The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-22
NORTH DAKOTA

Inc sale OF aTSe0 county IduuS AS
on the increase.
Cavalier will have a big sporting tour.
nament July q and %. ~.
The name of the postofice at Garfield
has been changed to Osgood.
Harvey will vote on a $1,000 school
house proposition IN the 26th.
The most Of the farmers are holding
their wool for an advance In price.
The new bank at Hankinson will be
called the Farmers and Merchants.
Nine hundred season campers at the
Chautauqua is truly a fine showing.
Herbert Swanson, the Fargo lad acct
dentally shot, is in a serious condition.
1t has been voted by the school board
to erect q new school building at Port
land.
Jimtown's council estimates that $11,.
600 will pull that city through the next
year. r.
A farm one mile south of Hope, in
Steele county, sold for $50 per acre last
week.
Rev. Richmond Of Bathgate lost a
fine Jersey cow, valued at $50, by
drowning.
There is a hitch in the sale of Hills
boro's $4,000 waterworks and electric
light bonds.
Some one stole a silver chalice from
the cathedral at Fargo and put it In
soak for 81.
Jimtown's bicycle ordinance got onto
a sidetrack some way, and is tied up
indefinitely.
The exact amount raised ut Hunter
for the New Richmond cyclone suffer-
ers was sos.
James F~rederickson, a farm hand, liv-
ing near Fingal, hung himself in a
barn last week.
Tower City claims of the largest,
if not the largest, libraries in the state
-1,40O volumes.
DR.. w. L.. Cooper Of Lakota has
formed q partnership with Dr.. Healy
of Michigan City.
Reports from cattle ranges state that
shipments of beef will begin Il little
later than usual.
Mr.. Richard X. Sykes Of England is
out looking after his lands in Wells
and other interior counties.
A. r. King, a 500 brakeman, fell un-
der the train at Ransom and was hOrr1-
bly, cut up, but may survive.
The Jimtown bar DOW numbers four.
teen members admitted to engage in
the practice Of the profession.
Charles Lundberg of Nelson county
was found dead near his farm house.
Death resulted from alcoholism.
Deputy Revenue Collector Mcmillan
has resigned and John Thompson has
been appointed to fill the vacancy.
Will Dunn, a young Barnes county
farmer, who Gosed himself with strych-
nine July II, with suicidal intent, Is
deaG.
There were 10000 pounds Of wool
marketed at Braddock on wool-sale
day, and the most of it brought 10
cents.
The gopher bounty law cost Sargent
county about $4,000 this year, but the
kids had more than that amount of fun
out of it.
As a result Of recent storms the
Northern Pacific rOundhouse at Leeds
was completely demolished. 1t will be
rebuilt at once. ..t-1s,. J..
George McWilliams of Cando got tam
gled up in q rope attached to a run
ming colt, and had q narrow escape
from q horrible death. e
Lynn Van Schoonhoven,o of Finley was
shot in the eye while he and a compan-
ion were playing with an air gun. The
sight will probably not be lost.
A loading station has been built by
the Northern Pacific at Oberon, and
the farmers around there think It is
"just what the doctor ordered"
1t is reported that two large eagles
attempted to carry away a calf belong
ing to Thomas Roman, a farmer near
Crystal. last week, but were driven on.
The Burgess Electric Light company
of Duluth secured the contract to light
the State university building at Grand
Forks. A complete plant will be put
in.
The Union national Bank at Grand
Forks, and the WahpetOn National
have been designated as repositories
for United States funds in bankruptcy
cases.
The building record in Wimbledon for
June is reported to be an elevator, mill,
-four and feed store, livery stable, dry
goods and grocery store and jewelry
store.
The Northern Pacific has sold more
land in North Dakota this year than
during any year since the road was
opened. These lands all went to actual
settlers.
The new church at Toilette, Pembi-
ma county, was blown to pieces in the
recent wind storm, md the Methodist
church at Bathgate was lifted of its
foundation. @
Two horses belonging to Charles
johnson Of LaMoure county were
killed by lightning: Hen roosts two
feet away were not disturbance big
enough game.
Fire from a straw stack set by John
McKechney at Walhalla, became un.
manageable and consumed a pig. pen
containing seven fine hogs that were
vslued at. $780, s
The citizens Of Minor think the
school board should take better are OF
the trees in the school yard, keep the
weeds cut down and give things a gem
eral cleaning up.
There were seventeen divorce cases
fled with the clerk Of the court at Bis.