Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-24
NORTH DAKOTA

at Edinlal-g will be heated by steam.
Fosston's new telephone system is
being pushed rapidly towards compile
ton.
Some progressive Towner>. county
farmers are agita'ng farmers insti-
tute.
Prof. G. w. DeGraff of Glendale has
been elected principal of the LaAIoure
schools.
Frank Little of Crofte lost a granary
and some farm implements by fire. In
cendiary.
\ blind pig at Rugby was pulled, one
of the piggers being captured and one
escaping.
Bruce, Miller and Lille Sampson OF
Steele were married! by Rev. Miller at
Jamestown. 49,.
Ex-Gov. Allin reports considerable
damage from rain in the northern part
Of the state.
The product of the Sheldon mills is
said to be the only kind Of -four used
in that section.
The Northwestern company's ele-
vator at LangdOn will be completed in
about two weeks.
Commissioned Barrett is distributing
n car load of stocking fish through the
waters of the state.
Shippers of wheat want the North
err Pacific to put in loading facilities
at Crystal Springs.
Mrs. Beaverick Of Crystal lost her
reason quite suddenly last week. Her
hobby was religion.
Stutsman county commissioners ap-
propriated 500 to aid in properly re-
ceiving Company Fl.
Anthony Hopkins of Darlington, a
we'll known young man, has been sud-
denly stricken blind.
The summer school at Mandan closes
next week, after a very successful
three weeks session.
Treasurer Mitchell of Fargo gets out
Il chapter of his continued and continu-
GUS story every day now.
Sheriff Hogan of Steele county has
resigned, and Samuel L. Linn was APP
pointed to fill the vacancy.
Robbers entered Lee & Myhre's store
at Co!fax, opened the safe and took
$50, all in silver. No trace.
The hail storm in Trail county de-
stroycd from 10000 to 10000 acres of
grain, according to the Banner.
The Drayton brick yard has kick
coming. Orders are coming in SO fast
that brick can't be made to fill them.
Figures are being figured for the
building Of farmers elevator at
Lehr, which is somewhere out Kuhn
way.
J. IT. Mccullough contracts with the
Devils Lake ChautauQua to have Il
short line railroad in operation by next
June.
While mailing some boards on TO a
hay rack. Anthony Hopkins of Car
rinSton was suddenly stricken totally
blind.
Hail insurance agents state that
they pay out more money in losses
than ever before in the history of the
state.
The two-year-old child of John
Schnase of Anamoose fell from wag-
on loaded With sand under the wheels
and was killed.
The Northern Pacific has two new
compound ten-wheel engines for SER
vice on this division-bigger than any
thing on the road.
Apparently. chickens are very scarce.
loo many land hunters and dog train
ers. One man at Sandoun has twenty.
five dogs to train.
VIM. Menke of Stutsman county
drove over his three-year-old son with
Il load of hay, crushing his skull and
killing him instantly.
There is 5000 yet due Miss Penney,
the North Dakota nurse. at Manila,
and the Fargo Red Cross asks Bis
n; rex to contribute $50.
n. ]. Moran of Grant Forks secured
TIL contract to erect the new Eddy
county court house at New Rockford.
The contract price is SIG 105.
\ colored mau by the name of Billy
Young was arrested at CnsseltOn for
trying to carve brakeman on the
Northern Pacific who refused to allow
him to ride OH his train.
A Casselton justice decided that it
was not criminal action for a man to
arrive at his boarding house late at
night and enter IL way Of Il window.
provided the doors We're locked.
Miss Anna Freeman of Grafton. who
was severely harmed with gasoline a
short time ago, died on Wednesday
from the effects of the burn. The girl
suffered terribly, and death was a re-
lief to her.
People at Elhowoois are considera-
bly, worked up over the discovery Of
cinnamon bear tracks in that vicinity.
The bear may be considerably worked
up, too. if he knows his tracks have
been discovered.
At Richardson. Stark county. a new
Catholic monastery and school edilice
is being erected. the corner stone of
which was laid last S:lNioy. The edi-
fee is to be 12n feet 'rli.s by 40 feet
wide, two stories and a half high, with
basement under the whole.
A Ramsey county farm of $40 acres,
with personal property, was sold for
$1,000, $4,000 being paid in cash. and
the balance due April next. Olaf
Searle, of the same county, sold 500
acres, With crops, machinery, stock.
etc. for $14 $50, cash, $3.50. Both
sales We're made to West Virginia par