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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Monday, Jan. FL.

Tie Richland county grand jury re-
turned two dozen indictments for SELL
Ing liquor and other misdemeanors.
! The Western Union has opened a
branch Office in the capitol building at
Bismarck during the session.
The ladies Of the Eastern Star chap
ter, Bismarck, cleared $500 from their
supper at the inaugural ball.
Rev. Scott, presbyterian minister
Of Pcmbina county, has been sent
to the asylum at Jamestown.
DR.. DeVca,lx. superintendent Of the
state board of health, is vacinating all
thecOnvicts in the penitentiary at Bis
march.
Glendale had rabbit hunt contest
Captain Palmer's crowd were victorious
and Captain Millham's army had to
pay for the banquet.
+ Judge Mckenzie Of Grafton is kick
ing because weddings are scarce in
Walsh County and the license fees few
and far between.
The Great Northern, Nortehrn Paci-
fic and Milwaukee have reduced the
rates on vegetables from North
Dakota points to st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Duluth and West Superior, from two
to ten cents per hundred pounls, to
encourage mixed farming.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
WASHBURN IS WARM.
He Gives an Interview ReRnrdane
Ills Recent Defeat

He Gives an Interview ReRnrdine
His Recent Defeat.
minneapolis, Jan. Ex-senator w, D.
Washburn consented this morning to
tax 10 representative of me press
ABOUT the recent senatorial contest, the
cause Of his defeat and the future Of
the Republican party of Minnesota.
tie is still much wearied, and ia rest.
ing at home and not ATTEMPTING tn A.
tend to business or see MANY vis;tore
However, he is by no means iii M
Washnurn says that Gov. Nelson re-
peatedly assured him that he Nelson(
was not candidate, and afterward
committed himself in his speech at
ebert Lea. Mr.. Merriam and Lieut..
.5oV. Clolgh also positively stated that
tney desired his reelection. Mr.. Wash
Durn Says there was a shameless uea
o1 money,Du declines to state where
II came from or who got it.
But even worse than the 1850 of
money, continued Senator Washburn.
was the outrageous manipulation ~
state patronage. They have promisad
everything that there is to he pivnn
ana more. Everything was traded Ia.
peat me. Every dishonest method ~
maj ton known to ring politicians
was resorted to-" A''H'
what 90 you think will be the ef:
lect OF this scandal upon the Renmh,,c-
an party in Minnesota:"
III VIII create the greatest upheaval.
ever seen. The people will NOT conn+e.
nance such methods. look "a 500 ~,
republican party rise in its strone+h
a anu utterly wipe out every politician
WIZ, VINO mas been in any way connectai
With this ur savory case" eS<"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Fridny, Jun. 25.

Grand Forks is to have new rail-
road.
Glendale sportsnen enjoyed a DIE
lack rabbit HINT last week.
The Grand Forks Salvation Army Is
still playing to crowded houses.
Grand Forks had q successful re-
male minstrel show under the auspices
Of the Daughters of Ham.
The Richland county grand Jury re-
turned two dozen indictments for sell
ing liquor and other misdemeanors.
Philip H. Shoot of Austin, Mini,
has purchased the Devils Lake News
W. @. BiIckley retiring from the
ownership
After the recent explosion at Butte,
the cities Of Fargo and Grand FORKS
are looking about to see If any powder
is stored within their limits.
Charles De Loss. the United States
prisoner being taken to the national
insane asylum at Washington, jumped
from rapidly moving train near st.
Paul and otherwise distinguished him.
self. He was finally recaptured.
Walsh county has family Of Cur
ries, and the Grafton News and Times
says that not term of district court
has been held but that some member
of the family has been mixed up IN
1t, and that they cost the county or.
an average of $1,000 year. One o.:
them is now on trial for setting tire
20 the town of Mimic.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Saturday, Jan. 20.

The Bank Of Forman intends to
wind up it's affairs and go out of bust.
ness.
Blind pigs are scarce at Grafton,
owing to continual raids by the law
and order league.
Ray Spiller, living near Cakes, has
been arrested at the instance Of the
Nichols Brothers, for horse stealing.
Attendants at the jamestown insane
asylum have q toboggan slide arranged
at which thew while away pleasant
hours
There are 1857 children Of school
age in Sargent county; 49'more boys
than girls-an increase Of AZ over last
year.
George Morrison, who superintendent
the building Of the Northern Pacific
railway bridge across the Missouri
river at Bismarck, has been elected
president of the American Society Of
Civil Engineers.
A barber named Thompson at Grand
Forks has been arrested, charged
with offering to take q bride in con-
nection with the grand jury investiga-
ClOnS or East Grand FORKS gambling.
He was placed under 5000 bonds at
Crookston.
Hon. L. a. Ueland's home was
burned last night with all it's contents,
consisting Of clothing, fuel and pro-
visions and furniture. The blaze was
started by an overturned lamp. Mr..
LELAND was in Edgeley-seven miles
away-at the time. The loss falls heav-
lily as there was no insurance.
Farmers in eastern Dickey and west
ern Sargent counties have lost large
number of horsed during the past few
months, and the belief is general that
an organized gang of horse thieves
is operating. If the guilty parties can
be discovered they will be severely
dealt with, as the farmers are very
much wrought up over the matter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Warrington.

NshfMsytOn.
A bill for international arbitration is
introduced by Senator Sherman.
The bill to codify the pension laws
passes the house.
By a majority of one the house judi
ciary committee votes in favor of, i'm
peaching Judge Kicks Of Ohio.
Democrats in congress contemplate
increasing certain tariff schedules II
per cent in order to afford necessary
revenue.
A bill to provide for carrying into eff
feet the international arbitration reso-
luton adopted by congress in 1880 was
offered in the senate by Mr.. Sherman.
The ways and means committee de-
cides to report the bill repeating the
one-tenth cent differential duty on SUI
gar.
Thomas P. Smith is appointed as
ant commissioner of Indian affairs.
James Mclaughlin, so long Indian
agent at Standing Rock, N. D., becomes
Indian inspector.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Criminal DOingz

Mrs. Meyer, wife Of the doctor, will
not be tried formurder
II. NJ. Northrup, school treasurer Of
Detroit township, Iowa, has been held
on charge of embezzzling $1,000.
The defalcation of sits treasurer,
Isaac Abbott, forced the Five Cent
Savings bank at Dover, n. H., into the
hands of receiver.
Charles Beckwith OF Elkhart, Ind,
tried 10 persuade his wife not to go
to church. and, failing fatally shot her
and killed her.
Thomas r. Smith, Youngstown.
Ohio, ticket broker, was arrested on
an indictment charging him with al
tering and forging an Erie railroad
ticket
Bill Cook the notorious outlaw, has
been placed In the United States pris-
on at Santa Fe, n. NJ, awaiting the
arrival Of. officers from Oklahoma for
complete Identification.
Jesse Reckwith Of Hancock county,
ILL.,, accused of counterfeiting, surren-
dered at Springfield. pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to Jail for thirty days
and fined $25.
George A. McClung. of the Eaton
Qnd) Strawboard works, was arrested
OIL charge of refusing to shut down
his mill OH election day to enable en-
ployes to vote.
Miss Nesbitt. night agent for the
Union Pacific at Bonner's Spring, has
idontiiied Osa Terosa, n Mexican, as
the rObber with whom she had the des.
pcrate fight Dec. 21st.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Personal Mention.


Chauncey Depew denies that he is
going to marry Miss Collins, a grand
daughter of Commodore Vanderbilt.
Francis Murphy, the temperance lee
turer, is about to so to Europe to de-
liver addresses.
Della Fox, of the little Trooper
company, is seriously i'll in Chicago of
Inflammation Of the larynx.
Prince Swengesletdheff Of Russia Is
in New York. He is in this country
with the intention Of studying our pris-
on system.
Herman Oelrich told a San Francisco
reporter that he intended to live In
San Francisco in the future. His wife
is a daughter of the late ex-senator
Fair.
Premier Cripsi's daughter, who was
married few days ago to Prince Lin
qua Glossa, has received a costly gift
of jewelry from Emperor William.
According to the statements Of the
painter. Tehbach, who has arrived In
Berlin from FREDERICKSBURG, Prince
Bismarck is strong physically, but SUI
fering from mental depression.
The marquis of Lorne has incurred
the displeasure of the English royal
family for his presumption in connect
ing himself as active partner in firm
of house decorators in London.
Chief Lawler of the
G. A. r. is making arrangements to
visit every department encampment
held in the United States this year,
something never before attempted by
q commander.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

Chicago is congratulating itself on the
discovery that new and mysterious
throat disease has appeared there. Chi
cago is determined to keep in the lead
Of all other cities, even if its population
is decimated by the effort.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

The Japanese are fond of bathing.
In the city of Toxic there are 800 pub
lie bath houses, in which 1erson can
take a bath, hot or cold, for a sum
equal to one half-penny.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

Mrs. Mary A. Livermore announces
that when she has delivered three more
lectures, for which she has engage.
ments, she will retire from the lecture
platform for good. She is seventy-fouf
years old and thinks that she has done
her part.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Cousin Of yand.-h,,..

u los Angeles, Cal, Jan. Oh a
; nar, u, has bfea arrested for comn,ic.
~: ~ The Ontario bank rohberv to,,,.
we neeHs ago Barns was ut iota, nma,
! nv arresting officer recoverad 60 90
. Me- s,aims to be a cousin of thu Wo~
" "er' and says his father Ia 10 r"s,
ness In Austin, Tex e' ~ III O''s''
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

The Rev. Phoebe Hannaford a
prominent member Of Sorosis, has the
honor to be the first woman minister
ever ordained in America. At the
time DR.. Hannaford was ordained only
three women in the world besides her
self had received orders. At present
she is writing a book which will tell
many interesting incidents Of her early
experiences.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

Camille Flammarion and three other
astronomers will make a model of the
moon for the Paris Exposition of 1900.
1t is said that the model will be so
large, that "balloon journeys will be
made around it,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

Anatomists, to separate the bones OF
skull, frequently fill it with small
beans and place the whole in basin OF
water The beans swell and slowly
split the skull.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

Speaking Of ways and means to pre-
vent train robberies, the Kansas City
Star says that in Arizona a law making
train robbery capita! offense, on the
suppositon that man who would rob
train would murder its opponents If
necessary, has practically stopped the
practice in that territory. This is an
easy remedy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

William Hunter Baltic, who has just
died in England at the great age of SO
years, was the only son of the eminent
physician, Matthew Baillie, NJ. D.,
who attended George III. during his
frequent illnesses.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

There is motive on foot to simplify
the descent of cemetery lots. What's
the use Of bothering when every man
has a dead cinch on the regulation
amount of burial room?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

AS a parting shot at America, John
Burns says the hotels of this country
are not up to those Of England. A man
who has been raised on horse steak
cannot be expected to appreciate Mon
tana beef.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

Several Egyptian harps have been re-
covered from the tombs. In some the
strings are intact, and give forth dis
tinct sounds after silence of 5000
years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

Buenos Ayres will soon witness the
completion of the largest opera house
in the world. 1t will seat 5000 per-
sons, and the stage will hold 500 peo-
Dle
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

English Congregationalists owned
1852 places Of worship in England and
Wales in 1894, with accommodation for
1,813,722 persons, but with only 1884
ministers In Scotland they had 80
churches, with IL ministers, and in
Ireland only q churches, but minis
ter for every church. In London alone
there are 1875 Congregational churches,
seating 10000 people. Wesleyan Meth
Odists number 1887 ministers and 493,-
6O4 members III Great Britain and Ire
land Including colonies and heather
lands the number subject to the British
conference is TO2.5O9. Tie Primitive
Methodists have 1,1l5 ministers and
1850 members. ana the smaller sects
of the church 1.2S3 ministers and 174,-
eos members.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Otherwise.

Georgia sent twenty-one car loads of
provisions to suffering Nebraskans.
Atlanta, Ca, is in the throeS OF a
Lexow investigation. Al
Nebraska settlers commit suicide
rather than starve.
Axtel, the famous trotter, dies IN
Kentucky.
Beloit college trustees decide to ad.
NIT women.
A New Hampshire bank cashier is
found short and kills himself.
The number of people killed In the
Butte explosion is estimated at sixty.
The college presidents in session In
Chicago adopt rules to revolutionixe the
reform college athletics.
A municipal reform league was or.
gained at Escanaba, Mich, with DR..
Todd as president.
Southern fertilizer manufac turers met
at Montgomery, Ala, and decided to re-
duce production one-fourth.
The gas plant and franchise at Grand
Rapids, Mich, have been sold to 9
syndicate for $1,200,00o.
1t is common report that the estate
of the late James G. Fair valued at
0,OOO,O 900 is to be fought in the courts.
Seven of the ten east bound lines
from Chicago are asserted to be cut
ting grain and provision rates.
Niagara Falls boys armed themsel-
YES with revolvers with the intention
of chasing Cinnamon out Of the cOun-
try.
Resolutions commencing the work Of
DR.. Parkhurst were adopted by the
New York presbytery Rev. +. T. Null
laly alone dissenting.
The Illinois supreme court decided
that railroad right Of way which for
twenty years had been used for public
purposes could not be reclaimed.
William G. Rust Of Wanantah, Ind,
has sued the Pittsburg Fort Wayne Il
Chicago railroad for $4,000 damages
for injuries which paralyzed him.
The Burlington railroad has shipped
to the destitute people Of Western Ne
braska seventy-tiye car loads OF sup
plies contributed in Colorado.
3. III. Durham, Mormon elder, has
organized church Of his faith at
Grapevine. w. Va, and is causing
much excitement there.
William Winterfeld of New York
city has sued for divorce from Hattie
Winterfield, and the complaint names
eighteen correspondents.
Trenton, N. j., church members, re-
CARELESS of denomination, are forming
law and order league to put q stop
to Sunday liquor traffic and to close up
the disorderly houses.
While DIR. Charles NJ. BOttOrf Of
Charleston, Ind. was absent from his
drug store. his little boy played doc
tor and administered poison to sick
| sister. The child died.
In his annual report State OIL In
spector McA1illep of Michigan says that
during 1894 19,OOO,OOO gallons OF oil
| were inspected and the net revenue to
the state was $4,000.
Friends of Harry Stevenson, who dis
appeared from Prescott, Mich, q week
ago, fear he has been murdered. He
was IL lumber jobber ard Ills clothes
have been found. A
The board of trade at the instance OF
the New York commercial bodies, de-
cldcd to favor payment OF the sugar
bounty, and also agreed, az solicited by
] the commercial bodies OF 81. LOUIS, TO
Onn0sc ti,e railroad DOOlinG bilI.sF
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

,,, ant4'anapolis, Jan. 27.-The fertilizer.
p ,uan Oh Erauh 4 Sons, near this civ
was, was totally destroyed by fra isst
'''sht' Loss, $4,000; no Insurance
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
INTERESTING NEWS FROM ALI
PARTS OF THE STATE.

Il Condemned Record OF the Impor.
tant Happenings OF the Week in
North DaiOtn, Arranged far RAPID
I Reading.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
A. 1. KoHxsrxpr, Proprietor.
LANGDoN, NORTH DAKOTA.

It seems impossible to elect any
Frerchnan president except one with
hyphenated name.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Tuesday, Jan. %.


The Hillsboro city council is bothered
to know how to get good water for
drinking purposes.
/ Casselton is talking of recognizing
its racing association, and getting a
professional. trainer to take charge Of
the track.
M Mrs. Hans Seims, the mother Of a
large family Of children, dropped dead
a few days since in her home on South
Grand river.
The Ramsey county commissioners
decided last week to absolutely refuse
the use Of the court house hall for en-
tertainments or dances.
(. G. /. DeLoss, found guilty at Grand
Forks Of using the mails for illegal pur-
posses, has been taken to the national
insane asylum, at Washington, D. Q.
There were 5,O54 chattel mortgages
and 1872 reports Of chattel mortgage
foreclosures filed in the register OF
deeds Office in Pembina county during
the year 1894.
The Students association Of the state
university Of South Dakota have elected
T. Mack Vinson, G. S.. Yeager and Miss
Fle:i& Jones to meet the North Dakota
team in the intercollegiate oratorical
contest at Grand Forks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Foreign Gossip.

Casimir- Perier, president Of France,
resigns.
Count Herbert Bismarck may become
German minister to the United States.
Marshal Arzeni Martinez Campos Of
Spain is i'll. He was born in 1884.
Previous reports of the Port Arthur
butchery are confirmed by waracor-
respondent.
The report that Asiatic cholera has
broken out among recruits at ConStan-
tinople is officially denied.
The heavy snow and landslides have
stopped traffic in many places on the
Swiss railroads. s
A new Hungarian cabinet has been
formed. The prime minister is Baron
Bapffy.
Lava from q volcano on one OF the
New Hebrides island, flowed fifteen
miles to the sea, devastating many VII
lagos.
Bastard, the anarchist, and four 9TH
ers have been arrested on suspicion OF
having thrown the bomb in Rue Mon
ceau.
It is now believed the British losses
through J. Il. NJ. Pierce's bond SWIM
ding operations will aggregate 5000
600.
About eighty applicants for permis-
sion to start new journals have been re
ceived by the press department Of the
Russian ministry Of the interior.
1t is rumored that Count Herbert
Bismarck, eldest son Of the EXCHANGED
+, INT a 1Nae g.
sador at Washington.
Prince Bismarck, if he is well enough,
will visit Emperor William on the an
niversary of the latter's birthday, Jan:
%, when his majesty will be thirtysix
years old.
The London Times announces the
death of Prof. Arndt, the historian Of
the Leipsic university, and Prof. Hau-
shaufer. the minerologist Of that uni
versity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Another Fruitl...n ,.,,

tho o" S",,., DEL; Jan. o7.-One ballot IN,
II l' SENATOR SENATORIAL fight was taken to.dny
W, l"S.,''rd ns follows: HIep,n, a..
""'''''' ~; Mass"". 4; 'Addicls q
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

Dozens of bronze knives and spear
heads were found at Mycenae, showing
that the time of the Trojan war was
contcmporaneous with the bronze age.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Unfortunate Events.

The Masonic Temple at st. Gather
ines, Ont. was destroyed by fire to-
day.
Two trains collided in snowstorm
at Milligan, Ind, an engineer being
killed, but the passengers escaping.
The home of ]. n. Baldridge near
Jefferson Iowa, was destroyed and his
nine children were badly frost-bitten.
Mrs. Lizzie Fisher of Lima, Ohio
was fatally burned by the explosion
of gasoline stove.
It was the fishing schooner Maud
and Alice that was wrecked at Decep-
ton pass and not the Justine.
Maladie Norton was run over and
killed by an engine ON the Chicago 4
Alton railway at Bloomington, Ill.
A government homesteader named
Fink, who has sons in Beatrice, Neb.,
and New York city, froze to death
| near Tacoma, Wash.
Five buildings. comprising practical
ly all of the business part Of the town,
were burned at Harbine, Neb., entail
ing loss of $4,000.
Adam Warner, a farmer near Bar
bertOn, Ohio, aged II drove eight
miles to Akron and dropped dead from
exposure to the cold.
A nitro-glycerine magazine contain
ing 1900 quarts of the explosive, near
Fremont, Ohio exploded. People in
Northern Ohio thought there had been
an earthquake.
Hugo Schmitt of Erastina Staten is
land, tried to fill gasoline stove while
it was burning. The fluid caught fire
the can exploded, the side Of the house
was blown out, the side of the house
next door was driven inside, and
Schmitt lost his life.
While crossing the Mississippi river
on the ice at Hardin, ILL.,, Miss Ida
Trembling and Miss Nellie Rogers
broke through the ice and were drown
ed. Frank Phillips narrowly escaped
drowning in his efforts to save the un-
fortunate women.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
president Of the American society VI
Nisr3l I'm esi110nrC

pfCSIUenG OF tl1C An1e11N'"
Civil Engineers.
Rumors are in circulation to the e., e.
feet that the Great Northern me p >.
tween Rutland and Glendale VIII IN, NO
abandoned and the trace taken up. ~, Nc
500 track between Hankinson ana fo,'
man will also be taken up and a brah ,.a
built from Rutland to FOrman, mus
making a direct line from Hankinson
to Oaies via RutlalA and Forman.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
AROUND THE GLOBE
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

All Important Occurrences of the
Past Week, Boiled Down md ARR
anEcd for Rapid Reading, From
Home any .Abrond.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31
Wednesday,. Jan. d.

Leeds is the latest town to agitate
creamery.
+ The Cakes fire department is to have
a masquerade Oall.
Valley City will have an old settlers
ball and banquet. Feb. I.
Cavalier doesn't know when it has
enough. Now 1t wants brass band.
State exchanges seem to be having
lively times over the county printing.
Neche had a narrow escape from a
damaging fire last night.
Devils Lake. too, will have n Bobby
Burns anniversary celebration.
,akota citizens are well pleased with
their experiments in burning Ignite
coal.
Mrs. a. Stcrnhcrg and daughter,
Elsie Of Valley City expect to leave
March ], for Germany.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

The Baptists in Russia still continue
to suffer deep persecution, to which
has now been added the confiscation
Of all religious literature. In spite of
the great difficulties under which they
labor there the work goes on, and they
now report a membership of more
than 1900, with ninety ministers,
and the bapt:sms last year were more
than 1900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-31

In Prussia the Catholic Church seems
to retain it's vitality. In 1872 there
We're in the kingdom 914 conventual
establishments, with S,795 members;
three years later, in consequence of the
rcpressivc legislation Of the "May
laws" over q third Of the institutions
were dissolved, but in 1893 we find
1875 establishments, with 14,O44
monks and nuns.