The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-14
NORTH DAKOTA,

A bill has passed both branches of the
North Dakota legislature locating the state
fair at Grand Forks.
gum chewing broke up a once happy home,
orphaned Two interesting children and placed
the father in an insane asylum.
North Dakota Ignite COAL ton and O
half Of which is equal to q ton of good BIZ
luminous coal, for heating purposes, is being
delivered at Mandan for $1.7O per ton.
Senator Gilbert A. Pierce. ofNorth Dakota,
made a 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 25, 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 $5O, 900. which is fully covered
by insurance.
E. II. Flynn, the defaulting treasurer OF
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 $12, 874.9O, the full amount of his
defalcation.
Louis Hughes, who stabbed and danger
ously wounded q 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 heis lodged
in the Jail to await the result of Van elders
wounds.
Patrick Vilneau' French youth, was be-
fore the city justice at Grand Forks, at the
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 with the
newspapers which did so much to defeat the
lottery scheme by pushing a bill through the
legislature compelling all nonresident news
paper publishers to appoint q resident agent
to receive service in actions at law.
At meeting of the House committee
on commerce at Washington, the Sen
ate bill to establish customs collec
ton district of the states ofNorth and South
Dakota was ordered to bereported favorably
House bills authorizing the construction Of
bridges across the Red River of the North il
Minnesota orderedwere to be reported favor
| ably.
The North Dakota roller mills, burned al
Hillsboro, were erected about Jour years age
by Edward P Allis & Co. of Milwaukee at 6
cost of so, 900 and were probably the most
costly and complete milling plant in North
Dakota. The Daisy Roller Mills company O
| Milwaukee where the present owners, anG
Henry Gill ofDuluth thelessee The mill wal
running full capacity, and it's loss will b.
severely felt by this locality.
Gilbert Laberg Of Montreal was taken from
the Northern Pacific train at jamestown VIC
lently insane and put in charge of Sheriff
| Schmitz. Next day he was entered at the in
sane asylum for treatment. His family live.
| at Mount Vernon. Wash. The man was or
the road home. While being conveyed to tn,
institution the patient jumped from the sleigh
and a long and exciting chase for recaptur,
followed. At lucid periods the man claims
| to have been robbed and brutality beaten il
| Chicago while en- route to Washington.