Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-08-04
NORTH DAKOTA

The school treasurer's report Is bob
bling up in the exchanges.
"A pontoon bridge is to be built
across the Red Mt Pembina.
District court is in session at Grand
Forks.
Sargent county has over $4,000 in
the strong box.
Three is n shortage of the hay crop
in Dickey county.
Cakes and Ludden will be connected
by phone soon.
Poachcrs are killing prairie chickens
i'll StutSman county.
An electric light plant will be put in
at the penitentiary.
The Rurlcigh county summer school
for teachers opens Aug. 6.
Cakes big water tank for city fire
protection purposes, is completed.
No pigs can be kept ut Portland. 1t
is contrary to the village ORDINANCES.
| Grand Forks county convention to-
day.
Pcmbina levied a tax of $47,50O for
county purposes.
A pontoon bridge is to be built
across the Red ut Pembina.
William Robinson Of I.u,lutn would
like to represent that district in the
legislature.
| Wells county orders Northern Pacific
tax money paid into trust, pending set
tlement with Attorney Robinson.
| Robert Hausken will open a large
| ala Of al, al,
Aug. Ii.
Martin Grange of Sheldon will open
a grocery and crockery house in Wah-
peton.
Gottlieb Gussok, his wife and one
Child of FeSsendcn, We're struck by
lightning and badly burned.
Capt Gregory. of the Rough Riders,
has lost forty pounds in weight since
enlisting, bat is in excellent health.
Harry Rowe Of Dickinson has baled
5O4 .0G5 pounds Of wool .!lls season at
his Dickinson wool hGi.se.
hoffman 1; Lewis have been awarded
| the contract for the construction Of Il
new school building at Grafton, their
bid being S4,950.
A petition is being circulated asking
GOV. Briggs to pardon Gorge Thor Of
Grafton. convicted CT h.ind-pigging. 1t
was his second offense.
Mrs. T.. Maucer of Kuhn fell from
lead of hay aiSlocatea Ter shoulder,
breaking one arm and receiving a
scalp wound four inches 4ong.
Rolette county has $4,000 Of unset
tied claims against Pierce county, and
over $1,000 cash III haE!; owes $4,000
of bonds, and las assets * some $685.
600.
Oscar Mason, a Grand Forks team
ster, disappeared short time ago, and
few days later his bad!ydecomposed
body was found in the filter of the
city waterworl;s in Grand Forks.
Farmers of the valley are not partic-
ularly pleased With these rainS-don't
need them--althougl, as the wet
comes down quietly and gently, it
does not hurt the grain.
II. II. Tha:alson, Of Company G
Grafton. is reported as endeavorins to
secrlrcl Il field lodge Of the X. P.'s
among the North Dakota boys at Ma
nila He visited a Honolulu Il. Z.
lodge while in that city.
Marion Grange of Sheldon .llas pur
chased the building stock and fixtures
OF C. +. Schroeder Of that place, and
took possession ut once-inStead OF To-
eating at Wahpeton, as at first report
cd
| A report was current in Hankinson
that Robert Vessel, of Company II,
Grigsby's Rough Riders, died from fe-
yer ut Camp Thomas. AS no conirma-
ton of the rumor can be secured, the
story is not generally credited.
r. A. Glenn of Forest River was
fined $40 and costs for failure to salts
factorily explain to the judge his pres
ence in the domicile of widow lady
at an unseenlly hour, without her per-
mission.
| 4 Churchs Ferry man, who expected
to meet his wife at the evening train,
by mistake CO kissed the best-looking
lady who alighted therefrom, and has
not done anything else but explain to
WHEY, who refuses to accept the yarn.
Cattle rustling is becoming too prev
alent in Stutsman county to suit the
stockmen. One firm recently lost sew
enteen head, which, it is thought, were
driven eastward. Other losses~are re-
ported.
A young farmer named ArdOch, who
was on the rear platform Of an eXcur-
sion train to the Winnipeg exposition
last week, was badly injured by his
lead striking a sign post alongside the
track while the train was in motion.
He was numbering" down the track.
Drayton has uncarthed n B. NJ. u.
A meeting of that organization was
held there last week for the purpose of
discussing the guiding of a Dontoon
bridge across the Red. A committee
was appointed, and the bridge may be
q go.
The father of the man Daniel Nc
Crea. who. it is charged, was drowned
at Valley City while attempting to
swim the river while in an intoxicated
condition. now claims that his son was
robbed, murdered and his body thrown
into the river.
Grant DensmOre. a brakeman on the
Cakes branch of the 500, fell from q
train running between Hankinson and
Lidgerwood and struck on his head