The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-07-28
NORTH DAKOTA.

Arthur Purdon, son of the eX-mayor,
and his companion, Johnny Golden, both
eleven years of age, were drowned whi e
bathing in the Red river.
A Bismarck special says: Alice Joy,
postmistrsss ofWalcs, in this county, was
arrested by Inspector Clement, char. ed
with fraudulently opening letters, She was
caught by deooy letters.
The steamer Abner O'NeaI, owned by
Turner and others of Mandan, with a cargo
of wheat and wool, from Upper Missouri
river points, run against a snag near Paint
ed Woods and sank in ten feet of water.
The cargo and vessel total loss. No insur.
ance loss, $4,000.
The Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce
committee WHICH visited St. Paul recently
to confer with the officials of the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific in re-
gard to securing lower freight rates on coal
to Grand Forks are promised definite am
swer in 30 days. They arc confident that q
better rate will be granted
Frank Welhaven, who has been &C ing
as janitor and messenger at the National
Bank at Fargo has disappeared with $500
of the bank funds. Wclhaven was trusted
with large sums of money to deliver and
he dccamped with a package which was
to have been expressed over the Northern
Pacific.
Grand Forks special says; With favor.
ready to harvest about Aug. 25, later sown
wheat about the middle of September and
some will not be cut at all. Grain sown OH
stubble is coming on very poorly, with rust
and blight showing i'll places. Sixty per
cent is probably large average.
A Valley City special say Three of the
teachers are reelected here for the ensuing
year: Miss Florence Myrck, of lie Sueur,
as principal, and Misses Bessie Lenvig
Featherston to lower rooms. Rev. B. NJ.
Spur, recent county superintendent, is
also elected and a fifth teacher is yet to bc
chosen. The Methodist society have let
the contract for their new CHURCH TO St
Paul contractor for So, 200 and expect to
have it ready for use thi, fal.
The N. w. Farmc.s Elevator C, mpany
at Grand Forks elected the following offic-
ers: o. 0. IIau Jcrud, prc,iden,; Levi
Steeners vice PRESIDENT; Thomas Ulven,
secretary; o. I. Gronli, treasurer. r. E.
HaHson, of the Superior Consolidated
Land Company, OF Superior, Wis, offered
the company q site and short right for
storage elevator at Superior, which offer
was accepted and the board decided to
build an elevator of 500, ,OOO bu ihcls capac-
ty at once.
The Peoples Party of Dickey county
held their convention at E.IcndaIe to NOM
mate legislative and county ticket. Tie
following nominations was made; s natnr,
]. w. Stevens; representative. James rald-
well and George Towers; sheriffB w. Cole
man; treasurer. c. w. Palmer; clerk
court, B, w Porter; register OF dee,ls, A. if
Applequist; auditor, w. II. Eli~; district
attorney, G. W. Parkes.
Northern Pacific Conductor Sloe shot
two mon who were riding on the roor OF an
express Car on a tresle near Valley City
| One died instantly and the other is fatal
| ly in. urcd. The men pulled tho boil Ia
stop the train when THO conductor der
| ed them to como down, They refused
| with the above, result. Doth men were
well dressed and are thought TO have been
| train robh.fs,
North Dakota Millcr's association in :
nual session at Grand Forks recently eject
cd the following officers for the ensuing
year: President, J. S. IIilIycr Lonion;
first vice president D. B Shotwrll. Fargo,
second vice president, L. i. Gibbs, Nav
ville secretary, G. H WiNtpF, Grand Fork, !
treasurer, John H. Iprper Mandani cxeon>
| tive committee, John NJ. Turner MaMlan,
II. S. Helm of Jamestown, w. +. Honey oil
Park River, Hugh Thomasson Of EsheE
W. J. Doheney Of Grand Forks,