Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Interesting News Items From all
Parts Of the State.

The postoffice Mt Susanville. BOtti-
neau county has been suspended. Mail
will go to Bottineau.
section house at Anetl .diSlOcating
his wrist and straining his back.
Seven candidates in Barnes county
had less than 10 plurality on u total
vote Of nearly 1000.
The lower grades of the Wahpeton
public schools have been closed on &C
count of a diphtheria scare.
J. ]. Nierling has served notice on A.
NJ. Halstead contrasting his election as
treasurer of Stutsman county.
Grand Forks will do itself proud in
social way this year, billiards. 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 at Bismarck. and some
valuable rugs were partially destroyed
by fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brandt of Medford
We're remarked at Gilby recently after
thirteen years separation, son acting
as witness.
Devils Lake wants 1 few thousand
dollars only from the next legislature
to beautify the military grounds at
that place.
Will Stinson of st. Thomas struck n
match over Il gas reservoir which had
sprung a leak He is wearing blue
goggles now.
Henry Trimble, murderer of X. G.
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 $50 instead
of So which it is alleged he pocketed
without word.
Tony Cesare of Cakes. 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 chisel
ball of his eye.
+. E. Perry has dcfaulted at Medora
While acting as agent for tie Northern
Pacific. and has been arrested at Dick
inson 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
result of his testimony in the Guessner-
Waner damage case at Bismarck, was
given hearing before Justice Tibbels
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. ]. Warner
against George Gussner. after being
out eighteen hours at Bismarck, were
unable to agree. This was 4 damage
suit for $500, which plaintiff de-
manded from GussIrr for alienation of
his wifo's affectiors. Gussner Is a
prominent merchant.
A Carlson, an aged farmer living
fifteen miles west of 1nkster left his
home on the afternoon of ThankSgiv-
ing day to care for his stock at the
barn, ana has never returned. His
body was found about fifty yards
away, having persisted from exfaus-
ton while trying to find his way back
to the house in the binding storm.
Do
pany has commenced suit asains
James Lamont. proprietor of the Head
quar- ters 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 it
is Lot responsible for the leases of the
old company.
The winter meeting of tie Wakpcton
conference of the Congregational
church was held at Hankinson. The
sermon was preached by Rev. William
Edwards The reports from churches
end Christian Ende::vor work were en-
conraging. Addresses On total absti-
nence and prohibitory law were made
and preparations for future work
were discussed. Supt. Rcv. H. G.. Sim
mons conducted the missionary prayer
meeting Many delegates were unable
to attend, the roads being blocked.
Herman Henning. threshing hand,
was relieved of SIS at his room at the
Exchange l:otel at Sanborn. There are
several beds i'll the same room. and
the thief evidently had entered the
room with the intention of going 70
bed, as his coat was found lying on the
floor. when he hit upon the idea of
robbing Henning. uenning awoke just
in time to see the thief make his exit
from the room and heard him run
down the street. Suspicion rests upon
n young man who has been threshing
in this vicinity.
The case of Robert Coulter against
the Great Northern Railway company
at Grand Forks was called in the dis
trict court. The case is being tried be-
fore petit jury, with Judge Temple
ton on the bench. Suit is brought for
damages in the sum of $4,000. Coult-
or was hauling wood two years ago.
and as he crossed the track was struck
by passenger train and carried some
distance. He received injuries that re-