Griggs courier., 1898-09-15

train MONDAY. j, s
Gust Olson returned from seeing
the big pumpkins at the Minnesota
state fair last Saturday.
Prof. A. b. Beaven has accepted the
position as teacher Of the Bolkan
school east of the river.
N. j. Olsen, of sanborn, was a
visitor to Cooperstown Monday, look
ing over the wheat situation.
Mrs. E. E. Downe returned from tha
twin cities last Thursday, where she
had been to purchase . large line Of
millinery.
The genial Bert Shaw, of Hope, was
in town again last Sunday. Better
bring your trunk over, Bert, and make
q permanent residence here.
1 Miller Phipps' business is increas-
ing and in order to meet business
demands an extra addition to the mill
was necessary, and he and his boys
built it during the past week.
Andrew Olson is having hard
tussle with fever. He is reported
come better. He is being we'll looked
after at the home of Miss Randy
Gunderson.
Remnants in dress goods to be sold
at q big discount for the next Is days
at Berg Bros. & Co.
The First North Dakota Volunteers
has been officially announced as one
of the regiments that will have to re-
main in service. The boys will nc
doubt have to serve for many months
yet.
The best of Anthracite, Bituminous
and Ignite coal. Buy from Black.
we'll.
The Sherbrooke Tribune is authori.
ty for the statement that Senator Engel
does not intend to move to Norway to
live and that he has not purchased q
farm in that country. Thus this
rumor is killed.
Miss Mary Tollefson, who has sue
cessfully taught the Hannaford schoo
the past season, left for her home a
Virginia. Wis, Monday morning
Miss Tollefson is a successful teacher
and has host of friends who will be
pleased to see her return to Griggs
comfy.
Wood sawed and delivered. Leave
orders with drayman or with US. E
w. BLACKWELL.
We owe Oscar D. Purinton oul
apology for emitting to put his name
on our county ticket at the head o
our editorial column. The omission
was an oversight and our attention
was called to the fact by Il. G. Butler
of Steele county, who evidently reads
the Courier. Maybe Mr.. Purintol
would get bigger vote If we woult
leave it off altogether-but we viii
risk it and it now appears.
This year the management of tn,
Grand Forks Free Street Fair associa
tion proposes make a feature of casl
prizes. In past seasons, and as is tn
custom at most fairs, people Otter
times won prizes which they did no
want. For instance shoe maker o.
a candy manufacturer might have re
ceiyed as his premium ten boxes o
axle grease. This year there will b
more general satisfaction inasmucl
as cash prizes will be made the feat
ure. M
DIR. Featherston will furnish yol
with good set of teeth for %. Bes
| set $40
r. S. Lunde and Sven Wufflesta,
had the misfortune to have thei
separator burn up last Sunday morn
ing early and do not even know how
happened. The crew pnlled over t.
II. A. Sunden's place Saturday. nigh
about eight O'Clock and the engine uu
coupled and run away from tn
-separator several rods. When tn
crew left there was no signs of fir
and Mr.. Wufflestad went over an
looked at the machine about eleve
O'clock and everything was all right
It is a very mysterious affair to sa
the least The boys have secured an
other separator and are hard at wor
pounding out the golden cereal.
Buy your preserving fruit now
while it is cheap. JIMEsoN.
Messrs. Bateman, Baldwin, Pag
and Oscar Kerr, and Mrs. Pitnel
Mrs. Coapman and Misses Clark an
Gillis, picnicked in Arne Luckason'
grove on the banks Of the Sheyenn
river last Friday. The day WAS
chilly one for picnic but they di
not mind that, as they claimed it wa
warm in the timber. Oscar Ker
i a.o,,., ono ,ortv and A NJ Raldwi