Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 30, 1897, Page 1

Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MInn., SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1897. Two Dotiars A YEAR SS oe ms | | This space belongs to the Itasca Mercantile Company. B49 WO This is a Verry Funny World But some of the people in it are a great deal funnier. They seem to think, that if they can buy a thing real cheap that they have a big bargain, when. nine times out of ten, they soon regret their lingness to pay adecent price for a ticle, no matter what it may be. Use, storekeepers charge too much where they think the customer will stand it, but we don’t do business that way. We have but on price, and while it may not be the Lowest on Earth, you can bank your Jast cent on its being only a fair price for goods that will give you f tion, We sell all kinds of Hordwar rop, Steel, Tinware, Lumbermen’s Supplies, Doo Windows, Paints, Oils, Glass. Farming ‘Tools, Guns, Cutlery, Sporting Goods, etc., and if your purchase don’t suie, you can have your money back. That’s What We Call Business. W. J. & H. D. POWERS. HARD TIMES : Are not the best times in which to sell jewelry, but then you do not know how cheap we are selling cur large stock of A: Specisity. Watches, Clocks, Diamonds, and in fact Made of all everything ele kept in a first class Kidus of jewelry store. If you comtemplate mak- Repairing, ing ‘a purchase of anything in our line— usefull or ornamental—don’t fail to call and get our prices. Engraving Done Free on all Goods Bought of Me. WILL NISBETT, Expert Watchmaker and Engraver. WAVVOUes i. If You Must Eat and we suppose you must. you should aiways try to get the best goods in the market at the lowest possible price. To Fish, Game, Etc., at the well-known meat market of €able & Libby. This tirm has always on hand the very best things the season affords, at the very lowest prices. Fresh Butter and Eggs Received Daily From the Country, . . CABLE & LIBBY, GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. % do this, you should buy your | | Fresh and Salt Meats, | some | Atis- | | each term of the district court the two : besieged with representatives of the (MUCH SMOKE, NO FIRE | A Grand Rapids Correspondent to the | Minneapolis Journal GIVES OUT A FEW FACTS Anent Conditions and. Ambilions in \ Itasca County---The Late Grand | Jury Charged With Un- | worthy Motives. A Grand Rapids correspondent, | who evidently understands the true | situation hereaway makes the follow- jingreportto the Minneapolis Jour- {nal of last Saturday: “There are ru- |mors of war in Itasca county. At | { newspapers of Itasca’s count y. seat are | two factions, the “ins” and the “outs,” | with an effort on one hand to. devise | schemes for arousing public sentiment j against certain of the county officals, jand, upon the other hand, of being | prepared to counteract such schemes, }and have something still “hotter” to fire back at the adversary. Whenever ja grand jury appears with a majority jofmembeis favorable to the ‘,outs,” | the district court is made a clearing house for the casting up of the poiiti- cal accounts of the community. It is asettling time for various kinds of debts and animosities. Particularly {strong influences were brought to bear npon the recent. grand jury to m ke a report against a large portion ot the county officials, more particu- |larly concerning those whose terms did not expire with the past year, iThere was a large proportion o | {enterprising business men upon thef! grand jury. Witnesses were carefully examined, every effort was made to |secure the basis for indictments, and yet they found not a single m dict- ment .against any county offical. They evidently considered, however, that it would seem wasteful to expend {so much energy without making some show so a report was made, full. of |imsinuations and innuendoes that can} be juggled into the most scorching | terms of denunciation during the next political campaign. In the work of producing political documénts the grand jury is looked upon as a grand success by those whoshave their eyes| ‘set upen the plums of the future. | The report hits liquor selling without | jlicense. at illegal jury fees, at pay- ments made illegally to county com- missioners, and it recommends the cutting down of official. salaries. It urges the new county attorney to keep a watchful eye upon these and other matters.” Legislation for the Indians. ling the dead and down timber, The Indian appropriation bill was passed by the house of representatives the interest taken in other legislation, | by the antagonism of Representative | Johnson of North Dakota, to that por- tidn of the bill which would ratify the treaty with the Turtle Mountain In- dians, and by Col. Kerfer’s amend- ment, appropriating $10,000 for Sioux scouts, which was defeated. County Commissioner Lydick made p¥eparations yesterday and started for Washington this morning to see about the details of the legislation concern- It is expected that the senate will soon pass upowthe Indian measures. WHAT IT ME. | Farmer Hines’ Hand is Out of the Short Line Railway Project. An extension of the time in which a railroad shall be built through the White Earth, Leech Lake, Chippewa and Fond du Lac Indian reservations by the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani-| toba company, is asked for in a bill introduced in congress this week by Senator Nelson. ‘[wo years more! from July 18, 1897, is requested. This means that the expectation that the Fosston hne would be built during} the early part of the coming summer} may not be realized and that further extensions of time may, hereafter be| asked for. It is undoubtedly true that money is not readily available for new railway enterprises, but it is also true that since Farmer Hines has heen relegated to other work than the push- ing of the Farmer’s railroad, much ginger has been taken out of the pros- pective extensions of the Great North- and Canadian Pacific lines. How- ever much of an enthusiast, and how- ever visionary, Farmer Hines has been, he, in reality, came nearer to making the big railway managers “get a hump on themselves” last year con- cerning short lines to the head of the lakes than any other one man. He is entitled to credit for trying to se- cure a shorter outlet from the grain fields and his propositon may be taken up again by himself or some other well-intentioned man in the near future. , Additional Lien on Logs. A couple of bills have been recently introduced into the Minnesota legis- lature affecting the lien laws of the state, in which lumbermen are inter- ested. They were introducéd by Representative Schmidt of Duluth, and were inspired in part by Duluth Jum ber interests.- One of the meas- ures, which 1s an amendment to the present lien law, provides the bill for towing logs from outside of the state to points within the state shall consti- tute a lien upon such logs or lumber. The other, which is also an amend- ment, gives a contactor the same lien on logs or lumber as the law now allows a laborer for his hire. The peanut social. atthe Hotel Pokegama on Wednesday .evening was a well attended and very enjoy- able affairs. The Presbyteran ladies Thursday. It had, been delayed by | are excellent managers of such events. A BRILLIANT BALL, y The Masquarade to be Given by the Ladies on February 15. A masque ball that will draw to- gether one of the finest gatherings of the season will be given at Village hall on the evening of Feb. 15, by the ladies who have charge of raising the payment due on the village piano. ‘They have worked hard and faithfully in the piano project. ‘Their efforts have provided#quite a number. of entertainments: that have redounded to the general benefit, but some of them have not been as profitable as may have been supposed so they are making special effort to have this masquerade ball so attractive that everyone will want to. attend and will make all arrangements to .be sure to be there. The admission will be by invitation only and the committee having the matter in charge have al large number of names to which they wiil give their attention. Masquerade goods are in demand now and con- siderable effurt is bemg exerted to pre- pare pretty and unique contumes for the event. ‘The music will be excell- ent and no pains will be spared to make Village hall especially attractive on theevening of the ball, A meet- ing of the ladies interested in this enterprise is announced elsewhere in this issue and it is evident that they are thoroughly in earnest in their in- tentions to fulfiill their announce- ments to the letter. Putting on Airs. Hibbing is putting on more style than any other town on this range, In fact she aspires to metropolitan proportions, and the local papers thereaway report holc-ups with an evident satisfaction and pride that is most refreshing to read. The follow- ing is from the last issue of the News, and the Herald-Review reproduces it to show that Hibbing’1s up to date and keeps apace with the best of ’em: “James Dillon was surprised as he came from his barn last Friday mght by a man placing lis arms affection- alely around him from the back, and fumbling for his pockets... As soon as} Jim saw it was not a joke and that his friend was probably after his long buckskin wallet, he quickly turned and both tumbled into the snow with a soft dull thud, The strange man|{ got up and flew, while Jim pulled. his} gun and filled*the air with bullets. Officer McHale was quickly on the}? spot, and Editor Thomas who was just taking “a night cap” with Paddy | Harrington, rushed out, but the} would be highwayman had disa- peared for good; and there was in sadnessthe gloom.” Meeting for the Masquerade. A meeting of the ladies who are pre- paring for the Masquerade ball for the benefit of the piano fund will be heid at the home of Mrs. T, H. Hennessy on Monday evening next. Com- mittees are to be arranged and the attendence of all who are invited is ‘urgently requested. ‘[he date of the ball, February 15 is not far off. THE 0. R. I. 0. CONCERT. A Fine Entertainment for a Worthy and Valuable Purpose. The , public school entertainment which was to have been given next Wednesday evening has been. post- poned until Fnday evening, February 5, at Village hall. The program will certainly draw a large and enthusiastic audience as the members include many _ talented participants, among whom Miss Clara Palmer of Duluth, will give her de- lightful renditions upon the viohn, and Miss Dorothy Nichols of Duluth, will also appear. She is a talented and pleasing pianist. Their home papers speak in the highest praise of the per- formances of these two ladies and good * judges who have heard them give the assurance that they will equal all that is expected in their lines. Miss Mae McLennan has made rapid strides in elocution nnder the teaching of Miss Lena McCarthy, and her selections are bound to _ please. The calesthenmic exercises will give an excellent insight. into the pertec- tion which is being attained by the scholars of our schools. The admis- sion has been placed at 25 cents and the proceeds of the entertainment will go toward buying a piano for use in conducting the’ school exercises and entertainments. Doors will open at 7:30 o’clock p. m. and the entertain ment will begin at 8. The program is as follows: 1. Opening Chorus in four parts— “America” Glee Club 2 Recitation —“Mamma’s Helpers.” -Three girls trom Room 4 8. Reading—“iigroes,”.......-Graee Creaper 4. Violin Solo—from’ Gperw Caliph de agdad, by Bury “Mss P &: Recltation — "ike Pad eal phy”... izzie Brooks 6. Plano Soio—Mareh, “by” Straus 2 Liss Dorothy Nichols i. Gee a two parts—" Bleep. Bann” Slee @ 8 Calisth one. 9. Violin Soio—Baliad, “Seené de Baloo” let,” by Berio Miss Palmer 10. nieriaining Her Sis largaret Leahy 11. Yoo ected... T. Buenemann 2 Recitation—“Taking Up a’ Collec tion” .. 26k 13. Chorus in four part: ley Violin Obligato by Miss Palmer. 4 14. Reading—Selected.. Miss McLennan Jlub Exercise. Reading of t Dorothy Nii Peuny™ mols ude McGuinnes upils of Room 3 21. Minuet. Six Little Dots 2 Solo and Chorus—“Lullaby,” from Erminic”..Gertie Blaker and Glee Club Holding Their Horses. With only one thousand woodsmen at work where there were three thou- sand last year, and a rather unprofit- able, tough ume for the men, the prospects of a large local business from the lumber boys are not plainly evident. ‘The situation affects the news feature for there are not as many happenings to report, fewer accidents occur, the volume of travel is less and even the hospital records show a diminishment, The facts are well understood by the business men and they are careful in their transactions,