The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-05

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The Tribune says that the wedding of
Thomas Kelley of Emmons county, and
Mrs. E. N. Corey of Bismarck, took place
at the Catholic church in the latter city
on February oath.
The democratic convention to select
delegates to Chicago meets at Grand Forks
March oath. There will be 2O2 delegates
in the. convention. Mclean county is
entitled to two delegates.
The law firm of'Ban q Smith of Fargo,
says the Forum, has been dissolved, John
s. Watson of jamestown having bought
out w. w. Smiths interest. The new firm
will be known as Ball & Watson.
Oberg & Wallin we're threshing Wednes-
day at H. B. Thompson's place, three
miles north of town, and the occasional
toots of their steam whistle were welcome
sounds to the ears of the quiet denlzen.
G. Dwyer returned from Bismarck
last Friday evening, accompanied by
Misses Lottie and Emma Robinson, who
were returning to their home at Coal Har-
Dor from winters term of school in the
capital city.
Miss Lottie Robinson, daughter of John
j. Robinson of Coal Harbor, represented
Martha Washington and Robert Kline
George Washington, at an entertainment
recently given by the public school pupils
in Bismarck.
Ed. Higbee, draughtsman in the survey
or generals office at Bismarck, has about
completed his new railroad map of North
Dakota. His friends say that it will be
as nearly accurate and perfect as any map
can we'll be made.
We see by the Reynolds Enterprise that
our old friend Charley Simpson, of Reyn-
olds, who had his foot crushed some five
years ago while breaking on the G. N. rail
road, was compelled last week to have the
injured member amputated.
Mandan Pioneer: We see by the New
York Tribune, that Mr.. Josephus Plenty.
the gentleman who is going to ship Mer-
Ger county coal down the Missouri river,
has contributed 800 to the Russian relief
fund that has been started in New York.
James Staley returned from Bismarck
Thursday evening, accompanied by John
Lowe and family, who were enroute to Ft,
Stevenson. Mr.. Lowe has been engaged
as government tailor at the fort, branch
of industry which is just being introduced
by Supt. Burton in that school.
Ole G. and j. P. Peterson completed
threshing this week, and are we'll satisfied
with the result. From 115 acres they got
5000 bushels of wheat, an average of over
274 bushels per acre. They got over
1000 bushels of oats, and from about five
acres got $50 bushels of barley. Oberg d
Wallin's machine did the threshing.
It now turns out that the missing Col.
o. M, Towner, who was the active manager
of the barley syndicate, has absconded with
about $4,000 of the syndioate's money and
gone to Cuba. Later developments show
that he was wanted in Washington and
Idaho for financial crookedness. Col.
Towner always was slick one.
Hon. John Satterlund has our thanks
for map giving the outlines of the
counties as they will be after the increase
of boundaries, resulting from his bill last
winter. The bill will be good thing for
the counties affected as great deal of
personal property owned in counties which
before was not taxed will be taxed and its
owners will have to help bear the burden
of the expense of governmental Minot
journal.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Co. has
filed in the United States land Office in
this city, says the Bismarck Tribune,
ssrelinquishments to certain tracts of lands
lying within their indemnity belt and
aggregating $4,000 acres. These lands are
now thrown open to actual settlers and are
located in the southwest corner of Mcintosh
county and the southeast corner of En-
mons county"
A special telegram from Rugby to the
Grand Forks News announces that our old
friend Chas. E. Jones of McHenry county
is forger. The dispatch says that G. H.
Bigelow, merchant at Rugby, received
for collection three school warrants aggre-
eating 5000 drawn on Newport school
township, McAenry county, which proved
to have been forged by Mr.. Jones. Oh,
Chawles, Chawles! How could you think
of doing such naughty things
Prof. Wells this week received letter
from friend at Fargo announcing the
encouraging fact that one hundred German
families were booked to settle in Mclean
county this spring. The writer did not
state what time they were expected to
arrive here, nor whence they we're coming,
but simply said that the county would be
staken by storm" He says the immi-
grants are all well equipped, industrious
farmers, and are coming with the view of
permanent settlement,