The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-05
CITY AND COUNTRY.

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Thor f. Fossum graduates this
week from the Chicago Dental College
He will, on his return home, enter
the office Of his brothers, Drs. A. w.
and Carl Fossum, leading dentists OF
the city.
John Morrow, the mayor and sta
tion agent of Rudolph, returned Mon
day morning owe the Northwestern
from a business trip into the north
state, where he disposed of a Valu'
able horse.
Early this week the masons com
Melted the work on the basement
walls of Andy Larson's new hotel, as
good a Job of stone work as has been
done in the city, and now the brlck
work, to 60 three stories hlgh, IS
climbing.
John Dickerson shipped a mixed
car of cattle and hogs over the Great
Northern for St. Paul this week, part
Iy loaded in this city and partly at
Putney. G. E. Cummins OF Putney
also sent out a double-decker load OF
yearling sheep.
Holes are being dug around the
court house square in which ever
greens and shrubbery are to be set
out when the rains permit. One
dozen blue spruce are to be placed
about the grounds; also a group OF
shrubs here and there.
Clara Thropp, who is said to be the
greatest "American Nora" in a
"Doll's House,, will appear here May
18th at the Gottschalk. She has APP
peared in this part owe three thou
sand times and is the ideal embodi-
ment of Ibsen's creation.
Ole Thompson has completed a coy
cottage at Tacoma Park on the west
side. G. II. Allen is also about to
make improvements on his west side
lots. At least ten Aberdeen families
will have summer abodes on the shady
bank of the Jim this summer.
There has been a postponement Of
the installation of the new rural
route out of Aberdeen from May 1st
until May 18th. This action has like
ly been the result of protests which
have gone in from Bath patrons of
the rural routes out of that town.
The city assessor has begun his an
nual journey up and down main
street, onto the side streets and into
the alleys. F. D. Campbell, the as
SCISSOR, will be assisted by James
O'Hora in the First ward, Frank
Clark in the Second and James
O'Donnell in the Fourth.
Sheriff Cole is recovering slowly
after his long illness. He is very
weak but is steadily gaining. 1t will
be many weeks at best before he can
get around again. His many friends
are glad to hear that he has passed
the danger point and that his recov-
cry is now but a gu estion Of time.
Dillingham; & Tripp, the jewelers.,
have arranged with B. G. Lamont for
a brick building to be erected on
Main street just next to the Crescent
pharmacy. They expect to be in
their new quarters some time in July
or August. The building will be a
one story brick with a frontage Of %
feet.
The North American Storage com
pany is now taking cream and making
butter at the building on First avenue,
first door east of the club house. This
company ships about two cars, mostly
eggs, each week, and all their stuff
goes west to Seattle. They are today
TUESDAY paying "a cents per pound
for butter fat.
Assessor Campbell, census enumera
tor, reports that he has found -four
families in his ward, the First, which
aggregate so people. He believes
that the First ward will show close tC
100 per cent increase in the last five
years. He expects to complete both
the enumeration and assessment OF
the First ward by Friday night-fve
days, pretty quick work.
The Zastrow Manufacturing Com
pany have begun proceedings to secure
a discharge of Indebtedness under the
bankruptcy law. This step having
been taken, an Injunction was ISSUED
out of the federal court enjoining De
putty Sheriff Anderson from selling
the plant by virtue of an execution
issued on a judgment obtained Ivy the
Aberdeen Hardware Company.
Friday night last the Maccabees O.
the Aberdeen tent had another biz
increase in membership. Twent,
were taken in, making the tota
new membership over eighty gained
during recent months. A banquet
was served at the conclusion of the
work and much enthusiasm was man
lfested. Any tent that gets the ban
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