The Dickinson press., 1897-06-26
STATE NEWS.

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Stutsman county reports quite
q loss from hail.
Commencement week at the
Agricultural College.
The X. of P. grand lodge will
meet July 20 in Grafton.
Devils Lake Chautauqua
meets at Devils Lake July I to 20.
The municipality will own the
electric light plant at Valley City.
Rugby man gets s1.4so from
the 6. N. road for prairie fire dam
age. -,
Prof. Carhart of St. Cloud is to
be the new principal of the May:
vile Normal.
A Valley City man is fined 5000
and sent to Jail for violating the
prohibition law.
A state military encampment
at Devils Lake is among the pos
sibilities this year.
Cass county has contracted for
IS bridges to replace those de-
stroyed by the flood.
John Riggs of Bismarck, recent
ly married, was convicted of bas-
tardy in Kidder county.
Rolla keeps up its reputation
for gophers, 1000 having been
killed there in recent hunt.
At the Bismarck land office
Stark county takes the lead in
filings and proofs. So says the
Tribune.
The 9th annual convention of
the state Y. P. S. c. E. has been
in session in Grand Forks this
week.
A half-breed woman at Neche
cured a Red Lake Falls man of
cancer and is liable to become
famous.
The abandoned military sites
in this state and Montana, some
$4,000 acres, will soon be ap-
praised and opened to settlement.
The Minot Reporter says that
Major Murphy has got something
at last and he is not under obli-
cations to Hansbrough or John
son. He has the measles.
Sixteen of the directors OF the
Aholds Basunen Publishing Co.
of Hillsboro, bave been assessed
5000 each, to liquidate a $4,000
debt incurred by alleged mis-
management.
The North Dakota Harness Co.
at the penitentiary has packed up
its belongings, tools, impliments,
manufactured harness and other
articles, and moved to Fargo,
where the manufacture of harness
will be continued on large scale.
Mandan Times: A large crowd
of citizens gathered around the
the band stand Saturday night to
see an Indian war dance. After
a long wait a half dozen Indians
appeared decked out in paint and
feathers, when it was said that
some one had forbidden the ex-
hibition. The warriors returned
to their tepees and the disgusted
citizens dispersed to their homes.
Burt Foster and George w.
Robinson were arrested at St.
John on Friday at the instance of
Bessie Hennessy, an 11-year-old
girl whose home is in Cando.
She tells story of abuse and out
rage, which, if true, will land one
or both of them in penitentiary.
Robinson is the husband of a I6-
year-old sister of the little girl,
they having been married last
winter. The prisoners are now
held at Towner.
On Saturday there was con-
cluded at Grafton a case which is
of the utmost importance to the
medical fraternity throughout the
state. About a year ago DR..
O'Keefe of Grafton secured the
arrest of DR.. Goulding on the
ground that he was practicing
medicine without a license. Mr..
Goulding showed that while he
had no state license and was not
registered, he had certificate is
sued in territorial times and was
released.
Bismarck Tribune: Attorney
Jacobson of Cooperstown was
brought into the city this morning
by the sheriff of Griggs county
to begin upon three years SEN
tence in the penitentiary. Jacob
son was collector for an east
ern firm and was accused and
convicted of collecting the sum
of $50 and failing to remit it.
The arrest and sentence were a
surprise to many persons in the
state who are we'll acquainted
with the attorney. A motion has
been made for a new trial.
Bismarck Tribune: A special
train carrying a colony of about
200 Russians arrived from the
east last evening enroute to Mer-
Ger county, where they will locate,
take up land and go to farming.
They arrived in three special cars
and there are many families in
the number who will make good
settlers for North Dakota. They
are a picturesque looking lot,