The Dickinson press., 1896-08-08
IN NORTH DAKOTA
tAt0festin4 News Items From all
Parts Of the State.

A volunteer fire company will be or
ganizetl at CandO.
Valley City's park fountain Is CON-
pleted and In operation.
A small boy Mt New Rockford fell
and broke his leg in three places.
F. w. ArcDougall has been appointed
postmaster at Neville, Nelson county.
Foster county reports $14,76S.13 cash
in bank.
A Fargo business man was arrested
for assault and battery ON his wife.
A runaway at Grandin badly spilled
a man aud his two boys. one Of the
latter receiving Il broken arm.
Hon. Il. c. Cooper of CooperstOwn
tripped over a wire and his nose was
broken by the fall.
\ Mr. Lahren of Preston, Ransom
county, had his hair and eyebrows
singed by lightning.
The old, original Morton county court
house ut Mandan has been torn down
and carted away.
Senator Pettisrew has resigned off
the Republican congressional cam
Iaisn committee.
| Preston Parkes. Ellenlale's tennis
champion and all popular boy. has
l*cn appointed to a position in the
navy department at Washington.
! Some township authorities in Walsh
county have prohibited tramps and
hobos camping in the timber along the
highways.
\ load of hay tipped over into a
creek in Logan county. buryins
woman and boy underneath, the latter
being drowned.
The suspension of the First National
hank of Alinot is not expected to cause
any further trouble there. 1t will
square up i'll full.
An infant. supposed to lie the child
of Miss Susan Busch. has disappeared
from Red Lake Falls. and Miss Busch
is suspected of foul play.
The assistance of a constable and
warrant of arerst were necessary to
collect hotel bill from a traveller at
Church's Ferry the other day.
An ex-minister ran up against shell
game at Fessenden the other day to
the amount of a gold watch and con-
siderable money.
| The jamestown party that did the
Yellowstone Park on bicycles have re-
turned and report the hugest possible
kind of a time.
Tho Ransom County Immigration so
ciety will make an exhibit Of grains,
grasses and other products ut the Mill
nesota state fair.
Abe EppinScr of Bismarck will next
year graduate from the medical de-
partment of the Pennsylvania univer-
sity at Philadelphia.
.sdn iqIsQ Im o. SuuIs1sI nos oIy,,
Mrs. William bell Of Casselton sus-
tained broken arm from being
thrown from IL buggy during a runa-
way.
A small boy near Sanborn went into
barn and commenced whipping the
horses for amusement. His face is
horribly smashed and his recovery in
doubt.
Miss Jennie Bechtel of Cavalier, the
surviving victim of the sad railroad ac-
cident near Canton, reported two
weeks ago, has entirely recovered from
the effects of the shock sustained.
It is reported that w. N. st. John Of
Fullerton is about $1,000 short in his
accounts with the 500 Railway COM
pany. 1t is said that the matter will
be fixed up.
Right of way is nearly all secured for
the extension of the Hope branch Of
the Great Northern from Hope to An
eta, a distance of twenty-eight miles.
Grading will begin at once, and trains
will be running for this years crop.
BY the suspension of the First Ma
tional bank OF Minot there are 1900
of deposits tied up. or this amount
about $4,000 are funds belonging to
the city and county. The bank is now
in the hands Of Bank Examiner Zinl-
norman Of South Dakota, who is go
ing through the affairs of the institu-
ton in detail. 1t is said that tue total
assets of the bank amount to about
5000, 900, Of which large portion is
covered by gilt-edged securities, and if
such is the case the depositOrs will in
time he paid in full.
During q recent thunder shower
lightning struck the Episcopal church
and slivered the steeple very badly.
1t passed through the roof and split
the heavy girders in the roof to
kind!ing wood, then passed through
the lower floor, but did not set fire to
the building. Mr.. Dingley's house, just
across the street, was struck in two
places. The shingles were torn off and
the plastering broken, but no serious
damage was done. Although there
was large family in the house there
was no one hurt. William McLane
and Young Blais were standing in the
door of a barn about one block fran
the church and both boys were
knocked down and McLane badly hurt
The rain did a great amount Of good
to the late crop, which was needing
rain badly.
The North Dakota crop bulletin says
The weather conditions during the pas
week have been fairly favorable fol
crops in general, the recent rains anG
cool weather having caused the whea,
to fill, and the prospects for a fail
crop of early sown wheat are some
what more encouraging. The late
sown has not headed to any extent
and the reports indicate that fields will
not head at all. The work of plowint
under late sown wheat still continues
and, time permitting, many farmer:
will continue this work to consider
able extent. Smut is reported as hav
ing damaged some Of the wheat, anG
rust has also had telling effect on the
crop. 1t is also being injured in some
sections by small bug, resembling II
shape fax seed, which works its way
into the center Of the wheat stock a
about the second joint from the root
and eats the stock until it becomes
weakened and falls to the ground
The Hessian fly and gophers are alst
reported as infesting the fields. Har
vesting of barley, rye and oats is IL
progress in many sections, and are gen
orally reported as giving very prom
> Using yield. Potatoes are also showing
up very well. Haying is well ad
vanced, and, as anticipated, the crol
in nearly all sections will be abund
ant and Of good quality.
Receiver for Inxurance Companie,
Spokane, WASH, Aug. 5. - Horace
Kimball was today appointed receive
of fourteen large insurance companie
o doing business in this state. He is d
n rected to take charge of moneys an
8 properties of these companies in tn