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

The Bismark Tribune says that little
girl made her appearance in the home of
Laurence Casselman yesterday. 1t goes
without saying that Larry bought good
cigars.
c. NJ. Griffeth. our popular blacksmith,
last week cut an ugly cash in the palm Of
his right hand with section of sickle
bar to a. mower which he was fixing, in
consequence of which he has been laid up
several days. He is at his anvil again
now, though.
On Thursday of last week, while hauling
hay at Conkling, Uncle John W. Elliott
fell from the load and was seriously hurt
in the neck and back. He was taken to
the residence of James Heath, where he
has received the Mndest care, and 10 now
in fair way to recovery.
Louie Anderson and S. N. Willberg re-
turned from Bismarck yesterday. Mr..
Anderson had the misfortune to lose his
big mare on this trip. The animal was
valued at $3.50, and her death is supposed
to have been caused by over-heating. He
had to buy another horse in Bismarck.
The past week has been one of extreme
ly warm weather, and small grain has
made rapid strides towards development
and maturity, while corn has shot ahead
in magic growth. The harvesting of bar
ley will begin the coming week, and the
early-sown fields of wheat will be ready
for the binder in few days.
Louis Anderson and wife and S. N. Will
berg, of Coal Harbor, passed Washburn
Monday morning for Bismarck. Mr.. An
derson goes for a brief visit to his broth
er-in-law, Robert Smith, who lives some
eight miles from Bismarck, while Willberg
will return with a. Plano binder he bought
sometime ago from Ramsett Bros.
S.W. Hagy, Hancocls's most energetic
and hustling farmer, accompanied by his
wife, returned from the capital city Mon
day. He brought up a load Of goods for
Geo. L. Robinson, and new Deering
mower for himself. Mr.. Hagy contem
plates enlarging his domains by the pur-
By the arrangement made with the n.
P. R. r. Co., in the settlement of the rail-
road tax matter, the fees of Louis Hanitch,
who was employed by the states attorney
of Mclean county to assist him on the
court, will be paid by the railroad com:
pany. Thus the county is not out dollar
on that score.
A heavy rain and wind storm passed
over the county to the east, north and
northwest of Washburn last Wednesday
evening, being accompanied in some places
with light hail. The wind and rain fiat
tened few of the heaviest pieces of grain,
but it is thought most of it will straighten
up again, so there will scarcely any dam
age result from it.
VIM. Wen, the well-known hunter and
lover of rural sports, accompanied by j..
G. Sanders, the pioneer cigar manufactur-
er of Bismarck, drove up from the capital
city Monday. Their trip was for pleasure
and visit with Capt. Fitzgerald, but un-
fortunately the captain was absent IN the
country on business. The boys spent
most of the day in the cool, quiet resorts
of Washburn, and late in the afternoon
started on their return home.
Hon. w. II. Francis and Louis Hanitch,
esq.,, came up from Bismarck Thursday
to meet with our county commissioners
in special session and assist in completing
arrangements for settlement with the
Northern Pacific railroad company. The
minutes of the board, published in anoth-
er column, fully explain the action taken
in the matter. This was Judge Francis
first trip to Washburn, and he was very
much pleased with our beautiful location.
The many friends of Louis Hanitch will
regret to learn that he has completed ar
rangements to leave Bismarck and move
to West Superior, Wis.,, for which place he
will depart next Monday evening. Mr..
Hanitch is one of the clearest-headed and
most brilliant attorneys in North Dakota,
and while we regret to lose 80 valuable a
citizen, we must congratulate our friends in
the Badger state upon the acquisition to
their legal fraternity of such an eminently
able and worthy gentleman.
j. B. Noyes, who was through this Sec
tion of country just ten years ago, and
worked month for Charley Weller cutting
logs for stable or granary in 1881, passed
Washburn in skif last Tuesday. He
came from Billings and is enroute to the
Red river valley where he hopes to strike
work in the harvest fields. He reports a
discouraging state of things between the
coast and points cast in Washington
thousands of men being out of employ
ment, wandering almlessly in every direc-
tion. He is glad to get back to Dakota,
and now he thinks he'll stay here.
Dan E. Murphy has severed his connec-
ton with N. p. on the work at the Bis.
marck bridge, and gone to Berthold to
take charge of his brothers major Muir
phy's) horse ranch.
Bismarck Tribune: Dan Murphy, who
has been blastinp for the bridge gang. has