The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1889-08-23
LOCAL ITEMS

LOCAL ITEMS.
Wheat 81 cents for No. l hard.
|
Hon. i. D. Wallace returned home Mon
day.
Mrs. j. P. Brown and children returned t
Minneapolis Saturday.
Born-Aug. is, to Mrs. Will Smith, Of Goose
Lake, a ten pound son.
District Attorney Paul is absent at Fargo
and jamestown this week.
E. S. Seymour started on Monday for a triT
to the Yellowstone Park.
Mrs. Joseph Shaw has gone to Red River
Falls, Minnesota, on visit.
Born--Aug. II, to Mrs. Hugo Gunkel oil
Lincoln township, a ten pound son.
District Attorney Paul expects to 90 East
shortly on vacation, accompanied by his fam.
| lily.
N. H. Emmans, of Minneapolis, came up on
yesterdays train and will remain here several
days.
Cashier Brown has gone East on vacation,
and will probably not return for several
weeks.
Presiding Elder Hovis will preach in the
Hope Methodist church Sunday morning and
evening.
DR.. Dupuis, the Dentist Will bo in Hope on
Monday, the 26th to remain one weok. Be
sure and call early.
Mr.. Ernest Luce, expert for the Deering
company, and who had been in Hope some
weeks, left Tuesday for Chicago.
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Thurston left on Tues
day for their old home in Mitchell, Iowa, aud
expect to be gone about two weeks.
Norgord Il Shaw have received and will
hereafter keep Oh hand a luo of collins, which
they will be prepared to trim to order.
Mrs. Archer and daughter, from Ft. Wayne,
Indiana arrived yesterday on visit to Mr..
Warren Archer and family, Of Pickert.
Commissioners will be held OH Monday, Sep.
tembcr 2, for the purpose of making the tax
levy for 1859.
DR.. Langlon, veterinary for North Dakota,
returned to Fargo on Saturday. The doctor
expects to make another visit to Steele county
in the near future.
post office has been established at Peter
| Duncan's, in the north end of Steele county,
| which will be known as Sharon. It will be
supplied with mail twice week from Pick.
ert.
Mr.. James D. Brown has been appointed by
Judge Rose receiver of the late firm Of Mann
4 Lahart, and ordered to take possession oil
the line Of elevators belonging to said firm ant
rent the same to the best advantage for tht
present grain season.
A very heavy thunder shower prevailed IL
Hope on Monday night Of considerable dura
ticn. Tuesday morning it was bright ant
clear again, but storm clouds gathered during
the forenoon aud early in the afternoon tn,
rain came pouring down in abundance, 1t be
ing considered tho greatest fall of water tia
has occurred at one time for years.
Ole G. Kleven, a Norwegian about 50 year,
old, living at the north end of Steele county
committed suicide on Saturday last by hang
ing himself. Kleven was subject to fits of In
sanity, and bad been an inmate of the insane
asylum at Madison, Wis, and later of the asy
luin at Jamestown, Dakota. Last fall he re.
turned home, and during the present summer
he desired to go back to Jamestown, but was
prevented by his relatives. He had been work.
ing in the harvest field, and on Saturday
morning was seen by Mrs. Peter Duncan pasr.
ing the house, and about noon Mr.. Peter Dun.
can returned home and discovered Kleven
hanging in his machine shed. His family
was at once notified and the body removed
He had used piece of binder twine plated
which he fastened to one Of the cross beams OF
the shed, using the seat OF a wagon to reach
it, and made running moose which he placed
around his neck and then stepped of the seat,
the chord choking him to death, their being
no marks on the neck when the body was cut
down. An inquest was held on Monday.
Keven was very subject to fits Of desponden-
dency, and the partial failure of his crop
seemed to pray upon bis mind. He was man
Of some education, and was tailor by trade.
He came to Dakota from Wisconsin about sew.
Ell years ago,
The Argus did itself proud during the con.
vention days. 1t was brimfull OF news. 1t.
corps Of reporters was enlarged by pressing
| into its service numerous members Of the
country press to act on its staff, and its Argus
eyes seemed to reach every nook and Granny,
and every item Of news, no matter how trivial
was gathered up and furnished to its readers
steele COunty's Renl0nstrance.
The following letter dated at Bismarck, Aug
| 16, and directed to R H. Simpson, Secretary OF
citizens meeting Of Hope, has been received:
Dear Sr:-The remonstrance of the citizens
Of Steele county against the action OF the ma.
| jority OF the constitutional convention, in 10.
| eating the capital aud public institutions, wai
! duly received by me aud placed before the
convention. Many others Of a similar nature
| have been forwarded from other localities and
will be printed in the proceedings.
Respectfully yours, f. D. WALLACE,
To the Public.
thereby announce myself as a candidate for
the Office OF Judge Of the District Court. Cass.