The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-01-01

Rev. D.. Mcintyre is giving a popu-
lar course Of lectures on european ~"
| vel at Rolla.
The farm residence Of Frank Hor'oi,
near Edgerley burned to the grounu
the family barely escaping Will '"'''
lives.
An elevator at Kuhn received too
bushels of flax in half an houf ~.
other evening. paying 81 cents pei
blshel.
Acetylene gas promises to become
popular in this state as a means ~,
lighting. Mandan business men VIII
give it a trial, and some plants nave
been put up at Williston.
Lee F%eatherston, a private sola!eF a..
Fcrt Yates, was found near Wluon
living in the middle of the road WIN
cash in his head and a fracturen
skull. He had evidently been STRUCK
with an Ak.
At Devils Lake, Ted lllingworth anu
Charles Wilson We're arrested, chlrsGu
with a criminal assault upon IL llt.,e
girl named Woodwork, who IS OH!
thirteen years old. They are III 'he
county Jail.
Andrew McGinnis has been appoli.-
eli master carpenter of the western ui-
vision of the Great Northern. WIN
headquarters at Ilavre. vice w. L.
Tipet, resigned.
AS a result of a recent visit OIL de,ee'e
ives, supposedly in the employment oa
the state enforcement league, all the
Temperance saloons" in the city OF
Hillsboro are closed by injunctlon' anu
two drug clerks are charged Wltn WIZ
!ating the liquor laws.
jamestown Lodge No. 126, Brother
hood of hallway Trainmen. at 'hel,
last neetirg, elected the following VI
ficers for the ensuing year: Wllllalh
D. Hughes, master; Pearl Homes. VIZ
master: Il. G. Sanford, financler: II.
Brastrup, secretary; III. II. Jones' jour
nal agent.
Phil Randall. probate judge of Ellen
dale, was badly cut about the race On
a Great Northern train. He was
standing near the door Of the car,
wien the engine cane back to make a
coupling with such force as to throw
him against the door Of the car. MS
face being forced through the glass
portion.
In digging a we'll at New Rockford a
dcposit of fire mica was found at the
deDtl. of twenty feet. The layer was
between two and three feet thick.
an! scnle splendid specimens were lis
covered. One large piece about AN
inch thick was so clear that tine VIII
ing col Id lie read through it as readily
as through Il covering o fglaSs.
The family Of George tIoharSe OF
FOrman had q narrow escape from
aspl,yXiat;on. Ho!:ause awokc II
fourd every other member OF the fam-
ily uncclscious. Tie fresl, air revived
them after a time.
Eighty odd homestead filings were
made in one day during the present
month ut the Minot lanG office. Dur
lug tho pa:t year cvn 400 filings have
been made-a greater number tlian
during the entire history of the office
irior to December. 1SoG.'
T.. L. Bou;ter, after a service of six
years, has resigned as local manager
of the Western Union at Grand Forks,
and the place has been filled by the
appointment of L. p, Taber of Eau
Claire. Mr.. Boulter will enter Il grain
| 60 QullSSlOu it'll.
There is confidence shown in North
Dakota dirt. At tine annual delinquent
tax sales every county reports plenty
If bidders. Outsiders IRE brs;nnin: to
realize the value Of Il cheap farm
lands, and hope to. get sulne Of them
for tic unpaid taxes.
Mrs. s. Finnson of Olga township,
near Milton, dropped dead while walk
ing from her home to that of her broth
er-in-law, a mile and a half distant,
about S o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Her lifeless body was found lying in
the field by her eleven-year-old son, ut
4:3O. Cause of death unknown.
At the sale of buildings at old Fort
Pembina by the government, only a
few stables and wagon and carriage
for officers quarters, as the appraise-
ment was too high. 1t is understood
that there will be 4 reappraiscment,
and that in the near future they will
be again offered for sale.
Harry McPherren of Mimic met with
q serious accident last week. He vas
returning from Red River with a big
load of wood. When near the Catho-
lie cemetery the wagon slowed and up
set. He was struck by the falling
wood and his leg broken below the
knee. Both bones were broken COM
pletcly off, and the ends twisted out
and protruded through the flesh.
Officers raided a "joint and pig at
Hanliinson the other day, capturing
seven men. a quantity of liquor and a
wagon load Of gambling devices. The
men were caught in the act of opcrat-
ing the gambling apparatus, and have
been bound over to the district court.
One is seventeen years of age, and an
effort will be made to. send him to the
reform school.
A night Waterman las been elm.
ployed by the residents of Winona to
keep watch owe the place during the
night, and give IN alarm if there are
any signs Of danger from across the
river. Since the lynching of the Indi-
ans there have been threats that veng-
eance' would be taken by the Indians,
and to guard against being taken ma
wares the residents Of Winona have
subscribed to engage a Waterman.
The state authorities s0f North Da-
kota have examined the case of lepro-
sy at Caledonia. which has attracted
so mucl, attention lately; and say that
there is no danger of c%ontagion. The
patient does not suffer at all, and a
casual observer would not notice any,
thing wrong in the patients face. The
face, forearms and legs, up to the
knees. have t~lbercuIous. formations.
however, and the disease is slowly eat.
ing lis life away.
The trustees Of the state hospital for
the insane have decided t6 issue $4,000
worth Of 6 per cent twenty-year bonds
for fho nYirrloSo of oroo4in~ ~ .as,l,-