The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1885-07-23
LOCAL NEWS.
New coal shed at F. & S. depot.

gley's. I6tf
Some farmers are contracting
wheat for Csc per bushel.
Register Ruggles' parents from
Hillsdale, Mich, are here.
Solid and plated ware at Hough-
ton & Muggley's. 16tf
F., G. Giddings of Wahpeton,
spent the day in the city.-TRep. 81.
Bryant & Hanly have lost a boat.
A man hired it and has not returned
Fine watch and jewelry repair
ing done at Houghton & Muggley's.
Houghton & Muggley have re-
ceived their $3.50 pound safe, and
it's beautys
VIM Northey has gone to Arkan-
sas City, Arkansas, to visit very
ill son.
David Johnson, on the Wild Rice,
says he expects to cut wheat next
Monday.
Wahpeton's first nine will play
Valley City at Fargo, Saturday Of
this week.
G. Cannon and Filing Arvord,
charged with incendarism at Milnor,
are here for safe keeping.
Remember the special election,
Thursday, 30th inst, to issue ponds
for $4,000, to run for five years.
Houghton & Muggley have the
finest stock of watches, clocks and
jewelry ever brought to Wahpeton.
The Bangs boys were acquitted of
the charge of perjury in land mat
ters in U. S. court at Fargo, last
week. Judge Lauder and w. E.
Purcell defended the boys.
Oscar Hanson of Fergus Falls
has been at Wahpeton the past sew
eral days. collecting for the Fergus
Falls National bank. Oscar is a
rustler.
T. G. Northey, Lincoln county,
Nebraska, is here visiting his father
and family. Says crops are good in
his state except oats. Corn is way
up-splendid.
The enterprising head saleman at
NJ. 7. Stevens handsome hardware
establishment, Fred Herman, was
in the German settlement Sunday
and says the Bohn boys cut barley
Saturday last.
The case of Mrs. E. NJ. Nelson VS.
Register Ruggles was before Judge
Mcconnell on point of law, last
week, Judge Lauder for Mrs. Nelson
and Pyatt & Purcell and Mr.. New
man of Stone & Newman, for the
register. The judge deferred deci-
sion till August first. :.
The Fargo & Southern elevator
line has been purchased by able
eastern capitalists, who will go on
building elevators, thus strengthen
ing the Chicago outlet for wheat in
the Red River Valley. 1t was Il
good days work done when the c.,
M. & st. P. road placed q trunk line
in this valley.
Tom orrow there is to he meet
ing of township supervisors, COM
posed Of L. J. Moore, Ben. Taylor
and Hon. S. e. Stebbins, at George
Spink's house to hear reason why q
public highway should not be laid
across Spink's farm. It seems tile
matter has been before the county
commissioners and that they have
decided the project impracticable
and refused to grant it. Others
want the road and propose to have it
if possible, hence the meeting to
decide the matter.
Last week, A. Hodelj the favor
ably known well man, finished a
flowing we'll for Ole o. Tew of the
Abercrombie district, at a depth of
3l3 feet, the deepest we'll yet pro-
duced in the county. The water
flows pure and soft, in great abun-
dance. This is fine accession to
the accommodations on Mr.. Tew's
farm, really adding many hundred
dollars to the valuation Of the same.
There is this good feature here, flow
ing wells may be produced if the
right man with theFrigiit machinery
is employed. And such Is a great
blessing to the farmer. He uses the
M. G. Chapman Bros. hydraulic iron
tubing facilities, and usuallay gets
the water.
Deputy Auditor Sunderland paid
a visit to the western part of the
county this week, to assist in the
organization of two school town.
ships in West End, named Mellem
and Freeman. respectively. Mr.. S.
says that wheat and all crops
throughout the section he visited are
immense. and especially are those
fine between WYpdmere and the
Sheyenne river. And an interesting
feature in the improvements of the
county is found in the fine roads the
farmers are building. Center, Dan
ton, Dexter and West End all have
greatly improved roads. There is a
fine road from Judd's farm to
Dwight, another from the German
settlement to Mooreton, and from
Key Stone farm to Wyndmere; and
the road from Wahpeton to Moore
ton is graded up in good shape.
| This is one of the good features in
j the township system.