Courier Democrat., 1900-03-29
Mrs. A. R. Clemens died at James.

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master at Lanoma. Barnes county
Thieves stole 20 Obushcls of flax from
the warehouse at Venlo, j 'nsom coun-'
ty.
A Dunseith lady was baptized.
through hole IN the ice few days.
ago.
The creditors of the Grand Forks Ma
tional Bank get another per cent divi--
dend.
Will Cole, son of the NJ. and n. agent
at Grand Harbor, has struck it rich i'll
Idaho.
Register of deeds fees in Richland.
county for three months reached near
ly $500.
The Valley City postof1ice fight has
been settled, and 4. X. Myhre carries
off the plum.
The Square Butte cheese factory in.
Morton county is using 1000 pounds OF y
milk a day.
Minnewaukan has voted to issue S1O,-
600 bonds for the erection of a new
school house.
A man giving his name as Kramer
seems to have been working the Valley
City preachers.
Brakeman Robins had the misfortune
to lose finger while making coup
ling at Willisten.
Several new buildings will be built at
Williston this year. and among them
will be Catholic church.
Thomas Forbes of Buford, Williams
county, is getting his ferry boat ready
for the spring business.
Mrs. Robert Rowe sold 100 acres Of
land at Minot for $4,000 cash, and will
build college in that city.
1t is reported that prairie chickens
are being shot up in the Turtle noun
tains, regardless of the law.
A petition is beingcirculated in Will
liams county to increase the number of
county commissioners to five.
The Hauges synod Of the Lutheran
church of Dakota. Iowa and Minnesota
will convene at Grafton June 6.
An attempt to chloroform and rob
Mrs. Stewart, landlady Of the Boston
hotel at Fargo, was frustrated.
Livingstone. the Washington convict
captured at Jamestown, has been re-
turned to serve out his sentence.
A paper was signed at Ilakota last
week for the erection of Jail. The re-
cord stands 1OS for and 1 against.
B. F., carpenter in the Northern
Pacific round house at Fargo, was bad.
!y injured by a fall from a scaffold.
The ice in the Missouri at Mandan
has broken up, and it is expected, with
another warm spell, it will all go out.
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two Perth boys, have enlisted in the
United States cavalry at Fort Riley,
Kas.
The cowboys Of Dickinson think their
privileges are curtailed since the au-
thorities prohibit the carrying Of fire.
arms.
2. ?. Rice will build an addition tc
his store at Hope, and will increase his
stock of general merchandise accord
ingly.
State sportsmcn will hold a state
shoot at Grand Forks June ~ and 13.
Some $4,000 in premiums will be
offered.
Cashier Jones Of the Rugby State
Bank has a string of running horses
that he expects some great things Of
this season.
Mayor Johnson's forthcoming annual
report will show that 100000 persons
have registered at the various hotels
there this year.
Elevator companies are rushing the
wheat out of the state to avoid taxa
tion which will be imposed if it re-
mains after April 1.
Rev. G. T.. Arnott Of Elliott has tend
cred his resignation as pastor fthe NJ.
E. church at Elliott, and will leave soon
for Toronto, Canada.
Postmaster Lesh of Bowbells has ar
ranged to accommodate about 2OC
roomers at his farm buildings during
the immigration rush.
Engineer Green and Fireman Keho.
who backed into a Great Northern
train at Casselton, have been let out of
OF the Northern Pacific service.
Fred Hoisington, general appraiser Of
abandoned military reservations, has
been at old Fort Pembina this week,
and will tackle Fort Buford next.
Out on the stock ranges it is reported
that a few cattle have died from black
leg land til evolves killed a few, but
the aggregate losses have been very
small.
1t is said that the new towns along
the railroad extensions in the northern
part of the state are long on blind pigs.
and enforcement league spoilers are tc
Investigate.
w. D. Skidmore. arrested for rape at
Dickinson, and bound over in $1,000
bail, has married the young girl in the
case. and the matter will probably be
dropped.
A good many farmers in the north.
ern part of the state are finding that
mules make very serviceable farm ami
mails and are making purchases for the
spring work. 's..:.....,.s. &.
There is case of small pox in the
family of Frank Heley at Hankinson.
The family have been quarantined,
and no serious results or spread Of the
disease is anticipated.
Northern Pacific surveyors have com,
pleted their survey from Minor to
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