The Dickinson press., 1898-05-28
STATE NEWS.

A S1A1E NEWS.
The state bank of LaMoure ha.
filed articles of incorporation.
Seven guests of the Mayvill<
Jail left through the floor the 9th.
er night.
The state medical society me-
in jamestown Wednesday ane
Thursday.
R. N. Stevens had an apoplectic
attack the last of the week Blu,
improved rapidly.
L. T. Snow, a 500 brakeman,
lost an arm while trying to do
some coupling at Fairmont.
Last week a man sold 800 bush.
els of wheat to the jamestown
Touring mills for Sl.6o per bushel,
Crookston Tribune: 1t is said
that Mrs. William Bulge will be
appointed postmistress at Grand
Forks.
The ninth annual convention
of N. D. Sunday schools was held
at Larimore Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday.
The N. P. is nearly ready to
move the big pier of the Missouri
river bridge at Bismarck to the
new foundations.
The new N. P. bridge at James
town will be a foot higher than
the old and will necessitate grad
ing in both directions.
Taylor Crum, disbarred as an
attorney in this state, recently
applied in Minnesota for admis-
sion to practice law and was re-
fused. His wife has applied for
a divorce.
The annual conference of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church
will be held in Casselton, N. D.,
commencing June I and lasting
several days. The Luthcrans are
making preparations to accommo-
date all delegates. Minnesota,
Iowa, North and South Dakota
will be represented.
Paul Peters a fellow who has
twice been before the Morton
county insanity board and releas-
ed once for lack of residence, and
once for lack of corroborative
evidence, attempted to wreck an
N. P. passenger near Sunnyside
one night last week. He was
quickly captured by sheriff Nc
Donald. The Pioneer says he is
either demented or a desperate
character and probably both.
Between $ and 6 o'clock Tues
day evening a freight train on the
500 became unmanageable while
coming down the grade into North
Valley City and dashed into an
other train standing on the track.
Finding that they could not avoid
a collision the engineer and fire.
man jumped, and escaped injury.
The engine was ditched and nine
cars dashed into kindling wood,
one of the cars contained stock
and emigrants' movables. also a
carload of cattle. None of the
animals were injured. 1t was re.
ported that a dago was killed bu,
the report proved to be false.
Eli Hoskins and Frank Bal
who used to be at. Kuhn a great
deal of the time, and Cliff Larimel
a former resident of Kuhn, left
Fort Mead last week with the
regular army troops of that fort
for the Philippine islands. The
boys enlisted about three years
ago from Mcintosh county. Mr.
Larimer's term of enlistmen
would expire on Tuesday of this
week, but he intended to re-enlis1
Immediately. Mr.. Larimer is said
to be the tallest man in the Unitec
States army, he being taken ir
by special permission on accoun,
of his excessive height.
The apportionment of the state
tuition fund has been made by
the department of public instruc'
ton and Col. Cochrane gives out
the following figures. The tota.
number of children in the state
for whom the apportioment i!
made is 76,632 and the tota
! amount OF the apportionment i!
S1.o5 a child. Cass county lead!
in the number of children will
1879 and gets s7,747.o5; Burleigl
has 1,443 children and gets 81,
515.15; Grand Forks county ha:
6,S48 children and gets S7,1oo.4o
Walsh county has 6,8o5 childre,
and gets eS7,2oS.25; Richlane
county has 4,oo3 children ant
!. gets S5,o43,15; Morton has 2,19!
, children and gets 81, 3o8.o5