The Dickinson press., 1908-02-22

A., L. Martin and Harve Robinson
were down from Sentinel Butte last Sat +
urday.
Mrs. H. c. Berry, who had been re-
sceiving treatment at Rochester, Mimi,
returned home last Saturday.
+. Thomas A. Cahill of Bel6eld, who
teaches school in Fryeburg, made a
business trip to this city last Saturday.
is. Green went through on No. ; last
Saturday and was accompanied to Glen
dive by J. F. Brodie and A. T. Crowl of
this city,
Harry Kasper and Joseph Brew of
Fayette visited in the city last week and
attended the masquerade ball on Friday
evening.
At Hettinger, on the Milwaukee, a
number of cases of diphtheria are re-
ported and at Bowman there are several
cases of smallpox.
Miss Josephine Gillispie, who has been
spending several weeks with her aunt,
Mrs. P. ]. Pelissier, left Monday for her
home in Wolf, Wyoming.
George Madsen, Harry Sharman and
John Winters from the country 20 miles
south of Bel6eld, were business visitors
in the city the first of the week.
Dan Larson, who had been working
for several months in Glendive, was in
the city on business last Saturday. He
is now located on his homestead near
Horswill.
Brakeman Hawkshaw of Mandan, who
was arrested for being disorderly last
week, was given a hearing before Justice
Folsom and released after paying a fine
with costs amounting to $45.
V. A. Hill returned Sunday from Het-
finger, where he had been on business
the past week. He took out a party of
la%ndseekers and sold three quarter Sec
tons Of land in the country south.
G. r. Wannemacher accompanied
Attorney P. D. Norton home to Hettin-
ger on Monday. The former gentle.
man went out to attend a special meet.
ing of the Adams County State bank.
Miss Elizabeth Tschirhart, who has
been. employed in the U. S. land office in
Sante Fe, New Mexico, since leaving
this city last spring, has been transferred
to the U. S. land Office in Phoenix,
Arizona.
The ext regular meeting of the Dick
inson Library Association will be held at
the Commercial Club rooms Thursday
February 18TH, at 8 p. m. All persons
interested in securing a library are
urged to be present.
J. D. Peirson reports six inches of
snow in the country south along the
Milwaukee road. Mr.. Peirson came in
on the stage from Reeder Tuesday.
The people out his way are looking for
ward to a good crop season.
D. D. Sullivan, optical specialist, of
Fargo, will visit Dickinson professionally
again on Friday and Saturday, March
E and 7, office at St. Charles. All per.
sons having eye trouble should call and
see him. Eyes examined. Glasses fit.
ted. -. 2-22-3t
Archie Granteer returned last Friday
from a two weeks trip through the
country south. While in. Hettinger he
witnessed the marriage of Philip Monroe
of New England and Miss Minnie
Buffood of Dolan, which took place in
the Office of Justice of the Peace John
Willard on February II. Mr.. Monroe
has been ranching for several years in
the country south and has a large &C
quaintance and Mrs. Monroe formerly
lived in this city, where she has quite a
circle of friends.
Alfred Skinner, who teaches school in
the Stolz district IL miles south, was in
the city Saturday. He related quite a
remarkable story about "Old Bill" a
horse owned by Joseph Weber. This
equine is about Is years old, is a pioneer
and has an extra amount of horse sense.
Mr.. Weber's three children attend the
school and after taking the young pupils
to the schoolhouse in the morning the
horse makes the return trip without a
driver and returns to the schoolhouse at
4 p. m. for the children. 1t would be
nothing unusual to find a horse that had
sense to go home, but is is quite remark
able to find one intelligent enough to
make a two-mile journey in the opposite
direction, and "Old Bill" never makes
the return trip without having accom-
plished his masters object.
News of the death of ]. c. Kerr was
received in this city last week. Mr.
Kerr died February s, in Woodland.
WASH, where he had made his home fol
the past six years. Nh. Kerr came to
this country from the east in '86 and
located ip the Kildeer country near Oak.
dale, where he carried on a ranching