The Dickinson press., 1889-01-05

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+. \. Hickman and family returned
from their Illinois visit last Saturday.
r. B. Donaldson. late assistant train
dispatcher. left last evening for Sed;t.
liza, Mo-.
The club room is now open and well
patronized. especially during the
evening.
G. S. Baxter. of Minneapolis. is now
assistant train dispatcher in the office
ut this place.
VIM. Viking. of neal Richardton,
leaves in a few days on a trip to Michi-
gan and Ohio.
Mrs. T.. a. Willard and son left.
this week, OF IL visit to her parents at
Speartish. Oak.
Sheriff Sebastian appointed Il. Gus
kelly and \. Lewis lailiffS. to assist
him during court.
Ernest Hartman, the ieweler, is still
unable TO work ut his business on ac-
count of sickness.
r. $. Bookings, IL prosperous ranch
er in the east end of the county, is at
tending court this week.
superintendent Knowlton was over
the west end of the division. in his
Car. OH Il tour of inspection this week.
The Fisher Brothers are operating
Il feed mill ut Lehmicke's lumber
yard and are kept busy grinding for
the farmers.
The balance of the steam fixtures
for the new round house have arrived
and it will he ready to turn on the
steam in IL few days.
+. &. Paddock. of Medura. was in
town. "Wednesday. and Was picked up
us Il grand imryman. Sickness still
prevails in his family.
VIM. Whinn. Il prosperous Green
river farmer. We are pleased TO note.
is able to he around again after a Sc
we're attack of rheumatism.
The county bridge across Heart
river was completed ly the Massilon
Bridge Go. and inspected Ivy Commits
sionrrs Underhlll, Lee and McGiilli-
gray. on "Wednesday and found salts.
factory and the bridge accepted from
the company.
brakes Magazine, for the first
month of the New Year excels any
previous number both i'm illustration
and choice of reading matter. 1t is
gradually reaching the pinnacle of
magazine literature. and sold for the
low price of 10 ccntSa copy OF Sl.0ua
year. Drake Publishing Co.. New
York. y. Y.
The following note was received
from Geo. Rand. an old time settler
III lllH 'V'llilIH. HIS experience Is
that OF Il number of others i'm Stark
county who are at work blowing and
putting in wheat:
RAND's RANCH, Jan. 4, lsS9.
EDITOR PIESS:-l am blowing every
day and if the summer like weather
continues | will SOW wheat next week.
My ground is i'm good condition to
work. Yours Respectfully,
GEO. Il. RAND.
j. G. Thompson. after spending a
few days here looking after his farm
and greeting old friends. left for his
home, Brainerd. Mimi. Sunday even
ing with the intention of settling up
bis affairs there and returning to
Dickinson in March. Mr.. Thompson
thinks this the best portion of the
northwest and says several others
from eastern Dakota and Minnesota
will he out in the spring. His son
Frank, q prominent lawyer, of Fargo,
intends to start n sheep ranch near
here with 500 head of sheep and we
have no doubt the investment will
pay we'll as this is the very best sheep
country to he found.
\ down east exchange says: "A
true Dakotan hangs his boom on ey-
cry notch of circumstance. The fact
that the good people of jamestown,
Dakota. perpetnated Il practical n.y.
pcrhole by holding Il basket picnic on
Saturday should induce no seekers for
an earthly paradise to hurry to James.
town. The probabilities are that be.
fore they can get there, the hopes
will he frozen stiff. December pic.
mes in Dakota are jokes the size of
the great territory" The foregoing
item has reference to the first day of
December picnic at jamestown, bnt
the paper in which it was originally
published was blockadeI by the east
crn snow storm and did not reach us
until this week. Picnic weather has
been so common here all through the
month of December that such recrea-
lions grew monotonous and people
took their ice cream and lemonade in
tile shade of their own homes. Yes.
December picnics in Dakota are large
sized jokes hut the joke is or the
states that have been s%nowbound
nearly all the month.-.Jamestown
Capital.
The largest single business transac-
ton that has ever taken place here.
with the exception Of the sale of the
townsite and lands, was the sale of
Mr.. II. j. Whitley's interest in the
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