Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-12-14

Friday evening the coach was run of
the end of of the "Y' at this place,
The train men worked and splashed
around until two o'clock next morning
irving to get it back on the track and
then left without it, taking in its stead
small consignment of suppressed rage.
The Presidents message will be
found on the second page of tins issue.
Considering the character of the mes.
sage, one is at a loss to understand why
such extraordinary measures should have
been thought necessary to keep it secret.
There is not a word Or suggestion in it
that Is worth putting under lock and
key.
p. L. Holland, of Boyum & Holland,
rustled about the metropolis Monday
and Tuesday. His firm will build here
at an early date, having purchased a
good corner lot on Burrell Ave. of the
Courier publisher. Cooperstown will
be their headquarters, with branch at
Aneta, some twenty miles north and
east of here.
Brother Harcourt of the rushing
Lisbon Clipper pokes this at us: A
''lady friend'' feasted Editor Stair, of
the Cooperstown Courier, OH Thanksgiv-
ing turkey. The physician at present in
attendance upon Mr.. Stair has wired
The Clipper that his patient may recov-
er. The turkey, however, is a .'gone
goose"
DIR. G. F. Newell of this place says
that he has lived i'll southeastern Wis
consin for the last thirty-eight years,
and during the last twenty five years has
never inexperienced an average of so warm
and pleasant a season as this up to the
present time. If this is a specimen of
Dakota winters he wants more of them.
and will call this the best country on
Gods green earth without the fear of
successful contradiction.
The Courier Holiday edition (of
Dec. 2sl will be an especially large one,
and will contain review of Coopers-
towns progress. Those wanting extra
copies will please apply early, and those
desiring business announcements will
be kind enough to follow suit. The is
sue will comprise one hundred quires
(4OO) twelve-page papers, and they will
prove good letters to send east. as much
reliable Dakota data will be given.
j. A. Pickert,of Pickert Bros farm
some 25 miles northeast of this place.
was arrested in Minneapolis recently on
charge of abduction, instigated by par
ties at Hope. The scheme wouldn't
work and Mr.. Pickert was released. It
is unnecessary to add that Mr.. Pickert
is not an endorser of the Steele county
grab and has mentioned his intention of
recognizing no such county in the pay
ment of taxes which has ripened a
hearty i'll feeling toward him at Hope.
-Loftily but with correct apprecia-
tion sings the Lisbon Clipper: If there
is being on earth who would not be
pleased with the climate of North Da-
kota, then the writer of these lines would
like to exhibit him or her as natural
If this weather we are hav-
ing now was framed by congress of the
of North Dakota-if it was ac-
tually a home made article, intended
only for the consumption of the good
people of this country of almost con-
slant sunshine-it could not please them
more than it does.
Some of the Palace girls '.doctored''
the bed of favorite boarder the other
night by placing under his sheet nice
little board filled with tacks, the points
of which pointed heavenward and in
The exact spot said favorite boarder was
to seek peaceful rest after his
lays arduous reading. The results of
;he scheme are mystery the girls can't
athom, for they found the board appar-
Emily unmolested next morning, not
Hithstanding the bed had been used. 1t
8 presumed the favorite boarder got
IN to the idea instead of the tacks.
Some of the Palaces most esteemed
md fashionable fall boarders and ex-
citizens are invoiced up as follows: David
Bartlett. practicing law at Boulder, Col
'rado: w. S. Christian, following same
at Noblesville, Ind; Fred H.
8uchheit, booming Cooperstown among
G. e. Philippe, preaching
rue Dakota gospel among Suckers and
doosiers; Will Stearns propounds Black
tone and cheWs spruce gum at Bethel,
Vermont; A. N. Adams is eating baked
'eans in Boston and answering queries