The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-29
Local News

Pleasant autumn DAYS have cheerful
effect on school children.
Rance Jones. of Coal Harbor, was among
the guests at the Merchants. Thursday.
A chilly autumn rain fell Friday. moist
airing up the ground for fall blowing.
Get the highest price for your hogs by
selingto to GussLer.
Hon. John ]. Robinson. is a promi-
nent canidate for the legislature. /"
Mr.. Satterlund returned Tuesday even
ing from few days visit to the Capital
city.
v John Nichols the Snake creek ranchman
was doing business at the county seat,
Thursday. II
Commissioner swanKMson, of Turtle
Lake. was over to the county seat on bust
ne5S, Thursday.
Frank Westmiler and Charley Peterson
Of Turtle Lake. were resting at the Mer
chants. Thursday.
p. Three county conventions in one day
promises to make things lively at the
county seat Monday.
WANTED. 100 steers. will buy in small
OTIS. JOHN j. ROBINSON,
y Joseph A. Burgum. of Conkling. passed
down Monday with load of fat live hogs
foythe Bismarck market.
RJoseph Mann. of Hancock. Mas down to
the county capital "tallsing turkey" to
political unLelievers, Thursday.
LOST on 9th. of August on the trail be-
tween Coal Harbor and Elbow Woods a
coon-skin overcoat. Finder literally re-
warded by leaving it at the LEADER office
Willard Wells ouK%e Goa, H,rDor.s
rustlin5 young men. stopped over night
Friday at the Merchants. whilst on his
road to Bismarck. to bring up load of
freight for G. L. fo'i1WI'n ~
Mrs. John J. Robinkn! of Coal Harlor.
ard Miss Mary Baardson. of sverdrup.
accompanied by Charley Bellows. of this
place drove down from the town of high
altitude. Sunday evening. Mrs. Robinson
returned homeward Monday afternoon.
' Olaf Olson and his brother. of Snake
creek, passed down through Wnshburn.
Thursday on their way to their old home
i'll South Dakota, from where they will
shortly return with $50 head of cattle for
ther ranch.
John st.,sy, the veK,lran K,M Snake creek
ranchman and Mrs. Sta.ey. returned from
II "TRIP to Bismarck, Thursday. Mr.. Staley
made pleasant call on the LEADER office
while in town. and give some fying
pointers worth notching on Burleigh
county politics.
Bismarck Tribune: They say Frank
Briggs. candidate for state auditor is not
an orator, but is one of the best single
handed takers in the state--that he can
see more men. make more friends and get
up more enthusiasm in the same length of
time than any man in the state. Frank is
al right.
DR.. and Mrs. slau Ehter and daughter
Rose returded from Ingersoll, Sunday
where they had Been visiting their
daughter Miss Linnie Lee, who met with
n severe accident last week. She had
been thrown from poney she was riding
and was rendered uncOncious for some
time. but received no lasting injury except
n sprained ankle and will soon be around
again.
Uncle Andrew Peterson had horse
ntolen from his barn, Thursday night.
the animal was taken up and advertised
by e. Mummey sometime ago. He is
sorrel geld!ng about years old, reached
main; weights about 1000 lbs, and is
branded figure 2 up side down on left
shoulder. Mr.. Mummy tall dark com
plexioned, long haired youth-is supposed
to have been the thief.
The history of the career of the various
Indian agents in this country has been
that after their retirement from that posi-
tion, they usually 'set down" to the In.
dians OK pressive figures of speech on such
occasions and are seldom ever, heard of
again except rs their .rascally misdeeds
are unearthed to curse their posterity. If
there is to be an exception in the case we
want the public to get satisfying
glimpse.
Editor Woods has something to say
recently about Murphy rs representa-
tive man. What party does he represent.
He was trying to run himself for county
office few times over in Ransom county
some years since and received few votes
enough to see himself as "hoodon"-
when he stayed out Of county politics and
there being death of applicants for. the
Ft. Berthold Indian agency he stumbled
on a piece of good+luck on his impoveriih
p.