The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-23
IN NORTH DAKOTA
lnteresllnE News Items From all
Parts of the State.

The Wanpctnn high school has :; roll
Of sevcnty-two.
The Albion postollicc has been a!ml-
islcd.
The Manlan schools have been sup
piled with new flags.
A fire at jamestown burned Il barn
and two horses.
Many fox are being killed in Cass
county.
The Bad Lands arc literally alive
with wolves.
Lisbon is now in the long-distan""
telephone circuit.
II. Il. HalvOrScn broke his left arm.
while wrestling at New Rockford.
An original pension has been granted
Nancy l.. Potter. widow, of Northwood,
Grand Forks county.
The farm residence of Thomas Petit
grew. near jamestown. was destroyed
by fire.
Bert Booth. the Barnes county horse
thief, has been taken to the peniten-
taly to serve his two years sentence.
State Examiner Langlic has issued Il
call for IL report of the condition of
state banks.
The First National Bank of Langdon
is to have Il new building costing S13,-
600.
Coopcrstown has forty-eight more
school children than they had Il year
ago.
Mrs. Isabella Kirklce of NIinot has
been granted divorce from her hus-
band by Judge Templcton.
n drove of 175 horses were found
buried in snow in one coulee near Man
dam and I'LL but seventeen We're res
Cued.
Worth. colored man. who was
mixed up in Il shooting scrapc ut Wiz
mona some time ago, has pleaded
guilty.
Landlord Garfield. the New Rockford.
hotel man, presented the fire depart.
ment with $3.50 for saving his building
during the recent conflagration there.
The case of G. d. Lay against Louis
Emery has been decided ut Grand
Forks by Judge Tenlpleton. giving Lay
a verdict of $1,000. The supreme court
will pass on the question.
In attempting to arrest stranger,
who was charged with the robbery OF
the Bank of Caledonia, at Caledonia,
Sheriff GundcrsOn shot and fatally in
jured an unknown man at at KOlette.
\ cool sneak thief got in l is work ut
Coopcrstown last week and robbed
Koolcn 4 Rustad's till of $40, while the
owner was out for few minutes. The
thief had the combination to the till
and Il key to the building, apparently.
Mrs. George Baxter committed sui
eide ut Horace, twelve miles from
Fargo. She was employed as house
keeper on Il farm. She took her life
with rat poison. 1t is thought she was
mentally unsound.
At Park River J. +. Mahoney. local
druggist, and DR.. J. ID. Windell, while
Il revolver in the office OF
the latter. accidentally discharged. it
and Windell lost Il finger and AIahoney
is not expected tOlive.
Articles of incorporation We're ieceiv-
ed mt Fargo from Bismarck for the
North Dakota intercollegiate Athletic
Association. The organization includes
Wallpeton university. North Dakota
the agricultural college and
Fargo college.
James Forbes, who has been in Jail
at Pembina for several months OH the
charge of wife beating. is violently i'll
sane and has been ordered taken to the
asylum at Jamestown. The assault on
his wife ut the time had evidence of
llisorderel mind.
At Grand Forks. week ago. a fire
in the clothing store Of NJ. Stanchfield
did considerable damage. The loss has
just been adjusted satisfactorily. Mr..
Stanchtield getting draft for $2.O1S
in full for the loss ON stock. Another
81 900 was lost by the damage TO the
fixtures, which were not insured.
The third annual show of the North
Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota
Poultry association will be held in Far
go on Jan. IA. u and 1G Of the coming
year. The list of premiums is excep-
large. and it is expected that a
large number of fine birds will be in
The case of the State of North Da
kota VS.. Henry Trimble for tho murder
of County Commissioner Hagen, ut
Walcott will be tried before Judge
Lander ut Wahpeto1,. Jan. 5. The trial
of .Jcns Jensen, ON the charge of rape,
will be held. as will also n number OF
blind pig cases.
At Grand Forks Mrs. Alvina Fegner
has brought an action for divorce from
her husband. Charles Fegner. The
couple lived and were married at Gret-
na. Man., where the husband still re-
sides. According to the complaint. the
couple lived together just thirty-two
days. when the husband left and failed
to return to the bride of month.
1t is rumored at Forman that the
State Enforcement League is prelar-
blind pigs in Sargent county. and that
spoilers have been operating in the
county for some time past securing evil
ilence to he used in the prosecution.
Blind piggers. are becoming decidedly
anxious over the situation.
David Mcleod, the man who was so
badly frozen in the recent blizzard near
underwent an operation at
la Moure in which both his feet We're
just above the ankle. Tile
flesh and tissue of the feet were frozen
half an inch deep. Mcleod is not suf-
fering any bad effects from the opera
ton.
The business men Of Grand Forks are
literally signing petition asking that
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific grant reduction In the present
freight rate on hard coal. The recent
reduction in the soft coal rate was good
as far as it Went. but the amount Of
soft coal used in this state during the
year is very small compared to the
amount of hard coal used. Fargo bust