Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
NORTH DAKOTA.

An interesting case was decided by
Judge Roberts at Fargo. Adolph Lind
Derg had d. /. Ames, furniture dealer,
arrested on a charge Of adultery with
Mrs. Lindberg. 1t was contended by the
attorneys for Ames that the complaint
was not valid. as the original law says
he complaint must be made by the nus
band or wife of the accused Mrs. Ames
lid not make the complaint, and Lind
berg did not make his wife a defendant
n his complaint, so the case was dis
missed on the introduction OF a certified
:opy of the original law, which is slight
y different from the new code over
which so much time and money was ex-
pended. This makes 1t so 40 arrest
.ould be made Of a single man guilty
II adultery. The law will be one of
hose amended at the next session OF
he legislature.
Judge Roberts Of Fargo has admitted
he original will and first codicil and re-
lected the second codicil of the last tes-
:ament Of Benjamin Hagaman of Chi
.ago, who left a vast estate in Fargo
ind North Dakota. His original Will
eft certain Fargo property TO the grand.
children Of a man who had befriended
him in his youth. The big Fargo fire
destroyed the buildings on the prop
.rty. and the second codicil transfer
ng certain Chicago property to the
9enehciaries was improperly witnessed
and thrown out. The estate has built
The Fargo opera house on the same site,
md the grandchildren Of Hagaman's
friend will get that despite the long con-
,est on the part Of other heirs.
O. w. Wigdahl. a Chicago travelling
man,, while at Grand Forks, turned on
he gas and nearly died.
Two men walked into the blacksmith
shop Of Jack Sullivan at Cakes, and,
raising a disturbance. were asked by
Sullivan to leave the place. One of the
men, who proved to be Thomas Kearnes.
drew a revolver and NOT. The ball en-
.ered Mr.. Sullivan's thigh. The wound
Is probably not serious. The man was
arrested.
Sixty Indians on Devils Lake reser-
walton nave appealed for a voting pre-
cinct. desiring to exercise the right Of
suffrage.
A pension has been granted to Martha
Emmons, widow at Wheatland.
inc IOllOWlnB CHdHBSS VI oiilcidiS dt
Standing Rock Indian agency nav been
ordered from Washington: Eta Knick-
srbocker, reinstated matron at 5000 at
Grand River school, vice Mary Fl. San
born, resigned: Inger Spande appointed
temporarily as cook at the same school,
vice Nellie Calvin. resigned: Mary J.
vandal, teacher at day school No. I. re.
signed; Agnes B. Reedy Undian) APP
pointed teacher In day school No. 2 at
$50 a month: Walter Mowry, appointed
temporarily as carpenter at $720 at
Grand River school.
Reports from various sections of
North Dakota indicate a poor wheat
crop.
Threshers are complaining at James.
town Of too many competitors to allow
Of profits. The highest price paid for
shock threshing Is 8 cents; some do It
for 7 cents, and In a few cases for 6M
cents a bushel. Last year the uniform
price was . cents: O few years ago.
when wheat was higher. 10 to ~ cents
Or more.
william Dalton suiclded at Dickinson.
Tie is a son OF the late Mr.. Dalton Of
roffeyviile, Kan, Of bank robbery fame
and was afiicted with an incurable dis
Ease. Some suspect that Dalton Ia
,een planning for > train robbsry near
dickinson.