The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-13
NORTH DAKOTA,


A bill has passed both branches of the
fair at Grand Forks.
A case is reported at Grand Forks where
gum chewing broke up once happy home,
orphaned two Interesting; children 1nd9laeed
| the father in an insane asylum.
| North Dakota Ignite COAL a ton and
| half oi which is equal to q ton of good bi
| luminous coal, for heating purposes, is beine
delivered at Mandan for 81. 20 per ton.
Senator Gilbert A. Pierce. ofNorth Dakota,
made few remarks in Detroit the other day
He spoke on the New States of the West, -
Of the wonderful progress in the west, and the
patriotism of the people.
The mill and elevator at Hillsboro, con.
tanning %, 900 bushels of wheat, 900 bar,
rels of -four and 60 tons of feed, were totally
destroyed by fire. The value OF the mill and
stock is about $50, 900, which isfulIy covered
by insurance.
Z. 81. Flynn, the defaulting treasurer ct
Custer county, has been bound over to the
district court in the sum of $1,000 on a
charge of embezzlement. The commissioners
will proceed at once against his bondsmen to
recover Sl2, s74.90, the full amount of his
defalcation.
Louis Hughes, who stabbed and danger
9usly wounded g man named Van Glider at
Hill City and made good his escape, was cap
tured by the sheriff of Dawes county, Neb.,
and sent back to Hill City, where hei lodged
in the jail to await the result of Van Gilders
wounds.
Patrick Vilneau' French youth. was be-
fore tho pityr ir1afino af H.
instigation of his mother, charged with abus,
ing the latter. The evidence showed the
youth merely attempted to prevent the
mother from obtaining liquor and he was
discharged.
Some members Of the legislature in North
Dakota are endeavoring to get even vita the
newspapers which did SO much to defeat the
lottery scheme BY pushing bill through the
legislature compelling all nonresident news
paper publishers to appoint resident egeat
to receive service in actions at lew
At meeting of the House committee
on commerce at Washington. the Sen,
ate bill TO establish a customs eoliee-
tion district of the states ofNorth and South
Dakota was ordered to be reported favorabiy.
House bills authorising the construction OF
bridges across the Red River of the North in
Minnesota orderedwere to be reported favor
ably.
The North Dakota roller mills, burned ST
Hilsboro, were erected about tour reaEs ago
by Edward P Allis & Co. of Milwaukee at a
cost of so, 900 and we're probably the most
costly and complete milling plant in North
Dakota. The Daisy Roller Mills company of
Milwaukee, where the present owners, and
Henry Gill ofDuluth thelessee The mill was
running full capacity, and it's loss will be
severely felt by this locality,
Gilbert LabeEg of Montreal was taken from
the Northern Pacific train at jamestown vio.
lently insane and put in charge of Sheriff
Schmitz. Next day he was entered at the in.
sane asylum for treatment. His family lives
at Mount Vernon, Wash. The man waa on
the road home. While being eonveyed to the
institution the patient jumped from the sleigh
and long end exciting chase for recapture
followed. At lucid periods the man claims
to have been robbed and hrutally beaten in
Chicago while en- route to Washington.