Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-08
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS.

Henry W. Alderman, aged 81 years
and Matilda Leayitt, aged 26 years
were married at jamestown one day
last week.
A twenty-four hours cold, drilling
rain followed by a cold snap hindered
farm operations in North Dakota and
made farmers feel blue last week.
Nels Nelson, while hunting near
Bismarck was accidentally shot by
his own gun. The charge struck him
in the head and death was instan-
taneous.
The body of Peter Swanson, a
native OF Sweden, was found in Red
Lake river near Grand Forks. Ithad
evidently been in the water some days
and was partially decomposed.
Jud. Lamoure, The tall cottonwood
of the Pembinas, recently had mature
on his hands a $4,000 ten-year
tontine life insurance policy, and his
enemies can understand that he is in
politics to the finish.
Johnson Nickeus, of jamestown,
has resigned his position as repre-
sentative of the United States govern
ment at Barranquilla, Republic Of
Columbia, and is giving his entire
attention to law business.
John Charles was arrested at Tower
City charged with an attempt to com
NIT criminal assault on Jennie Tut
tie, aged IA. He was fully identified
by the girl. He was held to the next
term of the district court.
The Josephus Plenty Company has
commenced the construction of a
number of barges for the transpOrta-
tion of Ignite coal down the Missouri
river from mines in Mercer county,
some sixty miles north of Bismarck.
The barges are to be built from fir
timber brought from the Pacific
coast. The company will attempt to
ship coal this season, and expect to
lay it down on the line Of the North
ern Pacific road at a cost of Sl.25 per
ton, and to establish coal yards along
the river to supply steamboats,.
The citizens of the town of Cava-
lier, in Pembina county, are making
a great effort to change the county
seat from Pembina to Cavalier. A
petition is now in circulation, with
about 1900 signatures, to be pre-
sented to the board OF county commits
sioners at their meeting on Sept. II,
to vote on the change. With st.
Thomas, another town of the county,
after the blind asylum, and Cavalier
and Bathgate after the county seat
and every county officer, with the SEN
atOrs and representatives to be
elected, it is expected to be a very
hot and bitter fight.
In order thatthere may be uniform
ity and accuracy in the Australian
ballot to be used for the first time in
North Dakota this fall, the secretary
of state will prepare and send out a
form Oon to each Of the county aud
itors. The ballot will vary in size in
the different counties, according to
the number of tickets and candidates
for office. Where there is no indie
pendent ticket the ballot will be
about cap size, 14x17, but where there
are three complete tickets in the
field the ballot will be at least a folio,
l7x22. The ballot when prepared
will be approved by the attorney gen.
eral and the printers of the state will
then have a safe guide to follow. 1t
is very important that there be no
mistakes in the formor print of the
ballot. a great variety will be needed
every assessor and county commits
siOner district requiring a different
form, or rather the addition or omis-
Giou Of a name or two