Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-02-15
Official Paper of Griggs County

Official Paper of Griggs County
LOCAL LAcoN1cS.
bachelors yes" is sweet. soft sound,
And it makes his wooer' heart rebound
With Joy at its cadence low;
But sad ia she "a she shakes her boots,
And ont in the darkness softly scoots
AT the sound Of the bachelors No"
Beautiful and bright-the weather. /
Manly Davis drove to Sanborn again
yesterday.
No train to-day, and yet finer day
never was.
No.1 sorghum forsale at Whidden's.
Leave your orders early for it runs slow.
Geo. Mccormick, who is being cared
for at the home of Mrs. R. c. Cooper, is
at last recovering from his wounded
knee.
Mrs. G. F. Newell is visiting relatives
and friends in Crookston, Minn., and
the doctor appears to be having a fit Of
the sulks.
The assiduous Beecher Cox is ''king
bee" at Whidden's store during the pro-
prietor's absence. Beecher is rustler
and will make things buzz.
"A small gang of bridge makers are
at work repairing and strengthening the
structure which spans Bald Hill creek,
preparatory to spring freshet.
"A Jamestown couple made the most
economical bridal tour on record. After
bidding their friends an aflectionate
goodbye they went up stairs and went
to bed.
"A big rattle occurs at the Palace
Hotel tomorrow evening, at which some
lucky snoozer will get 4 team, buggy
and harness for one dozen munifcent
shillings.
Advance guards for colonies of set
tiers are already appearing in the terri
ritory. Three weeks more and the flood
or emigrants to North Dakota's broad
acres will have fairly begun.
The Dakotaians now in Washington
represent two factions-one favoring di-
vision and the other admission of the
territory as state. Neither are likely
to accomplish anything with the present
congress.
"A Minneapolis merchant who lives(?)
on fine Griggs county quarter section
came up from that bright young city on
Wednesday. We presume he will prove
up soon and then the county will lose
his alleged citizenship.
Our enterprising farm machinery
dealears are already preparing for the
inevitable big spring trade by getting in
their supply of seeders, harrows, ETC.
Odegard 4 Thompson have several cal
loads on hand now and more on the
road.
II of our young men has declared his
inl0tion retire from single life. He says
he will lOderly receive some maiden's
w & take her in2 his fond NJ
whose is r bright as the shining
w. & who has not a in this 8 Of the
country.-Exchange.
MIR. and Mrs. w. r. Whidden de
parted for an eastern trip last Monday
Mr.. Whidden goes to. New York ane
Nova Scotia on business. while his bet
ter half is bent on pleasure, and will re
main in the continents metropolis unit
April, visiting her mother and other rel
atives.
While sorry to untustly censure any
one the Courier is pleased to know thati
was mistaken in blaming the Sanborl
operator for the non-arriva} Of our pack
age Of papers last week. Investigation
proves him entirely blameless in thu
matter. and Our amend honourable i
gladly rendered.
Real estate is looking up and Grigg
county comes to the front with the bes
big sale OH record. When one OF tn
foremost capitalists of the east plant
nearly $50. 600 in our dirt at SIS per acr
it would hardly seem that public conf
dence is shaken in Dakota's resource
and ultimate prosperity.
EARLY though it is, immigration
already starting for Dakota, as the put
Usher personally noted or his way fron
Chicago. The class coming now ar
principally those who investigated tn
country and selected their land last fal
Within the past ten days travel west
ward bound from st. Paul on the North
ern Pacific is said to have increased 5
per cent.