The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-07
Hans Nygaard and Peter Miller of Tur-
tie Lake, were registered at the Merchants,
Friday.

Tie LAKE, were registered at the MerclantS
Friday.
Several parties have been marketing
fish about town, taken from Painted
Woods creek.
Lewis House, Of Coal Harbor, came
down i'll charge of the Berthold stage
on Saturday, and again on Monday, while
Manager Bartron, took vacation trying
the virtue OF a new gun on old geese.
Foster, the weather prophet, makes the
prediction that October will be a balmy
month this year in this section. He pre-
dicts also, that winter will not como in
very early.
Frank Tower, of Coal Harbor. wenc to
Bismarck last Sunday to meet his sister
Allie and D. w. Pennel on their return
from the Worlds Fair. He missed them
on the road, and returned Wednesday,
not as he went but with another mans
sister,
MIR. Dan Leroy, the farmer Of the Fort
Stevenson Indian school. whose return we
chronicled last week. says that in all of
the princIpa! places that he visited, signs
of busincsss depression, and hard times
were noted, with a gloomy outlook for
the coming winter.
Postmaster II. Fl. Rchrer, of Coal Har-
Dor, will keep the Robinson Hotel ut that
place. Mr.. and Mrs. Rohrer will make
their guests contortabe, if attention
and good accommodations count for any
thing with the travelling public--and we
think they 90.
Miss kato Lambert's school at Conk-
ling was closed for the term last Wednes-
day. Miss Lambert succeeded admirably
with her school but is ambitious to further
her studies. With this in view. during va.
cation, the young lady win visit the Wor!a's
| Fsir at Chicago, after which she will take
a course of studies at the Mayvil.e normal
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Robinson. of Coal
Harbot. in company with their two daugh
tiers, Miss Lottie and Emma. stopped
over night III Washburn, last Sunday. on
their way to Bismarck. The young ladies
will then go TO the State University, Grand
Forks, to take q course of studies nt that
institute. while Ar. Mrs. j. j. will take IN
the Worlds Fair before they return.
Mrs. George L. Robinson. of Coal Har-
Dor. and her father, Peter Sharp, have
gone on a trip to the Worlds Fair,
and after thor curiosity at that great CEN
tire of attraction is satisfied, they Will pro-
ceea to St. Louis where they will remain
for a six months visit among familiar
faces and scenes Meantime our old friend
Geo. L., LETT behind to do the batchelor
act at the right place. has our sym
pathy.
D. W. Penncl, and his cousin, Miss Allie
t. Tower, of the Fort Stevenson school.
who have taken a vacation during the last
month, visiting the great show as Chicago
and also their old home at Napance, Can
ada, reached Washburn, ho,neward bound
on Monday. The Worlds Fair is.a sight,
they aver, and but little knowledge
OF it's real grandeur can be gained uilless
you are within the gates, in person to gaze
on the vast aggregation of wonders.
One of the most successful market
| gardeners in this section of country is K.
w. Adams. of Painted Woods. He has
his garden site ON the bench land along
sida OF the Bismarck and Washburn stage
road, where he can be seen early and late
during the growing season pegging away
at the weeds. But he gets there. He pre-
pares his ground carly; manures it well:
and gets seeds of Will, of Bismarck, and
raises sore crop every year of the finest
Of vegetables which nets Mr.. Adams from
$500 to $1,000 every year--wst Or dry.
Steele Ozone A letter from Editor
Wood the first OF tbs week, dated at Sauk
Rapids Minnesota informs us that he
| NouAtA oSEtsho ict IL WV WOOAo SAS1o ttV etio
Fair, after which he will return home
And now comes letter to Attorney Stan
ley from a New York client, who is visit
ing the Fair, telling of having the honor
OF making the acquaintance of the wife
of the editor of the Steele Ozone, and
speaks of the EDITORS wife rs an amiable
and highly accomplished lady. Well, we
wonder, and patiently wait developments.
fire in tho storm she'd in the rear of
tho MERCHANTS Hotel of Washburn last
Tuesday morning caused considerable ex
citement among tho dwellers therein. The
fire broke out about o'clock in the
morning, and was first discovered by Miss
Florence Satterlund, who was sleeping
with the cook, Mrs. Stoll, in the kitchen
bed room. The boarders were aroused,
and Mr.. Satterlund was soon at the place
4 of the conflagation. With wonderful cool
ness and great presence of mind, the
water supply at hana was judiciously used
and within ten minutes tho flames were
f.5tinguished. How tho fire originated is
somewhat of a mystery. as there had been
II, fire in the stove nor light burning IN
i t,,nt rnrt Of tho !fOuso MI night TWAS n