Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-03-31
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trip to Argyle on Tuesday.
Rev. Madison and p. Dah!auist
returned from Roseau on Tuesday.
- March showed it's lion nature
more and more as the days went by.
See the window display of Ladies'
Trimmed Hats at the Peoples Trad
ing Co.
- A few days nice weather like to-
day will put the ground in condition
for seeding.
- Miss Mavbe!l F;,wcrtt went to
Crookston Tuesday to visit tie
schools OF that city.
Mr.. and Mrs.-N. P. Stone. Of
Crookston, visited in the home of w.
F. Powell on Monday.
- Mrs. G. S. Wattam and Mrs. A.
NJ. Shaw: and children, went to ST.
phen on visit this morning.
= The strong wind Monday filed
the air with dust from the bare
fields. Real estate was on the move:
= Miss L,,vina White, teacher in
the Stephen schools. is visiting her
brother, Prof. White, OF this .ity this
week.
= A bran new girl was born to.
Mr.. and Mrs. $. j. Hang on Satur-
day, the 10Th inst, which We failed
to report last week.
- A meeting of the Mckinley (:
Hobart Club will be held the frs,
Saturday evening in April, at8o'cloc!s,
for the purpose of electiny officers
and transacting other necessary bus
ness.
: Barnes, the butcher, and Brown,
the taxidermist, have exchanged
sides on Johnson Ave-, Mr.. Barnes
moving his meat market into the
Holcomb building, which has been
purchased by him, and Mr.. Brown
moving his Workshop ACROSS the
street into the Dixon building
= A mysterious fire started in the
rear of the post-office building, i'll the
narrow space between said bui: ding
and Mr.. Tara1seth's store about a
quarter past ten O'Clock on Tuesday
evening Mrs. Fred Anderson and
another lady passed by and discov-
cred the fire at it's very inception.
They notified Ed Franson and iieand
his clerk. Mr.. Lundquist, hurried
thither and extinguished the flames
which in a little while would have
caused a big fire and much loss. For
the good of the town we refrain from
publishing all the facts and particu-
lars in our possession.
- The Methodist church was bad
ly schorched by fire last Sunday af-
ternoon, and for while it looked as
if the entire edifice was doomed to be
destroyed by the fiery flames that
were famed by strong. northerly
wind It seems that the fire had
caught somewhere around the chin
ney at the floor, had eaten lis way
passed upward between the st.ldding
Of the rear wall. Before the tire de-
partment got the hose laid and ready
for action the fire had acquired con-
siderable Roadway and on account Of
its location there was difficulty in
reaching it with stream Of water.
The strong wind made the situation
still more critical and fears were en-
tertained for the safety Of ad joining
buildings. Fearing that it would be
impossible to save the church, the
pews, and other furniture, were re-
moved, and also the new art glass
windows. At last, however, the fire
was subdued. The damage to The
building is estimated at $3.50, fully
covered by insurance. The church
had just been renovated at consider
able expense. and in the interior was
really one Of the contest for its size III
stl.4= /.
this part of the state. To seethe re-
suit Of SO much expenditure, labor
and prayer on the part Of the congre-