Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-04-20

permanent deniZen and business man of |
this tlourishing burg.
Carl Guftafson, of Alardell, came
over to Cooperstown Monday and offered
his farm for sale. Itwas picked quick
by Chas. E. Ferguson and E. ID. Stair.
Carl now proposes to get married and
settle down OH his homestead in l45, 81.
-B. F. Requa, of Colorado Springs,
Colo. arrived in Cooperstown this morn
ing and seems highly delighted with the
Cooperstown makes. He is an
old time friend of r. c. Cooper and Jack
n. Brown, and feels inclined to make
this his future home.
Kent. Gray Il Mcdonald have taken
a contract of some work for the Red
River Land Co., and Mr.. Kent is now
i'll Hope showing the job through. 1t
must injure the feelings of Hopeites to
be compelled to call on Cooperstown me-
chanics for decent job.
Shout the glad tidings! Contractor
Thos. Chapman and his big force of men
have begun the work of plastering the
big hotel in good earnest. Soon Coop
erstown will boast hotel accommoda-
tions equalled by few towns or cities in
the Northwest, and excelled by none.
AS the educational institute and dis
trict school house nears completion the
good taste of Architect Philippe be-
comes more and more apparent. Twill
be a $4,000 beauty, that will eclipse
Forepaugh's S SO far rs to cause that ven-
cradle snowman toturn green with envy.
Hon. G. A. Roberts went to Sanborm
last night to look the Cooperstown Il
Turtle Mountain railroad over. From
there he will go to the National Park to
see about the work upon the hotels there
of the Park Improvement company. He
will he absent week or ten days.-Far-
go Argus.
Fargo daily papers now reach Coop
erstown the evening of publication day.
How is that for town without any es-
tablislled mail service, and 36 miles from
the nearest daily communication? 1t
simply shows the magnanimity of the
S., G. Il T. NJ. railway and the push of
our own people.
MFR. II. III. Retslaff has purchased of
II. p. Merrill the furniture and business
of the Merrill House and is now in
charge. Mr.. r. is making needed
changes, and proposes to serve the public
with the best plocurable. He will run
the house i'm connection with his new
hotel OH Burlell avenue.
AS will he seen by a notice elsewhere
the firm of Upton 4 johnson has split
by mutual consent. The genial Sheriff
johnson will continue the business of
slicing juicy tenderloins and toothsome
roasts for his friends and patrons, while
Mr.. Upton gives his entire attention to
the production of No. / Hard.
w. II. Hyde and II. c. Read, of
Boston, arrived in town Monday even
ing, and the first ''joint" remark they
made was: ''Well, now, this looks like
business, and how much better the co,ln-
try is here than in the vicinity of Hope,
where we first landed.'' They are old
acquaintances of A. n. Adams, and are
here to remain.
A. b. Kent had close call Sunday
morning during the mud-drying zephyr.
A board that blew from the new double
store Oh Burrell avenue struck him OH
the cheek bone, and, as he remarked.
''knoclxd him stitf.'' "a. b. feels
thankful for the slight wound and the
narrow escape from a journey to the
misty beyond.
Some have taken exceptions to an
utterance of the COURIER. All we have
to say is that we discharge our Journals
tic duties after our own fashion, and ex-
pect to make occasional errors. Those
who find anything in the paper they don't
like or can't agree with. can have said
Objectionable line or lines cut out by
bringing the paper to this office.
"A large stream of new comers con-
tinues to flow into Griggs county, and
the current of the influx strikes Coopers-
town broadsides. From here the settlers
90 forth in all directions and take up
Uncle Sans land. The class of people
arriving are of highly satisfactory or
der, and clinch all arguments offered in
favor Of the county and towns unprec-
edented prosperity.
e. G. Nichols. prominent member
of the Elmira. n. Y colony. after spend
ing few days with his old friend. Geo.
w. Bathey, left for Eckelson on Tues
day. Mr.. Nichols says as far as he can