Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-31
NORTH DAKOVA,NEWS
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In aceordance;w {h lie structions
OF the Eepublich ktaN Cd itral Com
mittee. state cohvehtidls Of delegated
representatives of the Republican par
.1H-of this l4s.-A.M 4s-,hsla. -ahis-s.-sss
as follows:
y convention will be held at the
opera. house Isl n... 1he.~.cuy- at. Grand
Forks, on Wednesday,. July II, 1900,
at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
for the purpose of nominating eandi-
dates to be supported rat. the heNt gen
eral election and for the transaction of
such other business. as may be
brought before it: T4escanQid%tss to
he there Nominated are: THREE pfesi-
Dental electors, member off congress,
governor. lieutenant governor. secre-
tary of state. state auditor, state treas
urer. superintendent of. .pnblio in
| struction, attorney general commits
sioner of Insurance., commissioners, of
agriculture and Labor, th&e fcom1nhs-
sioners of railroads and one judge of
the supreme court.
The basis of representation lin each
| of said conventions is the average of
votes east for congressman and gov
| ernor in :the: respecAive counties at the
general election il 1898. giving two
| delegates at large to each organized
county and one delegate for each fifty
fifty votes. cast for the above officers
in said election.
Excited.
The town of Reynolds is excited over
the discovery of Il subterranean river
discovered on the farm of %. +. Sols
berg. residing one mile west of town
Workmen engaged in boring an eigh'
teen inch we'll discovered that after
boring eight feet the tools dropped
and a loud. rumbling noise was dis
tinctlv heard, frightening them CON
siderably and prompting them to de
sert their work. Invest cation lead to
The discovery of a moving body OF
water ten feet deep. \ bucket was AT
tached to a stout rope and let ao~l
and was carried by the current in {;
|
next brought into use showing {
swiftly moving stream. The roaring
1 of the waters ,can be heard some dis
4 taance from tbT we'll =.
! X On IT, t~N i,Ie.! ii,
The promoters of the Bismarck
Washburn & Great Falls. railway ar,
greatly eIntcd oN.er the 4fseoA'ry of
fine quality of ignite coal in the Nicin
ity of Wilton. the first station on tn,
new line The coal was found at +;
depth of fifty feet in large quantities
and its composition, in ting lowest por
ton. of the mine is almost biiuminors
? showing nearly 60 per cent of carbon
The consumption of coal in easy haul
ing distance of the mines there vii
amo1iint to thousands Of tons annually
In Fargo alone there. is market 70
200 carloads daily. y III
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4 Close CAN.
l. During tire absence ,pf Mr.. and Mrs
Herb TAYLOR. of Iairmont, their. littl
3-year!o!d daughters Achsah. took Sc,
.eral planls of the covering trom tn
we'll .nd ,ltopl,ttf Il. AZ kfl6h1ade til
descent she screamed and was ihrar
II pd'Ss e i'n e. VI" ;s. NEAR it,; y
ID :4AeAsah in five feet of water. hang
-::ipg on TO a plank which fell in wit
her. The man secured a ladder am
rescued her from her cold and5 peri
Gus ; s5f5 ti55T7 5HfHFF' and il 1s'fh|e
i ,sa1ssaf i - .-.-
John Ba.konf. Of Y iaae1f, Willie dri,
ing to. Michigam:to deposit a sum G
nonaNi6 1aeHl'ahi5S $hs,<1was held u
*wo 'iiI~~ Aichi=un an
E,obbed of $500 and his watch by tw
7 Y o}d!sr {d6i1us hes: ;a'iil& tan. mcJiu,