The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05
LOCAL ITEMS.

Toui- oAlt, pHlHteu anu SalNhHlZeI, SCcel
barbed wire, at Kelley X Hillhouses.
School closes tomorrow for month va
cation.
Jake Shredder, the Willow City machine
man, paid US flying visit last Friday
Two-point, painted and galvanized, steel,
barbed wire, at Kelley T. Hillhouse's.
Attorney Noble went to Towner Monday
to settle up the McHenry county business.
Inspect our barbel wire and get our
prices, and you will be sure to buy. Kelley
& Hillhouse.
c. Budde came up from the Lake, Tues-
day, and is rLstling round town in his
usual CHEEKY manner.
Assessor Weed was in town this week and
purchased buggy. George proposes to
save his shoe leather this summer.
Bread, French rolls. bunns, pies, cakes
and everything that is good, at the City
Bakery and Lunch Room, next week.
The finest line of ginghams, prints and
worsted dress goods in town are to be found
at Batesen d Ayres' THE LEADERS.
We were going to write a fish story this
week entitled "O'Neil vs.. Hart, or the fisl,
spectators of Fish lake." but lack of space
forbids.
Willow City extends coincidence and SYM
pathy for Bottineau Well, that is about all
that little crossroads hamlet can or ever
will be able to extend to anybody.
Charley Taylor, alias the Flying Nor
wegian, is making things hum in the imple.
ment business now, and many granger
goes home happy after seeing Charley.
Mr.. James Flcming's second article on
Labor and Wages, also Mouse River notes
and other items have been unavoidably
crowded out this week.
The mo, tlly meeting of the Presbyterian
Ladies Aid will be held at the home of Mrs.
Ayres, on Tuesday, 10th inst, at 8
o'clock p. m. MARION BEAToN, Sec.
Spring is coming and so is Joe, to fill the
much needed want, that of a first class
lunch room, where you can get anything
from cup Of tea or coffee to q Centennial
gorge at farmers prices.
Choice seed wheat and oats for sale by J.
N. Greiner. Wheat, 10 cents per tushel;
oats. 40 cents per bushel; common feed oats.
IS cents. Enquire at Minneapolis & North.
ern elevator. -. ..~~ -~
John Smith and George Edmonson, who
took claims south of Bottineau last year,
have come in from Manitoba with seven
horses and three loads of household goods
and farming implements.
No! business is good, always has been
good, always will be good, can't help but be
good. If you will just step in and get
prices on our goods, and see the way we do
business, you can see for ourself that busl.
ness is good at THE LEADEss-
BATEsEN & AYREs.
"Westward the tide of empire flows :"
Any one can realize the truth OF this if they
will take the trouble to stand On one Of our
street corners and watch the immigrants as
they come stringing into town from across
the line. 1t looks like a circus proce ssion
without the band.
Supt. Cathro informs us that there will be
a Normal Institute held here in May, begin
ming on the l4th and continuing one week.
G. J. Pickert, of Mellette, u. T., and other
gentlemen connected with the educational
interests Of Dakota will be present. More
particulars will be given later.
The indomitable Joe Syers has opened his
bakery and lunch room in J. B. Sinclair's
old store, where he will manufacture the
staff of life in irst-class STYLE and as for
lunches-well, he can ge, you up most any
kind of a lunch you want. He will ais o
handle sigas fi'ssssEsa tsssii'S'faies sssa*~xs
.<zs2ttAe thunder storm on Wednesday made
people hustle for their umbrellas and last
summers waterproofs. The snow will soon
disappear now, and the probabilities are that
in the course Of ~ week or ten days the fes-
tive granger will be lacerating the bosom Of
mother, earth with spring tooth. Our
farmers all predict large crops this year.
Yes. we try to please everybody, and when
you come to town, don't fail to come in and
a Y mil M ,nfI, oxD of -
clothing and furnishing goods at prices that
can't be heat in any town. We ore THE
LEADERS. ..-4 BATEsEN g. AYREs.
there has been considerable moving going
OH in town this week. In the first place,
our popular butcher, Mr.. Jas. Wiley. has
moved his family into town and is domi-
ciled in Geo. Heard's house; AMI Mr.. Heard
moves into Wiiey's house in the hills. The
Free Lance now occupies the armory;
and Olaf and Kathinka Tcnnesson have
taken possession of the Free Lance building.
Last but not least. Jos. Syers (tle only Joe +,
has commenced business in J. BIS old store.
Two of our citizens, Thos. Irwin and John
Turner, got into dispute one day this week.
and finally had little set-to, in which
Turner got the wort Of it, and bit the dust
or rather snow-on the first round. and the
fight was decided in favor of irwin, as his
opponent failed to get on his feet when time
was called on the second round Turner
claimed foul, and had Irwin arrested on a
charge Of assault and battery. and the case
was tried before Justice Stewart. In the