Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-16

Burleigh County: General Bentley
is quite sick. . i. Every once in while q
steamer passes Bismarck on the muddy
Missouri. Mrs. Slaughter and Miss
Rosa are at Naughton. :. The river is
falling.
TowDer County: Oats are turning
yellow, says The Tribune. Much
prairie breaking Jack McCune saw
farmer here cultivating corn and
dreamed of old Pike county, Missouri,
and riding cultivator. with one gallus
and a rusty nail for barefooted button
or something like that.
Emmons County: Auditor Herrick
has taken hold of the ''scab sheep
matter for MIR. Seloernagle and is max
ing it hot for the attackers of Banker
| Mears. Inspectors certificates were
produced for all tho sheep brought in
by Mr.. Mears, and the fight Oh him
seems to be more like blackmail than
in the interests of farmers, Mr.. Mears is
trying to help.
Griggs County: W. A. Baker thinks
DR.. Knapp did all he could to save the
colt Pleasant View 'Parmenter"
has sold his shanty -. Diphtheria car
ried off one Of Ben Neighbours little
ones at Devils Canyon. The alliance
picnic comes off July I'D. w. Col
son opens u notion store at Coopers.
town.
Morton County: W. E. Martin, OF
Mandan, has been awarded the contract
to pillow fire breaks from Glendive to
Livingston, 700 miles of traveller horses
and plows. -. The Missouri divis. on
supply house of the N. P. has been re.
moved from Dickinson to Mandan and
T. Cummins placed in charge. Par
kins Cannon Ball ranch is much praised.
Sargent County: Judge Babcock is
moving his house from Minor to Forman
- Is miles :. Forman offers $4,000
bonus for flour mill y. DR.. T. H.
Schroeder, of Ashland, Wis, has
located at Forman and DIR. Patterson,
of Minor, diiscontnues his appoint
ments The Bank of Forman
has ,,calsomined itself -. . Kingston and
Hamlin townships are reported to have
had h-hail.
Mclean County: The Ramseth Bros
are closing out business in Wash
burn and going to the coast-a mistake!
go. T. j. .Haugeberg is selling lots of
goods at his Coal Harbor store. James
Larmer and Charley Tucker are about
removing their stock to Stevens County.
-. The river is higher than for years.
80. Dan McAffee' father has come out
from the dim and effete East to visit. i. /. i.
Coal Harbor proposes to have rail-
road The Fourth Of July was sue
cess.
Richland County: Much land is be
ing broken about Mooreton. The Ma
tional Bank of Wahpeton has prospered
and carried $4,000 to surplus DIR.
Triplett has new operating chair "
Charley Porrett's contract for heating
and draining the R. r. V. U. is signed
-. Blind piggers are in distress ....
Lidgerwood real estate as reported by
the assessor is increased nearly 500, 600
=. Breckenridge hoodlums disturbed
the Wahpeton campmeeting people. -.
The Wahpeton Gazette has ne local
page.
Stutsman County: B. T. Broughton
has departed from Ypsilanti to reside in
future at Jamestown. Mr.. B. years ago
lived in Fargo. Sheep borrowers about
Pingree have finished shearing. Crops
are good. L. B. Newbald shipped q
car of fat cattle to st. Paul, in charge of
L. a. Fair, last week. . George Allen
and wife were whiting Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Buckley at Jamestown last week. George
and Dan were engineers on the N. P.
years and years ago. George is now in
California. .. DR.. Archibald s mare has
been making big record at Minnehaha.
Foster County: Balky horses are
quoted in The Darlington Independent
as attracting attention :. Mrs. Byers'
home, four miles southeast of Caring
ton, was struck by lightning. . Mat
Welscho, having tramped over Montana,
comes back to stay on his farm. j. G..
Moore sheared 40 sheep, average 9
pounds; Robert Haven's twenty-fi five
averaged II pounds, Commissioner Hal
combs merenos and Frank DeBolt's 100
head averaged pounds The most OF
the farmers ship direct to the North
Star Wooden Mills. G. L. Duff, the
West Point cadet, is a resident of Eos.
ter County, and passed good examina-
ton.
Grand Forks County: Governor
Roach boys, Charlie and Willie, have
returned home from Washington, D.
G., visit. . Mrs. L. F. Mason, of Lari.
more who is visiting in the east-like q
loyal Dakotan-writes home there is
no place like North Dakota" Ferd
Hughes. of Larimore, is fitting up the
Griggs House, at Grand Forks !. :. Will.
liam Woods, of Levant, is keeping a
meat market at Ardoch, while Jarbo, the
former butcher, is farming at Levant. .
W. M. Lynchs house was moved some
seven feet by the wind, near Marvel,
and John Evans lost his roof About
all Grand Forkers seem to do for exhil.
GRAFTON is to ''attend opening across the
the river" at East Grand Forks, MINI.