The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24
ankle broken. The Alliance Milling
Co., of Minor, has been incorporated.

Trail County: McGinty cleaned
some thirty ohimneys at Msyville.
R. b. Murphy, of Mayville, has 5000
acres of wheat yet to thresh The Firs,
National Bank of Hillsboro has $148, ,OO(
individual deposits subject to check.
Benjamin L. Blair, of Lafayette, Ind,
came to Hillsboro to see his wife, who
was stopping at 81. J. Cooper's but she
refused to see him, and he got into an
alteration with Mr.. Cooper later on,
and drew q revolver on him, for which
he was fined $50 The amount was
paid. .. Mr.. Tolin, of Portland, had q
coat stolen last winter; he recognized
the article on the back of man the
other day and secured his property. j..
A Wahpeton man has promised to put
in two threshing rigs at Portland.
Pembina County: A telegraph op.
orator and station agent is said to be
badly needed at Bowesmont, on tue
Northern Pacific. ... Major Jones,
the United States engineer corps, has
been inspecting the Red River near
Drayton. "A threshing machine from
southern Illinois has arrived at 81.
Thomas to help the farmers out. j. The
First National Bank of Pembina has
$149, 900 on deposit, subject to check
go. The money of the Building & loan
Association at Pembina seems to be in
demand Postmaster Pratt. of Pratt.
vile. had 1,500 bushels of wheat from
fifty acres =. The interior of the First
National Bank of Pembina has been
re.decorated. Miss Lillie Thompson,
of Crystal, and George Boisfeuillet, oil
Macon, Ga, are married.
Benson County: Threshing is pro-
crossing slowly. The schoolhouse in
the Casoaden district has been COM
pleted. q. 4. Miss Billings is to continue
the Iced school for another month. /. /. /.
The Siftings tells of the success of Ras-
mus Wishes, who settled in this county,
coming from Hickson, in O1ss County
.... Forty acres of Il. NJ. Holbrooke 4
wheat at Pleasant Lake turned out an
average of thirty-two bushels -. Mr..
Urners, of Leeds, secured an average OF
3l4 bushels :. /. Isaacs & Gjestrum is the
name of new firm at Leeds. :. Father
Vincent will ~ mass at Lesds O,t. 2l
.... Two separators and horse owers
have arrived at the IT. Totten reserva.
tion for the Indians. :. Two hundred
and seventeen Indian houses on the
reservation are to have new floors,
roofs, ceilings, doors and windows this
fall. The Benson County News has
secured the publication of the tax list.
Diokey County: Some one aided the
escape of prisoner from the Oakes
lookup. Reeds livery barn at Eller-
dale had q narrow escape from being
burned up. /. Richard Murray has been
nominated by the farmers alliance for
county commissioner for the Fifth
District. e. s. Engle. of O.kee.
raised 400 bushels of potatoes on one
acre. {. John Buckley, the Northern
Pacific engineer. was seriously soalded at
Cakes by escaping steam. Mrs. G. 8.
Williams had herface badly burned by q
gosoline explosion. The Oakes Re.
publican will publish the tax lists. /. /.
Oakes is to have messenger boy to
deliver telegraph messages. >. Jim
O'Brien, who broke Jail at Ellendale a
year or two ago, is now deputy sheriff
in Montana, where he is generally re-
spected Z. /. Auditor Weed has ordered
thirty. six voting booths.