The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1888-07-19
LOCAL NEWS.

Wheat is worth G6 cents.
Humans Orchestra will play for
a big dance at Lidgerwood Friday
evening of this week.
Rev. NJ. Barker, Fargo, will oc-
cupy Baptist pulpit, this city, Sun
day morning, and at Breckenridge
afternoon.
Little Robert Herman, Is months
old, grand child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Neuman of the German settlement,
was drowned in the Wild Rice this
week.
Big dance in Jerome uoward's
new store building, Breckinridge,
Tuesday evening next. Everybody
is invited. Humans s orchestra fur
nishes the music.
The apertures leading into the
sewer recently put in emit fearful
stencil, it is thought from the
Headquarters hotel. 1t is at least
the same sort of animal one used to
smell on Sixth street leading from
the hotel toward the railroad ditch.
1t will have to he attended to,
somehow.
The following ladies and gentle
men composed a happy excursion
party to Battle Lake, Saturday of
last week: Mayor and Mrs. Swaine,
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Pyatt, Mr..
and Mrs. John Ink, Misses Alice
Hawkes. and Nellie Proper, and
Messrs. John Ebel and Fred Sibley.
They of course had good time and
caught lots of fish. :.
In speaking with Prof. Crocker
with reference to his Fourth of July
event, mentioned last week, he
dropped the remark that some 20
births occurred in the United States
daily. And now comes along the
editor of the Eddy County New
Era with boy, born on. the great
American holiday. Were there any
others in Dakota on that day--or is
that Dakota's proportionment,
Manager Outcelt of the Aberdeen
base ball club received a letter yes
terday from c. NJ. Larrabee, mana
ger Of the Wahpeton nine. stating
that if he succeeded in getting up a
combination nine with Fargo,
games could probably be arranged
for next week. This doesn't look
as if the ball tossers of the north
were over confident in their ability
to wipe up the rich Dakota sward
with the Aberdeen nine when in
good condition. Aberdeen News.
What Manager Larrabee wrote
was, that several of Wahpeton's
players could not get off to play
more than game or such matter,
and that if he could arrange with
Fargo for few men-men who
could remain away three OF four
days, he would be pleased to visit
Aberdeen. Wahpeton's players are
home men, and play ball for amuse-
ment, in doing which they neglect
their business-or the business of
their employers. But of course the
News was not honest enough to put
the thing straight.
Mrs. Col. G. N. Proper of WASH
ington who has been here the past
few weeks visiting with the family
of her son, Postmaster Proper and
her daughter Miss Nellie, and who
departed for home Tuesday evening,
was honored not only with fare
we'll party and dinner at six o'clock
of that day but with a birthday eel
ebration as we'll. The following
ladies composed the invited guests:
Mrs. Col. A. II. Snow, Mrs. Col
Geo. A. Hawkes., Mrs. G. Reynolds
Mrs. Capt. A. l.. Roberts, Mrs. O.
l.. Loomis, Mrs. NJ. p. Proper
Mrs. A. w. Harwood, Mrs. Chas
Damerel and Mrs. j. W. Blanding
The dinner was Of superb dimen
sions, and the ladies all bade Mrs
Proper good bye with the best OF
wishes for her journey homeward
returning to their several homes
heaping praises upon Mrs. Geo. L
and Miss Nellie for the artistic
manner in which they can edo" ;
culinary Notwithstanding tho
hOnors of an occasion of this sort.
Harper's Weekly'is doing grea
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