The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-10

around Pleasant Lake.
Pierce County: Miss Hattie Sykes
has gone to the Valley City Norma
School. ...L Light showers have delayed
t~hreshing. ...E. Gunderson is building
an addition to his store at Rugby.
Dickey County: Postmaster Sturze'
nacher of Glendale is visiting all the
postofices in the county at the request
of the postmaster general. $500 Farmers
are bringing in all kinds of large pro,
duce to Editor Van Meter.
Towner County: Miss Mulorone will
teach at Bisbee this fall ...S Several new
threshing rigs have arrived. The
equalized assessment of Towner County
is about $500, OO0... Fred w. Straut
has been granted an extension until
July in which to make final proof.
Mercer County: Judge Winchester
will hold a term of court at Stanton the
middle of October. ... Lanterman Bros
have several thousand sheep here;which
they claim pay them so per cent. annu'
ally -. Thirty government surveyors
are at work along the Missouri.
Stark County: A Court of For
rosters has been organized al
Dickinson .... Wild plums are very
thick in this county. ... Townsend
Bros. are to winter q 500 sheep....J. D.
Campbell has opened y select school in
the Presbyterian church ut Dickinson.
MoHenry County: Corn has done
nicely in this county this year..
Honku Bros. have sold 1000 fat sheep
1.-THE 500 surveyors are at work in
McHenry County The Towner band
is doing much practicing: ... Ihirty-one
new members Joined the Norwegian
Lutheran Church at Towner the other
day.
Eddy County: The new elevator at
New Rockford is ready for receiving
wheat. Modest Ohrner had his leg
very badly cut by a wire fence while
horseback riding. ...M Mr.. Perkins was Sc
verely injured while repairing q sep ,ra
tor. . Mrs Peter Butler was quite go
verely injured while alighting from a
wagon. ~
Walsh County: Work on the new
Grafton block is rapidly progressing.
A new watering trough is being erected
on the streets of Grafton. 80. Henry
Ranssaman has returned to Central
America. ... Walsh County potatoes are
immense this year. Hans Robertson
killed q large bear a Kensington the
other day.
Barnes County: Valley City is
happy over the advent of the Soc
road. ... Valley City is taking steps to-
ward the organization of a board Of
trade. 80. The State Normal School has
opened. -. DR.. Featherstone has found
some very fine fossils in the cuts along
the Soo....N. p. Rasmussen complains
bitterly in regard to the way Duluth is
grading wheat.
Siutsman County: The Alert Is pub.
fishing some fine crop notes. ...O Consul
Nickeus' lecture ut Jamestown upon
South America is very highly spoken Of
1.-The Rio cheese factory is closed
down after making 425 cheese this sea
son. ...C Capt. William McOlelland, adj
iutant general of Pennsylvania, is ex-
pected in North Dakota again the latter
part of October.
Emmons Comfy: Mr.. Taber, the
old man injured by the prairie fire, is
insane. Matthew Baker, fire warden,
is credited with saving thousands OF
acres of grain by back firing. %. Walter
w. Ellis is teaching at Livina. ..Sena-
tor Worst estimates the damage by the
prairie fire in the Holland settlement
will reach at least $4,000.
Wells County: E. M. Alexander was
discharged. having been arrested on
the charge of both grand and petit lar
ceny, and the costs, $50. Is, charged up
to the county 90. Elevator agents at
Sykeston are having their lives insured
The threshinR machine men are re-
porting an average yield in the county
Of from twenty to thirty bushels pei
acre. -
Cavalier County: Hon. Fred Ben
nett is back from st. Paul for a short
time previous to going to Washington
for the winter 80. John McGregor Of
Soper has lost one Of his horses....
David Black wal struck by Joe Gather
woods tame elk the other day and was
quite seriously injured. The Milton
Roller Mills are building q large new
elevator.
Ward County: Frank Frank had hif
hand smashed! while coupling cars.
p. g. Triple of Minot is dead. Miss
Villa Poole has recovered from her q
oident ut the Minnesota state fair.
Farmers have commenced bringing GOA
into Mimic. President Hill of the Great
Northern is shipping thoroughbred
sheep and hogs into the Moose River
Valley.
Morton County: The Rice prairie
fire break machines are in great demand
this year....H. E. Fisher. of Oliver
County was sunstruck last week; hi
vas relieved by the application of raw
onions. Tue Standing Rock Indians
raised this year 25, 1000 bushels of oats
and TO- 600 bushels Of wheat. 1t has
iaken some farmers seven weekssto com
/ nlato their harvest. Deacon Mann o.