The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1886-06-24
There is a dance tomorrow (Fr;-
day. evening at the pavilion.

The Congregational society gives
social at Mrs. John Inks residence
this (Thursday) evening.
Judge Lauder has spent most of
the week at Fargo in the interest of
Minors county seat contest.
Fairmount and De Villo town
ships are arranging to purchase the
New Era, which, with Summit,
make three towns supplied.
THE TINES issues 1000. copies this
week, little more than double the
regular edition. Thus our adver-
tlsing patrons get benefit.
3. j. Murphy of the Wahpeton
0ottling works, had the misfortune
to break a bottle in his hand, re-
Gently, which cut that member quite
severely.
The Northwestern Mutual insur-
ance company of Wahpeton received
by mail and otherwise $4,000 worth
of premiums Monday and Tuesday
of this week.
The Wahpeton assessment for
1886 foots up as follows: Town lots,
$435,375; unplated lands, $22,655;
personal property, $260,2S7, making
a total of $71S,317.
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, sustain
ed the most sever hail storm We'd
nesday of this week seen there for
thirty years. The crops were
knocked completely out Of sight.
Two calves, three months old,
have strayed out of j. F. Marlow's
pasture, having tin tags or rings in
their ears. Anyone affording Mr..
NARROW information leading to their
recovery will be suitably rewarded.
Thomas Hooker, engineer on the
N. p. passenger between Wahpeton
and Wadena, has got a lay off of
two weeks and will rusticate at
Jackson, Michigan, his old home.
g. N. Swarts takes his place in the
meantime.
This is Corpus Christi's day and
is being very generally observed by
the two Catholic churches of this
city, as is their custom. A notice.
able feature during the procession
was the tone Of the new bell of the
new Bohemian church. This is with
out any question the finest bell in
the city. 1t is a 1900 pound bell
and the tone is, we should say, all
that anyone could desire.
AS we have said, Wahpeton will
celebrate the Fourth of July, but
that day coming on Sunday, the fol-
lowing day, Monday, has been de-
clded upon as the proper day for the
festivities. There will be an i'm
mense procession, speaking, horse
racing, trap shooting, fire works.
and, all the attractions usually con-
;;ttbNting to this greatest Ameri-
! IaSttantss:holiday. Ii Come to Wahpeton
sA 49l AMye:a a good time on the Fifth.
The Fairms sIs Mutual Hail Insur-
anee compuny is doing good busi-
ness, will have membership of 200I
by the middle of July with double
the amount of money in assessable
notes that was paid by allinsurance
companies combined in this county
last year. If it pays to raise wheat
it pays to protect it against the. ele-
'ments. Farmers. will act wisely in
taking insurance in their own COM
pany. Apply to JOHN SH1PPAM, Sec.
1t is singular that the farmers at
this end of the valley have been so
slow to catch on to the fact that
great profits can be made by drain
age. This can be done cheaply.
Polk county, Minnesota, can count
it's roads and bitches by the thous-
ands of miles. There are more
miles of good roads in Polk county
than rods of good roads in Richland
county. There are thirty-four ma
chimes owned in that county and one
may travel on good graded road
on nearly every section line between
the Manitoba track and the river,
"a miles, in straight lines, and the
value of farm property has been
doubled.
David Purdon returned from AL
exandria, Minnesota, Wednesday
morning, accompanied by Selby,
son of Joseph Gilpin of that city.
Mr.. Purdon witnessed the G. A. r.
encampment at that place last week,
and says the same was largely at
tended and the programme very in
teresting, a feature in this being
the barbecue, the roasting and diyis-
ion of an OK. Mr.. Purdon has a
photo of this feature, showing the
OK roasted, taken just as the carver
with his big white apron set upon his
task, and the hungry (?) multltudes
standing about. 1t looked to US
like a cruel, fendish operation. Mr..
Purdon saw the smoking ruins of
the steam elevator burned at Evans
vile, as he came home.
Mrs. Captain White went to St.
Paul four or five weeks ago to visit
her daughters, Mrs. E. T. Baldwin
and Mrs. II. L. Williams, and now
we learn that she has not only been
quite ill with quinsy but that the
daughters are both quite ill, and
have been for some little time. In
fact Captain White himself returned
from st. Panl this morning and says
his wife and daughters are all, hav-
ing a hard trial. He brought back
his little grand daughter May,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H.
White of this city, the little girl
having accompanied her grand
mother down there. Mrs. Whites
many lady friends here will be
panied to learn of her discontinue