Griggs courier., 1898-08-25

r. z. Lane, Of Ortska, has been,
cent to Cooperstown to help Agent
Cowen at the depot.
]. T. Odexard came up from Min
neapolis Thursday to attend to some
business matters. He returned home
Wednesday.
Miss George Briggs, OF Fargo, ar
rived in Cooperstown last Tuesday,
and will visit for q few days with her
old friends, Mr.. and Mrs. s. A.
Lewis.
DR.. Featherston will furnish you
with a good set of teeth for SS. Best
set $40
Mrs. Rollef Berg and son Clarence,
of Courtenay, were visitors to Coop
erstown from Friday last until Mon
day. George accompanied them back
to Courtenay.
County Treasurer Udgard pur.
chased two heavy work teams with
harness last Monday, and will put
them to work on his bonanza ranch in
Romness precinct.
The school board held a meeting
las. Thursday evening to look over
the bids for janitor work. Several
bids were presented and after sizing
them up the board awarded the job to
Frank Retzlaff at s25 per month.
DR.. S. B. Langford, Registered Vet
Urinary Surgeon. Office at S. Aim
klov's drug store. All calls promptly
attended to.
Manager Blackwell has had a wind
mill erected at the Gull River Lum-
ber Company's yard and is prepared
to saw your wood at any and all
times. He has a fifteen foot wheel
which will undoubtedly furnish plenty
of power.
The Northern Pacific company have
torn up part of the depot platform
which has hitherto occupied part of
the street, and a new crossing will be
put in on the street, thus making easy
access to the Pv elevator, to the Joy
of Agent Wilson.
have two houses to rent.
E MARQUARDT.
Little Johnny Syverson run into the
ditch at Hoggarth's old corner last
Thursday while riding his bicycle and
was thrown from the wheel, cutting his
face up quite badly. The doctor fixed
him up and Johnny is about all right
again and happy as usual.
John Mulroy, the efficient and &C.
cmmodating assistant station agent
at this place has been placed in charge
of the Eckelson station as agent and
left for that point this week. We
regret to see John leave us and hope
to see him back in few months.
Supt. J. L. Maile, of Fargo, will
occupy the Congregational pulpit next
Sunday morning. He will also preach
at the Park schoolhouse at 3 D. M.
and at the Ladbury schoolhouse at
p. m. The pastor will preach a,
Henry Detwiller's at 3 p. m.
Doc Winsloe was nominated coron.
er on the republican county ticket Of
Griggs last Saturday. Although q
bachelor, yet thanks to his medica
education, the v. S. can tell a
'scorpse'' of pretty school ma'ams
when he sees it.-Golden Slope.
The Courier is to sorry to chronicle
the fact that Miss Alice Jimeson i;
very sick and has been confined to hel
bed for more than q week. She con
tracted very severe cold few days
ago which settled on her lungs. W.
hope to hear of her speedy recovery
1t is safe to say that neither Win
ship nor Bartlett are as disappointed
as the people of the state of Nortl
Dakota. However they can afford tt
bide their time but the question be-
comes pertinent, how long can tn
people afford to bide theirs?-Goldel
Slope.
400 yards of the greatest school
j house suiting to be closed out ut !:
cents. The very stuff you have pai'
Is cents for, aud glad of the chance.
II BERG BROS. & Co.
John Brandon and Steener Strand
got to blowing about how swift they
could pedal bicycle last Sunda,
afternoon and after arguing the ques
ton for a time it led to challenge t.
ride half a mile for dollar. Th
! boys went down to Glass corner eas
!. of town and raced to the Newell
House, Steener leading until about 2
feet from the wire when John made
hot squirt and won by two feet ant
nocketed a dollar Steener will 90 In