The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-12-19
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Interesting News Items From all
Parts of the State.

rs reported loSt Ill tHt It'tii' n'"""'"'
Typhoid fever measles and scarlet
fever are raging in \cclc.
-Four contests have been filed for
Burlcigh county official positions.
REPORTS are coming in from all over
the prairicS of horses and other stock
pcrislling during the late storm.
The Lailgdon Catholic. church has
contributed 5000 toward the constitute
ton Of the Catholic cathedral in Fargo.
The jamestown insane asylum j.,
full and no more patients can be ac-'
cCM,mo'latrd ut present.
John Elder. foreman Of Maj. VI IT.
phys stock ranch. west Of Min"t, w;lS
another victim Of the blizzard.
bismarck city dads refuse to grant
saloon licenses to those who are III
debt to the city for permits.
,ando and Tower county expect
r.iu,l"n new comcrS during the coming
year to double their population.
Grand Recorder Moore's report for
November shows that the \. q. L. w.
is making rapid strides in membership.
Another list of n. r. lands. contain
~
the Fargo land Office.
The Citizens National Bank of Wall
pcton has removed to elegant new
quarters.
Il. ID. AnDyke of Wahpeton attempt
cd to light gasoline stove. His face
and hands are badly burned.
William B1ckman of Falconer. Nc
Lean county. accidentally received a
load of shot in his arm.
\ party of Indians who were en-
tampcd near Darlington lost forty
head of horses during the recent storm.
I.ancdon will organize curling club.
Martha BiSbee has been granted 4
divorce ut CandO.
Cando and Churcl's Ferry expert
cnccd Il kerosene famine during the
storm.
Michael I.inchan of Bismarck gets
an original pension. and Asa Sargent
OF Caledonia gets an increase.
4 new occupation has bccn found for
the convctS at the state peniteDtiary.
They use them to clean Bisnlarck's
streets of surplus snow.
Pierce county wants to get rid OF
$4,000 worth of brand new bonds in
exchange for any kind of good money.
Fred Baldwin has resigned as city
attorney of Jamestown. and Attorney
McHarg has been appointed as his sue
ccSSOr
Peter Olcrg. living near Sanborn,
was caught short of fuel during the
blizzard. and was compelled to chop
up one of his substantial farm wagons
in order to keep from freezing.
joe NOiske. a Shcrbrooke blind pig
ger who was held under 5000 bonds, to
the next term of the district court. has
decamlm.l. and ut the deadly hour of
lri,lnislt ''hc folded his tent and sill
lcntly stole away"
Supt. Butler Of Cass county. who
was prosecuted by Mrs. Bartholomew
for abusing a horse. says the injury 70
the animal was entirely accidental and
in no way intentional.
An Everest special says: Frank Fix
had the honor of killing the first pan
Their which ever struck that vicinity i'll
four feet of snow. The animal weigh
cd 25 pounds.
An average of fourteen inches of
snow has fallen in the western part of
the statc-an unusual amount for this
season of the year-and the ranchmen
are looking for IL long and severe Win
ter Those of the big outfits running
COWS and calves are likely to lose heav-
ilv in this particular class of stock
should the winter continue as it has
begun.
Myron Il. Kent was taken to the pen
itentiary at Bismarck by Sheriff
Barnes of Fargo. and he is now wear
ing Il striped suit. which he will affect
for the rest of his life unless pardoned.
He will be put to work in the shoe or
tailor shop at the penitentialy and
made to learn Il trade useful to the in
Stitution.
Judge Mcconnell was rendered a ben
gold-headed cane. Judge Mcconnell
bench for twelve years and relin-
quishcs the office next month to Chas.
A. Pollock of Fargo. Mcconnell said
in his speech that he does not intend
to leave this state at the end of his
official career.
At Lisbon Frank Walsh, the slayer
OF his friend Doyle. was found not
guilty by the jury. Doyle was MUIR
derel near Enderlin. Oct. 20. He was
horribly cut and had several stabs in
the chest and other portions of the
body. His face and neck showed
number of frightful knife wounds. The
verdict Was Il general surprise. us it
was thought the. prisoner would re-
ceive punishment for manslaughter at
the least. The plea for the prisoner
was made on the grounds of self-de-
Tense.
Sevcnty-tive Fort Totten Indians. re-
turning from q visit to their friends
at Standing Rock. were caught in the
big storm at the Hawks Nest. near
Darlington. Over forty of their ponies
died from hunger and a portion of their
supplies had to he abandoned until
Agent Ralph Hill sent relief teams
and sleighs to their assistance. Until
the teams reached them the Indians
camped in the snow in their thin sum-
mer tepees.
Chester Towns. aged twenty-onc. en-
ployed by his brother-in-law. Mike
Clintsman. prosperous farmer near
Lisbon. eloped with his neice, Eda
Clintsman. Il pretty brunette school
girl of sixteen. They went to Lisbon
and took the train to Fargo on their
way to New York state. Miss Clints-
man left home Ostensibly to visit a
friend in Lisbon. but did not. This
friend afterward happened to visit the