The Dickinson press., 1901-09-14
Ms. Grant Palmer returned 10 Fargo

MIS-. Grant Palmer returned % Fargo
Friday. 81 81. 3s8s
"A. L Martin. was down from Sentinel
Butte on Friday.
Sam Lowery's best cattle sold at $3.50.
average weight 1885.
The city auditors financial statement
will be found in this issue.
Conductor and Mrs. Haskin have been
in attendance at the Mandan fair this
week. ts
ALI White got in Friday morning with
1873 fat steers which he is shipping to
Chicago.
Mrs. H. D. Burger, who has been visit
ing at the Fox ranch, returned to Mime
sofa on Friday.
Work was commenced this week on
the N. p. park at Mandan. Dickinson.
Bismarck aud Glendive are also to have
parks.
Ed. Palmer has been visiting his broth
eIs at this place and will goto Townsend,
Mont, to visit Jim before returning to
Wisconsin.
1t is known now that one Of the H T
horse thieves is a fellow who worked at
the ranch last winter. The chances. are
that he will be captured.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Mckenzie and H. w
Smith we're in from New England on
Friday. MI. Mckenzie is the new
merchant at New England.
The Consolidated Coal Co. are COM
pleting a new entrance to their Lehigh
mines at an expence of $1,000. The COM
pany expects to employtheir usual num-
Der of men for mining perhaps during
the Fall and winter. J. M Brady is in
charge of the mines.
Miss Murn came back from St. Paul
on Tuesday morning after learning the
styles and purchasing a well assorted
stock of fall and winter millinery. She
will have her opening in about two weeks,
the date of which will be announced next
week. o-I4-I
There will be a farewell reception
to Rev. and Mrs. U. G. Rich this-Satur.
day-evening from even to ten o'clock
at the residence of Senator and Mrs. L,
A. Simpson. All friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rich, OF whatever denomination or
no denomination, are cordially invited to
call and say good bye.
The state and county levy amounts to
2I.I mills, Dickinson school district 1871
mills, City of Dickinson 1876 mills, or a
total Of 54.3 mills. The city levy is
necessarily high this year because the
council has deemed it best to clean up
all floating indebtedness. The city has
no bonded indebtedness, and the levy
will raise sufficient funds to clean up all
outstanding warrants.
About twenty people from Gainesville,
Mo-, arrived in Gladstone Thursday
afternoon as follows: VIM. Rogers, wife
and son, Horace Pierce, Chas. Wilson,
u. w. Chambers, AL. Russ, wife and four
children, Chas. Hulen, Harley Finney.
Mrs. Lindsey and three children, Mand
Russ and Lee Boyd. Messrs. Pierce and
Wilson have families who will come Out
later. MIR. Chamberlain is shipping a
car of cattle and another gentleman
VIM. Lawhead, is also shipping a car Of
cattle from Missouri.
Walter Barnett has been learning the
art of brick making at the p%enitentiary
and he is classed as one Of the best be.
haved inmates of the institution. BY the
way, it is known now beyond a doubt that
the horses which Barnett shipped and
offered for sale were stolen by McPeak
who was killed last April by the officers
Barnett knew that the horses were stolen
and, although not naturally a bad fellow
he did not seem, at the time, to realize
the enormity Of his crime in aiding Nc
Peak and his gang in finding a market
for stolen stock.
The Mandan fair management wer.
unfortunate again this year in making
their dates. The first two days Of tn,
fair it rained a great deal, which natur
ally kept many people from attending
and made it disagreeable for those VIII,
did. The track was too wet Thursda,
for races but it was probably quite goo.
by Friday. This is the third year |,
succession that the Mandan people hav'
had unfavorable weather, and it must b.
very discouraging to those who hav,
worked hard each year to make the SHOW
a success. The ladies, in particular, ha,
worked very hard this year in getting vi
a splendid exhibit and it is a pity tina
more people could not have seer it.
Friday afternoon a deal was close
between Frank kim and Mrs. Rather
inc Ray whereby the former int
possession of the St. Charles hotel tn
first of October. Mr.. Kihm will continu
to run the Willard house the same as il
the past, except that the dining room
will be used as a sample DON and tn
patrons of both houses will be fed at tn
St. Charles where there is a large dinin
room, which, when re-arranged by Nj
) kim, will easily accommodate all com
ers. Mr.. Kihm is acknowledged to b
one of the best, hotel keepers in tn
Northwest and it is fortunate for the cit
that he has secured the St, Charles
Mrs. Ray and her o VIM. have don
we'll with the hotel, but for some tim
( past they have thought that owing to til
education Of the younger members of til
) family and their property interests
! Ldifereut places, it would be better fe
: them to lease the hotel.
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