Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 14, 1899, Page 8

Me, Fan Nip K ns cabs See: aS aa Si ae Brand tRavits Hheraae“Review GRAND RAPIDS POSTOFFICE HOURS: Office open week days from 8 o'clock a. m, to 8:00 p. m. open 11:00.a, m. to 12:50 p. m., and Sundays . to 3:00 p,m. from 2:00 p. ‘Trains going west arrive 11:52 a. m. Mail closes 11;30 a. m. Trains going eas closes 2:30. p.m. ‘All mails close 20 minuets before arrival of trains. arrive 2:52 p.m. Mail O. H. Sritson, P.M. City ane Vicinity. Charley Marr as Guide. You don’t hear a great deal of Charley Marr as a hunter and guide, but in that capacity he is one of the likeliest. that ever cast a line into the water or killed a moose out of season. ‘That he is not {famous 1s entirely due to his well known modesty. Two weeks ago he initiated Attorney Dono- hue in the first degree of duck-shoot- ing. ‘They started out to join a party of friends camped on Bass lake. It was late in the afternoon when Dono- hue was securely wedged into a birch- bark canoe as ballast and Charley dipped his paddle into the whitcaps, It snowed and the wind blew vicious- ly. After drifting about the lake un- til nearly 10 o’clock p. m. in search of their friends they finally decided to camp on a neighborly looking hill until morning. A fire was builtand a hearty supper consisting of cold doughnuts was partaken of. Two blankets served as a protection against the beauuful snow. The next day they got ducks—perhaps. Prosident Merritt in Town. President Hullett C. Merntt of the Itasca Mercantile company, arrived ain town Monday from Passedena, Cal., accompanied by his family. Whether it was his large business interests here or the excellent duck shooting that coaxed him half away across the continent, we do not know. We do know however, that on Tuesday atter- noon he and Manager Bueneman started for the Rice river country wearing hunting jackets and carrying guns on their shoulders. When they return the affairs of the concern will be looked over, and as usual found in flourishing condition. Previous to coming here Mr. Merritt visited the branch stores at Hibbing and: Moun- tain Iron and at both places found things in every. way satisfactory’ He and his family will brobably remain here for some time. ‘ aa Fire at Deer River. About one-half of Hotel eer River was totally destroyed by fire last Wednesday night. The loss -is estimated at $2000 with only $1000 insurance. The building, which» was a very large one, was being moved by Contractor C. E, Leeman to the east end of town. One half of the struct- ure had been safely located on its new siteand the remaining halt had been raised and prepared for the journey. The cause of fire was from a de fective chimney over the dining room. Everything in the second story was a total loss. F. L. Churchill, the prop- rietor, saved a portion of fhis_ stock of liquors and bar fixtures. The rooms were all occupied with guests at the time who barely escayed with their lives. As Deer River has-no fire pro- tection nothing could be done to stop the flames until no material remained there to burn. Frank Freestone Protests. The old saying, “its hard to tell what a man inay see when he’s out without a gun,” might very approp riately be changed to read: It’s hard to tell whata man may shoot when he’s out witha gun. The order of business seems to have beed changed from shooting men to peppering the hides of horses and cattle.,. We have been advised of three or four instances of this nature. Last week one of Frank Freestone’s horses received a charge of shot and jthe animal was quite seriously injured. It’s a pity that someone cannot be made an ex- ample of for such criminal careless- ness, . ‘There is no excuse for it and if a culprit guilty of this offense can be captured alive he is very apt to be dealt with in a pitiless manner. He’s Not So Worse. Aitkin Age: The Grand Rapids Magnet is rather roughon Hugh Mc- Ewan in a paragraph copied thts week by our local contemporary. Without using his name he is jumped on for reporting to the Duluth — papers some proceedings of the ‘Itasca coun- ty board. Hugh was not “driven” out of Aitkin, though some people here might have wished to do so. He has his faults, ‘tis true, but there are many worse fellows still in town; and so far as his alleged false report is concerned, we are informed by re- liable parties that 1t came nearer the truth than some of our Itasca friends would like to have it. Big Sale of Heads and Hides. When Mr. Price McKinney of ‘Chicago was here this week lookmg ‘over the Diamond mine property, he accidently dropped into the taxider- ‘mist establishment of Wm. Weitzel. Mr. Weitzel had a magnificent moose head splendidly mounted that attract- wed. Mr. McKinney’s admiration. He bought it for $100 and then took his friends in to’ look at his prize. They were so well pleased with the many attractions on exhibi- tion that Mr. Weitzel was just $250 in pocket when the party had finished their purchases. They secured some of the choicest specimens he had in stock both in heads and hides. From Prison Fi ad. The killing of Sam Christie in this village about six years ago is still fresh in the minds of Itasca county people. Stephen Hicks did the deed and he made the plea of self detense. He was convicted of murder in the third degree- and sentenced to ten years. imprisonment at __ Stillwater. Christie had a pretty bad reputation and pubhe sentitnent was divided be- tween sympathy for Hicks and a feel- ing that the killing was unnecessary. Several attempts have been made to secure pardon for the prisoner, but so far without success. A petition for his pardon will again be presented at ihe next meeting of the prison board. RK Small Biaze. Last Monday evening about 8 o’clock the fire alarm was sounded for the first time in many months. The fire was at the livery barn of Doran & Dewey, a most dangerous place as it contained besides a large quantity of hay and feed, about 20 head of horses and a number ot vehicles of all kinds. ‘The department was on hand at once and extingushed the blaze in about fifteen minutes. The fire started through a defective chim- ney and burned a_hole through the wall and ceiling. It did notreach the hay although it came very near to it. Had this caught fire the chances are that a great deal of damage would have been done. As it was the loss is tnfling. Picking Up Logs. Will Nisbett, who took the contract to pick up and putin the river the logs that have accumulated for years around the shores of Pokegama lake, has about finished the job. He has floated altogether about 75,000 feet and claims he has made a good thing out of it. The logs were rolled nto the lake where Mr. Nisbett took them in tow with his gas launch and placed them ina’ beom. When this part of the work is completed they will be driven through the thoroughfare mto the Mississippi. Lesture by Dr. Cleland. It has been announced that Dr. Cleland, of the First Presbyterian church of Duluth, will deliver a free lecture in the Presbyterian church here a week from next Monday even- ing. Dr. Cleland comes to do some missionery work among the brethren of the’congregation in the matter of finances in behalf of the local pastor. He is an eloquent divine and no doubt his discourses wiil be? very in- teresting. A Thirty-Cay Sale. As will be seen on the fifth page ot the Herald-Review today in large type Sam Orekovsky is offering his en- ure stock of clothing, gents’ furmsh- ing goods, boots, shoes, etc. at greatly reduced prices. Mr. Orekovsky in- tends to leave Grand Rapids at an early date artd will sell everything he owns in this village without regard to original cost. It will no doubt pay you to give him a cail before the stock is reduced. New Sidewalks Wanted : The Magnet inquires: “What’s the matter with laying new sidewalk on the east side of Leland avenue?” What’s the matter with laying new sidewalks all over town? Every walk in town is dangerously rotten, except those put down this year and last. It seems like a waste ot good lumber to continue repairing the old walks. Nothing short of rebuilding will do next summer. Will Resume School During the past two weeks there has been no school conducted at Spht Hand. Miss Dora. Lynch, em- ployed at the beginning o: the term, resigned and the board was unable to secure a teacherat once, Miss Mabel Day has been engaged to fill the vacancy and she will open the school next Monday morning. Employed on Contract. It is said by lumbermen that they find no difficulty whatever in securing all the men they want under the con- tract system this fall. The question has been raised as to whether in sign- Ing the agreement to accept a note ‘in payment of wages, the men do not surrender their right to lien logs. No Service Sunday. Rev. D. A. MacKenzie writes that he will not be here tocouduct services in the Presbyterian church tomorrow. He will occupy Dr. Cleland’s pulpit in Duluth. Sunday school and Christian Endeavor will meet at the usual hours. Rev. ~MacKenzie’s resignation of this pastorage was not accepted and he has been prevailed upon to remain another year. Blankets in the greatest variety, from 75c to $15 per. pair at Beckfelt’s, The finest line ever shown in this town. : A fine line of comforters ranging in price from $1 to $2.50, at Beckfelt’s. eyeres NEWS NOTES AND PERSONAL Dan McCormick, the Blackwater farmer, was in town this week. Burt P. Munson returned from his trip to Minneapolis yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kelly return- ed from a visit to West Union, [a., this week. Mrs. Harry Williams left on Sun- day for a visit with friends at Deer River. W. ©. Chase will have charge of camp work for B. P. Munson during the winter. John McDonald, the genial proprie- tor of Hotel Superior, Hibbing, was here yesterday. W.J Kelly transacted business in Duluth during the week, returning home yesterday, Sheriff Tyndall was in St. Paul the first of the week on official business, return- home Tuesday. Mr. H. E. Graffam will hereafter be found behind the dry goods counter in John Beck felt’s store. Mr. and Mrs. I. D, Rassmussen ex- pect to occupy their new home on Houghton avenue in a few days. C. C. Kelly, who had been called to Aitkin to give evidence in a case in district court thls week, returned yesterday. y- of literary clubs in St. Cloud next week. The Indians are receiving their an- nuties this week. The Cass Lake aggrega- tion will be “paid off” tonight at the division town. F. F. Price went to St. Panl on Sunday to be in attendance at the hearing in the commissioner proceedings. He return- ed Thursday. On October 25th, Itasca Hive, L. 0.'T. M,, will serve an oyster supper ar the old school building between the hours of 4 to 7 o'clock Cass Lake Times: Little Nora Osborn has been ill for the past week, but is rapidly improving now, and will be quite well in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Donohue are naw comfortable settled in the Chisholm residence, corner Houghton avenue and Fourth street. Miss Mabel Day spent the week in the village visiting with her former school mates before beginning her duties as teacher in the public schooi at Splithand. Jake Mohr last week received a large number of new tune disks for his his Corona music box. They comprise all the latest songs and airs of the season. R. M. Stitt came up from Duluth Wednesday to superintend the loading of supplies for his camps. He started out several shipments during the week. The Mississippi River Boom com- pany’s crew will start for Brainerd Monday with the final drive of the season. *Twill take thirty days to take the rear down. Sheriff Tyndall will have two more boarders for a period of sixty days. James Comors and Lewis White, convicted in. the United States court at Duluth for selling liquor to Indians, will serve their sentences here. J. E, Johnston leaves today for Cass Lake to look after matters pertaining to the open- ing of the new hardware store which will take place in about three weeks, he in- ; form us. Engineer George Presscott of the water works, has purchased the Agnew resi- dence which he will move to near the power house and after repairing it, occupy as a residence. D. M. Guno went to St. Paul Thurs- day. He will be absent several days. The rumor that he went to join the McKinley party isaslander. He had no intention of doing so. C. H. McCord is in receipt of a letter from his father, Hon. Byron McCord, of Arizona, in which the writer states that he expects to soon be reappointed governor of the territory. George Arscott wili hereafter re- ceive his mail at Swan River, in care of Swan River Logging company, Camp 3. George says he is cooking for 110 men and is perfectly happy. G. T. Poole has just completed the erection and furnishing of a new residence on his place at the west arm of Pokegama luke. The house is 20x26 feet and one of the best on the lake. The council is to be commended in causing new crosswalks to be built from the depot platform across Kindred avenue and Third street. This little improvement was much needed. Village Recorder F. A. King made a business trip to Cass Lake Thursday re- turning yesterday afternoon. Mr. King says Cass Lake has a great chance to be- come a great town. County Attorney and Mrs. Donobue lert on Sunday for the Twin cities. The at- torney went on business and returned Wed- nesday, while Mrs. Donohue will visit with friends for a short time. Hans Larson, the Little Hill lake farmer and logger, wasin town the first of the week making arrangements tocommence operations for the winter. He will put in logs for Milliken & McGuire. Mrs. T. R. Pravitz. is visiting friends in Duluth. Next week she will at- tend a meeting of the state literary clubs at St. Cloud. Mrs. Pravitz goes as a delegate of the Grand Kapids society. Grand Rapids has a resident den- tist, Dr. Calely, who has built up a good re- putation here in his profession by giving complete satisfaction. Why should our citizens patronize an outsider? Price McKinney, of Chicago, was looking over the Diamond. mine this week. He will réturn in about two weeks when he expects to find the property in better condition for inspection. William Dibbert returned from a trip up into the Big Fork country the first of the week. He reports that Frank Larson is, building a large dwelling “house at the junction of Rice and Big Fork rivers. It is reported in the Duluth papers that Joe Clendenning, of'Hibbing, is in a dying condition from the effects of a recent stroke of paralysis. Mr. Clendenning is well known to many people in Grand Rapids. F. P. Sheldon, cashier, and Presi- dent Hastings of the Lumbermen’s bank were passengers to Duluth Tuesday after- noon. Mr, Sheldon returned home Wednes- day and Mr. Hastings went to Minneapolis. While out driving yesterday Mrs. FE. E. Johnson's horse became frightened and ran away, throwing the lady from her carriage and spraining her knee. Dr. Gil- bert was called to treat the injured member. C. A. Buell of Laprairie, expects to move his stock of general merchandise into a new building the first of next week, on the lots formerly occupied by the Wells-Stone company. The postoffice will also be locat- ed in Mr. Buell’s:store. Mrs. Cecelia Wing, a sister of Mrs John Lofberg, has rented the True residence on Hoffman avenue and has opened dre: making parlors therein. Mrs. Wing has had fifteen years experience in the business at Minneapolis and is an expert. C. O. Anderson, brother-in-law of John Lofberg, was in town the latter part of last week and fora couple of days enjoyed the duck shooting in this vicinity. Mr. Anderson is engaged in the grocery bu siness in Minneapolis. Aitkin Age: C. C. Kelly is in town this wee! a witness in district court. For some reason ©, C. never calls on the Age since it abandoned Democracy, but we'd like to have him, so we could get acquainted as every one pronounces him aright good fellow. C. W. Hastings, president of the Lumbermen’s bank’ here, ghe Bank of Cass Lake and Bank of Bemidji, arrived Sunday ; to look {over the progress of affairs. His heavy interests in this section brings him here often of late, and he always goes away with a firmer belief in our future greatness. George Dewey is at St. Benedict's suffering from pnenmonia. He left here during one of the rain storms of the early part of the week to drive out to his farm camp and contracted a very severe cold. This became steadily worse until it develop- ed into that scourge of this latitude—pneu- monia. George's many friends hope for his speedy recovery, The members of the Episcopal de- nomination have secured an option on the lot at the corner of Sixth: street and Kin- dred avenue and if sufficient money can be raised to pay for it they will purchase the little church at Laprairie and have it moved thereon at once. The lot is offered for $200 and it seems that they should find little dif- ficulty ia raising that sum. William Cable and his daugh ter May. of Dehli, Ont..and H. W. Cable, of Two Harbors, were here during the week visiting with the family of S.J. Cable, They left on Thursday afternoon for Two Harbors. Wm. Cabie is engaged in the general merchandise businessat Dehli. He is so favorably im- pressed with this section that he may sell outin Canada and come here to reside. E. A. Kremer and John Beckfelt will leaye today to join the party from Grand Rapids now camped at the mouth of Cass river. They will conduct Sunday ser- vices and admonish the boys to remem- ber the Sabbath and keep it wholly. If shooting is good they will bag a few ducks Monday or Tuesday and then return home feeling that they have performed their duty as good citizens and neighbors. The chicken pie supper given by the ladies of St. Joseph society at the old school house on Wednesday evening was one of the most successful affairs of the kind ever given here. The pie accessories were excellent and the attendance very good. The ladies netted $27 out of the undertaking. Since organizing a short time ago this society has deposited over sixty dollars in the bank as the result of their efforts in raising church funds. Secretary C. A. Buell of the Agri- cultural Association has been too busy dur- ing the past two weeks making preparations to get established in his new store building togive proper attention to the matter of county fair awards. He has the list now completed, however, and on Monday next will issue checks in payment of all premiums as desigrated by the judges and mail the same to the proper persons. Principal Carroll of Central school deeply regrets that his vegetable garden is no more—for this season—and he sincerely hopes that his thrifty. neighbors who own cattle will not feel aggrieved because of his inability tolonger supply live stock with choice vegetable dessert. There may not have been: an equal distribution of the supply, but this the professor could not well guard against as the neighborly bovines did not present.cards of identification when they called. The last evidence of bis industry in the garden disappeared last week when the winter supply of celery was devoured. Prof. Carroll will have another garden next year. Ripples—2006 Barreis . The first car load of apples received in Grand Rapids this fall was con- signed to S. J. Cable and was placed on the side track last evening. ¢ The car contains just 200 barrels of the choicest shipment that has ever been placed on this market. They came direct from the famous orchards of Canada, and were sent directly to Cable. Apples this year are of much better quality than they were last and the market shows that they will com- mand a better price. Cable disposed of more fruit of all kinds a year ago than all other dealers combined in Grand Rapids, because he had just what the people wanted and he sold them at right prices. He can sell this lot at $3.75 per barrell and they will goat that. Good varieties of apples will be much higher than this long before spring and those who putin a winter’s supply now will be acting very wisely. All the standard varie- ties are included 1n the car load now on hand, viz: ‘Ben, Davis,” “Stark” “Greenings,” “Tobby Hawkins,” etc, Cable will take particular pride in dis- playing this fresh, sound, wholesome looking fruit, as he is sure that they cannot be excelled. = == Fall | =Sstoek)| | | Will begin to arrive in a i Sew days and will be the swellest “rae tn Itasca County. It will | comprise all the latest styles, : " patterns and fabrics in the line of Dress Goods and 1L.adies’ Furnishings of all kinds, Cloaks, Capes and. Footwear. | Our Clothing Department will | present some astonishing bargains and an astonishing line of gocds. There you mili find the very latest - and best in Suits. Fall and Winter fo Overcoats, Hats, Caps, etc. i ‘ i— In Groceries We are still the Leaders. Others may brag of their stock } and prices, but up to date — they have neither been able to show a stock like ours nor \ undersell us. JOHN BECKFELT SWE SVSISSISCSWSE SLSE SLSLS? SLSE SLE SLSESHSS SUNDAY DINNER} | Game Turkeys Chickens Geese i Fresh Oysters in Bulk | Sweet Potatoes Hubbard Squash Fruits p } CITY MEAT MARKET, aa J. F. METZGER. f SSD TOSS! SLSISLSS rks staskcdasioolahcasisasksaeabssteclasteiastotadhadatiadiclashatastodeslaoiachadiesheshstesheabchadiediadiadhahadbedidaaleake dosha? | { ] { i Headquarters for Woodsmen’s and River- Drivers’ Supplies. W. L. PERRAULT, Clothing, Furnishings, Shoes, Hats, Caps. Mackinaws Made to Order we have on hand the largest and finest line of flannels in Northern Minnesota, and make up Mackinaw Jackets, Pants, Drawers and Shirts in ourown shop right here in Grand Rapids. These goods are positively guaran- teed to be the best in the market. W. L. PERRAULT. . EE Ne ae Ee ae ee ee ae ee EA “Johnson, The Talo Announces that his line of EAR the Me Ak Me Me he ae a ae ae ae she ae ae ate ae a ae aE he she a ae ISITE ate ae ae Fate ae te ae ae a FEASPSSECE SSSA SSSHHSEE ESET He ERE MERI Fall and Winter Goods is now in and ready for \ inspection. 3 A FINE LINE ON HAND | ©) and thousands of the latest samples to select from. Every Garment Guaranteed. Best Workmanship. Lowest: Prices. . Perfect Fit. AucusT JOHNSON