The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-01
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Fred H. Mettler Of Hutchinson coun--
ty has bought the Jacob Heb farm of
2o80 acres for $1,000.
H. A. Fowler Of Heart Prairie, Wis.,.
and a. G. Schmidt have established a
music house at Madison.
j. C. Bennett Of Sanborn county sold
200 head Of sheep recently to J.. A.
Stewart for 1920.
Rev. Il. Leysne, pastor Of the Luther
an church at Summit, died OF cOnsump-
ton recently.
Ulmer & Holt are reporte dto be ar
ranging matters with q view to start
ing a new bank at Memo, Hutchinson
county.
Jacob Mettler Of Memo has 1000
bushels of wheat still in his granary.
Many other Hutchinson county FARM
ers are said to have full %granaries
Sioux City parties have been at
White Lake recently, dispOsing of a
large number of young cattle to the
farmers and stockmen Of that section.
During the first twelve days Of the
present month 1900 head Of young
cattle were shipped into Jerrauld oun
ty.
Boyd d. Milan, who last year spent
several months in Alaska, Is now at
Miller, but expects to return to the
gold fields about May l..
w. b. Wolcott has bought a ranch to
the north of Kimbaf, in Brule county,
upon which he expects to engage quite
extensively in the stock business
Three carloads Of immigrant goods
arrived in B~roOkings last week for par
ties from other states, who have pur-
chased farms near that place.
Cattle thieves are operating around
Woonsocket. Farmers, in order to pro-
tect themselves, may be compelled to
brand their cattle.
Brule county lands are selling rap
idly this season. Desirable lands are
becoming scarce, and good quarters
r now selling for as high as $1,000.
Henry Renake, a well known and
prominent farmer and st0ckman OF
washington Springs, has bought an
improved farm two miles west Of Al
pena.
Ray Cunningham, Of Melrose town
ship, Grant county, has bought the old
Reuben Morton tree claim, the south
east. quarter of section 80, Grant Cen
ter township.
o. Waldorf has sold his 16eacre
farm, two miles north Of Hudson, to
Lars Heller Of Norway township, for
5000. Mr.. Heller will move On the
place in the spring.
Emil Zimmerman Of Madison has
been awarded the contract to build q
new Catholic church and parsonage ut
Ramona. The church will be 4Ox6O,
with a tower eighty feet high.
III. HI. Rudd Of Yankton, owner Of Q
string Of blooded horses, lost his fam
u stallion, Juryman, registered 2114.
by MI. Rudd at $4,000.
l.. r. Slawson, hardware dealer OF
WATERFOWL, has made an assignment.
r. L. Eddy is the assignee. A Sioux
City firm Is the principal creditor. He
will probably pay in full.
The house and contents of Nathan
Carl of Watertown were completely
destroyed by fire.. Loss, $1,000; insur-
ance $500. The origin of the fire Is
thought to have been a defective tiue.
Wisconsin parties T erecting o
plant for q cheese factory about six
miles south of Bloomington, in Charles
Mix county. The prOprietors are guar
anteeing 60 per cent to the patrons for
their milk.
w. III. Holmes has been bound ver
to the district court at Miller in the
sum of 800, on the charge of threaten
irg and chasing Clint Haskins with a
broOmstick. Both men are prominent
farmers.
The supervisors of Willow township,
Mcpherson county, have set a good ex-
ample. by voting a tax for fre-breaks
around the township. Other town
ships in that vicinity will daubtless
take similar action.
Residents Of Beadle county will
hereafter leave their six-shoOters at
home when going out in public, or car
ry them in a belt, q resident Of that
county having just been fiped $50 and
costs for carrying concealed weapons.
McCook county is having an immd-
grafton boom. A local paper states
that a week ago ten families arrived at
Canistota from Illinois, Indiana and
Iowa, bringing with them eleven car
loads of housekeeping and farming
paraphernalia.
The Armour Creamery company has
decided to enlarge it's plant by estab-
fishing q complete creamery at Harris
on, instead Of the separator station
now maintained there. It. is expected
that the. new cr>. merry will he in OPP
Grafton in the neaF>future.
John Callinan, one Of the Oldest con-
'ductors on the. Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul road, died at his residence in
Madison. Two of. his children, who re-
side in Minneapolis, and n o at@Al-
bert Lea, Mimi, had been summoned
and were with him at the end. Z ss
The Madison broom factory has sold
It's entire line of machinery, which will
be erected againwin Bryant, and new
and more modern machinery Will re-
place 1t at Madison. Madison brO0ms
hove already acquired = great reputa-
ton.
Sam Rosenberger OF Centerville, n
Of the counterfeiting gang sentenced
to the states prison about two years y
ago, arrived home this week, having
completed his time at that Institution.
5Dedriek, who was supposed TO be the
nngleader In the business, has Y
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