The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1889-02-22

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7, FEB. %, 1889.
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LOCAL ITEMS.
Rather fresh this morning.
Wheat, 81 01 for No. hard. ......
Westinghouse birthday-legal holiday.
Arthur Mclaughlin took ID t6e county seat
Wednesday.
The train missed yesterday for the first time
this winter.
Attorney Paul was at the county seat on
Wednesday on land business.
Mr. Frank N. Gilmore and family returned
from visit to :layvile Tuesday.
We learn that t6e; project ioT dance at tho
Hope House this evening has been abandoned.
Owing to the storm yesterday no session was
held In the primary department Of the public
school.
Jack McLareu, master mechanic Of the Red
River Valley Elevator company, is visiting his
friends in Hope.
John Wamberg's little boy, who was thought
to he out Of danger few days ago, we regret
to say, is still very sick.
| We have recently heard of an offer Of $40
per acre cash being refused for an improved
| quarter section near town.
Mr.. Veazie, representing the firm of Nugent,
Brown & Co., maio us pleasant call Tues lay
While on his way to Slerbrooke.
The Ladies' Relief Corp of Hope will meet
at the residence Of Mrs. A. 8. Moote, Thursday,
February 2Sth, at 3 p. III. All are invited to at
tend.
Our thanks are due for complimentary tick
cts to the entertainment given by the ladies oi
the Congregational church last Wednesday eve
ming.
Mr.. w. J. Clark, who spent nearly two weeks
In Hope visiting with his old friends and
neighbors from Piper City, Illinois, returned
home on Saturday.
Mr.. A. F. Parkinson, travelling collector for
the Mccormick Machine company, spent sew
eral days in town during the week in the in
terest Of his company.
DR.. Philip went to Page Tuesday on tho train
expecting to return the same afternoon by
team, but owing to the bad condition of the
roads he was unable to get back till Wednes.
day afternoon.
Last Saturday was rather a rocky day, the
snow which fell on Friday drifting badly. The
mail for Tower City did not start out, and the
mail from Sherbrooke did not come In. The
train arrived on time. .....
A Havana Press drill arrived at the dcpo
last week. We learn that 1t is one of twoSpur
chased by Mr.. J. A. White for use on bis farm
and that representative OF the Fargo Lum
Der company will 10 at Hopo next week tn sol
1t up and exhibit it.
In the contest case of Lorenzo Fromwillel
vs.. Cassius G. Bennett, the commissioner Of thu
general land Office has rendered decision Ii
favor Of the plaintiff. A decision in favor o
Oscar Cummings in his contest against Monson
Burtch has also been rendered.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Millgan request US tt
return their sincere thanks to their MANI
friends and neighAors for their kindness and
assistance during the illness anl death of theil
infant son, and to assure them that they vii
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We have experienced the severest cold snal
Of the winter during the past week. The mer
curry Sunday night dropped to 30 below zero
the lowest point touched this winter. Th'
weather most OF the time has been calm ant
bright, rendering the cold very endurable.
A very pleasant musical aud dramatic en-
tertainlnent was given Wednesday by NUN
Der Of ladies' and gentlemen OF Hope at TIN
Congregational church, at which the comica
farce OF 'Thirty Minutes for Refreshments
was enacted to an audience that c0lnfortabl,
filled the church.
Probably the severcst storm OF the seasol
set in about O'Clock yesterday morning, an
fairly whooped it up The mercury was dow
to 10 below zero, and tho wind blew the snow
with such force as to make 1t almost impossi
BILE TO face it for any length Of time. The storn
cortinued till about sunlown, when 1t abated
All trains were abandoned west Of Brecken
ridge. Last night the weather grew mucl
colder, the mercury falling to 26 below durinI
the night. This morning is clear and brigh,
with the mercury about 20 below.
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J. G. johnson says about frosted wheat il
the Penbina Democrat; Sin '85 or 'S6, whe
we had frozen wheat. I went on the mounta
and bought some good wheat for seed, but nc
having enough, sowed some frozen wheat i
two places besides the good wheat. Mark th
result. While the wheat from the good see
yielded about % bushels per acre the whea
from the frozen seed yielded from six to to
bushels per acre, and this was right aloDgsid
the good wheat, no difference In land and n
difference In time Of sowing. The grain from
the frozen seed came up as thick as the othel