The Dickinson press., 1897-07-17
STATE NEWS.

Willis comfy reports fine crops.
Sheldon has a kite factory.
Hay is light all over the stock
counties.
The Mandan summer school
opens August 2.
It cost over $4,000 to capture
murderer Normand.
The Normand trial has been
postponed until July &c.
Grand Forks took a fall of the
Fargo base ballists last Saturday.
Fish are reported as dying rap
idly in the James river. No cause
known. ~
The Great Northern is making
4 very low rate to the Chautau-
qua grounds.
W. H. Day has been reelected
general secretary of the Fargo
Y. M. c. A.
The state board of school lands
is ready to take district bonds at
five per cent.
President Merri6eld of the
state university will pass the sum-
mer in Vermont.
LaMoure expects to have a
bank in the near future. There
has been none there since the
failure of the Lloyds.
The Northern Pacific has
brought suit to set aside the tax
es against their lands in Ransom
county. The amount involved is
about $4,000.
President Salyards of the de-
funct bank at Minot will attempt
to get money enough to pay off
the creditors of the institution
and start a new bank.
Work is progressing rapidly on
the Fessenden line. The Great
Northern now has crew of over
100 men at work on the branch,
and the road is being put in good
shape.
On the 9th the trainmen at
Dawson had quite an experience
with the striking surfacing crew.
The strikers threw stones and
broke the train in two in many
places. The trainmen used guns
and clubs.
In addition to the Normand
case there will be several other
criminal cases tried at the coming
term of the district court at
Grand Forks. Most of them will
be of the blind pig nature.
Jennie Andrews, wife of Rev.
Jas. Andrews, of Spokane, who
recently eloped with a handsom-
er man, formerly lived in Midland
township, Pembina county. Her
maiden name was Jennie Greenup.
She was married to Rev. Andrews
about year ago.
Among the portraits of prom
inent educators attending the Mil
waukce convention in the Chica-
go Times Herald appears the
we'll known features of ex-Supcr-
intendent of Public Instruction
Emma F. Bates, who is vice presi-
dent of the National association
for North Dakota.
The managers. of the state
fair to be held at Mandan Sept, 28s
80. Oct. 1, are making every prep
aration to give visitors a good
time. Send to c. L. Zimmerman,
secretary, for a prospectus of the
races and sports. 1t is intended
to make the gathering practical
one also. A farmers institute
will be held every forenoon, with
able speakers in attendance.
It is said that the new Russian
settlers of Mercer county have
had religious dispute. There
are three denominations among
the settlers, Protestants, and
Greek and Roman Catholics
The Protestants have been en-.
deavoring to get the Catholics
away and as a result number ot
the Catholics have moved into
Stark county.
Wa shingto o n correspondence
Minneapolis Times; 1t is expect.
ed that President Mckinley will
next week nominate a successor
to Agent Cramsie at Standing
Rock agency, North Dakota, who
has been removed upon charges
of nepotism. This position was
offered to Major Edwards of the
Fargo Forum, but the major re-
fused to take it and the appoint
ment will go to George H. Bing-
enheimer.
Bismarck Tribune: Nothlnf
was done in the way of beginning
the trial of Defender, the end o
the Spicer murder prisoners, a
Williamsport on Monday. The
petition OF the defense for a new
judge was presented, and in ac
cordance with the law in the cast
a new Judge was ordered to tr,
the case, by Judge Winchester
Which of the several judges il
the state will be called is no
known yet. So far as known th'
motion for a change of venue
from Emmons county has no
been acted upon yet, and ma,
not be until the Judge who i
called in hears the petition.