The Dickinson press., 1897-10-02
01A11e NEW4.

sDiptheria in Graad Forks coun-
Il b
Five person. brokesjail Sunday
nishtat Grand Forks.
Grand Forks tax levy: For
city pqrposes a61z mills, making
s27.734.
A threshing engine exploded
Tuesday at Tower City and killed
man.
Jamestown Alert: The state
papers are inquiring if Jamestown
was enclosed witha high board
fence during the fair. ut was
and is"
Two hoboes who beat an inof-
fensive old man at Hankinson
were taken out on the prairie.
strapped and most thoroughly
horsewhipped. They were then
bound over to the district court.
The barn on Major Blacks
farm. eightmiles from Valley City.
burned Tuesday night. Members
of a threshing crew were staying
in it. and one unknown man per-
ished in the flames. Fourteen
horses were also burned.
Another old boiler climbed the
golden stairs at Argusville. and
Arthur Sligsby,, a we'll known far
mer there, was killed in the ex-
plosion and several other men,
bers of the family and laborers in
jured in the wreck.
Gate receipts at the Jamestown
fair were nearly 81 400 with about
$500 more from grand stand and
other privileges. It seems to be
the impression that this will be
the last fair held for some time
and that hereafter there will be
semi-annual race meets instead.
The Hannah Moon wants the
newspapers of the state to re-
member the name of the town is
Hannah, and not Hanna-which
is like Ezra Kendall's wonder that
Mark-does not spell his name
with two H's-one at each end.
In that way, says Ezra, his name
would be Hannah both ways-go-
ing and coming-he gets every
thing, else going and coming-why
not that7 Blk.
The delinquent tax controversy
between Ransom county and the
Northern Pacific was settled in
this way: All taxes levied prior to
1889. and taxes levied upon lands
lying within the indemnity limits.
70! be cancelled and abated, and
taxes levied upon lands. lying
within the indemnity, limits, to be
cancelled and abated, and on all
taxes levied upon land and town
lots lying within the forty mile
limits before the same were pat
ented. 50 per cent of the face
value of such taxes for the years
1889 to 1896, both inclusive, to be
paid BY the company in cash.
Charles w. Plain. state senator
from Cavalier county, who resides
at Milton, was so severely stabbed
at his home town that his recov-
cry is doubtful. A stranger
brought lot of bronchos to Mil
ton to sell and allowed the ami
mails to trespass on Mr.. Plains
land, doing considerable damage.
Plain demonstrated with the horse
man and they had some words.
Finally the stranger attacked
Plain with a knife, cutting horri-
bic gashes in his breast and abdo-
men, one penetrating to the lungs
and another Just missing the intes-
times. The assailant was arrested
and is held in Jail awaiting the re.
|sult of the. injuries. The broncho
owner claims the carving was done
in self defense and that Mr.. Plain
was the aggressor. Mr.. Plain is
one of the best known and popu-
lar politicians in the state.
Fargo; Argus: Game Warden
Bowers has been to the jamestown
4 fair; So has Ed. Cole. The gen.
tlemen returned last evening, SO
did a couple of men from Oxford,
Ill. Anacquaintance sprung up eu
route whereby the fact was CLEAN
ed that the gentlemen from Illi
nois were returning from hunt
ing trip,in North Dakota, having
been "too sharp for the game war
den." as one of them expressed it
| Game Warden Bowers, always po
lite, handed his cardland a cop,
of the game laws, accompanied
with suggestion that perusal o
the same ended at Fargo. Th'
gentlemen from Illinois threw II,