Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-30
G. W. Bathey is at Sanborn.

&C. W. Bathey is at Sanborn.
The bank building is getting there"
j. NJ. Melville has gone to Washing ,
ton Territory.
The snow is going so gradually one
can hardly tell where it goes, or when it
goes.
AS an enterprising. up-and-doing
place Cooperstown is winning golden
laurels.
Allen Pinkerton has moved his claim
shanty into town, and another CLUB
now exists.
81 find can buy goods cheaper here
than in Valley City. as rule, " remarked
an intelligent husbandman to the COUR
TER scribe the other day, land Id like to
know why it is so.'' Give it up, unless
it is because Mr.. Thompson is better
buyer and less OF an eNtortioner than
some merchants.
The publisher of this journal on
Wednesday purchased for Michigan
friends one-fourtb of section in town
l47, range So, paying therefor $4,000.
Mr.. r. i. Pinkerton was the fortunate
gentleman who accepted a title to the
land from Uncle Sam. and feels quite
we'll paid for his trouble.
j. b. and WI. Weatherbee. brothers
of ". \. Weatherbee. recently injured
by kick. are in attendance at their
brother sick bed. The former is from
I Sanborn. While the latter is fresh from
the frigid CLINE OF Maine. Both are ser
iousIy contemplating the question OF
embarking in business here.
Moore Il Salsburn is the title OF
Cooperstown's pioneer blacksmith and
to wait upon the public With 1irst-class
work and reasonable prices. Messrs
Moore aud Sansburn are both skilled work.
men, and their patrons may rest assured
of a good job every time.
Again we read OF several persons in
New York City Who have gone to glory
by blowing out the gas light i'll their
rooms. 1, is simply another addition to
the long list of adnonitions people in the
dull east are receiving. all OF which warn
them to tlee to this.laud OF plenty where
gas and the like preyeth not upon the ILL.,
, nocent
Our new jeweler Chas. +. Ferguson.
appears with d card in this issue. The
builder of these paragraphs is prepared
, to testify To NiT. felgusons S skill as q
workman. and predicts for him liberal
bestowal OF work. AS soon as he can
build OF rent it is his intention 10 put in
a stock Of jewelIy, and he has already
ordered Il large assortment OF clocks.
A trip through the towns li7, jS an(
50 the first OF the week disclosed many
Improvements and building. Squatters
: have the land pretty much all covered il
50. and IS is all filed. 10 appreciate tllt
vast trade that must tlow TO The doors o
Ccuperstuwn merchants, one need onl,
, take ride III amy direction. and view
: the broad acres That are being settled.
MIR James Rankin has disposed o
lG0 acres OF his land on section IA to th'
: publisher OF the COURIER. who bougl
: for an eastern friend. at a consideration
of $500. Eighteen months ago thi
same tract went begging for Il claiman
aud MI Rankin finally Yielded to th
Il solicitation by taking it and the quartz
y, adjoining. Can poor man make none.
IA in this country? Well. You Eaight sa
yes.
A week OF two since the COERIEI
y made favorable comment OH the abilt
II and increasing worth OF the Lisbon Stal
It and we feel constrained to repeat Wit
e emphasis that the 5Jar is about the bes
paper of its class that visits this sanctum
n Such enterprise as is displayed by Bro
/, Everett should not--and viii not-go un
" rewarded. The Star is lively as buckle
j. of eels and is crowded tull OF solid editor
ial meat.
= The COURIER has positive inforlna
- ton that the bill creating the county Q
Steele is to be submitted to the apprc
baton OF the voters of all OF Traill an
Griggs counties. instead Of to Trail an
that part OF Griggs cut off. as has bee
II reported by all newspaper dispatches
1t This would indicate that Hopes case
re not SO Hopeful after all There al
n many who feel satisfied with the county
l. present dimensions. Verify. the path q
Il trichster is hard.
o. Robert Pinkelrton. an old timer c
~ this country, took decided fancy to tn
u COURIER building: and induced us in a
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