The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-01
NORTH DAKOTA

support a doctor.
Getting married seems to be the fad
at Hankinson.
The multiplicity of dogs is becoming:
a public nuisance at Fargo.
Blackleg has made its appearance
|among Ransom county cattle.
The Modern Woodmen have compet-
ed the organization of q camp at hulm
Stock has increased in weight fast
er this year than in the past ten years.
DR.. Gustav Baar will locate at Fes-
sender. coming direct from vienna,
Austria.
Mrs. W. H. Hazlett of Hope, sus-
tanned painful and serious injuries by
a runaway.
Tie worst enemy North Dakota has
lis the man who allows mustard 70
oyerrun his farm.
Frank Russell, so long with the LIS
bon w~aterworks, has resigned. franh
is a jolly old-timer.
A barn belonging to G. B. Miller at
Fargo, with contents, including COW
and a horse, were burned.
Estimates are being made for ~
electric light and telephone service at
the old Fort TOtten reserve.
Beginning with July 1, the Fargo
postmaster gets an in ne s1o u ~
The Fort Berthold Indian band OF
Twenty pieces will be a feature OF the
dickinson Fourth celebration
Willis Turner was arrested at Me-
dora for stealing 200 sheep from a
ranchman named McClelland.
The North Dakota farmer who mas a
few loads of fat cattle for sale can get
about his own price for them now.
Elmer Abbott, aged sixteen years,
was accidentally. drowned IN bunalo
river. at Duncanson's farm, IN Cass'
Land has become SO we'll taken up
down around Napoleon that rme
have to begin fencing for pasturage.
1t is said that Proprietor Hatch. OF
the Hub restaurant has had a fortune
dropped on him by a deceased reiatlVe.
Dickinson is to have a new schooi
house. Drayton a brick yard anu oan-
do one of the finest parks IN rne STATE.
The first bicycle manufactured IN
this state, by the Lisbon factory was
purchased by Andrew Sandager OF
that place.
Grass in Towner county can be u
nearly everywhere this year, WINE II
grew only in the sloughs last year, and
very scanty. ..
A Jimtown man has been put under
bonds to refrain from thrashing his
wife. Ought to have been put under
the pump, too.
The corner stone of Dakota's new
temple of learning was formally lalo
on June 20. under the auspices OF the
Masonic order.
Excavating for the new buildings at
the insane asylum at jamestown mas
begun. and the structure will be
pushed rapidly.
The postofice Mt jamestown mas
heen raised to the second class. anu
Postmaster Mitchell will receive $2,VU
per year salary.
Dickinson is improving every DAY.
Her residents are now busy paih!ihs
and enlarging their buildings, Desioes
building new ones.
The s~portsmens' association decldeu
TO hold their tournament at Grand
Forks again next year. The old OFF,
GERS were reelected.
Johnny Haas, Of Fargo and moor
head. was fined $500 the other day Tor
conducting a gambling house In his
celebrated Midway saloon. ~
Fred Christensen had the misfor-
tune to break his leg the first OF the
week while roping an animal ar MS
ranch south of Dickinson.
At Devils Lake, Chief Hurst arrested
William Stephenson, aged hfty-nve,
and Mrs. Woods, aged forty, charged
with adultery and desertion.
The Fargo telephone exchange mas
over 100 subscribers, and the company
ia figuring on putting In a two-story
brick, entirely for its own use.
George Winfrey pleaded guilty to
stealing two head Of horses from =.
MelNnger Of Oakes, and VIII go to BIS
merckI to reside for two years
r. p. Wells and family OF James
town. who had such a thrilling experi.
ence at the fire in the Windsor hotel ID
New York, will sail for Europe July o.
If il said that the Missouri slope ex-
meets to get the biggest crop this year
since 1880. There is plenty Of. hay on
the uplands. The rains have been IN
usual.
Crops around Perth are making re-
markable progress, and frequent rams,
ALTERNATING with warn weather, MAKES
lcnnditfon
lnrowth of Al vegetatiOn.
Perth has grown steadily since the
first. business opened up last spring,
and the three new general stores, the
hardware store, two blacksmith shops,
hotel and other enterprises are doing
well.
The increase of business in the post
office st jamestown for the fourth
Quarter Of 1893 over 1897 was $4,000.
The new rating stands forsEa year at
least. and raises the Office 10 the sec
Ond class. s5s.
st. Johns school, at Wahpeton has
graduated the first boy, and. Bishop
Shanley presented him with ~, ac-
cordine Is his promise to give that
amomnt to the arst boy graduate from
any Of the ~parochial schools In the
state. M
a committee Of business men q