Griggs County courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1885, 1885-05-29
Around Town.
Wheat, - cents.

Wheat, - cents.
Mr.. G. E. IIeidel, of the firm of j. S.
Weiser Il Co.. was in town Tuesday,
Slr. James Sorenson sold a car load of
t1our in the Terminal Town, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Stevens came up
from Lanesboro with tbe children, We'd
nesday.
The Devils Lake Bismarck cent
beer fever seems to have reached the
Union house, at CooperstoWn.
A. Steinbach, publisher of the Weekly
Pioneer. at Jamestown, ID. T., was in
town Wednesday evening. and reports
the CITY ofDhe Jim as enterpriSing as
ever.
The bill to restore capital punishment
III Michigan was defeated by one vote.
The death penalty is largely demanded
OH account of the increase OF murders in
in the state.
Judge Mills. of Valley City, is still
sojourning with us. The climate of
fertile Griggs has done him a power"
of good. and he is thinking OF returning
to the Valley in few days.
Commencing July lst. a new mail
via Mardell, Cooperstown, Romness
and Ottawa, will be opened, making
round trips three times week.
We were honored with call Wednes
day from Eugene V. Smalley, the we'll
known writer. Mr.. Smalley is on his
way tn Puget Sound with his party, and
will be gone about eight weeks.
Decoration day-to-morrow. 1t will
be generally unobserved in Coopers-
town. we have no graves to decorate.
We shall have to import some funeral
material in order to start cemetery.
4 Several hundred tons of buffalo bones
await shipment at this point. Messrs.
Whidden and Syyerson will have a duel
over the bone business yet. The jaw
bone Of a buffalo is a good weapon,
competently handled.
The editor of the Cooperstown CouR-
tion to his residence" There's nothing
remarkable in that. We built a COW
stable without cash. That's something
to crow abOut.-SanbOrn Enterprise.
Mrs. Ashby has returned from Yank-
ton, cured. it was supposed, or her in
sanity. She wandered about in the
fields upon her arrival, in an aimless
fashion, and was taken care of by the
sheriff. She explains that she did not
know the way home.
The Twentieth regiment of United
States infantry passed through Sanborn
Friday, bound for Fort Assnabolne,
Mont. There were about 1000 men,
many of the soldiers accompanied by
their wives and families. They came di-
rect from Leavenworth, Kansas, and
| touk the steamboat at Bismarck.
We publish this week the card of
i'll lumber Mr.. Crane is sterling
young business man, with plenty of
western experience, and we predict for
him his share of the lumber trade. He
represents the well-known firm Of J.J. {.
Howe & Co.. of Brainerd. and proposes
to carry. at all times, a complete stock
Of lumber and trimmings at reasonable
prices, and of the best quality.
4 G. II. Hunter, in three weeks. has set
out 1000 ash, elm, box-eldel, Balm of
ten feet in height. The trees were all
taken from the Sheyenne river and Lake
Jesse. and are planted about Mr.. Hun
ter's home, so that in few years he will
be in the wildwood. Go thou and do
likewise! Dakota will not thoroughly
prosper until its people get the tree
planting fever. 1t might he we'll to OBJ
serve that Mr.. Hunter trees are all do
ing well.
Some hilarious cold settlers camped
near Davis Il Pickett's stable. i'm the
large cylinder. built for well curbing.
one night last week, along with big
jug. One of them said they were
:.havin' lection. King Alcohol was
been president After they had fallen
asleep. under the beneticent mesmerism
of the King" small gang pro-
ceeded to roll the aforesaid cylinder.
over and over, and a sorry company of
about half dozen men crowded out
to find new lodgings.
Y Messrs McDermott. Buchheit. Hun
/ter and Ward went to Red Willow Sun
| day. Mr.. Ward. who is comparatively
new to the country, was enthusiastic
over the trip. The prairie reminded
hm of a huge pool table. with the sur
rounding hills for the cushins. and lakes
for the pockets. They did not capture
any fish, although they made the at
tempt In the East, Mr.. Ward says. they
use hook and line, but, out here, an Or
binary hay fork, and unless the fisher
men can throw them out by the dozen
they complain of poor luck.
The fair and concert last evening. in
aid Of the Baptist church fund, was. we
understand cOmpIete success The