The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25
Embdsn wants a iafmber yard.
Park River II said to be booming.

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Maj. Murphy has moved into new
Offices at Minot.
A ive-year-old boy near Balfour waa
accidentally poisoned.
Kenmare is said to have a fine natur-
al location for a park.
Casselton is making am effort to get a
ball team into the field.
A fine lot Of horses were shipped from
Eddy county to Illinois.
Minot is to have as good q telephone
service as any town.
A Manfred, Wells county, boy was
suEstruck last week.
Mrs. Purcell Of Winnna has gone to
Cuba to join her husband.
county this year to a much greater *
tent than any previous year.
The Cavalier base ball team is going
after the state championship.
Grand Forks sports are arranging
for some racing his summer.
Many car loads of cattle have been
brought to Logan county this spring.
The new paper. to be issued at New
Rockford, will be called the Provost.
Dickinson people got ahead OF the
Arbor Day proclamation on t~ree-plant-
ing. "
The steamer Bismarck II freaghtine
wheat from Manhaven to the capital
city.
A Milwaukee capitalist is figuring on
plant. T.
The school 'enumerators will b
around in the country districts next
month.
A Valley City tailor has received an
order from Nome for two suits Of
clothes. ~. &
The preliminary work for the tele-
phone line from Aneta to Lakota is in
progress.
while playing, and n suffered a brok-
en- shoulder.
There are complaints at jamestown
about trees being stolen for transplant.
ing purposes.
Burleigh and. Kidder counties will
offer rewards for the apprehension Of
horse thieves.
. Horse thieves are reported to have
resumed active operations in many Sec
tions of the state.
Tom Poole has charge Of the Bis
maIck band. Tom was always a be-
lever in harmony.
Attorney c. L. Bradley of Fargo has
formed a partnership with w. e. Pur-
cell at Wahpeton.
The steam shovel IL at work cutting
down the bluft on the Northern Pacific
west Of jamestown.
Railroad Commissioner Shea knows q
good thing, and is said to be after some
Ward county lands.
ollio Sawyer Of Casselton was shot
through the hand by the accidental dis
charge Of q revolver.
An Edgeley liveryman charged R6
ney's outfit SIS to drive them from that
place to jamestown.
Jamestown has a bid Of 5000 for
sinking the new artesian well, and Is
considering the offer.
Complaints are made that trees are
dug up along the banks of the James
river for transplanting.
Henry Hanson will resume his posi-
ton as deputy sheriff under Sheriff
Twichell Of Cass county.
United States District Attorney
Rcurke is in P%ittsburgs taking deposit
lions in the Chinese cases.
Herman Cook and Kate Kernor Of
Bloomfield, stutsman county. were wed.
The bride was only sixteen.
B. S. Russell Of jamestown is writing
some interesting matter about his hrst
trip to North Dakota In 1872.
"A Wimbledon machinery dealer was
assessed SO for using some sulphurlc
epithets to a travelling agent.
The first sunstroke Of the season 10
reported from Manfred, where q boy
named Hovey was the victim.
The state papers are generally con-
graduating the farmers on being
through seeding wheat and oats.
Grafton has a GLIB which Is said to
have proven a success. It Is q combin-
alton business and social organization.
Plans arc on foot for connecting Roll
la, St. John, Dunseith, Williw City. Bet
tineau. 2ichbure and Towner by tele-
phone.
There is said to be half a cow to ev-
cry resident Of the state. Those fell.
lows interested in creameries want the
real end.
Some miscreant attempted to burn q
Foster county school house, but the
only dams g done was q hole In the
floor and the destruction Of some books.
There is a proposition to secure 9
band Of Indians for the fire festival %
Fargo at an expense Of 500. and Q lot
Of people think the money might 20
spent to better purpose. #y5
Andrew Bentsch recently came from
South Dakota to; stutsmsn county and
took q claim near Windsor. Since his
arrival one Of his children died Of diph-
iberia. and two more had the dread dis
I.
Frank Colby's barn, near Jamestown.
was struck by lightning and burned.
Some feed and machinery went up "
the smoke. About q year ago he lost
another barn and some stock from the the
same cause. *sgssa s ssgsss
Tony Tarangcr, formerly Of Grand
Forks, has recently graduated ron the
Danish department Of; the Chicago 5ulai-
yersity, ana will 20 to Washington 70
assume the duties Of home supeftntend
ent Of Danish missions.
There II some inquiry over whlere the
whisky was secured that Magune Tork-
elson drank at Milton. He left town In
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