Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-31
NORTH DAKOTA

overdose Of nightingale
Knlm has put down a well. t'ien'S
of water mt twenty 1eet.
win stowell of Bottineau is reported
as having a llorseless carriage. ....-
Mclaughlin Bros. are putting UP d
now elevator ut Bottineau.
rhe Jamestown & Northern IS 10
have n daily passenger tram.
The cattle-shipping season mas opene'l
in the western part of the state
A Weld of 100000 bushels OF Wneac
is expected in Bottineau county.
Valley City is whooping it up these
6,vs-vhooping cough prevalent there.
twenty tons of hay went up IN
smoke the other day. First OF the sea
son.
Cassilay of the 500, steers two car
1oods Of Iowa land seekers into Bis
marck this week.
The summer school at Mandan closes
next week. after very successi"A
three-weellS' session.
Charles Holdorf of Leal broke cou-
nlr Of bones in his hand the other DAY
while correcting a balky horse.
The new dwelling of Syver Frisv OF
Coopcrstown is receiving its hnlsllllS
touches, preparatory to occupancy.
OF the $500 young fish toted from the
United States fish car at jamestown 10
Spiritwood, only four died en- route.
Otto Voelzke OF Fargo has taken his
choice of $50 or ten days for attempt
ING to carve the clerk of the Fargo
House.
Tn to date, the hail losses adjusted
ny the Red River Valley Insurance
Company of Wahpeton have amounted
, $l4 600.
The heavy winds during the last few
days have thrcshcd several bushels OF
grain for farmers in the vicinity OF
Wimbledon.
Burglars blew up safe belonging to
William L:lclie of Cakes. and got 10
cents. spelling $50 worth OF safe i'll
the operation.
Minors new mill was started on the
morning of the 14th. and is now max
ing fancy patent at the rate of eighty
five barrels per day,
The first threshing near Wahpeton
yielded twenty-seven bushels of barley
to the acre. A light wheat crop is pre-
dcted in some sections.
Mrs. Grass, matron of the Cass coun-
ty hospital, has evacuated that institu-
tion as the commissioners wished, but
it is said she will have an inning later
on.
Commissioner of Agriculture Thomas
reports prospect Of fifteen to seven
teen bushels of grain per acre in Ben
son county, and a little smut on the
side.
A well conducted creamery would be
a valuable acquisition to Cooperstown,
| aud VIII doubtless be one Of the i'm
provements that will be added before
long
Justice Thompson Of st. Thomas
fined James Chapman $50 and costs for
the pleasure of busting his farmer
neighbours clothes with Il pitchfork
handle.
The recruiting station at Fargo has
been notified to enlist men for five adj
dlti0nal regiments. The ten companies
have been filled, and five more will be
recruited.
The Casselton band has ben leorgan-
lied. DR.. c. S. Putnam will be the in
structor and musical director. with
Charlie Stone as assistant director and
leader.
Ihe Great Western has assured the
| Plttsburg Il Gulf that it will not be a
party to the boycott against the latter
Dy competing roads. This gives the
Gulf a Twin City connection.
Gottlieb Scholtz, a Jamestown farm
er, has put up 5000 bond to keep his
premise to explain to Judge Glaspell
apout selling mortgaged property
story that got out about him.
a fire occurred at Braddock last Sun
day night which consumed Fred Colt
ons livery barn. meat market and a.
DHnd pig. Cause unknown. II is he-
ileved that tirebug has been getting
in his work.
The eleven-months-old child Of Com
missioner OF Agriculture II. U. Thorn
as as uled at the residence in Bismarck
thursday morning. Troubles resulting
from teething We're the immediate
cause of death.
lheie VIII be a hotel built by the
Masilburn railroad people at Willet
whlcn Will be one Of the stations alono
tle me OF the road about twenty-s;Y
in!ies north Of Bismarck. The nntol
VIII be for the accommodation of land
| seekers and others trovol;n =, ~ ~
line. 'lonS Tue
g. party of men entered the bouse or
sven Menson of Sanborn, ten voors 90
anu anu applied fire to his feet. in an en- On.
ueslVor to extort money from him Tho
men escaped, but the other dov in +he
harvest held, Menson saw man rbo-,,
nc recognized as one of the ossa;lan+s
ana caused his arrest. ''' 4" n'e'
county officials took charge If
nulnoer OF kegs of beer in tho soo do
30 ,t;a as Courtenay. preliminary to nroso.
nron;h h ol me agent for violating the
plohlpltlon law, and some tramns cow, We
a aa9 after the beer was stored in tho
"a! !ali building. tapped them and dran,-
'ne. peen-and the evidence is MINIS
William Pinkham, one of tho nrnm
, rae1 farmers of Wells county was ar
:, nas charged with ATTEMPTING ~
s fa,,3 waiter Lee, a neighbor. The die
20 ~ ~ some me- hay. Lee had a narrow a y
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