The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18

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Wheat at Berwick, McHenry county,
averages fifteen bushels per acre.
Mo+er,al Is being u%nloaded at Oakes
For the new Northern Pacinc orancn'
telephone line is to be built on the
eoahorn-McHenry branch of h N. T.
Tho first annual catalogue Of the
.ro;n;,,p school at Eellendale is
out.
An Cakes man mourns the loss oh
conn trotter, which killed 1tse'1 IN the
stall.
wabneton claims it will soon have
40 host system Of sewerage In the
state.
Farmers are delighted to find the
.,hea+ thew have is plump, full and will
] grade well.
DESPITE the short crop, values In Reo
River valley real estate are not oe-
creasing.
rbore are more than the usual num-
her of cholera infantum cases at
Grand Forks.
The teachers training school at
oores closed last week; after a very
successful term.
More land seekers from Iowa are WIS.,
,+ino the western counties, dry wealth.
err Notwithstanding.
A travelling mountebank is giving
exhibitions over the state with fifteen
dogs and a rooster.
A Manitoba horse thief was captured
at Drayton and turned over to the
provincial. authorities.
Marshall, the man who was recently
stabbed at Fort Yates by P1nneau a
| half-breed, will recover.
The barn of G.. B. Norton Of Dickey,
| county burned last week land With 1t
one horse and ten sheep.
Architect Taggart of Devils Lake SUI
perintends the construction of a new
bank building in Lakota.
Dr. Fannie Dunn of Bismarck has
accepted the position of assistant ply
| sician at the state asylum.
The electric light machinery for the
| Hughes plants at Bismarck and Dick
tnson is expected this week.
The new wire put in on the Lisbon
line by the telephone people relieves
the crowded conditions some.
The recent discovery of a spring on
the his farm gives Bailey Fuller one OF
the finest places near jamestown.
Last year 1875 cars of cattle were
shipped from Braddock. This year a
much larger shipment is. looked for
The town of Hoople secured a fire
engine but has no water. The river is
dry for the first time in ten years.
A petition for a road, headed by the
Earl of Caithness, was turned down
| by the Nelson county commissioners.
John Azure, living three miles north
Of Rolla, died from small pox. His
brother died of the same disease two
weeks before.
Three sisters from Grand Rapids.
Mich, have settled on claims in Nc
his farm ,iAhisshrdl rdl rdl rdlrdluhhh
Lean county.
The explosion Of a gasoline stove at
the residence of j. M. Long of Fargo
caused a small blaze which was soon
extinguished.
A hail storm destroyed considerable
grain in Eastern Stutsman county. 1t
was accompanied by a terrific win
that did much damage.
Though the Chatauqua assembly is
over, man. families are still camping
on the grounds and laying in a store
of Vitality for another year
Mrs. Weigel of Little Heart, injured
her foot, from which blood-poisoning
resulted. Despite two amputations,
her life could not be saved.
The priest at Anamoose reports des-
titution among Russian settlers, and
the charitable societies througout the
state are taking the matter up.
Mrs. Holley, state agent of the socie-
ty for the prevention Of cruelty to AMI
mails, gathered in a horse at Minot that
had stood too long in the street.
A Cavalier county farmer took a
load of hay to Langdon, and because.
he could not sell 1T for what he
thought it was worth, burned the load.
In some parts of the state it is
claimed that prairie chickens are
scarce because many of the young ones
died from lack of water early in the
season.
Charles Thompson of Jamestown,
who recently received a West Point
appointment, has successfully passed
his examination, and is now a full
f1edged cadet.
On the range flies have been worse
this year than usual. The cattle go
against the wind to get rid Of the
pests, and wander from their regular
grazing grounds. ,
While in tn eact Of killing a coyote.
+. e. Breton Of Dickinson, had tho
misfortune to have his gun explode,
blowing his right thumb off and other
wise injuring the hand.
Wilton wants a justice of the peace
constable, so that better order can
be more promptly enforced. The town
IS the terminus Of the Washburn road
this fall. and there are some there who
need looking after.
A Fargo man interrupted an elope.
ment, In which his seventeen-year-old
lighter was playing a star part, and
the young man in the case wears great
Welts across his back, just the size Of.
the. cane carried by the indignant
father.
A man was found on the bumpers of.
a freight train at Bagley with one foot
smashed to bits. He had slipped when
climbing on at Lengthy, his foot having
peen run over, and he had pulled him
self aboard and ridden to the next sta.
ton in that condition,
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