Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
LOCALS.
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The Courier wishes its readers q
! Merry Xmas.
Gus Evers has gone to his old
Canadian home for a three month
s visit.
s2 Knnt Furass, of Hannaford, was q
substantianl caller at the Courier Of
fce last Tuesday. Call again.
Miller Phipps is building an ad-
j Giition to his boiler room to
! make room for that new boiler that he
purchased.
Master LaDeux Cowen sends in 800
cancelled stamps for Miss Mary
Wright. Master Cowen must have been
rustling hard for stamps.
Emil Marquardt is having an ice
house built 24x50 with II foot posts.
Y It will be substantial building and
Emil expects to keep the ice from melt
ing.
"A choice line of perfumes in fancy
aud cut glass bottles, ,'just the thing for
an Xmas present at H. 81. Bateeman
4 & Co.'s
J.. H. McDermott and family left
this morning for Horton, Kansas. on
two months visit with relatives and
friends. The Courier wishes them a
safe journey and pleasant visit.
Buy your carpets and rugs from
F. A. Mayer & Co.
The annual meeting of the Congre-
gational church is called for Thurs
dav evening, Dec 10Th. This meeting
is for hearing reports of the years
work and the election of officers.
Who smiles? Pastor Shaw smiles.
Why does he smile? Because the
mortgage has been lifted off the par
sonage and he can now sleep without
dreaming OF foreclosure proceedings.
Miss Paulson, recently elected coun
ty superintendent of schools of Wells
county, has acontest on her hands
She only had a majority of about 3O(
and her opponent is contesting the
election.
Nothing more suitable for a Xmas
presenu than q. Lehman Heater. !
F. B. KING, Agent.
We notice by the Courtenay Gazette
that fine baby boy was recently
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Rollef Berg,
rhe many friends of that worthy
couple at Cooperstown extend con
gratulations.
Next Sunday being Christmas day
the legal holiday will be on the day fol.
lowing, therefore on next Monday the
postofice will only open for the dis
tribution of mail. Patrons of the of.
flee will govern themselves according
~.
DR.. S. B. Langford, Registered Vet
Urinary Surgeon. Office at S. Aim
klov's drug store. All calls promptly
attended to.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. LaForest enter.
tained q number of friends at their
home last Friday evening, and those
who were present report very enjoy.
able time. The hours were spent in
dancing, etc.. and wound up with one
of those nice lunches that Mrs. La
Forest knows so we'll how to prepare
Canadian excursions by the North.
ern Pacifc-$4O. 90 for the round trip
to any point in Canada as far east as
Montreal-on sale during December
Good for three months with privilege
of extension.
A new time card went into effect or
the Cooperstown branch Monday
morning. The train now leaves here
at 5:45 instead of 5:15, returning a
100. The new change does no
amount to much. 1t just gives tht
travelling public 30 minutes longer tt
snooze in mornings.
The Hope Pioneer says that it ii
rumored that the N. P. will extend th'
Cooperstown branch next spring
striking Hillsboro and northeast Il
[. Fertile, Mimi, on the Winnipeg
branch. Which way is the road go
ing out of Cooperstown. Charley? A
the present time it is headed north an,
the probabilities are that it will 60 K
Ottofy.
Knud Thompson was in the city las
Thursday ana Friday looking afte
business matters, and on the sid
working up good healthy boom TO
fair ground. It is figured out b.
Knud that he would sell the associa
ton, If one is organized, piece q
land adjoining the town on the north
for about $50 per acre. He figures tina
the land fenced, with couple o
buildings on it, will cost %, 500
Coope-stown needs fair ground al