Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-04
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE STATE.
A Condensed Record of the Import
ant happenings of the Week in
North Dakota, Arranged
for Rapid Reading.


George Lutz. of Jamestown. will open
a new lumber business there.
Knute Sletten of Norway township,
Steele county. paid 5000 for no acres
at the recent rental of school lands.
s. Lachcpelle of Grafton. is under ar
est for committing the crime of incest
with his II year-old daughter.
Fire in David Sulzback's cigar store
called out the Grand Forks fire depart
mcnt the other morning Little damage
was done.
The East Grand Forks city council
has granted the Northern Pacific per-
mission to lay Il Temporary track around
the flooded portion of the city.
The North Dakota editors are pre-
pairing to attend the worlds fair press
convention. May ~. They are to stop
at the Great Northern hotel
\ syndicate of young men in Minot
has decided to establish park on the
river six miles above that city. Steam
pleasure boats and other convcniences
to make life pleasant will be provided.
The Tongue river at Bathgate is the
highest it has been for years. All
families living on the land are moving
to high land, No seeding to speak of
yet. Roads very bad.
a deficit of $2.SG2. discovered in the
accounts of an ex-treasurer of Foster
county by Examiner Wallace. has been
made good and the amount paid into the
treasury of the county.
The death of Daniel Webster Dunning
occurred ut his home. thirteen miles
north of Grand Forks in Minnesota. on
the 18th inst. aged SiXty-siN years three
months and three days.
Since its first settlement the Red River
valley has experienced five great flood
periods. to wit: 1876 1852. 1861. 1SS2
and 1893. The latter promises to out
strip the others.
While walking along the railroad track
during the recent blizzard Miss Lizzie
Smith of Hope was struck by an engine
and knocked down. falling outside of the
track. She was quite badly injured.
Jay G. Henderson, a prominent farmer
of Church'S Ferry. accidentally shot HIM
self yesterday and was found dead in the
field. his clothes having been burned,
charming his body almost beyond rccogni-
| ton.
Agent jerks of Devils Lake handed
the Great Northcrn'S check for $1,000 as
Il donation to ChautauQua to Treasurer
Eaton. The improvements to be made
will cost not less than $1,000 and will
be commenced early i'll May.
Elise, the five-year-od daughter of
DR.. and Mrs Sturtzkoff of Fargo, met
death in a peculiar manner recently. The
child was chewing Il piece of gum, and 1t
became lodged in her throat causing
death in few minutes,
! Odd Fellows over the state turned out
in good numbers to the celebration of
the anniversary recently. At Mayville
there was Il concert; ut Dickinson a
parade, banquet and dance: at Devils
Lake a social supper; at jamestown Il
banquet and dance.
Charles Washington, colored light
weight champion of the Northwest,
knocked out Henry Lemon, colored light
weight from Minneapolis, in three rounds
at Grand Forks. The winner took a
purse of $500 and the entire gate re-
ceipts.
A Minot dispatch says the Mouse river
presented the appearance of a floating
lumber yard this week. The timbers for
the 500 bridge We're RATED to a point
ten miles down the valley. The 500 work
is being pushed forward with all possible
speed.
Mrs. Melville, an aged lady of Park
River, was almost fatally burned about
the neck and face She had gone to the
door with lighted lamp in her hand,
and gust of wind blew the flame
against Il light wrap around her neck,
setting it afre.
At the inquest held by Coroner Roun-
! sevell of Larimore in the case of Mike
! Barry, the Emerado sport who died of
! too much booze, the jury brought in q
verdict of death by suffocation indirectly
caused by gross intoXication with alcohol.
| The citizens of Emerald dubbed togeth-
err and had the body properly prepared
for burial.
At a meeting of the business men at
the Standish house, Lacota, Business
Mems association was organized by elect
ing the following officers: A. J. Gronna,
president; e. H. Kent, secretary, and an
executive committee consisting Of five,
of which r. J. Bond is chairman. The
| association is now figuring with a con-
Germ to put in 100-barrcl flour mill this
summer.
The board of directors of the Devils
Lake Chautauqua have almost completed
a programme for meeting this summer.
They have decided to build hotel on the
grounds to cost $1,000, and be ready by
June when the meetings open. Rev. J.
H. Kelley of Larimore has been engaged
to travel in the interest of the associa-
ton. Certificates emitting holder to
room and board, will be issued at $40. to
raise the money for the hotel
Civil Service Examiner Pool examined
10 applicants, for government positions
at the United States court room at
Fargo, J. H. Bryan of Aberdeen, S. D.,
J. B. Mathews, Grand Forks; F. c.
Klein, Jane stcwn; w. S. Moran, Crazy,
were examined for the railroad mail
service. b. Stillwell. Buffalo; S. A. Dan
ford, Cogeswell; J. NJ. Schaff, of Bath
were examined for Indian service, Mrs.
Ellen Currier, of Detroit, Mimi, for the
department of clerks.
J. G. Henderson, aged thirty-fve years,
of Cando was found dead in goose pit,
where he evidently accidentally shot him
self perhaps six or seven hours before.