The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-02-18
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MCLEAN co.
Local Brickbats.

Local BrlckbatS.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening
at 7:3O p. M, held at the parsonage. All
are welcome. B. A. Burns, Pastor.
Charles Brady was in town Thursday.
Joe Mann was down on business Wednes
day.
Doc. Price is in the capital city taking
in the sights.
II. II. Rohrer returned Wednesday from
business trip to the capital city.
Geo. NJ. Robinson returned from busl-
ness trip to the capital city Monday.
j. II. Nicklin was shaking hands with
friends in Washburn early in the week.
w. H. Clarke came up from Bismarck
Sunday to lock after his stock interests
here.
William and Josie Leben, of Montefiore
township, registered at the Merchants last
Tuesday.
There are 25S children of school age in
Mclean county, an increase of 20 since
the last enumeration.
Happy and content IS home with The Ro-
chester, a lamp with the light of the morning
Eoreak2Aaexe. zvrits Roehestrr Lans5 Co. Nev Yo,k.
J. R. Walkup and Ansel Colby made
trip to Bismarck this past week, and re
turned Wednesday loaded with goods for
Geo. L. Robinson.
Baard Baardson and T. j. Haugeberg,
who went to Bismarck on combination
trip of business and pleasure, returned
home Wednesday.
We learned yesterday that Baard Baayd-
son intends setting up cigars and peanuts
to the boys in Washburn. they say it is
q big bouncing boy.
W. E. Low went up to his Lakeview
ranch last week. He was accompanied by
his faithful right-hand supporter, Gus.
johnson, who had come from the ranch
after q load of supplies.
The Svkeston Gazette says the morning
after the blizzard, it was 50 cold that In a
,ertain kitchen in that town while beef
steak on the stove was frying on one side
it was freezing on the other.
Maj. J. ). Murphy, accompanied by G.
E. Farrell and Mark Murphy, reached
Washburn Thursday evening on their re-
turn to Ft. Berthold. During his absence
the major was laid up several days in Bis
marck with lagrippe.
VIM. Gaskell, who formerly resided in
Mclean county, was killed last week in a
railroad accident on the Great Northern
at watering station between Minot and
Winston. j. r. Jones, the engineer, was
badly scalded, but will recover.
jamestown Capital: The tram men on
the jamestown d Northern have bad
pretty tough time of it the post two weeks.
That road il now running tri-weekly
train going up one week and trying to
get back the next, but with schedule time
of every other day.
The appointment of Mr.. Eisenhuth as
deputy in the Office of superintendent of
public instruction is generally endorsed
BY the press Of the state. One paper asks:
"If Mrs. Eisenhuth doesn't know the quail
idcations Of her husband, who does?"-
Bismarck Tribune.
9. A. Burton, superintendent of the Ft.
Stevenson school, came down Tuesday, en-
route to Bismarck, to which place he was
accompanied by Rev. Burns Wednesday.
Mr.. Burton goes to the capital city to
make arrangements for 100000. shingles
I to cover q barn which he contemplates
erecting at Stevenson early in the spring.
John ]. Robinson, Mclean county's
bonanza farmer and fine stock breeder
writes us that the weather has been very
cold, but stock is doing 1ells ]. J. wishes
us success and encloses, ,two dollars for the
Ozone. Thanks friend Jack; may the Coal
Harbor Stock Farm ssll many car loads Of
horses this spring Osons.
The worst fsatufs of the Dakota revenue
/ Law Is that portion creating the state board,
Of equalization, which III lnsnaoe TO the
welfal0 of all the western seoanties No
matter how equitable the assesspent may
I be. the state board steps iu and remodels
B. the whole thing, and thus far has imposed
an unjnst, and outrageous valuation upon
the i've stock Of all the slope counties.
Anamendment 70 the Law is petitioned for
BY our commissioners.