The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-22
A new lumber yard is to be estab-

Stevens county.
New school houses are being built at
Langdon and New Rockford.
James s. Campbell gets the contract
for Fargo's new school building, for
$3.50. ~
Machinery dealers in all sections Of
the state are very much rushed at the
present time.
Henry Etormes, aged sixty-fve, was
thrown from his carriage at Mfnot and
seriously injured.
The district court is in session at
Jamestown. There Is only One criminal
case on the docket.
Little Florence Link, formerly of Ar
gusville and Fargo, while walking Cd
stills the other day, fell and broke her
arm.
Theo. Wanner Of Pingree, got an av-
erage Of nine pounds of wool to the
fleece, and marketed the product at Is
cents.
Reports say that the hay crop will be
ten days earlier than in former years,
and the farmers are getting ready to
take care of it. ~
The fellow that monkeyed with the
Northern Pacific's cash drawer at
Cooperstown got two years in: the pen
for his monkeying.
A pork packing house is in cours Of
erection at Walhalla, William DAILY
building a two and a half story build
ing for that purpose.
500, 00O-due to other banks; $4,000
1oon1l o-I Ql 00n ~ o<1,D M 1,n rlyc. xrysfh
undivided profits of $1,000.
A barn belonging to A. Stamka at
Jimtown was turned over by the wind
the other day, but the twelve horses in
the inside stuck to their posts through
it all.
James w. Calvert Of jamestown has
been granted an increase of pension
from IS to SIT, and Mary Emily Max
am Of the same place gets an IS pen
sion.
n. e. McKissick of Mayville, has
been engaged by President Hill, Of the
Great Northern, to take the manage
ment of his large stock farm at Car
rington, MINI.
Chief Ryan Of Grand Forks was pre-.
sented with 500 by Mr.. and Mrs. Plar-
ky Of that city for discovering and ex-
tinguishing a fire in their big depart
ment store. '5F
A six-weeks'-old child Of Knute Hau-
gen, living south of Leeds, was killed
during the big wind storm Of last week.
The house was destroyed and the baby
carried $50 yards.
Will McGilvray, a prominent farmer
near Neche, was shot by his wife. The
shooting is claimed to have been acct
dental, although this is not credited.
His recovery is extremely doubtful.
1t is reported that arrangements have
been completed for the erection Of an
Episcopal church at Dickey this year.
Rev. Mr.. Sheridan also expects to erect
churches at New Rockford and Har-
vey.
Thomas Smith, an old Northern Pa
citic conductor, and for q number OF
years a resident of Jamestown. died
on Monday last. He was injured about
three years ago and since then has been
retired.
The specifications for the new school
building at Rugby called for a finer
voted to issue bonds for, SO another
election will be held and more bonds
issued.
DR.. ]. Montgomery. one of the prom.
inent citizens Of Walsh county and SUI.
p%erintendent of the state board of
health under Gov. Allin, has returned
to Oshawa, Ont, to live. We miss a
a good man.
Even hObOes may answer a good pur-
pose sometimes. A bunch Of them at
Fargo found a cow tangled Up in the
Red river and about to perish, and they
got a pull on themselves and the COW
and rescued her.
Capt. Coggeshall. Of the Junior Mill
tia company at jamestown, rode to
Spiritwood lake on q wheel, and, in adj
dition to being bitten by a vicious dog,
he rode into a wire fence and received
a number of vicious cuts. 1t was O bad
day for the military.
Counsel for DR.. Belyea. of Devils
Lake, who was sentenced to three
years Imprisonment for performing q
criminal operation which cost the life
of the patient, has moved for a stay Of
sentence pending the sitting Of the su-
preme court in October.
The case of T. w. Hagen against DR..
n. VI. 0cI ny, Ut J01AColOWA, LUG OCOA
settled out Of court. Hagen alleged
that the doctor became angry while
collecting q bill and threw him over a
plow, INJECTING internal injuries, and
he sued for 5000 damages.
The stone work on the foundation Of
the Irvine plant at Bismarck is about
finished, and the men are now at work
on the foundations for the engines and
boilers. The brick work will be ready
In about three weeks, when work on
the superstructure will proceed.
The board of university and school
lands, at its meeting last week, pur-
chased bonds; az follows: Bismarck
district, $4,000; Union, Morton county,
$500; Hidden. Cavalier county, $500;
Michigan City. Nelson county, 1920;
Highland, Steele county, $1,000; West
Antelope, Benson county, $3.50.
The North Dakota state fair will be
held ut Mandan Sept. %, q, % and %.
The first $4,000 Of certificates Of in
%debtedness for the state Irvine plant.
have been sold. The Citizens Bank Of
Wahpeton takes $4,000. Alex. Nc
Kenzie, $26, 600 and Mrs. f. A. Briggs,
5000, with some other smaller pur-
chases.
Dates have been set for the leasing