Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-05-16

In the law of the bo~eess bears
That Could ana his ilk are clu,chiHs
Al the unclutchab,e air; l
That while they are clutchng unclu:chaoleness
And their paper is falling due,
Their mothere-in.law are setting
On 81 golden egg OF two
Seeding is nearly done on the Cooper
farm.
Hope will have a tri-weekly train this
season.
Whillden Bros have imported large
stock OF crockery.
W, F.. Jones and J. C. Drake, of VAL
lev City. were in town Saturday.
Wild ducks and plover are brought in
every dav NY our local sportsmen.
L. w. Larson intends to build GUS
tom Touring mill on the Sheyenne.
Seeding done, wheat up earlier than
usual. and everything favorable for
good crop.
Attorney G. A. Van Wormer, of San
born, smiled his belligerent smile III the
COURIER office Saturday.
Knute Melby brings Ill this week
car load Of stock and farming necessar-
les to help out the country.
The best location for steam Touring
mill in the Northwest is at tCooperstoWn.
Who will be the lucky man?
VIM. Glass thanks heaven that his
Office fronts the north. And yet it has
been alleged that Dakota is a cold coun-
try.
It is reported that the Manitoba peo-
pie intend to push the Mayville branch
on to the Pembina mountains immedi-
ately.
Grand ball at w. Ii. Pattison's in
Dazey Friday evening. 1t is expected
quite a n,lmberof the boys from Coopers.
town will be in attendance.
julius Stevens, Anton Enger, 1ve'
Jacobson. G. IL. Shelton and Mr.. Jack
son were slaughtering the wild ducks
and plover late Saturday evening.
New sidewalks, and fresh paint along
Burrell avenue give tone to that bus.
thoroughfare. Messrs. Glass and Nc
Dermott are robing their respective
buildings in paint.
The water tank dam at Bald Hill
creek sets the water back over th
Cooper trail so that the creek is the mex
thing to unfordable. A bridge over tn
creek on the trail is an urgent necessity
Frank Ressler has purchased, through
of nd ~
west quarter of sec. Z, twp. l47, rang
SO. Ole E!lifson has also purchase
through Mr. Andrus the northwest qual
ter OF section u, township l4s, range S!
A leading industry between seedin
and the breaking season is the gatherin
of buffalo bones They are worth $
per ton in CooperstoNn, and dozens {
teams are coming in every day loade
down. An ordinary wagon load is wort
$500.
Attention is called te the new adye
tisement of Geo. w. Greenleese 4 Co.,
firm composed of Mr.. Greenleese an
our enterprising young townsna
Beecher Cox. This new departure ju
titles what we said last week ir iega.
to employees in our mercantile firms a.
yancing themselves. We wish them q
success
Irving Howard, Of Willow, has prove
np and claims to have had enough
genuine pioneer life Locating long b
fore the railroad had started for Cooper
town. nearly sixty miles from the neare
village, without previous experience
a granger and pioneer, his conchlsien
not unnatural. Mr.. Howard will, hoy
ever. remain in Dakota, as the china
and country suit bin better than in Ne
York.
a. Moifat, s. II. Lynn, and J.
Drake were the bidders On the cou
house. Mr.. Moffat's bid being near
$500 lower than any other, the contra
will no doubt be awarded to him. II
court house. according to the architect
designs, will be, if not the largest, OF
of the finest county buildings in Mort
ern Dakota. In architectural style
follows the National Museum buildir
in Washington.