The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-03-15

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The board now. consists ut
Judge Orcutt, DR.. O'Brien aud
Attorney Wallace.
Prof. ]. NJ: Beck and family
have come to- reside in Wahpe-
ton. Mr.. Beck is an accomplish
ed musician: He will have
charge of St. Adalher's choir
and give music lessons.
The United Lutheran church
is in session at Dwight,: went
into session Tuesday and the
conference will last through
Friday. Several able speakers
are present and various good
addresses made.
A birthday party was given
at the home of rIr. and Mrs.
Thos. R"beson, three miles
south of town last Friday even
ing, it being Mrs. Robeson's
birthday. A very pleasant
time was had by all.
The Womans Missionary So
ciety of the Congregational
church will meet ON Wednes-
day afternoon at 4 O'clock with
Mrs. Jamison. The meeting
will be followed by a tea to
which the husbands of the
members are invited.
| Rev. and Mrs. Ellsworth of
the Episcopal church at Wah-
peton, were visitors in the city
yesterday. Mr.. Ellsworth de-
livered a very earnest and de-
vout Lenten address at the
Gethsemane church Yesterday
afternoon.-Fargo Forum.
Thomas Lamb and Frank
Hitchcock are expected to
come to Wahpeton and
Breckenridge with a string of
horses in the spring. Mr.. Boil
is very materially enlarging
stable capacity and it is expect
ed that these young men will
make lively times at Twin City
Park the coming season. And,
there may be others.
Mrs. Finley Grant received
word from her brother Frank
York, who was lieutenant
in the Idaho Volunteers and
who resigned and remained in
the Philippines. Frank states
that he has been appointed de-
putty collector of customs at
Cebu, on the island of that
name. He also states that a
gold mine in which he is i'll
terested in that county is de-
veloping into good property
Fargo Forum.
The election over in Breck-
enridge Tuesday resulted in a
victory for the saloon men by
electing Bob Wells president
of the council, by Al majority.
For the first time in the history
of the town the people were
called upon to vote upon the
question of license or no lie
ense. and as result there was
all kinds of hustling on both
sides. Joe Gum, of the Wilkin
County Gazette, headed the
ticket for the "dry" crowd, and
it is said was ably assisted by
Billy James of the Telegram.
Frank Gray committed sui
eide in New York city Tuesday
of last week. Frank had been
at work in railway Office
there and, returning to dissipa-
ton, was discharged, lost cour-
age and loaded a glass of beer
with carbolic acid and thus
ended his life. The remains
were taken over to Jersey and
laid at rest in the family lot Of
the local church yard. De-
ceased was bright promising
young man at one time, having
been favored with unusual ad-,
vantages, but he threw them
all away. Too bad.
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| A special to the twin city
papers from Butte, Montana,
says that Edwin H. Gilman
charged with the cold-blooded
murder of Dan Sullivan on
Christmas day of last year was
acquitted by a jury Monday
evening by his own unsupport-
ed testimony that he killed
Sullivan in self-defense. AS
soon as the trial was over he
fwas spirited away by his attor-
neys and friends and gotten
out of town as there were
lfhraa<s v,,adn to ILL &c 90