Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-23
NORTH DAKOTA

Incendiaries attempted to burn the
Hankinson Jail the other night.
Thomas Carley of Clifford has leased
the Northwestern hotel of Hope.
A stock company has been formed at
Cathay to go into the dairy business.
H. H. Nagle of Valley City is the
new Northern Pacific agent at Wheat
land.
The sum of $542 represents the prof
it's of the Catholic fair. held at Man.
dan.
There is a little scrap at Hillsboro
over the telephone ownership and man.
agement
Michael Emo who lives near james
town, lost forty-tive tons of hay by d
prairie fire.
Miss Annie Smith of Leeds took a
claim in 1892 and this year raised
1900 bushels Of flax.
Tower City is determined not to let
Wheatland get the best Of the deal and
is after flax mill.
Mandan's board Of education is ad-
vertising for plans and specifications
for new school building.
The farmers around Sheldon have
hauled in several hundred tons Of
straw for the fiber mill.
.Jimtown will probably assume the
1.SOO Indebtedness and retain the fair.
grounds here for the city.
Frank Moore swiped coat at Har-
vey and was given twenty days free
board at the county Jail.
Benson county votes for new court
house at Minnewaukan by over 300
majority-and there you are.
Blind Pigger Rosum Of Grafton has
been taken to the pen to serve Il sec
ond term for blind plugging.
Blind pigs We're raided at Osnubrook.
Three arrests were made. Two of the
prisoners later escaped from Jail.
A ten-year-old Chicago boy, who had
run away from home, was gathered in
by the police at Grand Forks and sent
home.
Merchant Currie of Dickinson. ex
railroad commissioner, was mixed un
in a runaway and took an enforced
vacation.
Grand Forks people are preparing
anti-polygamy petitions, addressed to
Senator McCumber and Congressman
Spalding
Some worthy patriots of Jimtown are
signing contributions for a Stutsman
county settler who lost his all by fire
recently.
Mrs. Amy Bliss, principal OF the
jamestown high school, has resigned.
The resignation was accepted very re-
luctantly.
Fifty Dagoes, who have worked for
the Northern Pacific near Bismarck
this summer, have gone to Chicago for
the winter.
A fellow is under arrest down at For
man charged With stealing and butch
ering and selling Widows cow-the
son-of-a-gun.
William Young of Page sued his
young wife for Il divorce. charging her
with adultery With his own two SONS
by former wife.
1t is reported that the firm of Car
mody & Leslie, the well known lawyers
of Hillsboro, will be dissolved at the
end of the year
Hector Mcpherson. aged twelve. will
probably die from the effects of a gun
shot wound received while hunting
near willow ClLy.
Brakeman Warner on the Hope
branch of the Great Northern had his
hand pinched and a finger crushed
while coupling cars.
The Great Northern wreck at Kilva.
near Williston resulted in the death of
Brakeman Sherwood and the fatal iu
jury of the conductor.
The Alliance Hail Association of
Jamestown has sent out checks for so
per cent of it's losses, distributing
$44 900 to losers from hail
Frank Dallier's loss OH his threshing
rig. which burned near jamestown,
will amount to $1,000 over and above
the amount of insurance carried.
Aaron M. Staehnke paid Jeweler
Glassford of Sheldon $25 for breaking
plate glass and was soaked $40 costs,
making it rather expensive fun.
Fred Carsten's place north of Sterl
ing, was burned by prairie fire. The
report states also that his new sheds
and 500 tons of hay went up in smoke.
| Louis Cults of Larimore, aged eighty
| two, committed suicide by cutting the
artery in his thigh. His dependency
was due to brooding over an early love
affair.
| Mysterious disappearance of stock is
reported by rancilmen in the northern
part Of Stutsman county. Several
herds have been found ten OF fifteen
| head short.
Contractor Swan has been employed
by the city Of Jamestown to clean out
! the artesian we'll. The work will cost
$50 day and bonus of $3.50 for the
contractor.
There seems to be dispute as to
whether the conductor of the train or
the officer should have that $50 reward
for the recapture of Hines of the state
penitentiary.
The village trustees at Dickinson are
introducing ordinances for the govern
ment Of the new village, among them
imposing license on liquid drink es-
Establishments.