The Dickinson press., 1891-09-05
NORTH DAKOTA.

Interesting Condensed News from
+, Over the State by
, Counties.
Foster County: E. d. Smith has
= sold 4s5 acres of land to Malcomt
Nicholson. -. Four pounds of tgine tc
the acre are reported needed around
Darlington.
Towner County: Cal Lapham is now
deputy register of deeds. :. Towner
County is now inside Of the debt limit
and can issue warrants. j.. Cando has an
enforcement league.
Pierce County: Fred Mayer is start.
ing sheep ranch %. Demand for
harvest hands is most vigorous. >. A
party of young people had pleasant
time at o. A. Bigelow's.
Griggs County: r. O. Cooper is
cutting 800 acres of wheat per day ....
Frank Haskell is running a weather
hueeau at Cooperstown. Treasurer
Enger's little son is dead.
McHenry County: Crops are very
heavy. -, The boiler inspector is at work
here. Tho sheep supposed to be
afflicted with scab were simply troubled
with prairie needles getting into the
wool on their backs.
: Mcintosh County: Chemical analysis
shows that the bad smell of the water in
many wells is caused by grass, insects
many similar substances drifting in.
Lewis Beadle gave his wife surprise
party. A q. A. r. post is to be formed
at Ashley,
Ward County: Byron Farnham was
kil!edut Minot while breaking broncho
80. While @. L. Gregory was out the
other evening the boys put two dozen
cats into his sleeping room :. Cotton
has his siding graded Senator john
SON s oats are reported as eight feet
high.
Sargent County: Mrs. Ristau is dead
....Dr. j. d. Mckenzie is home from
Vermont and Canada. il. Teachers ex-
animation Sept. II at Forman Prairie
fires have already commenced. .. Frank
Lindberg's barn was burned by his little
children playing with matches. .... w. O.
Eorman, ir, has assumed charge of The
Forman Item.
Dickey County: Lawn tennis is the
rage at Ellendale. %. Mrs. Elizabeth
Monteith is dead 30. A Poiries has
sued the Great Northern Ruilroad Go.
for SIS. 600 damages for being put off
train. 80 The A. o. U. w. Of Ellendale
will have picnic about Sept. 20. ...
Miss Holmes will teach at Aberdeen in
stead of Oakes.
Traill County: Masville has had
water spouts. -. III. q. Braather, OF
Morgan Township, has had his barn
burned. 20. q. Lund, of Portland,
lost his pocketbook; it was found by
his dog md returned to HIM. Prof.
+. L. Waters, of Fargo, has been
preaching at Cummings and Buxton
49,. Postmaster Sorlie has taken charge
Of the Buxton office.
LaMoure County: The Chronicle es.
timatts the wheat receipts of the county
will be 100000. . Editor Potter has
a good write-up ofSamuel Glover 8 farm,
near Glover. . District court will open
Sept. 12".. Nora township is to have new
school house -. The Northern Pacific
has cleared the Russian cactus from
their right of way ut considerable ex-
pense.
Richland County: Ole Hestdalen of
Colfax threshed sixty. eight bushels of
wheat from one and one quarter acres of
land. Superintendent Houses edu-
cational column is good feature of
The Times. ,Wahpeton wants new
hotel. m. P. Propper's barn was
burned, with one COW and other con-
tents -. The Richland County Gazette
does not believe Rev. s. N. Griffiths is
guilty.
Ransom County: The gatling gun
has returned, but lis rusty through ex-
posure. ID. w. Schouten came near
losing his crop by fire. 80. Wheat is be-
ing shipped to Duluth. -. Three
threshing machines from South Dakota
are coming up to help secure the crop
of this county. ...E. A. Bennett, of
South Mound, Kas., is the new princi-
pal of Lisbon's schools.
Cass County: Tie Buffalo Journal
warns farmers to protect from prairie
fires. Gus Peterson's pigs are in
clover in DIR. Ives garden, and Docs
horse takes lis fill in Peterson 8 wheat
field at Buffalo to even Up matters ..
Twenty-one hobos have IN independent
camp at Arthur. AT Buffalo some one
painted red cross on nearly every
door the other night. William How
den believes smudges helped his grain.
Rolette County: The father of G. P.
Parsons died at Black River Falls.
Wis. Mosquitoes are thick around
Rolla. g. Wild geese are thick at Island
Lake. Three births in Rolla last
week :. Teachers examination at Rolla
Sept. james Tanning and Miss
Anna Brown are married L. X. De-
chenneau's barley average over fifty
bushels per acre. The Herald adver-
tises an eligible list Of bachelors. 90.
Plant trees around your homes, is good
advice.
Benson County: Fred Snore was
kicked by horse. 90. Schmidt's
mules ran away North Viking has
its cemetery enclosed with fence. ...
The Leeds News saws the reapers are
singing merry tunes. :. The cemetery
of the Lake Ibsen Norwegian Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church will be dedicated
Sept. 49,. Best Bros. of York have
shipped 5000 pounds of wool Oberon
wants bank and newspaper.
Nelson County: Lakota residents are
attaching bathrooms to their homes. -.
Dave Hullett's house was struck by
| LIGHTNING Lots of new threshinp ont