Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-03-24
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ford seem TO DC ulGcliht wv ,l
M those Mt Fort Lincoln, ana SEVERN
persons have been arrested OIL ''e
charge of stealing from them.
The salary of the chief of police OF
Jamestown, recently reduced ollc-haii'
has been restored to the former hs"le'
The city treasury has balance y"
hand of S9,101. .,
1t is rumorcd that an attempt VIII
he made to organize Il new county,
with Enderlin as the county scar. 10
include townships from Ransom, Iass
and Barnes counties
V.H. Hale is on trial ut Hope on lae
charge of embezzling 5000 from wv
Plano company, for WI ich he was cor. cor,
lecting agent. lie has been III JAN
since his arrest last fall.
Storey, the Buffolo druggist VINO
was sentenced to three months I'M
prisonment and $500 fine for violating
an injunctional order, has taken ah
appeal to the supreme court.
The North Dakota Sportsmen's asso-
cation will hold it's annual tourna-
ment ut Grafton June ills. j. w.
Boeing and II. c. Depuy of Mimic are
lIeSlUcIAt iuu ScSlSeAAS, AS"1'N
Three boot-leggers attempted to es-
cape from the Griggs county jail, Dut
in saving off iron barsowith a case
knife, they disturbed the sheriff, VINO
investigated and declared the trip or.
During the month of January 10
entries were filed at the Bismarck land
office, and III during the month OF
February. waking nearly $50 IN the
two months.
Tie contractors for the Fosstown en-
tension are finding it difficult to deliv-
or the goods, owing to scarcity of
snow for shedding, and less than 5000
Ties have been hauled to the right OF
way.
The third annual convention of the
North Dakota Enforcement league will
be held in Grand Forks March 81.
Gen. Alexander Hughes and a. q.
Rankin will be among the prominent
speakers.
The two-ycar-old child of Martin He
gle, a farmer living about nine miles
southwest of Lisbon, drank Il quantity
of carbolic acid, which the mother had
left within it's reach, and is in Il pre-
carious condition.
A. Steinbach has presented an excel.
lent photograph of Enos Stutsman, fol
whom Stutsman county was named, to
the board of county commissioners
The photograph is valuable, because
but few of them are in existence.
Ransom county commissioners re-
fuse to allow bill of $40 for the ser.
vices of specialist in treating the the
eyes of an old man who had suffered
from a complication of optical dis
eases, said to lead to blindness if not
checked.
Reports from all over the state are
that militia companies are ready for
service, though at Wahpeton runol
that the militia had been called out
was circulated, and two members of
the company took to the woods before
it could be denied.
The North Dakota Omaha EXPOSE
ton commission contemplates the plan
Of advertising the resources of the
state in an edition Of 100000 copies OF
the record, to be published in June and
distributed gratuitously and judicious
~ from North Dakota headquarters al
the exposition.
Jesse Boline, near Finley, twelve
years of age, shot Clark Bogardus
sixteen years of age. The ball entered
the base of the throat and passed
downward beyond reach, and the as
sary. BOgardus walked two miles at
ter the accident.
A team driven by p. P. Goodman OF
Sheldon became unmanageable while
coming down the hill north of Lisbon
and ran away. Mr.. Goodman was
thrown from the vehicle, but was not
injured aside from a few scratches
about the face and a severe shaking
up.
Jack Flynn states that when he Went
into the Missouri through the ice witt
his ponies and came out on the reser
walton side of the river, after strug
Cling in the water for an hour, Agen
Cramsie ordered him at once off the
reservation, true to his instincts to the
last.
Manager Beeman of the Valley City
Telephone exchange, says he has 10:
instruments in use, the rates fol
which are $3.50 per month in private
houses, 50 for business houses and S;
for two instruments. He owns the
entire plant, instruments and all, auc
has an exclusive franchise for tifteer
years.
The Trail county banks make :
good showing. Our old friend Eros
lids bank, Of Hatton, only has 5000
over-drafts, with a surplus fund OF
nearly $4,000 and cash on hand OF
twice that. The First National, May
vile, no rediscounts and some $32, OO(
cash on hand. The Goose River bank
started by our old Fargo citizen, n. X
Hubbard, shows resources Of nearly
$250.O00.
Miss Millie Sheridan, Dicke,
county school teacher, narrowly es
capped burning to death, her clothin:
taking fire from contact with the stow,
in her school room. Her lover, Et
McGinnis, fortunately. was near a
hand, and, wrapping the girl in his
buffalo overcoat. carried her out Of
doors and by liberal application o
snow, eXtinguished the flames, though
not without severely burning hi!
hands.
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