Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-03-16

4 Oscar w. Kerr returned Friday
afternoon from n trip to Valley City,
Lisbon. Enderlin and other points
along the 500.
The Bismarck Tribune will soon 10.
sue q popular edition of the session
laws, which will be sold at Is cents
per copy. Any person wishing to OBJ
tain copy of the laws passed ut the
last session of the legislature can
leave their orders at the Courier Of
tce. Every farmer should keep post
led.
The following officers were elected
in Broadview township at their an
nual election March eth. 1899: Super
visors. J. NJ. Freer. Mel Stewart:
Chairman. Alex. Park; Clerk. Henry
Curtis; Treasurer. Mark Curtis: AS
SCISSOR. Il L. DER; Justices of the
peace. VIM. Saar: Constable, Charles
Schultz; Road overseers, Albert Kent,
Archie Gorthy.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Ward were the re-
ciepients "f Il pleasant little surprise
party last Wednesday evening. gotten
up Ivy a few of the old soldiers and
their wives Those present were Mr..
and Mrs. o. D. Purinton, Mr.. and
G N. Storls, Mr.. and Mrs. B. B.
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Haskell, Mr..
and Mrs. S. A. Lewis, Mrs. F. S. Has
lsell and MIR. E. G.. Butler.
Mr.. Oscar Mosher and Miss Sophia
Ladbury were quietly married at the
| Congregational parsonage bv Rev. E.
S. Shaw. Wednesday, March Sth, at 3
p. IN. They We're accompanied by
Mr.. Frank Aubrey and Miss Isabel
Fihar who acted Us best man and lady.
The returned to their home in the Lad
bury neighborhood Thursday, where
they are we'll and favorably known.
The clerks of the different stores in
town held a meeting at the Newell
House last Friday evening and dis
cussed to q standstill the early clos
ing question. Andrew Strandness
was elected chairman OF the meeting.
while A. III. Hanson pushed red hot
pencil point across the t.Dly linen
pages Of his notebook. leaving y
scnrched trail upon every page as
he jotte'I down the burning e!oquence
which flowed from the lips of those
who believe in the early 'novement.
No casualties resulted from the meet
| ing and the clerks adjourned fully de-
termined to- shut up at-when the boss
said so.
! 1t is not generally known that Sells
Bangson. who in addition to clerking
81, IO.N1.
ON the side is somewhat of a hypnotist
hours last Saturday morning Sells
gave free exhibition of his powers
along that line and look for his sub
ject r u. King The exhibition would
have. been II grand success had the sub
the do.r knob. but the c,,ntortions {"
the performer were too much fOl
the subject and the experiment was :.
hot number. He is no" thinking som,
of Studying phrenol"yy. as that bust
ness catches more suckers than tho
Il biggest show un earth.
The Courier is pleased to ntrodu6.
to- it's readers this week the new ma
chinery firm of Olsen. Cox & Co.,
who ar putting in a full and complete
line of farm machinery. bicycles. etc
A. B. Cox and N j. Olsen are boil
men we'll know in Cooperstown ant
G"iggs county as up-to-date. progress
sive, square business men They have
long been tax payers of the county
having operated an elevator here fol
several wears. In this issue of the
Courier they introduce the kentucky
irill--one of the best made. In adj
dition to this splendid drill they
handle the John Deere Flows, Nc
Cormick Harvester and other first
class machinery Read their ad.
The irreligious editor of IL country
weekly thus discour>es ON creation:
In the beginning God created the
heavens and earth: then lie made the
editor. the liberal advertiser and
prompt paying subscriber. and it WAS
good The next day ~ blizzard set in
and he created Il man that didn't be.
leave in advertising, and another
that didn't take his home paper. then
he rested. Then the devil got into the
moulding room and he created the
man who takes the paper for years
and fails to pay for it. After com
plotting this sorry job, and having Il
, few chunks of mud left he made the
excuse for u man who pays his sub
scription by instructing the postmas-
ter 10 mark the paper refused and the
devil has felt so mean about it he has
been kicking himself ever since
4 F'I.isshtflll l3l u II der.
will often cause ~ horribl" Burn
ScaId Cut or Brni-e. Buck'cn''
Arnica Salyr, the best in the worh. viii
kill the pain and promptly heal il
Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores. Ulcers
Boils, Felons, Corns all Skin Erupti"ns
Best Pile cure on earth. Only rs cts, {
box. Sold Ivy II. H. Ba,eman & Co.
Druggists.
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