The Washburn leader., 1893-03-25
Local Brickbats.

Local Brickbats.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening
at s!!SO p. M, held at the parsonage. AL
are welcome. B. A. Burns, Pastor.
Joe Mann represented Hancock in Wash.
burn last Saturday.
Commissioner Swan Hanson was vel
come visitor in town Saturday.
John j. Robinson came down from his
Coal Harbor farm yesterday afternoon.
John Merry of Brush Lake was transact
ing business in Washburn last Saturday.
Henry Rohrer of Coal Harbor drove
down to Bismarck yesterday on business.
j. Z. Dwyer, accompanied by j. j.
Nichols, went up to Snake Creek ranch last
Tuesday.
James Heath is entitled to the medal.
He shot the first wild goose of the season
last week.
Peter Miller came down from Turtle
Lake Monday for short chat with his
Washburn friends.
Henry NJ. Marsh broke one of the bones
of his right forearm last week while play
ing ball at Coal Harbor.
N. L. Towle returned from Bismarck
Monday with a heavy load of goods for Geo.
L. Robinson of Coal Harbor.
Happy and content Is home with THE Ro'
chester" lamp with the light of the morning.
EereafaAxxe. v>ite Goehest<, Lamb Go. N<so York.
They have Dollar in Edgeley, N. D.,
. which goes round and round just as dol
lar ought to. We wish we had Dollar in
Washburn.
We hope everyone who owns . horse will read
the advertisement Of the Elkhart Carriage and
Harness Manufacturing Company, OF Elkhart.
Indiana, appearing In this paper.
Theodore L. Britton proved up on his
homestead last Monday. Vim. Reuter- and
Herman Hanson of Turtle Lake we're down
as his witnesses.
A large consignment of flour was shipped
to Japan and China last week from the
Mandan Roller Mill. This speaks we'll for
our slope product.
The wife z. Gilbert, the Mandan photo
grapher, died at her home in Mandan last
Sunday of heart trouble. She had been
married less than month.
Owing to the low price of wheat farmers
in Mclean county will put in but very
small acreage. They intend to raise
enough only for their own use.
T.J. Haugeberg went to Bismarck Tues
day, accompanied by his mother-in law,
Mrs. Groat, who took the train at Bismarck
for her home at Iron River, Wis.
Joe Cotton has finally succumbed to the
inevitable. He has made application to
the Judge of the district court to vacate
his town plat of Burlington, in Ward
county.
Bruce Tower passed Washburn Thurs
day for Bismarck with wagon. In con-
sequence of the recent heavy fall of snow,
we think he will find sJordan hard road
to travel"
jamestown Capital: United States Dis
trict Attorney Camp amp wife are rejoic-
ing this week over there first born which
is boy who became one of the family
circle last Sunday night.
Tuesday afternoon an old-fashion "down
east" snow storm set in, which continued
during the night and all day Wednesday,,
during which time it is said over one foot
of snow fell on the level. 1t was the
heaviest fall of snow we have had this
winter.
Miss Celia Conway of Bismarck has. been
engaged to teach the Conkling school,. the
spring term of which will begin about the
10th of April. Miss Conway taught in
this county last summer, and became quite
a favorite with those who became acquaipt-
! ed with her.
John Kittelson received severe kick IN
the face by one Of his horses last Saturday
morning. The bridge of his nose is broken
and the upper lip cut. The wound is not
a serious one, but quite painful. Had he
received the blow in the forehead it might
have resulted fatally.
Farmer Wallace, the long efficient GUS
todian of the capitol building, left last
night for Chicago, where he assumes
charge of the grain and agricultural decora-
tions of the North Dakota Worlds Fair
building. Farmer Wallase's proficiency
and experience in this line of work renders
it unnecessary to state that under his
supervision the North Dakota building
will be one of the most handsomly deco
rated Of the state structures. Bismarck
Tribune.