Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-20

year.
A farm one mile south of Hope, in
Steele county, sold for $40 per acre last
week.
Rev. Richmond of Bathgate lost a
fine Jersey cow, valued at $40, by
drowning.
There is hitch in the sale of Hills.
boro's 500 900 waterworSs and electric
light bonds.
Some one stole a silver chalice from
the cathedral at Fargo aud 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 at Hunter
for the New Richmond cyclone suffer-
ers was $1O5.
James Fraderickson. farm hand. liv-
ing near Fingal, hung himself in q
barn last week.
Tower City claims one of the largest,
if not the largest. libraries in the state
Il, 400 volumes.
DR.. w. L. Cooper of Lakota has
formed a 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.
\. e. King, a 500 brakeman, fell I'M
| der the train at Ransom and was hOrrl-
| bly, cut up, but may survive.
The Jimtown bar now 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. Il young Barnes county
farmer. who dosed himself with strych-
nine July II, with suicidal intent, is
deau
There were 10000 pounds of wool
marketed at Braddoc!S on wool-sale
day. and the most of it brought 16
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.
George McWilliams Of Cando got tam
glcd UP in a rope attached to run
ming colt. and had narrow escape
from a horrible death.
Lynn Van Schoonhoven.o Finley was
shot in the eye while he and a compan-
ion We're 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 GoctOr ordered
| 1t is reported that two large eagles
attempted to carry away a calf belong
ing to Thomas Roman. Il farmer near
| Crystal. last week, but were driven off.
The Burgess Electric Light company
| of Duluth secured the contract to light
the State university building at Grand
| Forks. \ 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.
|
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. and the Methodist
church at Bathgate was lifted off it's
foundation.
Two horses belonging to Charles
Johnson Of LaMoure county were
killed ly lightning. Hen roosts two
feet away We're not disturbed-not big
enough game.
Fire from straw stack set by John
McKechney at Walhalla, became I'M
| manageable and consumed pig pen
| containing seven fine hogs that were
valued at 500.
The citizens Of Minor think the
school board should take better care of
the trees in the school yard, keep the
weeds cut down and give things a gen.
eral cleaning up.
There We're seventeen divorce cases
filed with the clerk of the court at Bis
marck last month, the last batch of
them under the old law of three
months residence.
Hon. w. w. Barrett will have an ex-
hibit of clays and cements from North
! Dakota at the Paris exposition. The
state is fortunate in having so enthusi-
astic and able a forestry commission
err as Mr.. Barrett.
Valley City's water tank stands on
private ground, and the ground is
leased to another fellow for a term of
years, and, between the council. the
land owner and the lessee, there is q
| decided miX-up.
The Stutsman county commissioners
compromised with the Northern Pa
cific last week on the subject of delin-
quent taxes, the company claiming the
assessment for 1895, 1886, 1897 and
1898 was too high The county will re.