Griggs County courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1885, 1885-06-12
Around Town.

p. L. Holland was down from Aneta,
Monday.
Stevens 4 Enger are building an addi-
tion to tine hardware store.
DR.. Newell extracted a piece of iron
from the eye of man from the Gold
thrite farm, Monday.
Come in and pay your COURIER SUBJ
scription, and get Farm, Stock and
Home'' for one year.
NJ. L. Michaels will take the census of
the western half Of Griggs county, in
place of Major f. s. Buell., who is quite
i'll.
The little daughter Of JULIUS Stevens
dislocated her shoulder Tuesday. The
accident was promptly remedied by DIR.
Newell.
Rev. F. NJ. Rockwell preached at the
Church residence, ten miles north, Sun
day. A large congregation was in at
tendance.
The cellar of A. N. Adams new resi-
dence is completed. 1t is opposite the
Davis & Pickett house.
FoUND-One large Horse collar, with
sweat pad, nearly new. Call at
COURIER Office, prove property,
and pay for this notice.
We see by the Darlington News that
at late concert, at Darlington, Miss
Thirza Gimblett sang a soprano solo.
Miss Gimblett's fine voice was greatly
missed at our last concert.
Buffalo bones are worth as high as
SIS per ton this week. About six men
are OH the watch for incoming bone
teams, night and day, and the buffalo
predominates, even in death.
Mr.. W. p. Buell., of Minneapolis, came
to town Saturday, in response to tele-
gram that his father was dying. Hap
PLY, the latter's illness was not so seri-
GUS. Mr.. Buell. returns Saturday.
MIR. II. Retzlatf was advised to get
some insect powder for his pony. He
said he knew the pony was small, but
he was no insect, by dunn sight. All
he wanted was something to kill prairie
lice.
| Several farmers from range 63 were
in town Monday, loading up with lum-
Der and groceries. Our large number of
business houses make Cooperstown the
best trading point for farmers, in the
country.
John X. Thune was married to Annie
n. Haugen; by Judge Geo. B. Clark,
last week. The young couple live at
Jesse. The deed is said to have been
done in the most elegant fashion, by
George!
Mr.. Blanchard, tine bonanza farmer of
the Red River Valley. spent Sunday
with r. G. Cooper. on the Cooper farm.
He admits the half had not been told
him concerning the wonderful fertility
and beauty of our rolling uplaEds.
Hillsboro Banner: An artesian well
has been sunk on the Won Stelnwehr
farm, which is said to flow 1000 barrels
of water per day. This is. we are in
formed. the best we'll in the county.
Flowing streams of water at a depth of
from $50 to 200 feet are a common thing
in the county.
The largest room in the world. under
one roof, and unblol<en by pillars. is in
St. Petersburg. 1t IS G20 feet long by
$50 feet in breadth. BY daylight it is
used for military displays, and battal-
ion can completely maneuver in it.
Twenty thousand wax tapers are reqnir-
ed to light it. The roof of this struct-
ure is a single arch of iron, and it ex-
hiblts remarkable engineering skill IN
the architect.
i Up to the present writing, this season,
'S6,O0Ohave been paid out in Cooperstown
for the denuded frame work of tine
American bison. The trade for 1885 will
amount to about $4,000. Little did the no
bic animal think,as he lay gasping in the
clutches of old age, that he was leaving
a neat legacy, as we'll as other calcari-
GUS portions of his anatomy, to John
Smith. Ole Olson, Volnogel Won Stom-
bach. then slowly waltzing up the cor
ridors of time to the fertile steppes of
Dakota
: A valuable relic of the Sibley expedi-
ton. in the shape of a cavalry sword,
was found on high hill. west of Lake
Jesse, near the ruins of Fort Sibley, last
week. The metallic portion of the weap-
on is intact, the leather of the handle
has disappeared, and the scabbard is