The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-02-20

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paying penalty of per cent, should cal
onsthe county treasurer before that date
Taxes on real estate become dellnq uent
on June LIST and on and after that date the
S per cent penalty attaches.
The Recorder, Hendershott & Grifith's
paper at Dickinson, has been received
It is chock full Of live locals and boom ar.
ticles for Dickinson and Stark county
If the boys continue as they have started
out, the Recorder will place itself in the
front ranks of North Dakotas flourishing
journals.
A. B. strickler, treasurer of Mercer
county, and merchant, stockman and all.
aronnd hustler of Stanton, came over from
that berg on Tuesday and spent couple
of days visiting old friends in Washburn.
Mr.. strlckler says the people of Mercer
county feel very confident that the era of
good times has arrived, and are making
Jim Brayton of the Bancroft (Neb.) In
dependent is evidently losing confidence
in the integrity of his neighbors. Some
of them must have "played it" on him,
trade he says: "You can tell more about
a mans character by trading horses with
him once than you can by hearing him talk
for year in prayer meeting"
What is regarded as the largest peach
tree in Michigan, if not in the whole
country, stands in Claybank Township 20
rods from Lake Michigan. The diameter
of the stem is 18 inches at the ground, 12
inches four feet up whereit branches, and
has spread of 80 feet. 1t is reported per-
fectly healthy, has always borne, and was
in bearing last year, the 82d of its age.
In the United States Senate there are AZ
republicans, 80 democrats, alliance ard
independent. OF these the terms of 18
republicans and democrats expire March
4, 1898. The House is composed of 1892
members, of whom 236 are democrats, SO
republicans and 8 alliance, whose terms
will all expire March 4, 1898.
X. S. Ramsett, having settled up his
business hero, has resigned the postmas-
tership of Washburn in favor of Laurence
Casselman, an old-time resident, who sue
ceeds Mr.. Ramsett and his brother in the
store. We believe Mr.. Casselman will
make an efficient postmaster, and being
endorsed by the best citizens of Washburn,
there is no doubt that his appointment
will be speedily made.
The mysterious disappearance of Col.
Towner has become serious matter.
Last Friday two weeks ago he paid his
bill at. the Windsor hotel, st. Paul and left
in his usual good spirits. Since then no
clue has been obtained of him. He had
drawn $3.50 and it was supposed by his
friends that he had gone to Chicago.
Detectives have been at work ever since
to find him and if he has not quietly gone
on an expedition. It is feared he has
been murdered.-Grand Forks News.
There is no doubt of the fact that the
new version of the bible failed to super
sede the old version; as it is fact that
there never seems to have been demand
for the revised edition, it is not necessary
to look further for reasons why it is not
printed and distributed. The new trans
lation is much better than the old one, but
it lacks the arrangement and appearance
that has endeared the King James transla-
tion to the hearts of the people.
Grand Forks News: Hon. Budd Reeves
the democratic sage of Buxton is said to
be nightly wrestling in the cosy library,
n. W. corner of his palace, with an agricul-
tural theme. Budd is arranging in fan
tastic rows cabbage heads and U. 8. SEN
ators, mutton heads and congressman, the
sauerkraut and Legislative crop, tariff
tinkers and brewers of barley for the home
market. It will be unique production,
we'll worthy of a philosopher.
The secretary of the interior will in
few days issue pamphlet containing an
explanation of the lands to be opened on
the Sisseton reservation April Is. No set
tiers can be allowed upon the lands until
the allotments are approved, and the allot-
ments will not be approved until the date
of issuing the proclamation. There are
574,s14 acres. Nearly of these lands will
be entered in the Watertwon, South Dako-
ia, land district. Some of them are in
North Dakota, and will come within the
Fargo land district. There viii be one or
two reservations of land and the fractional
sections along tho line of the northern
border of South Dakota will not be dis
posed Of until this line is fully determined
and its report received by the general
land agent.