Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-27

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Anpy worms are said to be destroy
ing the trees upon Q. q. Merrill's claim
Ill. E. Marsh and Miss Ida E. Lang
are married !. Colgate says the gopher
bounty has paid the farmers in the small
amount of grain destroyed /. /. Mrs. E.
D. Washburn who has taught the Belle
vry ria school for several terms, was
given very pleasant surprise party at
the close of the last term.
Barnes County: Seymour Granger.
OF Alderman, this county, and Miss
Ella NJ. Gibson are married {. {. Hail has
done considerable damage north and
west OF Sanborn, especially around
Ypsilanti. :. Sven Reesa had to have
his foot amputated in consequence of
an accident in the Valley City mill. -.
Charles Westrom was seriously bitten
by dog. Albert J. Walker, of Odell,
and Miss Phoebe A. High are married.
I'D. Mcdonald has again leased the
farmers alliance elevator at Valley City.
80. Postmaster Jennings, of Bingham
ton has resigned.
Nelson County: Bert O. Seymour
has brought the Lakota Band up to a
high standard, and the boys now play
we'll .... B. F. Pickert and Miss Lizzie
Lltzenberger have been married :. i.
Plats of the following land in Nelson
County have been received OF the Grand
Forks land office aud filings may be
made Sept 7: 1860; 1890, 81, go. So;
1853 G0,and 81 =. David Mcmillan died
at Michigan City .. Much hay is being
cut up around Crosier. :. Mrs. George
Knauss of Crosier is the champion
checker player of Nelson County ....
James Cornwell of Crosier was the re-
cipient Of surprise party.
Griggs County: The county levy is
$40, 405 for this year. Thomas Curtis,
of Devils Canyon, now takes his cream
to Cooperstown, instead of Valley City
Private telegraph wires and instru-
ments are the fad in Cooperstown -.
R. G. Cooper has oats eighty inches
tall. go. The Courier claims o recent
chattel mortgage filed for record dc
scribes the property as 'One boy, :
years old, branded Y on the If h,l,''
-. Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Brown cs)..
brated their fifteenth wedding anulv,r
sary with the assistance of huudr.,
friends.
Grand Forks County: OF tre 4lS,st:
acres in the county 249,SS7 acres arc |,
tub III Ctnk rc
thrown from sulky plow and severet,
injured. Peter Olson. farm hal,i
near Meckinock, was RIM over Ivy h..
wagon and killed. 5. "A wind storm at
Inkster did considerable damage. %.
The knights of Kosciusko, a Polish ST.
ciety, gave picnic Gilby.. James
Carpenter writes The Gilbv Globe-Ga-
zette from Woodruff n. Y. comparing
that country with North Dakota, and
the comparison is not detrimental to the
latter. -. e. r. Shaw will occupy his
new residence at Northwood soon.
Emmons County: A. L Reynolds of
Omio, in the central part of the county,
accidentally shot and killed himself. :.
This county has i 900 acres more under
cultivation than year ago and that
was the same increase over the previous
year. The total assessment is $3.50, 447.
with county indebtedness of $43, 1928;
population, 2,576: real estate mortgaged
Indebtedness of individuals, $50, 10;
chattel mortgages, $35,G67; in wheat
there ore 1872 acres this year; fax
5000; oats, 1921; corn, 4. 465; 1861
sheep were found in May, and the in-
crease is put at 10 600 by The Record.
Benson County: A. A. Day claims
in The News the mercury rose to 1874 ,
in the SUM- . The News has valuable
corps of correspondents The land
southwest OF Leeds which was surveyed
last year, will be on the market Sept.
H.. Miss Lulu McVey closed her
school at Hurric me Lake with picnic
The Northern Pacific has secured the
contract to haul the supplies for Fl
Totten 4. {. /. Mrs. Harry Rush has closed
the Ooeron school and makes good 70
port CLAUS Berg has resigned us
postmaster at Minnewaukan, and the
candidates are Ed L. Richmond and
Capt. D. Harshman.
Walsh County: William McGregor
exhibits heads Of oats eighteen inches
long and wheat six inches Go. G
will erect an armory at Grafton. -.
Prairie chickens are being killed during
the close season. North Dakotans
who went to Manitoba two years ago
returning-glad to get back. "A brass
band has been organized at Hoople. :.
A barn, together with nine horses. be-
longing to Alex. GIendenning Of Edin-
burg, burned. Wind storm at Conway
ditched six cars, wrecked the Minneap
oils & Northern Elevator and seriously
damaged other property. hail
storm at Ardoch extended over an area
half mile wide by two and half miles
long, injuring large amount of grain
A Bold Fe male Diamond Thief
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