The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1890-05-01
LOCAL NEWS.


Mrs. Hattie Miller nee Dunlap is
in the city visiting friends.
WANTED.-Girl for general house
work in small family. Inquire at
this office.
Jacob Schoenborn, ESQ.,, has put
a pretty fence about his residence
property.
A girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
James Factor Tuesday morning Of
this week.
w. E. Howry has purchased the
Buxton property and has removed
into the same.
Walter Nulph was in. the city this
week and paid his respects to The
TIMES in a substantial manner.
Dime sociable by the ladies of the
M. E. Church at the house of. b. L..
bogarts, Wednesday evening, May7.
Mrs. w. F. Winship has Joined
her husband here and the family is
boarding with Mr.. apd Mrs. Chas.
Smith.
Miss Mary A. Doyle, sister of the
night enginees at the pump house,
is here from New Albion, Iowa.
visiting.
The Odd Fellows Anniversary
was largely attended, and the large
company enjoyed themselves i'm
mensely.
Mrs. Peter Stenerson departs for
Pine Island, Minnesota, Saturday
evening for two months visit
among friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. H. Peirce are
expected back from their New En-
gland visit, now. every day. LATER,
Have arrived.
Superintendent House, Sheriff
Miller and Register Ruggles atten-
ded the G.. A. r. encampment at
the Forks last week.
Braun Bros. and Eckes loaded a
few Northern Pacific cars with flour
this week, billed to England. We
think the boys make the best flour
in the whole world. &
A body OF underwriters were in
the city this week adjusting insur-
ance rates. 1t was not the purpose
of the board to lower rates, so much
as to even them up-or render them
uniform.
And then here is Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Jamison's little girl, born
April 18th. And if you do not be-
lieve that she's just the greatest
little girl in town-just ask Jami-
son and be convinced.
Captain E. L. Kinney of Sumner
Camp Sons of Vetarans, Wahpeton,
was elected Lieutenant Colonel,
Division of North Dakota, at the
meeting of the Sons of Veterans at
Grand Forks, last week.
We rather suspect that our Ty-
sonvale correspondents communi-
cation this week should have been
sent to an Illinois paper, and that
possibly he wrote one and sent
east which should have come to
THE TIMES.
Educators of North and South
Dakota regard the system of Rich
land county as model. The last
territorial report shows the common
schools of that county to be in the
very front rank in education.
II Grand Forks News.
Frank and Leo Miksche are man
aging their fathers store in Breck-
enridge to perfection, and are doing
a big business. They keep a fine
line Of dry goods aside from every
thing else, and are we'll prepared
to accommodate customers there.
Harwood s. Proper have opened
their store under Seely's opera
house, and are preeared to buy any
thing offered for sale, while they
have in stock great variety Of
goods to sell, cheap! They have a
fine line of Queensware, crockery,
etc.
| John Ebel has been removed to
Duluth by the American Express
company, and Mr.. Ebel extends an
invitation to his many friends here
to call and see him when in the
zenith city. He goes Friday even
ing. John was one of Wahpeton's
most esteemed and exemplary young
men.
Prof. Steve Braun was at Valley
City last week and conducted the
music for fine dance given by the
Odd Fellows of that city in obser-
uance of the 7lst anniversay. The
professor says that he enjoyed the
| visit very much, but that the famous
Valley City band seems to have dis.
banded for good.
4 Mrs. Harry Hyatt, on her way
from st. Paul to join her husband at
i Townsend, Montana, arrived in the
city, Thursday of last week and will
contine her journey in about a
i week. Mrs. Hyatt says that Mr..
i Hyatt is immensely pleased with
Montana,-thlnks its the best state
! he was ever in. Townsend is some 80
4 miles from Helena, and among it's
A advantages it is situated in a fine
n farming country.
4 II. H. St. John has been promoted
lin the service of the Great Northern
in that he has been given the man.
lagement of the company's business
at Grand Forks. and will leave here
for that city just as soon as a man
Il "a !, ha annf hnro Mr. O. rnS. ~.