Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-05-25
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Miss Anna Marsland, of Argyle,
who has been visiting Miss Lizzie
Case the past week, returned home
Monday.
Editor II. T.. Mussey, Of the
Thief River Falls Press, drove over
by team on Tuesday and was busy
yesterday in shaking hands with his
many Warren friends. He returns
home to-day. Thief River Falls, he
says, is growingnice|y and all former
Marshall county citizens are doing
we'll.
- Last Friday was a very stormy
day, the wind blowing almost a gale
from the south all day. Patches
were torn OF the roofs of several old
buildings in town, and the. sidewalk
leading to the school house was lift
ed up and shattered into fragments.
Luckily this happened when 10 child
rem were on the grounds. No dam
age worth speaking OF was done to
the crops in this neighbOrhood.
The Arbor day excerises Of the
Warren public schools were held
Tuesday afternoon. An interesting
program was rendered by the school
children, including also an address
by Judge Grindeland. Part OF the
exercises were given at the High
School room and part out doors.
-Four trees were named, one each, in
honor OF James G.. Blaine, Grover
Cleveland, Z. S. Grant, and Ben
jamin Harrison respectively.
John Richmond, the miller, at
Argyle, committed suicide last Frida V
by hanging himself III the mill. He
was a man about - years OF age,
and he is spoken of by those who
knew him as Il very fine old gentle
man, whom one would be the last
to suspect of snch an act. lie has
been running the mil since the SAT!
death OF his son Il few years ago. In
the day book for May 1G was writ
ten the statement that the New York
trouble and other stuff had unbal-
ancca his mind, from which it may
be inferred that he decd WAS Gnne
in a tit OF temporary insanity
- The Firemnn's dance last
Wednesday evening was we'll attend
ed and was voted IL success by all,
both financially ard socially. The
net proceeds will be about fs3J 90,
which, everything considered was
good. Our boys, clad in their hantl-
some new uniforms, met the visitors
from Argyle and Stephen at the de
pot. where the Stephen orchestra
played IL piece OF music, after which
all marched to the Eugine house,
where the visitors were shown the
apparatus and how we put ont a
fire. In the evening dancing com
mencpd and continued until all were
tired. The Warren frempn wish to
extend their thanks to the Stephen
orchestra for furnishing such beau
tiful music, and all join in saying,
Come again.
- In Il letter received by \. Grin
deland from our former tDwnS-mun
Ethan Allen, ut Spoknu', Wnsl... iis
tells OF the death OF senator Mtl'rrn.
fathrr OF the McCreh boys, on MAY
18th ut ) II. m. He had been si;I;
Tor some time With cancer Of the
bowels. His seven SODs surrounded
his bedside when he died Thus has
passed away another old land mark
OF Minnesota, Il man well known ii.
the whole northern part OF the Sr.t;,.
He represented his Legislative dist
rict, OF which this county then form
ed a part, for two terms in thu, house
and two terms in the senate. Dur
ing his life he always felt much inter
ested IN Warren from the fact tina t
his sons had established themselves
in business here. His body was tax
EN- to Perham, Minn., for burial,
where he had spent much OF bis ac-
tive life.
A good story is told OF Halvor
Steenerson, the Crookston attorney,
who, not satisfied with the notoriety
he has gained by his efforts to knock
ont prohibition in North Dakota
and elsewhere, has also turned paint
er and is winning fame in that line.
Coming down OH the train the other
day Il Bohemian family was also on
board. This family should have
stepped of at Angus, but for some
reuscn was carried by, and the con
ductor after trying in vain to cx.
plain matters to them, called to bis
aid the linguistic powers OF the at.
torney. Having made them un ...er.
stand that they had travelled too far
Steenerson wanted to convey to
them the idea that they could reach
the place (town Of Tabor, Polk Co J
by team from Warren, but here
languageas as we'll as gestures failed
him, and he resorted to pictorial re.
presentation. Reaching for his pen.
Gil, lie quickly traced tile outline OF Il
horse and wagon ON a piece ofpappr