Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 28, 1899, Page 8

Brand MRavids Weratds' Review. City. and Viewty. NOTES OF NEWS AND PERSONAL. To-night, Russell, at Village Hall. Admission, 25 cents. Something that will make laughter. Mrs. Frank F. friends in St. Paul. Attorney C. L. Pratt Miss Lena Paul friend. Ex-Sheriff ‘Toole returned from his logging operations yesterday up river, to spend Sunday with his family. Attorney Frank F. Price transacted legal business 1n Duluth this week, before U. S. Commissioner Presnell. Miss Hanson of Minneapolis, niece of Peter Hanson of the Hotel Glad- stone, is here on a few days’ visit with her uncle. Ex-County Auditor McIntosh 1s re- covering from-his recent severe attacs of pneumonia, and is now considered out of danger. The Willing Workers will hold their Mrs. D. W. Doran, Thursday, evening next, at regular weekly meeting with Hotel Gladstone parlors. W. C. Gilbert is constructing an o!- fice building on ‘Lhird street adjoining McAlpine’s biock, where he will deal in pine lands and real estate. Judge and Mrs, H.S. Huson are enjoying a visit from their son Dave of Grand Forks, ND. ‘They will remain several days, and his wife, An extra dynamo has been ordered Beckfelt of the and he hopes to prevent any further darkness in the by Manager Rapids electric plant, twilight. Itasca Hive, L. O. acard part in K. P. evening, February freshments — will M. Perreault, the painter and paper busy during the week at Deer River, brightening up Sullivan’s Hotel Tie has several other jobs in that village that will keep him busy hanger, has been the interior of Jas. Itasca. for some time. Mrs. C. W. Ropvinson of Deer Riv- er, who Lad been under medical treat- hospital for some time, was taken to Duluth last week for treatment by a specialist. recovered. her. home on Tuesday ment at St. Benedict's She had sufficiently health to return last. The meeting of the Woman’s Club held on Tuesday evening was of much interest and enjoyment to the mem- Mrs, Agnes Hill-Mather, assisted by Mrs. Flor- ence M. Gilbert, entertained with a violin recital and piano accompani- bers and friends present. ment, As will be seen by a notice publish- ed elsewhere in this issue the Western Union Telegraph ccmpany will as- sume control of the telegraph lines now operated by the Eastern Minne- sota railway company, and a consider- able reduction in tolls is promised, That will help a little. The card party given at Hotel Gladstone last evening, under the aus pices of the Young Ladies Sodality, was a decided success; and netted the A most inviting lunch was served, and the large party present agreed that it was one of the | events of the season. society about $7. most delightful Gilbraith & Dempsey, two hustlers. who joined the local lumber push last winter, are doing splendid business They have a camp em- ploying sixty men on Pike bay, and they will increase the crew to eighty men as fast as possible, reports the Their longest haul is only two anda half miles, and they expect to bank three millions. G. W. Robinson of Grand Rapids closed a deal this week whereby he becomes sole proprietor of the sample room and caffe formerly owned and conducted by W. J. Kelly Robinson took possession of the place on Wednesday. Mr. Kelly left immediately for Dulnth where he will open a first-class saloon at Twenty-third avenue west and Su- this season. Itasca News. Ex- Marshal Mr. at Deer River. perior street. The biggest show of the season is booked at Village hall for Easter Mon- day evening. Have you ever been to we'll have one under the auspices of the Grand Rap- Some of the most fam- ous cake-walk performers of this or any other generation have been en- gaged. There’il be a sultry time in Details a cake-walk? Well, ids orchestra. this cold town that night. will appear later. Russell’s Comedy company is billed to appear at Village-hall tomght. This combination has an excellent reputa- tion before the foothghts all over the country, if we may judge irom the favorable press notices at hand. TOM; Price is visitins g has again taken office rooms over Marr’s store. went to Hibbing yesterday to attend the wedding of a Grand will give hell on Friday 10, at which re- be served. friends are cordially invited to attend. ‘Their Grand Rapids will be the most interest- | ingever given in this village. The price of admission 1s very low—25 cents for adults and rg cents for children. Lester G. Sicard, formerly cashier of the Hibbing bank and well known to many Grand Rapids people, has again become a citizen of Hibbing af- ter an absence in the Southwest of several months. The Sentinel of that | village says that Mr. Sicard has be- | come a partner in the management of | Hotel Hibbing, and adds that his | courtesy and affability will cause him to shine in his new environment. Virginia Enterprise: “A. G. Ber- narp of the Walker Pilot and formerly of the Grand Rapids Magnet, more familiarly known as_ the Moose, through the sickativeness of Brother Kiley’s appellation, is to. go to Wash- ington to tell what he knows about the Leech Lake Indian troubles, Might it nwt be well to send with him a body guard, to see that his language is exonerated before an order for a court-martial 1s issued?” The Itasca Mercantile company | tells a great deal in a single line to Herald-Review readers this week. “Now we are offering bargains in every department,” simply means that Manager Bueneman has listed a | whole lot of business “snaps,” the which his patrons should take ad- vantage of. Of all seasons of the year for profitable shopping none compare with the weeks just following the holi- days. ‘The big Itasca store has just now made some sweeping reductions. Installation of officers for the en- suing year of the Ladies of the Mac- cabees, Itasca Hive, took place at K.P. hall last evening. Past Lady Commander Hattie Gibson conducted the service. The following are the new officers: Lady Lizzie Brooks, past commander; Lady Marie A. W. Kiley, commander; Lady M. Lou Lothrop, lieutenant commander; Lady Bessie Clair; © record keeper; Lady Anna Decker, finance keeper; Lady Levina McLennan, sergeant; Lady Kathrine McAlpine, mistress at arms; Lady Lydia Stevens, chaplain; Lady Rose O'Connell, sentinel; Lady Hattie Gib- son, picket. Superintendent Thos. A. McHugh of the county poor farm, 1s a lucky mortal these days—although his good fortune. is not undeserved by any means. Two weeks ago the ‘grand jury tock occasion to pay him a very flattering compliment on his manage- ment of the institution over which he presides and commended his excellent treatment of those who receive hosp1- tality and care at his hands. This was indeed a compliment, because grand juries are supposed to be the officiaty -pessimistic element of the community while’ in session. But this was not the best. On Wednes- day of this week Mrs. McHugh pres- pound boy, and now Tom. is the hap- piest man in town, M. L. Toole-did not spend much time resting up after his six years’ ser- vice as sheriff of Itasca county, ¥ ich terminated on the second day of this month. He mmmediatély donned the customary mackinaws and started ‘for the woods. The Deer River News says of his operations in that vicinity: “ Ex-Sheriff Toole 1s a familiar figure on our streets these days. He hasa claim across the Mississippi which Hunter & Dwyer are logging this winter, the logs being banked at Steamboat Cut-off. Mr. Toole has also considerable good cedar onthe claim and he has commenced swith a crew of men to cut 1t this week, ~The cedar will be cut mostly into’telegraph poles.” The ex-sheriff’s claim ts one of the most valuable now remaining inthe state and will net him a neat little fortune. Attorney J. R. Donohue, received adecision from Judge Hojland in an old case of long standing in which D. W. Doran was the party mostly inter- ested. Several years ago Mr. Doran signed an appeal bond for Geo. S. Canfield in a suit pending between the latter and John DeShaw. Judgment was entered against Canfield which got into the possession of E. F. Neal and by him transferred to J. N. True. DeShaw claimed that the judgment had been satisfied although that fact does not show upon the court records. True, some time ago, procured an or- der for execution against Doran. In the meantime DeShaw found his or- iginal receipt from Neal showing that the full claim had been paid. Attorney Donohue secured a rehear- ing, intaoduced the new evidence and had. the judgment set aside. It’s ‘True’s next play. A large number of the friends of Sheriff and Mrs. W. C. Tyndall con- spired to make a raid on the county jail and shenff’s residenee last even- ing, and it appears that they were en- urely succersful. The trembling sher- iff stood ‘just behind his brave wife and surrendered the keys and on the quiet he told the - leader of the party ‘that Deputy - Jake Johnson also had some keys, that they might procure. After gaining admission to the official home of the Tyndall family 1t soon became » apparent that it was not the intention . to. comment any overt act. In fact they gathered for a surpris- ingly good time—ind they had it. The ladies and escorts came laden with all sorts of edible’ delicacies and It is | the Grand Rapids ‘orchestra respond- expected that the performance ‘in | ed toa requisition atest Mea ented her husband with a bright, nine-1 | Senator McCarthy’s bill provides that a manner that made dancing most de- hghttul. It was a genuine surprise party and the visitors as well as the host and hostess of the evening will long recall the occasion with happy memories. Remember Russell’s Comedy com- pany at Village hall tonight. Beckfelt & Mather’s business an- nouncement should be consulted in this issue of the Herald-Review. In the different lines of their well-stocked store there is to be found everything that can be included in the term, gen- eral merchandise. ‘The culinary di- vision of the household can be suppli- ed with all the staples and delicacies; the drysgoods department is always abreast of the seasons; the clothing hne is larger and more.complete than ever, while in gents’ furnishing the latest styles and most fashionable nov- elnes are always displayed. This is the inventory season for merchants, and Grand Rapids whole- salers and retailers know by thts time how their stocks are and what has been accomplished during the past twelve months in a business way. There appears to be a local feeling of satisfaction among the store managers of Grand Rapids, and they don't gen- erally feel that way without just cause. C. H. Marr, the clothing and dry goods prince, informed the Herald: Review man the other day that the past year had been the most prosper- | ous for him that he had experienced} since ’95. He is already making preparations for a big spring trade. That old reliable firm, Beckfelt & Mather, report a similar condition of | affairs. But these be tame times com- | pared with the good days coming when our matchless water power will | have been harnessed and _ hitched to | the wheels of many manufactumng in- dustries within the village limits. Mrs. M. Perreault is prepared to give Medicated Vapor baths to ladies any afternoon or evening. ‘The ladies of Grand Repids are invited to call. TIME CHECK EYIL. AMeasure That Should Become a Law In- troduced by the Graud Rapids Member. Senator McCarthy’ Dill, relative to the time cheek system, recently introduced, is receiving favorable comment from the press and people | generally all over this part of the State. Says the Duluth Eveniog Herald: *“The Herald has frequently advocated a reform of this abuse, so that the men who work in tbe woods may be protected and insured the full and prompt payment of the wages they have earned. Senator McCarthy has seen the evils of the existing system during bis residence in Itasca county, and he will make a determined effort to secure the pas- sage of the just measure that he has introduced. There is no doubt that if it becomes a law it will work a de- sirable reform and do injustice to no one. At present a man employed in the woods in Itasca county, where most of the logging is done by Minne- apolis firms, at the time of his dis- charge is given a time check payable in Minneapolis one two or three wonths hence. He may have only $20 or $25 due him. ‘To get the money be must go to Minneapolis | aud wait patiently until his time check is due, or sell it at a discount to the nearest bank or dealer in that class of paper. If payment is refused he has a lien On the logs, but cannot foreclose his lien save in Hennepin county, An inadquate sum is allow- ed him for the payment of attorneys’ fees, and he cannot recover for his own time spent in the prosecution of his claim. Of course this is a gross injustice to the man who works bard in the woods, and it also injures the merchants of Grand Rapids, Hibbing and other places as well *s Duluth, because mauy of the men, when they are discharged, yo to Minneapolis and wait there until payment is due on-their time checks in order that they may get the full amount. If} paid in cash, they would remain here, and the money would go into circula. tion among the local merchants. It has also happened some times that | loggers gave time checks, which were | cashed by merchants in Grand Rapids and Duluth, and that these time checks subsequently turned out to be valueless; the firms that gave them being financially irresponsible. employers shall pay their men in cash atthe time of quitting, and if they are not paid they can file a lien on the logs in the county where the work was performed. On all claims of less than $100 they are allowed an attorney’s fee of $25, which will per- mitof their employing good lawyers. In addition to this they can recover $150 per day from the time the lien is filed until the verdict is rendered. This would put an end to the time check business. It would make qagoTa sea ewTe PICA MRIS OS RA TT DRY GOODS UR DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT is ever repleat with a magnificient line of Dress Patterns and Trimmings, which for texture and cheapness of price cannot be excelled in In selecting our stock we aimed tosecure the best the markets afforded, and bought in such large quantities that we forced the manufacturers down to ‘‘bed-rock” figures, and thus we are enabled to offer the ladies of-Grand Rapids asuperb line of Dry Goods at prices that cannot be duplicated ' west of Chicago. Hosiery is complete. every heart's desire. ren’s Underwear is “A thing of beauty and a joy for- ever.” This department must be seen to be fully ap- We most cordially invite an inspection. It is a pleasure for us tu show these goods. sae Sst 5 Swen SS oar Som 3 we OEE, EEE a ae See Sat Se et Se an Fe (we ae ae =a — ; 2 C niicnaliapepe amass ss.opemerdicanichscomtahcigecamieesinaunsipecenamneipanpeattagenpaaadenatementeeia aompeaneasetaeses preciated. SLSLCTLSVSNESLSWS® the Northwest. Our stock of Ladies’ and Our Laidies’, Misses’ and CLOTHING! | HERE is positively n when clothing can ask for our suits an have suits from $3.00 up, and can give you a Our mammoth stock embraces a select assortment of most durable dress, business and working suits, overcoats, fur-lined waist coats, etc. perfect fit. In Gent's and Boy’s Furnish complete line in stock. Come in and see our goods. se} BAM} | Our Grocery Dep’t! Here ts always found the L In the Glove line will be found Largest. Chortcest and aed Misses’ Child- oexcuse for sloyingness be had at the price we d wearing apparel. We ings we always have a Freshest Goods. We handle Everything. i BECKFELT & MATHER. BEREAN SD «SAMS Doses as SAA BRUGES OL ELITE EEE ORS SISO FSOBS SL PROT A Mechanical Marvel. As Grand Rapids increases in size and material importance she is. co- equally assuming all the airs of the metropole and incidentally adding all the novelties that our modern civili- zation demands. An interesting evi- dence of this may be found in the sample room of A. M. Johnson. For the accommodation and amusement of his patrons he put ina weighing machine of the Jatest and most per- fect pattern. <A simple weighing! machine in itself is not much ofa curiosity these tte but this one is out of the ordi yaudis in truth a mechanical Saiyal. In addition to giving the exact weight and telling the patron’s fortune, it sings the latest songs, plays the divinest music and tells interesting stories ina most charming manner. But this is not all. By means of a wonderful me- chanical device the visitor isgreeted, upon closing the door of the frout en- trance, with this interrogatory: “Have you ascertained your exact weight today?” ina voice not unlike that of the proprietor. Died Mrs. Margaret E. Nott, aged 44 years, died at her home in this village on Thursday morning of this week, of pneumonia, after an illness of nine days. The funeral took place this afternoon at two o'clock from the Presbyterian church, Rev. 1). A. Mac kinzie conducting the services. ‘The deceased had been a resieent of this village about seven years. She leaves two daughters to mourn her loss, Mrs. Thomas Trainor and Mrs. Archie McDougall, both residents of Grand Rapids, Julia M., wife of A. Thomson of Laprairie, died of pneumonia at her home on Monday of this week, Interment was made at Lapaairie on Thursday. Deceased le:vesa secure the wages of the men, because they would be able to enforce a lien on the logs they had cut. Of course some of the logsers will try to defeat the bill, but- the justice of its provi- sions aud the knowlege cf the evils of the time check system should com- mend jt to the favorable considera- tion of the legislature. i H hnsband and twelve children, For colds, gtippe or rheumatism there is nothing so sure to bring speedy relief as a Medicated baths. M. Perreault Ladies, have your skirts cleaned at dye. Works. NOTICE. Grand Rapids, Minn., January 2, 1899. To the Public: On February 1, 1899, ‘he Western Union Telegraph comp». will as- sume contro] of the th yraph lines now operated by the Eastuin Railway Company of Minnesota. There willl be a material reduction in tolls to all points. L. W. HuntLey, Manager, Remember that you. will receive prompt attention at the Medicated bath rooms. M. Perreault, Change of Time on Swan ran River Road To the Public: The Duluth, Mississidpi River & Northern Ry. will only make one round trip a day between Swan River and Hibbing. Persons wishing to go to Hibbine will be compelled to stay in Swan River oyer night, and pas sengers from Hibbing to Grand Rapids _ will also ave! to stop over night in Swan River unless the local west-bound freight on the Easteru Mian. is lats, L. W. Huntiey. Old hats made new at Dye Works. “T can say for one that I called on to Mr. Perreault and received only a few of his medicated vapor baths and was completely cured of a severe attack of rheumatism. I was a great sufferer from this disease, but today I feel like anew man, and do not hesitate to heartily recommend the baths to any- ‘one suffering from rheumatism.” James HoLMgs. There is only one railroad from Duluth to Omaha, operating trains over its own track all the way, the “Northwestera Line’ (Qmaba rail- way). Visit the great Trans-Missis- ippi exposition, second oly to the World’s fair. Very low rate excur- sion tickets on sale daily. Call on your local agent for information or address B. W. Summers, agent, 405 West Superior street, Duluth. pote clis nciscatri Ladies’, Misse® and Childrens fascinators. Call and see us. Becummut & Marien. M. PERREAULT JR. & CO UNDERTAKERS, Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Complete Line of Coffins, Caskets, Robes, Etc. Painters Paper Hangers. Work Promtly Attended to. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Grand Rapids, - Minn. a Liquor License. OF MINNESOTA: ‘ounty of Itasca. ‘| y Village of Grand Rapids, Notice is hereby given. that applications have been made ‘in writing to t! the Village Council of Grand Rapids, and filed in my of- fice. praying for license 10 sell Sororteatiux liquors by it the following persons, for the terms following and at the Tiowita places, as stated in said applications respectively. wit: Logan & Spillan, successors to Logan & Doyle, in the front room on the eround fioor of the Aa Pemsic) Ag He ks buildiug ae. standing upon lot block 19, of the original plat of Grand ty Is, for the term ommencing December 4, and terminat- ne twenty days after the next arnual village election, Jacob| Mohr, in the north room on the sreand Ree at of the building situate uj pice Rapids, Mroosae: No, va Or! eer plat ee Ing fon ihe Ith day SF Dee.. eat Mage otter tbe. next tender, villas ee on ‘3 al rr ie ne: annual a plications will be heard and deter- Room | iy a ‘lege ha al apnedl at the eee nm ie . a Ary 7, 1890, at 8:300% ae Serko ‘THOMAS: TRAINOR, Frep A. Kina, President. Hides Wanted. - Highest cash price pa.d for beef horse andull kinds of hides and fu pelts. Cull and see me before yo! sell elsowhere. Next door to Mich! gan House. we WETZEL- ae ere ay ee at sash Work ; * e y = ' (a i yi A. pes - $ | | i I “F 4