The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-02-15
IN NORTH DAKOTA.

| Rev. William EDWARDS OF 0afuiier
fell and broke his leg.
Johnson PendarOy, one OF Stutsman
| county's Oldest citizens, is dead.
The Northern Pacific passenger de
| pot ut jamestown is to be remOderred.
William Tower, II of the old set
tiers Of Mclean county, died at MS
home in Coal Harbor.
Billy Chaloner CT Dickinson was
thrown from his horse, tramplcd upon
and very seriously injuced.
A gang Of cattle thieves has been
broken up near Cannonball and two OF
them are in Jail at Maildan..
Somebody claims to have discovered
! another flaw in the codes which dates
tax sales on Oct. 1 instead of Dec. l.
Grafton is preparing to have an out
put of a million brick in time for
spring work.
Otto Nelson of Walsh county is
| charged with embezzling LOO bushels
of flax.
Senator Hansbrough has introduced
a bill granting Sibley island, in the
i Missouri river, to Bismarck for Il pub
lie park.
While coasting a little boy at Valley
City collided with a rock, breaking
one leg in two places and throwing
his hip out Of joint.
Judge Rose will assist the Wells
county commissioners in their efforts
to straighten out their court house
tanglc.
DR.. T.. Il. wager. the pioneer physl-
clan of Benson county, was found dead
in his chair in his office at Minnewau-
kan.
Fred Zicglcr, a miner who was ac-
| cidently Slot at the Lehigh mines,
| Bismarck while target shooting, died
! at the hospital.
lhc Northern Pacific land commits
' sioner located Dunkards on eighty-four
quarter sections of land in Foster
county last week.
The little f~ive-year-old daughter OF
! Capt. ard Mrs. l. c.. Wade, formerly
of Jamestown, was accidentally burn
ed at their home in Broadway, Va,
and died recently from the injuries.
Jere Ford's place at Rolla closed by
the Enforcement league in December,
vas opened by order of Judge Nor
! gan, and is now running again IN 1ulI
blast. Others are also opening.
The towns of Rutland and. Newark
are agitating the creamery question,
and negotiations are in progress which
will without doubt, result in each
| town securing 4 creamery plant.
Two men who were drunk broke into
a store at Hoople, but when caught
they claimed they We're looking for
i their team and not trying to burglarizc
the store.
The organization of the Grafton Bus
iness Mems union has been perfected.
]. L. Cashel was elected president and
w. l.. Stockwell secretary. The union
starts out with a good membership.
The Dickey County immigration as
ISOLATION was organized at Glendale,
with the following officers: r. IL.
Owen of Glendale. president; H. s.
Nichols Of Cakes, vice president; =. >.
Goddard of Glendale, secretary; w. A.
Caldwell of Monango, treasurer.
Stokes Bros, living near Newark,
have just completed an artisan well
on their farm. This is the second ar
| tesian we'll in that township. The
depth is 900 feet, or 20 feet lessthan
the Newark we'll. with a six-inch pipe
from top to bottom.
The Barnes County immigration AS
| ISOLATION was organized at Valley
City, with A. A. Peaks as president;
N. P. Rasmussen as vice-prcsldent,
and w. r. Dunlap as secretary. The
meeting was an enthusiastic one,
about 200 people being present. The
executive committee consists of one
man from each township, and each
man chosen is a hustler, SO that good
work can be depended on.
At a dance at Kuhn the other eve
ming, two cowboys imbibed too freely
of fire water. When wild with drink
| they drew their bowie knives and
| commenced to slash the assembled
party. Two men were dangerously
| cut, one about the head, and one had
his arm laid bare to the bone. After
cleaning out the crowd, the cowboys
amused themselves by making kind
ling wood of the organ. r
For some time things have been
mysteriously disappearing from the
house of Belle McEwan. The cook
vas suspected, but nothing could ever
be traced to her. A short time ago
she left and a search warrent was
obtained and some Of the missing
rugs found in her trunk. She gave her
name as Jessie Thoms s, and hailed
from Winnipeg. She was not prose-
cuted, on condition that she leave the
city, which she promised to do.
While sliding down the hill by the
North Side Brewery, ut Fargo, Con-
rad Turrell, the %5-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Turrell, slid down onto the
river. The ice broke through and
the unfortunate little fellow sank be-
meath it. Another boy. was with him
at the time, but escaped drowning,
and ran to give m alarm. People be-
gan to gather there. and after about
two hours work they succeeded in
bringing the body of the child out Of
the wafer.
Ella O'Keefe, alias Marie Kicks and
Marie O'Brien. widely known as the
window smasher," who has been UNI
der arrest ut Fargo several days. sent
to WahpetOn. The woman has been
at Bismarck. jamestown and Grand
Forks recently, and was interviewed
at the latter place on the North Da-
kota asylum. She gave q graphic
description of abusive treatment Of
patients by DR.. Archibald and attend
ants. She has recently been released
from the Fergus Falls asylum and has