The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31
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Wells county has fifteen prisoners IN
tail.
Mandan is to have a e opera
lOuse. 20
Grand Forks defeated Mayville at
whist.
Bike thieves are reported at Grand
FORKS.
r. e. Griffin is a new machinery deal.
r at Crazy.
Towner is just over a d%iphteheria
quarantine.
Esten Halvorsen, a we'll known Trail
county farmer, is dead.
There is some talk of fixing up the
I'D ~artesian we'll at Cakes.
Another story is to be addad to the
Wisbecker hotel at Grandin.
Mayor Goodman is erecting q hand
ZONE residence at Hillsboro.
The soldier bays are looking forward
20 a great encampment this summer.
G. N. Stork Of Griggs county has re-
fused $1,000 Tor a pair Of twin calves.
The Imperial Elevator company will
erect q large elevator at Perth about
Nay 1.
A flock of geese were seen flying In
northerly direction at Mandan a few
lays ago.
Postofice service has ben established
1t Rosehill. III. D. Emcrt has been ap-
pointed postmaster.
The new Methodist church at North
Eood is said to be a handsome struct-
IRE and a credit to the city.
Nineteen families Of Iowa immigrants
aave reached Jamestown, en- route to
sykeston, Wells county.
The residence Of Hon. Carl Brown.
near Oberon, burned last week. Loss,
1880; insurance, $1,000.
Senator Twitchell sold a bunch of
steers for $1,000, and Immediately be-
ran to run for sheriff of Cass county.
Emmons county people are still dis
sussing the case Of Martin Van Soest,
who is accused of setting nineteen fires.
w. 81. Brown of Michigan City has
received an increase from So to S. in
his pension; Mary J. Angel, Cakes,
50.
Larsen & Hagen Of Hillsboro have
purchased a stock of goods at Bottin-
sau, and will go into the general mer-
:handise business there.
County Superintendent Molyneaux OF
McHenry county announces that three
school houses will be erected in the VI
.inity of Granville this summer.
Andrew Larson, an employe in a liv'
cry stable at Hillsboro, made an as.
,ault IN his employer, and, in default
Of fine, is a guest Of Sheriff Serum.
The officers of Belmont township,
rraill county, are congratu'ating them
selves on the complete liquidation OF all
iebts, and still have a surplus n bank.
The suit against the bondsmen OF the
ate city treasurer, M. L. Gordon OF
Grand Forks, has just been compro.
missed for 5000. A shortage Of $4,000
was claimed.
The drifting Of the snow up In Bot
tineau county last week made hard 60
ing for the stages and in consequence
shey were not running on schedule
lime.
The business men and the stockmen
ut Coggswell have raised q $500 purse
for the horse races in June. Besides
the races a stock exhibit will be a lead
ing feature.
A thief stole a horse and rig belong
Ing to Edward jacobson at Valley City,
! Ind started out of town with the horse
1t full speed. The horse returned later
with the remnant Of the rig.
The new bridge across the James riv-
er, near Cakes, is completed, and the
county commissioners are now inspect
ing the work before making final set
tlement with the contractors.
Fred Bentley. representative Of Wy
man & Ball, Fargo, has been at La
Moure looking after the firms interests
IN that section, with a view Of placing
some fine farms on the market.
Mrs Isabel Dysart, an old settler,
lged seventy-fve years, died suddenly
It Minnewaukan, while sitting in q
chair reading. Death was due to heart
failure succeeding an attack OF Ia
grippe.
A McHenry county man who had
been absent from his claim for more
than six months, on account OF SICK
ness, reached his place last week to
ind that a contest had been filed the
day before.
An understandable explosion Of a
cook stove took place in the home OF j.
A. Keller, at Wimbledon. Pieces Of the
stove were thrown with great force.
but, fortunately, none Of the family
were struck.
The man who was starting a fire in
the Germania State Bank at Anamoose
thought he was using kerosene, but 1t
was something else, and the bank
building and adjoining millinery. store
will have to be rebuilt.
Pat Phalen, a former resident Of Os-
nabrock, Cavalier county. was killed IN
battle in the Philippines. He was q
member Of Troop I, Third cavalry, and
was shot and killed by the side Of Fred
Gull, another Osnabr0ck boy, with
whom he enlisted.
The best fax story Is now. reported
from Western Walsh county, where q
farmer raised $500 bushels Of fax from
100 acres Of a $3.50 farm, and is still
selling It at home for $1.75 per bushel.
for seed. A$4,375 crop OF q $3.50 farm
Is pretty swift farming.
Attorneys for Barney Murphy, who
was sent up for twenty-five years at
the last term Of court in Valley City,
were denied a e trial Of the case by
Judge Glaspell, and have taken an ap-
neal to the supreme court. The case
will be heard at INC at Fargo.
The term Of district court in Sargent
county is interesting because Of the
Wnnnhor IN il0 frauds. where a number