Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
Kenmare wants a band.
Minot wants street sprinkler.
CCoperstown wants a skunk farm.

Judge Glaspell is holding court at
CooperstOwn.
Park River has imported pitcher
from Ontario.
Kenmarc is booming things already
for the Fourth.
The Leeds bank has made number
of Improvements.
Ardock young ladies have organized
a base ball team.
The Reynolds drayman is said to-
have skipped out.
Horse thieves are getting in their,
work around Minot.
A small water works system is being
put in at Fessenden.
The hello system at Mayville will
soon be in operation
There was great gopher hunt at
Northwood last week.
The residence of r. B. Goss, west of
BOttineau, was burned.
The city water works system at Mi
not is in good condition.
An attempt was made to burglarize
the Davenport drug store.
Grand Forks and Larimore are to be
connected by an electric line.
Valley City officials are working vags
and drunkards on the streets.
Ike Steen has been reelected chief
Of the Mayville fire department.
D. H. Parsons of Langdon had four
ribs broken in runway accident.
Bocze-selling and er-playing was
stopped by the police at Grafton.
Banker Plummer Of Hillsboro has
large interests in Bottineau county.
A steam plow is being operated at
5Bowbells.. turning eight burrows at
once.
CarrOltOn is to have a band stand.
Hope is to have a new brick bank
block.
Landlord Chevalier may rebuild the
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block
1t is said that the 500 will push it's
extensions in North Dakota after Sept.
1. next.
The alleged scarlet fever epidemic in
Bowbells is now reported to be one of
measles.
Bottineau wants fire engine badly.
Bike riders are barred from Mandan
sidewalks.
Washburn wants public we'll for
the farmers and watering trough for
the teams.
Wise guys are keeping an eye open
for townsites on the new extension of
the Aneta branch.
A stable burned at New Rockford
and cremated four horses, besides de-
stroying lots of feed.
While stepping out of buggy. Mrs.
Samuel TAYLOR of Wahpeton slipped
and broke her thigh bone.
The Sanborn people reconsitered
their action on a frame school build
ing and will erect q brick one
Roland and John McGill. father and
son. were obliged to put up 500 80 for
negligently setting prairie fires
Complaints of the condition of the
crops in the northern part of the state
are being made. til said to be very
dry.
A -year-old-chi of Farmer An
derson. near Grand Forks. fell into
WELL but was rescued without serious
injury.
There is not enough water in the
mains at Jamestown from the artesian
wells for either bathing or sewerage
purposes.
Bottineau young man went into
the country to see his girl and got lost.
He was compelled to snooze in a hay
stack all right
Two hoboes broke the seal Of
Northern Pacific csr at jamestown
and entered the car. They were ar
rested for burglary.
BoWdon had touch Of the wild
west the other night when trio of
cowboys galloped up and down the
streets firing revolvers.
The GENTLY cheese factory handles
$500 pounds of milk daily, and is do
ing twice the business it did at the
commencement of the season.
A Sargent county farmer had a 60
pher hunt. and figured that his crop
was damaged about $500 and about IL
cents worth of gophers killed.
The engineer of freight train on
the 500 received a Telegram announc-
ing the burning Of the Valley City
bridge at the last station south. It
was a close CALL
+ A drunken husband and q hard
working woman created some excite
ment near the church at Davenport,
and the marshal had to be called to
straighten out things.
A number of Indians near Rolla are
not on their reservation, and when
they commit crimes the state has to
prosecute, instead Of the United
States officials. as in the case of the
youthful redskin murderer.
A lamp fell in crowded hall at
Omemee and set the floor on fire. The
crowd filed down stairs in an orderly
manner without injury to any one, and
the flames were extinguished with
chemicals with slight damage. s
A fair association las been formed
at Crystal with a capital of $4,000.
About seyenty-five farmers are inter-
ested. The final organization will be
effected July g. The association viii
embrace Pembina, Cavalier and Walsh
counties. IS
"A BottiDeau county nan missed
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