The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1901-08-29

been struck by lightning, so
that old adage about lightning
never stricking twice in the
same place is broken.
Walter Crafts of Fairmount
was in the city Wednesday.
VIM. kraker of Milrose has
a position with 4. Miksche &
Co.
Hausken the clothier is at
his new stand near John Mel
sons.
Wolfe x Bade are looking af-
ter the unfinished business of
Curtis Sweigle.
John K. Lee was out the lat
ter part of last week and help
ed to do the threslling OH his
farm, near Galchutt.
That stock of cows and young
cattle belonging to Mr.. Miksche
will soon be all sold. See him
soon if you want a few head.
Messrs. w. f. and X. IL. Pur-
cell returned from the east
Sunday. and the latter has re-
turned to his home at Helena,
Montana.
Ole Leer, the Christine bank
er has spent most of the week
in the city awaiting the action
of threshing rig to get to
work on his Wilkin county
farm, near breckenridge.
MIR. and Mrs. Barney Hoef-
kis of breckenridge suffered
the loss of little son two years
and a half of age this week.
Funeral from Catholic church,
breckenridge yesterday.
Frank Sauer has sold his
farm near Wyndmere, for which
he traded his hotel, for SPA per
acre, and sold it cheap enough.
Its a mighty poor Richland
county farm worth less than
$50 per acre, and Franks late
farm was among the best.
Chas. G.. Bade has some
branches of crab apples in his
show window loaded with fruit.
taken from the orchard of
Barney Wehling. This upper
country will soon be producing
various fruits and corn, etc,
making it the finest farming
country III the world.
Here are the names of the
teachers in the public schools
for the present school year:
Prof. w. IL. Fitzpatrick, super
intendent and principal: Miss
Martha Fulton, first assistant;
Mr.. Franklin Zollhofer, sciences
and German; Miss Laura f.
Bailey, Sth grade; Miss Jessie
NJ. Bowers, 7th grade; Miss
Mary (iilpin, 9th grade; Miss
Rc berta Stuart, 9Th grade; Miss
Blanche Emery. 4th grade; Miss
Grace Emery, 3rd grade; Miss
Elizabeth Stanley, 2nd grade;
Miss Bertha Bauer, LIST grade;
Miss ELLA Mckenzie, music and
drawing.
August Nehring was fined
$25 and costs charged with
having taken fare in the jag
wagon he drives. The Times
is of opinion that the council
ought to lose no time in repeal.
ing it's absurd hack ordinance
and either put the license at
a prohibitory amount or else
put it at a reasonable fee, or
else prohibit hacks outright.
1t is out of all proportion to
other licenses at an hundred
dollars. If it were So or $50
there might be Justice in it.
There is nothing right at the
present figure from any posi-
bic point of view. Put the
license at $l5 and oblige hack
man to give a bond and let it
60 at that. The case was ap-
pealed to the district court.
All Slot Machines were closed
this week by order of Mayor
Lounsbury. 1t seems tn al
some few kids are in the habit
of blowing in to these machines
their money and the parents
kick. some Of the machine pro-
prietors have kept the kids out
and not let them play but here
and there they get in, and since
the kids don't know any better
and since their parents can't
teach them, the machines must
go, and along with them goes