The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1886-10-21

Thos. Keating, who has been at
Minneapolis for treatment for lung
difficulty, returned this week, when
he had another severe bleeding at
the lungs.
Let the voters of the county see
that Michael Schmitt is on their
ticket for treasurer, DR.. Swaine
for the council and Linton and
Porter for representatives.
That is an elegant flag presented
to the fire department of the city by
Mrs. c. Harff. 1t is a gift out of
Mrs. Harff 8 own money, not the
society's, and the boys are much
pleased with it.
Engineer Thomas has removed
his dwelling house down by the side
of the pump house, so as to save a
great deal of walking back and forth
and will thus always be near the
works in case of need.
Superintendent Davenport says
the company will protect from frost
its large pipe in the river by cover
ing the same at the west side and
crowding the water to the cast side,
and then by keeping force of men
at the pump house all winter to
watch the pipe and break up any ice
that may form likely to discommode
the work, will this avoid any trou-
bic to their water consumers. The
river is very low and the indica-
tions now are that winter will close
in on the country without rain,
which will render the water ques-
tion a very serious one to many
people on the prairie. But here it
can be met as above indicated.
Milton Hawley, friend of the fam
lily Of Geo. Wetherbee, of the
Michigan settlement, came out here
a few weeks since from Michigan
to visit and shoot, and early this
week at White Rock had the mis-
fortune to shoot off the first finger
of the left hand. 1t seems that Mr..
'1awley stood on y large rock III the
water and having shot bird reach
ed out for it with the left hand over
the muzzle of the gun when the lat
ter was discharged making a
frightful wound. DR.. Rockwell was
called and dressed the wound after
taking out much of the bone of the
hand, but feels hopeful of saving
the thumb and three remaining
fingers. 1t is too bad for you, Mr..
Hawley.
There are several Lancaster, Wis
consln, people in this vicinity who
may be interested in reading the
following, under date of the 18th
inst: Rev. Samuel w. Eaton, fa-
ther of the president BelUit college,
preached his farewell sermon in the
Congregational church in this city
last night to IN immense throng of
people. He has preached in this
city forty years, with only single
interruption of three years, when
acting as a chaplain in the late war,
and is oae of the oldest preachers in
the state. The sermon moved both
audience and speaker to tears many
times during its delivery, and at its
close committee represented the
aged clergyman with set of we'll
worded resolutions of regret on be-
half of the church. In the audience
WAS Eaton's father-in-law, Rev.
Demorests, from New York, over 80
years old and still an effective
preacher.
r. G. Smyth who at an early day
located farm on the shores of a
beautiful lake now called Smyth's
lake, has we think one of the finest
locations in the west. That whole
section of country is rolling 80 that
people are not bothered much from
mud at any time, but in Mr..
Smyth's case the house stands Il few
rods back from the lake on level
with the farm and from the house
to the lake, for the most part, is a
moderate decline down to pebbley
waters edge and all day long the
gentle waves roll in, the water be-
ing perfectly clear. Some four
miles to the west which seems
to be only a mile or 80 from the
western end of the lake in a
pretty little grove stands Ham
lin. And off to the east for two
or three miles stretches another lake,
there being near this house u strip
of land dividing the two lakes, and
it is upon this piece of land that
many beautiful bird has dropped,
never to sport upon those beautiful
waters again. And most anywhere
for a distance Of miles here, as we
have indicated, one may sit down in
the grass and rest assured that he
will not have to wait long before he