The Washburn leader., 1891-08-15

1t Is announced that A. L. Failor, of the
Minot Reporter. was married in Winnipeg
Oh the Sth inst, to Miss Aggie Brunt,
formerly of Langdon, Cavalier county.
The Tribune says that Philip Nudleman
swore out a warrant Monday against Israel
Shank, charging him with assault and bat
terry. The sheriff found his man in Israel.
Bismarck Tribune: Judge D. Dwyer
and wife of Ohio, father and mother of
John G. Dwyer, the rancher of Coal Har-
Dor. were in the city yesterday enroute to
visit their son.
w. Fl. Standish lawyer of mediocre
caliber, but withal socially good fellow,
has been appointed assistant attorney
general 'Dy Attortiey General Spencer. with
headquarters at Devils Lake.
According to the Dickinson Press ter
rife rain storm. resembling cloud-burst,
visited portion of Stark county last
week, and the streets of Dickinson became
veritable rivers. No serious damage.
The selection of Judge Winchester, by
the Detroit convention, as the North Da-
kota member of the national council of
the Grand Army of the Repub ic, is an
eminently fit one. and the judges many
friends extend congratulations.
The president has issued an order trans
ferring to the interior department. for dis
position under the law, so much of the
abandoned military reservation at Ft. Bu-
ford, N. D.. as lies south of the line between
townships 154 north, and east of the line
between ranges 1O1 and 1O2 west.
Mandan Times: Rev. D. G. Plannette
preached an eloquent sermon at the M. E.
church last Sunday morning and made an
earnest plea for subscriptions to aid in
building the new Methodist university at
Wahpeton. He advanced the idea that
with a school of higher learning in North
Dakota the standard of the ministry would
be raised and we would have educated
preachers and not have to put up with
what we could get as is now the case. His
appeal met with hearty response in
Mandan.
A Seattle. WASH. dispatch of the 7th inst.
gives the following account of the tarring
and feathering of a former North Dakota
priest: "Father Quay, a Catholic priest,
was tarred and feathered by a mob yes
terday morning between II and O'Clock.
Citizens effected an entrance to his resi-
dence, dragged him from his bed and ap-
piled complete covering of tar and feath-
ers. The priest fought desperately, but
was finally overcome. He is accused of
enticing children of both sexes into his
room and there practicing various forms
of immortality after stupefying them with
liquor. IT is stated he was removed from
his charge at st. Thomas, N. D., for SINH
lar practices"
Emmons County Record: Mr.. A. L..
Reynolds. of Omio in the central part of
this county. accidentally shot and killed
himself OH the forenoon of Tuesday last.
He had been up in the Williamsport coun-
try ON Monday, canvassing for the Fargo
nursery. and had succeeded very we'll. He
had called at the Record ranch. and he
and the writer had conversed at length on
the question of small-fruit culture i'll En-
mons county, on which subject Mr.. Raw
nolds was an enthusiast. An item con-
cerning his visit, printed elsewhere, was al
ready in type when news of his death was
received. He had not intended to return
home until Tuesday, but changed his mind
and went back Monday evening. His
mother is well along in years, and he said
he had returned to help her with the wash
ing, as was his custom when at home.
Tuesday morning he took his gun and told
his mother he would go across Beaver
Greek and try to shoot a hawk that had
been flying around. AS he did not return
by noon his mother became alarmed and
sent for Wallace Petrie and another settler
whose name the Record did not learn. A
search was begun and his dead body was
soon found. He had shot himself through
tho heart. He had probably cooked the
gun, and, forgetting. had pulled it toward
him by the muzzle, when. the trigger catch-
ing in a twig, it was discharged. The body
was found near Il log. upon which it is sup
posed Mr.. Reynolds was setting when shot.
the following editorial remarks of the Tur
tie Mountain Times: "6heep in Grand
Forks county are assessed at $1.65 per
head. In Rolette county they are assessed
at $2.l4. The former county would encour-
age the sheep industry, while the latter
would kill it in its infancy" To which
the Fargo Commonwealth adds: ''No
matter how you look on it our present sys-
tenn of taxation is inclined to put a burden
on industry, to discourage Investment in
productive enterprises, and reallv pre-
MUM on idleness. The man who improves
his property, adds wealth and beauty to
the town or city, is fined IN proportion to
his improvements. The man who allows
his premises to 20 to ruin and decay is re-
leased from taxation. Ono of the strong
est arguments in favor of single tax on
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