The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-06-13
Local Brickbats.

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The choicest lot of candies. nuts and
canned goods i'll the city can be found at
Il. Fitzgerald's. S.
Those wishing the Session Laws can pro
cure them at the Leader Office for Is cents
per copy. Como without delay.
Read notice of stray mare taken up.
James Heath was down from Conkling
this week.
Chas. Hoover was a Weller representa-
tive in town Friday.
Miss Nellie Veeder has been visiting
friends in the city this week.
Chas. Brady and John ellsworth of
Conkling registered at the Merchants this
week.
Miss Jenett Ward passed through Wash
burn Wednesday on her way to her home
at Bismarck.
j. L. Linksay of Williamsport. who lost
a mare sometime ago, found her this week
in the vicinity of Coal Harbor.
p. II. Nelson and p. II. Peterson left this
week for Kittson county, Mimi, where
they will make their future home.
John Ecklund was in town Wednesday
and made the Leader pleasant call lie
advertises for the owner OF stray horse.
| Herman Hanson was down from his
Turtle Lake farm last Saturday. and re-
ports tho growing grain in /; most excel
lent condition.
Miss Anna Reifsnider came down from
Conkling Sunday, where she has been Wis
iting friends. She left for Bismarck on
Tuesdays stage. ...
Robinson returned from Bismarck this
evening. Mr.. Robinson extended his trip
west to Bozeman on business.
In the official proceedings last week the
bill of Thos. Fitzgerald, Of S4S for sheriff S
omitted. The bill was allowed.
Geo. L. Robinson has gone to Bismarck
after another load of merchandise. Ii
would take a train-load every week to keep
Mr.. Robinson properly and sufficiently sup
piled with goods.
We understand that Geo. l.. Robinson
last week bought up from among the
farmers i'll this county about 20 head of
COWS, for some Of which he paid as high
as 500 per head.
John Knox from Emmons county is on
his way to the Turtle mountains, in Ro-
lette county. with 80 head of COWS and
young cattle. He goes to locate there,
where he has Il brother in-law living.
S. B. Laurence of Bismarck, accom-
panied by N. G. Garcelon of Minneapolis,
another prominent dealer in cattle, ar
rived i'll Washburn this afternoon. They
are visiting Mclean county with view
of buying up beef stock.
Ernest G. Hopkins, who has been en-
ployed in the Leader Office for the past
nine months, took his departure last week
for his old home at Fort Berthold. He
has been Il trusty and faithful man, and
our best wishes attend him Ill all his future
undertakings.
There has been nothing but rain, rain,
ram in this section of North Dakota, and
crops of every kind never looked so prom
ing at this time of year as they do to-day.
Farmers have no fears this season of those
terrible hot winds which have been SO
destructive to grain and vegetables in the
past four years.
Washburn Post No. 32 met in regular
session this afternoon, and after routine
business drill practice in the manual of
arms was had. Those who participated
i'll these exercises, aside from the regular
members, were Capt. G. P. Wood, and VIM.
Wood of Sverdrup, S. j. Allen of Conklin,
SlilS 0uDtr O1 Wellor, JOnu beCJenQOFI OF
Turtle Lake, High Merry of Nettle Creek,
and others.
Remember that school elections through
out tho state take place on Tuesday, the
10th inst. In this (Washburn) school dis
trict there is one director to be elected to
serve for three years. and it is highly i'm
portant that person be selected who is
familiar with school affairs and who will
take an interest in advancing the cause of
education. AS our school board for the
past year has been composed wholly of
ladies. we can see no reason why the new
director should not also be of the fairer
sex. Therefore, the Leader will suggest
the name Of Mrs. F. B. Wells, lady elni-
nently qualified for the position.
From the able way in which Bro. Cope
land OF the Washburn Leader discusses