Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1892-07-01
IN NORTH DAKOTA.

Devils Lake complains of super
abundance of the bum clement.
Fargo has quiet and we'll behaved
detachment of the Salvation Army.
Minneapolis will mako an effort to get
the knights Templ,r concluvc in 1895.
The Fargo Turf club Will offer over
$4,000 i'll cash prizes for tie July races.
H. L. Mis%ev. of the I',,..., River Press,
has sold a half interest il that publica-
ton to p. g. Ware.
Hall posi-; flee, III E.nnons county,
has been discontinued 10y order of the
posoiiice department.
There was {. grand gopher limit" ut
Werner, niciey county. last week, rs a
result of which JAY Pf.i.Iur is short one
leg
The Methodist Episcopal church at
Ca.'io has received Il new lell weighing
over SuO pounds, and which cost over
$500.
Report t.; received by Minneapolis ele-
vator companies from North Dlkota say
wheat l.; ii little late. but the crop will
be fully as heavy as last year.
The 100000 damage suit of August
Heinc against f. B. Cannon, of Ellen
dale for alleged assault, has been deci-
ded by u verdict of s66 for the plaintiff.
Some idea may be had of the amount
of wheat held by North Dakota farmers
when it is known that 10000 bushels
was shipped from Hope i'll one day last
week
j. S. Let's, of Stark county, is said to
have invented Il new hay press which
does double the amount of work OF an
ordinary press, with but half the horse
power.
Willie Larson, IS years old, while
playing on the belt line bridge at Mime
apolis, fell from the top of the bridge to
the East Side flats 100 feet below and
was Instantly killed.
Senator Carey, of Wyoming, has in
troluced a bill to pay Luke Voohees
some $4,000 awarded him for carrying
the mail between Fargo and Pembina
years ago before the days of railroads
that way.
Work has commenced on the Thief
River Falls line of the Great Northern,
tht tna time Tine inhsn ars is f!s' s towns along
that the work will be completed beSo1e-
snow flies.
John Winkler, of Oriska, advertises
for his son, who ran away from home
for fear of apunishment for some boy
isl pranks. A free, full and complete
forgiveness, together with the "fatted
calf, I" is promised.
The rebuilding of the Great Northern
road from Casselton to Mayville is prac-
tically the construction of new line,
The grade will be put in first class order,
new ties laid and the iron replaced with
heavy steel rails The contract includes
forty-three miles of main track and
seven miles of sidings
The election for county superintendent
of schools at Devils Lake resulted in the
election Of Miss Mary A. Bowers, the
present incumbent, by large majority
over q. M. Crary. About half the vote
of the city was cast by ladies' who We're
taken to the polls in carriages driven by
female friends of the lady candidate.
Yerxa's wigwam at Fargo caught fire
Saturday night by an explosion of fire.
works. But little damage was done the
building, but the three large stocks.
consisting of groceries, dry goods, cloth
| ing and boots and shoes were damaged
some $1,000, and the insurance policies
| do not cover the losses, as no permit had
been given to sell fireworks.
A herd of dozen buffaloes were re-
Gently seen near Edgeley, and five hunt
ers have gone to capture them if possi-
Bile. They have taken two fleet horses
each and quite herd of steers, and in
tend to drive the steers into the herd of
buffalo and round them all up together.
If they can do this it will be a valuable
capture, as the animals are worth more
than 81 900 apiece.
At Grand Forks last week the North
Dakota Firemens' association elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President, j. M. Edgerly, Bismarck;
vice presidents, T. A. Thompson, St.
Thomas; H. F. Strehler, Casselton, and
G. w. Green, Devils Lake; secretary, II.
T. Grover, Lisbon; trustees, James Nc
Donald, Grafton; A. NJ. Packard, Man
dan, and Elmer Olson, Mayville.