Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-03-31

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tuition fund.
| Martin Hanson died at Mandan o,
apopieSy.
1 Ramsey county will issue drainage
bonds
new cemetery has been plated u!
Wahpeton.
/ Park River will erect a city electric
| light plant.
Fred Goodman has been nominated
for mayor of Hilisboro.
The general store Of L. ID. Kelley, Il,
Minot, was destroyed by fire.
Wimbledon anticipates u building
boom.
Seventy-eight teachers took the
March examinations in Walsh county
RANSOM county is securing large
! Immigration.
| Fessenden has $4,000 brick block
| in prospect this summer
| Grafton has a new electric light dy
namo-and much better lights.
A colony of forty-two Iowa farmers
have been located in Barnes county.
The city Of Grafton appropriates
$500 per annum for library purposes.
Albert +. Hill has been commits
stoned postmaster at Cando.
Edinburg reports prospective
| boom.
Mayville has nearly $1,000 in the city
treasury.
| Conductor Lyman Brown died at
jamestown.
II. j. Watt will rebuild Of solid
brick at Bathgate.
The troublesome Russian thistle ap-
pears to be fast disappearing.
Pembina county farmers will SOW a
large acreage Of fax this season.
The fair ground fence at jamestown
is hors du combat, due to high vino.
Charles Winterer will lease the Bath
gate roller mill for tern of years.
Minor is raising a bonus for -four
ing mill.
There is an active inquiry for stock
and farm lands in Ward county.
The household of Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Mcguire, Mimic, has been Frightened
by the arrival of twins.
A grand jury will be called by Judge
Morgan for the April term Of court III
Benson county.
The supreme court calendar for the
next I'm will be the largest in the
history OF the state.
A new boat is soon to be built, to
run between Mercer county and Bis
,narck.
Some unknown disease is taking off
large numbers Of cattle in Mercer
county.
Ed Anderson is in Jail awaiting trial
on the charge Of running blind pig at
Churches Ferry.
A large immigration is reported in
the vicinity Of Knox and other points
in Benson county.
The Lisbon fire department holds
frequent meetings, with view Of pro-
noting the efficiency Of it's work.
Great Northern surveyors are run
ming lines for new tracks in the yards
at Carmen.
La Moure people are endeavoring to
get the long-distance telephone line ex-
tended from Lisbon to La Moure.
The North Dakota Tax league is
growing and organizations are being
perfected in many towns.
The ladies' of the Presbyterian
church of Jamestown cleared $3.50 at
Il sale Of fancy and staple articles.
All the members Of the jamestown
militia company have volunteered to
serve as soldiers for Uncle Sam.
Minor farmers have imported 1900
bushels Of seed wheat, to change the
quality.
Olus Zarnton was arrested in Cass
county, charged with rape on his sey-
en-year-old daughter.
$1,000 fire at Fessenden destroyed
property owned by c. A. Buchoh and
y. o. Olson.
The citizens of the little village Of
Edmunds are lulled to sleep nightly Ivy
the bowling Of wolves.
Great Northern land is selling just
the same at the advanced price. Red
River valley dirt is in good demand.
The wife of Henry Brandcnburg,
formerly OF Cass county, died ut Chi
cago recently.
T. l.. Beard is doing good work as
organizer for the North Dakota tax
league.
Agent Bingenleimer Of the Standing
Rock reservation is getting familiar
with his new duties.
Fred Miller was found dead in his
farm house, near Mandan. Paralysis
was the cause Of death.
Maj. Getchell, the new Indian agent
at Fort Totten, is advertising for seed
for the Indians.
1t is reported that wolves are being
killed on the reservation and the
bounty paid in Morton county.
The members Of Co. D, at Dickinson,
are wondering whether they will be
called into government service.
A team of twenty Odd Fellows from
jamestown will institute q lodge At
MinneWaukan.
The Klondike party led by A. B.
Guptil OF Fargo has reached Alaska
and are pleased with the prospect.
Alderman, Fargo merchant, has
been arrested on n charge OF bastnrdy
preferred by girl living at Kindred.
Arrests are reported for stealing
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