Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-09-07

Chicago last Friday evening accompan-
led by his two little boys and Mrs.
Rockwell. Services will now be held
regular at the usual hours at school hall.
CHARLES Jorgensen returned Tuesday
night from an eight weeks tour of
Montana. 1t is hardly necessary to add
that he returns fully satisfied that it is
the height of folly to go step west Of
Dakota to find good country and healthy
towns.
MIR. r. NJ. Gowen, formerly con-
nected with the Sanborn railway office,
is the Forthcoming agent of the SC 4
7. NJ. railway at this place. In fact he
is already ON hand and in charge of the
station affairs. This will be the most
important office on the line, and it is
evident that the officers have selected
with care the man to take charge thereof.
Government Surveyor Sturtevant
was in the Hub, Monday. stocking his
camp with provisions. His force are
now in town l46, range 81. and will go
from there into 1860. Mr.. S. reports
plenty of antelope and other game out
in that vicinity. and wonders why Coop
erstown's sportsmen don't ''down'
little of it.
-Messrs. Harry Clark and c. II. John
son came down from Willow, Monday,
and report everything as ''swimming
nicely in that part of the county. Will
low school township proposes to rank
herself as progressive in educational
matters by the erection of aschoolhouse
at once. The board advertise in this
issue for bids for the erection of an edi
flee.
j. NJ. Burrell we Mt down to st. Paul
and Minneapolis to witness the great
demonstration indulged in at the Viii
lard party reception. He reports the
grandest time and most elaborate dis
play ever on record at either of those
enterprising cities. The procession at
Minneapolis was l5miles in length and
it is estimated that over 100000 people
witnessed it.
AT our expense the Hope Pioneer
gets this off: "The Sanbom, Coopers-
town & Turtle Mountain railroad was
completed to Cooperstown last Sunday
A private dispatch intimates that Bro
Stair, of the Courier, was perfectly wild
with delight and stood OH his head at the
prospect of hereafter receiving his ex-
changes within reasonable time after
their publication
The yards Of the Lehman E. & L.
Co. in this place begin to presenta lively
aspect. Cars of material are daily az
irving and more to follow. The com
pany are determined that the public
shall not onlv find complete assort-
ment of builders material at their yard
and warehouse, but that the prices
shall be full as low as towns Oh the
Northern Pacific can offer.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press and the
Fargo Argus We'd with each other in
getting out immense editions to greet
the great Willard party with, and we
are rather proud to admit that "Our
Argus'' got there in the race. Its SIX
teen pages of carefully prepared matter,
editorial pith, retrospect, etc, thave
bewildered more than one nabob who
thought himself travelling through bar
rem waste.
jamestown Capital: Much of the
:,, fry IL
been harvested. and is now stacked
awaiting the thresher. 1t is a most
beautiful sight to behold, as far as the
eye can reach, the sheaves, in regular
rows, seeming to welcome the time when
their golden grain will be sent to the
east as herald and forerunner of the
unlimited possibilities of this land of
wonders.
All that Cooperstown now lacks to
complete it's accessories for a first-class
little city is tanned lightning, OF to speak
more conventional, the telegraph wire.
This we are glad to state she will soon
add to her acquisitions, large force of
men now being at work on the line. In
a few weeks the wire will be stretched
and Cooperstown will receive grain
quotations and the important events of
the world by electricity.
&BCome and select a suit of fall
Clothing before they are gone, at Whid-
den Bros
An American who desires to look
like real English lord will do well to
follow these directions: Let him get a
friend two sizes larger than himself to
order three suits of tweed of different
colors; let the large man wear them till