Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-05-09

act, Out we would rather see 10th sides
of the sheet correspond.
Postmaster L. S. Lehman. of Sanborn.
accompanied by Mrs. Ienllam:and Miss
Fannie came up to Cooperstown Satur-
day. Mr.. Lehman made The COURIER
friendly call.
Cash Yascey, the tonsorial artist, says
the beard will grow OH MANS face in
Dakota with twice the rapidity that it
will in Minneapolis, but that he will be
four times as slow in having it cut off.
IL. G. Fitch, who has been at Coopers-
town in charge of the Palace hotel in
that place, has returned to Jamestown.
He says there is no place like the gem
city, and he proposes to stay here
Capital.
Messrs. Beecher Cox. Allan Pinkerton,
Fred Bauer, w. F. Dunlap and Attor-
ney Holmes took trip to Mardell Sun
day. They report an excellent dinner
at mine host Robinson's. We hadn't
seen Mr.. Robinson's card in THE CoUR-
TER and did not know the house was
open.
The Casselton Reporter accuses G riggs
county Of shipping the family OF G. +.
Bolt to Casselton to escape supporting
them, and upon their being returned, of
reshipping them. Steele county. Brother
Kilborn, is the county of which Hope is
the county seat. Grigg county is cap;.-
ble of taking care of its own poor.
The court house specifications cali for
red surface brick. If we can get good
home made article of uniform color, this
requirement ought to be waived and the
home product utilized. At present it
looks as if an enterprising brickmaker
was not lurking around ready for busi-
ness very extensively, so that the color
is immaterial.
The caucus at Sanborn held Tuesday
evening resulted i'll the selection of
Messrs. Sterl, Maris and Seigfried for
trustees, Mr.. A. N. Olson for marshal,
VIM. Mexican for clerk and treasurer.
A. r. Motfat for assessor, and Mr.. IIol-
liday for justice of the peace. 1t seems
to be one thing to incorporate a village
and another thing to elect the officers.
E. u. Stair, who has conducted the
destinies Of THE CooPEKsTowN CoUR-
lER with so much ability since it's es-
tablishment, published his valedictory
last week, having sold the paper to F..
H. Adams. We bid Bro. Stair an affec-
tionate goodbye, and extend Bro.
Adams our editorial oS.-Casselton Re-
porter.
F. p. Wright, of Barnes county, town
ship l4l, range IS, has tree claim with
ten acres of cottonwoods averaging ten
feet in height and all thrifty and doing
well. Andrew Anderberg has claim
in the same town with equally as fine a
grove-all the result of few days labor
each year. If the settler Is here to stay
he will do we'll to follow the example of
these careful farmers.
DIR. Groves, of Sanborn, came near.
having Tad accident Saturday while
taking the train to Valley City, to attend
a consultation with DIR. Vidal of the
latter place. With a case of instru-
ments under his arm, he made break
for the front end of the cab0ose, and
was saved from falling under the wheels
by another passenger. He will take the
rear platform in the future. .
1t is stated that III. j. Curtiss is the
fortunate man who is to step into the
shoes of John G. Robinson at Fargo. 1t
is universally regretted that Col. Robin
son has seen fit to resign his position
here to take an active interest in the
management of his banking business &C
La Moure. Mr.. Curtiss has for some
time been agent at Sanborn, and comes
with high OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
N. L. Lehman, manager of the Len
ham elevator and Lumber company, is
in the city. Mr.. Lehman reports wheat
as rising in price on a solid basis, and
that the outlook for good prices the COM
ing faH are better than they have been
for two Or three years; he would not be
at all surprised to see wheat selling at
from 50 cents to 81 per bushel after har-
vest.
The St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manito-
ha company have commenced to run
gravel cars TO WAhpeton and west of
here. and, it is reported, will soon COM
menee to lay steel rails from here to
Hope; 1t is also f,smored that the road
will be laid this seas0n olst into the
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