The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-10-17

father.in-law, DIR. Waterhouse. d. G. 81.
Shatfer has been arrested, charged with
running blind pig in Bishops livery
barn, he has gone to Fargo in default of
$500 bail. DIR. Aylen has removed q
tumor from Pat Boyle's head. g. Carl
Linderman's boy was run over by q
wagon loaded with fifty bushels of
wheat, but was not seriously injured.
Sargent County: Thirty.fve thresh.
ing machines are in operation in the
county, and these will not be enough to
complete the threshing in season. 80.
Quite prairie fire near Nicholson the
other day .... Cogswell has had dance
.At Britton. the other night, two
young men attempted to play u practical
Joke on q groceryman named Goodman
by carrying off two of lis tubs; the
night watchman discovered them, and
when they did not stop, fired at them.
One, named Hlndnan, was shot in tn
shoulder, but is in fair way to recover
Nelson County: O. 8. Anderson of
Center Township is dead Notwith-
standing that the rains have intertered
with the threshing, farmers are happy
that sufficient moisture has been Sc
cured to insure good crop next season
-, There was disgracefnl fight on the
streets of Lakota the other day -. Trot.
Mctcalf has gone to Osnabrook as
buyer for the SD. Anthony Elevator Go.
....,; Mark u. Williamsand Charlie Adler
had a forcible discussion at Lakota. 3. {. 4.
An interesting harvest home service was
held i'll the Episcopal Church at Crary
La Moure County: The Edgerly
Cemetery Association has bought tract
of land near town . The warehouse of
A. s. Howe & Go. was burned by gas
oiine explosion, caused by woman
throwing down q lighted match while
gusoline was icing drawn from barrels
into five gallon packages. IA prairie
fire on Mr.. Glover's section was soon
extinguished go. An accommodation
train is running on the james Valley
road in place of the passenger and
freight 80. Wolves are reported very
thick in the western part of the county
Richland County: The Baptists of
Fairmount have decided to build an
81, 800 church this fall :. One farm in
Richland County paid it's owner this
season rs per cent. on the money in
vested. ...J. O. Hallum has gone to
Deadwood to look over some smelters
preparatory to purchasing similar ones
for his western mines The young
people Of Center township enjoyed o
hop at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Stiffes. Fishing is good around Barrie
now August Sohoeneck has q flow
ing we'll 275 feet deep. .. Prohibition
does not seem to be success in Wahpe.
ton.
Dickey County: Collectors report
debts are being paid better than ever
before. >. Commissioner Bateman has
lost three valuable horses. Papers
have been served on County Auditor
Weed relative to Northern Pacific taxes
in this county . Will Ellis new paper,
The Independent, makes d good start
-. The seating capacity of the new
Methodist Church at Oakes is 300. -.
A young man named Peterson was quite
seriously burned while fighting prairie
fires The Oakes Republican wants
harvest festival =. Help is scarce in
Dickey County.
Benson County: August Rasmussen
accidently killed himself with shotgun
recently. -. w. P. Snyder Of Hurricane
Lake has purchased four hundred.sheep
of the Bank OF Leeds @. Harrington
of Oberon raised from seed this year
onions that weighed two pounds piece
go. Mrs Holloway has r.signcd as post
mistress at Hurricane Lake. T. q.
Mather killed seven geese in one shot
the other day . . Antoine Blegen aver
aged thirty bushels to the acre from his
fifty. five acres of wheat. .. $50 head OF
mares and colts have arrived at Ft.
Totten from Montana. =. Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Rude have lost their younger
daughter, Pearl.
Grand Forks County: Mr.. Oasselman
of Grand Forks is having a residence
and barn built on theschool section near
Gilby The little child of Mr. and
Mrs. j. Z. Wilcox of Gilby got its teeth
loosened in some woy causing serious
abscess, the loss of the teeth bringing on
high fever The residence of Martin
Welker at Gilby was struck by light
ming and considerably damaged -.
Grain near McCanna is reported seri-
ously sprouting =. AT Inkster fire
caught from a threshing engine and
burned up considerable property ...H H.
FL. Day Of Orr died of heart disease
while +. eding threshing machine. ."
The Reynolds Band has given q dance
49,. George A. Bietch has sold his farm
near Gilby to A. Abbey for $4,000.
Walsh County: Cashier Cashel esti-
mates the yield OF wheat in Walsh
county at 100000 bushels. -, Thresh-
ing help is scarce around Medford. 80.
Five dollars day is being paid to
stackers around Ops. Grafton has 235
pupils in school. -. Oakwood wants
postoffice. Dan Yorkey hus settled up
the affairs of the Devils Lake encamp.
ment, and reports expenses $4,000 less
than the last encampment. 80. Will Dam
iels, of Forest River, returned home
WIFI very sOTo IOe, Calseu ny uu III
growing" toe nail. 1t is said, however,
that on his recent trip to Fargo, James
town and Bismarck, he staid one night
with friend and left in such hurry
that he did not notice the scraper, hence
the sore foot. "A man was arrested at
Grafton charged with carrying con-
cealed weapons and having burglar
tools on his person. He was held to the
grand jury.
Pembina County: One of the Clear
water boys got pretty badly used up the
other day in cor test with hobo....
Robert Williams was found lying on the
Great Northern track near Neche, and
was struck by the locomotive and quite
seriously injured. &. Mayor O'Connor of
Grafton has resigned because of the
neglect of the aldermen to attend to
their duties. .. .Pembina County has
cash on hand, S24, 39S25 -. Governor
Merriam and party have been hunting
near Drayton. Two dollars and fifty
cents per day are being paid for men