Bismarck weekly tribune., 1895-07-12

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Cass county continued to float over the
saloon of johnny Hass in Moorhead all
day on the Fourth.
In Rugh township, Nelson county, the
schoolhouse was struck by lightning.
All the pupils were knocked down and
stunned and three Of the boys consider
ably scorched.
Judge Mcconnell has overruled the
motion Of Emil Wendlund for a new
trial, and sentenced him to the peniten-
tiary for life. An appeal will be taken
to the supreme court.
General Passenger Agent Fee of the
Northern Pacific has secured bicycle.
and while he has definite ideas about
getting on the machine he hasn't yet
formulated any we'll defined ideas as to
how to get off gracefully.
Every member of the Pembina city
council at the last meeting expressed
themselves, clearly and emphatically.
that the blind pigs were public nui-
sance; that the law should be completely
and impartially observed.
While at work in the field three miles
from Cooperstown Ed Ness was Instant
ly killed by lightning. The horse he
was driving was also killed. Every
thread of clothing was torn from mis-
body. He was a single man about 20
years old.
The Pembina city council passed the
Curfew ordinance, after amending it so
as to include persons 18 years of age in
stead of 2l years as introduced. The
bell will ring at o'clock and all persons
under Is years must get under cover or
suffer arrest and imprisonment.
Gus Anderson, auditor of Williams
county, came to his death on Saturday
morning while cleaning the we'll on his
place. He was overcome by gas and fell
to the bottom dead. The quicksand
bottom makes it difficult to recover the
body, which has not yet been accom-
plished.
AtFort Totten several hundred Indians
held their annual Fourth of July dance,
which was witnessed by large number
of interested spectators. many of whom
had never seen the noble red MAJ in
breechcloth and paint before. A squaW
got into squabble with another over
the division of some rations and stabbed
her with a knife, but the wound was not
a serious one.
News of disastrous hailstorm in
Hall township, Sargent county, has just
reached For,nan. Over 1000 acres Of
grain were totally destroyed and several
head of cattle and calves killed by hail
stones, which were jagged in shape and
half as large as mans hand. The
storm was accompanied by terrific
wind, and early grain outside Of the path
of the hail was badly lodged.
Emmons County Record: A peculiar
accident happened down on Sand creek
last Friday. A large band of sheep was
being driven across the creek where the
bed is dry and there is sharp incline to
the banks. Those in the rear piled on
top of those in advance, and over two
hundred sheep were smothered. The
animals belonged to John McCrory,
Peter Ferguson and John Holsne.
| Saturday evening, very sad case of
drowning occurred at Neche, Pembina
county. Two children of John Nihle, a
daughter, aged 12, and son, aged 10,
we're playing in the Pembina river, wien
the boy got into deep water and, rapidly
sinking, called to his sister to come to
his aid. This she did, and in her efforts
to save her brother got beyond her depth
and both children were drowned.
The tragic death of Gus Anderson of
Williston by gas while cleaning out a
we'll, brings out curious coincidence.
Mr.. Anderson was auditor of Williams
county, and on July the commissioners
met and directed the auditor to secure a
coroner's record. He wrote to the Inde-
pendent Publishing company for it, and
the first record to be entered in the book
will be the death of the auditor who
ordered the book.
| Olous Olson, a blind pigger at May
vile, attempted to manufacture whiskey
mixing up decoction of alcohol and
poisonous drugs, which he sold for
whiskey; as a result, M. X. Hodge
Anton Siemonson, Louis Bojr, Louis
johnson, Olous Trapper) Olson fthe
pigger himself), and Charles K. Jos, are
dead, and several others are reported
sick. Excitement ran high for time,
as it was supposed some dread epidemic
had made its appearance which threat
ened the whole community. The ply
sicians have now ascertained to GER
tainty that all these deaths were caused
by blood poison superinduced by drink
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