Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
NORTH DAKOTA.

An interesting case was decided by
Judge Roberts at Fargo. Adolph Lind
berg had ID. /. Ames, furniture dealer,
arrested on a charge Of adultery with
Mrs. Lindberg. IT was contended by the
attorneys for Ames that the complaint
was not valid, as the original law says
he complaint must be made by the hus-
Dand or wife of the accused. Mrs. Ames
lid not make the complaint, and Lind
oerg did not make his wife a defendant
n his complaint, so the case was dis
missed on the introduction Of a certified
.opy of the original law, which is slight
V different from the new code over
which so much time and money was eX-
pended. This makes II so no arrest
Gould be made Of a single man guilty
IF adultery. The law will be one OF
hose amended ut the next session OF
he legislature.
Judge Roberts OF Fargo has admitted
he original will and first codicil and re-
ected the second codicll Of the last tes-
:ament OF Benjamin Hagaman of Chi
.ago. who left a vast estate In Fargo
md North Dakota. His original VIII
eft certain Fargo property to The grand
children OF a man who had befriended
hin in his youth. The big Fargo fire
destroyed the buildings on the prop
.rty. and the second codicil transfer
ng certain Chicago property to the
oenehclaries was improperly witnessed
and thrown out The estate has built
The Fargo opera house on the same site,
md the grandchildren OF Hagaman's
friend will get that despite the long con-
,est on the part OF other heirs.
O. w. Wlgdahl. a Chicago travelling
nan, while at Grand Forks, turned on
he gas and nearly died.
Two men walked into the blacksmith
shop Of Jack Sullivan at Cakes, and,
caising a disturbance, were asked by
Sullivan to leave the place. One of the
men, who proved to be Thomas Kearnes,
drew a revolver and snot. The ball en-
cred Mr.. S%ulllvan's thigh. The wound
Is probably not serious. The man was
arrested.
Sixty Indians on Devils Lake reser-
walton have appealed for a voting pre-
,inct. desiring to exercise the right OF
suffrage.
A tension has been granted to Martha
Emmons. widow at Wheatland.
Inc tIldHbNo L oiiNia'S -
standing Rock Indian agency have beer
ordered from Washington: Eta Knick
erbocker. reinstated matron at 5000 al
Grand River school, vice Mary H.. San
born, resigned; Inger Spande appointed
temporarily as cook at the same school
vice Nellie Calvin. resigned; Mary j
Vandal. teacher at day school No, l, re-
slgned Agnes b. Reedy Qndiam APP
pointed teacher in day school No. 2 al
500 a month: Walter Mowry, appointed
temporarily as carpenter at 1920 al
Grand River school.
Reports from various sections OF
North Dakota indicate a poor wheal
crop.
T~hreshers are complaining at James
town of too many competitors to allow
Of profits. The highest price paid fol
shock threshing is s cents; some do II
for I cents. and In a few cases for 6ls
cents a bushel. Last year the uniform
price was 0 cents: a few years ago,
when wheat was higher. 10 to IL cents
or more.
william Dalton suiclded at Dickinson.
He is a son OF the late Mr.. Dalton OF
| -offeyviile, Kan. Of bank robbery fame
md was afflicted with an incurable dis
ease. Some suspect that Dalton ha
Seen planning for a train robbery near
Dickinson.