The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-12-25
So IT'S Said.

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Don't forget the dance at the opera
house tonight.
First class dairy butter at % cents
per pound at /. B. Olson's confection-
cry store.
w. E. Young, Of Wadena, is the
guest of his daughter, Mrs. Naylor,
and son, Harry Young.
Irwin g. O'Brien lost valuable
horse this week, by going through the
ice into Lake Bemidji.
Sam Thompson, an employe OF Ir,
win & O'Brien, was killed by falling
tree near Tenstrike Monday.
sleds for boys and girls just
arrived with the sleighing. Bright
new and cheap at Peterson's. AZ
, E. L. Naylor is showing one of the
finest combination folding beds ever
brought to town. Call and look it
over,
Miss Minnie Milne returned Tuesday
from Grand Forks, where she has
spent the past six months attending
school.
n Evan Carson came up from Cass
Lake Thursday to spend the holidays.
He is now employed on the Times at
that place.
M. A. Clark has moved his family
here preparatory to his taking up the
duties of judge probate the beginning
of the year.
John Wilm, of the Pioneer force left
Monday morning for Minneapolis
) where he will spend the holidays with
relatives. 49,.
Holiday business has been immense
in Bemidji this year. The merchants
report it as being the best in the his
tory Of the history of the city.
Grand Chancellor Robertson, of St.
Paul, will be here next Tuesday even
ing and will assist in the installation
of the newly elected Knights of Pyth-
: las officers.
:, WANTED-Men to cut four hundred
cords of jack pine wood on county
poor farm. Eighty-tive cents per
cord. Apply to Yves Wright, chair
man of the county board.
Miss Merriam, who was one of the
IN fhn
last year, was in town Friday night
ON her way to Crookston. She is
teaching this year at Wadena.
Blackduck had it's usual hold-up
Last. Sunday. The artists wvre prompt
]y apprehended and brought here for
preliminary hearing. The case was
adjourned until next week.
Married, on Thursday, December
18, 1902, at the Presbyterian parson-
age, Rev. ]. f. Mcleod officiating,
Jas. Searle, of Moose Creek, and Miss
Clara Bagley, of Solway.
W. F. Street left yesterday morning
for St. Cloud, and, accompanied by
his children, will leave tonight for
Denver, where they will visit with Mr..
Streets brother whom he has not seen
for twenty years.
: Prof. r. W. Cooper, literary lectur-
.er, will appear at the M. E. church
Jan. 1st, under the auspices of the
. Epworth League. This is expected to
T be one of the best entertainments of
the course. Get your tickets early.
W. N. Johnson, lumber jack, en-
ployed in the woods near Blackjack,
was injured last Saturday and died
Monday in the Blackduck hospital.
The remains were shipped to Towner
county, N. D., for interment.
Presbyterian Church next Sunday:
Morning-A New Years Service, sub
ject, GLOW Old Art Thou" Evening
Sermon to young men. Subject,
"'Dare to Do Right" All are well
come. J. F. Mcleod, Pastor.
Fancy turned work for stair cases
porches furniture and for all places
where turning is needed, both in hard
and soft wood, you will find work
good and prices moderate at the Cen
eral Woodworking & Jobbing Co.'s
Shop. Att
A serious breakdown occurred at
the electric light plant Sunday morn
ing. A cylinder head on the large en-
gine blew out, and as a result the
larger portion of the city is in
darkness. The company expects to
have the engine repaired and ready
for business by Friday evening.