The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
Local Btickbats.

Local Brickbats.
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DeGraff has large line Ladies' Under
Bring your wheat to the mill and get
your years supply of -four.
BE-. Long and Charley Lacy returned
from Bismarck Wednesday evening.
Jack Nichols came down from Coal
Harbor Saturday evening enroute to the
capital city.
j. w. Price came down from Snake
Creek Wednesday to spend Christmas with
friends in Washburn.
Mrs. M. Fairman and her son Samuel
were visitors from Falconer at the enter
tainment Thursday evening.
Charley Watcher was up from the capi-
tai city again Tuesday, having taken Mr..
and Mrs. L. Casselman up to their former
home at Coal Harbor.
Geo. w. Hathaway and James Larmer
represented Coal Harbor in town last
Wednesday. Jim was looking quite faith
erly and much prouder than usual.
We understand that there will be no
preaching at Conkling this winter. The
conduct of the former pastor, it is claimed,
has brought about this condition of things.
The Leader is under obligations to Hon.
H. G. Hansbrough for valuable public
document, embracing the presidents mes
sage and reports of the heads of the vari-
GUS departments.
Otto Walln, August Oberg, M. G. Ander-
con and Pete Wallin have taken lay-otf
for the holidays, and returned to their re-
spective homes to spend Christmas and
New Years with their families.
Geo. L. Robinson, the Coal Harbor mer
chant, is bound not to be outdone by Bis
marck dealers. He advertises goods as
cheap as they are selling them in the capi-
tai city-and of same quality.
James 81. Beacon, an army officer from
st. Paul, registered at the Merchants last
Monday. He was enroute to Fort Berth
old for the purpose of inspecting the issues
at that agency. he has been travelling
sometime in that capacity, and has visited
nearly all the agencies in the west.
The ball at the Merchants Hotel last
evening was a grand affair indeed and
creditably conducted. There was much
larger attendance than the proprietor an
ticipated, but mine host, Mr.. Satterlund
and his estimable wife were equal to the
emergency and ample accommodations
were furnished all.
Hans G. Nygard and his wife came
down from their Turtle Lake ranch Turs-
day in time to witness the children's enter
tainment at the school house that evening,
and of course they remained over for the
grand Christmas ball at the Merchants last
night. Hans and his wife are now en-
gagged in breaking bronchos, and drove
down on this trip one of the montana
buckers" that Hans bought early in the
fall at Bismarck. There was nothing bad
about the beast, and the conceit was all
taken out of Hans when he discovered that
the young mare walked off like an old,
well-trained hOss.
A postal card just received by the Lead
er from j. E. Brltton, at Edgeley, N. d.,
contains. this brief request: "Please x
with Sentinel, and oblige." Of course,
we will. If you are out of sight, you are
not out of mind. We shall ever keep YOU
green in our memory, for, as the poet says:
HDlstance lends enchantment to the view."
We want the Sentinel by all means; but,
say, j. E., please don't make faces at us
out there if We should accidentally rub the
hair the wrong way. It will be through
awkwardness, and not with malice afore-
thought. "Peace on earth, good will to
man." will be our motto.
Sam Brown, accompanied by Miss Iva
Lambert and her sister, was in Wash
burn Thursday. MIR. Brown had sue
ceeded in finding about thirty head of his
cattle he went in search of. He says it Is
reported that some three or four hundred
head of stray cattle are scattered through
tue country north of Dawson, with all sorts
of brands. These estrays are, taken up
mostly by farmers, and he says it will take
money to reclaim them. 1t is thought
that the principal portion of this stock is
owned in the vicinity of Towner, on the
Mouse river, az they came from northward.
Hon. John Satterlund and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wells went to Coal Harbor last Monday to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Peter Sharp.
They report large attendance of friends,
and most excellent discourse by Rev. B.
A. Burns of this place. Previous to Mrs.
Sharp's illness elaborate arrangements
were being made for the celebration in
May next of the golden wedding Of the
aged couple, but strong forebodings pos
sessed the old lady that her golden wedding
would be- held in Heaven, and thus her
premonitions have been verified. The
aged and bereaved husband has the sym