Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-04-08
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS

NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Fessenden's new bank began business
April /.
The Fargo presbytery met at Fargo
last week.
Scarlet fever and diphtheria prevail
at Crystal.
Harvey people are agitating tho ques.
ton of q flour mill.
Nearly 1000 voters registered at
Fargo for the spring election.
Register Valentine has assumed
charge Of the Fargo land Office.
Michael Feist Of Mcintosh county
lost six of eight children with diph-
liberia.
A number of Russian families direct
from the old country have arrived ut
Kuhn.
A company Of the North Dakota ma.
tional guard has been organized at
Hillsboro.
An extension Of the Northern Pacific
to a point 40 miles west Of Sykeston is
talked of.
Some 1900 immigrants have arrived
in Foster and Wells counties the past
two weeks.
In Stutsman county SO far this year
filings have been made on about 10000
acres Of land.
Postofices have been established at
Rock Springs, Stark county, and at
Meri, Ramsey county.
The Bismarck army. post amend.
ment to the sundry civil appropriation
bill has been killed in committee.
Customs amounting to 81, 500 were
collected at Neche on a trainload Of
cattle from Manitoba to Pierre. s. d.
Large shipments of fax are reported
In some Of the western counties whefe
large areas Of prairie lands were broken
last season.
]. L Daugherty, immigration agent
of the Northern Pacific road, has
brought owe 600 settlers to the James
river valley this spring.
About 100 Russian Mennonites have
arrived at Langdon from Mountain
Lake. Mimi. Their train consisted Of
seventeen cars of emigrant goods aud
two coaches.
The Standard Oil company will build
q warehouse at Churches Ferry from
which the towns OF Leeds, Brinsmade,
Minnewaukan, Cando and Penn will
be supplied.
1t is reported that the Fergus Falls
branch OF the Northern Pacific will be
extended this season from the Minor
terminus to connect with the James
River Valley branch at Glover.
The new farmers CO. cooperative cream.
cry at Lidgerwood, which was just
completed but not yet accepted by the
farmers. burned Sunday morning. The
origin Of the fire is not known.
The State Enforcement league met
at Grand Forks last week. The officers
elected are: President, Frank Lynch,
Casselton; secretary, A. Lindelie,
Grand Forks; treasurer, J. NJ. Rowe,
Lisbon.
Captain Frank Allen of the Lisbon
battery has received orders from the
adjutant general to be ready to move,
as in case Of war that would probably
be the first military organization in the
atato tn to BALLAD nm
Judge Lauder denied the motion for
a new trial in the case Of Haynes, con.
vioted OF blowing a safe in the Great
Northern depot at Hunter. but reduced
the sentence Of four years. imprison.
ment to two years and six months.
Mayor Patterson has been reelected
at Bismarck and Mayor johnson at
Fargo. At Steele Editor Wood is the
new head Of the city government, and
at Jamestown. Alfred Steele defeated
Bailey Fuller. the present incumbent.
The order Of Attorney General
Cowan to snow cause why the railroads
should not be granted until May s to
take testimony in the rate hearing was
decided in favor Of the roads by Judge
Amidon at Fargo and they are allowed
all the time asked for.
The Walter A. Wood office and ware.
house at Fargo was destroyed by fire
Sunday morning. The building was
occupied as general offices by the Wood
people, the Milwaukee Harvester com.
pany and the Western Grain Separator
company. The loss is about 100000.
Judge Amidon of the United States
court at Fargo denied the habeas corpus
in the case Of Markuson Of Valley City,
the blind pigger who was sentenced to
the penitentiary for one year for violat.
ing the injunction Of the state district
court by maintaining o common nuts.
anoe. The chief point decided was
whether the state had q right to de-
Glare such places common nnisan".-