Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-01-25
Official Paper of Griggs County
FRIDAY, JAN. 25, 1884.
LOCAL LAcoN1cs.

LOCAL LACoN1CS.
Splendid weather.
No cases of sunstroke to-day.
III. G. Brown registered at the Pal
ace, Monday, from st. Paul.
c. L. Gilman was one Of the passen-
gers up from Fargo last Monday.
-Cooperstown now has All athletic
club and ''rassling" is all the rage.
Don't fail to read Whidden Bros.
new adv. which appears on the eighth
page.
Josh Billings says: ''Dear gurls.
this iz leap year; assert yer rites; do yer
juty /"
Services will be held in the Palace
dining rooms next Sunday morning and
evening.
y -Ex-President W A. Kindred, of
Fargo, was in the cou| .ty seat the most
bf the week.
! Fargo Argus: 1yer jacobson, of
Cooperstown, is and ing the guests of
Atessrs. Lamont & Sc tt.
Contractor Muirllft on this morn
iag's train for two Weeks sojoun with
lis family at Tower City.
Tower City Herad: Casselton has
roller skating rink and Kilbol,rne. of
,he Reporter, is pronounced an expert
letter.
j. b. Baldwin, genial commercial
man, representing Joyslin L. Merriam,
minneapolis, was in the Hub the first
pf the week.
Fargo Argus: Elitor E. d. Stair
/ sarna in from Cooperstown last evening
y md graced the HessAuarters' register
with his autograph.
Several settlers came down from
the Red Willow district yesterday to
make filings ON their claims which have
recently came into market.
w. a. Kindred, sold, this week, to
Andrew &. Knudson, l60 acres of land
north Of Cooperstown the consideration
Of which was 81. 400, and to Gilbert
Olson 100 acres, consideration, 81 ,i4O,
Open winter? Yes, says one, froze
and cracked open.-Alidland Mich Re-
publican. If we are to judge by the
weather of the past few months,
Dakotaians will evidently not enjoy an
ssopen'' winter.
Two telephones have just arrived III
town and will be put into immediate
operation. One wire will extend from
the Palace to the depot, and the other
from the Bank of Cooperstcwn to the
Coop 'rstown Livery.
There is considerable wood being
hauled into town nowadays, the farm
ers evidently taking advantage Of the
excellent condition of the roads. Ode
gard Il Thompson have over 400 cords in
their yard.
Such lovely weather as the past two
weeks has brought is known only in the
land Of the leal. ThermometerIre register
ing Ill the way from zero to j., 1t above
. fleazing, and the sun glowing i'll the
heavens every day. EvelD body lis sing
ing, This is the place I long have
sought. ..''-Enterprise.
Darlington News: 1t seemed very
dsnsl indeed to be without a rail for
almost a whole week during the recent
blockade. Not Il sill gle exchange with
which to stimulate the editorial brain,
net letter to bring solitary subscrip-
ton from afar, not eYen a fash of news
along the wire, for, alas, the liEe once
again was 'busted."
"A rnan who Will accept newspaper,
take it from the postotlice as regularly
Ias it is deposited there for him at the
publishers expense, week after week
land month after month, and then nHsi-
ItiveIy refuse to pay for it is to be clAssed
l,si,li common thieves. burglars and
IpcNpecketss. 1t is ,othiny less tll am
'Ilrgiary. i We have heard of 4 number
Of such men, and a,e frank in saying
that lhay ought to be compelled to wear
striped clothes furnished by the Stale.
--Ilx.