Griggs courier., 1898-08-05

to play in the harvest fields.
have two houses to rent.
E. MARQUARDT.
w. n. Comri, travelling agent for
the Great Western Elevator Company,
was in the city Monday and Tuesday,
checking up the house at this place.
A. Skehoe, of Detroit, Minn., an
experienced baker, now has charge of
N. A. Ness bakery business. He has
had forty years experience and fully
understands his business.
The Crane family, the Browns, and
Messrs. A. M. Baldwin and T. j..
Cooper returned from camping out
Tuesday. They report very pleasant
time and enjoyed the outing very much
The populist county convention,
called for the purpose of nominating
q county ticket. will be held next Mon
day, August 8, so says the call. There
areenough candidates so far announced
to fill the ticket.
The North Dakota volunteers lad q
splendid time in Honolulu, and some
of the private soldiers had the dis
tinguished honor of dining with Presi-
dent Dole. You can't keep North
Dakota boys down.
s. K. Norgard: You can tell the
people that the United States land Of
fee at Fargo has decided the contest
case in favor of Martha Olson. This
is case mentioned in the Courier
some time ago and over which there
has been a lot of litigation.
DR.. s. B. Langford, Registered Vet
erinary Surgeon. Office at S. Aim
klov's drug store. All calls promptly
attended to.
The republican caucuses to elect
delegates to the county convention to
be held on the 18th day of August will
be held Monday evening, August s..
Attend your caucuses and see that the
right delegates are elected. Candi-
dates will no doubt be on hand.
Those of our people who have taken
the trouble to cultivate and take care
of their trees are rewarded by the
healthy growth of the same, while
those who have neglected to cultivate
have lost great many trees for that
reason. 1t pays to cultivate your
trees.
hereby notify all persons caught
killing game before the season opens
that that they will be prosecuted to
the fullest extent of the law. Also all
persons found hunting without prop
er license.
j. L. HOUGHTON,
Deputy Game Warden.
The Foster county and North Da-
kota combination of ball players that
run up against the Cooperstown call
home players last Saturday after.
noon, are hard lot of ball players,
but they came here simply under
estimating our nine. They went home
sadder but wiser men.
Messrs. Simonson, Fiering, Ayrea,
Peterson and other farmers have pur-
chased full threshing outfit at May
vile and sent over several teams to
that place Monday to bring the outfit
to Cooperstown. These farmers pro-
pose to do their own threshing and
get it done when they are ready for
the machine.
Mrs. NJ D. Hartman and daughter,
Hazel, and Mrs. Lottie NJ. Beaver,
who have been camping out at Willow
Lake the past ten days. returned to
their home at Tower City last Mon
day. Little Hazel, in response to the
question as to whether she caught any
fish, replied that she and Alice Crane
sscaught pair of twins
Japitor wanted-bids will be re-
ceived by the undersigned for doing
the janitor work in the schools of the
city of Cooper stown for the coming
year. Information concerning work
can be obtained from the president OF
clerk.
M. w. BUCK, clerk.
Speaking about base ball there was
a warm game on the Cooperstowr
diamond Monday afternoon between
between the Chiefs and Skunks, two
Juvenile mines. Base ball lore was
decidedly in evidence all through
the game and the kids indulged in more
kicking than the big fellows. Tht
Chiefs skunked the other fellows.
Il Mr.. and Mrs. P. r. Trubshaw ente:
tained number of friends at theil
home last Monday evening, the oc
casion being the tenth anniversary o
their marriage. The evening was spen
in figuring out jumbled up warship
and military and naval officers, and