Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-24
Malignant. scarlet fever is prevalent

bulletin from Dunseith
The Jimtown electric light franchise
is now UP to the mayor.
Howard Morgan CT Grand Forks has
been grantedsa Sc pension.
A new foundation has been put under
the postoffice at jamestown.
The Great Northern will build a 90
stall round house at Williston.
Magottin 4 Helferty have just erect
ed new Gil house at Monango.
The Fargo chess club has organized,
with J. i. Robinson president.
Magoftin & Helferty have just erect
ed new oil house at Monango.
Milton wants a public hall and will
probably have one before snow flies.
Safe tappers entered the postottice ut
ColfaX last Saturday. and secured $40
in cash.
Prof G. w. De Graft. of Glendale,
has been elected principal of the La
Moure schools.
The postotfice at Hankinson has been
| advanced to the presidential class with
a salary of SLIGO. :"
Philip Lacey came to his death at
Minor from driking wood alcohol. so
said the cOrOner'S Jury.
The state druggists had such good
time at Fargo they decided to meet
| there again next year.
ALT Rrouse. the king of threshers i'll
| Forest River county. has a big crew all
hired for $3.50 per day.
Jay Hagerty. landlord of the Hagerty
house. is about to build an addition to
his hotelry, at Monango.
Andrew Zuber. young boy was
| knocked down by a runaway horse at
Fessenden and had six ribs broken.
The 500 road has turned its artesian
we'll at Wimbledon over to the town,
and it will be utilized for fire protec-
ton.
Wheat cutting is in progress in Suits
man county. but the grain is short in
many instances, hardly high enough to
| bind.
| StutSman county commissioners have
ordered s., 1915 worth of shelving put
into the court house vaults at James
| town.
Postoffices at Lidgerwood and New
| Rockford are now presidential and the
| salary of each has been advanced to
$1,10O.
/ ]. II. Mccullough contracts with the
Devils Lake Chautauqua to have Il
short line railroad in operation by
June. 1900
The goods stolen at Ashley from Mel
sons store short time ago. have been
found hidden away in the hay NOW in
! Nelson's barn.
Some devil is said to have put car
bolc or some similar acid in the mouth
of COW at Fargo. burning and lacert-
ing her tongue horribly.
The crop around Fessenden is better
than the average. and great prepara-
tons are being made to handle the
same by the railroads.
Some farmers in the eastern part of
Mcintosh county are taking prelimi-
nary steps toward building a farmers
grain elevator at Lehr.
City Treasurer Mitchell Of Fargo is
telling a lot of things he must know
were not intended for the general pub
lie. whether true or not.
The first threshing near Wahpeton
yielded tWenty-Seve nbushels of barley
to the acre. Alight wheat crop is an
| ticipated in some sections.
Walter Lee of Walhalla and Ches La
Sore of Grand Forks will fight a ten
or twenty round bout for $500 within
the next two weeks. The match will
probably occur in Grafton.
Superintendent Rakestraw, Indian
supervisor for Minnesota, South Dako-
tn and North Dakota, has been ordered
| to Washington for Il conference with
4:
| Hail is reported from Eddy. Foster
and Griggs counties. and Benson is
said also to have suffered. The storm
originated near New Rockford and
| followed the line of the 500 to Rogers.
Barnes county.
The cheese factory is an institution
of which the Monangoites are justly
proud. Cheesemaker George Wild says
| that $500 pounds Of milk is received
daily and the output of cheese is go
pounds each day.
Somebody. brought information into
Devils Lake that Il grave-lile mound
had been discovered in the country.
| with a slab marked ''horse-thief
the county attorney has gone out to in
vestigate.
Parties putting down well at Har-
vey got down 100 feet and striking no
water struck the bright idea of tunnel
ing horizontally across to another we'll
that has got wafer. How would it do
to plug up the 100-foot hole and use
the other we'll?
Aparty of men entered the house OF
Sven Monsoon Of Sanborn ten years ago
and applied fire to his feet, in an en-
deavor to extort money from him. The
men escaped but tine other day in the
harvest field. Mcnson saw a man whom
he recognized as one of his assailants
and caused his arrest.
The annual report of the treasurer of
Stutsman county shows a cash balance
of $23.O97.6S on land. The total col
lertinlls for all purposes were S147 S42.-
SO. The assessed valuation is $3.11:S0,-
446. an increase over last year. The
assets of the county in road improve
ments. bridges, real estate. furniture
and cash assets is sos, 1882
The Denny school district in Suits.
man county has I'LL its running eX-