The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
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Electric company is under way.
Cavalier has reorganized it's band.
Leeds wants better fire protection.
Mayor Sprague was reelected presi-,,
dent of the Grafton Gun club.
| Banker Plummer of Hillsboro has
bought the Grandin mill.
| Wahpeton people are delighted over
the reorganization of Company l.
| A farmer found den Of wolves near
| Wahpeton and dug out seven.
LaMoure will legislate against bike
riders monopolizing the sidewalks.
Henry D. Parsons of Langdon gets
his pension raised from So to $12.
Wheatland has employed an entirely
new crop of teachers for next year.
The lumber business has been bon
ANA in the newly-settled districts.
| The state twine plant is turning out
two and a half tons Of twine daily.
Everett Baker Of Ludden lost his
barn and fifty sheep by prairie fire.
Rolette people made it hot for q
claim Jumper
| Bowbells is talking Of a graded
| school.
The teachers meeting at Glendale
| was a decided success.
Mayor Hohneck of McHenry is hav-
ing the town cleaned up.
| Crary will have long-distance tele-
phone connection this summer.
| J. Hall is wanted at Dickinson for
forgery.
A buffalo fish weighing thirty-five
pounds was caught in Spiritwood lake.
Ardoch has organized a glee club.
| Joe Ralph is training string Of
horses at Portland.
About $4,000 is involved in the suit
Of William Dwyer OF Medina against
Richard Sykes.
Mrs George McComb Of Milton, aged
eighty years, has been sent to the asy-
lum.
The Great Northern will do some rip
racping on the Missouri river at Willis
ton.
J. n Kunkle Of Fargo and II. G.
Hudson of Dawson compose a new
firm at New Rockford.
| A Grand Forks firm is manufacture
ing claim shanties for settlers out
west.
Forty to fifty prisoners are engaged
IN the manufacture of twine at the pen
itentiary.
Great preparations are being made
in some Of the towns for the Norwe-
gian Day celebration, May II.
The Northern Pacific has sent train
load of laborers west to work on the
road.
| A 62O-pound, ht-months-old calf
was sold at DeLamere for $21.7O for
beef.
The members Of the Jamestown Re-
lief corps sent $50 to the soldiers home
to furnish a room.
Alex Lefort was arrested at Rolla
on the charge Of selling whisky to the
Indians.
The Polk county people who went to
Belle Coola. B. c., several years ago,
are said to be prospering.
Farmer Stout of Cando lost his barn.
and three horses by pririe fire last
week.
There is a rumor that lovers quar-,
rel preceded the suicide Of Annie DAB
zell of Walhalla. -
Williston's school library fund wa1 {
increased S41.21 by the proceeds Of an
entertainment.
Persiding Elder Ryan was rendered
a reception at jamestown before leav
ing for his new field.
About 10000 trees will be planted
along the Northern Pacific between
Jan estown and Bismarck.
A Catholic Order of Foresters for
the ladies was instituted at Ardoch by
Mrs. McNeely of Fargo.
County superintendents have been
distributing the school laws to the diff
ferent district officials.
Wheatland will fence in an enclos-
ure for the ball games this summer.
A grand stand will also be erected.
Wahpeton officials are determined to
root out the pot gangs that infest
the river banks near there every sum-
mer.
John Mcknight of Sheldon bought
$50 three-year-old steers for his ranch-s
The total cost exceeded $4,000.
The North Dakota Firemen's associ-
alton has membership Of forty three.
companies, four having been added
this year.
w. A. Monroe, the new landlord at
the Columbia in Langdon, has made a
hit with. both the townspeople and the
travelling public.
Father Zumbusch has resigned as.
pastor of the Catholic church at Cakes,
and is succeeded by Father O'Calla-
CHAN.
1t is reported the Great Northern
will build a branch from Towner to
Washburn. and open up big stretch
Of new country.
The Grand Forks brick works have
opened up for the season. The first
DAVIS run resulted in 1900 before the
ruin stopped the fun.
Buffalo people are indignant over the
result Of a dog-poisoner's work. As is
usually the case, only the best dogs
have been killed.
Rev. s. A. Danford. who was form