The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-30
NORTH DAKOTA

HallOck Is having a 0lpntnerla cpl.
demic.
Portland is Justly proud of its excel
lent fire department.
N. P. Rasmussen's new elevator at
| Darcy is well under way.
The jamestown Northern has gone
back to it's three-times-a-week service.
The Hotel Mimic has changed hands.
and L. A. Kamrowski is the new pro-
prietOr.
Fargo is endeavoring to raise a $780,
600 endowment for the Congregational
college,.
Rev. Shaw of Cooperstown has ac7
cepted Il call to the Congregational
church at Wahpeton.
Col. Robinson is in Washington tn at
tend the meeting Of the national Re-
publican central committee.
A number of cattle have disappeared
in Kidder county this year. and it now
thought a clue is had as to. the thieves.
Cass county, the past year. raised
one-tenth of the flax crop of the United
States. and North Dakota nearly one
half.
Rev. Cellars, of the Congregational
church Of Mayvile, preached on the in
spiration of the. Bible, holding that
belief in it's inspiration is in some cases
untenable.
w. G. Fairbanks OF LaAota has been
appointed United States comm. %ssioner,
vice Charlie Adler, who removed TO
Minneapolis.
A grievance committee of Great
Northern employees is at st. I'aul Ell
t1Asl Vn1.l1Sr RI. :IlIllSr rhnjr HjffAlQ1lCtsS
with the road.
The ice harvest in the northern part
Of the state has begun. Up Ill t'c.uu.n:t
county tile lce averages over Il roo,
thick II grades Al.
James Mcdonald OF Fisher il: looking
for ms o pOny anu sauule, Dutl u
wnicn disappeared at tns ,.iile ...i,
that me nlreu man
Mayville citizens are jubilant oyer
the water WorMs a.lu e4cc.,lc ilSn
pant, ;.iiu eAl>c- .u>.- - -, >.--I..~-
tIle lliSt vi .-.> -
Gus johnson Of Fargo, who embez-
Zle. ioo " piay /. $40, --.l,A.l.c, Srt IL
year III the penNentinly, ,ile nsu,cs.
sentence tnat coulu Us a.,>-.
Rev. Donald Mckenzie was made
pastor OF ,ne Presbyterian cnurcn at
l4arimOre, Il scrvice OF lustallu,lon be-
ing held there Tor tnat purpose.
The Sargent county grand jury has
been called, ana VIA Specially exam
inc the gopher tail ueals, tla. nave III
VOWED ,ne county i'll a uep. VI eo.uH.
Chief of Police Ross of Larimore
rendered his r.;slSnA.luI 40 ,nI CO,
council, II it WAS ac.ep.e.. M. I.os>
will start Il bliliaru parlor AT tnat placv.
Frank Cooney, who lived in the vi
cinity Ut fort hal:suhl, niu MS lcli .irlll
crushed while coupling cars Ill Mun-
tana. The arm a 10 III ampu,a,eu.
w. j. Stanley of Wahpeton had u
narrow escape from death ny being run
over by a team WINE lhe urlverS were
having q tree-tOr-ali race down Che
boulevard.
Mike Hindrich Of Mandan beat aud
bit his wife until II was covered WITH
blood, ana some OF her fingers nearly
chewed Off. The brute was III over
to the district court.
Henry Cook, driver for the Great
Northern Express company at Fargo,
and an, old Company b boy, mas ulsap-
2eared, and $5SU OIL The Company $ mon
ey is said 10 be missing.
It il said some Of the settlers III Bot
tineau county will have trouble locat
ing their claims next spring, as there is
some confusion over Il range, making
u difference OF six miles.
George Garvin was arrested at Ellen-
dale on the charge Of violating the pro-
hibitory law. He waived examination
and was bound over to the district
court, bonds being fixed ut $500.
The residents of Sheyenne want H.
c. Sanders TO get a new trial. He was
sentenced to the %penitentlary OIL the
charge OF grand larceny. Judge Glas-
pell released him OF $1,000 bonds.
A show company, after playing at
Davenport, found that the expenses
Overran. the receipts, and deciaed that
the members had better dissolve part.
nership and cancel engagements.
Judge Glaspell, in the case against
John Dwyer, Tor selling liquor ut Coop
erstown, commended the sheriff for
having arrested Dwyer without a war
rant, when satisfied the law was being
violated. Fl a
A seedy-looking chap who has been
prowling about Steele and vicinity, is
said to have been sporting" for the
Northern Pacific, and to have discov-
cred that some of the farmers over
there have been a%ppropriating the COM
pany's snow fences.
The board of supervisors of Kidder
county passed u resolution to give q
500 bond to take the cOunty's appeal
from the state supreme court. to the
United States supreme court on q writ
Of elYor, in the decision Of the county's
tax suit against the Northern Pacific
road,
It is said George Williams of Slley-
enne took the. train to go to New Rock
ford, and, not having a ticket, rendered
the conductor so cents; but it would
not go with the conductor, and Mr..
Williams was obliged to hit the ties
back to town and procure a team for
his trip.
A queer case will be tried at the next
terra Of the district court at, Bismarck.
About a year since r. ID. Redmon, the
well known stockman, sold q jack t o q
Burleigh county man, for 500, taking
q Eote therefor which he afterwards
transferred to the Capital National
Bank Of Bismarck. Mr.. Redmon has
been arrested for not writing or stamp
ing across the face Of the note "given
for a stallion as is claimed is required
by law. Now; the question arises
whether n jack is q stallion or not.
Bathgate citizens engaged a trio, OF
Scottish bAa-DiDe nln yarS To So,.nn11A