Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-08-15
Official Paper of Griggs County

John n. Jorgersen has been laid up
with bad cold this week.
The court house will be ready for oc-
cupancy about November l.
Gillespie Il Blow have moved their
saloon building to Burrell avenue, near
the hotel.
1t is the opinion of Judge Hudson
that the county attorneyship is an elect
i've office in all organized counties.
A. II. Gray's mammoth exhibit Of
threshers took place in Valley City the
9th inst. Six car loads was the invoice;
value, $500
CT. Dazey is in Fargo attending to
the litigation consequent upon bargain
ing his farm to two different parties and
selling to but one.
E. d. Stair, formerly publisher of the
Courier, has been conducting the Saline
Observer for his brother, While the latter
took a vacation.
Services at the school house on Sum
day as follows: Preaching at IL a. m.
byO. G. S. Wallace, and at Z p. m. by
L. NJ. Rockwell.
W.T.. Covey, Of Covey & Brown, was
observed firing revolver, with great
hila-ity, last Monday morning. The
neighbors made up their minds that he
was painting the town red, but it was
only the arrival OF nine pound boy at
his home. Mother and child are doing
we'll.
MEs. Harry Adams, of Vergennes,
VT, mother of the editor Of the Courier,
arrived in Cooperstown Tuesday even
ing. This is her third visit to Dakota,
the last previous visit having been made
in 1881. Griggs county was then almost
uninhabited.
We have received sample Of goods of
the Acme Fuel Kinder company, OF
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. 1t is made, we
should think. of saw dust and rosin, and
is good thing for kindling fires or for
creating a smudge. If it can be manu-
factured cheap enough it will meet with
favor.
Roller skating is the latest craze at
Valley City. Matrons Of $50 pound
avoirdupois find rolling around on cas-
ters much nicer than shaking their little
feet IN the may dance. The price Of
false hair and elastic bustles has ''riz, y
although there has been quite tumble
in live stock. TO constitute a ''fall''
both shoulders must touch the floor, so
that novice can break both legs and
collar bone and have good record left.
The Steele county convention OF the
eth resulted in victory for the outs,
with nominations as follows:
Commissioner-First district, James
A. Grey. Second district. Stein A. Mel
son. Third district, G. II. Goodruph.
Register OF Deeds-E. S. Seymore.
Treasurer. A. jacobson.
Sheriff.. Watson.
Superintendent OF Schools-G. W.
Winchell.
Clerk-H. II. Wasson.
The Sioux City Journal says: The
flax mill is receiving orders for Irvine
for seif.binders faster than they can be
filled. All orders read ''ship by ex-
press" IN many cases the express
charges will be great deal more than
the twine. These orders came from as
far away as Fargo, for the Irvine famine
prevails every where. The mill will run
on twine exclusively until the harvest of
small grain ends, and the seifibinders are
laid by for the season. and viii then be-
gin ON rope first and textile fabrics at
terwards.
On Sunday atterncn last a meeting
was held at the new school house in
Willow township, and Sunday school,
to be known as the ''Willow Sunday
School, organized by electing the fol-
lowing efficient corps Of officers: Su-
perintendent, J. w. Sparkling; assistant
superintendent, ". E. Hagetty, seere-
tary and treasurer, Mary !. spafling:
choristef, Cora Hagerty: Bible class
teacher, ". E. Ifagerty: children's class
teacher. Mrs. @. Reed. The school
starts out with good prospects, and it is
to be hoped that their work will pN'ye
eminently successful,