The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-06-03
NORTH DAKOTA

Harvey is threatened with another
bank. r5s /,
Kuhn will have a camp of Modern
Woodmen.
Darcy will build a $1,000 school
house summer. W.
The custom house at Portal is taking
in $500 per day.
Work has commenced on Hannah's
new temple Of learning.
The building is up for ]. B. Boyd's
cheese factory at Langdon.
Mail messenger service has bee1l es.
tablished at Windsor, -Stutsman csun-
ty.
The Leeds Business Mems union is
preparing to go after a Touring mill for
their town. s
Senator Hanna has been elected vice
president of the First National Bank
of Fargo.
Falck was convicted at Bismarck of
horse stealing. The maximum penal
ty is ten years. .a- ~.
The p%ostofice at Mimic has been
made presidential Office with a salary
Of $1,000 annually.
The trustees of the Mayville normal
school are advertising for bids for b
completion of their eve
Presbyterian Pastor Devor of Ellen
dale will go to Congo, Africa, soon, on
missionary work.
The Crystal Racing association will
hold a meet on July 4 and 5. A good
meet is assured.
Karl Kaisischke got a verdict of ST.
$50 for personal damages against the
Great Northern at Fargo.
The G.. A. A. encampment will be
held for fifteen days at Spiritwood
Lake, from June 26 to July 10.
Willie Fredericks of Sheldon fell of
q horse striking a gang pillow the other
day and nearly scalped himself.
Wells +. Ditmer pleaded guilty at
Fargo Of obtaining money under false
pretenses. :.
Wahpeton is said to have raised ST.
500 for the entertainment Of the fire.
mems convention.
Mrs. Caroline Buechler of Ashley
has been acquitted of the charge Of
poisoning her stepdaughter.
The millinery store of Miss Young at
Harvey was robbed Of $25 the other
day.
Twenty-seven immigrants from Iowa
arrived in a bunch ut Cooperstown the
other day.
Mrs. Ole Hanson of Hope committed
suicide by hanging herself fromea raft
er in the granary. She was probably
insane. ;,
An extensive; cement plant will be
established in Cavalier county, to util-
ize the valuable beds of clay found in
that vicinity. "''
The st. Anthony elevator at Mayyille
has been closed for repairs and i'm
provements, preparatory to handling
the expected crop.
The Cakes public schools have Sc
cured a fine library Of over n hum
dred standard books for the use of stu
dents. This is only a starter.
Karl ]. Farup of Park River recently
let the contract for n bank building ut
Edinburg, Walsh county. 1t will be Of
brick with stone trimmings.
The sixth annual convention Of the
Christian Endeavor Union, under the
supervision of the Pembina presbytery,
Is to be held ut Mimic, June 6 to =.
The plans for the new building at the
state insane asylum call for a cost not
to exceed $1,000 each for the two ward
structures.
|. A divorced wife of the late DIR. Adair
Of Lisbon, has appeared on the scene,
and will contest his will, claiming a
share of the estate.
Ben Corgin of Glencoe, North Dako-
as famous wolf hunter, is off on the
war path. equipped with two months
ammunition and rations. =
1t is now thought the laying of the
corner stone of the Masonic temple at
Fargo may take place during the fire
festival.
Kennedy, the deformed clairvoyant,
who has been working the state for the
past year, is now in the vicinity Of Car
rington.
jamestown is to have a new high
school building. 1t is to be two stories
and basement, built of brick, 64x35,
and to cost about $4,000.
Judge Fisk's decision in the Eddy
case, that illegitimate children in Nor
way were entitled to share in an es-
lulc, was lcNc1Scu ny VIC cupAcAAV
court.
A tarantula arrived at the store of
Harry Reuttell, at Buffalo, the other
day, in a bunch of bananas, and Great
ed q decided sensatio nbefore it was
destroyed.
The Catholic church Mt Lisbon is be-
ing decorated and frescoed, and the
Presbyterian church will be moved to
a new foundation and repaired in the
near future.
Prof. +. B. Wells, who has been con
nected with the La Moure schools for
two years, has been engaged by the
Casselton school board as superintend-
ent, at a salary Of $1,1OO per year.
The Devils Lake city council refused
to confirm the mayors appointments
for chief of police, and the mayor ten
deredFshis resignation, which was not
accepted.
Wimbledon is to have q new. mill;
Harvey q base ball nine; Sheldon a
new hotel; Osnabrock a lawyer and
Fargo n fire festival that will far excel
the Mardi Gras Of New Orleans.
Crystal Lake will have the finest
business block in Pembina county. The