Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-04-14
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS.

NORTH DAKOTA NEWS.
Among cadet appointments to the
West Point military academy is that
Of George A. Nugent, Of Fargo.
Col. w. H. Topping, of Grand
Forks, has received his commission of
adjutant general of North Dakota.
A couple named eraser Of Valley
City, gave their four.year-old boy a
drink OF whiskey, Half an hour
after the child died.
Thos. McDonna's left arm was
blown off by dynamite while break
ing an ice blockade on the Northern
Pacific, west of Dickinson.
John Burke, of Rolla, a prominent
state senator in the last legislature,
has been appointed assistant
encouragement by w. H. Standish.
The board of railroad commits
sioners has appointed +. A. Grant,
editor of the Fargo Commonwealth,
as secretary to succeed M. j. Edgerly.
Mrs. John Flahcrty, of jamestown,
in temporary tit of insanity. seized
her husbands razor aud cut her
threat from ear to ear. The wound
is not fatal.
At the jamestown city election
Alfred Steel was elected mayor:
II. B. Allen, treasurer; e. p. Wells,
G. ID. Porter, II. A. Blood and w. A.
Fletcher aldermen.
J. H. Bowman, representing st.
Paul and eastern parties, will apply
to the city councils of Fargo and
Moorhead for a franchise to build an
electric street car line connecting
and traversing the two cities.
Owing to the considerably de.
creased vote from last April there
was no election in Rhode Island fol
general officers. AS the result of the
battle Baker, democratic nominee fol
governor, has plurality. 1t is be.
lievcd both democratic candidates
for congress have a plurality.
On application Judge Thomas has
ordered the Columbia Hotel company
of Fargo to show cause why re.
ceiver should not be appointed fol
the hotel. The application is made
on behalf Of b. Hageman, of Chicago,
president Of the company. 1t is said
the cause is not financial embarrass.
ment, but row among stockholders
A big row took place at the auction
of school land leases at Fargo. c. %
Angel, OF the real estate firm OF
Darling s. Angel, has been getting
$40 for each quarter section from
farmers who wanted to rent, threat.
ening that If they did not submit he
would bid against them and run the
price up. An application was made
for warrant for blackmail, but
States Attorney Pollock thinks the
conviction could not be secured
Angel was roughly handled by some
farmers, Patrick Neary, of Buffalo
publicly threatening tar and feathers
Finally the school land board refused
to receive Angeles bids. He filed
protests against this action. 1t is
likely that the whole sale may be sci
aside on the ground Of collusion.
A. II. Prauhous, a wealthy farmer
living near Mayville, attempted a
double murder. Prauhous has had
an inordinate jealousy of his wife. A
neighbor, and sisterof Prauhous' wife
and Mrs. Prauhous had written q
letter to friends in Norway.
Prauhous constructed the act into a
love letter communication with some
supposed lover in Norway. After his
sister-in-law had departed from home,
Prauhous seized a knife, ran after
her and dealt a serious stab near the
heart, leaving a severe but not fatal
injury. On his return, encountering
his wife out Of doors, he seized her
by the hair and attempted to drag
her into the house, then he dealt her
three dangerous wounds with the
knife in the back and abdomen.
Mrs. Prauhaus is likely not to
recover.
Northern Pacific Tax Case. isemauded.
Chief Justice Fuller announced the