Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-28
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4 Editor Britton Of Washburn prosecutes
Editor Copeland for libel.

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e. Murkell has been appointed postmas-
ter; at Aetna, Nelson county.
The Grand Forks .Y' is to be put in to
connect the g. N. and N. P.
There are l ,456 school houses in North
Dakota, occupied by sO,S2l scholars.
The new DEVILS Lake Militia company
has been supplied with 40 stand Of Spring
field rifles.
Mrs. j. u. Fleet, the widow OF the mur-
dered elevator agent, has received her in
surance, 1880.
The annual meeting of the state Far
mers' Alliance will be held in Grand
Forks on June q.
The West Missouri Stock Growers are
we'll pleased with the law enacted last
winter to prevent the illegal branding of
stock.
A corps of surveyors are at work on the
main line of the Northern Pacific locating
new line with easier grades between
Tower City and Wheatland.
The Richardson's have wintered $500
sheep on their Mouse River ranch, with
loss of but seven. Now lambs are COM
& ing in on them at the rate of hundred a
day.
A man named John Arnold robbed lady
named Frazier of $210 on Great Northern
train, between Grand Forks and Fargo,
after which he jumped from the car and
escaped.
The Dakots End and Colonization Co.
will donale q block of land to the citizens
of Dickinson for the new school site.
This will save the district about $1,000 in
the purchase of site.
IT is now reported that Congressman
johnson has agreed with Senators Casey
and Ransbrough in the Fargo postoffce
matter and that Editor Jordan is the
coming stamp canceller of that city.
Stock raising is destined to become one
of the leading industries of the western
part of North Dakota. Many of the far
mers are deriving larger profits from the
proceeds of their stock than from the
remainder Of their farms.
There will be more sheep brought into
North Dakota this season than ever before.
An Eddy county man, John Carol, has
just gone to Oregon to purchase 10000
head. jamestown parties alone will bring
in 10000 or 10000 head
w. w. BARRETT, IN company with
Prof. Waldron of the state agricultural
college, has secured 600 wild fruit-bear-
ing trees from Graham Island, Devils
Lake, for transplanting on the state agri-
! cultural farm at Fargo.
ARTICLES of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary Of state for the
North Dakota Milling company at Grand
-FSrks, with-a capital Of SO, 900. The
incorporators are Geo. B. Clifford, EN-
cry Mapes and Geo. Ball.
IT is said that the only man in Cass
county who returned to the assessors
last year the ownership of real dia-
mond was Senator John Haggart, and
the item looked so lonesome on the rolls
the commissioners struck it off.
IT is now urged that the difficulty in
the law providing for Scandinavian
professor at the Grand Forks university
might be obviated by giving the presi-
dency, now vacant, to an educator who
could attend to the duties of the new
chair.
Capt j. j. Kelly contemplates getting
up Trail county atlas in book form, with
township maps, plats of the various town.
sites, names of land owners, is to be illus
trated and also to contain interesting
sketches of many of Trails prominent
citizens.
REMINGTON, the alleged Cass county
murderer, and whose defense is said to
be that he was under hypnotic influence
at the time the crime was committed, has
chosen M. A. Hildreth of Fargo as his
attorney. A sensational trial is ex-
pected.
JUDGE LAUDER has called special
term of court for Ransom county, az he
finds forty-six civil and twenty-on GRIM
inal cases awaiting his attention. It is
stated there is no county in the state
with such an extensive list Of criminal
actions on tap.
ENTERPRB1NG Grand Forkers have
organized wool market association to
be technically known as the Prouty
Live Stock company capital $4,000.
The objects of the company are to buy and
sell 1--we stock and provide large, COM
modious building for storing wool.
THE 0nvernor has annOinfed the hoard