The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-04-03

charged from the insane asylum.
Churches Ferry has voted to incor-
porate.
1t is reported Governor Briggs Will
make a Southern trip for his health.
Veteran Tom Ellsbcrry at Rolla has
been granted an original pension.
The Grafton charter scheme was
turned down by Il majority of al.
D%iphthcria patients at Willow City
are rapidly improving.
A guest at the Merchants hotel in
Grafton drcnpcd q $175 diamond ring
in the wash stand sink.
The $4,000 damage suit Of Dunstan
VS.. the city Of jamestown resulted in
Il verdict i'll favor Of the city.
Contracts have been let for the con,
struction of Il $4,000 brick block at
Langdon.
Tho Andrews & Gage elevator. which
burned at Drayton recently, will be re-
built.
An attempt was made to set fire to
the national elevator ut Harlem last
week.
T.. D. IRVINE of Emerado is missing,
and with him 500 of money belonging
to the Forestcrs lodge Of that place.
Casselton township has $1,000 in it's
treasury, and the people will not be
taxed the coming year. "
Tho insane asylum lands arc to be
bonded for the erection Of additional
buildings.
An n. P. freight train got stuck in
tho unn,,- nt Nin1c and thc engine
was derailed.
John Cameron, living in the Turtle
mountains near Dunseitll killed four
bears with an axe.
There is no doubt but the severe
winter has caused the death Of a large
number Of prairie chickens.
Az effort will be made to secure q
pardon for Jesse Lindsey Of Dickln-
son. convicted of horse stealing.
Charles Guyon of Valley City tried
to start u fire with kerosene, and had
his hands and arms badly burned.
John Il. Schultz has been appointed
county physician Of Kidder county, at
Il salary Of $50 per month.
A. temperance league has been or
saniZcd at Jamestown, as a result OF
the Rankin lecture.
Mrs. Il. Fl. Court, Il we'll known and
highly-rcspccted settler, died recently
at Buffalo.
William Sperber of Oakdalc, Dunn
county. has been granted an original
pension.
John Smith Of jamestown, who was
injured on Il defective sidewalk, sued
A.. a:4,x So, C.1n nln aud rof COCO
John T. Fitzgerald. killed in the re.
cent wreck near La Moure, carried 3d.
GOD life insurance.
The long distance phone will be OK
tended to Langdon next seaSOn-lt is
said.
The site for the state reform school
has been secured and the work of con-
structiou will commence in the near
future.
L.ansdon will have electric lights,
and the town has made a five-year
contract with the company putting i'll
the plant for lighting its streets.
The Drayton roller mill is giving
thirty pounds of flour, ten pounds Of
bran, and five pounds of shorts for one
busllel No. 1 hard wheat.
The body of an unknown man was
found ut Buffalo. 1t is not known
whether it was Il case OF foul play or
of freezing in the recent blizzard. ,
The people of Vicking have sent a
petition to Washington asking that the
mail route between that place and
Obrron be restored.
II. Young is under arrest for sneak
@1:n,inr nt 1oroostpv-n NO,,nr had
been lodging in the churches and burn
ing the parsons fuel.
Twenty-Five Indians from the Fort
Yates reservation want to tribal
relations and take up claims in the
| vicinity of Painted Woods.
+. ii. Bcssard had Patrick Burns ar
rested ut Grand Forks. charged with
the larceny of n deed from his Office.
He was arrested at East Grand Forks.
The deed vas valued at $500.
William Kelley, Il farmer living near
Inrimore, got lost on his way nome
from n neighbours, and wandered about
thirty miles during the night. He was
quite badly frozen.
Joseph A. McEachren of Elkwood,
committed suicide by hanging himself
from Il rafter in William Thom's gram
AIRY. The coroner's jury returned a
verdict of premeditated suicide.
At n meeting of the Fargo city coun-
Gil IL resolution was passed to submit
the question of establishing and main
tanning a public library, to a vote at
the election on April 5.
Judge Pollock created a sensation ut
H[illsboro by holding Michael Il.
OBrien. Il blind pigger, to the next
tern, of district court. under bonds of
$1,000 for perjury. O'Brien sworc pos
itively lie wasn't guilty and the Jury
convicted him under the evidence.
Hence the action of Judge Pollock.
i. w. Tompkins has received his re-
appointment as district veterinary for
the counties Of Benson. Pierce, Nc
| Henry and Ward. The district has
been divided. consisting formerly Of
r:ine counties. All stock growers will
be glad to hear of the Doctors reap
pointment, as he is one of the most
| competent men in the state.