Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-30
NORTH DAKOTA

The Valley City normal school trus-
tees held a meeting last week.
The Congregational church at
jamestown has been newly frcscoed.
The state poultry show will be held
Mt Fargo Jan. 11-14, 1898.
Three wheat thieves have been ar
rested at Hannah.
Gov. and Mrs. Briggs will spend tho
winter at Los Angeles, Cal.
Cando is to have an electric light
plant.
]. ID. Trenholm of Bathgatc is Or
ganizing n KlOndike company.
Judge Lauder has denied Il petition
for Il grand jury in Sargent county.
Frank Conley is OH trial Mt Forman
charged with horse stealing.
Grafton has 1856 children of school
age.
Pembina county has $4,000 head Of
live stock.
A large number of Grafton people
will pass the winter in California.
| Two farm land sales near Park Xiv
er last week involve Il consideration OF
$4,000.
Master Frank Joy of Hamilton sus-
tanned a severe scalp wound in an ac-
cidcLt at school.
The affairs Of the defunct North Da-
kota National Bank at Fargo are being
finally wound up.
A forged school warrant in favor OF
II. II. Howard, Il former teacher, has
turned up in Emmons county.
The jamestown Y. Nj. G. A. is Or
ganiZed with an entire compliment Of
officers.
County Auditor o. NJ. Fraser Of
Walsh has been appointed United
States commissioner.
George Dixon has instituted a suit
for damages to his ribs caused by Il
defective sidewalk.
| Eighty per cent of the wheat in
Towner county has been marketed,
and there may be a scarcity Of seed.
Harry Ferguson is under arrest at
Milton charged with having threat
ened to burn the Pacific hotel.
Mrs. Anne Ahner gets a divorce from
Frank, at Grand Forks, on the grounds
of cruel and inhuman treatment.
Denny Brogan, formerly Of Devils
Lake, is running q saloon at Dawson
City.
James Kink of Williston died from
an accidental gunshot wound inflicted
by himself.
A member of the Fargo divorce COL
ony is said to have dropped $1,000 in
wheat options.
A Woodndn lodge was organized ut
OberOn last week, which presages the
steady growth OF that northern town.
by hunters in the Turtle mountains
this winter.
Peter Roaahl, the Trail courty Nor
wegian who has leprnsy, will probably
be returned to Norway.
Benson county is in good shape-has
$4,000 in bank. and is prepared to pay
all outstanding warrants.
The Northern Pacific expects 1 per
cent dividend If traffic continues good
to the end of the year.
The insurance companies will catch
it for about 1925 ,OY0 in the Grand
Forks fire.
The prevalence Of scarlet fever at
Jamestown continues, closing Sunday
schools and chi]drens' gatherings.
Three applicants for teachers state
certificates took the examination at
Fargo. None were examined at Devils
Lake.
Hon W. w. Barrett has been appoint
ed by the governor as delegate to rep
resent this state in the national fishery
congress at Tampa, Fla, Jan. 10, '3S.
Near WilljstcE Lee Robinson killed q
buck deer with twenty-seven prOngs OH
his horns, the largest ever seen III that
vicinity.
Somebody killed Lee Fcathcrstone, {,
private soldier. of Fort Yates. He was
found lying in the middle Of the road
near HNincna. with a fractured skull.
Fargo college is badly in need of
funds, and an effort will be made to
raise about $4,000 to tide over present
contingencies.
Bert Lucas, q Benson county blind
ricger, las been released on 4 written
pledge to appear at the May term Of
court.
Z. 3. Harrison is appointed postmas
Ter at Auler, nelson county, anu I'D
ward Smith at Griswold, LaMourc
county.
An Emmons county man sued anoth-
er for $11.75, and recovered judgment
for 35 cents, the lawyers coming out
ahead.
Judge Swartz of Casselton has been
ordered taken tt. the asylum. He has
lost his mind through grieving over the
less Of money in the failure of Il bank.
A stratum Of mica of fine quality
and two or three feet thick has seen
found Mt New Rockford, Mt depth Of
twenty feet.
Mrs. Laura J. Eisenhuth, formerly
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton. is now teaching in the Darlington
schools.
Joseph Valecourt of Niagara,
charged with selling liquor without a
government license, has been held to
| the federal court
Satisfactory appraisals have been
made on applications for loans aggre-
gating $4,000 asked by Walsh county
| farmers.
The winter thus far has been excep-
tionally favorable for stock interests.