Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-14
|STATE NEWS

Sewer JOD III aTRO.
Devils Lake is in the throes Of the an
nual Chautauqua meeting. -
Sargent county has paid $4,000 the
past year for gopher bounty.
Carl johnson was convicted of bastardy
at Hillsboro and fined $1,000.
Judge Pollock sentenced two piggers
at Hillsboro to ninety days and 5000.
The railroad commissioners are in
specting the Great Northern this week.
The Northwestern Telephone company
will erect a handsome building in Fargo.
The Baptists of the state have been in
session at Grand Forks for several days.
H. J. Ludlow. formerly an engineer on
this division, died recently at chihuahua,
Mexico.
Senator Green of Mandan will deliver
a lecture before the stockmen's meeting
at Fargo.
Frank Toppser was struck and instant
Y killed by lightning in a storm at
Emerado.
The trustees of the soldiers home
have decided to erect a hospital at a cost
of $4,000.
Michael Barrett of Grand Forks pleads
guilty to rape and will be sent to the
penitentiary.
Reports of grief come from the north
ern part of the state following the Sands
and Ashley circus.
Judge Corliss is suffering from nasal
troubles and had an operation performed
by DR.. Rindlaub at Fargo.
There will be an excursion to Cass
Lake from Grand Forks on July 20, the
day after the Press meeting.
The Northern Pacific has settled it's
back taxes in every county but Kidder,
where the tax case is in the courts.
The elevator at Willow CITY was
struck and fired by lightning, but the
building was saved by good work of the
firemen.
The Burgess Electric Light company
of Duluth viii! put in the new electric
light plant at the state university at
Grand Forks.
The Stutsman county commissioners
have paid Attorney Ellsworth some $3.50
for his services in prosecuting the North
ern Pacific tax case.
Grand Forks city will sue Grand Forks
county for 100000, for penalty and inter-
est on it's taxes, collected by the county
and not turned over.
Nineteen applicants took the state
medical examination at Grand Forks.
One OF them was a young lady, Miss
Bertha Machel of Fargo.
A party of farmers from Towner coun-
ty took advantage of the offer of Jim
Hill for free transportation and visited
the state agricultural college at Fargo.
1t is reported that Col. Frank Irons
has struck it rich in his mine in the
Arkansan mountains and a late assay of
ore shows SOB in gold to the ton, with
more prospects in sight.
Tom Lippy, formerly of Fargo and
who made a big strike in the Klondike,
is reported to have struck it again and
to have two and half tons of gold stored
away in his cabin in the diggings.
There is considerable interest at
jamestown owe the contest between
John Thompson and Mack Sinclair for
the position of deputy revenue collector
to take the place of..Dan Mcmillan.
The case of T. w. Hagen against DR..
r. G. DePuy at jamestown has been set
tied out Of court. Hagen alleged that
the doctor became angry while collecting
a bill and threw him over a pillow, inf1ict-
ing internal injuries, and he sued for s..
600 damages.
In the case of DIN vs.. GUNNER fol
damages the jury returned a verdict fol
81. GUNNER shot Olin for stealing
potatoes and killed him. Olin's admins.
traitor brought suit for damages after
GUNNER had been acquitted and the
jury brought in the verdict above stated
A severe electrical storm passed ovel
Valley City and portions of Barnes coun.
ty Wednesday night about II o'clock. A
stable belonging to Attorney Paulson oi
Valley City was struck by lightning and
a valuable driving horse killed. The
fire was put out. A severe hail storm is
reported between Valley City and Fingal
A: T. Cole of Fargo went up to Grand
Forks, and writes the Forum that ir
staying up all night he took occasion tt
IAOlOuSAJy IuNcSIlSdec GdSG IFdQU
Forks, which he says has all the appear
ance of a modern Sodom and Gomorrah
and he regrets that a number of NORTH
Dakotans were there, indulging theil
vicious appetites.
Georgia Bonnet of Stutsman count,
is suing the Modern Woodmen. for the
amount of an insurance policy on the
life of her husband who died some time
ago. The Woodmen allege that Bon.
nett's health was in a precarious condi
ton for years prior to his death and tina,
he INDUCED in intoxicating liquor tt
such an extent as to make him an unf,
risk for insurance.
A peculiar accident happened at Hills
boro on the Fourth. Manly Morgan,
son of Col. Morgan, of hat place, was
watching the preparatory work being
done about the big balloon before it wat
let loose with it's human freight. The
signal vas given to cast eff, the big bag
of hot air and smoke rose gracefully il
the air, when the Morgan boy was seer
ascending with it, his limbs having be
come %entangled in the ropes. Luckil,
for him, he %untangled himself and drop