The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-12-19
LOCAL NEWS.

is IN the City visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Annn Miksche re-
turned from Fergus, Monday, hav-
ing been there visiting friends.
WANTED:-A lady a nd gentleman
who can teach school. Address w.
ID. Ingalls,, Wahpeton, n. d. 38-2
The youngsters are having great
sport skating these fine days and
evenings on the river, on account of
the absence of snow.
Christmas services next Sunday.
the 22nd at the Congregational
church. Music and address appro-
pirate to the occasion.
Judge Sh,ppam, clerk of the dis
trict court for this county, thinks
there will be a session of court
about the middle of January.
Senator Pierce kindly informs
The TIMES that he has placed us on
the list for copy of the congress
sional record. Thanks, senator.
1t is reported that family north
of the Keystone farm, named Kobel,
has the small pox. 1t is also re-
ported that the disease is only the
chicken pox.
Some parties have been in the
city organizing a collection agency.
All we people who fail to pay our
bills will now likely go down on tile
dead beat list.
Mrs. Don r. Davidson and Mrs.
B. F. Lounsbury and Messrs. Sidney
DeLong and Fred Voedisch with
Miss May House at the organ, COM
pose very pretty choir.
The subject for discourse at the
NJ. r. church Sunday morning next,
will be, "People and their Talents"
and in the evening, "The Great
Problem-Which Camp Shall Con-
quer."
George Barnes and Miss Maud
Howry have returned from Carlton
College. and Miss Eva VanDeryeer
is expected in few days. George
has again taken his place in Miller's
drug store for the holidays.
That mighty wave from the
Arctic regions. thousand miles
wide, failed to materialize. The
weather bureau had better try
again. Dakota is enjoying the
finest winter Weather in the whole
world.
DIR. c. Wiensma has returned from
the east and has again taken an Office
over Mlller's drug store. where he
may be found by all his old friends
and others in need of a physician.
Wahpeton is glad to see the doctor
back again.
Father Albrecht says The TIMES
may call attention to the fact that
st. Johns society will have Christ.
mas tree festivities at their church,
Christmas-eve. The tree is to be a
beautiful one and friends are well
come to place their presents thereon.
The cards are out announcing
the marriage of DR.. Jacques V.
Quick and Miss Della E. Beacham
at Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Decem-
Der 25th, 1889, and the doctor de-
parted Monday evening to play his
part IN the program. The bride
elect is a mighty pretty little girl,
and The TINES congratulates the
doctor.
The TIMES has been crowded for
room lately, but will. for the time
being print three pages at home in
stead of but two. These are close
times for the printer and we pro-
pose to get on economically for a
while, even at the expense of our
local columns. To meet indebted
ness a man must live within his
income, sure.
Don r. Davidson of the Citizens
bank favored us with a view of the
banks new Diebold solid steel safe,
weighing 300 pounds. secured by
Sargent & Greenleaf's time lock,
this week. The safe has been pur-
chased to place in the vault, thus
affording the patrons Of this insti-
tuition double security. The
mechanism Of the time lock is as
pretty as that of valuable watch,
and is we'll worth seeing.
Hon. P. j. McCumber:-Not hav-
ing read Mr.. Haggart's agricultural
college bill, 1 cannot express an in
telligent opinion of its merits but
l am opposed to making any appro-
prlation or incurring any further
debts, for the building or support
of schools, at this time. We have
at present all the schools that we
need--and really more than we
need; for there is scarcely a branch
taugh in our university that could
not be studied as we'll in our high
schools ard academies Fargo Re-
publican.
The TIMES is of the opinion that
the ordinary preparations for and
customs Of those indulging in tur-
key shoots. are needlessly cruel.
The boys should have a representa-
tion Of a turkey made from sheet
iron, ard painting it so as to make
it show properly, suffer the marks
men to shoot at this, and not take
the birds onto the ground at all.
The sheet iron could be easily re-
painted when hit by a bullet and
tally kept of the accurate shots and
after the sport was done the fortu-
nate men could be awarded their
birds, the latter not having been
subjected to the cruelties those