The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-06-16
Local News
School election next Tuesday.

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School election next Tuesday.
Al. and Charley Sheldon went to Bis
marck, last Tuesday.
James Bartron, ST., was down from
Coal Harbor yesterday.
Mrs Jno. Reuter- and two children are
visiting friends in the city.
Oregon Las gone heayily Republican
the first time in eight years.
''Our Joe" left Monday evening to soc
our Sheriff safe to jamestown.
Postmaster Henry Rchrer. of Coal Har-
Dor. went to Bismarck Thursday.
J. M Anderson is hauling down a
thousand bushels of wheat TOR shipment
Last heard of our Sheriff, he got away
from ''Joe" and was going east with
the Coxey's.
Postmaster Elliott, of Conkling, drove
down to this furnishing burg Thursday
evening.
Coxey. Brown aud Christopher Colum-
bus Jones were released from Jail III Wash
ingtol. June 12.
Your attention is called to the ad. of
Nelson O. Wahl, latest improvement in
hcCOrmack machinery
Mrs. Casselman is visiting her sister at
the Grand Forks University, and is ex-
y ected back this week.
Mark Murphy, Sandy Hart and several
other men are around Snake Greek round
ing up some OF j. S. Murphy's horses.
Otto Wallin went down to Bismarck.
md brought back u car load of Plano
light-ru1,n;ng Machinery. See ad Ill an
othcr column.
The call is out tor the democratic con
Fcnrion-Grand Forks N. D., on Thurs
day July 26. Mclean county is entitled to
40 &c egates.
The Bismarck tiremen take everything
in sight at the tournment. They win the
association race and hence will retain the
gold medal for another year
Eighty miles west of here, at the slides,
they are building shootes at the river
bank, to cross 10000 head of cattle, to he
shipped from Velva on the 500.
Herman Hanson, j. H. Taylor, Louis
Johnson and James Heath left Monday
evening for jamestown as delegates-rep-
'ess42ting Mclean county at the Pops con-
vention.
About $50 deputy U. S. marshals are in
bismarck trying to keep the common
"aalers from jumping the train. The
aown is full of Coxeyites, and several at
!e,npts have been made to steal the trains
j. G. Staley and daughters, Mary and
s&nnie, returned Monday evening, from
rip to Bismarck, where they went to
yisit John Staley, who has just graduated
from the high schools at Bismarck.
Coxeyites are invading Bismarck and
nearly hundred citizens havs been
worn in as deputy marshals to protect
property and trains. In failing to secure
transportation or board trans they steal
saseral hand cars and about hundred of
ehen move east.
iSev j. Fl. Deisen. our resident minister.
started out on SuEday'th 10th inst. for
silp to st. Paul, Minnesota, where he goes
4 attend the yearly conference of the
united Norwegian-Lutheran church, and
will be absent about four weeks. Mr..
Deisen is an active, painstaking Christian
Inin!ster, and our people will unite in wish
Inc him safe and successful Journey.
The Pop convention, was represented
tfoua different districts of the county. as
fellows; John Reuter- and Frank Westmiler
OF Turtle Lake; Geo. Rhude, L. H. Taylor,
Thos. Peterson, John Nelson and james
Heath of Washburn; John Kettleson and
"a. III. Benn ofsverdrup;H H. Hanson, Louis
5ofnson and Albert Lind of Ingersoll, and
Charles Weller, chairman of the democratic
county central committee, represented the
Weller district. The best speech made at
tho convention was by Frank West
miller, and among other things he stated
that the old politicians can't be
elected to Office in Mclean county.
Last Thursday, three O'clock in the af-
tsr,ocn, the first division Of Hogan's Ao-
tilla came in site of Washburn, ten miles
up the river, composed of ten boats with
two hundred and sixty men and officers.
as the wind was blowing down stream it
only took a short time before it passed in
front Of town, all of the boats carrying
sails and flags. AS they passed by the
paaple on the banks, they all cheered.
IheflosliIa vas under charge of commodore
John Edwards who was using Hogan's No.
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