The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14

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in the afternoon. In the Washburn school
house at 8 p. IN. All cordially invited.
B. A. BURNS. Pastor.
PRAYER meeting at the Washburn school
house at O'Clock every Thursday evening.
Frank Tower was down from Coal
Harbor Tuesday.
Geo. Jennings, Bismarck. buys all the
butter and eggs he can get.
Alex. Mckenzie is back in Bismarck
visiting his old friends.
Geo. Jennings buys all kinds of butter
in tubs, jars, prints and rolls.
Robert Leroy and Isaac Westman were
visitors from Weller Tuesday.
Louis Hartle of Coal Harber made Wash
burn brief visit Monday evening.
Butter and eggs are just as good as atsh
with Geo. jennings, Bismarck.
John Casper was down from Turtle
Lake Thursday with a load of wheat.
A new lot of garden rakes just received
by Robinson e. Casselman.
Geo. E. Wentworth came up from Bis
marck Tuesday, to look after his wheat
interest.
j. S. Brosnahan of Fargo, representing
the Champion harvester and mower, was
in town Wednesday evening.
Take your butter and eggs to Bismarck
Geo. jennings wants them every day in
the seek.
But little wheat is coming into Wash
burn now. The farmers are too busy
seeding to do any hauling.
Allan Mcdonald and wife were in from
Weller yesterday. Mr.. Mcdonald is near
ly through seeding for this year.
w. S. Casselman, travling salesman for
Griggrs a. Co., visited Washburn and Coal
Harbor last Saturday and Sunday.
large quantity of barbed wire and
tarred felt paper just received at Robinson
g. Casselmali's.
1NOlS DclluOlO GIiCl0 ulC IWG1luy Stldtt
horses around his place Most of the
horses have halters and ropes on. Whose
are they?
J. G. Dwyer, accompanied by Joe Pack
ineau, returned from South Dakota Tues
day. He brought up number of horses
and his Clyde stallion.
Happy and content is home with The Ro-
chester. a lamp with the light of the morning
reotalecne, 7v>ite Rochester Lau:3 Co. Neso York.
An examination of teachers was held
in Washburn yesterday. Miss Jessamine
Slaughter, who is teaching the Falconer
school. was the only applicant.
Notwithstanding the continued cold,
damp weather. it is said that larger
acreage will be sown i'll Mclean county
this year than was put in last season.
Nels Johnson who has been absent from
the county for some time, has returned
and gone to farming again. He was i'll
Washburn Wednesday paying up back
taxes.
Seeding in the Red river valley is very
backward, and it is estimated that not
of acres will be planted in that section
this spring.
It is said that prairie chickens we're new
er so plentiful in this section of country
as they are this spring. The Indications
for fine sport chicken-shooting next fall
are quite fiattering.
Items of local interest are just now q
little scarce, owing principally to the fact
that farmers on the slope are all busily en-
gagged planting larger acreage of wheat
than they ever had before.
On Friday of last week small boat
lying at the Bismarck landing loaded up
with quantity of freight for Washburn
and Goal Harbor, but up to the present
writing nothing has been seen nor heard
of her.
David Williter, groom for Gerald Pierce,
and VIM. Owen came up from Bismarck
Thursday with a pair of stations for the
Berthold agency. The animals were taken
to the agency yesterday, and are to be used
in improving the Indians stock of horses.
Nels P. Olson came up from Bismarck
Monday to make arrangements for the
construction of a new dwelling house on
his farm. The little boat which had on
board the lumber for the building failed
to put in an appearance, as expected, and
thus much disappointment is caused.
Laurence Casselman has bought the
Veeder residence here and is having it
thoroughly renovated. The inside is be-
ing neatly painted and papered, and a
bran-new dressing will be given the out
side. When completed, it will present the
finest appearance of any residence in town.