The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-06-04
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G.. L. Merrick is putting in a tele-
phone system at Napoleon.
Mclean county has a bounty up for
horse and cattle thieves.
The 500 is beginning important i'm
provements at Washburn.
A couple Of Stanley guys got up a
SIS bet and a quarrel over a woman.
Wahpeton proposes to hold a farm
ers' fair next fall with no side-show
d%etractions.
Wheat acreage in the Red river val
ley Is believed to be Is per cent shorl
Of the average.
President ]. H. Worst of the agricul'
tural college gave the Memorial day
address at Glendale. ~.
William Sykes, a pioneer settler of
Cavalier county, died last week at his
home near O%snabrock.
Grand Forks Democrats indorsed M.
F. Murphy for delegate to the national
convention at st. Louis.
Stockmen in the western counties
report that the grass has not looked
better in years than this season.
New Rockford people got a whole
carload Of trees to add to the appear
ance Of their streets and premises.
Rev. DR.. Hamilton of Perth has &C.
ceptcd a call to the passionate Of the
Presbyterian church at Chinook,
Mont.
Col. and Mrs. W. C. Treumann of
Grafton lost their eldest daughter, a
little girl of nine years, from scarlet
fever.
A representative of the Minnesota
State Historical society is willing the
sites of former Indian villages near
Mandan.
The warmth engendered by Ward
county politics may result in ultimate
GOODNESS.
The marriage Of Mss Floy Richter
to Mr.. A. H. Johust,u was n Of Shey,
enne's most pleasing recent social
events.
Prof. J. c. Childs Of the Fargo high
school has accepted the position as
Instructor in English at the Mayville
normal.
Grand Forks Prasbyterians oele-
brated the twerty-fifth anniversary of
the establishment of their church In
that city.
Fargo Dlks held a big ceremonial
meeting Saturday at which many Wis
iting members were present from diff
ferent parts of the state.
Wilton people are assured that Gen.
Washburn will establish a briquet-
ting plant this season, and the loading
facilities for coal from the miles at
that point will be increased to a ca
paoity Of 1000 tons a day.
A misunderstanding liz conversation
over the telephone resulted III the cir.
culation Of q report that Judge Nc
Glory of Devils Lake was dying. When
the report got back to the judge he
promptly denied any knowledge of it.
J.. D. GilliE of Bowbells picked up
an ancient I1:ian tomahawk with
thirty-eight Aotches on the handle,
which indicates that the owner had q
long record as a killer, o. that there
was some lying done in those days
too.
The village of Denhoff in Mclean
county lost about c%ne-fourth Of its
business section by fire. The burned
places include a livery barn, meat
market, two bowling alleys and the
principal hotel. the loss being about
$4,000.
A Stutsman county man near Ed
ridge has a COW that gives three pail
fuls of rich milk daily, according to
the jamestown Alert. which publishes
a picture of the famous bovine. 1t is
said the owner finds it necessary to
milk the COW three times a day.
The wife and son of Chauncey Gil
let, who was found dead in a we'll at
Lansford some time ago, have been
placed under arrest charged with his
murder. 1t was at first believed that
Gillet had committed suicide, but
after recent Investigations the theory
of murder was evolved. with the re-
suit of arrests as stated.
Dan Thurston Of Lidgerwood has
completed a working model of a steam
engine of his own inyention. The en-
CINE is said to be somewhat on the
order of a turbine, and to have the
advantage of developing great power
and requiring but small space. The
working model being exhibited is
about twelve inches in height.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Silverthorn of La
kota are entitled to sympathy for 8
rather hard run of luck. First the hus
band and then the wife was seriously
i'll with typhoid fever, and now Mrs
Silverhorn, having just recovered from
that, is compelled to undergo an oper
alton for appendicitis. She has beer
taken to a hospital at Fargo.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Patterson of Bis
marck had a narrow escape from seri
Gus injury as the result of some per
sons having removed the reach pin
from a wagon in which they had start
ed to drive to their farm. The Wagon
came uncoupled, throwing them botf
to the ground, and with a spirited
team in hand it is considered for
tunate that they did not sustain worse
injuries than they did.