The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
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STATE NEWS
Editor Moffet Of the Bismarck Set
tier has a new suit Of clothes made at
the Grand Forks Wooden Mills from
North Dakota wool.
A blind pigger at Mayville has been
diluting his fluids and a . result. it
is said, three persons have died and
several others are seriously i'll, includ-
ing the proprietor.
George H. Winters, a practical
farmer and business man Of Nelson
county, has been appointed state land
commissioner. Walter F. Cushing
will be retained as deputy.
Fargo Argus: Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
j. Thompson have a brand new seven
pound boy that will some day cut a
figure in the world. He isn't a day
old yet, but he is named Jack Dakota
Thompson, and is the pride of the
family.
H. G. Plumley, editor of the Forum,
attended the republican league ION.
vention at Cleveland, and was present
at Gov. McKinley's great reception,
etc. MI. Plumley met Col. H.. LIE
Grande Ensign of Philadelphia in
Cleveland and was surprised to find
that this distinguished gentleman
! v,n :,oko~nrknI s. DsoIs-.>-
j. E. Phelan in the Fargo Forum:
Yes, our sheep sheared we'll. The
5000 wethers bought in Washington
this spring yielded 50,540 pounds,
which sold at Dickinson for 7 cents
per pound. The home flock of 1900
had a l5,652.pound clip, which sold
for Q cents, and from the other flock
of $500 sheep we had $4,000 pounds
which also sold for Q cents. Since
we disposed of our wool, as high as 10
cents has been paid at Dickinson.
There has been much competition
there. We expect to market at least
1000 sheep this fall.
The supreme court orders a rehear.
ing in the celebrated Neckells divorce
case tried by Judge Lauder at Wah-
peton last summer. The decision is
an important one as it sets aside a di.
vorce after the plaintiff has remar-
ried and it also defines the question
involved as to rights Of an attorney
and client. The parties to the suit
were all from Kansas City. Nickells
had a wife and two children there
and Is said to have been captivated
by a married woman named Maude
Graham. They came to Minneapolis
where the husband of the latter had
them arrested for adultery. Later
they came to Wahpeton and each Sc.
cured a decree and were remarked.
Mrs. Nickells had employed counsel
to defend her case but through some
disagreement over her fees her an
swer to Nickells' complaint was with
drawn and the plaintiff secured the
decree without opposition.
The motive department of the
Northern Pacific has in contempla-
ton a new scheme to manage more
economically, the hauling Of freight.
With this in view a dynamometer
car supplied with an apparatus to
measure the force, or power, necessa.
ny to haul a train of known weight,
was in s on this division a few days
ago. The car al started east from
the western terminus and is travers-
ing the entire line of the Northern
Pacific measuring the force required
to transport freight over the different
parts of the road. The car-which
is a caboose especially equipped,
placed in the train next to the engine
left Mandan Saturday morning fol
Fargo accompanied by w. L. Darling,
division engineer of the Eastern divi-
sion; Geo. Ball, assistant engineer; F,
M. Risteen, master mechanic of this
division; Travelling Engineer Good
man; and MI. Hickey in his private
car. According to the new plan, a
train will not be composed of a speci'
fed number of cars-if loaded-and
a certain proportionately greater
number of empty ears according tt
whether they Ire Streeter's, Northern
Pacific stock, flats, box. ETC., but will
: be of so many tons weight. The
yardmaster in making up a train viii
not consider whether the train il
composed of 20 d. rs cars but wheth
er the tonnage for that class Of engine
used is sufi cient or not.-Pioneer.