Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1892-06-24
IN NORTH DAKOTA.

Richland county has an enforcement,
league 700 strong.
Hillsboro boasts of d fine an -.teur
dramatic company.
The Northern Pacific linemen are put;
ting up another telegraph wire from
Fargo to st. Paul.
y large amount of wheat is being
marketed at present by the farmers of
Grand Fork; county.
The Grand Forks National bank has
increased its capital stock to 5000.
The new stock has all been subscribed
for.
Railroad Commissioners Walsh, Har-
mon aid Slotten have just completed
their annual .our of inspection over the
Northern Pacific.
Whitclaw Reid the Republican nomi-
nee for vice president, is said to be an
uncle, by marriage, Of Deputy Sheriff
Barnes, Of Cass county.
Karl Nelson, who embezzled $4,000
of the Grand Forks bank, pleaded guilty
and Judge Thomas sentenced him to five
years at hard labor at Sioux Falls.
Dick White was killed, and John
Klelnmer. William Glen, Milton Scott
and an unknown man We're seriously in
jurel by Il boiler explosion at La Moure
last week.
According to the Dickinson Press, the
assessed valuation of Hettinger county,
a stock county out in the western part
of the state, is 300 per cent. larger than
1t was last year.
Cy Hunter, business manager Of the
Grand Forks Herald. died in that city
Wednesday of last week. Mr.. Hunter
was one of the leading spirits among the
young men OF Grand Forks.
A large majority of the Democratic
state committee is said to favor fusion
with the Alliance Independent party.
The Democratic convention has been
deferred from July ID to September 6, to
afford an opportunity to size up the stu
alton as it will then appear.
Frank w. Pearson, for eleven years
connected with the Fargo Republican,
has resigned his position as city editor
to accept an engagement with the New
| York Life Insurance company, and is
succeeded on The Republic by Fred
Hea.sie-,ilot ss.|,, of p ck.
The annual encampment -~-,pdA
Army, department of Dakota, met at
Fargo last week. About 5000 visitors
We're i'll town. The encampment Sc
lected Devils Lake as the place for the
next session, and elected S. G. Roberts,
of Fargo, commander, and Major Blood,
of Valley City, lieutenant
At a secret meeting of tho executive
committee of the North Dakota Demo-
cratic state contral committee held ut
Fargo, the date of the state convention
was changed from July IA to the second
Tuesday in September, and the PROPOSE
ton to fuse with the Farmers Alliance
organization was brought up, but the
members of the committee could not
agree, so the matter was dropped.
The Northern Pacific elevator at Sykes
ton burned to the ground Saturday
morning. About 10000 bushels of wheat
burned, also the two horses used o1~the
power, as we'll as one driving horse 6nd
top buggy valued at $500. The books
and papers Of the company, together
with s40O check and 5000 or $500 in
currency, We're also burned. About $500
of the loss falls on the agent, Mr.. Gage.
The high court of North Dakota Inde-
pendent Order of Foresters met at
Grand Forks last week. Twenty-Five
courts were represented. During last
year the order has made material prog
ress, organizing new courts and increas-
ing its membership. Only three deaths
have occurred and the insurance money
has been paid within two weeks in each
case. The order is now incorporated
under the insurance laws of the state,
Representative johnson, W. j. Ander-
son, late receiver, and B. G. Tiffany,
late register of the Grand Forks land
office, appeared before the house public
land committee Saturday and made ar
guments in favor of the bill for relief of
settlers on the Red river lands All
three gentlemen were listened to with
considerable attention; and although no
action was taken by the committee,
Representative johnson says the COM
mittee is very fayorably impressed with
the case and expects an early and favor.
able report on the bill.
Faith Curists Bound Over.
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