struck him endways it would
have driven hole right through his
arm. DR.. Babcock dressed the wound
and George is now carrying his arm
in a sling.
Fer the benefit of those who have
entertained the idea that more of J. II.
arm was sacrifced!than
was necessary, we print verbatim a
letter received by Drs. Babcock and
Cromett from J. E. Moore, Microsco-
pist Of the College Hospital. of Min
neapolis, one who is considered the
best microscopic in the Northwest,
and stands with no superior in surgery.
MINNEAPoL1s. MINI. June S. 1885.