Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1891-10-16


ued wet weather has SO delayed thresh-
ing that farmers are very anxious
about getting their work done and are
willing to pay the best price for the
same.
The Minneapolis 4 st. Louis railroad
offer to join with the Northero Pacific
railroad in carrying thresling outfit
from amy point upon their line to any
point upon the Northern Pacific in
North Dakota ut class "a" rate (horscs
and mules accompanying at horse rate),
and with each threshing outfit five men
will bc carried free; each outfit with its
complement of men will be returned
from the point in Nsrth Dakota select
ed by them free of charge to the point
from which they started, prior to Dec
cember 31st. 1891; which is less than
one half regular rates.
| Owners of threshing outfits desiring
to avail themselves of tins privilege Of
securing work for their machines
should consign their outfits via the
Northern Pacific railroad via Minnel.
polls or st. Paul, leaving the destln:,.
ton II be terminated upon their arriv
al ut ST, Paul at the Northern Pacific
General Offices, where all information
can be obtained us to the points where
they will be most needed.
{! At the present time urgent call have
been received for threshing outfits and
men from Forest River, five machines
Orisk;,, three; Minnewaukan. six; Val.
ley City, te,; Edgeley, zen; Coopers-
town, ten; Buffalo, three; Lisbon, ten;
Dazey five. Farmers are willing to pay
from four to six cents per bushel for
wheat, or if the entire crew is furnished
and boarded by the owaer Of the ma.
chine, they will pay from ten to fifteen
cents per bushcl.
1t is safe to say that the owner of Il
threshing outfit can make such con-
tract for threshing with one or mere
farmers in North Dakoka, as will keep
him busy until the latter part of Decem
Der at such. price and at such terms us
will be satisfactory to him, at any point
that he may select Ill North Dakota.
Harvest Laborers' tickets will be sold
from st, Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and
the Supcriors us follows: Rate of five
(5) dollars per passenger for parties of
five or more ON one second class ticket
to any point in Minneasota where the
one way rate is over five (5) dollars,
and to all points in North Dakota as
far west as Pembina, Leeds, james
town, Edgeley and Ookes.
j. M HANNAFoRD,
Gen. traffic Mgr, N. P. r. R.,
St. Paul, MINI.
T. s. WOODRUFF,
Special Agt., Room Z, N. P. r. Il.
St. Paul, MINI.
Miscellaneous News.
An earthquake was felt at San Fran
cisco.
Steamers on the Atlantic suffer much
from storms.
Three colored men were killed III q
shaft at Niagara Falls.
A heavy cyclone on the Atlantic de-
layed the ships and injured passengers.
Pat Killen, St. Paul's heavy weight
defeated Fergcrson of Chicago III six
rounds.
An Indian shot and killed one man
and wounded another near Chicago
junction Wis.
DR.. Joseph Benton, confined in Jas
per, Wyo., Jail. fired the Jail and perish.
ed in the ruins.
Mulbourne the rainmaker offers to
water two million acres of Kansas land
for 1Octs per acre.
The political campaign in Iowa is ex-
pected to be the warmest of which the
state bears record.
Alice Wclch, aged ST., was horribly
and killed by an electric mo-
tor at Cleveland, o.
Union printers ON the West Superior
Daily News went on strike, but their
places were quickly filled by non-union
men.
The Pennsylvania senate committee
s IN special session to consider the mis-
leeds of the state treasurer and audi
or.
Lands fol. rent OF. sale I'm
GriG&s county.
WI sec. 9-146-59, 297 acres cultivated.
Set {" 6-144-59, $50 /" /"
Nw4" 31-147.5s, 100 I"
Sci 13-147.59. 80 /"