The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-08-28
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Interesting News Items From all
Parts of the State.

arrest and conviction of blind plggcrS.
The Wheatlard cheese factory is soon
to resume operations.
Darlington will issue $4,000 worth
Of ten year bonds.
troop.
The reservoirs Of the Bismarck water
works have sprung Il leak.
Grand Forks will impose Il 500 Ii
ccnse for selling cigarettes.
Tappan will have a new hotel and Il
cheese factory this year.
A library has been established in the
I.angdon schools.
The A. o. q. w. at Erie will build a
new hall
Bismarck and Mondan will celebrate
July i Jointly
State e%ncampment G. A. Il. ut Cas-
selton June ., 10 and IL.
Cassclton has the electric light fever
and wants a plant put i'll there.
The poor lave cost Stutsman county
in the last three months S6SO.4S.
Martin Nelson, charged with forgery
at Fargo. was acquitted.
Horses have persisted in the prairie
fires near Minnt.
Valley City voted to have the electric
lights. and will bond to get them.
\ prairie fire ate up a house and barn
on the D%cyenuorf farm near Cakes.
The village of Minor has never been
in as good financial condition rs now.
Operations on Cooperstown's new
Touring mills are to commence ut once.
Frank Harris house and it's contents
near Williamsport We're burned by an
incerliary.
Nearly 100000 has been expended
in building 1T Valley City during the
last two years.
Jamestown has a corps Of thirteen
teachers in it's city schools, with sal
aries flom $G5 to $40 per month.
Sharpers got 5000 the best of a game
Of car6s with a Davenport farmer the
other day.
\ span Of horses belonging to Peter
Ralston We're stolen one night last
week. The thief made for Manitoba.
J.. w. Mitchell has been elected pres
ident Of the Wheatland gun club.
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Mayville's new school building has been
condemned and will be rebuilt.
The new state university board or
ganizcd by electing David Bartlett as
president.
A prairie fire accomplished a con-
siderable amount of damage out in the
Burnt Creek COUNTRY, destroying build
ings, grain. etc.
1t is reported that Attorney Cray.
formerly of Wahpeton, is confined i'll
IN insane asylum in New Jersey.
Two bears We're killed in Bcttineau
county-one brown and one cream
white.
The contracts for furnishing supplies
to the insane asylum will be awarded
in June.
James Milne of Hannah fell into a
we'll with twelve feet Of water in it.
He was rescued.
Stutsman county farmers have 10000
bushels of wheat over what they need
to seed.
The annual encampment Of the Sew
enth Day Adventists will be held at
jamestown June 8 to II.
John Paulson of Hlllsboro has con-
tributed Il carload Of seed wheat to the
flood sufferers of Pembina county.
Company H Of jamestown has elect
ed Lieut.. Port Eddy as captain, vice
Capt. Gleason. First Sergeant Bert
Proctor was elected first lieutenant.
C. G. Young, president of the Russian
Immigration Association of Kuhn. says
he has Il colony Of 800 to settle in this
state this season.
The Fargo city council voted to pave
Fifth e north from Broadway to
Robert street. and Il portion Of Eighth
street between Front street and North
EN- Pacific avenue.
In the district court ut Fargo An
drew Iindborg. who was charged with
attempting to poison his wife, was
discharged after the jury disagreed in
his case.
The report is again current that the
500 grade will be ironed and operated
to the Missouri river this year, and
that officials are now on the line look
ing UP the condition of the grade.
4 section of the Lisbon mill dam has
given way and the apron is destroyed.
consequently the water has receded
about five feet. The damage is SON
siderable.
About thirty of the stock raisers of
Burlcigh county have petitioned tie
county commissioners to replace the
bounty On wolves. This was taken off
Il month vi SO ago. because of the new
law under which no money can be paid
for bounty until neXt year.
The loss by the fire at Sheldon is
estimated at $4,000; insurance. about
$4,000. The contents Of safes are i'll
tact. Few will rebuild until after
harvest. The Sheldon Enterprise lost
everything except files and a desk.
ing and $500 on the stock.
G. f. Wilson. charged with stealing
a bicycle from Schofield & Co., was
convicted and sentenced to thirty days
in Jail. He was Informed against UNI
der the charge of grand larceny and
the jury returned a verdict for petit
larceny. Ulic Chillcoll. who stole Mrs.
Darrow's bicycle. was convicted, and
sentence was deferred.
More trouble is reported from the re-
gion of the Turtle mountains, as the
half-breeds have settled upon some Of
the best lal:ds without making regular
filings, and will not permit the settling
of the whites. One of the white set.
tiers and a %half-breed had a tilt the
other day: the white maj shot at the
half-breed and was arrested.
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