The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-05
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John Ogden, a Northern Pac1nc
brakeman. had his arm broken while
switching at Sanborn.
Misses Mary and Annie Alexson of
| Glendale have filed on claims in the
northern part OF the state.
The protests against the removal of
The Northern Pacific depot from Eckel-
son have been successful.
Louis Lafontaine. wanted for horse
ttealing at Fort Totten, has been arrest
ed in the Turtle mountains.
Beginning next week the town On
the N. p. extention. north Of Coopers-
town will have a daily mail.
On account OF tine possibility of u dry
season this summer, farmers are being
advised to pack the ground.
Morton & Graetz Of Mimic have the
machinery in place for the manufact-
Ire of brick in their new yard.
Casselton people are delighted over
getting Rev. Ryan to take charge Of
the Methodist Church there.
Pembina people expected the \. z.
depot to be fixed up, but the company
has decided to wait another year.
A Paramount man had a hot time
with a Wahpeton policeman, who
caught him riding on the sidewalk.
r. R. Marsh has taken possession of
the Western hotel at Bismarck. which
hostelry he will conduct in the future.
Mayor Aaker of Moorhead has ap-
pointed forty delegates TO attend the
drainage convention in Grand Forks on
May 10.
"A Cooperstown young lady is re-
ported to have fallen from her bike
and received an injury near the base
Of the spine.".
Some cattlemen fear the summer
more than the winter, as they are COM
PEELED to be on the lookout o mfec-
lious diseases.
Ex-Land Commissioner Watt will
remove his family from Bathgate to
Fargo as soon as the wholesale notion
house is well under way.
The hobos who held up the train at
Hebron will be tried at the term of the
district court now being held at Man
dan by Judge Winchester.
Walhalla Odd Fellows will observe.
on the 26th inst. the eighty-irst ami
versary of the founding of the order
on the American continent.
The Northern Pacific will build a six
ty-foot platform at the freight house at
Bismarck. in order to handle the IN
creased freight business.
The funds of the old Spiritwood
school district. in Stutsman county.
AVE been divided among the three new
districts recently organized.
WalhaIIa was somewhat excited over
The suicide Of Annie Dalzell. the eight
een-year-old daughter of a farmer, by
shooting with a revolver.
? The usual stagnation of business dur-
,ng this season Of the year is owing TO
the spring seeding, which is now III 1uil
blast throughout the. state.
TO improve sidewalks and prevent
violations of the prohibition law IN
Valley City are two things Mayor NC
Pherson has promised.
Cass County has eleven school chill
dren enrolled for every ten voters:
Pembina county has sixteen scnool
pupils for eachFten voters. :
!. Mrs. John PFMoudlove fell through =
defective Great Northern platform ut
Bathgate last fall. Her arm was
broken and she sues for $5,OoO.
A hired man working on the farm OF
Rem Wells. near jamestown. was nor
ribly mangled by being thrown a
narrow upon which he was riding.
A big fire swept over the prairie west
of McHenry, and before. the settlers
we're able to get it under control a
house and several barns were
Leslie Purden and Carl Robertson,
two Z year old Wahpeton boys-fell
INTO a. hole of water last week and the
latter saved the other from drowning.
Pretty nervy act for a z year old.
The county commissioners of Bottin-
Eau county have passed a resolution au-
thorizing the bringing Of an action to
,emove the sheriff Of that county from
office. alleging official misconduct.
John Myers of Walsh county, q
school director. attempted to prevent
she children Of Aardahl, the leper. from
attending schools. and was hned Szo.
He appealed the case.
!. The railrode company has removed
the coal chute at the foot Of Williston's'
main street and a. view Of the river
may now lie had from the central part
Of town. ~ y
This year.. only one Republican con-
vention will be held in Morton county
the date IS May ~, ut which, dele
gates to the two state. judicial and
legislative conventions Will be chosen,
and a full county ticket nominated.
r. II. Murphy, the Trail county bo-
nanza farmer. who "a injured by q
Windy City street car, has Instituted
IA 800 ono suit foq.. damages, He mas
returned to Portland.
The new city council ut Bismarck VIII
cause that town to. assume metr0Doli-
ian airs. and owners of hogs will be
allowed to carry on their pig-ranching
outside the city limits.
From East Lynn; Mo-, six families,
making a toral Of Is persons have
started for North Dakota in wagons.
They will drive all the way. They
have 20 horses and will buy land as
soon as they arrive at their destina-
sion. They expect to arrive about
Aug. 1.
The residents of Rush school dis
trict, Dlckey county, are agitated over
the suit brought against the district
by Gann0n's bank Of Ellisdale to force
the payment Of school warrants to the
amount Of several hu1idred dollars
given in payment for a consignment
Of school charts a yeaa. ago. Paying
for an old school chart is something
ike paying for a dead horse.
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