The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-05-30
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Read matter on fourth page.
The choicest lot of candies, nuts and
canned goods in the city can be found at
I. Fitzgcrald's. ....
John Reuter- returned from Bismarck
Sunday. .....
AL. Rohrer was visitor from Hancock
last week.
J.T. Davis of Weller came down last
Saturday.
The county school marms are in attend
ance at the Institute. ~
VIM E. Low was in this week from his
Sheridan county ranch.
Chas. Weller, and family of Weller was
down last Saturday.
A full attendance of Mclean county
teachers at the Institute.
Martin Schmidt, of Bismarck. registered
at the Merchants last Monday. .. ...
Henry Rohrer and wife of Coal Harbor
were visitors at Washburn Monday.
Joseph Anderson and son were visitors
in town from Coal Harbor Thursday.
Did you sample those fine lemons
brought up from the Capital city by Geo.
L. Robinson?
John Bettendorf of Turtle Lake, went
down last Saturday to Bismarck with a
load of wheat.
Dan McAffee of Coal Harbor passed
through to Bismarck last Tuesday, and
returned yesterday.
Mrs. V. w. Rice and her daughter Mrs.
Glines Tucker, from Coal Harbor, went to
Bismarck yesterday.
Willard Wells went to Coal Harbor last
Saturday, where he will spend a week in
entrapping gophers. .. +.
Maj. John S. Murphy, Indian Agent at
Ft. Berthold, arrived here Monday evening
on his return from Fargo.
AL. Spanton, who accompanied Mr.. Cup
pies, with his band of horses, to Devils
Lake, has returned, and has been spend
ing several days i'll the county's metrop-
oils.
Among other things advertised to hcuoid
at Olaf Anderson's auction sale at Painted
Woods next Tuesday, are set of black
smith tools, a self binder and sulky
plow.
Prof. T. W. Cathro, deputy State super
intendent of Public Instruction who assist
ed in tho institute work on Monday and
Tuesday, returned to Bismarck Tuesday
evening.
John j. Robinson, and son Johnnie, ar
rived in town Sunday evening. on the way
to Bismarck, with two carloads of cattle.
They stopped over night at the Merchants
and started out early the next morning.
The entertainment given by the pupils
of the Washburn school under the direction
of Miss Jenett Ward, Oh Friday evening of
last week, was the best ever presented in
this place. Each and every one of the
participants performed admirably.
Geo. L. Robinson, Coal Harbor's Mer-
chant, passed through our borough, stop
ping over night, and passing on, on Sun
day, to Bismarck, with eleven horses and
mules, belonging to the Gev. Topograph-
had wintered for the Government.
Mrs. Mary Petite, who has held the posi-
tion of principal in the Indian school at
Fort Stevenson, and has also had charge
of the musical department in the school,
since last fall, has resigned, and left the
Fort. This lady was passenger on the
stage last Monday, and is stopping with
Prof. Wells family for few days.
Prof. Sifton is losing faith in the honored
handle of professor which is attched to
his name. He casually remarked the other
evening that ever since he witnessed an ex-
hibition of trained pig in Emmons coun-
ty few weeks ago, and heard that the
owner of the hog was called ':professor,'
that the title had Il very unsavory sound in
his ears.
j.. S. McGee, sheriff of Emmons county,
came up this week and subpGn;ed j. s..
Dwyer and Perfecto Fernandez as witness
es in the murder trial of William Car
michael. Carmichael is the young man
whom Dwyer captured at his ranch near
Coal Harbor last fall. Sheriff MCGEE,
while here in Washburn, failed to call on
Sheriff Fitzgerald of Mclean county, in
which instance McGee but represented the
small potato caliber of the Emmons coun-
ty officials.
Miss Anna Reifsnider, whose parents
were among the earliest settlers of Mclean
county, came up from Bismarck yesterday
to spend few days visiting among hel
old friends in this section before her de-
parture for New Mexico, where her parents
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