The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1886-08-05
VOL 8.

Gen. Wilson of Fargo was in the
city on business yesterday.
This is a good time to be on your
guard against the festive tramp.
w. L. Pitkin finished shocking his
grain Wednesday noon, 800 acres.
Geo. A. Hawkes. is at present at
Fergus in the employ of the N. P.
road.
Rev. H. W. Troy is building a
pretty picket fence about his par
sonage property.
Mr.. L. H. Patten, an accom- plished
book-keeper from Minneapolis, went
to work for w. Al. Seely & Co.,
Friday of last week.
Thos. Nolan a barber, recently
of Fargo, has taken a place in the
shop Of M. 0. Bickferd, this city.
Mr.. Nolan is good one.
1. Freudenfeld. secretary of the
Farmers Mutual Protective Aaso-
citation is in the city looking after
the interests Of the company.
VIM. Hanly is suffering from a
felon-or something of that sort, on
a finger of the right hand, which
renders him unable to do his work.
Harvest will be just about COM
pleted this week, making it any,
where from one to two weeks earlier
than usual. The yield in this
county is first rate and no mistake.
L. r. Giddings of Chicago and
brother of F. G. Giddings of this
city, is here looking over the coun.
try and is delighted.
Mrs. Wheeler, daughter and son,
of Sedalia, Missouri, and cousin of
Mrs. R. J. Hughes, this city, are here
visiting, expecting to stay several
weeks.
Schuler & Mackie are doing some
repairing on Judge r. 3. Myers
residence, the judge expecting to
remove his family to the city the
present fall.
M. T. Rich, Esq, has started a
residence on Fourth street. the
same to be occupied by Mr.. Stern, the
clothier of this city, when COM
pleted. Schuler & Mackie are do
ing the work.
Mr.. S. Gates is building a first
class farm house on the place he
recently purchased from Watson
Howe, on the Wild Rice. Schuler
& Mackie are doing the work.
E. H. Berry, special agent for the
Liverpool and London and Globe in
surance company was in the city
this week, and was introduced about
the city by Chas. r. Loomis, the ef-
icient local agent here.
Miss Lou Van Eman of Casselton,
this territory friend of Mrs. ia
cobs' family here, was in the city
visiting for several days prior to
this week, when she took her depar-
ture for Winona to attend school
there.
The tramp at Wahpeton is a nu-
merous individual, looking generally
seedy and impecuious; and from all
accounts and arrests he is develop
ing decided taste for stealing.
The big hose of the city should be
turned onto the rascal.
The Red River, in the recollection
of the oldest man, has never been so
low as it is now, and the Bois des
Sioux is about to "give up the
ghost" at the roots of an immens
growth Of bullrushes. 1t will, in
deed, "hardly float a catfish" now.
Robinson & Bowden are now at
work on grain and hay rack, COM
posing feed rack to 60 on an ordi-
nary wagon for the New Era grader
people. The New Era is fast get
ting to the front in this county, and
it requires a good deal of parapher-
MALTA in the operation.
The Wahpeton juvenile base ball
nine will play the juvenile club of
Breckenridge, on Wahpeton's ia
nous diamond, this afternoon,
The little folks will undoubtedly
draw a large audience. It is SAID
they can give the big club some
pointers on general department and
the rules of the great national
| game. Turn out and see the boys
play.
| A Fargo base ball nine played a
Wahpeton nine on the latter's dia'
mond Saturday afternoon last, do
ing our boys up in good shape, the
score standing nine to five. How.
ever, the game was an interesting