Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 17, 1897, Page 8

Grand ‘Revias Theraids"Review OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. ITASCA COUNTY. H. R. King -Arthut A.. Kremer Sheriff... Michael L. Toole Register of Deeds. i Clerk of Court. B. Clare \dge of Probate .. Kiley ange Commissions H. Stilson County Attorne, eCarth County Surueyo’ . oa g H. B. joroner. i, B. School Superintendent....Mrs. 0. HL. aaa ‘County Commis : No. jeorge Lydick A.B. Wilder enry Logan GRAND RAPIDS VILLAGE. H. D. Powers President...... L. P. Knox, ‘Trustees ty o’Connell Recorder 5 Treasurer Attorney THE CHURCHES. PRESBYTERIAN CHU MacKenzie. pastor, Sei bath at 11a. m, and 8 p. at 12. Junior 6. E. meeting Thu Seats free, Stra dially invited. METHODIST EPISCOPAL—Rev. J. Trealor, pastor. ic ery Sun morning at 10:30. 30, joc: vice at La subbath evening at So'clock. Prayer meeting every 'Thurs- day evening at 7:30 o'clock. Strangers cor- dially invited. y evening ¢ nd all others cor- CATHOLIC—Rev. Father Gamuche, pastor, Services every Sabbath morning and evening. Sunday school at2 p.m. Ser- y fourth Sabbath, morning and EPISCOPAL—Rev. Mr, Allen, rector. vices every evening, SECRET SOCIETIES. E A..F. & A, M. NO. 208, first and third Fr’ ys of each P. hall. Visiting” brethren ww a c ‘aternally invited. reteraahy FE. A. Knewer, W. M. A. Carson, Secretary. GRAND RAPIDS LODGE I. 0. 0. F. NO. I8t meets every Wednesday night at K.P. hall, Visiting brethren invited to attend. GEORGE RivvELL, N. G. Joun DesHaw, Ree. . ARBUTUS LODGE, DAUGHTERS OF RE- BECCA, meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of h month at K, P. hall. ps Miss DELLA BROWN, ¢ Rec. Sec. Mrs. E. 8. the month cordially in Grorce T, Smita, R. ITASCA HIVE, L. ¥ second and fourth Fr in K. P.h 0. T,.M., meets every ays of the month *, Grpson. L. Com. K. Mrs. J L. R. P. WAUBANA LODGE NO. ets every Thu ening in K. 1. Visiting K ially welcom g8, C. C. {TASCA DIVISION, NO. 10, U. R., meets first Monday of each montl hall. M. L. Toone, Capt. CHARLES KEARNEY, Ree. NORWAY. PINE. ©. 33, WooD- MEN DF THE WC nts every see- ond and Fourth We sof the month ut Finnegan's hall, AS EIMNEHOOIAS AP Gc Rmeanny UG: c, T. Grover, Cl EPPI LOL 6, A. O. U. W. Monditys of Finnegan's To: W. NE, M. B. F. HUSON POST G. A Meets the last Friday of e | Post hall. Visiting members co vited to attend. Ror Baitey, Com. Wa. Werrzen. Adj. City and Vicinity. NOTES OF NEWS AND PERSONAL. Judge Card returned to St. Paul Tuesday morning. Miss Ruth Rosser returned to her home in Duluth Monday morning. Mrs. and Miss Palmer returned to Duluth Monday morning. C. H. Lydick arrived from Mora Minn., Tuesday evening. A daughter was born to Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Russell yesterday, June 16. President W. C. Gilbert of the First bank transacted business at Duluth ‘Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sims will soon begin housekeeping in their new resi- dence at Deer River. Cierk of Court Rasmussen was a passenger to Duluth yesterday morn- ing, returning in the evening. The ladies of the Willing Workers society will meet next Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles Milaney. ‘The ladies of the Presbyterian Aid society gave a social at Hotel Pokeg- ama Tuesday evening, Ice cream and cake was served. Clark Smith arrived from Minnea- polis last evening and is interviewing his customers today with references | to the cigar trade, C. E. Macomber and his son Roy, of Atwater, Minn., are enjoying a visit with Burt Macomber, at Deer Lake, Mrs. W. C. Gilbert and three child- ren are visiting with Mrs Gilbert’s sister, Mrs. A. E. Kmbs at St, An- thony Park. . The Ladies’ society of the M. E. church will serve ice cream on July 3rd Further announcement will be made next week. Mr. and Mrs, James A Quigg of Deer River, narrowly escaped drown- ing in Ball Ciup lake last week by the capsizing of a small row boat. Dave Huson has opened a barber shop at Deer River, and finds business so encouraging that he will locate there permanently. here during the week. The Burling- ton company buys timber in Itasca county for their mills, The surveyor general has ordered the survey of townships 154 and 155, range 25 and township 155, range 26. The surveyors are already at work in these townships. W. J. Kelly is down from Deer River today. He says that there is a large force of men working on the Itasca Logging road, and business is improving. If you don’t think this issue of the Herald-Review is up to the standard just drop in and pay up your sub- scription and we'll try to do bettef next summer. Sheriff Toole, Deputy Johnston and George Lydick left Tuesday morning for Stillwater where they deposited Vondell, Keenan and Albro, who were -| sentenced to three years each. Dr. Ehle reported the arrival of a -|son to gladden the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kearney, last evening. Mother and child are doing nicely and the judge 1s the happiest man in town by all odds. Miss Jessie Polley, a teacher in the Minneapolis public schools, 1s visiting here with her sisters, Mrs. A. P. White and Mrs. L, F. Knox. She will spend the summer in Grand Rapids. A. G. Bernard dropped into town last Saturday and dropped out again Monday morning, having in the meantime increased the Magnet mortgages a couple of hundred dol- lars, and renewed a few of his old notes. Dr. George H. Harrison of London, England, has already commenced the shipment of his huntmg apparatus to his Big Fork resort preparatory for his annual outing in that famous region. He expects to be here about the 2oth of June. Gapt. Houghton has been in town acouple of weeks and during that | time he has sold over fifty village lots, and he expects to dispose of about forty more during the month. This indicates that there is some stir in Grand Rapids real estate. Talk about hard times! It makes us tired. Why, J. P. Sims sent down word the other day to W. C. Gilbert to send him all the idle men in town to work on the Itasca railroad. How about that, you free silver croakers? Carry the news to McKinley. W. D. Leahy, who recently com- pleted his academical course in the Annapolis naval school, arrived here on a visit to his parents. He has been ordered on a two years cruise and will report at Port Angeles to sail on the ship Oregon next week. Assessor O. B. Seamans has posted his notices for a meeting of the town board to be held on Monday, June 28, when all parties who desire to have their assesments lowered or |raised may make application to the supervisors, who will sit as a board of review. H. H, Lampman_ is looking over the newspaper field at Walker this week with a view to starting a news paper im that flourishing town. He has concluded that when Bernard can do well in the business, there cer- tainly should be an opening fora good man, Sheriff Toole returned last evening from Stillwater and _ left this morning for Furgus_ Falls with Otto Tomain, who was found to be insane by the judge of probate and a jury composed of Drs. Ehle and Russell. Tomain had only recently been discharged from the Furgus Falls hospitai. Hon. D. M. Gunn has circulated a petition for the erection of a band stand in some central place in the village, and already about $65 has been subscribed. The stand will like- ly be built on the vacant piece of Duluth Superior & Western right-of- way just across the street opposite Hotel Poke gama. Hon. H. C. Head, legislative rep- resentative from the Princeton district, has been in Grand Rapids this week looking after the business of the Unit- ed States Savings & Loan company. He says that the company has done a very satisfactory business here during past two years since the organization of the local branch. Mrs. J. Sinnett and children, ac- companied by her brother, John Reil- ly left on Monday morning to visit relatives and friends in Quyon, P. Q. Canada. Mr. Sinnett is now located in the Seine River country where he will be joined by his family sometime during the summer. Mr. Reilly ex- pects to return to Grand Rapids in about three weeks, Al. Bishop and F. J. Miller, two of Freeman & Gray’s foreman, were in town this week a few days. They are preparing for next winter’s work. In common with loggers generally. Messrs. Freeman & Gray expect to find a better sale and higher price for logs next fall than has been offered for three years and consequently they are getting things in readiness to be- gin operations early in the season. Cashier A. P. White has had one leg shorter than it really ought to be during the past few days, but it should not be concluded that he suffered from a severe pulling thereof. Neither was Wm. Lyon, representing the Bur- Jington Lumber Company has been! it caused by bainful bunyons brought on while walking around in search of McKinley prosperity, It was only a case of sprained ankle sustained while playing Jawn tennis, and he will again be in line in a few days. One of the most successful enter- tainments ever given in Grand Rapids was that of the O. R. I. O. school society last Friday evening. The hall was filled even to standing room. The long prograin_ was carried out as published last week. The large and appreciative audience testified not only the high order of the entertain- ment, but as_ weil was a fitting tribute to the teachers who had just complet- ed their year’s labors. The Willing Workers society have decided to give a dance at Village hallon July sth. As no entertain- ment has been announced for the celebration of the Glorious, the ladies of this enterprising ‘society decided to furnish some amusement and nothing 1s more enjoyable to the young people asarule than a Fourth of July ball refreshed with strawberries and ice cream. Good music will be provided, and itis unnecessary to assure the public that these energetic ladies will make the evening of the sth one of unusual pleasure. The Magnet laid a trap last week for the Herald-Review to drop into that was calculated to result in the assassination of this affiant. It sug- gested that we charge Messrs. Kelly, Lampman or Dunne with the offense of editing that paper. No, we have too much respect for these gentlemen andtoo much consideration for our own personal safety to take any such chances. They are fellow-citizens of ability and self-respect, and could not be legally or morally held responsible for the consequences of such an un- warranted reflection. Word was flashed over the wires from Washington that Page Morris, congressman from this district, had positively secured the appointment of E. E, Johnson as postmaster at La prairie, Itasca county, vice M.A. Spang, resigned. Messrs. Spang, Johnson and Morris will please accept the Herald-Review’s congratulations. That’s a wonderful congressman of ours, and no mistake. ‘lowne may have earned an international reputa- tion and added millions to the wealth of his district through the legislation he successfully advanced,but he never secured the appointment of E. E. Johnson to be postmaster at Laprairie, vice M. A. Spang resigned. “A Milk Shake” would make an appropriate heading for an account of the party from Deer River who came down to Grand Rapids last Sunday by special train. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sims and Mrs. F. L. Vance and little daughter drank milk about two o’clock in the afternoon and shortly afterwards were taken violently ill and vomited as if from poison. Theze being no physician at Deer River the party was brought here by special train. Dr. Storch was called and found that there was no danger, but it will be some time before the Sims and Vance families will again indulge intemperately in the fluid of bovine. VCENDIARISM. Two Attempts Made Last Night to Burn the Rosser Hospital. About 1 o’clock this morning Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Pravitz, who are occupying rooms at the Rosser hospital, and who are the only tenants of the building just now, were attract- edby a peculiar odor that filled the air as if from escaping gas. After some speculation as to the cause of it, Mr. Pravitz ventured down stairs to make an investigation. On opening the pantry door he was horrified to find the room ablaze, the fire feeding upon kerosene that had keen pourd over the floor. The building is supplied with water from the village system and Mr. Pravitz lost no time in applying the proper remedy. He succeeded in extinquishing the flames. The evi- dence of incendiarism was so unmis- | takable that he concluded to look about the premises. Mrs. Pravitz opened a closet Goor at the head of the cellar stairway and a sudden burst of light lit up the basement and it was found that another fire was well under way 1n the cellar. Mr. Pravitz tned to give an alarm by discharging a rifle and then turned his attention to the work of controling the flames as before. The night man in charge of the electric power house blew the whistle several times, but there was no response by the department, and Mr, Pravitz battled away with the fire- fiend until he again succeeded in get- ting it under control. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the crime and no reason for such a devilish act can even be guessed. Mrs. P. J. O’Donnell, mother of Mrs. Pravitz, has been stopping with her daughter for several days, being confined to her room with an attack of grippe. These were the only three persons in the building at the time. arly in the evening Mrs, Pravitz noticed a man prowling about the hospital and ap- parently sizing up the building, but she paid no attention to him. It is very evident that whoever the culprit was he was acquarnted with the prem- ises. ©. W. HAstinas. President. P. J. SHELDON, C. E. AIKEN, Vice President. Asst. Cashier. Lumbermen’s Bank Of Grand Rapids, Minn. F, P. SHELDON. Cashier. AGenerql Banking Business Transacted. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF County Commissioners OF Itasca County, Minn, Fleld Fune 7th, 1897. JOFFICIAL PUBLICATION.] Auditor's Office, Itasca County, Minn. Pursuant to adjournment the Board of County Commissioners met at the Auditor's office this 7th day of June. 1897. Present: Commissioners Logan, and Wil- der. The proceedings of the last meeting were read and approved. Geo. Houghton made application for an abatement of the penalties, interest and costs, upon taxes delinquent in Houghton’s Second Addition, upon motion said abate- ment was allowed. John C. Fairweather made application for cancellation of taxes assessed against lands prior to the date of the entry of such lands, said application being recommended to the State Auditor for approval. A M. Johnson made application for an abatement of taxes upon lots 22 and 23 of block 20, First Division, from $24.84 to the sum of $1.64 there being an assessment of $425 ror buildings upon said lots, and there being no buildings or improvements upon said lot, said application was recommended to the State Auditor for approval. It being the time set for hearing upon the liquor license application of J.J. McDonald, and there being no objection to the granting of such license, after due and proper con- sideration, said license was granted, and the bond of J. J. McDonald as principal, and A. M. Johnson and J. W. Johnson as sureties was approved. A petition was presented praying for the camstruction of a bridge aecr Swan River, in Section 22, Town 55, Range 24. Upon mo- tion properly carried the request of said petition was refused. Thos. Ward appeared before the Board and stated that being unable to place county warrants at a satisfactory figure, he would be unable to carry out the contract for the construction of the Shoal Lake road, aware- ed to him on the 25th of May, and asked to be released therefrom. Upon motion said release was grunted. All bids for the construction of said Shoal Lake road under consideration before the Board were rejected as being unsatisfactory. The following preamble and resolution was offered: Whereas. the county is the owner ofa stump pulling machine, road scrapers and other implements necessary for the construc- tion of roads, and believing that the best in- terests of the county can be subserved by the construction of the proposd Shoal Lake road by days work under the supervision of one of the members of this Board, therefore be it Resolved, that Commissioner Wilder be, and is hereby instructed to procure the nec- essary help, and personally supervise the construction of the said proposed Shoal Lake road, said resolution being adopted. The following bills were audited and al- lowed: Beckfelt & Mather. merchandise for paupers . +3 46 50 Beckfelt & Mather, merchandise for prisoners..........-. seen . Al. Phillips, milk to poor farm.... Mrs. W. J. Wiesman, work at poor house nee nvecsane's di: - Patrick McGinnis, work at poor house. Itasca Mercantile Co., merchandise to paupers . Bee es Itasca Mercantile Co., merchandise to Poor Farm. eyeen ve Be Itasca Mercantile Co., merchandise to Poor Farm 86 24 B. C. Finnegan, medicine to paupers.... 8 95 Thos. Ward, contract at Thoroughfare 30 00 18 45 50 15 00 60 OL do repairing bridge... 21 00 A. Hewitt, work at Thoroughfare bridge. 11.00 A. Killday, bridge John Lewis, on road surve E. C. Kiley. printing proceedings,ete.. Bernard & Webster, printing, etc. M. L. Tool, sheriff's fees.. do boarding prisoners. John A. Brown, surveyin: do assessing A.B. Clare, list of mortgages for as- sessor.. . 150 Herman Cramer,witness fees in justice court...... ..+ - - 320 Herman Cramer, witness fees in justice court... Emil Vitchke, juror in justice court. Richard Knox do H.R. King.costs in mandamus proceed- FAME eee R. McLennan, transportation of paup- ers... fe igeses oF 8 38 48 Henry Logan,services as commissioner 13 00 A. E, Wilder, do 21 00 There being no further business the meet- ing was adjourned. Attest: H. R. KING, County Auditor. Artificial Diamonds. It is announced that a Washington scientist purposes going to Niagara Falls with carbon, and will make dia- monds by subjecting the carbon to a powerful current from the falls. At the same time. even if he succeeds, they will be artifical diamonds, not natural. Now, there is nothing arti- ficial about the popularity of the Saint Paul & Duluth Railroad—it is flawless, natural. The Duluth Short Line, as this line is known, is the favorite route to and between St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, West Superior, Stillwater, Taylor’s Falls and other points, and holds its popu- larity by virtue of its modern equip- ment, fast trains at convenient hours, beautiful district, smoth roadbed, good service, and a thousand and one other things designated to win the public. Always take the Duluth Short Line and go with the people. Ticket agents will always gladly furn- ish maps, information, etc., or they may be obtained by writing to C. EB. Stone, General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn. CABLE & LIBBY, rena. Meats. ‘The packing houses can furnish no better Meats than Cable & Libby dealin... . A Specialty at this Season. Opposite Itasca Mercantile Store. e A Satisfactory Trade - Indicates that we have given satisfaction to our customers since beginning business here and as a consequence we are well pleased with the results, .......-- | We are still making up those First class Suits At prices ranging from ~~. $f yal 2 Upwards. Itasca Tailoring Co., Ss. W. MYERS, Prop. ’ » Lumber, » Lath and Shingles, Mannfacturers of Sash, Doors and Blinds. Turning and Scroll Sawing Done on Short Notice. ESTIMATES FURNISHED. W. V. Fuller & Co., ae » Can save time and expense b’ proving up before E. C. Kiley, Judge of Probate, Grand Rapids. Filings Upon Land May also be made before bim. . The Expense of taking witnesses to Duluth or St. Cloud 4 can be saved. — All Business ' Entrusted to my care J } will be given prompt i attention. If You Want to File upon lands under any laws of the United tates, or when you are ' : ready to make final proof, call at i the office of the Judge of Probate, >» — Court House, Grand Rapids. ,