Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-08-30
STATE NEWS
Items OF Interest Gathered From All
Parts Of North Dakota.

ton or labor day.
Wahpeton has let the contract for a
$4,000 masonic temple.
A blind pigger has just been arrested
for the fourth time at Churches Ferry.
Grand Forks promises a big list of
prizes for the street fair to be held
there.
Mrs. Mary Lyons of Fargo has disap-
peared mysteriously and the police are
Investigating.
Erick Leinen, a farmer, living west of
Wahpeton, was killed by lightning on
Wednesday night.
Marshal Cronan is about to erect q
$4,000 house in Fargo-one Of the incest
residences thereabouts.
Mrs. Ralph Hall will probably be ap.
pointed postmaster at Fort Totten and
the Office be re.established.
R. R. Simmonds of Simmonds and
Sherman at Fargo, forged a number Of
checks and skipped the town.
The Fargo Commonwealth has chang
ed hands again, and will be issued by
Hooper, Hall, Williams & Co.
A clothing firm in Dawson is adver-
Using: Don't 60 to jamestown to be
robbed. just give us a chance
President Worst Of the Agricultural
college will put in a new heating outfit,
and burn North Dakota coal at the in
stitution.
Rev. F. B. Nash, one of the best known
ministers of the Episcopal faith in the
state, has resigned from the church, and
goes to Ohio.
Rev. Harbaugh of Devils Lake has
been sued for divorce by his wife, and
will fight the case. He says she has
been very naughty.
Senator McGillivray is at odds with
the Billings county authorities, and the
latter have levied upon his horses, for
taxes of 1892 and 1893.
w. G. Leistekow, state democratic ma.
tional committeeman, was held up by
hlghwaymen at Grafton, but hourished
a knife and scared 'em away.
Two hobos in Fargo, bet a Norwegian
harvest hand he didn't have n money,
and when he showed up a $40 roll, one
of EN- grabbed it and skipped.
Hon. L. B. Ray of Nelson county, one
of the members of the last House,
threshed out barley on his farm that
went fifty-fve bushels to the acre.
Down in LaMoure, the farmers get
frost warnings from the pulpit, in ad di
ton to the regular stereotyped predic-
ton of extreme heat, which have long
been customary.
Sam Simons, an old character who has
been in Fargo for a long time, was found
dead in his shanty, with his head badly
cut and injured. It is thought there
may be foul play.
On Sept. the temperance saloons OF
Hllsboro will be obliged to pay 500
each-six months license in advance. 1t
is supposed that four of the places will
take out the license. H.
George Ashley, a six-year convict, who
escaped from the Colorado ~penitentiary
is in limbo at jamestown, having been
located while cooking for a threshinq
crew near there.
Senator ]. w. Stevens has left Dickey
county for Denver, COL, where he will
stay for six or eight weeks, and tLen &c
to San Diego, Cal. III health is the rea.
son for taking the trip.
There was a burglary at Dates store,
in Guelph, Dickey county, Wednesday
night. The safe was blown open and
5000 in silver and S33 in stamps, besides
some currency, we're taken.
Mrs. L.. G. Taylor of Rolla was ar.
rested and sentenced to ten days i'm.
prisonment for cruelty beating her 5
year-old stepson. She is only 10 years
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Prof. L. B. Avery, formerly president
of the Mayville Normal, has accepted a
position as principal Of the kedlande
High school at a salary Of $1,700. Red
lands is a southern California town Of
$500.
Glendale adopted the curfew bell but
the kids rebelled against the nwar
ranted curtailment of their liberty anG
stole the bell. An alderman found j
and now the kids go to bed promptly al
nine.
The order of the Silver Knights re
Gently instituted at Grand Forks has
rented a hall in the opera house block
and will hold regular meetings on tn.
first and third Friday evenings Of eacl
month.
The Liverpool, London and Globe In
surance company, through it's repre-
santative. A. B, Walker. has insured thu