The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-08-01

AKoTA, SATURDAY, AUGU
FROM OVER THE STATE.
Ro'ette County: F. Y. Duschenear
has barley five feet high. The Dun
seth school will have six months ses
sion hereafter instead of three months
Miss Jennie O. Eaton and J. O. Tucker
are the teachers.
Nelson County: The News has en-
tered on its ninth year Mrs. Mary E
Prindle of Duluth is visiting her sister
Mrs. N. F. Webb. Mr.. Gram ha.
closed his hotel at Michigan City >.
Lars o. Bue is now notary public.
Grand Forks County: Abe Reynolds
mare won the race at Gilby Crops
reported splendid. :. The Globe-Ga.
zet.e advises farmers to spend their
money at home . Mrs. r. 8. Sayre oi
Larimore is dead. p. Lleberg has had
new barn built ON his place east oi
Marvel. 22x54, with IA foot posts.
Cavalier County: Bishop Stanley
was serenaded at Langdon. =. The new
schoolhouse at Langdon is nearly CON-
pleted. Another picnic has been held
in the grove at BeGuleau Albert
Hohlbein fell twenty-four feet from q
barn he was shingling and was fright
fully bruised on the head and shoulders,
but is now recovering.
Mcintosh County: Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Linn have had a family re-
union. Commissioner Helgesen adj.
vertised the Edgeley wool market in
The Mcintosh County Republican. i. :.
There has been calf replevin case in
Judge Larimore's 8 court Hail dam
aged the crops of Henry Garbelman, J.
T. Rehbeng and Charles Richards.
Foster County: The teachers con.
vention was held at Carrington 80.
Erhard Lettner of Mel had valu.
able COW killed by Lightning. i. The
total assessment of the county is 81, ,296,-
100. an increase of $23S, ,252 over last
year, according to The Independent.
Mrs. Eisenhuth will teach the CARING
ton school lext winter,
Eddy County: The early settlers
picnic was grand success. Colonel
Plummer's grafton was in his mimi.
table style, according to The Trans
oript. The officers are: W. @. Hayes,
president; NJ. Manson, vice president;
H. NJ. Clarke, secretary, and A. d.
Tomlinson, treasurer. =. Rev. Mr..
Thormodsgard's residence was set on
fire by lightning, but extinguished.
Bottineau County: Oliver Seymour
furnished Editor Bennett with new po-
tatoes, :. Road overseers are ordered to
destroy mustard .. {. Editor McQandless
tells of mans jaw bone, q bears tusk
and an old fashioned Hudson Bay rife
found close together, and wonders over
the story they tell 80. William Holz car
ries the mail from Willow City to
Wines, Ely and Twala.
Towner County: Professor Waldron
has found some locusts near Churchs
Ferry, but says they will not do any
damage this year. :. According to The
Tribune Major Fawcett is home from n
long trip to the Manitoba northwest,
and says it is no country for Dakotan
to live in. Knight Palmerlee shot
sixty-three gophers after supper, and
Editor Sibley is going cunning after
mosquitoes.
Ward County: Bob Bryan, ranch
man. was drowned while swimming his
horse over river . The Cotton side
track has been laid out and is soon to be
constructed Parties have been steal.
ing flowers from the graves in the GENE.
terry Z. One hundred and fifty thousand
pounds of wool have been shipped from
Minot this season, according to The Re-
porter Peter Ehr has been made
sheep inspector of Ward county.
Pierce County: O. A. Bigelow is
back from the Flathead country Rev.
Herbert Jones is now in charge of the
Methodist churches at Rugby and
Towner Public Examinsr Wallace
has been examining county records ....
Miss Hattie Skies has closed her school
and was given q picnic. :. Miss Aida
Gram has closed her school in the Bar
ton district . . The county general tax
levy has been made ID mills.
Mclean County: J. J. Robinson is
shipping more cattle east. Alex Mel
son, formerly of Mclean County, had
his leg mashed in runaway accident in
Montana Mclean County has re-.
sumed the issue of warrants. .. Mr.. E..
A. Williams has been camping out in
the vicinity of Washburn %. F. Hus-
ton has Travelled 1,500 miles searching
for Clydesdale mare and COLT that
strayed off. according to the Turtle
Lake items in The Mill
McHenry County: Miss Reynolds
closed the Elk Valley school with fine
programme. "A dancing party was
given Misses Emma and Ida Kitzman
at the Northwestern Hotel, Towner.
@. A. Demming has fine garden and
raises strawberries G4 inches in oircum-
ference, according to The Independent
80. Complaint is made of the 9th in
front of the Towner postofice :. "A pc
tition is being circulated to reduce the
number of commissioners to three.
Emmons County: Robert Cotton
tried to drive a neighbours bull from his
fields and was quite seriously tossed by
the animal. Lightning has been
playing havoc at Williamsport; several
houses were struck and more or less in.
ured; no one was injured but four
~orses were killed =. Billy Badger will
leave Hampton this week for Chicago
with eighty head of fat cattle 4. John
Miller of Glencoe has cut his black bar
ley. :. Father Sloan is visiting friends