Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-04-05
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lie iOS PRISONER Is Stlll playing MS
nefarious graft at Sheldon.
Nearly every town is chronicling the
addition of Few enterprises.
Michigan City will try to secure an
instructor and revive it's band.
The Grafton roller mills are being
equipped with new machinery.
President Cahart, of AIayville. says
the Cassel,on schools are all right
Sheep Ola a!1c ranges are reported as
looking sleek and fat as i'll summer.
Range sheep i'll the western part of
the state ilEe said to have never locked
better
The trials of the drug store cases nj
Langdon WAS the center of attraction
this week.
Fambina county'S seventh annual
fair will be held at Hamilton July 1S,
10 and 90.
Three of 'Fargo's tough kids MHve
been sentenced to the reform school by
Judge Pollock.
Two CAT loads of immigrant goods
We're unloaded at Tyler, Richland euun-
ty. last week.
Orville Vosburg lost his barn and a
humber of mules and cattle by fire 'On
his farm near Lisbon.
A petition is being circulated in AVill-
Jams county to increase the number of
county commissioners to five.
The st. Hilaire Lumber company is
making arrangements to put in yards
at both Crystal and Hensei.
Conrad John IT, AIyer CanuO. gets
Il pension raise from SIS to IS and,
Charles JentZsch from SIS to SD.
The $50 acre Neyhart farm near
Casselton sold for $50 per acre recent
ly. Ed. Ford was the purchaser.
Mis-. JOIN. Wickes, Wife of sheriff
Wickes of Morton county. is dead.
The deceased left eight children.
Attorney Cioer and Wife, of Hunter,
are in Fargo. where the attorney has
some cases before the supreme court.
Wholesalers know settlers are arriv-
ing in the state by the increased orders
of the merchants of the smaller towns.
A Bowbells Sboomer and horse dealer
died at that place. and the remains
We're sent to parkSton S. d.. for burial.
A farmer near Hankilison sold 1000
bushels of flax for $1,000, and says ii
is the most profitable crop he ever
raised.
A little wreck in the. Church Ferry
yards the other day nCcessitated the
calling out of the Mrecking crew from
Minot.
The North Dakota lChautauqua asso-
citation is sending out neat folders ad-
yertisng the summer injecting. June 80
to July %.
Grafton has a business mems union.
with eighty-three members. Needed
improvements and new enterprises will
be secured for the city.
J. X. Buttree. manager of the Emery
farm at Emerald. is the proud posses
sor of a yearling steer which weighs
1,O55 pounds. Who can beat it?
A Northern Pacific conductor is re-
ported as stating that he believes the
extension from Minor to Cakes will be
built this year. This ought to settle it.
The Northern Pacific company says
that John Fisher Of Medina stole a
lot Of its snow fence. and John de-
clines to tell the court whether he did
or NOT.
At the public auction recently at the
Harris farm south of Lisbon a COW
sold for $40 cash and several head Of
yearling ca1Ses ut an average OF $2s
per head cash.
Some LOO hides. from the becyes is
sued at Standing Rock. We're shipped
from Braddocll few days ago.. They
were sold to the highest bidder, and
bron"ht nearly $3.50 each:
Frank KNOBS of Stutsman county.
enlisted in the army supposing he was
to be sent to Manila. He was sent to
Arizona instead, and a petition will be
presented asking for his discharge.
The southeastern educational asso.
citation consisting Of the counties OF
Barnes. cass, Trail and Richland, will
meet at Mayvl]le in May-either the
frst or second Friday and Saturday,.
1ames Converse has bcught 5000 to
5000 head Of Texas cattle which are
to be brought by rail to Grin Junction,
Wyo.. and trailed the rest OF the way
TO the AHA ranch north OF DicEenson.
Fire destroyed Tie iessaeence of E. L.
McCorlnacls. a Northern Pacific en-
gineer at Grand Forks, and his wife
and child, WHO We're sleeping in the
house, barely escaping with their lives.
The enforcement league serves notlcs
IN bismarck that unless the saloons
| -nTe closed within 80 days Il movemen,
will be begun to secure the removal OF
the capital to place where the law Il
| better observed.
Copperstown people have appointe'
a committee to take charge OF thea
base ball work this year, they are II
J the field for players, and they nropos
to put up a very scientific article 0
ball.
The committee on finances raise
$50 at cakes in one day for the purse
. to be hung up in the July races, an
feel confident of being able to swe
) that amount to 5000. The manageme1
nromises some good races.
Medina will boom this spring. L"
new stores. a bank building and a ne
l. livery barn will be built, besides n
n merous residences. The bank VIII i,
$ started by Eastern parties. All u
q bindings VIII be frame structures.