The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-02-18
North Dakota.

A coal famine is reported from Reyn-
olds and Thompson. III the Great North
ern branch, which is still blocked.
Sam Green, found guilty at Devils
Lake of participating in 4 prize fight,
was fined $50.
]. K. Flynn, arrested at Fargo charged
with running a blind pig, was released,
the prosecuting witness not being able to
identify him.
Democrats of Fargo are making ar
Engagements for a special car to attend
Cleveland's Inauguration. About fifty
will attend from here.
Fire destroyed the residence and part
of the household effects of Barney
Breens at Devils Lake. Loss about 5000;
no insurance.
John Young was struck by a Northern
Pacific engine in the Fargo yards, and
his skull was fractured. He is from
Fond du Lac, Wis, and has no friends
here.
Farmers elevator at Ardock was de-
stroyed by fire, together with $4,000
bushels of wheat. Loss covered by in
surance
North Dakota ranchmen are waging
war against the importation of Texas
n Southern cattle. They allege that
the disease known as 'Texas fever is
thereby spread among their stock.
Ex-Mayor Ball of Devils Lake has ap-
piled for a franchise for a new electric
light and power company. The schedule
of rates filed is just half the present
prices, 200 candle power arc lights to
be $40 a month.
The safe of the First National bank
of Lacota preserved it's books and money
from damage by the recent fire. The
bank %reopened and is doing business as
if nothing had happened. Loss on build
ing fully covered by insurance.
Warrants were sworn out at Fargo
charging eight places with being resorts
for selling liquor. A sheriff's posse raided
the places, claiming to find liquors in all
of them, as follows: Headquarters hotel,
John Mason's restaurant, J. X. Flynn's.
above the Sherman house.. Pete Roach's
cigar store. Tom Kcnhedy's place, Eagle
hotel and John Nelson's restaurant. The
complaints were all made by two men
named Gould and Olson.
Hans r. Hanson of HARDWOOD dropped
dead at Faro while getting on the Great
Northern tran to go home. 1t it believed
heart disease was the cause. The dead
man was about thirty-fve years old and
had a wife and three children. His
w;fc's father lives in Fargo, and was
visited by Hanson yesterday. At that
time he seemed in perfectly good health.
$. +. Slipe of Anamosa, Iowa, was
killed by the bursting of a buzz saw.
The Chicago & Northwestern baggage
depot at Carroll, Iowa, burned, with sew
eral adjoining buildings.
One thousand delegates are expected
to attend the annual convention of dairy
men at Dubuque.
The business portion of Alton was de-
stroyed by fire recently. The loss is $780,
600.
A liquor seizure by county officers in
Pella, Iowa. resulted in a row in which
two students of Central university. at
Pella, were injured.
Green 3. Cation, aged eighty-fve years.
was sentenced in keokuk, Iowa, to six
months in the penitentiary for counter
feiting.
Fire in the warehouse of the Lee
Broom works at Davenport destroyed
forty car loads of broom cord. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $1,000.
Mrs. Charles Craft was severely scald-
cd while preparing dinner at Fort Dodge.
She attempted to lift a kettle Of boiling
wster off the stove: w!,-n it slipped from
her grasp and ths contents poured over
her face and hands. Medical attendance
was given her Immediately, but it is
feered that serious results will follow.
The Hotel Continental at Centerville
burned the other night, the fire original
ing from the furnace. Will Hale, a
travelling man, julius Fecht, a cigar
manufacturer of OttumwA, and Mrs.
Mckee, the landlay, jumped out of n
'hird-story window and were fatally il
jured. NJ. A. Roberts, al attorney from
Ottulrwa, had both feet badly burned
Several others were slightly injured.