Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-07-28
nm NORTH DAKOTA

Grasshoppers are thinning out in
3riggs county.
Hail did some damage in the vicinity
IF BOwesmOnt.
Langdon people are figuring on "a
public library and gymnasium.
Papers from the central counties say.
that the hopper scare Is over.
The wire 'is being strung for the.
Dickey county telephone system.
Wheatland is considering the propo-.
sition Of maintaining a brass band.
Fargo's new fire chief and his as
sistants have tackled their jobs.
Griggs county has paid $1,000 inter-
est OH $4,000 of seed wheat bonds.
The state board advertises for bids,
to do the public printing, to be opened
1T Bismarck July %.
Langdon expects to be In communion
ton by telephone with the rest of the
world aboutAug. /.
1t is estimated that 100000 pounds
of wool will be received at the Dickin-
son warehouse this year.
"Scrab Iron Bill'' of Fargo was
bound over in the sum Of $1,000 to an
ser in district court on charge Of rape.
A new pump, with capacity Of
100000 gallons daily, has been in
stalled in the Bismarck waterwOrks.
Though the season is we'll advanced,
the crop of hoboes does not appear to
be as plentiful as in other years.
A Bottineau citizen attempted to de-
part via the strychnine route, but a
| %ho On1 GOV
Buxton probably has as many wheels
as any town Of it's size in the staff.
One hundred and twenty-five bicycles
are reported sold there this season.
Emmons county expenses for next
year are estimated by the board to be-
SIT ,S25, and taxes are levied on that
basis.
Emmons county commissioners have
compromised with the Northern Pa
cific on delinquent land taxes for some
100000.
John G. NJ. Kennedy of Bismarck,
commissary sergeant in the regular ar
my, has been recommended for sec
ond lieutenancy by Senator Hans
brough.
Mai. John D. Black of Valley City is
on Gen. Miles staff, together with five
others who were on his staff during
the Rebellion.
The Alliance Hail association of jim
town now has $4,000 acres insured,
| against $4,000 at this season year.
ago, and applications are still coming.
| The body of Oscar Mason, who has
been missing at Grand Forks since last
Saturday, was found floating in the
settling basin of the water works
| filter.
DIR. ]. J. Reilly of Milton has been
sentenced by Judge Sauter for con-
tempt of court. An appeal will be talk
ell to the supreme court. Reilly vio-
lated an injunction-and sold liquor.
A couple of lumber jacks from the
| Minnesota woods went to sleep in the
park in Fargo. The one who awoke
first is supposed to have distracted
| about $S3 from the clo.ses of the 9TH
| er.
| Two brothers from Benson county
are patients at the insane asylum i'll
| Jamestown. One has been insane Cor
| some time, and the other has talrn
care of him, and he, too, has now De-
| come insane.
Two Italians, working on the North
ern Pacific. two miles east of Spirit
wood while on a hand-car, were
Knocked off. One received a broken
arm and was badly cut about the
head; the other was badly mutilated
about the face and had an arm broken.
DR.. j. J. Reilly, the famous Milton
citizen, has been sentenced by Judge
Sauter for contempt of court. His at
torney, Judge Templeton, has appealed
to the supreme court, and expects to.
clear his client on technicalities. His.
case is expected to come up in the Oc-
tober term.
The contract has been let for sys-
tenn Of waterworks at the Soldiers
home at Lisbon. A 5O0-barrel tank is
to be placed on an SO-foot steel tower,
and into this water will be pumped
from the Cheyenne river, the elevation
giving the necessary head. The entire.
system will cost about $1,000.
\ special agent Of the postotfice 4de-
partment was reported in Park River
a few days ago, arranging for the lay
ing out of two experimental delivery
routes. One route is from Park River
to Roger Aliens. across the river and
return. The other is west from the.
| city. past Dobmeier's, and all the other
farmers on the line, to Gilbert Slette's,
down the valley to Walters home by
Trovaten's, Coulter's. etc. A good deal
Of interest will be felt in watching the
success of this project. The east and
west routes will be alternated each ev-,
cry other day from Grafton.
According to the weekly government
bulletin, the past week has been, as a
rule, very favorable for crops of all
kinds. The temperature has been con-
siderably higher than is usual, and al
though it was expected that damage
to grain would result from it, none is
reported except from the extreme
southern portion Of the state. In that
section the rainfall has been light and
very poorly distributed this season,
and much Of the crop there is probably
lost. In the Red river valley grain
continues in excellent condition, and
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