The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-11-07
This paper is entered as secOnd-class matter
at the POstoffice at Washburn. North Dakota.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MCLEAN co.
Local Brickbats.

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Wheat-No. hard, CSC; northern, 30c.
K. S. Ramsett visited Bismarck on bust
ness this week.
Geo. jennings, at Bismarck, pays cash
for good butter or fresh eggs.
j. T. Davis from Coal Harbor was a
visitor in Washburn this week.
G. G. W. West was in from Turtle Lake
yesterday stocking up with groceries.
Samuel Falconer, postmaster at the berg
bearing his name, was in town yesterday.
Yesterday Geo. M. Robinson drove two
carload of cattle to Bismarck for shipment
east.
Peter Miller and his daughter Kittie
were visitors in Washburn Thursday and
yesterday.
The railroad outfit which passed Wash
burn for Bismarck last Monday, belonged
to Shed Lambert.
If you want the highest line in goods, or
cash for your butter or eggs, take them to
Geo. jennings, Bismarck.
I. j. Sevals, who has been attending to
some business here for the past two weeks,
started on his return to Livingston, Mont,
yesterday.
Hon. G. A. Burton, superintendent of
Fort Stevenson, passed Washburn this
week enroute to his old home at Grafton
for a weeks visit.
The place to buy Groceries cheap for
cash or produce, is at Geo. jennings, cor
ner 4th and Main streets, Bismarck, sign
of the sLone Star Flag"
Geo. Jennings will sell goods at bottom
prices and give you splendid Book free,
after you have bought twenty dollars $500
worth for cash or produce.
A special meeting of the board will be
held next Thursday afternoon to fill the
vacancies now existing in the offices of
sheriff and superintendent of. schools.
Since Swan Hanson was elected COM
missioner for the third district, we under
stand that j. E. Britton has made writ
ten application to join Denny Hannafin's
Suicide Club at Bismarck.
Nolan Katz finished his threshing last
week, with gratifying results. From %
acres of wheat he got 775 bushels, over
271a bushels per acre, and from 81 acres
of oats he got 1,648 bushels.
Rev. r. Lavik, Norwegian Lutheran
minister from Red Lake Falls, Minn., will
preach at the Washburn school house on
Sunday, the 18th inst, at II o'clock a. IN.
A general attendance is requested.
Jos. A. Burgum and Walter Leroy re
turned from Arthur, Cass county, N. D.,
last Wednesday. They report fine crops
in the Red river vallep, and especially
around Arthur. The Burgum brothers.
wheat there went over 20 bushels to the
acre.
The election for commissioner of the
third district, held at Coal Harbor last
Tuesday, passed of very quietly under the
Australian system; and resulted in the
election of Swan Hanson by nine majori-
ty. The vote stood: Swan Hanson, ss26;
Geo. w. Hathaway, IL.
r 4txn %voo vNODvv0 or
west, passed Washburn this week with
large boat, load of young trees. For the
past two months Mr.. Wen has been in the
vicinity of Glendive engaged in pulling
trees, of which he shipped about O0,0oO
to parties in different portions of the
state, and brought down river with him
about 100000 more.
The fourth page Of the Leader this week
is occupied by a very interesting story
at least to us. It is the tax -list-lands
and lots advertised for sale for the nom
payment of taxes due thereon. Our time
during the entire week has been occupied
in getting it ready for this issue, which
leaves DuG uttA0 spdCe AOI OauoI AA1aouoI'
Rev. Geo. Brownell and wife left Wash
burn Monday morning for their new home
at Edgeley, LaMoure county, where Mr..
Brownell has been stationed for the next
year or so. In consequence of his removal
from the comfy, it leaves a vacancy in the
Office Of county superintendent Of schools,
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which should be filled Immediately. The
Office of sheriff is also made vacant by the
removal of Thos. Fitzgerald to Colorado.
At three O'Clock this Saturday after
noon news was brought in from near Tur-
tie Lake that Swan Hanson had just met
with terrible accident while thrashing at
his place. In moving the separator in
some way Mr.. Hanson fell in front of the
machine and one of the wheels passed over
!, his body. We,are unable to learn the par
/ ticulaxs, and cannot say whether the acci-
dent Is fatal o. not. Prof. Wells asisent
B for, and has just gone out TO the scene Of
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