Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-08-14
Buffalo, N. d., is after good hotel,
and is willing to pay as astarter 5000
towards $4,000 building.

and is willing to pay as astarter 5000
towards a $4,000 building.
The secretary of the treasury has
decided to locate the Fargo public
building on the lot at the corner of
Roberts street and First avenue. The
cost OF the lot ls $4,000.
John Hanson, the proprietor of the
Scandinavian hotel at Hillsboro, was
found drown in the Goose river, Just
above the dam at that city, at about
8 O'Clock Saturday night.
A man by the name of Gunderson,
charged with assaulting young girl,
has escaped from the sheriff of Trail
county. Officers are on his track and
1T is believed he will soon be rounded
up.
John Haas, of Fargo, has been SEN
fenced by Judge McC Connell to 80 days
in Jail and $500 fine and costs for
keeping a blind pig. The case will be
appealed and Haas is out On $1,000
bail.
Bismarck advices on the 9th inst,
are to the effect that there is no dam
age to grain on theslope bv heat. Har.
vesting has commenced generally in
Burleigh county. Temperature was
70; cloudy; wind northwest.
Dispatches from Wahpeton dated
the 9th inst, say that no injury to
the rlpening crops is yet reported, but
fears are entertained for the lategrain
Grain is ripening very unsatisfactory
ly. Harvesting was not generally be-
gun.
The corner stone OF the new Luther
an:: college building at Grand Forks
was laid with appropriate ceremonies
Wednesday, August 5th.. There was
large attendance from ..outside OF the
city. Congressman M. N. johnson
was one of the speakers.
Over four inches OF water fell at
Michigan City on the 9th inst, and
grain was laid fat by the wind and
rain, and, being very heavy, must have
done some damage. Old settlers say
that this is the first year they have
seen grain lodge in this state.
The maximum temperature at Grand
Forks on the 9th, 7th and 9th insts.
was 8s, 90 and IS degrees, respective
ly. Farmers say wheat has not been
damaged by the neat. A good reeze
set in on the 9th inst. Heavy rains
at night and warm days are maturing
wheat rapidly.
Devils Lake telegrams Of the 9th
inst, are to the effect that they were
having magnificent rlpening weather.
All grain is benefited rather than in
jured by the heated spell. Many
farmers would begin cutting wheat by
the 10Th inst. At noon the tempera-
ture was 80 degrees.
A young man 1nmed J. w. Kefford,
representing a Oh Ago bicycle house,
was arrested on west bound train
at Mandan, charESt with forgery. He
had been at Matuan several weeks,
but left Sunday after paying his bills
and raising means bv forged checks on
several citizens. He has the appear
ance of slick one.
The new Great Northern passenger
depot at Grand Forks is to be an i'm
posing structure of Kettle river stone.
6Ox137 feet in dimension. Theslte is at
thecorner OF De Mers avenue and Sixth
street. General Manager Mohler, says
it is to be the finest OF any on the
Great Northern west of S.. Paul, as
we'll as finer than any on any road in
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
and Montana, except inf st. Paul, MIN.
neapolis and Duluth. The contract
calls ior the completion ofthe building
Dec. 1.
A heavy thunder storm, accom-
panied by high wind, passed over Min
to on the 9th inst. The wind blew
over small! buildings and a couple Of
freight cars from the track. Athreat-
ening cyclone cloud passed near town.
No damage is yet reported from 1t.
There has been exceedingly hot wealth
or and grain has ripened very fast.
There are some blighted heads In the
wheat and some rust In heavy pieces.
The oats crop looks the best II has
for years. There may be o very little
wheat cut by the 18th INST.