The Dickinson press., 1896-12-12
IN NORTH. DAKOTA
tnterestiaE News. Items From all
Parts Of the State.


zen to death near Darlington
Wheat thieves are operating In the
vicinity of Hamilton.
Ed Hartwell of WahpetOn was fined
$50 for cruelty beating his wife.
Mrs. Roger Allin is improving from
the effects Of the injuries sustained by
her q few days ago In Il runaway.
The postoffice at Susanville. Botti-
neiiu county has been suspended. Mail
will 90 to Bottineau.
j. o. Larson, Il carpenter, fell off of
section house at Aneta ,dlsl0cating
his wrist and stlaining his hack.
Seven candidates in Barnes county
had less than 10 plurality on a tota,
vote of nearly 1000.
The lower grades of the WahpetoD
public schools have been closed on ac
count Of diphtheria scare.
]. ]. Nierling has served notice ON A.
NJ. Halstead contesting his election as
treasurer of Stutsman county.
Grand Forks will do itself proud in
a social way this year, blizzards or no
billiards..
Number four ON the Northern Pacific
was wrecked at Valley City with one
killed.
A lamp exploded in the residence of
Gen. Hughes Mt Bismarck, and some
valuable rugs were partially destroyed
by fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brandt of Medford
were remarked at Gilby recently after
thirteen years separation, q son acting
as witness.
Devils Lake wants Il few thousand
dollars only from the next legislature
to beautify the military grounds at
that place.
Will Stins0n of st. Thomas struck a
match over a gas reservoir which had
sprung q leak. He Is wearing blue
goggles now.
Henry Trimble, murderer of X. G..
Hagen Of WalcOtt, was given hearing
and held to the district court without
bail.
The photographer at Rugby is charg-
ed with petit larceny. A customer
claims to have given him 500 instead
of S. which 1t is alleged lie pocketed
without word.
Tony Cesare of Oakes, a chicken fan
cier, has an offer of $500 for the use
of an egg testing device, which he has
invented. by Pennsylvania incubator
company.
Thomas Ryan of st. Thomas had a
piece of steel extracted from his left
eye that had been in there since last
summer. He was at work with a chisel
and n piece of the tool landed in tf(.
ball of his eye.
Il. Il. Perry has dcfaulted Mt MedoE,
while acting as agent for tie Northern
Pacific. and las been arrested at Dick.
iUsOn by Sheriff Lish. AS the default
is less than 500. Perry hopes to be
able to interest his friends to settle IT.
Mooney, the travelling man who was
arrested on the charge Of adultery as 4
result of his testimony In the Guessner-
| Waner damage case at Bismarck, was
given a hearing before Justice Tibbcls
and discharged.
| William Ray of Dickinson thinks that
bells on cattle keep wolves away. He
has adopted the plan Of putting COW
bell on every fifth critter and says
that while his neighbors are losing
more or less stock by wolves he loses
nothing.
The jury in the case of o. J. Warner
against George Gussner. after being
out eighteen hours at Bismarck, were
unable to agree. This was damage
suit for $500, which plaintiff de-
manded from GussEcr for alienation of
his wifos affectiors. Gussner Is Il
prominent merchant.
A Carlson. an aged farmer living
fifteen miles west Of Inkster left his
home OH the afternoon of Thanksgiv-
ing day 10 care for his stock at the
barn. AMI has never returned. His
body was found about fifty yards
away. having perished from exilaus-
tion while trying to find his way back
to the house in the binding storm.
The Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany has commenced suit agains
James Lamont. proprietor of the Head
quarters hotel at Fargo. The company
will make an effort to eject Lamont.
The hotel is Northern Pacific property,
but Lamont claims to have a lease for
ninety-nine years. The road claims 1t
is Lot responsible for the leases of the
old company.
The winter meeting of tie Wahpcton
conference of the Congregational
church was held at Habkinson. The
sermon was preached Ey Rev. William
Edwards. The reports from churches
and Christian Endcavor work were on
cOuraging. Addresses Oh total absti-
nence and prohibitory law were made
and preparations for future work
were discussed. Supt. Rev. II. G. Sim
mons conducted the missionary prayer
meeting. Many delegates We're unable
to attend. the roads being blocked.
| Herman Henning. threshing hand.
was relieved Of $1S at his room at the
Exchange l.otel at SanbOrn. There are
several beds in the same room. and
the thief evidently had entered the
room with the intention of going to
bed, as his coat was found lying OH the
floor, when he hit upon the idea of
robbing Henning. Henning awoke just
in time to see the thief make his exit
from the room and heard him run
down the street. Suspicion rests upon
a young man who has been threshing
in this vicinity.
The case of Robert Coulter against
the Great Northern Railway company
Mt Grand Forks was called in the dis
trict court. The case Is being tried be-
fore n petit jury. with Judge Temple
ton on the bench. Suit is brought for
damages in the sum of $4,000 Coult-
er was hauling wood two years ago.
and as he crossed the track was struck
by passenger train and carried sOne
distance. He received injuries that re-
suited in the loss of the right leg above
the knee. The suit was tried last fall,
but a directed verdict was returned for
the railroad company. 1t went to the
supreme court and a new trial was
granted.
The plague is spreading in Bombay
and several Europeans have been at
tackled. two of them dying yesterday.
Bryan Carried Wyoming.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 5.-The official
canvass Of the vote Of Wyoming was
made today. The result is as follows
Republican electors, Britain. 1902
Howell, 1O,O35; Mrs. Malloy, 9,30S