The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-25
FL,ckERTAiL NUGGETS.

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Sandoun.-The instruments for tn,
band have arrived.
Tower City.-There will be lot o
building this season.
/ Washburn.-The postoffice has bee,
enlarged and improved.
Oal1es.-The creamery is under /,
new management.
Minot.--The Fourth of July is t,
be celebrated.
Dickey.-The crop prospects AROUND
here are of an encouraging nature.
kindred.-An effort will be mad,
to operate an electric light plan
from the water at the mill dam.
Napoleon.--The Catholics are col
lecting subscriptions for a new
church.
Glenburn.-Fire destroyed the home
of 1hos. w. Huff, near here, and Mrs
Huff was so severely burned she may
die.
Grand Forks.-Willis A. German
post. G. A. r.. has not lost a mem
Der by death in twelve months.
Edgeley.-FortytWo miles of the
n. Z. extension will he completed
this summer. +
Steele.-A new settler named Bin
geman was killed by the accidental
discharge of q gun.
Buford.-Many of the old army
buildings at Buford are being moved
to new sites and improved.
Buf1alo.-Ihe n. p. will cut down
the grade to reduce the expense of
handling big west bound freights.
Great Bend.-A farmer killed a
Medina.--Peter Olson was acci-
dentally shot in the thigh while
hunting goplers.
Dicllinson.-lt will cost $4,000 to
fence in the Fort Berthold reserva-
ton recently leased by j. L. Phclan
for grazing purposes.
Will:ston.--An effort was made to
burn barn but the fire was seen
in time to prevent the destruction
of the building. The men who set
the building on fire were seen but
got away.
Grand Forks.-Under the new di-
rcctory the population is estimated
at 1915. The census is also being
taken by the assessor and the peo-
pie of the city will be given double
count.
Wahpeton.-Ri chland county farm
ers are planning the organization of
a rural telephone line west and
northwest of Wan,cton.
Dickey.-Ihis county has suffered
severely from prairie fires this
spring, and there are many advocates
there of blowing fire breaks and tax
ing other precautions to prevent the
spread of fires.
Binford.-A boy tied one end of a
rope to a colt and the other to his
arm. The colt was all right but the
boy has {; broken arm.
Grafton.-The Ottawa hotel was
Quilted by fire. The origin of the
blaze is unknown. The hotel was Il
frame building and the total loss is
about $4,000. The building was in
sured for $4,000.
Sherwood.CA man attached cans
to the tails of IL pair of CANNES. The
dogs frightened a four horse team
and two of the horses ran all the
way into Canada before they were
located.
Fargo.-Frightencd by an automo-
bile, two horses attached to Il de-
livery wagon ran at bre:lsneck speed
OH Front street this afternoon and
collided with ut least two buggies
before they were stepped.
Williston.-It is claimed that the
Methodist church was burned by
some of the tough element who had
been interfered with by some of the
church people. If that is the case
the town is in need of a cleaning
out.
Fargo.-Fivc tourist cars full Of
settlers for the country between
Mandan and Medora. all on one
train, was the record for one day
the past week. This shows how tire
state is developing. J.
Livona.-A disastrous timber fire
on the old Fort Rice reservations last
week did immense damage to stand
ing timber along tie Missouri river
bottoms. John Wilde was the chief
victim, and was injured to the ex-
tent of 5000, all the timber on two
sections being destroyed.
Bismarck.--A handsome picture Of
Judson LaMourc of Pembina county
has beens presented to the state his
torical society by Mrs. John NJ. Coch-
rane, widow of the late Judge Coch-
rane, by whom the presentation was
intended to be made, but whose UNI
timely death intcrfcred.
Starkweather.-F. A. Baker, treas
urer of Ramsey county, has sent to
the state treasurer an account of
sales of school lands and taxes due
the state from Ramsey county the
sum of $1o5,ooo. This large amount
was due the state last fall, but was
not called for, and the county was
benefited to the extent of $4,000 in
interest received from the banks of
the county where the funds were de-
posted.
Mandan.-The state reform school
narrowly escaped fearful fire when
a nay stack containing several tons
of hay caught fire not far from the
school building. The hay was stacked
beside the stable, and all that saved
the school was the fact that the