The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-01
FROM OVER THE STATE.

FROM OVER THE STATE.
Nelson County: The News has en-
tered on it's ninth year. 90. Mrs. Mary E.
Prindle of Duluth is visiting her sister.
Mrs. N. F. Webb. MI. Gram has
closed his hotel at Michigan City,.
Lars O. Bue is now notary public.
Grand Forks County: Abe Reynolds
mare won the race at Gilby. 80. Crops
reported splendid. The Globe-G Ga
zette advises farmers to spend their
money at home. 90. Mrs. R. s. Sayre Of
Larimore is dead. ...P. Iceberg has had
a new barn built on his place east OF
Marvel. 22x54, with IA foot posts.
Cavalier County: Bishop Stanley
wa serenaded at Langdon. $50 The new
sohoolhouse at Langdon is nearly COM
pleted .... Another picnic has been held
in the grove at Beauleau go. Albert
Hohlbein fell twenty-four feet from q
barn he wat Singing and was fright
fully bruised on the head and shoulders,
but is now recovering.
Mcintosh County: Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Linn have had a family re-
union. 49, Commissioner Helgesen adj
vertised the Edgeley wool market in
The Mcintosh County Republican. -.
There has been a calf replevin cas in
Judge Larimore's court. 800 Hail dam
aged the crops of Henry Garbelmsn, J.
P. Rehbeng and Charles Richards.
Foster County: The teachers con-
vention was held at Darlington. 80.
Erhard Lettner of Melville had a valu.
able COW killed by lightning: The
total assessment of the countyis 81, 296, :
1870. an increase of 1898, 252 over last
year, according to The Independent. 49,.
Mrs. Eisenhuth will teach the Caring
ton school next winter,
Eddy County: The early settlers
picnic wa q grand success. Colonel
Plummer's Grafton was in his mimi
table style, according to The Trans
cript. The officers are: w. @. Hayes,
PRESIDENT. NJ. Manson, vice president;
81. N. Clarke, secretary, and A. D.
Tomlinson, treasurer. REV. Mr..
Thormodsgard's residence was set on
fire by lightning, but extinguished.
Towner County: Professor Waldron
has found some locusts near Ohurchs
Ferry, but says they will not do any
damage this year. According to The
Tribune Major Fawcett is home from q
long trip to the Manitoba northwest,
and says it is no country for q Dakotan
to live in. Knight Palmerlee shot
sixty.three gophers after supper, and
Editor Sibley is going cunning after
mosquitoes. -
Ward County: Bob Bryan, a ranch.
man. was drowned while swimming his
horse over q river. The Cotton side
track has been laid out and is soon to be
constructed. 800 Parties have been steal.
ing flowers from the graves in the GENE.
terry 49, One hundred and fifty Thousand
pounds of wool have been shipped from
Minet this season, according to The Re
porter. 800. Peter Ehr has been made
sheep inspector of Ward county.
Pierce County: @. A. Bigelow is
back from the Flathead country. Rev.
Herbert Jones is now in charge of the
Methodist churches at Rugby and
Towner. ... Public Examiner Wallace
has been examining county records. 80.
Miss Hattie Skies has closed her school
and was given q picnic. 80. Miss Aida
Gram has closed her school in the Bar
ton district. ... The county general tax
levy has been made ii mills.
Stark County: The county has &C.
s26. 70 cash on hand; there is a bonded
Indebtedness of $15, 900. and unpaid
warrants of only $4, 325.28. John
Breum of R%ichardton reports his flock
of sheep averaged eleven pound feeces;
he has Oregon merinos. &c. II. Kline
felter is burning 95. 600 brick. ANGUS
Schroeder has been sent to the insane
asylum I'D. Fl. Hanley sold his cattle
in Chicago at $5.25 per hundred, an
average Of $65 per head.
MoHenry County, Miss Reynolds
closed the Elk Valley school with a fine
programme. IA dancing party was
given Misses Emma and Ida Kitzman
at the Northwestern Hotel, Towner. -.
O. A.. Demming has a fine garden and
raises Strawberries 81 inches in circum-
ference, according to The Independent
.... Complaint is made Of the 9th in
front of the Towner postofice. IA pc
tition is being circulated to reduce the
number of commissioners to three.