The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-08-29
LOCAL NEWS.

Wheat is worth 60 and G5 cents.
Fred Runkel was in the city part
of last and this week.
Just received IL car of burnt
Marblehead lime ut Schuler Bros.
Bert Northey has gone to Olivia
to visit with his brother Hival for /,
few weeks.
Mrs. Anton Miksche is expected
home from Montrosc, Minnesota,
this week.
Miss flora Austin accompanied
the party to the National Park,
mentioned last week.
Mrs. Valentine Deitz has gone to
Wisconsin visiting, expecting to re-
maim four or six weeks.
The father of j. \. Lawrence
arrived from Ithaca, New York,
Monday morning for short visit.
Mrs. Barker, the temperance lee
turer, will occupy the NJ. T.. pulpit
Sunday evening, September first.
Capt. A. L. Roberts. Justice
Bessie and Frank IIerrick have
gone to the Milwaukee encamp-
ment.
The mill-wrights are fast placing
the machinery in place in Braun
Bros. & Eckes' mill and say that
they never put up Il better 100 bar
rel mill than this one.
Shelby Smith is giving Nlilnor by
long odds the best paper ever pub
lished there. Ii Shelby keeps IL
good supply of ballast on hand he
may come out o. X, yet.
+ Judge Shippam has rendered his
resignation as Judge of probate and
asks for the earnest support of his
friends for the Office of clerk of
court ut the coming election, October
1st, 1889. -.
Mrs. Chas. Smith is quite i'll with
pneum onia, her life having been all
but despaired of at times. but we
are pleased to say that it is thought
turn for the better has finally been
finally been reached.
The National Park party got
back home Tuesday morning and
the members are very enthusiastic
in their description of the wonders
seen. They say it is simply Won
derful beyond description.
A good many of exchanges allix
the letter "W" as a part Of candi-
date Miller's name. The name of
the candidate for governor on the
Republican ticket is John Miller
no atlixes, prefxes or trimmings of
any sort Fargo Republican.
Go to Schuler Bros. for your gang
plows. headquarters for lumber and
all kinds of building materials. If
you intend to put up building it
will pay you to call on them. All
kinds of buildings completed from
foundation to roof. %
Anton LOdtcer, the herder, is in
Jail charged with having set fire to
the Blanding Bros. wheat stacks,
Saturday evening. which burned
them to the ground. The examina-
was before Justice Dow who held
I.odtcer in the sum OF $1,000. The
boys think that they have sustained
a loss of not far from 800 bushels
of wheat.
The Republicans gave their nom-
inee, Mr.. Miller, Il reception at the
court house on his return from
Fargo, Friday evening. Mr.. Miller
spoke as did McCumber and Lauder.
TIE TIMES was unavoidably absent,
but we understand the speakers did
"whoop 'er up' for their ticket, and
wanted about all the votes in the
territory. They won't get them,
nor they won't get all the votes in
ISichland county.
Within the past few days, the
funerals Of the following named
children occurred at st. Johns
church Julia, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kiln of this city, seven years
of age; infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Lodtcer. this city; IN.
fant son of Mr.. Patrick Fahey,
south of the city; infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Leary, Brecken:
ridge. And infant of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Wiszgalla of Breckenridge,
faneral at st. Adelbert's church.
Kittle Lea, while driving home
four miles north of Wahpeton, Mon.
day evening, undertook to cross the
Manitoba track and had fairly got
ten his wagon upon the track when
it was struck by the south bound
express, which snatched the wagon
from the horses leaving them stand.
ing in the road, and. dumping Lea
out unharmed passed on taking the
vehicle along which, it is said, Lea
has been unable to find! The mir.
aculous escape of team and man is
accounted for in the fact that Lea
was drunk. And yet there is the
proposition that had he been sober
he would not probably have driven
on the track just when lie did. lie
had better sue the company for rob.
b:ng him of his wagon.
What are yon doing toward max.
ing the Red River Agricultural
Fair a success this fall The time
is now short and men who would
like to see the enterprise attain the
hest results, should be moving.
President Bell said to us this week
that Col. j. y. Power had agreed to
allow some of his stock to be shipped