The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-25

Leonard, NJ D., Aug. 24.-To The
Forum: Mrs. l. Mclean received q
telegram on Wednesday morning In
forming her thar her sister, residing
In Grafton, n. D.. was very i'll and
not expected to live. She left the
same evening with her daughter,
Myrtle for that place.
A brother Of Mrs. +. w. Arnold ar
rived In Leonard from Iowa on Tues
day morning and will remain a few
days.
Fred d. Barr reached home on We'd
nesday morning from a trip east.
Mrs. Ed Haines of Woods spent
Wednesday in Leonard She has q
host Of friends and acquaintances here
who were pleased to see her.
The Ladies' Aid society held their
weekly meeting on Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. Il. w. Arnold, who
served dainty lunch at the close Of
the session. Their next meeting viii
be in two weeks at the Eeelig hotel,
Sept /.
The Myli brothers, living five miles
northwest OF town, unloaded a Case
separator and engine at the station
on Thursday and wifi do their own
threshing and whatever more they can.
There seems TO be enough machines
to make short job of the threshing.
Most OF the farmers viii thresh from
the shock
Miss English from Fargo, a girl
friend OF Miss Nellie Austin. is visit
ing with her at the residence OF
Nellie's uncle and aunt, w. c. and
Mrs. Goddard
]. o. Thompson took his thirty Ave
horse power engine and Nichols &
Shepherd separator onto a piece of
BARLEY George Elliott had in on Post
master Watts land adjoining the M.
E. church, on Friday evening to try
1t and everything went of In good
shape 1t is the first threshing In
this vicinity.
Our music teacher, Miss Louisa
Laske. went to La Moure with her
grandpa on Saturday morning and
viii return on Monday.
Mrs. A. z. Fra sderich and baby,
Mildred went to Sheldon on Satur-
day morning TO visit a sister there
and will go from there next TO visit
another sister and other relatives. She
Is not feeling well and we hope the
rest and change may benefit her.
John Boos has erected a large tent
on one of his lots back Of f. w. Arm
old's store and win occupy 1t while
his cottage is being built He has rent
ed his residence property I'm Fargo.
Regular services were held I'm the M.
f. church on Sunday, Rev. w. r. Nor
rison OF Sheldon In charge. He
preached two eloquent sermons Af-
ter the morning sermon he administer
ed the sacrament of the Lords sup
per. The attendance was small ow-
ing to 1t being the busy time Of the
year. The appointed leader OF the Ep-
worth league service, Eta Lemnes be-
ing absent, Mrs. Ella Love led the
service, which was interesting
Miss Clara Erickson came out from
Fargo on Monday morning to visit with
her cousin, Mrs. G. v. Wills
A lot Of dago cars were shifted onto
the south track here on Monday The
men are ballasting the track east OF
here.
The Adventists held q meeting in
their tent Sunday evening. There will
be no more meetings until Wednesday
evening when future meetings will be
announced
Landlord Seelig and family drove out
to Hugo Frey's Sunday afternoon and
took tea
The harvesting is about completed
except some fax. This week there
will lot Of tnreshing done Of the
weather permits.
A civil action was tried In Justice
| lFraedericks court on Saturday last in
which wm Retzlefr was plaintiff and
Ernest Stultzman was defendant on
an act amounting to 1929. Judg-
tnent was taken against the defendant
by default for the amount named and
costs The case win probably be ap-
pealed to the district court
Our barber, Teddy Gigricll has fitted
up bedroom IN his shop and In a.
snug as a bug In rug.
Messrs. Fosey. Loblau and Hom ur-
lIoaded their gasoline engine on Mon~
day and vii soon be ready TO commence
their threshing
/ ]. b. Ross had the unexpected pleas
ure Of meeting two brothers tn-Iaw on
Saturday morning Dr. Hobert of
lGalesburg and his brother III Roscoe
were the parties They went our to
the Ross home and had pleasant
visit The doctor returned to Fargo
lon Monday evening and his brother LETT
FOR Dickey on Tuesday morning. 1k
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