The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-16

Paramount is having a town well
dug.
Crystal has q few cases Of typhoid
fever.
Davenport has a new dramatic COM
pany.
Fairmount has a universal history
club.
Dickinson wants q system Of water
works.
Cando is one of the liveliest towns IN
the state.
The Lisbon telephone exchange Is De-
ing remodeled.
A Buffalo man'has received a drug
ged passage.
Dickinson is getting metropolitan
with the new organization.
Williston opened the new court
house with a grand ball.
The Great Northern o runs to FL
lendale only twice a week.
The Bismarck land office had lOO en-
tries and 100 proofs last month.
Darlington deer hunters returned
home the other day with six deer.
The Stutsman county wolf hunters
had lots of fun, but caught nothing.
Sergt. Bill Gleason of jamestown
will run a bowling alley this winter.
The new German Baptist church in
Stutsnan county has been dedicated.
The Episcopal church at Bismarck
will be ready for service in w weeks.
st. Thomas ladies have organized q
society called the Twentieth Century
club.
Register Of Deeds Jones of Mime
waukan was married to Miss Calvin OF
Leeds.
A vicious dog attacked little jeff
Boyce at Cakes, ard infliced Il serious
wound.
Devils Lake has a case of diphtheria.
Sleighing is good in some parts Of
the state.
The total enrolment of the Devils
Lake Deaf and Dumb school numbers
6fty-three.
The Dakota State Bark will be the
name of the new financial institution
at Dickinson.
Milton is now a salaried postottice.
and Postmaster Powles' job is worth
5 LOO per year.
Cando will have n new hotel, with
steam heat, electric lights and all mod
ern improvements.
contract for the construction of the Big
Slough drain, for $1,000.
Chess by correspondence, chess by
telegraph, and chess. by phone are be-
coming popular in North Dakota.
A new loading platform has been put
In at Bathgate, and many of the farm
ers are shipping their OWL grain.
Osnabrock elevator men claim that
they will leave the 25O,OOO-bushel rec
ord far in the year before the season is
over.
Gustave Erickson was convicted of
the crime of rape at Glendale, and
sentenced to five years in the peniten-
tiary.
The members of the military band at
Oberon are preparing to tut up a min
strel show, and are said to have much
good talent.
At Veseleyvile a large barn, belong
ing to Mr.. Peterka. was burned. to-
gether with a large amount of grain
and hay.
In Kidder county the farmers have
threshed their corn crop with the Or
binary grain separator by changing the
cOncaveS.
Charles Thoreson of Fargo has cs-
tablished n travelling library at Aneta.
The Finley school has a new 800
pound bell.
Frank Moore, who had served a term
for stealing a coat, began operating Il
blind pig joint at Harvey, and was
gathered in.
Somebody has been making targets
of horses and cattle in the vicinity Of
Forman, and several animals have been
badly peppered.
Something unusal at this season of
the year was seen at Oberon. in the
shape of a rainbow. which was said to
be very distinct.
Blackleg, the disease 50 much dread
ed by cattlemen, seems to be prevalent
in several localities, and some loss Of
stock is reported.
The chimney Of the Irvine plant at
the penitentiary is completed. 1t is
Of brick, and towers skyward to the
height of eighty feet.
P. G. Connolly has been appointed d.
vision roadmaster on the Dakota CT
vision Of the Great Northern, vice ].
II. Conlan, resigned.
1t is said that the deal by which the
W. T. Hunter store at Wheatland was
sold has fallen through over a disagree
ment as to the value of the fixtures.
A ranchman named Wickham, living
IN Grand river, south Of Dickinson. is
reported as having committed suicide
by blowing the top Of his head off.
Mayor Patterson of Bismarck is able
to leave the hospital at st. Paul and es-
tablish headquarters at the Windsor.
In addition to typhoid fever, he had an
attack of congestion Of the liver.
Leo Quady had a narrow escape from
death at Portal a few days ago. In at
tempting to beard a moving train he
lost his footing and was dragged some
distance, being painfully but not seri-
ously injured. .
1t is reported that farmers and ranch.
men in the vicinity of jamestown are
bringing in a good many wolf scalps,
on which they secure q bounty from
the county Of 81 and the same amount
from the state.
The gas at Capt, Hocking's we'll at
Absaraka is becoming stronger, and he
IL having gas jets fitted up in the
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