The Bowbells tribune., 1900-11-09

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proving popular. IS u
Kids and sling shots are creating
trouble at Jamestown. ss385'
There are q number OF cases Of ty--Hg
phoid around Bottineau.
sS Edward w. Evans Of Dayton, gets Is 4
pension OF $s per month.
WeEzel Asimola. an aged resident Of fs
Richland county. is dead. $$5S
The state papers devote considera-
bic space to school matters. Y .sS
The marriage crop is good this fall,
despite the poor wheat yield. ;si{
The star mail route between Havana
and F'orman will start Nov. 49, a@g
New Rockford coal dealers are at
war, and the consumers are happy.
The enrolment Of the Valley City
Normal is largely increased this year.
The business portion Of the city OF
Hillsboro is now under fire district.
Oakes is to have a new store build-
ing. to be erected by Minneapolis peo,
pie. u ls5f
The heavy rains this fall have made
many a convert for the drainage sys-
tenn. Nj j{ 6i s5s ~
Will Simpson has returned from ths<
Klondike. and is visiting relatives at !
Aneta. sS5 n M
Landlord Smith Of Emerado will as
sumo charge of the Columbia hotel at
St. Thomas.
Kuhn claims to have shipped more
butter this year than any other point
in the state. d 4. G5ss
: An elevator at Ludden has been
closed on account Of the poor quality
Of ahe wheat.
Pembina county threshers report the /
most unsatisfactory year they have I
ever experienced.
A, Darlington farmer informs the
for his neighbours cows.
The young toughs from Grafton who
were arrested at Hillsboro for stealing
chickens, have returned home. d
A new wagon and large stack Of
newly threshed straw were burned ON
L. X. Rich's farm, near Buffalo. W
Dawson people are busily engaged
shipping baled hay. The hay crop
was especially good there this year.
A farmer living near Knox. Benson
county, was offered $500 for g quarter
fused.
Farmers around Devils Lake are
compelled to pay all the way from 16s
to 30 cents for threshing. Help is still
scarce. K. NJ
Balfour is growing rapidly, despite
the bad crops, and it win be one Of the
best towns in the northwestern. part
Of the state.
A Cass county owner Of q threshing
rig didn't, take his machine out Of the
shed this fall, and figures that he Is
away ahead.
Many Of the new settlers In Bottin-
residences, showing their unbounded
faith in the country. z
The people Of Bottineau are rejoic-
ing. The streets are to be lighted with
lamps, and an electric light plant IS to
be hoped for next year. 4.
Simon Mckenzie Of Nelson county
has received word that his sister and
husband. who were missionaries in
China, have been murdered. Their
two children were also killed.
r. J. Linqutst, who owns larsS
farm in Walsh county, committed SUI
eide by taking strychnine. He had no
relatives except sister In Sweden. He
had been i'll for long time and be-
came despondent.
1t is asserted that John Letson and
w. e. Smith of Ellendale had some
argument over cattle, when, 1t is al
legged, the former fired several shots
at Smith, killing mule on which
Smith was riding. Mules always were
inlucky. ts Il
A farmer named McInnis rolled on.
scaffold in Griggs county and broke
one side OF his shoulder bone. dtslocat-
ed the other, broke his leg and re- +
ceived q number Of serious bruises:
He felt as badly as the Bryanites Will I
after election.
The fact that threshing is SO long
delayed makes 1t inconvenient for the
farmers who want to let their stock E
run at large. Still, 1t appears that
some animals run at large anyway.
and the owners of unthreshed grain
are saying naughty words. sss
81 The Kruger reception committee has
issued an appeal to the population OF
Marseilles to participate in the demon-
strations that are being arranged for
Mr.. Kruger's reception, but to abstain
from .hostile acts or words toward
nation friendly to France. !"
After the Cavalier depot fire was
noticed two men were met driving
rapidly away from the place In a COW
cred, buggy. and, as no such rig had u
stopped in the town over night, 1t is
supposed that these are the men who n
blew open the safe in the depot Office. \
and thus set fire to the building.
Work on the new opera house block
at Casselton is progressing nicely The seS
boilers for the heating plant are IN po-.
sition, the tile walk has been Come
pleted, the walls have been straight-
ened and the roof strengthened $50 that
It Is more solid than ever. and q large
force OF plasterers and carpenters are
at work on the interior Of the building.