The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-25
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Interesting News Items From al
Parts of the State.

An independent state convention
will be held in Fargo July 20.
Sargent county had n small and de-
structive streak of hail recently.
Bathgate is to have an electric light
plant.
Douglas store. at Hoople, was bur-
glarized last week.
]. X. HarshmaE hos been appointed
postmaster ut EckelsOn.
Jamestown's new depot will be fin
ished next week.
Ephraim Seaman of Dickinson gets
his original pension.
Chambers has been 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 %f1attering.
The North Dakota weekly crop bullc-
tin says:
Joe Thompson, ut Hatton. has Sc
cured Il patent on an improved spark
ARRESTED. for %thrcshing engines.
A. A. Brown of Cakes offers 5000 re-
WilIu lOE llc iITVSl VI tlIC pCISUl WIN
murdered his brother last week.
Mrs. Magnus Swanson of New
Rockford fell down cellar and sus-
tanned a broken leg.
A change of venue in the Irons and
Gage libel suit has been taken to Eddy
county.
John Alvin of Towner is under, ar
rest charged with bigamy. The COM
planning witness resides at Grafton.
The school board at Grand Forks has
decided to adopt the straight up-and-
public schools.
-Four horses belor cling to John Ram
beck Of Reynolds were killed by light
ming.
George Have a Burleigh county pi-
oneer, dropped dead from heart dis
cas- while r?king bay.
The legislative convention for the
Seventh district is called to meet at
Hunter, Friday. July 81, to nominate
n senator and three members.
The two me thought to have MUIR
dered ]. A. Brown of Cakes, have
been captured near Portal, Oh the Can
adam line.
An entclprising hired man o Mil
o raised Il 50 check to $40. cashed it.
burglariZed the Minor postoffice OF Sc
and departed for dis ts mt points.
Freeman Anderson If Grafton. under
bonds for violation of the liquor law.
is under arrest again for q similar
OffenSe.
Tl,o T,,1I Dsryo,, ,,-,1>o, ,,> =, ,,
ceives the contract for furnishing the
Jamestown asylum with coal ut $22.75
per ton.
John Rowhedder. living near Crazy.
buried his dead wife himself. without
the formality Of n funeral or troubling
neighborS for assistance.
Thorwald Brogan cut and slashed
John Stordahl at Northwood with a
pocket knife. and was bound over un-
der 1000 bonds.
Conductor Carrathan has Mt last i'll
stitutqd his suit against the city of
Devils Lake because of the drowning
of his little daughter last fall.
The Northern Pacific railroad work
at Blom is being pushed to the utmost
and hereafter will be carried OH night
and day.
Lyman G. Dunning was arrested at
Larimore on the charge of attempting
to burglariZe the house of George G.
Tobey near Niagara.
At Grand Forks one 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.
G. French of Grafton. WHO is even
ty-nine years old and has been totally
blind for some years. was operated OH
for cataract at Grand Forks. recently.
and it is thought he will the
use Of his eyes.
Application has been made for the
pardon of Alice Baldwin, a half-breed
who killed a railroad man at Devils
Lake several years ago. She cut him
pieces and then buried the pieces.
She was sentenced for m~anSlaughter
in n minor degree.
\ gas explosion in the bicycle repair
shop of NJ. r. Caswell Mt Grand Forks
badly burned Mr.. Caswell and his AS
sistant. Mr.. Berg. The latter was
badly burned about the eyes and it
will he n hard matter to save his sight.
A broken flange on the wheel of a
Great Northern freight a was the
cause of the wreck two miles east Of
Yor. When the wheel broke ten cars
were thrown into the ditch and badly
wrecked. Six of the cars were loaded
with copper. three with cattle and M
with sheep. Most Of the live stock was
killed or crippled. Fortunately none
of the train crew were injured beyond
a few slight bruises.
The body of w. n. Wilson. the man
who wandered away from st. Luke's
hospital at Grand Rapids during n cir
u 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 n month. There
were no indications of violence. The
body had been in the water at least
two days.
David Powers of Fargo has been mr.
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
uD to his wife's home and while she
was lying in bed assaulted her with q
razor. She grasped the weapon and in
the struggle which followed was badly
cut on the hands and arms. Powers
was prevented from numbering her by
the appearance of a lady whose cries
drove him away.
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