Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-09-26
Official Paper of Griggs County

Official Paper OF Grlggs county ,
j. Burdick and wife, Of Aneta, We're
in town over.Sunday.
A. D. Murrell and wife, of Aneta,
registered at the Palace Yhurday.
Messrs. Drake, Stevens, Pratt and
Connolly drove down to Valley City on
Sunday, returning Monday.
The commissioners have located =
bridge across the Sheyenne, nine mile
north. at Isaac Mills.
Threshing is done on the Schoon-
maker farm, of which 700 acres are cul-
tivated. Average yield of wheat, 27I
bushels per acre; oats, 60 bushels.
We VIC u recommend to our Mardell
subscribers that they have the address OF
their paper changed to CooperstoWn.
They now have to travel l25 miles, via.
Tower City.
The East India Railway company
carries wheat from Patnee to Howrah,
S32 miles, for 164 cents per hundred
pounds, or for about 10 cents per bushel;
from Delhi, 1000 miles, for l6l
cents per bushel. -
The Fargo & Southern, through the
broad gauge policy Of Passenger Agent
Eddy, is certainly making friends
among the members OF the press OF
North Dakota. There is no good reason
why the route they advertise should not
become a popular one.
Mrs. II. s. Lehman, Mrs. j. II. Val
landigham and three children, Mr.. S. X.
Norgard, who has been to Southern
Minnesota, Harry Pitts, Of st. Paul, the
hardware man, Chas Buck, and F. II.
Adams, ON his return trip from Pierre,
came to town Monday night.
In letter to an eastern paper Mr.. o.
G. s. Wallace says, ''Dakota's climate
is fine-the water good; the soil is extra
ordinarily rich-t,le prairie insutferably
tame; the wheat fields magniticent--the
mosquitoes bores, every one OF them;
aud the future of this country promises
well.''
For some time past the ladies have
been proudly prancing in the ''Mothe1
Hubbard dress. and now the ''Fathel
Hubbard dress for the men folks comes
to the front. 1t is described in an ex-
change as follows: "Simply drop the
suspenders. and wear the shirt loose
over the top Of the parts, instead OF
tucking it in. and you have Father
Hubbard. d.''-Greensburg Press.
The Century for October contains I
magniicently illustrated paper on Ros;
Bonheur. an article on 1.-The Coeul
d'Alene Stampede" which loses none Of
the breezy attractiveness of a mining
camp sketch, at the hand of E. V
Smalley: one of Eggleston's scholarly
articles on the social conditions of tht
colonies; didactic paper on christianit,
and wealth by Washington Gladden.; /;
continuation of 1.-The New Astronomy,
and the conclusion of ''Dr. Sewer" ant
~ Problematic Character" with al
able editorial on the danger of delayin:
reforms. The November Century will
contain the first of series OF illustrated
papers OH the civil war.
We see by late copy of the Vale,
City Times that we are to practice what
we preach and not chip into Barnes
county politics. Ha! Will we be per
nitted to own property to considerable
extent, and pay taxes in Barnes county!
Will we be permitted, please, to circu
late some hundred and twenty-five cop.
ses of the COURIER in the county afore.
said, at the price Of - per annum cash
i'll advance: We should smile. If
Dickey said mean things about us two
years ago, the eve of election is not tine
time for us to seek information as to the
remarks Of the aforesaid Dickey. We
disclaim any opposition to Mr.. Scott for
the legislature, other than lending what
influence we have to prevent the party
he is with from suiciding early in the
fight. See? No outside influence was
necessary to lead the dominant party to
keep faith with its members. Possibly
the depressed Chawles will discover this
after while. There is little honesty
in politics yet.