Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-09
i'm NORTH DAKOTA

Measles at Sherbrook and other
places.
Bottineau has brand-new two-story
steam laundry.
The measles have had Fairmoupt for
some time past.
wimbledon expects soon to be incor-
porated.
Oscar Barrett, at Hope wants to Or
ganize a cavalry troop.
There will be racing and chasing at
Mandan About June q.
William Jones of Glendale has been
granted an original pension.
Peter j. Zettel has been appointed
postmaster ut Mount Carmel, Cavalier
county.
s. o. Stone is erecting an elegant
residence ut Gilby.
troop of cavalry.
Another room is to be added to the
school at Wheatland.
Il. G. Burgess of Northwood, wants
to organize military company there.
DR.. Hoba of Cakes, formerly of
/
his services as an army surgeon.
A new postoffice has been estab-
lished at Albert, Benson county, and
Bertheus Olson named as postmaster
Governor Shortridge retires from the
commission firm at Duluth, and is
succeeded by Il. NJ. Harris of Missouri.
Hans Bjornstad of Rugby has a
knife which he insists indicates the
approach of storm most accurately.
Some Dickey county parties have
evolved the novel idea of petitionins
the county commissioners for fire
breaks.
The 500 runs daily train west from
Hankinson now, to expedite the car
rying Of materials for the extension
from Kuhn.
A movement is on foot at Jamestown
looking towards the organization of a
cavalry troop at that place, to be ready
for the next call.
Mai. Frank White of Valley City was
accompanied by Mrs. White and baby,
who will go with him to the Philip
pine islands.
The agents out there have been in
structed to get bids from farmers for
blowing fire breaks alon gthe Great
Northern from Minot to Blackfoot.
A band of thirty farmers from
Boone, Greene and Dallas, Iowa, are
spying out the land around Darlington
and Sykeston, with view to locating.
The late Rev. Phillip Albrecht of
Wahpeton left an estate of about $16,-
900, which, in the event of no will be-
ing found, will mostly go to two sis
ters. -
The Cavalier park is being improved
by the building of band stand. Sa-
cred concerts by the band will be Civ
Ell every Sunday afternoon during the
summer season.
A new militia company was organ
lied at Devils Lake last week. Eimel
Eich was elected captain, c. P. Brain
erd, first lieutenant and Charles Baker
second lieutenant.
A little three-year-old girl at Hunter
was severely bitten by dog the other
day. The dog was promptly shot, and
the little girl is said to be getting
along nicely.
The state board of university and
school lands, at it's meeting last week,
bought number of school district
bonds in small amounts, the largest
purchase being $1,000.
John Gray, a farmer near SanbOrn,
was seriously injured Monday by two
of a four-horse team falling upon him
while it was being hitched up. He re-
ceived the weight of the animals upon
his right chest.
The Salvation Army barracks at
Jamestown were burned the other day.
Judge Rose lost large barn OH his
farm few miles north of jamestown,
recently, by fire. All the contents were
saved but the chickens.
While crossing the street at Cassel-
ton Mrs. Fred Aleith was run into by
q scorcher and knocked down, break.
ing her right arm in two places. The
young man remounted his wheel from
which he fell, and hurriedly rode off
without inquiring as to the damage
done.
The heaviest hail storm ever known
in that section fell in Fargo recently
Stones two inches in diameter were
numerous, and hail lay in heaps in the
streets for two hours afterwards. The
hail was accompanied by a heavy rain
fall. but fortunately Their ewas little
wind and no damage was done. The
wheat is too small to be injured.
The Trail County Telephone COM
pany of Hillsboro has filed articles OF
incorporation with the secretary OF
state, with the following persons as
incorporators: A. L. kraabel, George
o Stomner, John Carmody and NJ. B.
Cassell. The capital stock is $1,000
The proposed line is to extend between
Hillsboro, Galesburg, Blanchard and
Clifford, all in Trail county, distance
of about twenty-seven miles.
An accident that is likely to result
fatally happened to the five-year-old
son of Lee Bechtel at Cavalier recent
ly. The boy was going across pas
ture field when Il colt took after hin
and tralnpled him under foot. cutting
q severe wound in his scalp and other
wise injuring him. He wa staken to
the house and medical aid sent for
1t was believed at the time that he
was. dying, but at present the extent OF
his injuries has not been ascertained.