The Dickinson press., 1896-07-25
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Interesting News ITEMS From all
Parts of the State.


An Independent state convention
will be held in Fargo July %.
Sargent county had small and de-
structive streak of hail recently.
Bathgate is to have an electric light
plant.
Douglas store. at Hoople, was bur-
glarizcd last week.
]. X. Harsllmar has been appointed
postmaster ut Eckelson.
Jamestown's new depot will he fin
iSlletl next week.
Ephlaim Seaman of Dickinson gets
his original pension.
CHAMBERS has hCcn getting in its
work with horses around Drayton.
Army worms are doing great dam
age around Drayton.
Reports as to the condition OF the
flax crop is tlattering.
The North Dakota weekly crop bullc-
tin says:
Joe Thompson. at lIatton. has Sc
cured Il patent on an improved spark
arrester for thrcshing engines.
A. A. Brown Of Oakcs offers 5000 re.
ward for the arrest of the person who
murdered his brother last week.
Mrs. Magnus Swanson of New
Rockford fell down cellar and sus-
tanned broken leg.
A change of Venue IN the Irons and
Gage libel suit has been taken to Eddy
county.
John Alvin of Towncr is under ar
rest charged with bigamy. The COM
planning witness resides at Grafton.
Tho school hoard at Grand Forks has
decided to adopt the straight up-and-
down system Of penmanship in the
public schools.
Four horses bcinr ging to John Ram
beck of Reynolds were killed by light
ming.
George Hay. Rurlcigh county pi-
onccr, dropped dead from heart dis
case while r?king hay.
The legislative convention for the
Seventh district is called to meet at
Hunter, Friday. July 81, to nominate
q senator and three members.
The two men Thought to have mur-
dcrl j. A. Brown of Oakrs. have
been captured near Portal, on the Can
adiHn lire.
An entcrnrising hired man near Mil
nor raised n SD check to $40, c,sllcd it.
burglariz"d the Milnor postoftice of Sc
and departed for dis ts mt points.
Frrri;.:in Anderson tf Grafton. under
bonds for violation of the liquor law.
is under arrest again for a similar
Of1c;Sr.
The Gull River Lr'nbri company TO-
ccivcs the contract for furnishing til"
Jamestown asylum with coal ut $...75
per ton.
John Rowhcddcr. living near Crary.
buried his dead wife himself. without
f.. the formality of II funeral or troubling
neigIl,ors for assistance.
TLorwald RrDgan cut and slasl,cd
!Olin Storlahl at \orthwnod with Il
pocket knife, and was bound over un-
der 1000 bonds.
Conductor Carratlan has Mt last i'll
s'itutcd his suit against the city Of
Devils Lake l.cca,lsc of the drowning
"t his little daughter last fall.
The Northern Pacific railroad work
Mt Blom is being pushed TO the utmost
and hereafter will be carried on night
and day.
Lyman G. I)unning was arrested mt
LarimOrc on the charge Of attempting
to burglariZc the house of George G..
Tobcy near Niagara.
At Grand Forks ono of the men
working in the mill got his hand
caught between the rollers, and nearly
all the flesh on the bones was re-
moved.
c. French of Grafton, WHO is seven
ty-nine years old and las been totally
blind for some years. was operated on
for cataract ut Grand Forks. recently.
and it is thought lie will recover the
use of his eyes
Application has been made for the
pardon of Alice Baldwin, Il half breed
who killed Il railroad man at Devils
Lake several years ago. She cut him
to pieces and then buried the pieces.
She was sentenced for nlanslaughter
in q minor degree.
A gas explosion In the bicycle repair
shop of NJ. T.. Caswcll Mt Grand Forks
badly burned Mr.. Caswcll and his as
sistant. Mr. Berg. The latter was
badly burned about the eyes and it
will be a hard matter to save his sight.
A broken flangc on tile wheel of Il
Great Northern freight car was the
cause of the wreck two miles east OF
YOr. When the wheel broke ten cars
We're thrown into the ditch and badly
wrecked. Six of the cars We're loaded
with copper. three with cattle and one
with sheep. Most of the live stock was
killed or crippled. Fortunately none
of the train crew were injured beyond
a few slight bruises
Tho body Of W. y. Wilson. the man
who wandered away from st. Luke's
hospital mt Grand Rapids during cir
Gus parade. was found floating in Red
Lake river. 1t is supposed that he
either fell in or committed suicide. He
was suffering from dropsy and had
been in the hospital a month. There
We're no Indications of violence. The
body had been in the water at least
two days.
David Powers Of Fargo has been ar
rested charged with assault with in
tent to kill. He and his wife separated
some time ago and there has been
more or less trouble since. He slipped
up to his wife's home and while she
was lying in bed assaulted her with Il
razor. She graSped the weapon and in
the struggle which followed was badly
cut on the hands and arms. Powers
was prevented from numbering Jler by
the appearance of a lady whose cries
drove him away.
The case of the Great Northern Ex-
press company against Richard $.
Hnines. in which the latter was clarg-
ed with cmb~zzlement of $1,000. was
completed and the defendant acQuit-
ted. The express company failed to
make case their chief witness being
one McCabc. who was alleged to have
been an accOmplice. His stories failed
to coincide. llaines left the Office with
out notifying the company and was
captured ut Denver. after being follow.
ed half over the u tied States.