The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-01-02
Local Brickbats.

Local Brickbats.
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Happy New Years to all.
The commissioners meet next Monday.
DeGraf has large line Ladies' Under
wear.
An examination of teachers will be held
next Friday. See notice.
Supt. Davis spent several days in town
this week attending to official duties.
The little furry of snow Wednesday
night has by no means helped to improve
the condition of the roads,
Martin Hanson and T. J. Langballe came
down from Coal Harbor Tuesday enroute
to the capital city with grain.
"A. Carlson of Falconer, accompanied
by Mrs. 10. Brown, was in town Monday
buying supply of groceries.
The year 1892 is Leap Year. February
has 20 days. The extra day is put in for
the exclusive benefit of the ladies.
Peter Miller and his daughter Kittie,
from Turtle Lake, we're visiting friends in
Washburn Wednesday and Thursday.
Bob Mann, Henry Rohrer and Bruce
Tower passed Washburn Tuesday for Bis
marck. They were loaded with wheat and
beans,
James Larmer came in Thursday from
his ranch north of Coal Harbor with load
of wheat, which was very quickly trans
mogrified into fine, No. l -four.
Hon. C. A. Burton, superintendent at
Ft. Stevenson, returned Tuesday evening
from Lawrence, Kansas. whittier he had
been in attendance at meeting of Indian
school superintendents.
Attention is called to the advertisement
of A. L. Hartle's "Cheap Cash Store'' at
Coal Harbor. The ablishment is new
candidate for public favors, and every
body is invited to call in.
"Where Is the clerk of court?" is ques-
tion that has been asked by dozen per-
sons during the past ten days. Our answer
is: "Don't know" The clerk went away
sometime ago, and his deputy has left the
country. Guess We hain't got clerk.
c. E. Farrell, boss carpenter at Berthold,
accompanied by his mother and sister,
passed Washburn Tuesday on their way
to Bismarck, where Mrs. Farrell and her
daughter Will take the train for their old
home in the eastern part of the state.
Joseph Nudleman and Nolan Katz will
start tomorrow for trip to the Pacific
coast. They will both stop at Portland,
Oregon, for awhile, Mr.. Katz to visit two
of his children who are living there, while
sister who also reside in that vicinity.
They expect to be gone several weeks.
The Wrshburn flour mill, under the care
full management of that expert miller, F..
j. Burt, is now turning out as fine grade
of flour as the most fastidlous epicure
need wish for. Several needed repairs
have been made and new boiling cloth
added, and the grade of -four now turned
out is second only to that made by the
patent process. Try it.
Ticket No. 61O drew the road cart offered
as prize by Geo. L. Robinson to his GUS
toners. Commencing on the 11th of No
vember and running to Dec. Oath, a period
of "A days, Mr.. Robinson sold about seven
thousand dollars $4,000 worth of goods
at his Coal Harbor store. Is there anoth-
or country store in the state that can make
half as good a showing?
The Fargo Commonwealth each week
contains rehash of the Bismarck Settlers
local twaddle. It is tristful to see such q
sprightly democratic journal as the CON-
monwealth used as tool to blacken the
reputation of good, honest citizens, and to
whitewash the rascality and viliainy of such
q dlsreputable set of religious hypocrites
and political mountebanks as infest the
city of Bismarck.
Boss Farmer Pennell, of Stevenson,
made trip to Bismarck this week after
Hon. G. A. Burton, who has been absent
several days attending a convention of In
dian school superintendent in Kansas.
Since Mr.. Pennell became boss farmer,
Mr.. Daniel Leroy has had an opportunity
of more thoroughly discharging his duties
as~industrial teacher, and it is said greater
advancement Is being made now than was
the case whom Dan. had to do the work of
two mon.
There are thousands of farmers in
Minnesota and the Dakotas who have paid
for their farms out Of the profits of crops
grown on them, some of them in single
favorable season clearing enough to pay
for every acre cultivated. Thousands of
other sturdy and industrious men who will
come to the northwest during the next few
years can do equally we'll. Homes cannot