Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-05-01

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Hudson Bay Loan and Real Estate
company, which has arrangements
with the Canadian government where
by the work is profitable. The agents
offer to pay railroad fare, transporta-
tion charges for effects and furnish
money to lift all chattel Indebtedness
to any farmer who will llremovet tu Cam
ada. The farmer is required to give
bill of sale of his effects and place him
sell absolutely in the power of the
company. No results OF their work
are yet apparent.
States Attorney Rose prepared
search warrants at Fargo on the 25th
inst, and placed them in the hands OF
the sheriff, who seized the blind pigs OF
Thomas Erdell and John Mason. At
Erdell's place, the sheriff found two
demiiohns OF whisky, one bottle ofgin,
four barrels OF beer and two cases OF
beer. At Nason's place he found five
barrels OF beer, four jugs of whiskey,
five bottles OF whiskey and one bottle
OF gin. The sheriff took an inventory
OF all the contents, and left the depu-
ties in charge. The information Is
said to have been furnished by Moor
head saloon-keepers, whose business
was injured by the pigs. These two
were the only warrants issued, though
several other places have been run
ming openly. Ii convicted the law pro-
vides for a sentence OF not less than
ninety days in Jail and fine OF not
less than 5000. All the places were
closed up tight.
A strenuous effort was made by the
North Dakota delegation in the last
congress, to have Fort Abraham Lin
coin retained as q regular military
post, and thus continue the poftable
business among the merchants OF Bis
marck and Mandan caused by the
presence OF the officers and soldiers,
but the bill failed to pass. Up to q
few days ago no move had been made
to abandon the post and the people
had begun to think that the fort would
be retained at its present location.
News now comes, from a private
source, that arrangements are being
made at Fe1t Yates which would in
dictate that the war department had
decided to abandon thepost. Friends
OF the movement to retain the fort
had been in hopes that the transfer OF
Gen. Ruger to the Pacific slope would
result in Fort Abraham Lincoln re.
manning as of yore, as they claimed
that the general had reported in favor
of it's abandonment.
The telegraph brings sensational
news from Portland, N. d., under date
OF the 25th inst, to the effect that
Rev. w. M. Ward, who has been pas
tor OF the Methodist church at that
place for the past year and Mrs. L. D.
Lewis, of Portland, went to Caesleton
on the 25th OF March and stopped at
the Occidental hotel two nights, regis
tering as man and wife. Portland
citizens have long entertained sus-
picions that all was not right with
Ward and Mrs. Lewis, as he has fire.
quently been seen leaving Mrs. iewis's
rooms late at night. When the facts
of the Cassleton affair became known
an indignation committee called on
Rev. Ward and asked an explanation.
He refused point blank to make one,
strenuously claiming that the scarda-
lous rumors were absolutely without
foundation. Finally it was demanded
OF him that he face the hotel man at
Cassleton, also the tralnmen who had
made statements concerning his ac-
tions on the train, and prove his inno-
cence. This Rev. Ward also refused
to do, but instead has stealthily made
his exit to other fields, leaving his
wife and two children to the mercy of
sympathizing friends, who haye raised
money by subscription for her benefit,
and transportation will be furnished
her to her home.