The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-11-21
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Harker of
Wyndmere paid Mr.. and Mrs. Gar.
red visit this week.
Mrs. w. S. Foster of Ashby, Min.
nesota, visited Mrs. Don r. David.
son last week, returning Monday.
There will be Union THANKSGIVING
services at the Congregational
church, Thursday November 2Sth
at 1O:45 q. m. Rev. j. HI. Keely
preaching the sermon.
G. A. Dugar, blind, proprietor, of
the Fair Store has gone insane by
way of a religious frenzy. Had
been away visiting an adventist at
Verndale, Minnesota. He is now
improving however.
Albert Plummer recently of st.
Thomas, North Dakota, succeed
Joseph Harff at NJ. T. Stevens hard
ware store. Mr.. Harff expects to
soon depart for st. Paul where he
will go into business.
There is some talk of Judge w.
is. Lauder leaving Wahpeton and
coming to Forman to reside. IIe
will be among his friends anywhere
in Sargent countv--particularly at
Forman.-[Forman Independent.
| Gov. Miller has issued his message.
the legislature has elected Pierce to
U. S. Senate, and it is now Ordway
against the field. McCumber is
making a good fight, having some
dozen OF twenty votes. 1t requires
Al to nominate.
1t costs the Fargo shipper almost
six times as much to get hundred
pounds of goods to Valley City as it
does the st. Paul shipper to ship
the same goods over the same ground.
Here's food for reflection by the
legislature.-LFarg Republican.
Prof. Max Mayrhofer of Fergus
Falls is in the city in the interest
of repairing and turning pianos and
organs. The professor is a man of
IS years experience in this line of
work. In fact he worked in piano
factories of the old world for 30
years and is able to tune instru-
ments in good shape.
We undertook to say a word about
Mr.. Croft's candidacy for the consul
ship to Mexico, last week, and in
the proof. had it correct, but in
making up "pied" a little of the
item including the word consul and
handing it to the .kid" to fix up, suf-
fered it to 60 into the paper with
the word consul botched.
Matt Schoenborn and his sister
Miss Lizzie, returned from Wiscon-
sin last Saturday, accompanied by
Matt's little daughter. three years
of age. Matt is looking for an op-
portunity to sell or trade his hotel
property. He will not undertake
to continue the management of the
hotel since the decease of his wife.
j. A. Smith now in bank at
Rochester, Minnesota, was in Wah-
peton the past few days and arranged
his business matters here for the
winter and departed for Candor,
New York. Mr.. Smith says to The
TIMES that he likes Rochester very
much and will make that city his
home at least for the present.
Henry Bodson has about closed
out his hotel and liquor business and
proposes to enter the well drilling
business. Mr.. Bodson has pur-
chased a new outfit for putting
down wells and is now ready for
making contracts. He understands
the business and guarantees to give
his customers satisfaction. Who
wants a we'll on his farm Mr..
Bodson kept the hotel opposite Mr..
Miksche's store. See his add in an
other place.
Mrs. Mary McCann, aged Ga years,
died of heart disease. Wednesday
evening of last week, and the
funeral was preached at St. Johns
church Saturday morning. Mrs.
Mccain came to Wahpeton with
her family in 1881. Deceased leaves
two daughters here, Mrs. Stephen
Braun and Miss Lizzie, and three
married daughters in Wisconsin,
and three married sons in Dakota to
mourn her loss. The funeral was
largely attended and the sermon
by Father Albrecht was a most inn
pressive one.
Sam Holtslander has sold his farm
400 acres, two miles north of d wight
on the Wild Rice, to Hans Rustaed
for $1,000, and after Sam disposes of
large amount of personal property
including some 80 horses and other
stock and a large amount of ma
chinery, he will be open for business
of some sort. Sam is a single man
and found farm life, under the cir
cumstances, rather lonesome busi-
ness. We hope he will remain in