The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-05

dicted, for having gambling apparatus in
their possession. A few pleaded guilty to
the indictment and were fined $780,
The argument in the case of Henry Melton,
the Fargo postofice clerk accused of robbiug
the Office, and to avoid suspicion shooting
himselfi in the arm, claiming it to be the work
OF robbers, has been bound over to the
United States grand jury in the sum of ST.
OOO
Gene raj Manager Todd. of the Thompson
Houston Electric Company of st. Paul, was
at Grand Forks recently with a view of in
PRODUCING an electric street railway here
next spring. Seven citizens have already
offered their signatures for a thousand dol
lars each as q bonus.
In reply to d letter sent out by Secretary
Holmes, OF the Fargo board of trade, to the
county commissioners in regard to reports
of destitution, the reports were denied by
the commissioners ofTraill, Wells and Walsh
counties, who say that those counties are
perfectly able to take care ofall cases of actu-
oil want.
Although Dakota is divided and two states
admitted, yet the line OF division beyond the
Missouri is not established. Technically
right in admitting them az twins. Not only
are they twins, but until the seventh parallel
is surveyed across the Sioux reservation they
are Siamese twins
funny incident occurred at Grand Forks.
Widow Thompson, who has been a county
charge, made a complaint to the commits
sioners, that u Mr.. Koss had inveigIcd her
into signing away a 25-foot lot that be-
longed to her. The commission had koss
arrested and he seeing no avenue OF escape,
offered to marry the widow. The latter is
entertaining the proposition.
c. NJ. Corliss, the newly-elected chief justice
of the supreme court of North Dakota, was a
little over four years ago member of the
bar o Duchess county, N. Y. He is nearly
six feet tall broad shoulders and angular,
and has profusion of curly, black hair. He
is only 81 years old, and enjoys the distinc-
ton of being the youngest chief justice in the
history of the English-speaking people, and
possibly i'll the history OF the world.
The records of the supreme court of the
territory of Dakota, with the exception of a
few papers, are in the possession of the late
clerk of the su' RENE court, who holds that
they are the property of the Lnited States,
and, therefore, could not be included in the
division between the states of North and
South Dakota. Mr. Young is of the opinion
that the records of the United States supreme
court are under the department of justice,
and is now awaiting an order for their dis
posal.
Knute Olson, a farmer living seven miles
from Grand Forks attempted to kill his wife
with butcher knife. He made a number OF
| fright;ul, though probably not fatal wounds,
one cash in the face extending to the chin,
cutting entirely through the flesh. Olson s
six-year-old daughter saved her mothers life
by clinging to his arm until his vie could get
the knife away from him. Shejumped through
a window and made her way to neighbor's
a quarter of a mile away, after great Difficult
ty and in a fainting condition, 1t appears
that Olson has been partially deranged foI
some time. He was subsequently adjudged
insane and taken to the asylum at James
town.