Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-09-25
NEWS IN NORTH DAKOTA
Ashley now has a G. A. R. post.


J. M. Harmon has been appointed
postmaster at Harmon, Morton county.
Volunteer fire companies have been
organized ut Park River and Dickinson.
Mrs. Jane Dickinson, aged 90, COM
mitted suicide by shooting at Williams
port.
A saw mill of daily capacity of $4,000
feet is being erected at Thief River
Falls.
The State w. c. T. o. held three
days convention at Grand Forks last
week.
Oats in Mclean county, as far as
threshed, are yielding from 80 to 100
bushels per acre.
The farmers around Elliott, in Ran
som county, have clubbed together to
ship their own grain.
1t is rumored that Judge Bennett con-
templates moving his paper, the Bottin-
eau Pioneer, to Willow City.
w. S. Parker, of Lisbon, has been ap-
pointed member of the board of phRr.
macists by Governor Burke.
Prairie fires in Emmons and Sargent
counties, North Dakota, did considerable
damage to grain and live stock.
Miss Willard Poole, the North Dakota
lady equestrienne who was seriously in
Jured in st. Paul, is out of danger.
A prairie fire in Eddy county burned
to death four horses hltched to plow in
held before the animals could be saved.
Judge Telnpleton has rendered de-
cision in favor of Nelson county in the
Nelson county bond case, saving the
county $4,000.
The Fargo Republican is authority
for the statement that wave of matri-
mony is sweeping over the state, and all
because of the good crops.
The Mercer county commissioners
have accepted the offer Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad company to reduce the
assessments to $1.07 per acre.
The state soldiers home board meet
IN Fargo on Oct. to open bids for put
ting up the building at Lisbon. It is to
be two stories and basement.
Some miscreant strewed Paris green
mixed with salt along the road in the
vicinity of several farms near Pembina
and caused the death of a number Of
cattle.
Grand Forks Herald: If the wheat
crop Of North Dakota for this year were
loaded on train of cars the train would
be over tive hundred and fifty miles in
length. -'~' -'
A band of s,64o sheep have been
bought by authority of the interior de-
! partment and placed ON the Fort Berth
old reservation for the benefit Of ths
Indians.
>, Frank veits, formerly manager of the
| Hotel Dacotah, at Grand Forks, has
purchased Riverside addition to Grand
FORKS. The addition consists of 120
acres: Az acres being in town lots The
John Birkholz has sold the Smith farm
OF 60o acres south of Grand Forks to
Noah Goine for $17,750. Birkholz pur.
chased 1t about six months ago for NO.-
O0o The increase is due to the splendid
crop raised.
John Sterrett, prominent farmer
north of Church's Ferry, has lust fin-
lshed threshing an ejghty-acre piece Of
wheat, which yielded Al bushels per
acre He has 420 acres more to thresh.
which will average over 40 bushels to
the acre.
George w. johnson, aged SO, md son.
young man, were burned to death bv
| q prairie fire, south of Beaver creek.
Emmons county. Mr.. Tobor, an old
man, was severely burned near Williams-
port and may die. Many houses, barns.
wagons and other machinery burned.
Cavalier county has this year 87,1sO
acres OF wheat, will produce an average
OF twenty-five bushels to the acre. or
l,677, 700 bushels. With 1OO,672 bush
els kept for seed she will market 1,577.-
O39 bushels. Of oats there are 18 Oa5
acres or 1,O45,O00 bushels. Of barley
there are 8, 400 acres or 436,77O bushels.
Judge Caldwell has granted decree
making permanent the injunction re-
stralnlng counties from collecting taxes
levied upon Northern Pacific indemnity
lands, on the ground that the roads had
not acquired sufficient title to the lands
in that belt to render them liable to tax
alton. This decision necessarily follows
from recent decision of the federal
supreme court.
Ann Martin, of Grand Forks. has
lived for eighteen years on property
condemned for the use of the Great
Northern railway, being dissatisfied
with the damages awarded, While
workmen were laying track Sunday She /,
procured a shotgun and Threatened tn
shoot anyone who came on the premises,>
The police took the gun away from h4s~
and the badly frightened iaborers re-.
sumed work.