The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-06-23

Mrs. l.. U. G. Titus and Miss Maude
| Miller visited Duluth this week, return
ing home Wednesday night.
The tug Crosby, which will do the tow
ing for the mill this season arrived here
| from Duluth early this week.
! The school board has fixed July 2lst
rs the date upon which all applications
by teachers for positions will be co nsid.
cred.
This is the season of the year when
the assessor is on duty that we are lm-
pressed with the awful poverty that
prevails.
Victor johnson went to Duluth Thurs
| day night to meet his sister Ella; return
! ing from long visit with relatives in
Chicago,and to attend to some important
| business matters for his father.
Mrs. Marguerite Clausen, who has
made her home with her son, G. q. Mon
ker, during the past year, leaves today
for Cheyenne, Wyo., for visit with a
son and daughter residing there.
d. G. LeFevre, who arrived here on
the America last night, will lecture at
the Norwegian Lutheran Church at 8
o'clock tomorrow evening. Admission
free. Everybody is invited. Subject:
Temperance.
At the meeting of the school board
last Monday Filing Olson was appointed
to fill the vacancy ON the board caused
by the resignation of Andrew Peterson.
Charles Haglund who was appointed at
previous meeting declined to serve.
John Galway, a millwright, arrived
from Duluth Monday night to supervise
the work of getting the sawmill ready to
start. Aside from necessary repairs the
only changes to be made are to replace
the carriage and the edger with ma
! chimes recently received from Ashland.
Richard bowman, customs officer at
Gunhlnt, has returned to his post of
duty from weil-earned vacation of sew
! eral weeks. He visited his brother at
Vancouver and then took ''whirl
around the circle" ending his vacation
with pleasant visit with Grand Marais
| friends last Sunday.
District court for this county will con-
convene at the court house next Thurs
day. Several important civil cases are
on the calendar for trial. The only GRIM
inal cases to come up are those against
J. B. Banker. Persons desiring citizen.
ship papers should not fail to take adj
vantage of the opportunity to apply and
be on hand at the opening of the term.
Chris Hottie returned Friday night
from Saxon, Wis. whittier he was called
last week as witness in the case against
Alphonse Brunette for illegal voting
He started for home before the case was
submitted to the jury and could not say
what the outcome of 1t was. But IN his
opinion it looked bad for the accused
Brupelle is one of a dozen or more men
who were caught in the meshes of the
law, all charged with the same offeuse.
The residence of Aditoge Longbody
on the west side of the bay, was destroy
ed by fire Thursday night. The fire
broke out about midnight. There was
some delay in sounding the alarm and
still further delay in assembling OF the
firemen Tin fact several not hea1ng the
alarm, assembled not) so that by the time
chemical No arrived on the scene the
building was practically in ruins. 1t was
an old one-story frame building and
burned like tinder:: The family lost
everything, saving only the clothes the,
had on. They were taken in by
neighbors, who will provide them with
shelter until some means can be devised
for the reconstruction of their little
home H.. !. 1>.,. 49,.