The Wahpeton times., 1888-09-20

The rain to-day is a good thing
for plowing. The ground has been
very dry.
The boys are doing a good deal of
shooting at a lake near Minor,
these days.
The letters of both President
Cleveland and Candidate Harrison
will be found on the inside of to-
days paper.
Fred Beck and wife returned
from their visit to the twin cities
Sunday morning, after having en-
joyed themselves very much.
Wheat is to-day quoted at s5c at
Wahpeton. The buyers have, how
ever, been paying little above the
market price the past day or two.
Mrs. DR.. Swaine, Miss Flora
Austin and Miss Alice Hawkes. ex-
pect to visit the territorial fair at
Grand Forks, Saturday of this week.
Prof. Crocker has been ill since
opening school this term, and being
confined to his room this week, the
high school, of course, takes va.
cation.
D. Johnson, the painter, has done
very handsome work IN painting,
paperlng and graining the Congre-
gational church. This church is
now just as pretty as birds eye
pretty enough for anything.
At the U. S. term of court at
Fargo on Wednesday, Judge Nc
Connel presiding, Mr.. j. b. Doig,
was, after public examination. ad-
mitted to the bar. and granted au-
thority to practice before the courts
of the territory of Dakota.
DR.. Spafford of the territorial
board of health in the city Tuesday
was introduced about the same by
DR.. Swaine, and the two officials
departed the next morning for
Grand Forks where a meeting of the
board is being held.
Let the ladies and gentlemen vote
for Cleveland and reform. at See!y's
opera house tomorrow evening.
Edwin Barbour, the Snowman, pro-
poses to let Dakota vote on the
presidential question-so far as he
can. So let the administration be
sustained tomorrow evening, sure.
Through the enterprise of ex-
mail agent Crofts, Wahpeton is IA
vored with system of weather Sig
mails, from Washington, d. c., placed
on staff over the post-office. The
white flag means clear weather, but
when it appears with the black tri-
angular flag above it, indicates
warmer and clear weather, and
when the black flag appears below
it indicates colder and clear weather;
the blue flag means rain Or snow;
white flag with black square in the
center means cold wave.
Mr.. Matson and wife of st. Croix
county, Wisconsin, an uncle and
aunt of Mrs. F. L. Dwyer, are out
here visiting with Mr.. Dwyer's
family, near Hankinson. Only a
few days since DR.. Vanatta, out
here visiting Mr.. Dwyer was intro
duced about the city. The doctor
was quite an elderly gentleman and
it was with his son whom Judge
Lauder of this city read law in
Wisconsin. While in the city this
time Mr.. Dwyer received a telegram
from home, saying his little daugh-
ter, year and half old being i'll,
had suddenly grown worse, and lie
hurried away home. 1t is hoped
the little girl will soon recover her
good health.
We hear great deal said of the
proposition that wheat must ad-
vance in price. In another place in
to-day's paper we quote summary
of the situation from the Sioux
Falls Argus-Leader, Domestic and
foreign. 1t is true that two years
ago men predicted that wheat
would advance, which was not
realized; and although men of good
judgment think that wheat will be
worth $1.0O in 30 days at Wahpeton,
we rather think the time is placed
too near. The same man, however,
says that he is offered $1.0O for his
grain in April, and he predicts that
good seed wheat will be worth $1.5O
next spring, he being now offered
$1.2O for fife for seed. Be these
things as they may, every man
must be governed by his circum-
stances. If he has debts pressin o