Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-08
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One hundred persons were natural
ICED at Napoleon the other day.
Grafton Foresters have increased in
numbers very rapidly this summer.
Langdon is the only town in Cavalier
county in which the voters had to reg
lister.
The flax crop of Harry Watson of
Cavalier county brought him 1872 10 per
acre.
Three Grafton boys ran away to see
the world, saw it, and are glad to be
back home.
Diphtheria has developed in the asy-
lum at Jamestown. The typhoid cpl
demic is nearly over.
Lewis, Pope, who attempted to beat
hotel bill at Casselton. was sentenced
to twenty days in Jail.
There is said to be valuable spring
of water on the claim of Miss Kate
Kern, in McHenry county.
The water in the upper reaches of
Red Lake river is at least three oct
aves above the normal,
Special postoftice service has been
discontinued from Brush Lake. Nc
Henry county, to Balfour.
Postmaster Bakke of Nash is look
ing for a bull dog since his postoffice
was tapped the other night.
The Wyndmere schools We're delayed
three weeks because of the non-arrival
of the furniture of the school house.
Two young men in LaMoure got
fresh and "sassed" the town marshal,
narrowly missing arrest for contempt.
A number of North Dakotans are
planning to take the last boat out of
Nome and return home for the winter.
r. Sykes Of Sykeston. presented the
pupils of the Bowdon school with
enough candy to make all the kids
happy.
The old-fashioned self-rake reaper is
being used to harvest flax that is too
wet to permit the use of the heavy
binder.
There is demand for the services OF
every man who can handle pitch
fork, and the farmers are paying good
wages.
Geo. Boehm of Morton county acct
dentally shot himself in the arm
while placinog loaded shot gun in the
wagon.
A young lady from Casselton visited
in Fargo and left her purse on the
train en- route. She was unable to re-
cover 1t.
The potato crop was about the most
disappointing this year. Some farm
ers carried their entire crop home in
common pail.
The tower for the waterworks at
IIilisboro will be ninety feet high, and
the wooden tank on top will hold $1,000
gallons of water.
Bismarck finds some advantage lin
being located so far west-good Ignite
coal is cheaper than in the eastern
part of the state.
Mr.. Fisk, who owns the island in
Black Duck lake, will convert 1t into
pleasure resort. The island contains
twenty-four acres.
H. r. Waugh has left Walha]la after
spending twenty-eight years there. He
intends to find a home in some of the
newer sections of the country.
The yields of wheat in Southern Nc
Lean and Northern Burleigh counties
will average fully twelve bushels per
acre which, for this year, is a Won
derful showing.
The deer and moose hunters Will
find their game plentiful out east this
season. The heavy rains have flooded
the big marshes and driven the deel
from their Businesses,
At Devils Lake a man was given a
Jury trial on the charge of violating the
city ordinance regarding liquor NUS
ance. The first jury disagreed and a
second soaked the man.
The decision of the federal land de-
partment in the Phil Short case, that
soldiers service is to count on his
term of residence on a claim, seems to
meet with general favor.
The people of Cakes have a Wheel
barrow election bet on the wholesale.
A number of pairs have been made,
the loser to roll the other over town in
a, wheelbarrow No one is barred.
Two women, while driving. in Fargo,
ran into a buggy occupied by Theo.
Hanson, an aged Minnesota farmer.
and the old gentleman is so badly In
iured that he is not expected to re-
cover
Quite a number of threshing ma
chine men have discharged their crews
and pulled up their rigs, owing to the
scarcity of help and the unsatisfactory
results obtained by trying to run with
short crews.
Cass county farmers who are IN the
drainage district, find that their taxes
will be materially increased, the in
crease running from 1915 to 1854 per
quarter section each year. The total
cost is over $4,000.
The new steel-bottom cars on the
Northern Pacific will not be popular
with the hoboes. There are no rods
along the sides upon which the hoooe
can catch and swing under the NOV
King, trains for free rides.
A fine-loolzing woman about twenty
two wears old was found in Sargent
county, insane. She was an entire
stranger to every one, and was sent 70
the asylum for treatment. Efforts are
being made to discover her identity.
M, 0,o,+ Northern road is having