The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-22
Local Brickbats.

canned goods in the city can be found al
T. Fitzgerald's.
Those wishing the Session Laws can pro-
cure them at the Leader Office fer IS cents
per copy. Come without delay.
s. w. Hagy was visitor from Hancock
last Monday.
G. F. Huston of Turtle Lake returned
from Bismarck Monday.
G. A. johnson of Ingerson was in town
on business last Saturday.
Last Monday the closing price for No. I
hard wheat was $1.1O in Duluth.
Geo. M. Robinson estimates that some
of his fathers oats will go Is bushels to
the acre.
Judge Lacy and his son Marion were
down from Coal Harbor Sunday after ma
chinery repairs.
J.T. Davis and Robert Leroy we're
representatives from Weller doing busi-
ness in Washburn last Saturday.
We are glad to learn that Uncle John w.
Elliott of Conkling is slowly recovering
from the injuries of his recent accident.
Geo. NJ. Butterfeld, Bismarck agent
for sewing machines and musical instru-
ments, registed at the Merchants hotel on
Tuesday.
BY the settlement of Ed. Richards at
Falconer, some forty head of stock will be
added to the personal property list for
next years assessment.
N. j. Olson, clerk of Satterlund school
township, informs us that two months
term of school will begin in that township
on Tuesday, Sept. 1, with Miss Ada Musson
teacher.
Geo. M. Robinson came down from Coal
Harbor Tuesday to have the sway-bar to
his binder repaired. The grain is SO hea-
Wy this season that machinery is terribly
strained working through it.
Mrs. NJ. Fairman, accompanied by her
nieces and nephews Minnie, Matte, Sam
my and Jimmy Swan, were in from Fal-
coner Sunday and listened to the Rev.
Sangree's sermon that evening.
Judge Heath was down after binder re-
pairs Tuesdey. The judge is the newly
appointed postmaster at Conkling, but we
understand that John w. Elliott will be
appointed assistant and have charge of
the Office.
The Leader has just learned that school
opened last week in school house No. 2 in
Sverdrup school township, under the su-
pervision of Miss Jenette Ward. This in
formation was ut obtained through the
kindness of the school board.
F. n. Register, esq, states attorney for
Burleigh county. accompanied by his wife,
visited Washburn last Monday on legal
business. Mr.. Register is one of the rising
young attorneys of Bismarck, and as statos
attorney of Burleigh county is making a
good record.
The FREQ Press of Pierre, s. d., has
changed hands and pessed entirely under
the control of 8. G. Newell. Mr.. Newell is
thorough newspaper man, and the Free
Press hereafter will be more generally ap-
preciated under Bro. Newell's individual
management.
Rev. VIM. sangree preached very elo-
quent sermon at Coal Harbor last Sunday
morning, and in the evening he delivered
an interesting sermon at Washburn-the
school house being fairly we'll filed. He
left Tuesday morning on his return to his
home at Jamestown.
John j. Robinson and wife returned
from Bismarck Tuesday. Mrs. Robinson
has been in the capital city for the past
two weeks in attendance upon her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Laurence Casselman. John j.
is now grandpa, and he evinces pridely
grandeur in every gesture.
Ansel Colby reached Washburn Tuesday
on his return to Coal Harbor with load
of goods for Geo. L. Robinson. Mr.. Col
by has 40 acres of wheat, IA acres of oats
and II acres of flax, all of which promise
an abundant yield. He has done all his
work alone-not having even wife to as
siet him-and his profits this season will
probably net him $1,000.
Through the kindness of H. c. Nygard,
driver of the Bismarck stage, we have re
ceived from H. F. Wogan, of Woeansport,
sheaf of wheat taken from his forty-acre
field, which is an excellent sample of Mis-
souri, slope grain. Mr.. Wogan expects to
thrash out rs bushels to the acre of No. 1
hard, and Judging from the same before
us his expectations will be fully realized.
The other day Bernt johnson brought
into town stool Of oats consisting of ~
stalks with heads averaging 13h inches IN
length. One head contained, by actual
count, 154 kernels. Allowing each head to
contain the same number (and we believe
they will average that), and we have 1895
kernels from that one stoot raised from q
single loat. The sample was pulled from