Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-02-09

to any part of the United States or Cam
ada at five cents each. Leave orders as
early as possible in the week.
The Cooperstown Lumber Co. have
put in stock of coal at their yards, and
will now supply the public with that
commodity at reasonable figures.
Several bachelor boarding clubs are
in successful operation about town.
Dish washing seems to be the only ser
ious stumbling stone to celibate happi-
ness.
Delays are dangerous, if one contem-
plates the purchase of any particular
Cooperstown lot, as has been very prac
tically illustrated to more than one al-
ready.
"A literary society is already talked
of in Cooperstown. Good idea. Let us
develope our intellects as the city goes
marching OH toward metropolitan pro-
portions.
Numerous inquiries and subscrip-
tions to the COURIER are already pour
ing in from the states. 1t isa good omen
of the interest felt abroad i'm Cooperstown
and Griggs county.
Manly Davis, soon to becomea livery
man in the Club" came up from San
born "Wednesday to see how his new
barn looked. Theinstitution, we believe,
is to be stocked at an early date.
"A. E. Shue has added to his livery
pair of fine roadsters, which he received
from Fargo Monday. Al. proposes to
keep abreast of the demands on his
stables, and furnish good turn-outs, too.
The shades of night werefalling fast,
when through our busy village passed, a
youth, who bore mid snow and ice, a
banner with the following advice: Sub
scribe for the COURIER, only $500 per
annum.
If good goods and bottom figures are
what our readers want, they can do no
better than to patroniZe our Cooperstown
merchants, who are determined to sell
heaps of merchandise If they don't lay
up a cent.
A great quantity of delayed mail ar
rived at the postoflice Thursday and
made many of the boys smile serenely.
Some had really began to fear the girls
they left behind Them had pu1posely
forgotten their address.
Ii the Hope Pioneer wants to garble
from the COURIER columns without Civ
ing proper credit it must borrow a paper
I to do so. We can't force that journal to
exchange, and won't contribute to its
columns and furnish it choice literature
free any longer.
Contractor Philippe says that if
this fine weather continues the entire
carpenter work on the big hotel will be
completed in ten days, and the great
structure turned over to the plastelers.
Messrs. Philippe Il Kent are rustlers
and no mistake.
Mr. Anton Enger will visit his old
home, Lanesboro, Mimi, before he re-
turns from his purchasing expedition.
a gentleman at our elbow is vaguely
limiting as to the object of his visit at
Lanesboro, but then we can't see any
harm in going few miles to see lady
friend. We'd do the same ollrself if we
had chance.
Mr.. Harry Clarke, one of the pioneers
of the Red Willow Lake country, paid
his respects to the county's seat of gov
eminent Wednesday. Mr.. Clarke in
forms us that documents have arrived
from the powers that be at Washington,
establishing a postotiice to be known as
Willow in his neighborhood. and appoint
ing him as postmaster. He also says
that there will be great transformation
i'm that part of the county next summer.
To-day friday is the day set apart
by Prof Virgins, the great weather
prophet, as the occasion for mighty
storm, to be equalled and surpassed only
by the one he has predicted for March 10.
Wiggins' storms are to our liking and
we trust he will keep right on sending
them to our address until ordered discon-
tinued. and send in his bill at the end of |
each quarter. It is seldom we have
storms when the sun shines so brightly
and all nature looks as lovely as it does
to day.
You may hang the ocean on grape
vine to dry, lasso an avalanche, skim the
clouds from the sky with teaspoon,
throw salt on the tail OF our great Ameri-
can eagle-whose sleepless eye watches
over the welfare of our glorious nation,
paste the COURIER on the moon and
c+o,c r;do to hoavon in q chariot Of fire