Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-07-31
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Rolette County: F. X, Duschenea,
has barley ixo feet high. The Dun
seth school will have a six months ses
tion hereafter instead Of three months
Miss Jennie @. Eaton ana J, Z. 'ruckc
are the teachers.
M lson County: The News has en-
tered on its ninth year. =, Mrs. Mary L
Prindle of Duluth is visiting her sister
Mrs. N. T. Webb. Mr.. Gram ha
clost 4 bis hotel at Mi.'higan City
Lars o Bue is now notary public.
Grand Forks County: Abe Reynold'
mare won the race at Gilby -. Crop
reported splendid. The Globe Ga
zetle advises farmers to spend thei
money at home. Mrs r. s. Sayre O
Larimore is dead. -. P. Iceberg has ha,
Mnnvtl. 22x54, with IA foot posts
Cavalier County: Bishop Stanley
was serenaded at Langdon -. The ne Y
sol dollhouse nj Lapgdon is neatly com
pleted Another picnic has been held
in the grove at Beauleau .... Alber
Hobllein fell twenty four feet from .
barn he was shingling and was fright
fully bruised on the head and shoulders
but is now recovering.
Mcintosh County: Mr.. and Mrs
Andrew Linn have had family re-
union -. Commissioner Helgesen ad
vertised the Edgeley wool market il
The Mcintosh County Republican
There has been d calf rcplevin case in
Judge Larimore court. -. Eail dam.
aged the crops of Henry Garbelman, J
p. Rehbeng and Charles Richards.
Foster County: The teachers con.
vention was held at Darlington. >.
Erhard Lettncr of Melville had valu
able COW killed by Lightning TIL,
total assessment of the county is 81, ,20G,
1876. an increase Of $23S.252 over las
year. according to The Independent.
Mrs. Eisenhuth will teach the earring
ton school I ext winter,
Bottineau County: Oliver Seymou
furnished Editor Bennett with new pc
tatoes. =. Road overseels are ordered t
destroy mustard i. q. Editor McQ indies
tells of q mans jaw bone, bears tusl
and an old fashioned Hudson Bay riff
found close together, and wonders owe
the story they tell William Holz car
ries tho mail from Willow City t,
Wines, Ely and Twala.
Eddy County: The early settlers
picnic was a grand success. Colone
Plummer's grafton was in his mimi,
table style, according to The Trans
cript. Tho officers are: W. @. Hayes,
president; NJ. Manson, vice president
Il. NJ. Clarke, secretary, and A. D.
Tomlinsop, treasurer. Rev. Mr..
Thormodsgarl's residence was set on
i'e by lightning, but extinguishcd.
Towner County: Professor Waldron
has found some locusts near Churchs
Ferry, but says they will not do any
damage this year. According to The
Tribune Major Fawcett is home from q
long trip to the Manitoba northwest,
and says it is no country for a Dakotan
to live in. . Knight Palmerlee shot
sixty three gophers after supper, and
Editor Sibley is going cunning after
mosquitoes.
Ward County: Bob Bryan, ranch
man. was drowned while swimming his
horse over river =. The Cotton side
track has been laid out and is soon to be
constructed =. Parties have been ste IL.
ing flowers from the graves in the ceme-
terry. -. One hundred and fifty thousand
pounds of wool have been shipped from
Minot this season, according to The Re.
porter. Peter Ehr has been made
sheep inspector of Ward county.
Pierce County: @. A. Bigelow is
back from the Flathead country >. Rev.
Herbert Jones is now in charge of the
Methodist churches at Rugby and
Towner. :. Public Examiner Wallace
has been examining county records =.
Miss Hattie Skies has closed her school
and was given picnic :. Miss Alidl
Gram has closed her school in the Bar
ton district. =. The county general ta3
levy has been made ii mills.
Stark County: The county has Sc,
826.7O cash on hand; there is bonded
indebtedness of $4,000. and unpait
warrants of only $4.3s5.ss ..Johr
Breum of Richardton reports his fool
of sheep averaged eleven pound feeces
he has Oregon merinos. :. g. 81. Kline
felter is burning 95. 900 brick. =. Angus
Schroeder has been sent to the insane
asylum. I'D. Fl. Hanley sold his cattl.
in Chicago at $5.25 per hundred, ar
average Of 1865 per head
MoHenry County: Miss Reynolds
closed the Elk Valley school with fine
programme "A dancing party wa,
given Misses Emma aud Ida Kitzman
at the Northwestern Hotel, Towncr.
@. A. Demming has a fine garden ani
raises strawberries 81 inches iu circum-
ference, according to The Independent
-. Complaint is made of the 9th in
front of the Towner postoffice "A pc
tition is being circulated to reduce the
number of commissioners to three.
Emmons County: Robert Cotto1
tried to drive neighbours bull from hit
fields and was quite seriously tossed by
the animal. =. Lightning has beer
playing havoc at Williamsport; severa
houses were struck and more or less in.
ured; no one WAS injured but four
orses we're killed Billy Badger will
leave Hampton this week for Chicago
with eighty head of fat cattle. =. .Johr
Miller of Glencoe has cut his black bar
Icy :. Father Sloan is visiting fri ndl
in Glencoe.