The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-23
Local Brickbats.
Fi,.t k;,,;no frost M,raov 10

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First killing frost, Monday, 18.
The Castalia will be up again Sunday.
Fred Blxby is down from Coal Harbor.
There will be daily mail service between
Bismarck and Washburn after July 1, 1894,
Postma Robrer, of Coal Harbor, was
in town Sun ay.
Mrs. Larry Casselman is expected home
Sunday.
Miss Annie Nordquest of Ingerso], went
down to Bismarck, on Tuesdays stage.
Tho steamer Bachelor, of the Benton
transportation Line will be up from Bis
marck, Tuesday.
Mrs. j. NJ. Anderson and children went
down on Tuesdays STAGE for visit to
frien6s in Moorhead, Minn.
f. j. Hicks, came up from below Mon
day on his way to Coal Harbor, to ex-
change horses for land.
Sheriff Heath and family have moved
down to the county seat where he will
hereafter reside.
Z. +. Angevine was around through the
county this week, in the interest of the
Benton Transportation Company.
F. w. Parsons, book keeper at the Fort
Stevenson school, came up Wednesdays
stage en- route to his post of duty.
Judge Lacy, of Coal Harbor. passed up
to his home one day last week from an
extended visit to old associations III Ohio.
Commissioner Swami Hanson came
over from Ingersoll ON business matters
Thursday.
Professor Renard opened the Washhurn
school Monday with good attendance OF
pupils.
G. Fl. Warren, of Grand Forks, was up
around this neisborhood adjusting some
matters for hail insurance company of
which he is agent.
Walter G.. McAllister, of Patterson, New
Jersey, came up on Wednesdays's stage on
a visit to Col. w. E. Lowe. Of Lake View
ranch.
49, few,
north of town is expected home soon
from Montana, where he has resided the
past three years. His wife has alrepdy
arrived and resides at their farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wells are expected up
from Bismarck, Sunday. We are sorry to
learn that the Professor did not expert
ance any relief to speak off, and is still
much under the weather.
Hans Holtberg whom everybody here
about remembers as former resident of
this county, returns next month. He
followed the swestern course of empire"
to the jumping off place, but didn't make
the leap.
Martin Thompson, we'll remembed by
all old settlers as former resident, has
just returned after four years obsence,
from the Puget Sound country. Mr..
Thompson has come back to stay, he says,
having found no better place for a thrifty
man than Mclean county.
Edward Adams, of Glascock, and 2. H.
Wilson, of Bismarck, drove up from the
capital city, Sunday evening. and after
resting at the Merchants over night
started out for Turtle Lake next morning.
Mr.. Wilson was up in the sheep interests.
and talked with many of our farmers on
that subject.
George M. Robinson, Washburn's well
known merchant, but now of Coal
Harbor, ..and ssrustling Charley staley
the Snake creek ranchlnan, returned from
the worlds fair, and passed up through
Washburn on their way to their respec-
tive homes, Monday. These gentleman
took down and shipped two car loads of
cattle and thus with profit and pleasure
as combination, they had a rattling
good.time.
Nelse Herrod, came from the grain fields
of 1ngersol, Thursday, and reports that
twelve bushels to the acre of No. hard
wheat was the average yield out that way.
O. Eyerson had tifteen bushels of good
wheat to the acre, and 26 bushels to the
acre of oats. M. G. Falck had thirty
bushels to the acre of heavy oats, and on
a 20 acre tract of wheat had 600 bushels.
AL Sheldon, brother of the pushing far
NOR Jack sheldon, has just returned from
Missoula. Montana, where he has resided
for some time. Since leaving here three
wears since, Mr.. Sheldon visited all that
is worth seeing in the Rocky mountain,
and.Pacific coast country.
Washington correspondence OF Fargo
Forum: Charley Garrett of the Bis
marck Tribune force in early days and
ona.of the mon who helped the develop
,nont Of the state in and dabout Washburn,
holds preferred situation in the first dl-