The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-05-20
LOCAL ITEMS.

LOCAL ITEMS.
Rev. j. A. Diesen will pneach at Goa
Harbor, Sunday, May %, 10 O'Clock. a. m
snd at Sandhills school house. 8 D. m.
e. A. Lamb is personally Investigating
ehe government land still vacant aud oan
teii"yon where the best claims are.
Mrs. Digen. mother of Cashier Di.en
OF the Farmers State Bank, came over
from Fessenden the fore part of the week
and is now with her son at the Merchants
Judge Winchester is now in McIntorsh
o"aaty trying murder case in which a
Russian step mother is FOCUSED of murder
ing by poison little nine year old girl.
several parties from, South Dakota have
been looking over "the lay of Che land''
With vlew of settlement in Mclean
county this week.
Mics Celia Connolly. of Hensler. Oliver
County, will finish up the term of the
Conkllng school made vacant by tho res
Equation Of Rev. h. q. Hardeubrook
party OF carpenters are expected MP
to day from Bismarck. to comme ence work
on the hotel addition and the erection of
some buildings, the work to be pushed at
once.
Albert Haya, of Glucester New Jersey,
nephew of Contractor Mckinley of the
mail carving service, was an arrival in
che county last week, and it is understood
will assist his uncle with tho work in han d.
William and Mrs. Harris are preparing
for an overland trip to Colorado to be
gone several months They will 90 via
the Black Hills. aud contem plate starting
the coming week,
Herman and Peter j. Hanson and Her
man Peterson. were LEADER callers FIJI
day. They report the growing grain
fields Of Ingersoll as looking we'll. I'll.
Britton and VIM. Renter make a like re-
port of their neighborhood.
Engineer Hoffman, chief surveyor of
the Bismarck, Washburu & Fort Buford
railway, accompanied by Receiver Sat
terlund. we're in Washburn, Thursday eve.
Mr. Hoffman says his party will reach
and make camp ~ the mouth of Painted
Woods creek to night.
Bismarck Tribune:,,..s'The visit of Hon
w. d. Washburn to Bismarck tn look into
his proposed railroad northward is attract
ing the attention of the State press and
the Upper Missouri slope country is being
congratulated on the coming network of
railroads INTO and out of Bismarck.
The clerk of court has received word
from Judge Winchester that it cannot be
arranged to hold the adjourned term Of
court the coming but it will have to be-
adjourned until June 2o, aud lie ia so in
structed to no notify the jurors aud wit.
nesses that were suppoened to appear in
the Williams murder case.
81 aud AL Rohrer former residents here
OF many years standing came up from the
Capital city, Wednesday to look after tLeir
land interests near Hancock. They made
a success in the merchantile business
during their two years as head ofthe house
of Rohrer Bros. of Bismarck, and sold out
at good figures after the great fire there
last fall.
The Weather All Right.
Don't abuse the weather. Its moods
may not please everybody, but We can
guarantee it will do good to the greater
number. We are having just such weather
as the growing wheat and oat need to
make strong root which make j. possible
to efectualDy withstand drouth or hot
winds later on. Everybody of the human
kind want tO sea n t,ir crOD of wheat and