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


making war in La Mcure county against W
the new Jail contract of p. j. Pauley & "
Bro, of st. Louis. The county COM d
it seems. closed contract il
for two cells. etc, without submitting {
what the journal calls an extraordinary I
expenditure to vote of the people, and t
it is claimed the cells are not worth the ]
money. a meeting of the commissioners e
has beer called by the people to endeavor t
to secure q revocation Of the contract.
A Dayton, o., special says VIM. II.
Vanderbilt passed through that place on
the stll, in special coach. making the
fastest time on record. The train con-
sisted of two coaches, and made the run
from Lima to Dayton, a distance of a
miles in 66 minutes. The train started
from Detroit making the entire trip to
Cincinnati. a distance of 263 miles, in )
hours and thirty minutes, an average of
sos miles an hour. This rather beats
the record of the S., G. Il L. NJ.
]. NJ Stetson. of Aneta, made us q
call Wednesday, AnetanoW has hotel.
printing office. barber and blacksmith
shops. School begins Monday Miss Hill
debrand teacher The Hope branch is !
expected to strike the new town. Quite
a colony of Illinosans from Neponset.
Bureau county. are settled in the vicini-
tv. The colony settled two years ago
and average 80 acres of wheat to the
man. MIR. Stetson regards this as the
most favorable season he has experl-
enced in Dakota and thinks the soil and
climate compare more than favorably
with Illinois.
= Among the Palace arrivals we notice
: the names of w. NJ. Jones. Sandwich.
o.: C. III. SHELTON. st. Paul; n. q. Col
a Inns, Mayville: Mrs. IL. G. Ruth. Willow;
T. II. Warren, Tower City: >. c. Flynn.
I.akota: N. G. Rukke: F. S. Holland,
g Aneta: W. r. Address. Fargo; +. H..
|. IIollingshead, Sanborn: Chas. \. Clark,
Sam'l Sewall, st. Paul: n. l.. Lenham.
is Sanborn: Joseph Miller, Aneta: G. Mer-
IS rill, \. Breckenridge, Hope; j. r.. Nc
l. Laughlin, III. j. Curtiss. Fargo; O. b.
Bolster, Minneapolis; }. NJ. Burre]l, San
\. born; w. E. Bryant, Chicago; j. II
IL Murphy. Wood River.
IL Charles Nelson, of township IA. range
50. renews his subscription and informs
IN us that he has seventy-five acres o
al wheat and oats up i'm good shape MIR
s Nelson. who is director OF district No
IL. informs us that the school house ad
:. joining him, in Wheatland school dis
:, 81 trict. is being built by Nils Olson, o
~ ~ Valley City, and will be finished mex
ND week-cost, about $500. One Other
school building l6x24, in process o
hg erection in the same district, section {
sy township IA, range 80. is being built b.
lc- Mr.. Weatherbee. cost $500. Two othe
We buildings will be built this season, Oh
near f. Greenland S and another in th
ill st. Clair neighborhood.
he The body of DR.. Darlington was foun
'At on section 81, township l47. range 81
le fifteen miles from Hope. The doctc
W. was going from Mayville to spend Chris
gh mas with his family, when the accldel
tn occurred which lead to his death. .
lge broken whitiletree left him on the pra
,ed rie during IL Storm After finding pr
ar lection for himself and animals he pr
SO. badly in the darkness attempted to reac
np his wrecked sleigh to procure food, AT
NO became bewildered and perished, as |
So would in any other northern col,ntl
of under like circumstances. One or tN
led snch instances of death by exposure
rth territory as large as the whole of Ne
England and New York combined, la,
-. undoubtedly been the foundation Of Il
:, cock and bull stories of the eastern pre-
regarding our s'terrible bliZZards."
,an The new man of the CooperstOv
ms. COURIER. Mr.. +. III. Adams. former
ard Of Valley City. starts out vigorously
adj Iii; paper Of the I'd. The COURIER W
all remain republican in politics. sound
the core and the new management sa
,,,,s il '.wiil ioe the aim of the paper to e
&c tend its advertising patronage by j
ha creasing its circulation. and to increa
,,s its circulation by being reliable and
.e,,t terprising in the interests of Cooper
'',r,s ns town and Griggs county" That is t
;, r. right plane for newspaper. having t
49, welfare of its section at heart, to S;
a+a upon. The Herald extends hear
ra,, welcome to Slr. Adams as a member
the brotherhood OF North Dakota editC
and wishes him all manner of success
|s bis ncw fiald.-Steele Herald.
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