The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-07

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Several families from the Eastern
states have settled in the vicinity o
Leonard.
The Republican judicial convention
in the Sixth district will be held In Bis
marck on May IA.
The new opera house at Crystal 70
nearing completion, and Will shortiy
be opened to the public.
Game Warden Starkey Of Minot IS on
the trail Of the fellows who have Deen
shooting chickens at Minot.
Eastern parties are looking over the
,ld brewery at jamestown with q view
of converting it into q Touring mill.
The papers over the state comment
on the fact that nine-tenths of n lm-
migrants are well supplied with funds.
st. Thomas seems to be a good horse
market. one dealer selling fifteen hea
there at a good price one day last week.
Steele county has paid the Ersklne
Judgment of So, 714.44 against the coun-
ty. This is a judgment of long staho
ing.
A part Of the Mniot roundhouse was
blown down the other day while the
March lamb was masQueradlng as q
lion.
w. e. Purcell Of Wahpeton has re-
covered from the effects of an opera
ton for appendicitis, and is back at
Wahpeton.
Senator Harsbrough has so far re-
covered from his attack of grip as TO
be able again to attend the sessions Of
the senate.
A meeting was held ut Hope, Of the
business men and farmers, to discuss
the matter Of securing a fax fiber mill
for that place.
Machinery dealers in several places
In the southern part of the state report
the farm machinery trade as commend
ing very brisk.
Sixteen enumerators is the number
required to take the census Of Richlano
county, and all are said to have been
appointed but one.
Willie splitting wood, Andrew Hol!i-
en-, living near Reynolds, accidentally
struck his hand with the axe and COM
pletely severed the thumb.
The reports Of the secretary and
treasurer Of the state enforcement
league at Grand Forks shows the 1t to
be in a prosperous condition.
The small pox scare at Bathgate. is
over. and the stagnation in business
and society circles has given way to
more than the usual activity.
The Great Northern has a force OF
carpenters at Reynolds making some
improvements on the depot, much to
the satisfaction Of the travelling public.
Fertile is selected as a promising site
for a wooden mill by capitalists from
abroad, and correspondence is in pzog-
ress which may result in closing the
deal.
The proposed road from Hensel to
the Pembina Portland Cement works
and thence to Milton. is said to be q
sure thing and will be built this sum-
mer.
Carl Nordtvelt. the insane man who
recently jumped into the river While
being taken to the hospital at James
town. died from the effects Of the ex-
posure.
John Masters, manager Of the cleo
trio light plant at jamestown, has been
negotiating for the purchase Of the
plant at Dickinson, which is nearly
completed.
The citizens of Sharon held a mase
meeting to organize a fire company.
Shares were subscribed for and the ne.
.essary amount raised to secure the ap-
paratus.
The Great Northern will put in .
stock yard at Reynolds to accommo-
date the dealers in live stock. as the
business at that point has become n
Of the chief industries. 1
Some severe weather was experienced
at Fessenden last week, which brought
business to q stapdstill. For two sue
cessive days the wind blew at the rate
OF sixty miles per hour.
The preliminary work IN the block
to be built by Glasgow & Port at Cas-.
selton has commenced. The block WILL
be erected on the site Of the old Port
building and the postofice.
A wreck occurred near Hatton, and
rs a result q car load of wheat was
spilled and other damage done. It re-
uuired the wrecking crew to clear the
track before traffic could be resumed.
A crowd Of toughs at Dwight raised
sheol, around Rev. Champlin's barn.
The agile reverend awoke and. after q
long chase, captured the miscreants
and compelled them to put things In
place.
Miss Viola Codding Of Valley City
will accompany her father, B. F. Cod
ding, to Cape Nome, Alaska. Miss
Coding is a stenographer. and expects
to pursue her occupation in the mining
country.
Muir & Mccormick are the proprie-
tors Of the iron foundry to be operated
at Hunter this year, and are buying all
the available scrap iron at IS per ton.
The firm expects to do q large amount
Of work.
While intoxicated. Anton Holm Sc
yerely stabbed Martin Rudd at Lidger-
wood. Rudd was terribly wounded.
dnA with blood flowing from his
wounds. he kept up a running fight for
over an hour and succeeded in punish
Ing his assailant severely.
A man bought a gallon Of alcohol
from Druggist Coulter Of Dawson,
claiming his wife was seriously i'll and
an alcohol bath had been prescribed.
Later he swore to a complaint against
the druggist, and q trial Of the latter
for violation, Of the prohibitory law re-
suited in an acQuittal.
Many horses are being shipped East
over the Northern Pacific from Mon
tana. Washington and North Dakota.