Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
NORTH DAKOTA

The jamestown & Northern is to
have a daily passenger train
| Lightning burned a twenty ton hay
stack for Gus StrutZ of Cakes, recent
ly.
All kinds of stories of all kinds of
wheat yields come in this year, as
usual.
| The Great Northern has increased its
! train service on the Rutland branch to
a daily.
Drayton's pontoon bridge across the
Sept. 1.
T.. J. Riley of Oberon lost hand in
pushing Il loaded shotgun into Il
wagon.
Judge Glaspell is building a house
and barn on his property south Of
Jamestown.
Henry Bakke, ten years old. of
Grand Forks county, was kicked to
death by'.a colt.
New Rockford is building SIT 900
court house, a $40, 600 school house ana
$4,000 church.
Jim Kelly is under arrest at Caring
ton, charged with having applied the
torch to a barn.
Peter Henretti of Leeds has con-
tracted to sell 5000 bushels of flax at
95 cents per bushel.
A branch office of the Northwestern
Building ami Loan association Will be
opened in Mayville.
Jimtown's new postoffice fixtures
| Il
boxes in three sizes.
n number of cases of diphtheria are
reported at Fessenden. Two families
I have been quarantined.
The Forman Telephone company has
completed it's line from Hankinson to
Nahpeton via Paramount.
A tank of oil fell on the hand and
foot of Charles Brown of Fargo and
hurt them quite seriously.
| Henry WaliZer. Jimtown lad, had
n leg amputated as the result OF an
injury from handspring.
Private A. Nelson Of Company l,
Wahpeton, who suffered a sunstroke IN
Manila, has just returned.
Morton county has some S27,OOO in
banks, and some state. Stark Mercer
county warrants on hand.
One firm at Cando has sold this year
five new threshing outfits. three second
band ones. and four engines.
Lieut. Hildreth, of Company B, is
coming home in the transport Sherl-
dan With the Minnesota. boys.
Rraddock is becoming stock ship
ping center. Thirty-one cars We're
shipped from there last week.
An Enderlin woman has her bus
band arrested for using naughty Ian
guage in the presence of ladies.
Hail insurance agents state they will
pay out more money in losses than ever
before in the history of the state.
The young ladies' auxiliary of Wah-
peton netted $50 by Il lawn social-all
for the gallant boys of Company l.
Mrs. Marie Riley of Bismarck was
quite seriously burned while endeavor-
ing to eXtinguish fire in her residence
Rolla and Cando will be united into
one Episcopal parish. and Bishop Ed
sail has appointed Rev. w. II. Johnston
as rector.
| An $4,000 farm residence has just
been completed on the Pendleton farm
in Trail county-the finest farm house
in the state.
| Alex Day of jamestown was knocked
off the Northern Pacific coal sheds by
bolt of lightning, but was not seri-
ously injured.
| Dr. Quick of Wahpeton. who recently
returned from the Klondike. has pur-
chased the drug store of G.. G. Nickells
at Wahpeton.
A large barn. 5Ox1OO feet, on the Post
| farm. near Kelso, burned last week.
Twcnty-seven head Of horses We're con-
sumed. Insurance, $4,000.
The new Observation-Disclosures cement
plant at Mountain is now in operation,
and manufactured material will be
Slipped out in a few days.
Ex-State Treasurer George Nichols is
| looking up location in Washington.
He las decided to change his residence
largely on account of his health.
George Miles. temporary resident
of Buxton. is held to the district court
| in $500 bail, which he failed to procure,
and will await the fall term in Jail.
| Water has been struck in James
| Town $ urLeSldu wen AT IL Ucplu VI
1,260 feet, but there is not enough OF
| it and the we'll will be sunk deeper.
| Cars ere ordered for the shipment Of
nearly 100 ca:. loads Of cattle between
Jamestown and WibeauX. Mont. this
week. The stock rush will soon begin.
| A barn. four horses, Il windmill, u
face and two hands, belonging to Geo.
jacobson of Hickson, were burned re-
Gently. Face and hands not total
| loss.
One of the big passenger engines was
pretty badly smashed UP west of Man
dan a day or two ago. Ii collided with
| another and it's front was badly demol-
ished.
Harvey, Oh the 500. has; voted Oh the
question Of issuing bonds in the sum of
$1,000 for tho purpose u building a
school house, and it carried by a hand
/ some major tg.
Rev. ]. II. Sheridan, for some time
the Episcopal rector at jamestown and
Valley City, has resigned his charge,
and will be succeeded by Rev. L. G..
NIoultrie of Kansas City.
A stallion killed three geldings in a