The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1886-11-11
running his presses by wind from
the noise he makes. Mr.. Fritz will
recover

James Purtlon & Co. propose to
have vegetables the present winter
they having now finished roomy
root house on the common just north
of their residence: We wonder if
their customers will share in this
Improvement. 1t would not be
right to shut out the customers.
Minor Teller: r. b. Myers, super
intendent Of the Northwestern Mu-
tual Insurance company of Wahpe-
ton. was in the city the fore part of
the week. Mr.. Myers is one of the
most successful Insurance men in
the northwest, and his company is
also one of the best doing business
in the territory.
The roller rink was crowded to
overflowing Saturday evening. it
being the last skate. Mr.. Butler
who purchased the rink from the
stockholders proposes to make two
dwellings of the same by cutting
the same into two parts; aud one of
these will be moved onto sixth street
at once we believe.
Speaker Carlisle's majority was
768. The close vote WAS caused by
the apathy of Mr.. Carlisle's friends
who supposed Thobe would not
amount to any thing. In the coun-
try districts Thobe was not heard of
in the canvass. 1t sometimes hap
pens that really good men have enc.
mics who slip about and do them a
great deal of harm.
To properly celebrate the election
of the Hon. j. II. Miller to the
sheriffalty of the county, several of
the friends of that gentleman an
evening or two after the election
presented him with very beauti-
full easy chair. costing $50. Well,
il was good deal Of a fight after
all, and Of course Mr.. Miller's
friends have occasion to feel elated
over their victory. "
| Argus, 10: Hugh Moore of the
Antelope farm in Richland County,
is reported to have sold thirty head
Of choice, fat, four-year-old steers to
Charley Rommel, the weight averag-
ing 1900 each. Mr.. More is one of
the most enterprising bonanza far
mers OF the Red River Valley. and
Mr.. Rommel IS to lie congratulated
Lon the purchase. After feeding his
customers: on the tough steaks from
The Argus, cow, this change to nice
choice joints of those 'four-year olds,
will probablysbe quite noticeable.
". S. Wolfe and Miss Ellen
Goodsbey were married at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Wolfe, in NIilnor, by
the Rev, Dr.. Wilson. The con-
tracting parties have lived in Sar-
gent county many years, and are
iwell known to all the. older citizens
of the east SIDE. May the young
couple live long and he very happy
is the. wish of all Teller, 5th.
t We noticed Mr.. Wolfe and Il fine
appearing young lady in Wahpeton
last week, but scarcely suspectc
the new. relations. Yes, Scott's
many friends here congratulate him
on his being able to pick out such {.
bride. We wish the young couple
long life and prosperity.
Frank Miksche and his brother
in-law Nicholas Smith, quietly put
out for Tower, Minnesota, some two
weeks since prospecting. It seems
that Tower is an iron mining town
something like. 100 miles directly
north of Duluth, and that it has
some 5000 people and is booming.
Frank went there at the instance of
travelling men who told him of Il
general store keepers desire to sell
out on account of ill health. The
boys found everything as represent
ed as to the flush way money was
thrown about and the high rates
that everything in the way of trade
brought. There are about 1900
miners at work in the mines dig.
ging out iron oar, and. two train
loads leave the mines daily. Frank
says that it is just simply astonlsh-
ing at the immense amount of iron
oar in that country. There seems
to be solid mass, Of iron under
this whole hilly serface of the
country, he having brought home
a few pieces to show his friends.
TO any who never saw iron oar we
will say it is dark, but not as black
as coal and nearly as heavy as iron
and very nearly as hard as iron.
! The miners find it in great chunks
as big as a house and with machinery
drill into it breaking off pieces
small enough to handle and thus it
goes to the furnaces. And then
Frank saw men in pits 800 feet
square 100 or 200 feet deep where
machinery was at work drilling and
men breaking up the oar and
machinery lifting it TO the surface.
The lowest wages paid there is
$1.70 per day and from that to
$3.50 per day, They have the
finest kind of electric lights and a
day and night force so that the
works never stop day or night, sum-
mer or winter. There are eight
general stores and "a saloons in the
town and everybody is making lots
Of money. Property is held very
high. The boys made their man a
proposition that being some $500
less than the man asked and he took
two or three boys to think the mat
ter over. promising to telegraph