The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-06-18

A tremendous crowd greeted the
circus.
The Congregational and Methodist
Sunday schools picnic at Battle Lake,
tomorrow, Friday.
1t will be observed that a few local
items have accidentally gotten mixed
up with the editorial paragraphs.
4 o. l. Hagge of the Citizens Bank
has moved his family into one of Mr..
Hoit's residences on Fifth Street.
{ VIM. Tom has opened a saloon in
Little Falls, Minnesota, and left
Wahpeton for good, Wednesday even
ing.
q G. j. Thompson, the express agent
will 20 into Mr.. Hoit's house. on the
corner of Fifth street and Pembina
avenue.
Upham and Sprague of Shawno,
Wisconsin, have purchased James
Hamiltbn's hardware business ut
Hankinson, and will conduct the
same in the future.
III The Congregational Aid Society
will meet with Mrs. Taylor. Wednes-
day evening of next week. Convey
ances may be found ut Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Carter's, Sixth street.
w. G. Holt, the photographer, will
have a man here to manage his gal
lery in. a day or two, Mr.. Holt ex-
pecting to depart with his family for
Sioux City, Monday of next week.
Get ready to come in and celebrate
the Fourth Of July. This city is
prepared to entertain all in a right
royal manner on this greatest--of all
great Holidays.
The circus performance closed with
bippodrome display--and it was
right pretty. The races with the
English cut and handsome jockies-
cut quite dash!
Messrs. Aim, Junker, Helm and DR..
Spottswood and several others were
at Big Stone Lake fishing. the latter
part of last week. They got a
goodly showing of fish and had a
jolly good time.
H. L. Hagen of Abercrombie has
the misfortune to lose his wife from
consumption. Mrs. Hagen was 20
years Of age, and leaves a little child
TIE TIMES tenders its sympathy tc
the bereaved husband.
1t Is said that John Connor's family
West Superior, has black diphtheria
Mr.. Connor is Il brother of James and
William, well known here, as we'll as
u brother of Mrs. Keith of this city
The disease is said to have originated
in tenement fiat, containing thirty
families.
Mrs. A. G. Woolgcr and daughter
Pearl of Topeka, Kansas, arrived ir
the city last week, to visit with til,
family of the Rev. Ira Carter, Mrs
Woolger's uncle. The visitor say.
Kansas is flooded with rains. 1t j!
becoming doubtful if the larger por
tiOn of the crops Of the state may no
be damaged on account of the ex
cessive rams.
k The Germania Hose Company sen
H. G. Albrecht, Chas. G.. Babe an,
VIM. r. Eekes as delegates to tn
Fireman's Convention; the Relianc
sent John Shippam, H. E. Rice an,
j. NJ. Graham; and the Hookies Sen
John Stanton, A. L. Kinney and N
E. Rice,-and all found time to atten'
except N. E. Rice. who is very bus,
these days at his bakery.
Patrick White of DeVillo, has tn
good fortune to strike a flowing wei
at forty-one feet, with hand anger
He sometime since bored down, an
at depth of about forty feet strucl
a bed of hard pan, stone AM
gravel. apparently. and although h
got a little flow of water it did no
amount to much, when he went dow
in different place, and. striking tn
same substance got a long drill an
pounded through this shell whel
water flowed with tremendous pres
sure and soon wore large hol
in the ground, throwing up wago
loads of sand. Mr.. White then &c
cured two inch pipe and dropping
It into the hole filled in md about
. stopping the flow thoroughly, whel
he put his auger inside the pipe an
again reaching the water, now has
4 superb well. This is a remarkabl
circumstance and one which woul
add untold wealth to the communit
1ie all fnrmara cO,ll6 no on forkvnot1 4