The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-05-09
IN NORTH DAKOTA.
Interesting News Items From nll
Parts of tho State.

Is DeSt1rrlng ltSelI 1Of tnlS years event.
A little boy living pear Paramount
was accidentally shot.
The house and furniture Of John Nc
Kibbin were burned at Minnewaukan.
Ben Larson was badly shocked by a
! shotgun which exploded at the wrong
end.
Twenty new buildings have been
built in Williston during the last two
months.
A travelling brickmaker tried to
swing on at Minot to steal a ride and
lost one hand and was badly bruised.
The bodies of $50 soldiers are to be
removed to Fort Custer from the ADAM
doned Fort Bertholu.
A town hall, three stores and two
churches are to be built at Walhalla
this summer.
Father Ambrose, once of Dickinson,
has returned to North Dakota, and
been assigned to Glen Ullin.
Casselton is preparing for the state
Sunday school convention to be held
there May 1920.
Louis Blk, q young man of Lidger-
wood, lost an arm by the careless
handling of a gun.
+ Francis w. Stickney of Paramount
gets an original pension, and Edward
Il. Kearncy Of Rio an increase.
The death of Cowan Keyes, we'll
known at C%asselton and Wheatland, is
reported.
John Conoran of Fisher was tending
his hogs and II of them bit his finger
| clear off.
A fire got away from a Fessenden
man and ate up q neighbours claim
shanty.
Miss Gruber who was run owe by a
Great Northern train at Minot died
from injuries received.
A ear end collision occurred near
Hatton on the Mayville branch of the
Great Northern, demolishing several
freight cars and delaying trains.
j. G.. Parson, who arrived at Cando
with q car of horses from AnamoOsa,
| Iowa, was found dead in his bed Of
heart disease.
Several cases of diphtheria and one
Or two of scarlet fever are reported at
Larimore and the public schools have
been closed.
Charles Anderson, a farmer living
north of Bismarck, committed suicide
by hanging himself in his barn. Ill
health vas the cause.
At Cakes a party has killed III
muskrats along the Jim river during
| the winter, the fur of which is quite
valuable.
Herbert Norris of Neche was nabbed
Mt Fargo for leaving Neche with some
ones else watch and an unpaid board
bill.
The commissioners Of Ransom coun-
ty have decided to fund the floating
Indebtedness, which amounts to about
$4,000, in 5 per cent bonds, which will
be sold to the highest bidder.
The shelf is building a Jail at Rolla
for United States prisoners allotted to
Rolette county. Hitherto they have had
a soft snap boarding with the sheriff
or at a hotel.
The body Of an unknown boy has
been found on the prairie south of
Dickinson. 1t is supposed that the
youths parents live in the Red river
valley. He evidently persisted in a
storm.
Lightning struck James Loney's barn
In the narth part of Hope, recently.
a COW was killed and the barn set on
fire, but 1900 bushels of oats in the
granary adjoinings were saved from
the flames. There was nc insurance.
James Blackbird, a plasterer of Far
60, tried to commit suicide recently by
cutting his throat, but the weapon was
taken away from him before he sue
ceeded. Domestic trouble is said to be
the cause.
The annual convention of the North
western United Commercial Travellers
| will be held at Grand Forks May %
and %. Elaborate arrangements are
being made for the entertainment Of
the thousand travellers who are expect
ed to attend.
Samuel Leech, q we'll known farmer
residing ten miles west of Lisbon. fifty
Ii years of age, died yesterday Of
pneumonia after a brief illness. De-
ceased was an old resident in Ran
som county, coming from Canada, and
had been for many years assessor in
his township.
Judge Mcconnell of Fargo has dis
missed the writ of mandamus pro-
ceedings against Supt. Bullet on the
ground that the appeal must first he
taken to the state superintendent. The
writ was issued on application Of Cora
A. Lee to compel the issue Of a teach
er's certificate.
The past week has been, as a rule,
very favorable for farm work, except
in the northeastern part of the sta,e,
where heavy rains have delayed ope-
rati0ns. The last three days Of the
week were warm and pleasant, and
considerable seeding was done then,
particularly in the southern part Of
the state. All reports agree that the
ground is in the best condition, as re-
CARDS moisture, that it has been for
years, and, although the season is
somewhat later than usual, there will
be no delay in terminating the grain
very soon after it is sown. Grain that
was sown a week ago in Stark county
is up already, and that sown in the
southern part Of the state is sprout-
ing. With a few warm days this week
n great deal of grain will be sown,
and the outlook at present is very
favorable. -,