The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-04-10
IN NORTH DAKOTA
I~nteresting News Items From all
Parts OF the State.

in Fargo March 81.
Large numbers of antelope have per-
ished during the past winter.
Total snow fall in North Dakota dur
ing the winter, q inches.
Mayor Fuller of jamestown is re-
ported i'll.
Judge Cochrane is seriously i'll at
Grand Forks.
Judge Giaspell is holding court i'll
Wells county.
Mimic secured $3GS.25 rent from the
town hall last year.
Grand Forks is agitating the public
library proposition.
Andras Wolfer, the man shot in bed
at Valley City, is dead.
Fred Smith of jamestown has been
appointed farmer at the insane asylum.
Williston sports are talking Of a
gymnasium.
Wahpeton saloons paid the city, 500
during the month of February.
Judge Sauter Of Grafton granted Mrs.
Jennie Lindsay Il divorce.
Maggie Mitchell, Wheatland, slipped
and sprained Ter ankle.
Anon Kendall Of Mayville died at
the insane asylum.
Gilby is to have some race meetings
this season.
New Rockford will organize 4 life
saving crew before the snow melts.
Doud, the Courtney embezzler, gets
three a and a half in the "pen."
Theodore Gray has been appointed
postmaster at Lorraine, Dickey county.
Evangelist Willis is conducting a
series of meetings at Bathgate.
Express Clerk Doud of Courtenay, is
under arrest for embezzling $1,000.
DR.. GoulGIng of Grafton hits EN-
hard. He sues DIR. O'Keefe of Mimic
for $4,000 damages.
Ole Graft Of Kindred was robbed Of
$33 ut Wahpeton by G. w. Erickson.
He was arrested.
William Hall, colored. Of Grand
Forks, has started to walk to Wash
ington, where he will look fol- a job.
The 500 road is procuring a large
number Of settlers for Minot and vi
Rurleigh county has about $4,000
worth of delinquent Northern Paclhc
taxes.
The national banks in the state are
turning out good statements as a gen.
eral thing.
Dill Holding of Sargent county has
been arrested on the charge of bas-
\ guardian will be appointed for Sam
Kcrner, who was recently sent to the
from Walhalla.
George Mahon was kicked on the chin
by a horse at Mimic and he had to have
his Wlliskers shaved off.
A car load Of Great Northern coal
stolen at Rugby. No arrests have
been made yet.
Martin Berg of Minnewauken town.
ship has. been adjudged insane and
taken to jamestown.
Foster and Well counties + being
looked over by Il party Of Nebraska
home seekers.
Charley Carlson was arrested at Val
ley City on the charge of trying to
evade a board bill.
George Hoffman of Willard has sew
eral head Of cattle killed by wolves
recently.
C. A. NJ. Spencer and =. r. Singler
have formed q law partnership at
Grafton.
Il. Danielson Of Lanona lost two
horses and two mules this week, from
being caught by the cars.
Robert Sevoy, who was arrested at
Rolla charged with rape, was dis
charged last week by Judge Morgan.
John Hunter jumped from Il Great
Northern freight train at Mallory and
instantly killed.
jamestown is to have another dam
age suit on account Of it's defective
Barrie, Riclland county, has a cornet
coming.
The Northern Pacific has made a spe-
cial rate for baled hay from Minnesota
to several North Dakota points.
The draymen's union at jamestown
has caused the arrest of two persons
charged with violating the license or
dinauce.
Thomas Greathouse was arrested at
Fargo. ON the charge Of obtaining
money under false %pretenses from
George Harbert Of Seymour. Iowa.
George Sandbank. agent of the Mon
arch Elevator company at Minor, was
seriously hurt by being caught in the
machinery Of the elevator engine.
The infant son of John Russell OF
Rugby swallowed a piece of zinc. In
flicting IL wound in the throat, and the
child bled to death in five minutes.
Leon Geaudrie of Walhalla lost his
home by fire last week. He was away
from home at the time, and his wife
was unable to save anything OF value.
Warren Soule has been appointed as
signee of Harris Gardner, insolvent, of
Lisbon. Garnner's liabilities are said
to be about $21,OOO.
A man was splitting wood at Reys
nolds, the axe slipped, cut an artery
in the wrist, and he had a close call
from bleeding to death.
S. +. Salyards, president Of the First
National Bank of MinOt, has been in
dicted by the United States court for
making false entries. He has been
held in $4,000 bonds for trial.
Brakeman Hayes fell from the ten
de-. Of Il west-bound freight at Leeds
and was mangl,d terribly. No one OH
the train missed him till they reached
Rugby. ~
The farmers creamery at Minor will
resume April 1. Last seasons work