Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-22
NORTH DAKOTA


Cakes.
The capacity Of the Mimic roller mills
Is to be enlarged
The Missouri slope is said to he c.!
tirely free from snow.
Four wolves killed and ate Il hors,
near Darlington the other day.
I.iveryman Fowler, the first business
man Of Endcrlin, has sold out.
The Park River and Mayville mines
are under private ownership again.
The district court calendar at Bis
marck is very light this term.
Diphtheria is reported in southeast
crn Cavalier county
DR.. w. Il. Hobart, formerly Of Grand
Forks, is now stationed ut Leonard.
Emmons county is said to be infcst'
ell with cattle rustlers.
Capt Fred Kcya has been rrinstated
as janitor Of the Fargo high school.
Bismarck had Il fire in Il vacant
building.
The Alliance Hail association has
paid all losses in full, $29,5OO in all.
Pingrcc. on the jamestown 4 North
ern, is to have Il physician.
Pneumonia is prevalent in Dickey
county.
Hon. II. Il. Hclgcson of Milton has
been seriously i'll.
Judge Becker. formerly of Cando,
may locate in Grand Forks.
Many Cass county farmers are hold
ing their wheat for better prices.
Joseph Kocrncr was found guilty of
grand larceny at Fargo. and sentenced
10 Il year in the pcnitentiary.
| Some of the farmers in the vicinity
# Kuhn are in poor circumstances, Ow-
| ing to the failure of their wheat crop.
William Donahuc. recently sentenced
1T Fargo to a term Of years in the peni-
Tertiary. has IN attack Of insanity.
The restaurant business in Minot ap-
pears to have been ovcrdone, and two
places have closed up.
AS Il result of II recent fire in Devils
Lake. Il fire company has been organ
lied in that city.
Rev. Williams Of Forman has moved
to Cando, where he will guide the flock
Of the Congregational church.
Rev. J. II. Killen Of Portland assumes
the duties Of pastor at the Congrega-
tional church ut Forman.
Joseph GeitZen was arrested at Sher-
brooke and bound over to the district
court on the charge of bootlegging.
]. l.. Hill was badly injured while
blasting rock at the new Dickinson res
crvoir.
The young people of LaAIoure arc to
have a reading room fitted up with all
The latest convenienceS.
\ Devils Lake man has patented a
stump puller with which one man can
lft IL weight of twelve tons.
II. s. Helm Of jamestown estimates
that at least 80 per cent of the 1898
wheat crop is in the farmers hands.
The land offices hold that final-proof
papers are exempt from stamp tax, un-
der the revenue law.
The extension of the Forman tele-
phone line to Hawkinson has been
completed.
Judge Morgan is holding Il term OF
court for Bottineau county this week.
The term will last about two weeks.
Many formers are shipping their own
grain from the loading platforms this
year.
The Northwestern elevator at Graf
ton. which was burned some time ago,
will probably not be replaced.
Jamestown schools report an enroll
ment for November of 5S2, a gain of 40
over last year.
The long-distance telephone will be
extended on the jamestown & North
ern line next spring.
victed Of arson at Glendale, has been
taken to the pen.
Three thousand acres of new land
will be cropped in the vicinity Of ED
ridge, Stutsman county, next spring.
A brother-in-law of William Will
Jams Of Fargo was burned to death in
1 hotel at WaGena.
Mrs. Laura Smith of Milton was
granted a divorce at Wahpeton by
Judge Lander.
Laurence George. Il bachelor. has
disappeared from Page, and his friends
fear foul play.
The new court house at Cando has
been completed, il handsome structure,
costing $4,000.
All danger Of the spread Of diphthe-
ria in Southwestern StutSman county
is now believed to be over.
John Bowman and Charles Sprinkle
were arrested and bound over ut James
town for selling Intoxicating liquors.
jamestown is being fitted out with
poles and wires for the new telephone
service.
Andrew Sherwin Of Grand Harbor is
hot on the trail of men who stole his
wheat.
Ilillsboro people propose to build an
arlnory for Company /. The building
IS to be 1OX14O.
internal revenue receipts from the
district of Nebraska, including North
Dakota and South Dakota. for the last
| fiscal year, We're 81, 432 $50.
The claim OF Mary Il. Caddieux for
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