Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-03-24
NORTH DAKOTA

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The North Dakota militia have only
500 rifles.
There is talk In Mandan of juno
racing meeting.
Mandan at present has about the
best band in the state.
Scarlet fever is still prevalent In
Bismarck.
Customs officers in Neche now an'
year in navy-blue uniforms.
The reported epidemic Of diphtheria
ut Mimic proves groundless.
Some sixty-tive cases are on the cal.
endar of the supreme court.
There is a big boom in immigration
circles IN all parts of the state.
A Degree of Honor lodge has been
organized in New Rockford.
Maj. Hall, late agent at Fort Totteh,
will farm it in Foster county.
Charles Mills Landon Of Glen Ullin.
died at Bismarck ut the age of74.
Senator White of Valley City is not
going to the Klondike, as reported.
The Fargo Linseed Oil mills will
double their capital stock to $4,000.
A Methodist church ut Willow City
is to lie dedicated on Easter Sunday.
In the past three months Richland
county has collected $163, 900 in taxes.
The Red River Base Ball league win
probably be recognized the coming sea-
son.
1,n r al hot ~ nk 1,oI
~ scorched by an explosion of gaso-
line.
A telephone company is to connect
Park River, Hoople, Crysta. and Cava'
lier.
A colony of forty-two Iowa farmers
have arrived in Barnes county to set
tie.
There will be $1,000 worth of i'm.
provenents made on the militia arm.
Ory Mt Fargo.
A train-load of Dunkards have ar
rived in the state and settled in Nelson
county.
A small steamer is to be built at
Walhalla for navigating the Pembina
river.
Rev. w. Baldwin of Grandin, owing
to ill-health, has retired temporarily
from active work.
The trustees of the agricultural col
lege are figuring on an electric light
plant for the institution.
Locations in number of counties
are being looked up for colonies Of set
tiers from the east.
Patriotic citizens of Cakes and FL
lendale wish to organize militia COM
panies Of the N. D. N. G.
Organizers of the North Dakota Tax
league are at work at different points
in the state.
Indications are that the usual spring
flood entertainment given by the Mis-
souri, river will be omitted this year.
Thirteen candidates passed the phar-
macy examination in Fargo, and have
been licensed to practice pharmacy.
Warrants aggregating $4,000 have
been sent by the state auditor to Stark
county parties as loans on farm lands.
DR.. Stark has been appointed city
health officer at Mandan, DR.. Goeschel
having gone to Alaska.
Frank Wilson, an employee of the
4NOICuclu L uC11lC A1ilCuluc SuOpS, at
Mandan, lost two fingers.
A test Of the new Eastman fire noz-
zle at Grand Forks proved very salts
factory.
Kidder county anticipates an infiuex
of settlers, many coming from Ken
lucky.
Indications are that Towner county
will be the center of attraction for inl-
migrants this year.
The Bank of Dresden has been in
corporated and will open it's doors
April 1.
Walter Van Ettan, who suicided at
st. Paul, was formerly a resident Of
Bismarck.
The Fargo Linseed Oil works are
running night and day, and have ex-
ported LOO tons of oil cake since the
plant was started.
The inventory Of the Standing Rock
Bingenheimer is in charge. The lndi-
ans are pleased with him.
The new passenger engines being
put on the Northern Pacific are said to
be capable Of pulling u train sixty
miles per hour.
; A petition to close up the illegal
places at WinOna has been signed by a
good many of the residents Of that
place.
Cavalier has subscribed $4,000 as a
fund to pay expenses of the fight to Sc
cure the county seat Of Pembina coun-
ty.
Mrs. Frederick, a Morton county
school teacher, is under arrest, on the
charge OF using indecent language to
her pupils.
The Stark county bonding cases will
not be decided for some weeks, and is
likely, in any case, to be appealed to
the supreme court.
Plans for an $4,000 Norwegian Lu-
theran church. to be erected at Dayen-
port next summer, have been perfect
ed.
Work is being pushed on the Crooks
ton-Duluth line, and it is expected the
line will be completed in time to carry
the crop Of 1898.
Col. Creel, inspector general Of the
North Dakota militia. has offered his
services to the government in case OF
war.
p. II. Callahan has served his term
of Imprisonment at Lisbon for violat-
ing the prohibition law, and has been