The Dickinson press., 1900-04-28

dealers. Call and look their line over.
The West Missouri Lumberman's asso.
citation met in Dickinson last Saturday.
VIM. Walton is president and John
Gruber secretary.
Miss Frances Burnette opened school
in Dickinson school No. on Monday
and Miss May Hayes opened school the
same day in school No. 3.
MI. and Mrs. A. H. Arnett are think
ing seriously of building a residence
in Dickinson. They have looked at a
number ofdifferent sites during the week.
Mrs. w. F. Cunningham was a west
bound passenger the first of the week.
F. S. Cunningham accompanied Mrs.
Cunningham west from Dickinson to
Medora.
E. K. Mackelroy and p. O'Grady, of
Ayrshire, Iowa, old friends of L. M.
Summerville, visited in Dickinson for a
day this week. They were en- route to
the coast.
b. Coulson and family were down from
Bel6eldlast Saturday. Among Other SEN
sible things they did while in town was
to visit Osborn'A gallery and get their
pict lures taken.
Co. K will give a grand ball in the
opera house on the evening of May "a.
The boys have ordered programs and
will do everything possible to make the
event enjoyable.
The new postage stamp booklets are
very convenient, and especially so in
warm weather, the stamps being, inter-
leaved with parafned paper. A book
containing IL 2-cent stamps COS IS cents
and "a 2-cen stamps costs 40 cents.
The PRESS was in error last week
in announcing the death Of Mrs. J. R.
Clark. Mrs. Clark was having sinking
spells and some way the erroneous re-
port got around town. She has been
very sick the past week but at last re-
ports was a little better and it is hoped
she will fully recover
Among those who received fine Box
Elder trees from o. H. Will & Co., the
Bismarck nursery men, we're: John Court
ney, Oliver Whaley, DR.. Perkins, Frank
Kihm, J. P. Jingle, M. l.. Ayers, A. J.
Osborn, A. T. Crowl and J. G. Saunders.
o. E. Foote received a large shipment of
cottonwoods.
Miss Murn of Dickinson will be at He
bron from April % to %, at Mr.. Smiths
hotel with a very fine assortment of
ladies', misses and children's millinery,
also a very choice selection of ready
trimmed hats at reasonable prices. Call
and and see her goods. 4-I4-2t
J. P. Jingle has bought lots l and 2 in
block G, Dakota Land & Colonization
Co.'S addition. The property has an east
frontage, corner of Van Norden and
Cakes streets, and is considered one of
the best residence locations in the west
ern part of the town. Mr.. Tingle has
staked out the property and will COM
mence building operations very soon.
Some time during the coming week o
p. liner expects to open his new meat
maket. He has done a: thorough job of
repairing, both inside and out, and a per.
son would hardly know the old place
now SO marked is the change. Every
thing has an air of neatness and freshness
about the premises and nothing but the
best of meats and vegetables will be
found in the new market.
The new passenger time card will GO
into effect on the 10th, but owing to a
delay in getting the equipment the east
bound North Coast Limited will not be
in effect at Dickinson until about the
9Th of Nav. The arriving time OF No. 1
in Dickinson will be l o'clock in the
morning; No. 3 will arrive at 500 in the
afternoon. No. 2 will arrive from the
west at 1885 in the evening and No. 4 al
1885 in the morning. The new wesI
bound service will probably reach here
on Tuesday.
|. Real estate transfers: L. A. Simpson
!, to Dan Messy, lot "a, block 6, 500; VIM
Ray to c. F. Higgins, lot $, block 3
$1,000; Dakota Land and Colonization
Co. to James c. Young Land Co., IL lot
in the original town plat-.of Dickinson
$500; same company to James c. Young
Land Co. 8 lots in Stoves addition, $500
Clarence E. Allen to Clara L. Lowry, 10
10, block IS, $3.50; N. P. Ry. Co. to Stat'
finance Co. GA lots in Bel6eld, sIoo
Henry Rees to Mrs. d. c. F.. Birdsal
T lot 9, block rs, s625; c. F. Higgins to O
B. Frankcnberg lot S, block 3, $1,000: F
Mott to First National bank lot E, blocl
IL, $500; L. A. Simpson to Village o
Dickinson lots 5 and E, block !, $500.
: L. L. Klinefelter of Mason City, Iowa
writes the PRESS a bit of interesting new:
S Mr.. Klinefelter visited Dickinson a few
S weeks ago and on his return hom- acct
s dentally found that the popular agent 0
the Chicago & Northwestern Ry., L. H
Longley at Mason City, was Dickinson
) first depot agent. At that time-I88I-
this place was known as Pleasant Vale!
: Mr.. Longley was also postmaster her
at that time. This was in territorial day
and as there was another place in tn
territory of Dakota by the same name
r Mr.. Longley recommended to the depart
le ment that the name be changed to Dick
inson in honor OF Senator w. S. Dickin
r son. The depot was in a box car whe
h Mr.. Longley first took up the work o
d agent and the population of the plac
II. was railroad people. Mr.. Klinefelte
ID who, by the way, is the publisher of tn
ID Farmers Institute at Mason City, is tn
first man Mr.. Longley had seen frol