Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-01-06
NORTH DAKOTA


The N. P. will locate 100 families in
Sargent county next year.
Harvey is enjoying Il building boom
not withstanding the cold weather.
Harlemites are shipping hogs by the
carload.
Valley City is to have sure-enough
AMI tirst-class laundry.
Stoclmen are feeling jubilant be-
cause Of the open winter.
Bismarck has an epidemic mild
form Of tcnsilitis.
The Farmers bank ut Crary has in
creased it's capital to $500.
assurances aujustcrs are being kept
busy at Grand Forks.
Bismarck banks have over 100000
on deposit.
The Hamilton schools are closed on
account of scarlet fever.
T.. Il. Wolde of Hooplc, is held in
$500 bonds for illegal liquor selling
A Bottineau county farmer has been
arrested for failure to pay duty on
cattle shipped from Manitoba.
An unknown man was arrested on Il
charge Of bottlegging at CCoperstown
and held in $500 bonds for trial.
Nothing of the remains of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howe who persisted in the Grand
Forks fire, have been discovered.
A bottleggcr who refused to give his
name was found over at Darlington in
the sum Of $500.
Range stock in North Dakota was
never in so good condition at this sea-
son Of the year as ct present.
A stove in the city school at Harvey
tipped over and Il confagration mar
rowly everted.
The teachers of the Turtle Mountain
circle.
Bailey PULLED anr D. e. Hughes Of
jamestown, are said to be booked for
the yukon in the spring.
Rev. Richmond Fisk of East Boston
has accepted call to the Unitarian
church at Fargo.
BY the absconding Of J. f. Broadway
of Valley City Fargo wholesalers are
said to have been caught for quite a
sum.
Now that the fire has destroyed Sc
veral hundred thousand dollars worth
of property. Crank Forks is agitating
better fire protection
George Sabin won out in the suit at
Fargo for the recovery of $500 deposit
ed in the Citizens National bank, after
it was known to be insolvent.
There is no better investment in
North Dakota than in good farm lands.
The Crank Forks militia company
will disband.
George T. Flanncry, formerly of
Bismarck lis an attorney in the Hill
Times libel suit now holding the
boards at Minneapolis.
The contract for the heating plant
for the Stutsman county court house
was awarded to Pond &. Herscy, the
lowest Of eight bidders.
There was an unusually large attend
ance of millers at the melting of the
Red River Valley and Northern Min
neSOt:l association.
1t is reported that the Northern Pa
citic will resume double train through
service in order to accommodate the
rush to the Alaska gold fields.
Near Williston Lee Robinson killed
a deer with twenty-seven prongs on
his horns--the largest eevn seen in
that locality.
V. r. Vale of Reynolds, is under az
rest on the charge of embeZZling $500
from the piano company fol- which he
was Il collector.
=. 3. Bruce, q former resident OF
Fargo and at one time a patient in the
Jamestown Asylum has committed sui
eide at his old home in Scotland.
John Irwin. a we'll known Ramsey
and died from the effects of the in.
jury.
The less of the Grand Forks Mercan-
tile company, $4,000 has been adjust
ed and paid nfull by the insurance
CON panies.
The government buildings ut TT.
Stevenson found ready sale at figures
exceeding the appraisal. There We're
twenty building, valued at 500, and
sold for $S72.
Ferdinand Kleinschmidt, on trial at
Sanborn for the murder of his son. was
found guilty by the jury-of something
and got off With eighteen months in
the penitentiary.
Frank Rabcck, a 500 Line brakeman
who sustained injury in a railway ac-
cident necesSitating amputation of Il
foot has since died in Minneapolis
hospital.
The cause Of the suspension of the
First National bank Of Pembina is said
to be the fact that the bank has car
ried $4,000 of worthless notes since
l.. e. Booker became it's president.
The supreme court has ordered re-
hearing in the Eaton disbarment case,
also in the Braithwaite case involv-
ing 81 800, and in the case Of Bank VS..
Hyde.
State Game Warden Bowers of Far
go was presented with a handsome
gold watch and chain and Il beautiful
charm set with diomonds, as q Christ
mas present from the deputy game
wardens of the state.
The closing Of the bank at Pelnbina
ties up $4,000 of equity funds secured
by bond-and the county treasurer has
other funds sufficient to conduct
county business
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