Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-06-11

NORTH DAKOTA.
The sheep industry is advancing witt
rapid strides.
The editors hold their annual meeting
at Grand Forks, June IL.
North Dakota will have $4,000 wortl
of wool to sell inside of 80 days.
Trail county school lands sold for al
average of S26 per acre; highest $3.50.
The Minor Teller is now owned solel!
by Chas. E. Wolfe, Mr.. Linton retiring.
Through the explosion of a lantern Rea'
barn, at Fargo, burned, and five horse
persisted.
State Senator J. NJ. Patch has been ap
pointed mastering officer of the G. A. R
for North Dakota.
NORTH DAKOTA will get for its militi,
from the government under an act O
the last congress $2,764.
A. A. DeWolf, postmaster at Johnstown
Grand Forks county, resigns and rec
ommends Chas. E. Evans.
The trustees of the Valley City Norma
school think of using native stone az
building material instead OF brick.
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Hon. j. H. Miller, for many years sheriff
of Richland county, is victim Of dropsy
and is not expected to last long.
Valley City's postotfice fight has been
settled at last, by the appointment OF Pedel
j. Peterson, the Scandinavian candida e
Hon. NJ. N. johnson has secured daily
mail for The towns situated on the Turtle
Mountain branch of the Great Northern
1t will so by stage.
A. Mckay, R. Tanning and Thomas
Loore were arrested at Devils Lake for
violating the prohibtory law have been
neld for trial in $3.50 bail.
The Indians of the Standing Rock res
ervation are soon to receive pay for the
ponies taken away from them in 1876
The amount is about 100000.
A Devils Lake merchant has sold sever
al old fashioned spinning wheels lately,
the revival of the sheep industry having
created a demand for them.
There is case on the Ransom county
court calendar in which husband brings
suit against neighbor for $4,000 for
alternating his wife's affection.
Mayville boasts of the possession of a
juvenile brass band OF IL pieces. The ages
of the members range from s to IA years,
and they are said to be proficient.
STATE TREASURER BOOKER is building
a Touring mill at Grand Forks, which ls
to be completed by August LIST, and have
capacity of 200 barrels per day.
The Canadian immigration agent, G. p.
Bliss, who was at Cooperstown for several
weeks, has been called home, as have all
the other Canadian agents in this state
The Great Northern has purchased a
depot site four miles North of Hillsboro
and will at once begin building. The
Grandins will build an elevator there this
season.
Four saloonkeepers have been arrested
at Devils Lake for violating the prohibi-
tory law. The fight is being made on
saloons by the leaders of the w. G. II. u.
organization.
A man named E.A Frank, from Roches-
ter, attempted suicide near Bismarck, by
jumping from train and stabbing HIM
self, yesterday. He is in the hospital. He
had been on spree.
Dr.J. N. Fradenburgh, president of the
Red River Valley University at Waphe-
ton, has arrived from Pennsylvania and
will SOOu make a tour of the state and be-
come acquainted with the people.
Thomas Mcclellan has been running a
blind pig at Wapheton. Sheriff McLaren
found him in bed at the Headquarters
hotel in Fargo, with loaded revolver by
his side. The sheriff took the revolver
and the saloon man too.
A prisoner named Ed. Herman, at
Devils Lake. made desperate attack on
Sheriff Magness throwing some binding
substance in the sheritf's eyes and strik-
ing him with an iron weapon in the face
knocking a revolver out Of his hand. The
janitor picked up the revolver and shot
Herman so that he died in a few hours
State Superintendent of Public In,
struction Ogden has issued circular tc
the different schools in the state asking
them to report to him what aid he may ex
pect from the different sections of the
state in the way of exhibits tor the worlds
fair, and that they at once send in list Of
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