The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-19

Religious services will be held at Coal
Harbor on Sunday, March 81, at 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon. All are invited.
Preaching services will be held at Turtle
Lake tomorrow at IL o'clock a. m. All are
cordially invited. B. A. BURNS, Pastor.
The democrats meet here in mass con-
vention to-day.
Sheriff Falconer was up Saturday with
hay for the Merchants.
Bill Reuter- came down from his Turtle
Lake ranch Wednesday.
~, Now is the season for the festive dude
to stalk abroad in the land.
A. P. Thybefg pulled out Yesterday with
load of wheat for Bismarck.
James Heath of Conkling was caller
at the Leader Office Wednesday.
John Boat of Painted Woods visited
Washburn on business last week.
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Lake Thursday on a shopping expedition.
If you want to know the exact time of
day-mean or standard-ask Tom Chris
tianson.
Mrs. L. A. Larson and children have
spent the past week here with Mr.. Satter-
lund's family.
A. G. Ranard returned from Iowa last
Saturday. He passed through Washburn
without stopping.
The weather for the last six or seven
days has been very raw and cold, and yes
terday was blustery, squally day.
Happy and content is home with The Ro.
chester. lamp with the light of the morning
Miss Lottie Robinson passed credit
able examination before the superinten-
dent of schools last Friday, and we under
stand will receive a second grade certificate.
Department Com. w. A. Bently has given
notice that the third annual encampment
of the G. A. R. for North Dakota will be
held in Fargo on the 18th, 18th and 18th
of June.
A few Diamond-tooth drags and seeders
still left at Robinson & Casselman's, They
will be sold at a bargain to close them out.
Wheat or oats taken in payment.
Henry Bartels returned from Bismarck
last Saturday. He had pair of large
! wheels, which he will probably use as the
dynamo power to an electric street railway
at Turtle Lake.
Otto Wallin who recently bought out G.
M. Griffeth's blacksmith shop, moved his
family from Mandan to Washburn this
week, and is now living in his own house
south of the ravine.
Samuel Allen came down from Conkling
last week by "Shanks'" conveyance, one
of his work horses having been badly cut
in the breast and fore legs by coming in
contact with barb-wire fence.
Frenchy the noted Bismarck authority
IN afat steers" who has been securing
Mclean county for beef cattle the past
week, left for the capital city Thursday
with several head of fine stock.
Seven boys from the North Dakota
Agricultural college in Fargo went off on
spree at Moorhead and were arrested
and lodged in Jail. The next morning
they were all fined for disorderly conduct.
Albert Allen of Coal Harbor returned
last Tuesday from three months visit to
his old home at Osceola, st. Clair county,
Mo-, and was accompanied by his brother
Attic, who intends to become a resident of
Mclean.
Chas. Brady of Conkling was lin town
Thursday. Charley would make ga good
catch" for some enterprising damsel, and
we know one in Bismarck who might be
induced to spread her net for him, if Char
ley wasn't so confounded bashful.
The Tribune announces the arrival of a
little girl in the household of w. P. Moffet
of the Bismarck Settler, last Sunday morn
ing. That accounts for Billy's queer an
tics lately. It's all right this time, Will
liam, but don't allow it to occur again.
Parties contemplating trip over the
Northern Pacific railroad should read the
advertisement of that line published in
this paper. The Northern Pacific is the
peoples standby, and to that road belongs
the credit of opening up this great north
west to settlement.
Representative johnson has added to
the urgency deficiency bill an appropria-
tion of $4,000 for Fort Berthold Indians
in North Dakota. This was attained by
the kindness of Ggiey, of Maine, who
paid johnson for the favor of relinquish-
ing his seat at the opening of the session.
The many friends of Wesley Van Gotten,
who has been working for the Great
Northern road at Minot for the past year
or more, will be glad to hear that be has
been promoted by. that company to car
inspector at Great Falls. His family will
remove to the latter place early next
month.