Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-04-04

verse and Miss Terry, Messrs. Council
Combs, Converse, Cardin and Kelly
Mrs. Kelly carried off the honors. Mr.
Combs was the lecturer of the evening
Daniel Leo took a trip home to Canad.
last fall and returned yesterday evening
fully impressed that Canada cannot com
pare with Dakota as a winter resort. HI
has been in Canada for number ofyears
and says he never experienced such 6
cold disagreeable winter as this has
been.
| The heaviest fall of snow we have had
this winter came down this morning
with whirl. 1t was extremely bliz.
zardy, although the weather was no,
cold. By noon the storm was over and
the snow had begun to melt. The east
wind may bring some more, but all
signs that don't fail in bad weather say
there will be sunshine tomorrow.
James E. Reed expects carload Of
fine short horn cattle and Poland China
hogs for his ranch on Moose river. Jim
says he has been through Nebraska,
Colorado, and other stock raising states
and there are none Of them equal to the
Moose river country; that there is less
percentage Of loss and cattle are in better
order in the spring than in any of the
older states.
(From Thursdays Daily Inter Ocean)
]. l.. Davenport is swinging new
sign to the breeze.
Sixteen carloads of freight came in on
the st. P, M. Il NJ. last night.
Eaton & Higbee have bought % feet
front on Kelly avenue for s4OO.
Parson Stuart received carload OF
milwaukee, beer yesterday evening.
Capt. Sharpe, of Fort Totten. is recov-
oring rapidly from his late accident.
James Linden and R. Il. Noyes de-
parted on the east bound train this morn
ing.
What is the reason that the work of
locating "a cemetery is not making more
progress?
Money is plenty in the city. One man
was seen with S2O.OOo on the streets this
morning.
Sheriff Wagness drove over to Minno-
waukan this morning on professional
business.
Major Benham will come out so dis
guised tomorrow that none Of his friends
will know him.
o. L. Rice, one of Odessa's bonanza
farmers, was in town today and became
a subscriber to the INTER- OCEAN.
George l.. Barrett, Bartletts hand
some young merchant, was in the city
lust night looking after business.
The Odd Fellows bought 30 foot on
Kelly avenue, adjoining tho alley, for
$500, and expect to remove their hall
thereto.
From rs to 40 teams, driven by hall
breeds came in from st. John yesterday
to haul up their supplies that Uncle Sam
shipped in to this city for them.
Emigration continues to come. To
Mr. and Mrs John W. Maher, this morn
ing, daughter. 1t will be rough on
John if beer roes up to ten cents again.
Mr.. Hunt Of Odessa feels very happy
today over the arrival of his eleven
year old daughter from Michigan,
who he has not seen for over three years.
w. p. Hutchison, one Of the claimants
of the st. Johns townsite, who has been
inthe city looking after his interests be-
fore the land office, returned to st. Johns
this morning.
Professor McGahey, ono of the pio-
neers of this country, celebrated his
forty-fifth birthday 9este 1aay, and felt
last night as If it wou ID trouble him
any to live As years m6fe.
Major Bacon and Lieut.. Walker came
over from the fort yesterday to do some
tclcgraphing, the military wire being in
terrupted by the storm. They found the
same trouble here, but the wires were all
right this morning.
Chaunrey McTaggart acted in a
strange, nervous manner this morning
He was dressed in the most elaborate
style, graduated in the tonsorial depart
ment of Coroner zunif IN, and when las,
seen was rushing TiI3ly down the street
with grip in his h9ld. Larimore was
his objective point ind it is thought that
congratulations win be in order when he
returns.