The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-10-06

people.
The. flax crop is . disappointment ct
Buffalo.
a suspected spotter was run out i o.
| Abercrombie.
Co,operstown has 1866 pupils enrolled
in the schools.
Anamoose expects to market l6O,OOo
bushels Of flax this year.
Braddock is to have a mill--even Il
q cash bonus is necessary.
The wilton mines are putting out
fifty tons OF ignite per day.
Not over IL per cent Of the fax IN
Foster county has been cut.
T~racklaying is being pushed on the
| Milnor extension Of the N. r.
The ladies Of the NJ. E. church at
Hunter will hold q fair Oct. Is.
Many improvements are being made
In the Jamestown school rooms.
There was a general cleanup in Can
do-including an exodus Of ~pig-7styes.
Forty loads Of cattle have been
shipped from Braddock, on the 500,
this fall.
wahpetonians use the long distance
telephone in communicating with Chi
cago friends.
J. H. Riley, a Great Northern brake
man, broke his leg while unloading
some freight at Hunter.
A team ran away with DR.. Barr OF
Lidgerwood, and he broke his shoulder
in Jumping from the rig.
The State Bank of. wheatland makes
q good showing OF cash assets IN It's
last published statement.
New townsites are being plated
along the Northern Pacific extension
from Casselton to Dickey.
The Fargo Edison company an
nounces that 1t is using Washburn coal
mot Lehigh. as reported.
Henry Chapman, an engineer on q
threshing outfit, had his leg crushed
and broken at Forest River.
Alphonse Dam, sen to the asylum
recently, is dead. He was blind n
helpless besides being insane.
The fax straw of the state Is said to
be a fine quality, and the fiber mill PEG"
pie expect an improved product.
DR.. Florence Baier Of owatonna.
Mimi, will probably be selected as as
sistant lady physician at the asylum.
Upwards of 5000 books have been re-
ceived from various parts Of the coun-
try as donations to the Fargo public
library.
Tracy Bangs got q banquet from the
knights Of Pythias at Grand Forks
when he returned from the annual
meeting.
A. E.. vrooman's onion-topper is
making q big success in Ohio, and the
popular Hunter inventor seems to have
struck a good thing.
The Independents of the Seventh ju-
dicial district nominated c. A. M.
Spencer for judge. The Republican
nominee is Kneeshaw.
Dan Lung shot DR.. Ellsworth on the
streets at Cakes. Bad blood had exist
ed between the men for some time.
Ellsworth will recover.
The enforcement league spoilers
must have gotten their work at Car
rington. Some Of the sports complain
Of the scarcity Of booze. &.
It is reported that the number OF
anvas back ducks exceed all former
years. Until within q comparatively
few years they were seen In
North Dakota.
The four-year-old son Of Even Sy-
versons of Ulen got a coffee bean In his
throat last week and nearly strangled
to death. He was relieved, blu died
from the effects Wednesday.
The enforcement league has started
suit against the bondsmen Of j. IA.
-Cubbison, a Minnewaukan druggist, for
selling liquor without q permit. HIS
permit was cancelled some time ago.
Tess Rose, formerly OF Lisbon and
Fargo, writes from Alaska that the
general. store Of which he was manager
was burned in a confiagration which
destroyed the entire town. All the
store property was destroyed, without
insurance.
Adolph Slavek and Fred Grimm went
hunting near New Salem. The latter
fred at Il chicken and one Of the shot
struck Slavek in the eye. The wounded
man became indignant and opened up
on Grimm, shooting him severely. Sla-
vek is the fellow who threatened to
shoot his sweetheart some time ago..
There was q wreck on the 500 line
between Harvey and Anamoose last
Sunday, witch occurred in a peculiar
way, A steer on the train crawled
through the end door Of q stock q and
fell between the cars, derailing several
cars and killing a few head Of stock.
"a temporary track had to be built