The Dickinson press., 1897-09-04
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The Caledonia postoaice was
robbed Sunday night.
A Court of the Catholic Order
of Foresters has been organized
in Mandan.
casselton Reporter: The first
load of wheat ever marketed in
Valley City was IS years ago.
1t is stated that Geo. Winters
succeeds Ed. Patterson as land
lord of the Sheridan, Bismarck.
The yield Of wheat in Trail
county is said'to be Disappointing.
not averaging over IS bushels.
The county superintendent of
Burleigh county has had the edi-
tor of the Settler arrested for
criminal libel.
Fofty-four filings we're were
made in the Bismarck land office
during August, as against 10 made
for the same month last year.
A man at Lisbon. claims that a
hot box on his binder was the
cause of a fire which destroyed
the wood work of the machine.
Miss Eva B. Crouch. county su
perintendent of Logan, is study
ing the German language that she
may be better able to conduct her
school work.
There are 27 G. A. R. posts in
North Dakota with a membership
of $40. The total posts of the
United States are 7.19o with a
membership of 319.456.
Fire breaks-what's the use of
recommending them7 Most farm
ers and ranchmen had rather
burn out than protect themselves.
So the statistics show.-Casselton
Reporter.
Dugald Campbell of Emmons
county, president OF the North
Dakota Woolgrowers Association.
sailed recently for Liverpool. He
visits his old home in Scotland.
Bismarck Tribune: Burleigh
county will ship more cattle this
year than she has ever before, and
Billy Watson, the Mckenzie cat.
tie prince, will have cbout 400
head for market.
Editor E. c. Carruth of the
Grand Forks Plaindealer. has been
arrested on charge of criminal
libel preferred by Mayor Patterson
of Bismarck. 1t is said that
Editors Kent of Lakota, Shortt
of Devils Lake, Cushing of Lang
don, and Winship of Grand Forks
are to be arrested on like charges.
1t is now revealed that the
death of the little son of Engineer
Porter at jamestown was caused
by the swallowing of part of the
kernel of a peanut, which lodged
in the appendix and caused APP
pendicitis. The peanut, it is be-
lieved, was swallowed August II
and death resulted in ten days.
Sakaris Aardal is the name of
the unfortunate man who is af-
ficted with leprosy in northwest
ern Silviata township, Walsh Co.
Many people in that neighbor-
hood are not pleased with the APP.
parently lax manner in which the
Walsh county authorities have
handled this case. The man is a
horrible sight to gaze upon, his
flesh appearing as il it was ready
to fall off the bones; he is totally
blind, can scarcely speak, is de-
mented at times and has not the
use of his hands.
Morris GUNNER, the Traill coun-
ty man who shot and killed a
tramp whom he. found digging po-
tatoes in his garden, has been. ar
rested and will probably have, to
stand trial for the deed. Gum
mer had taken ths tramp into
custody and was taking him to.
town when the man broke and
ran. GUNNER fired two shots to-
scare him and called to him to
throw up his hands and when he
did not, fired again and killed
him. The mans name was Tev-
man DIN, from Minneapolis.
For several weeks a large force
of men have been at work on the
pier of the big bridge on the Bis
marck end According to the Bis.
marck Tribune a new pier will be
put in. The pier now in position
was displaced by the sliding west
of the hill on this side Of the
river, the slide having been caused
by the giving way Of the sandy
soil. The pier now rests on a
coal vein and beneath that is
sand, which has succumbed to