The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-28
IN NORTH DAKOTA.
Interesting News Items From al
Parts Of the State.

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cooperative creamery idea.
Darlington wants better fire protec-
ton.
Cakes now boasts Of n of the best
orchestras in the state.
A ladies' X. p. auxiliary has been
organized at jamestown.
A $1,000 bridge will go over the rag
ing Jim near La Moure.
A crook at Wheatland was arrested
for relieving n man Of $40.
Grafton's public library will be start
ed Off with 600 volumes.
The residence of Morton Page was
destroyed by fire in Fargo.
Mrs. Elmer Rose of Lisbon died at
| DEBORAH, Iowa, where she was visit
ing friends.
Uncle Charlie Cavalier Of Pembina
has celebrated his seventy-eighth
birthday.
| $50 worth Of music belonging to the
Tower City band boys.
Citizens Of Dickinson want to incor-
porate so they can secur better fire
protection.
]. j. Robinson, a bonanza farmer of
| Coal Harbot, was thrown from his
horse and sustained a broken leg.
Thieves took a quantity Of cider and
| cigars and So in cash from q Towner
confectionery shop.
A p~ostoffice has been established at
Plano, Barnes county, with George A.
Williams postmaster.
The First National Bank of Minot
| shows up we'll with deposits of $751;
714.24 and other things accordingly.
North Dakota now has sixteen
| creameries and twenty-six cheese fac
tories.
One Grafton and two Mimic bootleg
gers have been gathered IN by the
| United States authorities.
Dan Mcmillan assaulted Attorney
Perrault at Cavalier, and a $4,000
damage suit will result.
Charles Siam, a well-to-do sheep
rancher Of Stark county, has beer
taken to the asylum for treatment.
Deputy United States .marshals are
| gathering in blind piggers who have
been selling booze without government
license.
Representative Toftsrud reports
| eight Russian families coming to the
| southern portion of Pierce county this
spring.
A number of Germans near Sab1n
shipped several carloads Of potatoes to
Kansas City and netted IL cents per
bushel.
There are a few beavers along the
! Y%~se1 ,;xy1r 0r1 Sfro No If NAV
seem, farmers are said to be killing
| them.
The residence of Dan Sullivan at
Grand Forks was Quilted this evening
by fire and the contents destroyed.
Loss, $1,000; fully insured.
In the United States court at Bis
marck John Sheean of Rolla was con-
| victed Of selling liquor without a gov
eminent license.
E. B. Clarke, who has been on trial
/ at Fargo for sending obscene matter
through the mails, has been sentenced
to two years at hard labor in the peni-
Tertiary.
Ookes' city fathers have passed an
ordinance requiring temperance sa-
looms to pay an annual license Of SOU,
to keen no screens or blinds up and no
locked inside doors.
Maj. Edwards, editor Of the Fargo
Forum, was notified by the pension de-
partment this morning that his claim
for a pension had been allowed, with
October, 1892.
William Schoernstein, residing near
Odell, Barnes county, committed sui
eide by taking strychnine. He leaves
a wife and five children in destitute
circumstances. Whisky and domestic
infelicity were the cause.
North Dakota promises to add to it's
products by becoming q tea-growing
state. Commissioner of Agriculture
Laushlin has discovered that a col
ony of twenty Russian families In
Mercer county realised tea last year
from seed obtained from Russia.
The Fargo Packing and Cold Storage
company was organized with United
States Marshal ]. e. Cronan as pres
ident and J. w. o Media, president
of the Red River National bank, as
treasurer. All the stock has been paid
in cash and the plant will be in opera
ton next week.
The Fargo members of the National
Amateur Press association are much
elated over the awarding of the prize
medal given by the association to the
publisher of the best holiday edition OF
Ink Drops, edited by Alison Brubaker
Of Fargo, q former president of the as
ISOLATION.
The Cavalier County immigration
association YVES organized ut Langdon
at a convention held there. Col. Pow
er of Fargo addressed the convention,
and it was resolved to 60 into the work
with enthusiasm. The officers are
James McHail, president; n. T. Hell
gesen, vice president; John E. Truax,
secretary; j. B. Boyd, treasurer.
The winter term of the state normal
school at Valley City has closed.
Students have been In attendance from
almost every county in the state. The
board of management Of the school, at
its meeting this week, authorized the
principal to arrange for a summer
school of four weeks, for the training
of teachers. The time of this summer
school has not been fixed as yet.
Henry Welsh, a stage coach driver,
who is charged with robbing mails
near Buxton, was arraigned at Fargo
and entered q plea of not guilty. he
will b etried at the next term of tho
United States court. James Shannon
of Tower, William Himmilapach Of
Minot, Andrew Dipple Of Grafton, Geo.
Clang and Belle Stone were arraigned
before Judge Thomas on the charge Of
selling liquor without government u
onuso All An%orod n Mos NJ 0nilkY