The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1888-10-18
LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. A. F. Carey of Dexter, paid
us pleasant call to-day.
Miss Mary Boyd has returned to
her home in Indianapolis.
Mrs. DR.. Baldwin of Hanklnson
is visiting her many friends in the
city.
Mr.. Theo. Thompson is meeting
with success as teacher near Aber-
crombie.
"Sam," so long at the Headquart-
ers hotel has gone to Butte City,
Montana.
Colonel Bunnell has been present.
ed with pure English Bul | dog by
admirers of Winnipeg.
The Campaign dance Thursday
evening was we'll attended and en-
joyed highly by the participants.
Tony Oestreicher, the crack base
ball pitcher has returned to Walpe-
ton and takes the day watch at Bob
Burton's.
The Manitoba is averaging about
200 cars of stock per day through
Wahpeton. 1t all comes from the
region of Great Falls.
Wheat was ldown to $l.0l a day
or two since, b is now back to
$1.O2, and will likely remain at
about $1.O0 for some little time.
Attorney Guptill of Fargo, for
merly of the U. s. land Office says
the railroad indemnity lands will
revert to the squatters undoubtedly.
Last Sunday being the 386th
anniversary of the discovery of
America by Columbus, it was Oh
served with appropriate exercises
by the Breckenridge schools.
Mrs. McCune teacher of Wau-
pom, Wisconsin. is sojurning with
her friend Miss Faustina Muggley,
for Il few days, en- route home from
an extended visit in the Northwest.
Breckenridge is having cisterns
dug on various corners to supply the
new fire department in case of
emergency. Their new hand en-
gine is expected to arrive any day.
We know of several firemen who
were formerly out and out prohibi-
tionists, who since they saw the
workings of the local option law at
Grafton, are now decidedly in favor
of high license.
DR.. Chiaro the champion tooth
extractor and ''llerb king is prov
ing regular bonanza for the local
dentists who are kept busy extract
ing roots left by him. Almost every
tooth he attempted to extract was
broken.
One of the future sovereigns of
this land of liberty, who attends
school not thousand miles from
here, wound up the recital of the
table of liquid measure by saying
that "two barrels or 80 gallons
make one hedgehog"
Mrs. Baily a temperance lecturer
who talked at Breckenridge las
Saturday made the statement that
the reason the prohibitionists
fought the Republican party so
strongly was that they had broken
repeated promises, while the Demo-
Gratis never had, as they never had
made any, and yet the Democratic
party in the South, especially, is the
law and order and progressive party,
largely committed to prohibition in
its efforts to retrieve its former
wealth, and the upbuilding of the
negro, doing vastly more, annually,
for temperance reform and humani-
ty than the hords of impracticables
such as Mrs. Baily do in life time;
and this leaves the Republican party
poor, indeed, on this question.
The local fire department were
very much surprised last Saturday
to learn from a telegram to the
Pioneer Press from Ohio that the
president of the North Dakota
Firemen's Association had died of
lung trouble. Mr.. Winter was also
secretary of the Grand Forks de-
partment and lett that city only a
few weeks ago, in quest of health,
which lie never found. On the re-
ceipt of the news at Grand Forks
flags We're displayed at half mast.
He had been elected to the position
he held at the time of his death at
Grafton, last June, and his gentle
manly qualities are still ripe in the
memory of Wahpeton firemen who