The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

ton the other day consisting of sixty
six cars drawn by one engine. G. w.
Paige is improving the Merchants
Hotel at Ledgerwood Z. :. :. The Citizen e
National Bank of Wahpeton has undi-
vidual deposits subject to check 500, 600,
and the National Bank of Wahpeton
$52, 600. :. Hon.. s. E. Stebbins has
been nominated by the democrats for
county commissioner in the fourth dis
trict.
Ransom County: DR.. Aylen of Shel.
don had a runaway, caused by the king.
bolt breaking. :. Rev. J. b. Kerr will
remain at Sheldon another year .... Ed.
Pierce is selling lots in the new town OF
Enderlin :. The Star estimates that
not over one qusrter of the threshing
has been done in Ransom County as yet.
{. The First National Bank has indi-
vidual deposits subject to check of
1884, 586. {. :. A man while temporarily in
sane jumped into the fy.wheel of the
Buttz elevator, but escaped with only
one leg broken.
Stark County: The jury in the case
of Tomas Oukrup, ST., against the
Northern Pacific Railroad 90. brought
in a verdict for plaintiff for 81. .ss4....
w. s. Yeakel has brought in two car
loads of calves from Iowa. j. N. Tracy
obtained an average of 383 bushels OF
wheat from 1876 acres. -. The new bell
for the Dickinson Congregational
Church has arrived. Large yields of
wheat are reported around Gladstone
....J. M. Tracy has announced himself
as candidate for county commissioner
in the Third District.
Logan County: David Hankey is the
new mail contractor between Napoleon
and King postofices. Farmers have
become discouraged over the non ar
rival of steam threshlng outfits; the
horse powers are too slow. -. Peter
Kuenig has been renominatedfo for county
commissioner in the Third district 80.
Proposals will be received for the erec-
tion of two school houses in district No.
g.. The Homestead gives good advice
to farmers to keep small dlocks of sheep
in place of large ones.
Walsh County: Several delegations
from the eastern part of the county
waited on the commissioners to advo-
cate drainage. u. John Ladd, charged
with shooting James Gallagher, was
held to bail in the sum of $1.500.
here is blind pig reported at Cashel
The Crystal school house will be
built by the Robertson Lumber 90. for
$4,000. f. q. Morrow has new con-
tract for carrying the mail from Ardoch
to Walshville. Business men of Park
River have wired the Great Northern to
send twenty threshing outfits to help
them cut.
Steele County: L. O. Day is the re-
publican nominee for county commits
sioner in the First district, and o. w.
Williams in the Fourth. 30. The Hope
Pioneer has sent out postal cards to
every farmer in the county, asking for
crop reports. J. Steele County will use
blankets for election booths. -. The
question was asked, where is the stove
that should be in the Broadlawn school
house. .. Leo Lang claims that over
four inches of rain fell one night re-
Gently. ... The Pioneer wants street
lamps to illuminate the darkness of
Hope.
Nelson County. Peete & Burke have
built granary at Lakota. Pat Nor
toms bronoho got caught in the wire
fence and was very badly injured -.
Miss Kate E. Allen is teaching in Dis
trict No. 2, at Illinois. =. Wild Geese
are very thick around Illinois. ..J. s.
Metcaf has sold $50 dozen eggs since
April 49,. Mr.; Parker, Of Crosier,
says that much wheat will not be
Pierce has built sheep sheds 100 feet
long by 25 wide on his place near
Lakota. y. Commissioner Joseph Pear
son reports his wheat averaged 80
bushels to the acre.