The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-03
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claims near Bottineau.
Gilbert Borge Of Walsh county has
been sent to the asylum. #$
The blind pig at Balfour was closed:
last week by injunction. HS
Medina will have a new school house..
4exsO, with an annex 2SxlS.
Mayyille people are petitioning TO
have Agent Jones retained. /.
Elevator agents are instructed not,
"a huv wet wheat at any price.
I q. Hockridge Of Hunter g been
,,v~as+ieat,ne the Alberta country.
Andrew Hjort has been appointed
noatmaster at Jessie, Griggs y q
Dr Johns killed a bird at Ca&hay
Witch no one seems able to classify.
4 star mail route. has been estab-
,,shaa between Forman and Havana.
One man reports a yield Of twenty
two bushels per acre Of flax 8Bottin-
eau county.
The wimbledon band Is said to have
developed into q splendid musical Or
%ganization.
=. B. Wells Of casselton is the new
president of the Cass County Teacners
association. s
willistonn is rapidly becoming metro
politan, and will have q dancing class
this winter.
The New Northwest hotel at Bis
marck will be ready for occupancy
about Dec. I.
Two German ranchers were held az
washburn for finding" two horses.
which they sold.
Two men were injured by q thresher
Of Neche. one of them having q bolt
driven into his leg. @
Judge Brown Of Mandan tried q man
for stealing his wife's watch, and
made him return it.
Grand Forkers object to the ceme-
terry being used as q herding ground
by a s%acrilegious cowherd.
Williams county Is to have an old
timers organization. All who We're
there prior to 's5 are. eligible.
At Enderlin an unfortunate girl gave
birth to a child, who soon afterwards
died, and foul play is suspected.
A thresher at Eemerado assaulted 2
companion with a pitchfork, tabbing
the tines into the mans abdomen.
At Rugby the boiling element Of the
party want to mandamus the auditor
in order to get on the oficial ticket.
Max Bass is getting letters from
new settlers in. McHenry county! to
print for distribution In the East this
winter.
The people Of Hankinson { ar
ranging for some good shows this win
ter. and have a new manager for h
theater.
The turntable at the Northern Paci-
fc roundhouse at Jamestown went
down under the weight Of d Of the
big engines.
A new settler arrived at Mandan and
a few days after his wife presented
him with twins. He 10 convinced Of
the great possibilities Of the country.
Insurance rates have been reduced
at Mayville because Of the new waters
works plant, and the town 10 now In
the third. instead Of fourth class. ~
formerly.
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four bushels per acre around Milton.
Fields that were thought too light for
threshing will be cared for and the
stuff fed to stock.
A number Of horses In different por-
lions Of stutsman county IRE mi.Sing.
and It is thought that q gang Of horse
thieves are at work. The horses have
usually Disappeared at night.
Telegraph poles have been distrlb-
uted along the new line built between
Cakes and Milnor, and the work. Of
No trains have as set been scheduled
for the road. Il $es
It is said that some, legislators are
being pledged to support 4 bill making
1t impossible for county ofictals to
hold the same Office more than two
terms. consecutively, just as the once
Of treasurer and sheriff are nov.
"A fine-looking woman. about twenty.
two years Of age. was found In Sargent
county insane. She was an entire
stranger to every one, and WAS sent to-
the asylum for treatment. Efforts are
being made to discover her identity.
a distressing accident occurred at
Ayr, s. D. Fern Bayard, aged nine.
while playing on a load ofs hay. fell
against q pitchfork. Onegofs the tines
penetrated the back Of the neck, and
her right side e partially paralysed.
A father, mother and twentY.kour
children arrived at observation-disclosures
", and Hank Palmer q kicking him
oo1f hnoo.eane.