The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11
PERSONAL

cago last Saturday.
Mrs. John McCloy returned to her
eastern home OH Tuesday.
L. a. Simpson returned Thursday
from his trip to st. Paul.
Miss May Hayes visited in Man.
dan the first of this week.
Rev. Edison G. Dayton returned to
Minneapolis OH Wednesday.
Miss Clemmer and Miss Fuller
have returned to jamestown.
Rev. G. E. Dobson was the guest of
Rev. F. N. Nash of Fargo last Sun. f
day.
Master Mechanic Phelan and son
Charlie came up to Dickinson last
Saturday.
Tom Neil returned Monday from u
visit to Red Lodge and other west.
ern points.
Mrs. J. E. Phelan and daughter
passed through Dickinson last Satur.
day en- r0nte to Tacoma, Wash. ~
j. j. Freeman went to Bismarck
Wednesday ON business connected
with his branch drug store at that
place.
w. T. Perkins WAS EN- route for the
National Park Monday. where he was
to make arrangements for IL Bis.
marck party which followed on Tues.
day.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. c. Quinion was buried Thursday. |
Prairie fires have burned over Il
large strip of country in Morton coun.
ty.
The old time high roller w. A..
Mcclure Of RicAarlton was in town
| Wednesday.
Charles Bates. the we'll known Land
surveyor, arrived from the south
Wednesday and spent u few days in
town.
The Dickinson band will give q
basket picnic ut Green river on
Wednesday the 18th ut Fishers
grove.
H. l.. Baer, Jr. and Geo. A. IIarri.
son, of Lamont, Pa, arrived Thurs.
day. They are friends of D. B. Zim.
norman and accompanied him to his
ranch on the Cedar. Friday.
The plat of Slows Addition to
Dickinson was filed with the Register
of Deeds for record on Thursday.
This Addition was plated by the
Dakota Land aud Colonization Co.,
under the supervision of l.. A. Sinlp:
son, its agent. j. G. Saunders was
the surveyor. 1t comprises part Of
the N. E. "a of Sec. 9, 139, 9e, and is
| south of the railroad.
julius Hanback,. of the st. Paul
Store works Co.. Senator McGiliyray,
and u PRESS representative went to
Lehigh Tuesday to see the coal mines.
MI. Hanback, had seen a number Of
small Ignite mines, but to- see the
largest coal mines in North Dakota
was a real treat. The visitors eyes
were fairly aglow with surprise when
be saw the quality of the fuel and the
magnitude of the mining business at
Lehigh.
During the week u model of the st.
Paul Stove Works new Ignite burn.
er was on trial at McCloy 4 senour's
hardware store. Julius Hanback,.
who has been in the state since the
first Of June with the Ignite range,
conducted the test, The secret of the
whole thing seems to be in the CRATES.
1t is 50 constructed us tn lie easily
regulated. producing al even heat,
consuming comparatively small
quantity Of coal and giving very sat.
i%sfactory results. At some future
time the PRESS will give its read.
ers more information on the new
Ignite burner.
The faculty of Colgate University,
N. A., are anxious to get "a collection
of stones, minerals and clays from
North Dakota. Geological specimens
from nearly every state in the Union
have been secured, and now if some
of the girls and boys of this vicinity
will interest themselves in this good
work the PREss will at least see that
they get proper credit for their efforts,
A collection from the Bad Lands
would be good. The university will
pay freight charges. Address Prof.
A. G. Biegham, Colgate University,
Hamilton, N. Y.
1t is with deepest regret that we
record the death Of Edward Slatcll:
er. The sad event occurred at about
ten o'clock Tuesday evening Aug. Z.
after an illness of about four weeks
with typhoid fever. MI. Slatcher has
lived in Dickinson some six or seven
years, coming here while just enter.
ing manhood. and has been engaged
in the hardware business, first with
his father and then with Frank Lish.
The community can ill afford to lose
such men as Ed. Slatcher, for while
he was quiet and unobtrusive, he was
when among those beat acquainted
with him a most genial and desirable
companion and friend. In every re.
lation of life lie was an upright,
straightforward man, one known to