The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06
Choke cherries are ripe.

Rev. G. b. Barnes was in the cit
Tuesday.
Miss Addison departed for Mar
shall. Mimi, Sunday evening.
Miss Maude Mathews is a guest O
Mrs. w. E. Purcell's this week.
Miss Mollie Cantwell, of Bismarck
is visiting with John Inks family.
Robert Beatty received quite al
assortment of California fruit
Monday.
We notice the brick is beini
hauled for +. l.. French's new bank
building.
Chas. r.. Loomis departed Saturday
for a two weeks visit with friends
and relatives in Iowa.
I. l.. French. president of the
Peoples Bank, made flying trip to
st. Paul the first of the week.
Everybody go and see G. l.. White
before buying twine, as he handles
direct from the manufacturers.
Annie ABBOTT at the opera house
August 10. Get your seats reserved
early. Tickets for sale at The
Magnet.
Miss Mary Aspinwall returned
Wednesday morning from visit
with her sister, Mrs. Frank CroM, at
Watertown.
Jim Cctler left for the twin cities
Friday. with the intention, We be-
lieve. of accepting position in i,
wholesale house.
John Schmitt was in the city
Monday purchasing lumber for a
l6x32 granary which he is going to
build on his farm, south of Wahpeton.
Reserved seats at The Magnet.
Don't faiNto see Annie Abott, the
greatest wonder of the age, ut the
opera house, August 10. Reserved
seats on sale at The Magnet.
Miss Della Dugar left for St. Paul
and Minneapolis, Monday evening.
for u visit with friends and relatives.
She will probably be there five OF six
weeks.
John Korf who rents the large
farm about eight miles west of
Dwight, known as the Minneapolis
farm, commenced cutting wheat
Tuesday.
The real estate firm of Ruggles &
Clifford, West Superior. Wisconsin,
has been dissolved and they have
closed their office. Mr.. Giffoad will
60 east to look for IL business OPEN
ing.
The St. Anthony & Duluth Elc.
vator Co., will put up a large ele-
vator on Sixth street, on the south
side of the Great Northern railroad
track. opposite the Gull River Lum-
her Co.'s lumber yard. Work will
begin on it Immediately.
Clerk of Court John Shippam, re-
turned from his Wisconsin visit Sun
day morning. and since then his time
has been pretty well occupied shak-
ing hands with his many friends, all
of whom are glad to see him back
and looking so we'll. lie says he
enjoyed his trip immensely and that
he could have put in twice as much
time had he had it to spare.
In police court Wednesday, Thos.
Brown, Frank Buckley and Louis
Anderson, charged with being tramps
and sleeping in box cars. were given
their choice of each paying fine of
IS or working six days on the street.
They had no money SO work on the
street was the best they could do.
James Kelly, charged with being a
tramp and sleeping in box cars, was
discharged with the understanding
that he would leave town. He hav.
ing but one finger and thumb on
one hand, and claimed he had a job
as farm laborer.
Frank Doherty was fined $5,
which he paid. for being drunk and
sleeping on the sidewalk.
Herman Smith, arrested for being
tramp and sleeping in a box car,
was discharged. He claimed he had
been knocked down and robbed the
night before, of $l1, so was unable to
60 to a hotel. He had been working
on the railroad, as section man al
Tintah.
John DriscOll, had his choice o
working on the street for six days o.
paying fine of IS. Although III
had some $l3 he preferred working
on the street.
John Slain, Bert IIalbut and Willie
L Y-n "a.