Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-07-17

Kidder County: Pat Lyons partner
is now Colonel Woodmansee by Cover
nor Burke's commission. ira Fair.
banks drives to Dawson now in new
buggy. 49,. Eastern wool buyers insist on
heeces b. ing tied with wool. A discount
of . cents is made where binding twine
is! used,so says The Dawson Times. =.
Henry Albrecht had new potatoes for
dinner July IT,. Knight of Fargo is nc,
credited with telling that Dawson has
more pretty girls than any other town
OF its size in the state-"Oh you little
hobo T.
Cavalier County: Gardar had cele-
bration, George Peterson reading the
declaration of independence and made,
speech, in which he snid it could not
be "a genuine Fourth of July" unless
speech was delivered in United States
language. Quite right, George . Kin.
las Township has good crops. Some.
body is accused of stealing the candy
for Gertrude's Fourth of July celebra-
ton. Miss Peterson, the Byron
school teacher, Miss Shaw and Mrs
W1AluiA ok)lhcI were III u Stl1OOuG WHICH
capsized and but for William Hoy and
James Muir, who valiantly plunged into
the water and rescued the ladies', Wood.
bridge might have mourned their loss
80. Fifteen feet below the surface well.
diggers for Robert Higgins found q
hole. we'll filled with what resembled
liquid red paint. Why it is no fellah
can find out -. Matt Sathcr of Yang
had a breaking bee . Harry boys went
to Yang on The Fourth.
Walsh Co,inty: Hon. Roger Allin was
the chief OF ceremony at the laying of
the corner stone of tho Forrest River
Presbyterianr Church, the building to
cost $3,O0O frame, 3yx40 The governor
did it well--as he always does Sic
man, the wheat buyer, has gone to
Prakston, s. D.. Rev. Runions holds
prayer meetings Thursday evenings in
the Cashel schoolhouse :. Gus Foog-
man has put q plate glass front in his
Grafton drug store. DR.. de Barge, Of
Oakwood, hls located in Grafton
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cameron of
Mount View, publish card OF thanks.
John Dale is breaking up half
section Of Shepparton lands
Benson Qanty: The Sittings says
"a littAa&eputy county auditor put in
an appearance the other evening". j.
A. Risk has a $l35 bicycle the only
one in Minnewauken. ...J. II. Hobbs
aud John Grant have the bestest Gro ps
in Viking. i. i. E. Jensen, of Oberon, has
improved his store. Farmers are max.
ing hay Potter Anderson has been
giving the Leeds editora mess of onions
-, Mrs. j. II. Jones gives The News
housewife q boquet of "tame flowers"
.... w. P. Smiths sheep epaveraged twelve
pounds, and W. P. gets his tirewood at
Turtle Mountain :. Grain is heading
out at Graham's Island Abraham
Baldwin, of Obern, has fine cellar and
cistern.
Nelson County: Crosier had splen
did Fourth Miss Kate Allen has her
pupils we'll in haud .. Cal Sterritt is
moving from Mapes to Lakota -.
Robert Pi, rsons vegetable garden iu
Cleveland township was damaged by
hail -. Uncle Terwilliger of Bartlett
has been in Lakota. Joe Pierce aud
Ole Twcto are back from the court; the
balance of the Nelson County colony
out there long to return. Joe says tie
ChilIian war is what done it. Harry
Durnell and Will Crocker have been to
Jerusalem (Ramsey County)with their
best girls 20. Both the Lakota papers
are better locally than usual. 1t helps
The Argus to make up these items to
find good local paper.
Mercer County: The Pilot mourns
the scarcity of chickens. John Cook s
team has been purchased by Joe Robear,
aud John is streaking it westward, and
Lo more in state conventions will Cook 8
stentorian tones be heard to yell out
"Mercer County casts her two votes for
Hans ns-"-and things like that
Wheat is heading out .. .. Baifoy, the
missing ranchman. turns up ata Fargo,
The Pilot says. =. June berries are COL
oring Judge Heath wants the stealer
of the picket rope from the Beaumont
ranch to return it, The German Rus.
slams hear bad crop reports from their
old homes and rejoice they are in
Mercer.
Cass County: Charley Kenyon has
gone to Kalispell, to join his father in
the r. Z. business. The Methodis,s
of Wheatland are about building Il
church A. L. Powleson of Dows has
relatives from South Dakotn visiting
HIM. -. Mrs. Seth Newman has been
visiting Mrs. George Churchill at Erie
Ed Dows new house is shining -.
Two weddings in Eldred, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Linderman and Mr.. and Mrs r.
j. Healy. Il. Mrs. G. B. Dawson has
gone visiting to Canada H. Ruth
ruff of Fargo has been visiting his
uncle near Hunter 80. Vic Landquist is
off for another trip to Sweden, but it is
not every body that can be u banker, Vic
-. John Deedman is the great ma.
chinery handler of Hunter Miss Liz
zie Morrison of Arthur is on q visit to
Canada.
Barnes County: The Times Record
says next week haying will begin to
commence. Sheriff McLaren and ex-
Sheriff Haggart have been out to Valley
City together. ...Agnew & Stewart are
back to Valley City from the coast, sat
isfed with old Barnes. :. <. Major aud
Mrs. Peake's Lemon party" was sue
cess. ID. W. Clark is adjusting hail
losses for the st. Paul Fire and Marine
Insurance Co. Will Barnes colt car
ried off the honors at Valley City on the
Fourth. Professor Barnes of Olell h, g
gone east. The Lehman House at
Sauborn has been purchased by E. W.
Sprague of Nebraska for $4,000. -.
George L. Gailepo and Miss Emeline
Robinson were married by Judge Dob
bins at Valley City. The newly. mar
ried pair had grand reception at San
born on their return.
POsionlce Clerk Indicted.
WICHITA, Kas., July IA. - Nelson
George, formerly clerk of the registered
letter department of the Ogden, Utah,
postotfice, has been arrested again on an
indictment found by the grand jury.
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