Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-10-23
AROUND THE STATE.
Some Interesting Items Gathered

Some Interesting Items Gathered
JfOUt oar EEcl.ttMOcs.
Street paving is finished in Grand
Forks.
Ward county is building hospital at
Minot,
The Agricultural college has opened for
the fall term.
The Napoleon Homestead reports tho
first snow of the season.
Wolves are soaring away the farm
watch dogs around Sanborn
The Fargo roller. mill has failcd-lia.
blities, S25, 600; assets, S., 900.
Mrs, John Clarke. living north OF Daw.
sou, dropped dead Thursday morning.
Geo. s. Roberts. of Steele. Is suffering
from a broken anna horse fell on il,
The receipts of the Grand Forks post.
Office have increased 81, 600 IN six M months.
jamestown business men have bought
slxty-two acres of land, and will hold
regular fairs hereafter -
jacob Mucck, farmer living, near
Wnhpet"n, Ind his leg broken aud his
skull fractured in a runaway.
From Walsh county comes the story
that young silvrr,c broke his engage
mcnt bccausc his tiance has golden ha,r.
Sheriff Barnes went down to Mime.
apolis to see about getting the Hayward
gnllows for the Kent execution, but it
had been destroyed
Dr. L. ii. Trcacy, of Steele, lately re-
ceived an appointment as meat inspector
at the stockyards IN Chicago, aud icft
for that city last week.
Kabflcich's -four mill was burned ut
Boltineau. The buildings valued at
$50 0cO, are q total loss together with
25, 900 bushels of wheat.
A postofiice has been established at
Shields, Morton county, with Nathaniel
}. Shields as postmaster. Mr.. Shields viii
DC remembered us "a former resident OF
Emmons county.
Ncls Erickson, an unmarried man,
about 80 years old, met with fatal ucci.
dent at Conperstown. He slipped from
u load of hay and the load passed pver.
hlm, crushing in his chest. He only
lived about half an hour ali ter lie was ruii
over.
The Catholic clergy of the northern
district met with Bishop Shanlcy at
Grafton 10 discuss building u Culhuliu
cathedral at Fargo, aud to lay plans for
The circulating of subscription lists
throughout the state. The building will
cost in the ncIghborhood Of $5U, 900.
Adolph Wcsslcr, IA farmer living twelve
miles northwest Of New Rockford, Mon.
day attempted to climb upon IL wagon
containing sixty-tiyc bushels of wheat
while the team was moving. In doing 80
he fell beneath the wagon and the reul
wheel passed over his stomach aud
crushed him horribly He died later.
Some of The trnIumcii on the J, g. n.
tell Of an amusing incident which oc-
Cured while they were switching AT Cnr.E
rngton, Monday. a wtll-kuuwl yo,.n.
lady Of that Town Was watching the
switching Of The cars With apparcn, ili35
tcrest until. She heard Que brakeman cal
TO the other: Give her u Kick and run
her down behind the couIslicds aud LII
catch and sop her." when she started ,lp
the street, screaming AZ though she Vas
TO be murdered. The "llcr" referred to
by the trainbuys was, Of course, the car.
The Northern Pacific las issued a cir.
cular to the North Dakota farmers in sup
port Of the Campbell method Of soil cul.
turc. The road has made u practical test
of the system Gy the establishment of five
experimental farms III the state. AS was
expected the results obtained on the eX.
permcntal tracts were not uniform, but
in no case was there failure and in every
case the superiority of the crops raised
under this special method of soil tlIasc
over those raised upon adjoining land
cultivated according to the usual custom
was very marked.
A fire on the farm of John Taylor, Who
lives ten miles west of B0ttlneau, had an (,
extremely sad ending. Taylor's daughter ]
Was putting some hay IN the manger and 4
it became ignitcd from u lantern sit,ingE
on The barn floor. In an lnstants, .ihg ri
structure was a mass Of flames. Taylotss
was away from home, but the daughter
and Mrs. Taylor worked heroicaljy and
succeeded IN saving the farm buildings
from tie flames. The intense excitement
and the exertion proved too much for
Mrs. Taylor. who, after the danger was
passed, suddenly dropped to the ground, Z
and before her daughter could reach her
side was dead.
TO THE PUBLIC:
The undersigncdrespectfully Announces Il
his candidacy as justice Of the peace,
and requests support for The reason that Z
he lives in the midst of thickly setlledsa
country, whose people at present have tasS
go long distance when having busiuesss y