The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-26
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The Jimtown electric light franchise
is now up to the mayor.
Howard Morgan of Grand Forks has
been granted q Sc pension.
A new foundation has been put under
the. postotfice at jamestown.
The Great Northern will build q ~
stall round house at Williston.
Magcfin & Helferty have just erect.
ed q new Gil house at Monango.
Tile Fargo chess club has organized,
with j. Z. Robinson president.
Magofin e. Helferty have Just erect
ed q new oil house at MOnangO.
Milton wants a public hall and will
probably have one before snow flies.
Safe tappers entered the postofice at
Colfax last Saturday and secured $40
in cash.
Prof. G. w. De Graft. of Glendale,
has been elected principal of the La
Moure schools. ~
The postofice at Hankinson has been
advanced to the presidential class with
a salary of $1,1O0.
Philip Lacey came to his death at
Minor from driking wood alcohol. SO
said the %coroner's Jury.
The state druggists had such a good
time at Fargo they decided to meet
there again next year.
ALT Rrouse. the king of threshers IN
Forest Riyercounty. has a big crew all
hired for $3.50 per day.
Jay Hagerty, landlord Of the Hagerty
house. is about to build an addition to
his hotelry, at Monango.
Andrew Zuber, a young boy was
Knocked down by a runaway horse at
Fessenden and had six ribs broken.
The 500 road has turned its artesian
we'll at Wimbledon over to the town,
and it will be utilized for fire protec-
ton.
Wheat cutting is in progress in Suits
man county. but the grain is short IN
many instances, hardly high enough to
bind.
Stutsman county commissioners have
ordered So, 1926 worth of shelving put
into the court house vaults at James
town.
Postof1ices at Lidgerwood and New
Rockford are now presidential and the
salary Of each has been advanced to
$1,1OO.
]. H. Mccullough contracts with the
Devils Lake Chautauqua to have q
short line railroad in operation by
June, 1900.
The goods stolen Mt Ashley from Mel
sons store Il short time ago, have: been
found hidden away in the hay NOW in
Nelson's barn.
Some devil is said to have put ar
bolic OF some similar acid in the mouth
of a COW at Fargo. burning and lacert-
ing her tongue horribly.
The crop around Fessenden is better
than the average. and great prepara-
lions. are being made to handle the
same by the railroads.
Some farmers in the eastern part Of
Mcintosh county are taking prelimi-
nary steps toward building a farmers
grain elevator at Lehr.
City Treasurer Mitchell of. Fargo is
telling q lot of things he must know
were not intended for the general pub
lie, whether true or not.
The first threshing near Wahpeton
yielded stwenty-seve nbushels of barley
to the acre. Align. wheat crop is an
ticipnted in some sections.
Walter Lee of Walhalla and Ches La
Sore Of Grand Forks will fight a ten
or twenty round bout for 500 within
the next two weeks. The match will
probably occur in Grafton.
Superintendent Rakestraw, Indian
supervisor for Minnesota, South DakO-
ia and North Dakota, has been ordered
to Washington for a conference with
Indian Commissioner Jones. -
Hail is reported from Eddy, Foster
and Griggs counties. and Benson is
said also to have suffered. The storm
originated near New Rockford and
followed the line of the 500 to Rogers,
Barnes county.
The cheese factory is an institution
of which the M~onangoites are justly
proud. Cheesemaker George Wild says
that $500 pounds of milk is received
daily and the output Of cheese is $50
pounds each day.
Somebody brought information into
Devils Lake that a grave-like mound
had been discovered in the country.
with a slab marked "horse-thief"-anG
the county attorney has gone out 70 in
v~estigate.
Parties putting down q we'll at Har-
vey got down 100 feet and striking no
water struck the bright idea of tunnel
ing horizontally Gro to another well
that has got water. How would 1t do
to plug up the 10O-foot hole, and use
tho other wQ1l2
Aparty Of men entered the house of
Sven MonsOn of Sanborn ten years ago
and applied fire to his feet, In an en-
,deavor to extort money from him. The
men escaped but the other day In the
harvest field. Monsoon saw a man whom
he recognized as n Of his assailants
and caused his arrest.
The annual report Of the treasurer Of
Stutsman county shows a cash balance
Of $2s,O97,GS on Land. The. total col
lecti6ns for all purposes were H$147.842.-
36. The assessed valuation is $780,
44U, an increase over last year, The
assets Of the county in road improve
ments, bridges, real estate. furniture
and cash assets is sos, 1855
The Denny school district in Suits.
man county has all its running ex-
penses paid by the Northern Pacific
railway tax on the company's lands ~
ing within that district. The sum. Of
s$1,7O4.75 has been turned over to the
treasurer of the district, who gives
notice that all; outstanding school war
rants will be paid on presentation.
The man who stole tie fishing tackle
from Proprietor Knudson Of the Ar