The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1890-08-07

w. IL. II. flerce has gone to BOS-
ton.
II. w. Buffum takes a position
with 7. L. French, Esq.
H. A. TeWalt, Clairvoyant, goes
to Abercrombie and vicinity next
week.
Adolphe Bessie, Esq. started for
the CA. r. encampment at Boston,
last evening.
G. T. Proper has been slightly
under the weather the past two or
three days but is better.
Mrs. CARED has gone to Illinois
and will visit at Chicago and other
points before returning.
The lady from Breckenridge rides
the bicycle, nicely. There should
be more of them in the two cities.
Mr.. Stern has returned from
Chicago. where he purchased a
large stock Of clothing for the fall
trade.
The Silver band gave superb
concert Saturday evening last. We
think the best we have yet heard by
this fine band.
The band went out to T.. T..
French's Lorindale Farm last night
and had a very pleasant time. Full
report next week.
Miss Mary frost returned from
the Summer Normal at Excelsior,
Minnesota, Tuesday, and went to
Paramount to-day.
Rev. J. w. Luke, of Saltwater,
has been called to the pastorate of
the Baptist church. 1t is hoped he
will he here next Sunday.
Harvest has commenced in dead
earnest and the farmers are up to
their ears in work. While the
crop is not the best, it will give a
very fair average.
Thieves tapped the till at the
Merchants Hotel, Monday morning
while the night clerk was at the
early morning train. Only a small
amount OF money was secured.
Kemmler, the New York muir.
derer was executed by electricity
yesterday morning, at Auburn pri-
son. The first shock failed to kill
and Il second had to he applied.
Mrs. w. G. Boughton, accompan-
led by her little son Clyde, departed
for Grand Forks, Monday morning.
to join her husband, Mr.. Boughton,
in making that city their future
home.
Rev. Father Bernard Richter,
the rector of st. Cloud cathedral,
Minnesota, and Rev. Joseph Bartik
OF Walsh county, North Dakota,
are visiting Father Rabsteinek of
this city.
The Hon. W. e. Purcell and wife
-departed for New Jersey, Monday
evening. expecting to go via the
great lakes, very pretty trip at
this time of the year. Back in three
or four weeks.
Prof. Crocker has bought z. S.
Ellis property near the river and
takes possession at once. Consider
alton $245O. We are glad Prof.
Crocker has decided to become a
permanent resident of Lisbon
Lisbon Star.
k Mrs. Henry Jentges has. opened
a laundry, called the City Laun-
dry, next door to the Commercial
Hotel, Dakota Avenue east. Mrs.
Jentges solicits work from either
Wahpeton or Breckenridge, guaran-
teeing satisfaction and reasonable
rates.
An Elizabeth (Minn.) correspon-
dent to the Fergus Falls Journal
says: While in Wahpeton recently
we visited DR.. Moody's veterinary
stables, which are models of their
kind. The Doctor says he has more
business than he can attend to. j.
Larson is his hostleI and general
helper.
Two features of the teachers in
stitute, last week, were first, les
son on the study of history before
the teachers in session, and second
ly a lecture on Couture" by the
Rev. J. NJ. .LaBach in honor of the
teachers at the Court House. We
heard the lecture and it. was a
very interesting talk. -
+ Treasurer Ulsaker, seeing that
Register Ruggles ventured away
from home a week or ten days, do
ing the twin cities in Padland an d
the rising metropolises at the head
of the unsalted seas and returned in
robust health and flowing spirits,
departed for that land of specula-
tion and lofty building operations,
Tuesday evening, accompanied by
Deputy DeLong. For ten years
the treasurer has hardly gone out
of his oflice--and for nothing ap-
proaching recreation and now his
friends wish him an enjoyable trip.
LISBON, Aug. 5.-The crop pros
poets in this county and vicinity
which were so favorable up to four
weeks ago, have undergone a great
change since that time and are now
very discouraging in most cases.
The dry weather and hot winds at
the critical time when wheat was
filling damaged it greatly. Many
fields have been completely ruined
and many more badly injured and
the. quality and Weld seriously