The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1885-12-03
Michael Schmitt has his handsome

and roomy residence framed and
shingled. It stands on Fourth
street and will be valuable acqui-
siton to the residence property Of the
street.
The ladies of the Congregational
church will give spelling bee
sociable at the residence of Mrs. II.
N. Ink Wednesday evening, Decem-
ber 9th. A prize will be awarded
to the best speller. All bad spoilers
are invited to attend.
Leonard Schott, one of the finest
boot and shoe makers that ever
came to Wahpeton and who has
been employed in Plus Henger's
shoe store, departs for Shakopee,
Minnesota, his home this evening,
expecting to return in the spring.
Mr.. Schott's many friends will be
pleased to see him back and ready
for business in the spring.
The first French lock, dam. COM
pleted in America was on. the Kan
awha river, Virginia, in 1880, and
J. r. Davenport, superintendent of
the Wahpeton water works, was the
first lock manager of the same,
which position he held four years.
The dam is a government affair and
one of the finest in the world, re-
quiring nearly five years in it's con-
struction. Mr.. Davenport is an ex-
perienced submarine diver.
Suitable preparations are being
made for the dedicational exercises
at the NJ. E. church of this city,
Sunday next. Bishop C. ID. Foss
of Minneapolis will deliver the SER
mon at 10:45 a. M, and Rev. S. N.
Griffith will speak in the evening.
The presiding pastor, Mr.. Troy, ex-
tends an invitation to the public to
be present and hear the bishop, feel
ing confident that he will be very
interesting. We presume the house
will he crowded.
Peter Bernard, brother of NJ.
BERNARD Of this city, living tep or IA
dozen miles southwest of Wahbeton,
lost his wife the latter part Of last
week, in childbirth. The child was
still born. Doctors Wiensma and
Swaine attended the lady, but there
was no possible show for the sun
fortunate woman. There are the hus-
band and four children left to
mourn this greatest Of all losses that
can possibly befall a family. The
funeral took place at St. Joseph's
parish Monday, and was conducted
by Rev. Father Hepperle.. Mrs.
Bernard was "a years of age. The
family have the sympathy of a large
circle of friends.
John Kotschevar and bride re-
turned from st. Michael's, Wright
county, Minnesota, Friday. and are
making their home at the pioneer
residence. The bride was niece of
Mr.. Kotschevar's first wife and
passed much of her time with Mrs.
Kotschevar, the two ladies being
much attached to each other. The
chances are that no one could be
found who would so we'll and so sat
isfactorily to Mr.. Kotschevar take
care of little Annie and Josie, as
these childrens' mothers neice, and
this can bo done better as the second
wife of Mr.. Kotschevar, than any 9TH
er way. THE TINES wishes Mr.. and
Mrs. Kotschevar success and happi-
ness. The band serenaded the hap
py couple Sunday evening.
The Wahpeton Times has been en-
larged. and if it did not go out of it's
way to copy and publish every lie
about Milnor it can find in the Lis
bon sheets, ard was a little more
carefully edited, and somewhat i'm
proved in makeup, and little neater
in general appearance, and little
more grammatical in it's stutterings,
and a little cleaner in style it would
be as good as the average newspaper
of it's class-poor class Minor
Teller.
We understand that as a matter
of fact the '' f Ii young man
who presides over the destiny of
the Teller has a laudable ambition
to actually espouse Minors cause
in the county seat fight, the above
being a first rate sample of his argu.
ment in favor OF his cause. Hither.
to we have had no preference OF
opinion in the matter and at all
times cheerfully furnished room fol
both sides Of the controversy. Now
however, it occurs that if it was moi
for Minors egregious turkey COB
bier waddle, and not for Minors
absurd flights at wit and wisdom
and not for Minors delirious and
; violent assumptions, and not fol