The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-19
Local Brlckbats.

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John Satterlund made trip to Bis
marck Tuesday on business.
Go to Fitzgerald's if you want fresh
lemons, oranges, and other fruits.
Charley Murrell has abandoned the idea
of reviving the News, and will leave for
Bismarck to day.
John J. Nichols drove down herd of
ponies to Browns ranch Thursday, and
returned home yesterday.
The board of equalization has been in
session during the past week, completing
its business and adiourning yesterday.
Henry Bartels was in town yesterday
from Turtle Lake. His health continues
poorly, and he is unable to do his own farm
work.
The choicest lot of candies, nuts and
canned goods in the city can be found at
7. Fitzgerald's.
The crops in Barnes and Stutsman coun-
ties have suffered serious damage by hail,
some three hundred losses having been re-
ported.
A love-sick swain named John Hunter,
about 80 years of age, well-to-do farmer
of Towner county, committed suicide ut
Cando last week.
Sweet cider, ginger ale, and root beer,
harmless, cooling, healthful drinks, always
on hand, at T. Fitzgerald's. ..
Tho editor of the LEADER is under many
obligations to John P. Peterson for valu-
able favors during the past week. Your
kindness, John, will mover be forgotten.
N.F. Boucher, the fair, fat and jolly ut
torney of Bismarck, dropped in on his
Washburn friends Thursday afternoon,
and returned to the capital yesterday
morning.
Mr.. A. L. Sivyer, who was here this week
from Pierre, says he found moro coal in Nc
Lean county, where he prospected for it,
than he ever expected to soc, and that it
is of an excellent quality, too.
Deputy U. s. Marshal Mckenzie came
up from Bismarck Tuesday and visited
Causey, Mercer county, on legal business.
It concerned tho old matter of G. p. Causy's
deficiency of $40 to the government when
he was postmaster.
Mr.. G. s. Fernald, formerly local attor-
ney at Brainerd for the Northern Pacific,
but now acting tax commissioner for that
company, accompanied by Attorney N. F.
Boucher of Bismarck, was in the city
Thursday on business connected with his
company.
Commissioner @. F. Huston was called
home last Wednesday on account of the
serious illness of his wife, and therefore
the board of equalization held no session
that day. Mr.. Huston returned to the
county seat Thursday morning aud the
board resumed business.
The statistics of mines and mining for
this state, to be incorporated in the
eleventh census of the United States, will
be collected by R. M. Tuttle, of Mandan,
who has been appointed to do the work.
He is very desirous that the state shall be
we'll represented in this department of
mining, and any parties who have facts
and information of interest, should write
to him at Mandan.
The soorching hot weather of the past
week has been severe menace to the
growing crops of this section, and many
farmers fear injury to the berry. Nearly
all the wheat is in head and blossom, and
to insure plump, well-illed berry a cool
or condition of the atmosphere is needed
and more rain would not come amiss.
It is expected that harvesting in Mclean
county will begin about the first week in
August.
John NJ. Turner, manager of the Man
dan Roller Mills, says his company has
one boat already, and intend procuring
another, with which to do their own ship
ping. They intend to ship this fall from
Mclean county all the coal the company
and their employees will require this win
ter, and hereafter will do the bulk of their
shipments in June, when the water is at 9
good running stage. The boat they are
negotiating for now will carry so tons,
and when they commence operations en-
ployment will be furnished large number
of men in mining the coal.
The B. B. Reporter, which was read at
the recent school entertainment, contained
a few good hits, which, if they had been pub
lished in either the LEADER or the Mail
would probably have subjected the editors
Of those papers to severe drubbing at
the hands of. the parties interested.
Among the ''few things that would help
make circus" mentioned In the IRE
porter" were: @John Satterlund on horse
back Now, what We have seen Of John
We think he'd look more comical on q
mule. LARRY Casselman at q mum
sociable," in which is intimated that Larry
must talk. Well, We know from expert
ence that's mighty hard to keep still in a
place like that. "Hans Nygard without q
new girl" Drop your lines, Hans, and
explain. But the hardest hit Of all was
concerning aBarney McGinley telling the
trukh ahOut his chickonS." What the edit