Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-04-04
LOCAL LAcoN1cs.

LOCAL LACONICS.
Did you get fooled last Tuesday?
the busy.
Regular trains after next Sunday.
the 9Th inst.
If you are thirsty and see glass of
water, why-goblet.
If anyone wishes to borrow your
umbrella, tell them it's Lent.
N. L. Lehman and j. NJ. Burrell
came up Monday, returning the same
day.
Wonder how this sublime weather
strikes returning Dakotans and new
comers?
H. j. Curtiss, n. ]. Olsen and James
Orr represented Sanborn in the Hub,
Monday.
Barber Bradley has a big new sign,
but does not raise the price of shaves OH
that account.
Valley City is in wrangle over the
location of it's postoffice, which was re-
Gently burned out.
Winter has surely said the parting
word this year without lingering loving
ly in the lap Of spring.
The wisdom (?) of putting the depot
on the lowest spot in town is nicely
demonstrated these days.
r. j. Pfeifer returned with a carload
of stock and farm utensils from Water
vile, Mnn., last Monday.
j. E. Sage from Fargo, and }. B.
Baldwin of Minneapolis, were among
the Palace arrivals, Monday.
The train of last Monday came up
we'll loaded, having about fifty passen-
gers and eight cars of freight.
Carl Jorgensen has purchased $500
lot on Burrell avenue and will erect a
good substantial business building.
The Courier's jobbing department
has been improved by the purchase Of
new material. Bring on your job work.
Old Sol is gracious sovereign and
now smiles regularly upon us, having
conquered the rough and ready Boreas.
The material for two railroad water
tanks has arrived at this place and work.
men are daily expected to erect at least
one of them.
The postoffice has been removed to
small building on Burrell avenue,
owned by VIM. Glass. We understand
the quarters are only temporary.
w. S. Corbett, Sanborn's famous
dispenser Of meats, is in Cooperstown
for few days, assisting MIR. Lehman to
get fully ''settled" in the Palace.
The long siege of inactivity our gen.
ial station agent, r. NJ. Cowen has been
enjoying is ended and that individual is
as hard worked as any of us now.
r. T. Pinkerton intends to start
within few days for st. Johns, on the
boundary line, in the Turtle Mountains.
He intends to engage in business up
there.
School closes to-day and Mr.. Clough
will Immediately remove to his kidder
county wheat plantation for the express
purpose OF tickling the virgin soil and
getting rich.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the Chicago Weekly Herald.
which is admitted to be one of the larg-
est and best newspapers ever issued for
one dollar per year.
The DEVILS Lake Inter- Ocean con-
tains page and one-half Of intensely
interesting Ito publishers) reading mat
ter, set in solid nonpareil. 1t is series
of short land office tales.
e. w. McCrea, of Ottawa, surprised
his numerous Griggs county friends by
returning from Canada with a beautiful
Young bride. We never smoke. but
then there are some in town who do
The Courier had hoped to record
personally new arrivals this spring: but
the manner they started to pour into
town last Monday 40 or SO at a time
has completely upset our calculation.
Assessor E. W. Nc Crea, Mrs. Nc
Crea and Mrs S. Goldthrite returned on
Mondays train from their winters so
iourn in Canada, and all seemed pleased
to breathe the invigorating atmosphere
of Griggsc county.