Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-30
NORTH DAKOTA

| DeFllS Lake Is TO nave announcer nrSC-
! class hotel.
| Dunkards are settling in and around
Sykeston this spring.
| North Dakota range cattle never
wintered in finer shape.
| Wolves have killed a number OF
sheep in Stutsman county.
| A cheese factory will be one of the
many additions to LangdOn.
| There will be no jury cases tried at
the present term of court in Hillsboro.
Edward Engerud has been appoint
ed assistant states attorney Of Cass
| county.
A party of Iowa land seekers have
| bought 1000 acres of land in Ramsey
county.
} Glendale capitalists have secured
control Of the First National Bank OF
Aberdeen.
Henry Sander of Grafton had his
left leg broken i'll a runaway q few
lays ago.
| Two or three new towns will be es-
| tablished along the line of the Cocpers-
town extension.
G. A. Henry, of the Wahpeton col
lege took first nonors at the state utter
| collegiate contest.
A number of young Fargo toughs
have been arrested for disturbing Sal
walton army meetings.
| A postofiice has been established at
lLson, LaMoure county, with j b. Nil
soE as postmaster.
Miles Churchill of Valley City is said
to have been offered Sc, 600 for Il patent
horseshoe.
The Northern Pacific has number
Of Italians at work laying new steel
on the Dakota division.
Fifteen applicants for license to prac-
tice pharmacy took the examination
at Fargo, and seven failed.
Applications for divorce are coming
in rapidly at Fargo. and the attorneys
may have to work overtime.
Work will begin OH the CooperStown
extension of the Northern Pacific as
soon as the snow is off the ground.
Diclley county has just paid Off the
last Of it's seed wheat bonds. and has
but $4,000 bonds outstanding i'll all.
An analysis of the water used for
city and domestic purposes proves it
impure and unfit for drinking pur-
poses.
Alfred Morris. eldest son of Nal
colin Norris of Wheatland, slipped on
the ice, breaking his right leg in two
places.
The city engineer of Fargo has been
instructed to prepare plans for Il brick
trunk sewer, to cost something like
49,, 900.
Sherbroolle was the scene of suicide
last week. John L. Nicholson ended
his life by taking strychnine. De-
spondency end a coy girl the cause.
j. II. Hatfield, Il pioneer of Diclley
county. fell unconscious while work
ing in his barn. of apopleNy. and died
several hours later.
w. A. Walsh Of North Dakota. Ell.
ployed in the treasury department, has
been promoted from a clerkship at
$50 to $1,000 Il year.
State Treasurer Driscoll has pur-
chased 81 LOCO worth of stock in the
New Northwestern Fire and Marine
Insurance company at Grand Forks.
A man attempted to rob the Harvey
State bank, but failed. and was cap
tured. His kit Of tools consisted of II
base ball bat, log chain and crowbar.
Congressman Johnson says he is
about to devote his entire attention to
farm operations, and will make HI.
merOuS Improvements on his farm at
Petersburg.
Adam GrOvrath has BEEN arrested at
Harvey, being caught in an attempt
tn fn Of t1,n n
State bank. 1t is alleged that this is
his third attempt.
Ole Mackson of Pembina. n. D., has
been authorized to act as custodian OF
the Fort Pembina abandoned military
reservation, without compensation,
vice Ora 3. McCumber relieved.
The Northwestern Fire and Marine
Insurance company has been organized
at Grand Forks. The capital stock is
100000. and prominent men from all
parts of the state are stockholders.
1t is rumored in Mayyille that Presi-
dent Carhart. the able head of the
| Marvel normal school, will decline a
reappointment to his present position,
to accept one in a more lucrative field
Rodney Church, son of eX-Gov. L.
X. Church, is among the soldiers
wounded at Manila Young Church is
! a member of the Washington regi-
ment. f."
II. H. Bailey. the valley City Carpen-
ter. who lost foot last week by put
ting it under Il Northern Pacific train,
had an accident insurance policy, and
gets $1,000 for his foot.
Fritz Hensel of LaMoure county lost
his barn by fire. A few days after he
came to LaAIoure for load of lumber
to rebuild, dropped a keg Of nails on
his leg, breaking both bones and i'll
f1icting painful and serious injury.
William Deering has been released
from the county Jail II Stutsman
county, where he had been confined
on 4 charge of selling liquor without a
government license. No Indictment
was returned against him by the grand
jury.
Agent Bingenhefmer Of the Standing
Rock reservation has returned from
a trip to Washington, where he was
highly complimented by the Indian