The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23
NORTH DAKOTA
1t is a felony to conceal stray cattle

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Wild Rice has a new Methodist
church.
.Drnyton has been made a presiden-
tial postoffice.
Grand Forks is after a wholesale
dry goods house.
Cavalier county farmers are busy
marketing wheat.
The new machinery for the Mimic
mill is on the way.
The city council of Forest City Is
building n fire hall.
Three New R~ockfordites have gone
to Norway for wives.
New Rockford is to have a nam
moth Christmas tree.
w. ]. Hammer has been appointed
postmaster at Jessie. .
Valley City's roller skating rink is
now running full blast.
Somebody says that peach trees are
in bloom in Steele county.
Bishop Edsall is conducting meetings
in jamestown and vicinity.
A Valley City man is still feeding
fifty turkeys for Christmas.
MIS-. IIcUulc I1iIlllOlOllcW OIL Bis
marck is at Hot Springs, Ark.
McHenry will have a postoftice and
receive daily mail about Jan. 1.
The boys Of Company H of James
town are preparing to reorganize.
A Minneapolis wholesaler has or
dered 300 sacks of Drayton flour.
An excursion train took nincty-Seven
land seekers to Bowbells last week.
Horse dealers of the Missouri slope
say there is a great demand for draf,
horses.
\ young man at Portal had one of
his feet badly crushed while alighting
from a train.
Some of the farmers in the vicinity
Of Grafton are questioning the validity
of the herd law.
II. r. Wood of jamestown was badly
injured by Il fall from his horse while
hunting near Medora.
Valley City people are enjoying The
prevailing prosperity and are making
numerous improvements.
Wolves are getting so thick in Griggs
county that parents will not risk send
ing their children to school alone.
The small daughter of Fred Bailey of
Northwood died from the effects Of
having swallowed carbolic acid.
The NJ. & n. elevator at Penn was
'destroyed by fire. and only by hard
work was adjoining property saved.
At Mandan thieves are reported to
be breaking into freight cars and til.
freight depot and rifling the contents.
A stranger named Hawley from Mon
tana was struck by a train at Minot
and had a leg, arm and collarbone
broken.
Wolf scalps are worth 81 apiece in
Stustman county, and the farmers arc
reaping a rich harvest, as wolves are
plentiful.
Lewis Press Of Hankinson was ter
ribly burned while attempting to light
a gasoline street lamp, which had be-
gun to leak.
Some unknown contagious disease is
spreading among cattle in the vicinity
Of Mandan. Mrs. Creighton lost four
head last week.
Three a loads of land seekers were
unloaded at Kenmare last week. anu
the majority arc expected to file OH
land before leaving.
D. w. McCanna sold his cattle ut :.
high price in the Chicago market, ana
thinks Towner county is a good place
to make the coin.
Harry Hart, Drayton's chief of po-
lice, ran a nail into his foot the other
day, and the wrongdoers, if there are
any. can give him the merry ha-ha for
a few days.
Mrs. Strong of Lisbon presents the
city council of that place Il bill of
$1,000 for alleged damages. claiming
to have been injured by falling on 4:
defective sidewalk.
The Dawson roller mill is now under
full operation and ready to take care of
any and all kinds of business. The
mill has been thoroughly oyerhauleA
and fitted with new machinery.
Company G of Valley City held a
meeting last week. and will reorganizc
under the general law for the reorgan-
iZation of the militia. 1t is probable
of the company will join.
William Noble, a ten-year-old boy at
Knox, vas shot and instantly killed by
Andrew Anderson. who was cleaning
a gun and forgot there was a cartridge
in the barrel. The weapon was dis.
charged, killing Noble instantly.
Miss Olive Saunders of Oberon went
to Abercrombie with the assurance
that she had the pr%incipalship of the
village schools, and found upon her az
rival that a nan teacher was more
preferable to the school board, and n
had been hired.
The desirability Of North Dakota real
estate as an investment is proven by
the eagerness of buyers ut tax sales
this year. At Dickinson about $4,000
worth Of certificates were bought in at
the sale, the Northern Pacific buying
$3.50 worth.
A petition will be presented to Judge
Glaspell asking that a jury be called at
the January term of court in Stutsman
county. The request is made by about
thirty residents in the northwestern
part of the county. living near VIM
bledon, Courtenay and Spiritwood
Lake.
Mayville business men who were
burned out by the recent fire are bust
~ at work preparing to rebuild, and
the indications are that the burned
portion Of the city will be better re-
builded than ever. as was the case
with Bismarck and Fargo. Good luck
to them.
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