The Dickinson press., 1901-02-02
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J. ]. freeman registered at the Metro
politan, ST. Paul, on Wednesday.
Mrs. John F. Davis and son frankie
came down from Billings "Wednesday
night and will rem. month or two at
their residence on Barnes street.
The city council .cceptedth the new city
hall Wednesday afternoon. The Press
is having at elect,oo of the building made
which will be presented in these columns
in due course Of time.
The fees o[thc register of, deeds office
for January we're sIoI.65 as compared
with $500 for the corresponding period
of a year ago. The fees for Nov. were
SOAPS and fer Dec. 43.15.
j. ]. Freeman left this week for a visit
to his old home in Iowa, and will also
spend some time at Mrs. Freem ans
home in Illinois before returning. He
will be gone about four weeks. +
Miss AIDA Thomas, who has been the
guest of the billiards and Courtneys the
past few months, leaves this week for
Sarnia, Ontario. She makes stops at
Bismarck, Fargo, St. Paul and Chicago
on the way.
John Mccarthy of Taylor has 900 acres
mostly summer fallowing-ready for
crop, and says that he can put his grain
in this spring with very little help. Mr..
Mccarthy is feeding a fine little herd of
cattle at his farm this winter.
Mrs. Walter Sterland of Gladstone,
who underwent a surgical operation in
Dickinson " weeks ago, is getting
along finely and expects to be able to
return home within a short time. Drs.
S,ickney and Perkins performed the
operation.
On Monday evening Ferdinand Leutz,
state commissioner of insurance, was
given the E. A. degree in Masonry.
Representative Mcclure and Commits
sioner Lee were up for the occasion, and
Commissioner Miethe of Billings count
was also present.
The ladies of st. Johns Episcopal
Guild will meet with Mrs. A. ]. Burnett
on Wednesday, Feb. e, at 3 o'clock p. m.
A cordial invitation t attend this meet
ing is extended to all interested in the
church or who have assisted by contrib
uting to the Food sales.
Mrs. A. ]. Burnett, Sec.
Mike Krunk tells us that there are a
large number Of children in the settle
ment on Antelope creek, near the New
England road, and that he is going to
sec Superintendent Della Spears right
away with reference to getting a school
district created there.
Manager Hughes is keeping track of
the telephone calls at his exchange and
finds that the average is 400 per day,
which indicates that the people are u.s.
ing their instruments. The new direc-
tory for this month will contain the
names of about 100 subscribers.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Brown left this week
On a visit totheir former Kentucky home.
1t is a long time since they saw the old
Blue Grass state. They will be absent
from home a month or six weeks and IN
the meantime Mr.. and Mrs. John Riess-
beck will have charge of the store,
Miss Edna Scofeld went to Bismarck
Tuesday evening to accept a position in
the senate as enrolling and engrossing
clerk. Miss Scofeld is an accomplished
young lady and will make many friends
in the capital city. She has rooms with
Mrs. Conklin, a daughter of Judge and
Mrs. Winchester.
Capt. Oscar Skeen and Lieutenants
Fred Freeman and Joe REILLY will ap-
pear in public for the first time mex
Monday night in their new regulation
army uniforms equipped with swords
etc. The suits we're made by M. N.
Bran, the Dickinson tailor, and look
very fine in every respect.
For the month of January Police
Magistrate Ryan turned into the city
treasury nearly $50 in fines. Mr.. Ryan
shows no favors and deals out justice to
all as he sees the right, regardless Of
consequences. This is what the people
want. Chief of Police McCoul is also
ably s%econding Mr.. Ryan in unfolding
the law.
At the competitive drill of Co. X on
Monday evening Lieut.. H. ]. Gruschus,
by request OF Capt. Oscar Skeen, acted
as drill master, which must have been a
reminder to him o fhis campaigning days
in the Philippines. The boys who have
been recommended to Col. A. P. Peake
for promotions, to fill vacancies, are:
Harry Klinefelter and John Reid, cor.
porals; Robert Neil, Roy Dodd and
Maxwell Burnett, sergeants.
From Chicago comes extended &C
counts of the wedding of MIR. E. c.
Cooper of Grand Forks and Miss Flor
ence McGillivray, a sister of Register
A. c. McGillivray. Mr.. and Mrs.
McGillivray were in attendance and
about sixty invited guests were present.
The bride wa attended by Miss Grace
Montague of Cairo, Mich. After the
ceremony and the wedding supper, the
bride and groom left for Des Moines,
Iowa, where they visit MIR. Cooper's rela-
tives before going to their home in Grand
Forks.
Police Magistrate T. H. Ryan had
business galore in his court on Monday,
five young men from the south side hav-
ing been arrested for disturbing the
peace. One fellow received a fine of SIS
and the others got about S EACH. Two
of them failed to raise the necessary
money and went up to board with Sheriff
Goodall for two days, at the expiration