The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1888-01-20

FO
20. 1888
LOCAL ITEMS.
Wheat 80 cents.
The G. A. R. boys held meeting in the
Odd Fellows hall Wednesday.
Worden NJ. Pope will commence teaching
school in Lincoln township next Monday.
Capt j. L. Wilcox started for sherbrooke
this morning to attend meeting of the county
| commissioners.
Mrs. Mary A. Berry has been appointed post
mistress at Sherbrooke, vice NJ. Cavanaph,
moved away.
q. Sherman, representing the Wardner,
Bushnell & Gesner company, has been in town
several days.
Ben Whitney has postponed his departure
till the I'd of February, when he expects to
take vacation for a month.
Mrs. Geo. f. Rozell and son, OF Fargo, sister
OF Mr.. w. P. Hawley, came up on yestsrday's 8
train aud will remain for some days.
AL Williams has shown US a fine sample Of
buck wheat flour which he has ground and
bolted It was raised BY H. A. Northrup.
Owing to the storm, no meeting of the
county commissioners was held last Friday, as
intended. The auditor has called special
meeting for to-day.
sum Of money was picked up in front of
the Bank OF Hope Wednesday morning, which
the owner can recover by calling at this office
and proving property.
From the Ogle County Press, published at
Polo, Illinois, we learn that Mr.. John Meoers
had recently been on visit there introducing
his Dakota Seeding potato.
The train men report that there is a great
deal of snow in the cuts on the Hope branch,
aud that 1t will not take much Of blow to
so increase it that it will be impossible to keep
it open.
Judge Berry and A. T. Drakeley drove down
from Sherbrooke Tuesday afternoon and re-
manned over to attend the G. A. R. meeting
Wednesday. 1t took them over four hours to
make the trip down.
Peter Joslyn and Loren Bugbee started from
Sherbrooke for Hope last Thursday morning,
but the storm was too much for them, and
deeming discretion the better part of valor,"
they faced about and returned to Sherbrooke,
glad enough to get back to shelter.
Miss Todd, teaching in school No. 2 Willow
Lake township, displayed remarkable good
sense in not permitting the children under
her Charge 10 attempt to reach home during
the storm Thursday Of last week. She re-
all night.
DR.. Phillip early in the week notified Prof.
4 Plunkett that several Of the pupils that had
been attending school were suffering from an
eruption which, though in no wise dangerous
is infectious and for that reason 1t would bt
\ lr't .iist they abstain from attending echoo
| for short time.
Rev. F. A. Shawkey informs us that th,
Methodist Herald is authority for the statement
that Rev. A. R. Barlow, late of Hope, but now
Of Rugby Junction, is suffering from partial
stroke Of paralysis The many friends of Mr..
Barlow in this neighborhood will regret to
learn of his illness.
A letter received from Jim McCollom gives a
graphic account of his trials and tribulations
in reaching his parental roof. ''Sully" does
not seem particularly struck on the kind of
weather they dish up in the Sucker state, and
may therefore soon expect to see ''Sully" on
his native heath once more.
Parties who have friends in the East coming
West in the spring will find 1t greatly to the
Elwell and furnish him with their names and
address. Parties In the East who contemplate
coming to Dakota can save money by dropping
a postal card to Frank C. Elwell, station agent,
Hope, D. T., giving their name and address.
Tuesday morning the hearts of all were
made glade by the arrival OF the snow plow,
with the promise of train later in tho day.
About half-past 10 o'clock Tuesday night the
| train pulled in, bringing weeks mail Yes
terday's train came in about O'Clock. Rail-
road men have had pretty rough time Of it
for the past two weeks, and have been nearly
worked to death.
We have to report another week of pretty
snug winter weather which, though cold, has
not been very blustery, and therefore has been
more endurable. The thermometer has ranged
from zero to 9S below, as shown by mercurial
| thermometers, while spirit Thermometers have
not shown so low by about six degrees. We