The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-11-06
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

OF LOCAL INTEREST.
81. II. Bartlett left for Duluth Thurs
day evening.
A. w. Peterson, OF Lutsen. was in
town this week.
Andrew Hedstrom was down from
Carlton Peak Thursday.
Register Carhart returned from Min
neapolis Wednesday evening.
Andrew Olson and Ever Everson went
to Duluth Tuesday to seek employment.
John Matheson and Claus Hanson left
with Jos. BurEs' sailing yacht for Duluth
yesterday.
Miss Hedvig Freidlund was down
from Lutsen this week on visit to her
homestead. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Burns left on the
Dixon Thursday evening for their home
in Duluth.
Fred Nelson came in from his home
stead Thursday and left that evening for
West Superior. ..
Isaac Fonger came in from Gunaint
Monday and left Tuesday morning for
West Superior.
Frank Kavock, of Duluth, has been
bound over to the grand jury for an at
tempt, to commit suicide.
Miss Clara and Mrs. Chris. Murphy
and children left on the Dixon Thursday
evening for visit in West Duluth.
Ernest Wieland, one of the first set
tiers on the north shore, died at his home
in Duluth last week at the age of II
years.
Chris, and Matt johnson left on the
Dixon Tuesday morning to spend cou-
pie of months on the formers homestead
near Woodland Park.
We acknowledge a pleasant call from
E. W. Forester who came in from his
homestead Monday and left on the Dixon
Tuesday morning for West Superior.
Collector Willcuts has been sustained
by the q. S. court of appeals in his levy
of duty on the fish brought from Canada
into the Port of Duluth by the Booth
Packing company.
Mr.. Torger G. Engelson and Miss Aida
Thomas, two of Cook county's popular
young people, we're married in Duluth
Wednesday evening. The happy couple
have a host of friends in Cook county
with whom TIE HERALD joins in extend
ing to them their best wishes.
Henry George, one of the candidates
for mayor of New York, and the leading
figure in the campaign, died suddenly of
appoplexy on Friday of last week. In
the death of Henry George the country
loses one of it's greatest writer's on eco
n mic subjects and one of foremost
thinkers of the world.
Thos- Bailey, a homesteader living
nine miles down the shore, has beer very
i'll at the hoteifora few days past. There
were grave doubts 4as to his recovery
for couple OF days, but today we learn
hs is somewhat better. DR.. Mayhem
has been attending him night and day
since he arrived in town Wednesday
evening.
On Friday of last week the county
G mmissioners made tour of inspection
O: the work done this season on the
county roads north of town. On their
r'turn they expressed themselves as
highly pleased with the improvements
made by Road Overseer Braun an6
especially with the repairing done or
Maple hill.
Jos. Burns who has been conducting {
general store in the Howenstine house
on the West side, has sold his stock tt
Dan Spillane, taking in part payment
MIR. Spillane's team which he shipped tc
Duluth on the Dixon Thursday evening
Mr.. Spillane says that he purchased the
goods at figure that will enable him te
dispose of them to his customers al
prices far below what the goods can be
had for in Duluth. Mr.. SpilIane went
to Duluth Thursday evening to lay in g
stock of groceries and provisions for the
fall trade. He will continue the bust
ness in the Howenstine building.
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