Warren sheaf., 1897-07-22
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the southern part Of the state.
Mr.. C. y. Sutherland, of Argyle,
was in town yesterday morning.
j. P. Lundin, the Stephen mer-
chant, arrived at the hub Tuesday
evening.
= Mrs. Chas. .Westerberg, of Crooks
ton, is visiting with the family OF
Aug. Lundgren. F.:
Mr.. and Mrs. John Adolphson
rejoice over the birth OF Il fine baby
boy this morning.
- Rev. z. F. Spicer exchanged pull
pits with Rev. Houlgate, OF Crooks
ton, on Sunday last.
= Louis Lodmell, of Meckinock, N.
D., visited with Henry Taralseth a
couple of days last week.
Walter Winchester, son of Mr..
&C. Winchester, arrived home last
week to spend the summer vacation.
The excursion to Maple Lake
next Wednesday, will bt' an enjoyable,
affair, if the day is fair. It will be a
day long to be remembered, espe-
cially by the children. u
AT the annual school meeting OF
the Warren Independent School Dis
trict held last Saturday evening, Mr..
w. N. Powell and DR.. G. S. Wattam
we're reelected as members of the
Board of Education. The attendance
at the meeting was small. "
On Monday evening it com
mencptl to rain, and kept ut it con-
tinually during the next twenty four
lours-yently at first hut gradually
increasing until at the finish on
Tuesday afternoon the water came
down in torrents. No wind TO speak
OF accompanied the rain hence very
littleor no damage was done to the
crops around here. A few low places
may be drowned out, that is all.
ass-eEar!y Saturday morning bug
gy she'd belonging to J ohm E Ostrom,
in the rear Of his residence, caught
fire in some mysterious way, and in
a very short time was entirely con-
sumed The fire bel was rnng, but
? the department. did not go out, as the
building was hey ond saving: A new
buggy, harness, cutter, besides other
articles OF value, were destroyed.
There was, however, some insurance
to cover the loss. -. - +
"A miniature cyclone passed over
Warren about five O'Clock Tuesday
AFTERNOON TO mar the otherwise
serene condition of the atmosphere
while the rain poured down. Patch
es OF shingles were torn from several
roofs, boards were hurled high in
the air, G. J.. Klingborg. the black
smith, WAS blown off tile side walk
into the street, the sign for the rail.
road crossing ON johnson ave. was
twisted sideways, and for u moment
things looked serious. Fortunately
the above comprises about all the
wreckage done.
A large number of Warrenites
went to Argyle Saturday to see the
sports and races that were to take
place there. The chief attraction was
tug OF war between hardy Morse
men and sinewy Frenchmen. We saw
the first .'pull," and it was indeed q
magnificent and interesting exhibit
OF human power. At either end of tile
rope eight large, muscular men stood
in line, and when they pulled every
muscle and sinew was strained to the
utmost and every joint, seemingly
creaked under the mighty exertion
Inch by inch the ribbon which wa.
tied at the center Of the rope moved
towards the side of the Vikings. 4
few inches more and they would hav,
won, when suddenly one Of their mel
became i'll and left the contest TIL,
Frenchmen quickly perceiving th'
advantage thus given them, nov
made one grand hercuianean effort
raxained the lost ground and snatch
ed victory out Of defeat. It was .
great pull. Several explanations ar
given Of the defeat of the Vikings
but this is probably the correct one
viz: that when III the 1Otl, cent,lr,