The Washburn leader., 1891-10-17

Shaffer has been arrested. charged with
running blind pig in Bishops livery
barn, he has gone to Fargo in default OF
$500 bail. DIR. Aylen has removed
tumor from Pat Boyle's head /. Z. Carl
Linderman's boy was run over by a
wagon loaded with fifty bushels of
wheat, but was not seriously injured.
Sargent County: Thirty.five thresh-
ing machines are in operation in the
county, and these will not be enough to
complete the threshing in season. f. :.
Quite prairie fire near Nicholson the
other day. ). Cogswell has had dance
....At Britton. the other night, two
young men attempted to play a practical
joke on groceryman named Goodman
by carrying off two of his tubs; the
night watchman discovered them, and
when they did not stop, fred at them.
One, named Hindnan, was shot in tn
shoulder; but is in fair way to recover r
Nelson County: O. s. Anderson of
Center Township is dead. g. Notwith-
that the rains have intertered
with the threshing, farmers are happy
that sufficient moisture has been Sc
cured to insure good crop next season
.... There was dlsgracefnl fight on the
streets of Lakota the other day :. Trot.
Metcan has gone to Osnabrook as
buyer for the st. Anthony Elevator 90.
. Mark l.. Williams and Charlie Adler
had forcible discussion at Laknta. :. &. Z.
An interesting harvest home service was
held in the Episcopal Church at Crary.
La Moure County: The Edgerly
Cemetery Association has bought tract
of land near town. {. {. The warehouse of
A. s. Howe & %. was burned by gas.
throwing down lighted match while
gasoline was being drawn from barrels
into five gallon packages. IA prairie
fire on Mr.. Glover's section was soon
extinguished 800. An accommodation
train is running on the james Valley
road in place of the passenger anu
freight. Wolves are reported very
thick in the western part OF the county
Richland County: The Baptists of
Paramount have decided to build an
81, 800 church this fall One farm in
Richland County paid it's owner this
season rs per cent. on the money in
vested I'D. Q. Hallum has gone to
Deadwood to look over some smelters
to purchasing similar ones
for his western mines. /. The young
people of Center township enjoyed q
hop at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Stiffes. :. Fishing is good around Barrie
now August Schoeneck has O flow
ing we'll 275 feet deep. 90. Prohibition
does not seem to be success in Wahpe.
ton.
Diokey County: Collectors report
debts are being paid better than ever
before. Commissioner Bsteman has
lost three valuable horses. 4. &. Papers
have been served on County Auditor
Weed relative to Northern Pacific taxes
in this county. y. Will Ellis new paper,
The Independent. makes good start
The seating capacity of the new
Methodist Church at Oakes is 200. >.
A young man named Peterson was quite |
burned while fighting prairie
fires. The Oakes Republican wants q
harvest festival. Help is scarce in
Dickey County.
Benson County: August Rasmussen
killed himself with shotgun
w. P. Snyder of Hurricane
Lake has purchased four hundred: sheep
Of the Bank of Leeds. O. Aerrington |
Of Oberon raised from seed this year
onions that weighed two pounds piece
j. Mrs. Holloway has resigned as post
mistress at Hurricane Lake.... Il. E.
Mather killed seven geese in one shot
The other day. Antoine Blegen aver
aged thirty bushels to the acre from his
fifty. five acres of wheat. .250 head of
mares and colts have arrived at Ft.
Totten from Montana. Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Rude have lost their younger
daughter, Pearl.
Walsh County: Cashier Oashel esti-
mates the yield Of wheat in Walsh
county at 100000 bushels. Thresh-
ing help is scarce around Medford. 10.
Five dollars a day is being paid to
,tackers around Ops. :. /. Grafton has 235
pupils in school. >. .Oakwood wants q
oostofice. >. Dan Yorkey has settled up
;he affairs of the Devils Lake enoamp.
nent, and reports expenses $4,000 less
han the last encampment. :. Will Dan
els, of Forest River, returned home
With very sore toe, caused by an Sin
yrowing" toe nail. 1t is said, however,
hat on his recent trip to Fargo, James
own and Bismarck. he staid one night
With friend and left in such hurry
hat he didnot notice the scraper, hence
he sore foot. "A man was arrested at
Grafton charged with carrying con-
sealed weapons and having burglar
;ools on his person. He was held to the
grand jury.
Morton County: Lsnderman Bros.
lave shipped train load of sheep to
he. Red River Valley to be sold or
eased. i. Thirteen townships in Nor
on County have been surveyed by the
this season. !. "A large pro.
portion of the Standing Rock indian
reservation has been burned over by
prairie fire. .Oae store in Mandan
,arries thirteen styles of cowboy hats
;. The new Baptist church IS nearly
completed. j. An I. O. o. F., encamp-
nent has been instituted at Mandan. -.
Olaf Carlson had an average OF SO BUSH
lis of wheat to the aore on his farm. 80.
Editor Packard of The Times has been
'own to Sioux City on visit. .. !. Bis
narck land Office has received an order
rom President Harrison transferring
he Fort Lincoln military reservation