The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Local News.

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Nelse Herrod, was in town Thursday.
Louis Berquist, of Ingersoll, was IN
Washburn, Wednesday,
J. d. Carlson, of Weller, was in Wash
burn Friday.
Martin Hanson, of Weller, was in town
Friday.
sis. M. Westm,ller was in WashbYrn last
Saturday.
F. B. Parks, of Dog Den, was in Wash
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Miss jennie Johnson, of Ingersoll, was
in Washburn Thursday, on her way to
Bismarck.
Landlord Satterlund drove down to
Bismarck. on Saturday morning and re-
malned over until Wednesday, when he re-
turned home.
Mrs. John Casper, her son Alex, and
her daughter Elizabeth, of Turtle Lake,
were at the county seat Monday, on
business before Judge Peterson.
Commissioner Hanson has been busy
the past week, hauling in some of his
wheat to one of the warehouses at the
landing.
Anton Carlson the painstaking and
trusty driver of the Washburn and Bis
marck stage, took five day lay off the
past week.
Mrs. Ranerd and her two grand children
returned home Friday. They had been
on q visit to friends and relatives at Ar.
thur, Red River valley.
Axel j. Franson, came up from BIS.
marck, Thursday, direct from Sweden
The gentleman is relative of David
Carlson, of Weller.
On Wednesday, MIR. James Staley, and
y
Fannie, of Snake creek, rested in Wash
burn, on their way to the Worlds Fair.
Charley Brady, Of Conkling, was i'll
town Friday. Mr.. Brady assures nim-
rods in general, and deer hunters II, par
ticular, that Elm point sis not in it" this
fall.
Joseph Mcfarland, an old timer of
Weller, this county, but who has been q
resident of Benson county the past three
years, has just returned to his old home
at Weller and will stay there. So they
come. one by one.
AS will be seen in another column Dep.
uty Auditor Casselman has served notice
on the county commissioners to meet in
special meeting 2 o'clock, Monday to
appoint an Auditor to fill vacancy of
late Auditor Wells, deceased.
M. NJ. Ben, wife and family. of Hud-
son, Wisconsin, but who ..sum,nered at
Mckenzie station, came up Tuesday to
take possession of their new perchase,
the August Wahl place. The Leader ex-
tends welcome to the newcomers.
John White, the Bismarck livervman,
came up Saturday night to notify the
family and friends of Auditor Wells of
Mr.. Wells death. The summons was so
unexpected, and the time of funeral so
short that but few of our citizens could
attend in time.
Owing to rumor going around that
the steamer Bachelor would not return
from Bismarck this season, Mr.. Angevine,
informs the Leader that this is II mistake.
The steamer Bachelor, he says, will make
regular trips to Washburn until locked out
by the ice of winter.
Superintendent Burton of the Fort
Stevenson school, came up from Bis
mack, Wednesday. Mr.. Burton is care
full officer, ana just one, and is one of
President Harrison's appointments that
will not be removed-and being friend
to Mclean county, no one here wishes
him to be.
Sheriff Heath returned Oh Monday from
trip to the new agency on the Indian
reservation. The sheriff reports every
thing moving along slowly in that direc
tion. The Indians have very poor crops
to winter on, the drouth the past summer
being long and severe up there.
Rev. G. L. Hall, of the we'll known Fort
Berthold Mission was guest at the Mer-
chants, Thursday. on his return to the
Reservation. In the long number of
years that Mr.. Hall has renamed at his
post of considerations duty, the Indians
have had good instructor and a faithful
friend.
Mrs. Joseph Milligan, who died at Bis
marck, on Monday, was the first white
woman, we believe who resided within
the old boundaries of Mclean county. He,
husband and herself ran ranch at Tur