Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
Frank Hlbxa and Frank Burke got

Frank HibZa ana FraHk D".Me
ninety days and $500 each at Wanp p.
ton for contempt. of court, IN pctsls ".
ing in selling liquor after Judge l1''uoei
said they mustn't.
-Four blind pigs were closed Mt Ane Ia
last Saturday, and about $lOO worm vi
evidence was taken. The men were
taken to I4akota, where they were
bound over in the sum OF $4OO.
Billings county is talking Of taking
off the bounty on wolves. Ihey Nle
becoming very thick, and the bounty
does not appear to lessen the numpef
ON the ranges.
Hunters have been arrested NJ
Steele. charged with setting prairie
fire that destroyed much property.
They deny the charge and will fight the
case.
Capt. Mccormack and family have
left Grand Forks, to make their home
out in the Kootenia country, III MOI
tana, where the captain Is doing
rushing steamboat business.
The total wheat yield Of the Grandln
Farm this year was 15S,OOO bushels, an
average per acre Of twelve bushels.
The entire crop has been sold at 81
cents, Il total of $135,S2O.
The little girl of liver Thompson was
caught on the tumbling rod Of a
threshing machine Mt BOttineau, and
both thigh bones and the humerus We're
broken.
County Commissioner Halaas Of
Foster county lost Il fine stallion and
some other property by fire last week.
The total loss to him was about ST.
600.
A man named KrOpp, while hunt
ing in Otter Tail county, in some way
shot himself and fell into the water,
and being weighed down with shells,
sank Immediately, either drowning or
dying from the effects Of his wounds.
A pigger escaped Jail at Lakota, and
business was suspended while the
business men of the place Joined in a
search for him, and finally rounded
him up.
For the year ending Oct. /, the
county Of Billings has paid bounty on
about 1900 wolves killed, the greater
portion, perhaps so per cent, being
grays.
The Walsh county board decided to
provide a suitable building where the
two lepers Of the county could be isO-
lated and cared for at the expense of
the county.
There is a Prof. Deitz stopping at
jamestown now who is infringing up
on our own Prof. Austin's claim Of
having the greatest hair and scalp dis
covery Of the age.
rested for stealing his own horse. This
seems an unnecessary way of adding
to Dickey county's already flourishing
criminal record.
A stray bullet from a Canadian rifle
corps killed a farmer two miles dis
tant. The bullet passed entirely
through his body. The range of mod
ern firearms should be kept in mind by
those who handle them.
William H. Seward G.. A. r. Post of
Jamestown has an eight-inch howitzer
presented by the government and
they are going to mount it, so they can
make a noise on the Fourth of July
and such.
1t is reported that music firm sold
over $4,000 worth of musical instru-
ments during the Mandan fair. Most
of it was cash. Organs were mostly
sold, and the buyers Russian settlers.
Several high-priced pianos were also
sold.
The city council of Fargo has in
structed the city attorney to investi-
gate the matter of the damage caused
by the flood last spring, and see if
there is ground for a suit against the
Northern Pacific for it's share of the
damage.
Bank statements through the state
disclose a pleasing condition of the
financial institutions Of the state. All
of the bankers are united in their
statements Of the improved condition
of business, as evidenced by the ill.,
creased deposits.
A Richland county blind pig spotter
is under arrest, it being alleged that he
represented to one Wakefield that he
had evidence sufficient to convict a
blind-pigger, whereat he secured $75,
and failed to come to the front with
the evidence.
A party of twenty sportsmen from
Massachusetts are at Dawson in a pri-
vate car, and will pass a few days in
llliI FlC1ully utlulluS SccSc dutL uucAS.
1t is the twenty-fourth annual hunting
trip Of the party.
At Rolla. Killian Roth, four years
old, was killed by strychnine. Poison
had been set out near the house. 1t is
supposed that the family dog ate some
of it and also licked piece of bread
and butter the child was eating. Both
were found dead together.
A small farmer at Dickinson says his
wheat yielded but six bushels to the
acre; but, as he has carload of beef
cattle to turn off and forty-fve calves
Of his own raising to winter, he isn't
feeling so badly after all. Two or
more strings to bow are sometimes
good to have.
Ed Riley, a tramp, while endeavor-
ing to crawl out from under train OH
which he had been stealing ride.
was run over and fatally injured near
Fessenden. He was caught between
the wheels Of a truck on the passenger
and the car had to be raised before he
could be gotten out. He fingered Il
few hours and died from his injuries.
Odell, side station, nine miles north
of Sanborn on the Cooperstown branch
is no more. The Northern Pacific de-
pot was moved Wednesday to Hanna