The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1886-10-14
There will be no service in Trinity
Church on Sunday evening next.

For a fine and new style of dress
flannels call at Reeder & Murnik's.
G. N. Wood, of Wahpeton, came
in on the Fargo Southern last night
and engaged rooms al the Head.
quarters, Argus,
Ole T. Hougan of West End paid
The TIMES pleasant call this
morning. Mr.. Hougan was dele
gate at the convention.
A very commodious parsonage is
being erected by the Bohemian
Catholic church society, near the
church in this city. Henry Dietz
has the contract and is doing the
work.
w. E. Purcell, Esq, is treasurer
of the Dakota Democratic central
committee, and the Democratic
managers have engaged him to
speak at jamestown and Grand
Forks. This will take all the time
Wahpeton's we'll known young
Democratic orator can spend in the
canvass this election.
G. H. Smith, the young man so
long in the employ of John Nelson
is having the Riddle boys lay a
foundation for residence on Fifth
street with view to complete the
residence in the spring. Charlie
has been long time in getting
around to the point, but it begins
to look now as though he meant
business.
Sunday last another man at Coop
erstown, this territory, undertook
to draw his gun from wagon, muz-
Zle. first, and here is the result:
George Isaacson, when hauling his
Shot gun from the wagon at the
Pickert farm by the muzzle, re-
ceiyed the charge in his left arm.
He drove to Cooperstown, fifteen
miles;i but died in about three hours
from loss of blood and the shock" 3"
Minor Teller, 8: Hon. j. w.
Banding, of Wahpeton, spent sew
eral days of this week in Minor.
having business with Messrs. Walsh
& Newman. MIR. Blanding went to
\ ,Wahpeton from Grant county, Wis
cohsin, about fifteen years ago, and
in company with the old and hon
ored NJ. T.Rich, is one of the faith.
ers Of Kahpeton and Richland
Ecounty. Mr. Blandlng is an old
friend of the proprietors of the Tel
Ter, and knew the parents of the
wives of the Teller proprietors long
years before we happily made their
acquaintance. Mr.. Blanding is I,
gentleman whom the citizens of
Wahpeton love to honor, and is a
man whom to know is but to res
pect.
D. T.. Crowle and Miss Harriet
Aspinwall were married ut the resi-
dence Of the brides parents Thurs.
day evening of last week, surround.
ed by the family and a few friends,
Rev. A. G.. Pinkham officiating. Mr.
Crowel is a we'll and very favorably
known young man having been in
the Office Of the Manitoba railway
company here the past several years
for the most part, having recently
however, been acting as relief agent
And the day following the wedding
Mr.. Crowle, being called to Herman
to fill such position for a short time
took his bride hither, expecting tt
return and pass the winter at Wah
peton. The bride is one of the frs
young ladies in the land, and TIL
TIMES tenders the young couple al
the compliments of the day, will
the wish that their lives may b,
long, happy and prosperous.
An old gentleman known as Ma
jor Peck came to Wahpeton ill will
pneumonia last week and took
rooms at a. j. Benson's boardin.
. house where lie continued to grow
I. worse, dying Monday of this week
:. 1t seems the gentleman was &C year.
of age not having lived with Iii
! family the past five years, latter re
siding near GAINESVILLE, in MINES
: ota but had been interested in bus
iness matters at or near Fairmount
this county, where we understand
he had partner in business. Ma
| jor Peck was in old soldier and til,
e. A. r. members here have don,
what they could to alleviate his suf
ferings and insisted on notifying
his family, which lie would not Al
all listen to, which notification, how
ever, was undertaken by telegraph
but failed, and the family had to b
notified by a courier, they moi
reaching here until the old gentle
man was dead, all appearing to fee
badly about it. The remains were
laid away in the Breckenridge Gem
i Eetery under the auspices of the G
A. Il. post, the family and>friends
i Rev TT. w. Troy officiating.