Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-05-13
in NORTH DAKOTA


Tramps are ptllaging houses Mt Will
ilston.
Prof. George Martin of Cand0 ute
poisoned canned fruit and nearly died.
Two arrests were made at Larir
more ON the charge Of illegal voting.
The first prairie fire OF the season is
reported near WilliamspOrt.
IA West Point examination will be
held at Grand Forks on June 5.
DR.. Smythe of Bismarck has been mp.
pointed physician for Btrleigh county.
Two bootleggers have been arrested
at Wheatland.
George H. Fay is the new city Mt
torney Of Cakes.
Rolette county IL advertising for
school teachers.
Herbert Roots $4,000 damage suit
against Judge Rose has been dropped.
A Barnes county farmer has a hen
that lays eggs weighing five ounces. n.
Paul Dupash, wanted at Neche for
robbery, was arrested at HillsborO.
The St. Thomas driving park was
recently damaged by high wind.
Alex. Waite was held to the district
court charged with illegal voting at
Larimore.
A lot of hoboes got into a drunken
row at Bismarck and dozen We're
dangerously wounded.
G. E. v. Draper has been appointed
coroner of Morton county in place OF
q. Gilbert, deceased.
The fiend who fired the Mooney Il
McHugh elevator at Langdon is being
rounded up.
Troop B, First Battalion Cavalry,
located at Bottineau, were inspected
by Inspector General Creel last week.
The First National bank Of Minot,
suspended, will shortly pay its depos.
itors 10 per cent.
The Grafton roller mills have orders
FOR five cars Of -four from Glasgow,
Scotland.
A Few Lutheran church is to be
erected near Bottineau this spring.
The cost will be $1,000.
Ole Wagle, farmer, was drowned
while fishing in the mill pond at Val
ley City.
james Nelson has been appointed
agent for the Great Northern at Devils
Lake.
Two young men Of Jamestown have
been sent to the penitentiary In Lou
isiana for robbery.
Valley City will vote May Sd on the
proposition of issuing bonds to build
an electric light plant.
John johnson of NIeckinock, Grand
Forks county, is the father Of triplets,
two boys and a girl.
An effort will be made to secure
pardon for Kalinsky, the Bottineau
county wife murderer.
r. NJ. Black, professor Of Greek and
mathematics at the Wahpeton college,
has been engaged as principal OF the,
Hamilton schools.
A burglar tried to get in his work at
Crawford's store in Neche, but was de-
tected before he accomplished his pur-
pose.
Percy Smith, the brakeman whose
hand was crushed between the cars at
Rolla last week, Is doing well and will
not lose his hand.
Ducks are reported as very plentiful
in the vicinity Of Jamestown, and the
spOrtsmen are looking forward to q
great season.
DR.. James Adair of Lisbon, who has
been connected with the National
Guard for some years, died In Maine
a few days ago.
Erard Wooster will sue Ed. Holland
of Burleigh county for 5000 damages
for causing his arrest on charge OF
horse stealing.
Rolla will hold special election on
May Is for the purpose of voting on
the proposition Of rebonding the school
district.
An A. o. u. w. lodge was organized
at Sheyenne last week by Grand Mas
ter Joy of Hamilton-with fifteen char
ter members.
An ordinance was passed by the city
council of Devils Lake last week by
which dealers in cigarettes will be
compelled to pay 500 license to sell
them
The city council Of Bismarck has au-
thorized the purchase of six balls and
chains to be used on city prisoners,
who are to be put to work on the
streets.
A Logan county farmer traded horses
with "a neighbor, and not liking his
bargain, traded back at night without
the others consent. The sheriff has
his case in hand.
c. A. Birdseye, one Of the largest
farmers in Dickey county, lost his en-
tire last years crop of grain by a
prairie fire. The grain was still in the
stack, he being unable to, get it thresh-
ed on account of the early winter.
The young son of Erick Olson, living
about ten miles southwest Of Milnor,
was playing with other children near
his home and fell, breaking one Of his
legs below the knee. DR.. j. D. McKen-
zie was called about one week after the
accident occurred, and after admins
tering chloroform to the unfortunate
lad succeeded in reducing the fracture.
Edwin Hommanberg, a lad about IA
years old OF Milnor, had the first fin
ger of his left hand completely blown
of and the second finger badly LAGER
ated by the discharge Of a shotgun in
his own hands. The lad had his hand
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