The Dickinson press., 1894-08-04

Railroad men are making good time
this month.
Maj. j. S. Murphy arrived in town
Friday to look after the shipment of
his cattle.
Harry Benefits many friends were
glad to note his safe return from st.
Paul on Friday.
Henry Bechtold of Mandan is a new
machinist ut Dickinson. Mr.. Bech.
told met with u slight accident Wed.
nesday and has returned to Mandan
for a few days.
Rev. s. f. Ryan, presiding elder of
the jamestown district. will hold
quarterly service in the Baptist
church on August IL, ut 3 o'clock p.
m. All cordially invited.
The company of Fl. Smelling sol.
diers stationed ut this place for sever.
al weeks was ordered to Fl. Keogh on
Friday, and from there they will
probably lie ordered to their post.
A. B. Robinson: 1 shall start my
machine in u few days. l think there
will he two months Of threshing and
perhaps more. 1t would surprise
some folks to e the amount of good
grain in Stark county.
Seven bids were received for sup.
plying the Dickinson school building
with Ignite coal for the ensuing year
and as four of them were placed at
the same figure the hoard decided to
take new bids. See notice elsewhere.
Grant Palmer was calling OH his
Dickinson friends a few days ago. 1t
is reported by good authority that Mr..
Palmer is to become shop carpenter
at Fargo, which job is worth seventy.
five cents per day more than his for
Mer one.
Capt. Wilkinson, Lieuts. Fremont
and Reeves and DR.. d. c. Howard, of
Co. E, 3rd infantry, Fl. Smelling,
made lots of friends in Dickinson,
and should their duties again bring
them this way they can lie assured of
a hearty welcome.
Miss Carrie Fowler, u graduate of
the Dickinson High school, has been
engaged to teach in the Versippi dis.
trict, term commencing Monday, Aug.
9Th. Miss Carrie is a thorough schol.
lar and we see no easo why she
should not make a good teacher.
In order to introduce Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy here we sold several
dozen bottles OF a strict guarantee
and have found every bottle did good
service. We have used it ourselves
and think it superior to any other.
w. l. Mowrey, Huntsville, w. Va.
For sale by j. j. Freeman.
A big sale at Lehigh this week,
was the East Lehigh coal mine to j.
F. Brodie for u consideration of $40.
900. This mine has earned a good
reputation through the perseverance
of Mr.. Reilly, and probably there is
not another man in North Dakota
who mor successfully operate u
coal mine than J. F. Brodie.
Many people of this place will read
with sorrow of the death of Alice
Adalina, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. F. Becraft and wife of Myron E.
Wilson, who died July 20, in Flint,
Mich. Mrs. Wilson came to Dickin-
son several years ago for her health,
receiving temporary help, and during
her stay made many friends.
Speaking of Mollie .Gunderson's
stamp supply the Mandan Pioneer
pays this tribute to a Fargo boy:
Large consignments of cancelled
stamps are still arriving from all
quarters. Little Charlie Phelan, son
of Master Mechanic Phelan, is one
contributor who evidently believes
that what is worth doing is worth do
ing we'll. This week he sent in 1000,
all carefully tied up in bundles, each
denomination by itself. the whole con.
signment ready for sale.
Carl Lehman and his son Henry
gave a harvest dance the first of this
week at their Place two miles north
east of Richardton. A bowery was
constructed in a thicket of ash, where
during the hottest hours of the day
it was cool and comfortable. These
harvest festivities are looked forward
to with Il great deal of pleasure
by the Germans, it being n of th'
customs of their forefathers in til,
Old Country, and we have been in
formed that they are to be repeated
at frequent intervals through harves
and fall.
A meeting was held at the Kidde
house Thursday evening to conside
. the best and at the same time. mos
economical e of improving TIL
heating facilities of the Dickinson
school building. 1t seemed to be tn
. general opinion that a third hot ali
furnace should be placed in the north
west corner of the building, and tina
the registers of the old furnace
should be lowered to the floor. TIL
Press is not authorized to say, bu
presumes that the board will act il
accordance with suggestions throw
out at this meeting.
We have see a number of watcI
chains ornamented with u prett