Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-03-17

leave st. Paul for Month Dako'u. L i
first train will leave OH March ~, the
second on March 80, and the last on
April 6.
A state bank is to be opened Mt
Bathgate by III. Strong Of st. Thomas
and George Ganssle and ]. B. Robin
son of Bathgate, the First Natlonal
Bank having gone into voluntary llq-
uidatlon.
A pardon has been granted by the
governor to Harry Gilmore, who was
sent to the pen several years ago 1of
assault with a dangerous weapon. lie
has served the greater part OF his sen
tence.
At the request of III. N. Joy, as an
official of the hoard OF health. the
Great Northern Depot at Hamilton has
been fumigated and renovated, anu
the town is pronounced free from cpl
denies.
The holder of $500 worth of Suits
man county warrants, on presenting
them to the county treasurer for pay
ment, neglected to compute the inter-
est for couple Of years, and the treas
urer figured it out $500 more than the
holder.
N!argit Knudson sues e. X. Burt.
ness in the district court of Grand
Forks county for damages amounting
to $4,000. She claims that the de-
PENDANT in the case struck, beat ana
otherwise maltreated her, to the ex-
tent Of the sum claimed.
School officers of Ramsey county. in
conference last week, considered I'M
rortant questions, including school H.
braries and supplies, employment OF
teachers, training schools, provision or
text books, flag laws, fencing OF the
school grounds, tree-planting, etc.
Hon. A. H. Laughlin, eX-state COM
missioner of agriculture and labor,
has Il fine herd of pure-bred Galloway
cattle Oh his farm two miles south or
Lisbon. Mr.. Laughlin has sold, so FAR
this winter, fifteen head of pure-bred
bulls, all to farmers living in the
county.
The First National bank Of Bathgate
has gone into voluntary liquidation.
1t is said that this is preliminary to
closing it's affairs preparatory to the
organization of a state bank with
smaller capital. Local bankers find
tending large capital in a national bank
offset all the profits.
The state land board has accepted
sixty applications for farm loans ag-
gregating some $4,000 and has pur-
chased $4,000 of school bonds issued
by the Bismarck district. The per-
manent school fund is now about $780,
600, of which $227,OOO is reported as
cash and about $685., 900 invested in
school bonds and other securities.
Sales of Northern Pacific lands last
year amounted to $1,6OO,OOO. Sales in
January this year were $245,OOO, as
compared with $4,000 year ago, and
for February We're $175,OOO, against
$oS,OOO last year. These figures indi-
cate growing demand for North Da-
kota lands and an immense immigra-
ton this year.
At u meeting of Gen. Crocker Post
No. 20, G. A. r., of Webster, the fol-
lowing resolution was presented and
unanimously adopted: Resolved, that
Gen. Croker Post do tender their SET
vices to Gov. Lee-thirty-on strong
t repel Spanish or other foreign in
vasion, or for any other purpose Gov.
Lee may suggest.
A stranger charged with the commits
sion Of a murder near Spirit Lake, Ia,
last October, was arrested at Sioux
Falls recently and lodged in the county
Jail. The arrest was made on the allie
cation Of citizen that the stranger
was the party wanted, and that re-
ward Of $500 was offered for his cap
ture. The prisoner protests his inno-
cence.
Mr.. Rogers of Canton, missionary of
the American Sunday school union, re-
PORTS that for the year ending March
/, he organized ten Sunday schools,
with thirty-two teachers and 319 schol-
ars; schools reorganized, Z, with 20
teachers and III scholars; schools Wis
tied and aided, 60, with 263 teachers
and 1852 scholars: books and period
icals sold and donated, $114; Bibles
and testaments distributed, 139.
The board of county commissioners.
in session at Redfield, elected Elmer
r. King sheriff, to succeed Abe Kem-
ricrer, resigned. King resigned the
craftsmanship of the county board 70
accept the shrievalty, and Edward
Priestly of Red;ield was elected Kings
successor on the board. Kem1ncrcr is
in Wisconsin receiving medical treat
ment, and, at the instance of friends,
resigned.
A Codington county farmer has
adopted unique, but effective, methods
for putting a stop to the depredations
of hay thief. The fellow had made
his usual midnight raid on a haystack,
Il few miles from his home The own
er, suspecting what was going on, lay
il wait, and when the hay had been
loaded and the thief had started to
drive away, the owner quietly slipped
up behind the load and applied a
lighted match to the hay. Almost inn
mediately the thief was compelled to
descend from the burning hay, ana
had barely time to save his horses. AS
1t was, the wagon was consumed with
the hay.
81 Dinna Ken"