The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-01
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Rugby.
land county.
There are 1888 school children in Nc
Lean county.
About s,ooo,o 900 feet of logs are coming
down Red Lake river.
The Fargo city council rejected bid
for a new intake pipe.
The Great Northern has repaired its
depot at Churchss Ferry.
Cavalier and Pembina counties were
swept by a bad hail stor4l.
Bottineau's new steam launory wan
burned recently. Loss. $4,000.
Landlord Patterson will call his new
hotel at Bismarck the Northwest.
Mrs. Bruce Scott committed suicide
at Harvey by shooting. She was tenn
porarily insane.
J. ]. seibolt of Melville has been ar
rested on the charge Of disposing OF
m~ortgaged property.
The reported death by suicide OF
George Hubbard Of Argusville seems TO
have been unfounded.
j The Rolette county bank is said to
be fitted up finer than any other nan
cial institution in the state.
The last blind pig in Sheldon was
closed the other day on complaint OF
the son Of one Of its patrons.
Ira jenkins will be hanged Sept. IA.
at Bismarck, with the same trap that
sprung ]. w. Coles execution.
The financial secretary Of a fraternal
order at Grand Forks is $500 short. A
warrant has been issued for his arrest.
Poker is the cause.
washburn coal will be tested in the
boilers Of the Fargo-Edison company
in Fargo and, II found satisfactory,
will be used right along.
A Bisbee man got drunk and UNDER
took to thrash his wife. She refused
to be whipped, knocked her hubble
down and took all the money he had.
A man was arrested at Enderlin on
the charge Of premature chicken shoot
ing and was acquitted. He was after
wards appointed deputy game warden.
Harry wahowske had his arm badly
.lacerated by the premature discharge
Of a shotgun while hunting coyotes
near Sheldon. His parents reside at
Armenia.
Stone & Peterson of Fargo have
packed their stock of clothing, and Will
open two stores, one at Aneta, this
state, and another in the Rosseau oun
try. about forty miles from Stephen,
MINI.
Letters from Miss Viola Codding at
Cape Nome. addressed to her home In
Valley City, state that she is earning
$500 per month as a stenographer, and
that she has signed a contract for a
years work.
The late DR.. Musgrove Of Grafton
left, $s11 900 in insurance, for which it
seems there are no heirs there being
no known relatives. His policies were
made in favor Of his grandmother,
who died some years ago.
A terrible epidemic of diphtheria is
raging in the country about twelve
miles south of Sanborn. This is a great
chicken country, and it is feared that
carelessness on the part Of hunters
may lead to a further spread Of the
disease.
The preliminary examination Of Ira
Kellett on the charges Of attempted
burglary and rape, was held at Mon
ango Monday. The examination re-
suited in the defendant being bound
over to the grand jury, the bond being
fixed at $2500.
Charles H. Mcbride, who left Fargo
about a e al ago, and who has forged
several scores of checks on the Red
River Valley National Bank since his
departure has enlisted in the Ninth
United States infantry, and is now en-
route to China.
The Great Northern agent at Thomp.
o has been enjoined from selling any
mor liquor. It is understood that he
has been acting as agent fer the
Hamm Brewing company, and COM
plant to this effect was lodged with
the authorities, with the result stated.
A team harnessed to a hay rake ran
away, near Fort Yates, killing a young
Indian named Thigh. His body was
literally torn to pieces with the sharp
rake teeth. 50 that he was scarcely
recognizable. Several Of the teeth Of
the rake were found sticking in his
body.
A complaint has been filed against
the commissioners Of Ward county
charging them with incompetency and
Incorporating the county funds.
States Attorney johnson is also
charged with unlawfully accepting $50
In excess Of his legal salary. as pro.
vided by law.
The two women. Ida Arndt and Mar
tina Arndt Of Cooperstown, who were
arrested for attempting to use postage
stamps a second time by washing Of
the cancelling marks, were arrairned
before United States Commissioner
Murphy and bound over to the grand
Jury in the sum Of $1,000.
There are $4,000 acres of fax in
etutsman county this year. It is esti-
mated that this will yield hair a cron.
or an average Of about five bushels per
acre. The straw will all be used for
feed this year. The flax is thin on h
ground, and it is probable hat the
estimate OF 1--we bushels per acre is not
too small.
1t is claimed that the intense desire
Of Convict o'Neill to escape-hav,n-
made two unsuccessful attempts-i.
due to the fact that he is wanted in
Illinois for murder. and will be turned
over to the officials Of that state at tn.
expiration of his term. He was sent
up from Ramsey county for burglsriz.
ing Q store.
There will be no definite contract