Courier Democrat., 1894-03-22
Wheat No. l Hard Al cents
Last Sunday was Palm Sunday.

A complete stock of trunks and va
lises at Boyd's. %
M. d. O'Brien made business trip
to Milton Tuesday.
w. e. DeLong and wife drove up
from Osnabrock Tuesday.
New lettuce, onions, radishes and
celery atSchulke's, 81
johnny Mahoney and sister re-
turned Saturday from their Ontario
trip.
John R. Powers is spending few
days at the home of his parents, Wylie,
MINI.
A. Wales, the famous pianist and
piano tuner was here for a few days
last week.
Ed. B. Copeland, of Beaulieu, visited
in the city with his sister, Mrs. Chas.
Chisholm, last week.
1t is understood that p McHugh
and family will continue to make their
home in Minneapolis this summer.
|
r. T. McAllan and W. Kingsbury
came up from Osnabrock Friday even
ing to set in secret conclave with their
brother Masons.
R. B. Gage has moved down from
his farm near Byron and will take
charge of Jas. McPhail's farm lands
near town this season.
Donald Shaw, one of our western
farmers who suffers from the need of
better railroad facilities, was in from
Byron Friday with a load of wheat.
w. II. Johnston, of Stilwell, has the
contract for building two school houses
in Hope township. The material will
be furnished by B. r. Click, of this city.
Those who took an excursion trip to
Ontario this winter are beginning to
return. When is Johnny Grills com
ing back-the boys are getting lone
some?
Charley Clarke bulled the wheat
market at Osnabrock several days this
week, raising the price about three
cents. He succeeded in buying several
car loads.
| Remember that about March Goth.
1 will receive my spring stock of wall
paper which will be the largest, the
finest and the cheapest ever brought
into the county.
20 j. B. RE1BER.
Almost anyone else but good-natured
Jim McDougall would have got mad on
discovering the joke the boys perpe-
trated last week, fortunately he was
not alone as some other parties were
victims in the same deal. He is laying
for the whole gang and VOWS that he
will get back at 'em.
Alex McNiven is busy with drawings
and diagrams of an attachment to the
burner of gasoline stoves, which he
purposes patenting. The idea is to
absorb the gases which escape from
stoves before and after lighting. We
hope to hear that his inventive genius
will benefit both himself and the public
generally. Success Alex.
The Y. P. s. G. E., which was organ
lied a week or ten days ago by Rev.
Hall. of Mimic, while in the city, is
forging ahead finely. Already about
fifty members have been enrolled and
at recent meeting the following Off
GERS were elected. Alex. McNiven,
president; S. G.. Gibson, vice president;
Jas. G. Gibson secretary and treasurer.
Our compositor was a little bit "off''
last week when he left out the names
of two successful applicants for certif-
Gates to teach, at the recent examina-
tion by Supt. Fox. Miss Bella Sillers,
of this city and Samuel Cross, of Olga,
both passed a creditable examination
and were awarded certificates emitting
them to teach. We apologize for the
, oversight.
| Host Flumerfelt, of the Columbia,
received letter from T. E. Burke
who is at Rainy Lake, last evening
Tom claims there are some fifty large
canvass tents on the townsite and a
stray log building or two; he also states
that teamsters are getting $1,000 pei
day. He urges those contemplating
starting in business to hasten forward
but urges those seeking work, or who
intend prospecting to await the break
ing up of the weather, Tom states that
next Monday considerable money will
| be in circulation as the townsite com
pany will then pay out about 81 900 tt
aIlaborers. He is satisfied that Rainy
Lake is all right.