The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-12

WheaC .ROoky Mountain grasshOp-
pers have appeared around Glover, but
are doing no damage.
Kidder County: Joe Toole. who sui
cided at Helena, was q former resident
of Steele. ...A Dawson farmer who re-
Gently fell into several goose-pits while
harvesting his crops, writes The Times
advocating prohibiting allowing persons
to hunt oac%ultivated land. ...B. @. Cor.
rell got a fork through his leg while as.
sistlng in harvesting 900. Twelve cars of
brood mares have been unloaded in the
eastern part of the county to form the
basis of a large ranch.
Cass County: Merchant Hawk, of
Buffalo. has made his elevator q public
house under the Law, and will allow
farmers to store their grain. ... Peter
Hancke's~ 3.year-old child, at O~asselton,
broke its arm. Attorney Scott, of
Casselton, was injured by q bucking
horse. 80. Charles Peterson got his foot
caught in a road cart while driving and
was dragged three miles. breaking his
leg. The county Sunday School Asso.
citation will meet at Fargo Oct. z and 8.
Ransom County: Ed Russell: and T.
M. Elliott have had hard fights with
prairie fires. The Gazette wants a
harvest home festival held. ...R. E. L.
Gregg's wheat on twenty six acres aver.
aged 294 bushels. .. John Leveraas lost
800 bushels Of wheat by fire. Ed
Lucia and A. o. Runioe will buy wheat
at Sheldon. The Enterprise is pub
fishing lots OF local news. The First
Regiment Band serensded President
Adams.
Grand Forks County: E. g.. Bonlie,
formerly of Reynolds, is teaching at
Marvel. IA mare belonging to An
drew KittIeson was so badly cut on a
wire fence that she had to be killed. 900.
The signal flags b We arrived for the
Larimore service....M. M. Miller is
managing editor of The Plaindealer. .
The Larimore Pioneer has interviewed
the prominent business men of that
place and they approve of the verdict of
the ecclesiastical council in clearing
Rev. MI. Griffith.
Richland County: John Mcmillan
discusses the Sunday question in The
Globe ....C Commissioner Hoefs has a
pair of twin girls. SNEAK thieves are
making lots of trouble in the COUNTY. 80.
The Dwight farm will clear $75. 600 this
season and the Adams and keystone
farms $50, 600 each....If Paramount
mill ~Su0 n tN~n LIT 1nnv1nS kook cl>, 49,
have a $4, 900 hotel built ut once. :. The
NJ. E. conference for North Dakota will
raise $$25, 600 for the Wahpeton univer.
sity.
Ramsey County: A party of hunters
shot nine prairie chickens, their team
ran away and broke the wagon, making
the chickens cost $t6.6 6 apiece. &. Mary
A. Bowers is the efficient superintend.
ent of schools. 900. The last term of court
cost the county so, 750... Master Fred
Ohilcott has been entertaining his
young friends. Judge Morgan will
probably postpone the term of court
for Ramsey County until after Nov. L..
q. 2. Parsons is negotiating for IS, OOO
acres of land les Church's Ferry, upon
which to settle $50 German farmers to
raise barley.
Barnes County: Two threshing ma
hine reports show average yields OF
thirty and thirty-two bushels of wheat
900. Herbert Weston marketed the first
new wheat at Valley City. for which he
got 81 cents, and says the yield is about
twenty-five bushels. 900 Barnes County
has not yet appointed a student for the
agricultural college. go Peter Munson
had his collar bone broken by q horse
kick. 90. The Russell. Miller mill had q
narrow escape from fire.... MI. and
Mrs. w. Il. MCPHERSON had q house
warming. M. Adams gave q ten.
perance lecture at Sanborn 900. Mrs.
Uramer of Ssnborn has gone to the in
sane asylum.
Walsh County: Joseph Griffith, q
blacksmith Of Forest River, has been. as
saulted by two men, and his life is de-
SPARED of. 90. Births are numerous. .
Charley Curne of Mimic, wal assaulted
by tramps. ... Miss Hayes is principal of
the Park River school, and Miss Paul
ner assistant. John Herriot of Bell.
vile. had his hand badly hurt in q
binder. :. James Coulter of Forest
River, had 1900 bushels of wheat
threshed in ten hours, the average per
acre was twenty.eight bushels. 49,. The
contract for the new Union block at
Grafton has been let for $17, S87. Two
incipient fires at Grafton .... Amateur
burglars broke into the Northern
Pacific depot at Grafton.
1t Proved His Shield.