Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-10


sold 1876 acres Of land to Malcomb
Nicholson. Z. -Four pounds Of txine to
the acre are reported needed around
Darlington.
Towner County: Gal Lapham is now
deputy register Of deeds. Towner
County is now inside Of the debt limit
and can issue warrants. Cando has an
enlargement league.
Pierce County: Fred Mayer is start.
inc a sheep ranch :. Demand for
harvest hands is most vigorous. /. "A
marty of young people had pleasant
time at @. A. Bigelow's.
Griggs County: r. O. Cooper is
cutting 300 acres Of wheat per day
Frank Haskell is RAINING weather
bneeau at Cooperstown. Treasurer
Fnper's little son is dead.
MoHenry County: Crops are very
heavy :. The boiler inspector is at work
here. :. The sheep supposed to be
afflicted with scab were simply troubled
with prairie needles getting into the
wool on their backs.
Mcintosh County: Chemical analysis
shows that the bad smell of the water in
many wells is caused by grass. insects
many similar substances drifting in.
Lewis Beadle gave his wife q surprise
party :. "A G. A. r. post is to be formed
at Ashley,
Ward County: Byron Farnham was
killed at Minot while breaking broncho
While G. E. Gregory was out the
other evening the boys put two dozen
cats into his sleeping room. :. !. Cotton
has his siding graded. Senator John
sons outs are reported as eight feet
high.
Stark County: The payroll of the
Missouri Division of the Northern Pa
eiac amounted to $40, "a for the
month. and the earnings of the Diokin.
son station we're 1913, 306.99. ..Dickin-
son is enjoying horse races Thomas
Smith, large stockman near Mingus-
vile, is dead.
LaMoure County: The Chronicle es.
Inmates the wheat receipts of the county
will be 81, 900, 900. Editor Potter has
good write-up of Samuel Glover farm,
near Glover. :. District court will open
Sept. 49,. Nora township is to have new
school house. The Northern Pacific
has cleared the Russian cactus from
their right of way at considerable ex-
pense.
Sargent County: Mrs. Ristau is dead
DIR. J. D. Mckenzie is home from
Vermont and Canada. :. Teachers ex-
animation Sept. II at Forman. Prairie
fires have already commenced. -. Frank
Lindbsrg's barn was burned by his little
children playing with matches. W. @.
Forman, jr., has assumed charge of The
Forman Item.
Dickey County: Lawn tennis is the
rage at Glendale. Mrs. Elizabeth
Monteith is dead. %. A. Poiries has
sued the Great Northern Railroad 90.
for $4,000 damages for being put off q
train. :. The A. o. q. W. OF Glendale
will have a picnic about Sept. 20. -.
Miss Holmes will teach at Aberdeen in
stead Of Oakes
Riohland County: Ole Hestdalen of
Colfax threshed sixty-eight bushels of
wheat from one and one-quarter acres of
land. Superintendent Houses edu-
cational column is good feature of
The Times. Wahpeton wants new
hotel. M. P. Propper's barn was
burned, with one COW and other con-
tents. The Richland County Gazette
does not believe Rev. 8. N. Grifiths is
guilty.
Ransom County: The gatling gun
has returned, but is rusty through ex-
posure. ~. W. Schouten came near
losing his crop by fire. Wheat is be-
ing shipped to Duluth. Three
threshing machines from South Dakota
are coming up to help secure the crop
OF this county. r. A. Bennett, of
South Mound, Kas., is the new princi-
pal of Lisbon's schools.
Nelson County: Lakota residents are
attaching bathrooms to their homes. ).
Dave Hullett's house was struck by
Lightning Lots of new threshing out
fits in the country. Ira B. Patterson,
formerly Of Mapes, was drowned in
California. Z. Charles Adler proposes to
construct stove to burn wheat instead
OF hay; he thinks there is is SO much
gram IN the country it can't be moved.
Bottineau County: Leo Conlin drank
some poisoned medicine his father had
prepared for application on horse, but
prompt action saved his life. :. !. Wheat
nearly all harvested around Willow City
~. Everybody reports great crop. j.
Editor Bennett drops into poetry; ne
feels SO good over the crops. !. Fish
Lake is 480 feet above the village Of
Bottineau and consequently ais feet
above the ocean.
Cass County: The Buffalo Journal
warns farmers to protect from prairie
TRES. Gus Peterson's pigs are in
clover in DR.. Ives garden. and DOCS
horse takes his ELL in Peterson IS wheat
held at Buffalo to even Ep matters !.