The Dickinson press., 1896-10-10
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Interesting News Items From oil
Parts of the State.

ltOlil anu St0le Il case OF OvcrcOatS.
Professor Nelson has declined to ac-
cept the presidency Of the Grand Forks
college.
A colony Of seven families Of Dun
kards from Eastern Iowa have settled
at olfaX, and more are expected.
Kids, matches and dry prairie grass
came near burning up Washhurn re-
Gently.
John Under is under Arrest mt Bis
marc:s charged with being too free
with II revolver.
The Northern Pacific water tank and
engine house at Eckclson has been
moved to Sanbonl.
1t is reported that fifty families of
Pennsylvania Dunkards will settle in
Dickey county.
An attempt will be made to stop the
Buttle flowing we'll near Wheatland,
by the use OF Dynamite and piles.
Il. Volland worked the blotter racket
at Bismarck and incidentally beat his
board bill. He is in Jail. Bonds $500.
Gilbert is the name of the now town
in Steele county on the Great Northern
extension.
The attendance at the state umivcr-
sity during the first week OF the term
was over 100.
A hobo at eprcy caused something of
sensation by firing two shots at Mrs.
Il. Mullcns, both missing.
a Fargo pawnbroker and little son
have absconded. leaving the lady of
the house in charge.
Joseph Morgan, Il ranch cmployc, ac-
cideutally shot and killed himself near
Steele.
Jack Sullivan, an Oakes blacksmith,
was shot in the thigh by u drunken
man whom he had ordered out of his
shop.
The sheriff of Ransom county was
obliged to wing Fort Ransom blind
piggcr before he would surrender. The
wound was not dangerous.
A man at Buffalo was trying to man.
age Il balky broncho when the broncho
charged upon him, throwing him down
and breaking his thigh.
Clothing thieves are very much in
evidence ut Jamestown. One man was
caught stealing pants, another UNDER
wear and q third one OvercOats.
Two men attempted to hold up Mrs.
J. NJ. Patterson and daughter Ada near
Portland. The ladies escaped by whip
ping up their horses.
The Langdon postoffice has been
made Il third-class Office, which allows
the postmaster a salary Of $1,000 per
year with clerk hire and rent.
Bessie Hanson Of Cooperstown, four
teen years old, has been adjudgcd in
sane, the result of having been kicked
OH the head by u horse when five years
old.
The Dakota division headquarters OF
the Great Northern ut Grand Forks
are to be moved to LarimOre the mid
die Of the month. Offices in the new
brick depot will be occupied.
Burglars broke into the general store
Of VIM. Matthias ut Colfax and carried
away about one hundred dollars worth
Of clothing, underwear, and boots and
shoes.
| A Crcssy was arrested ut Bismarck
on the charge of sending obscene let
ters through the mail. Crcssy was en-
dictcd at the United States supreme
court held in Fargo, in June, and has
just returned from Tacoma, where he
has been since that time.
While Bishop Stanley, OF the Catholic
Church of North Dakota, was walking
up Broadway at Fargo the other even
Ing, he was assaulted by a man named
Daley, who was said to be intoxicated.
The bishop was struck two blows, af-
ter which he defended himself very
skillfully until Daley was overpowcrcd
and placed under arrest.
About Il week ago party of masked
men, armed with clubs and guns, wait
ed upon the keepers of blind pigs at
the town of Dicky, in Lamoure county.
and cleaned them out, destroying the
liquors found and the furniture. The
other night fire broke out in the town
and destroyed greater part Of the
business places. 1t is supposed to be
of incendiary origin and tie result of
the raid ON the illicit liquor houses.
Baker, the alleged cattle thief, who
tried to ship four car loads Of cattle
from Fargo to st. Paul, has not yet
been captured. He began to herd cat
tie at Grand Forks and gathered stock
all over the country as far as Sheldon,
more than one hundred miles. At one
time he had about two hundred and
fifty in the herd, and as he is known
to have some, it is held that he has
disposed of more than hundred head.
Judge Anlidan has handed down a
decision ut Fargo, in which he vacatcs
the assessment and tax levy OH the
Northern Pacific b1idge across the Mis-
souri, at Mandan, on the ground that
the bridge is already taxed by the
state and is not subject to taxation
by the county. If the Morton county
levy had held good, the Burleight coun
ty commissioners would have levied
similar amount on the cast side Of
the bridge, making an assessment for
the whole property Of $1.WDOU0, and
an annual tax levy Of S25,OO0 against
the company for the bridge. This
would have caused levy on all other
bridges in the state.
An interesting case was decided by
Judge Roberts at Fargo. Adolph Lind
berg had D. l. Ames, furniture dealer,
arrested on a charge of adultery with
Mrs. Lindberg. 1t was contendel by
the attorneys for Ames that the com
plaint was not valid, as the original
law says the complaint must be made
Dy the husband or wife of the accused.
sirs. Ames did not make the complaint
and Lindberg did not make his wife
a defendant in his complaint, so the
ease was dismissed OH the introduction
of a certified copy Of the original law.
which is slightly different from the
new code. This makes It 50. no arrest
could be made Of Il single; man guilty
of adultery. The law will be one Of
those amended at the next session Of
the legislature.