The Dickinson press., 1907-07-27

have on hand. 7.ao.zt
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Current, Mrs. +. p,
Stone and daughters, leave the first of
the coming week for. a two weeks'auto
trip to Belle Fouche, S. D.
M. A. Scherfius, who recently took
the opticians examination at Devils
Lake, passed an excellent examination
and is now a registered optician.
Mrs. c. E. Allen and children, who
have been spending ten days with her
parents, Capt. and Mrs. !. G. Saunders,
left Friday for their home in Glendive.
Fred w. VALENTINE and Miss Agnes
Clark OF Bel6eld were united IN
marriage Monday evening. The cere.
mony was performed by Justice A. P.
Folsom.
The Fargo Forum says that Judge H.
F. Miller left for Dickinson Yesterday to
consult his client, Mr.. Clark, in the now
celebrated case Of Clark vs.. Lupp. over
a $4,000 land lawsuit, which 10 o to
come up in the district court Of Cass
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Moody are leaving
on an extended trip to Colorado, Wash.
ington and likely California. MI.
Moody recently sold bis ranch and Cat cat:
tie to Willis L. King and his horses were
sold in this city: Mr.. Moody came to
Medora ahead of the railroads, in Feb.
ruary OF 1880, and his many friends hone
that after looking about he decides to
return to North Dakota.
At the band meeting held Thursday
evening the resignation of Fred Free
man as manager was accepted and ]. C,
| onin1ivan uy2o oon~<>I ~ Gil sL>-
and F. D. Hevener was elected as
secretary. 1t was voted to give a grand
concert in the opera house the latter
part of August. The band has d whole
lot of fine musicians who are putting in
hard work and there is no question-as to
the support the boys will receives when
the concert is given. IN l. 81
The funeral of Mrs. John Kleinji who
died TUESDAY at her home seven miles
south of the city, was held from St.
Joseph's church Wednesday, mornine'
Mrs. Klein, whose death was due to
puerperal septicaema, was "A wears old
and lived in this locality for MANY wears.
Besides a husband she leaves rs. chill
dren to. mourn the loss of a kind and
loving mother. The bereaved family
have the sincere sympathy of the entire
community. Owing to the illness, of
FIR. Rabsteinek, Fr. Dignam, pastor of
St. Patrick's church, offciated.
"A. B. Grambs' hardware store has
been sold to Messrs. F. D. HeJener.
George A. Perkins and. Louis Petficks,
who will take possession Of the store
about August 1st. The: three gentlemen
to- be Mr.. Grambs' successors have in
corporated and will be known as the
Dickinson Hardware Co., with a capital
of $4,000. They are practical business
men, and Mi. Petricka, who will have
charge of. the store, is a thorough
hardware man, having been in the
employ of Frank Lish Tor several years.
His many friends are pleased to learn of
his advancement. MI. Grambs goes
this week to Bismarck for an operation
at the hospital and as soon, as he returns
the work of invoicing will be COM
menced and the new 7fEanpswill take
possession. During Nh. Grainbs' six
months stay in the city.M las been a
victim OF rheumatism and popr health
which is his reason for selling out. He
will not engage in any business for a
few months, or until he regains his
A stranger went into T. j. Greene's
jewelry store Wednesday, with the in
tention of pawhing "a watch valued at
about s5o. John Duff happened to. be
in the store at the time and Immediately
became interested @$Sinsthe transaction.
He recognized the watch; as one that
bad been "pinched" from him a few
hours previously. Before taking the
watch in, pawn it was suggested by Mr..
Duff that the repair record be consulted
to make sure that the watch was mot
stolen goods, The records we're referred
to and the stranger becoming uneasy
LETT the store without takings.the watch.
He walked up the street inAcompany
with another stranger. Mf..= Greene
pointed out the man and asked. an
officer to arrest him Immediately and
bring him to the store. In less than a
half minute the sheriff. returned with
the wrong stranger, and in the mean.
time the desired stranger made good his
escape. There has been a bad bunch
in b city for the past week and it is
thought that the strangers in, this case
belong to the same party with the one
who committed the burglary in Roquette
Bros store. Mr.. Duff recovered his
watch which had been taken from his
chain by springing the ring.
Quite a little excitement was caused
early Saturday evening whenit was re.
ported that Rev. Thomas Rabsteineh
was dead. AS a matter of fact, FIR
Rabsteinek, at the time the report wal
being circulated, was very seriously ILL
the result of a complication of conditions
nervous excitement and overwork. In
the early morning during the electric
storm, Fir. Rabsteinek was at work in
the printing Office, and at about the time
the church wa struck by lightning he
and his assistant were given quite a
shock from the machines. For several
hours he worked in the Office with the
doors closed and during that time in.
hailed the fumes from the gasoline en-.
'1,gine. FIR. Rabsteinek's rooms at the
rear of St. Joseph's church have beer
undergoing repairs and the fresh paint
varnish and the gases from these had
been obnoxious to him. These circum.
stances, together with the unusual ex
citement of the day, were to blame in a
large measure for the nervous collapse
which took place in the early evening
Aphysician was in attendance for sew.
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