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

once, but not until he had suffered sew
eral bad burns.
Several hail losses are reported from
Steele county.
The Fargo Call sarcastically alludes to
Grand Forks and other hamlets."
Fargo's personal property assessment
is about $4,000 mora than last year.
Senator Hansbrough delivered the
Fourth OF July Grafton at Darlington.
Insects of a new variety are doing
damage in the flax fields of the Jim river
valley.
Herbert Krallo of London is negotiating
for the erection of a flax fibre mill in
Fargo.
M. H. MCGOWAN of Grand Forks had
two barns destroyed by fire and lost his
buggy and driving pony.
Edward johnson, a Moorhead barber,
dropped dead at the breakfast table on
the morning of the Fourth.
Lena Olson, the young woman who
had an arm torn off in the Fargo steam
laundry, is recovering from the shock.
Sim Miller of Grand Forks will prob
ably lose his eyesight as the result of al
explosion on the Fourth.
Charles Lundbcrg of Nelson county
was found dead near his farm house.
Death resulted from alcoholism,
A Fargo firm offers to head the list
with $50 to give the soldier boys a free
train from Frisco to North Dakota.
Hon. A. H. Laughlin tells the Ransom
county papers what causes blackleg and
that ne is prepared to cure it with vac
cine.
Otto Brenon was relieved of $S5 in
hard earned cash by a companion at
jamestown with whom he was taking in
the town and thinks this is a hard world,
Subscriptions are being solicited
through the state to pay the salary OF
Miss Penny, the Red Cross nurse at
Manila, of whose good work the boys
have said so much.
jamestown celebrated the Fourth at
Spiritwood. O. A. Boynton read the
Declaration of Independence and Super.
intendent Moore of the insane hospital
made the grafton.
Seventeen barrels of malt we're dis.
posed of at the Fourth of July celebra-
ton at Spiritwood. Malt is a harmless
compound, recommended by George
Washington and other patriots.
A hail storm struck the farm of Editor
Mcdonald of the Fargo Argus, lear
Cando, and swept the growing grain off
the face of the notwithstanding to. re.
port, which does not state whether there
was any hail insurance.
The Devils Lake term of the United
STAGES court fell by the wayside on &C.
count of lack of business. There was
only n criminal case and the expense
of summoning a jury for that was toe
great. 1t will be heard at the next term.
In the Fargo Argus popular teachers
excursion contest, Miss Kate O'Brien of
Fargo leads, with 1925 votes. Mrs. Amy
Bliss OF jamestown has 1850 votes and
holds second place. Miss Lizzie Egbert
of jamestown is third, with 1000 votes
A giant fire cracker was exploded un
der the bicycle of Policeman Barnes al
Fargo, while the patrolman was mount
ed. The officer was thrown into the ali
a couple of somersaults worth, and there
is trouble brewing for the man who
threw the cracker when he is found.
Peter Matson of Fargo was run owe,
by a farmers wagon while he was riding
a bicycle and had two ribs broken ant
his shoulder broken in two places. TIL
farmer drove On without paying an,
further attention to the accident than t,
remark that that was the way to fix tn
d bicyclists.
The Benson County News publishe
an account of the tornado at Leeds. I
was the nearest approach to a genera
disaster that has been reported. On
little girl was killed, in the demolition o
a house, several persons were seriousl,
injured, and about thirty farmers los
houses, barns, buggy sheds, and various
buildings.
Jake Taggart, a former member o
Grigsby's Rough Riders, had two broth
ers in a Kansas regiment killed in tn
Philippines, and he has enlisted as
Philippine volunteer to avenge hi
brothers. He used to work for E,
Smith of the Cakes Republican, ant
Smith thinks he'll clean out the who'll
Philippine army-or pretty near it.
Mrs. M. w. Simmons, widow of tn
late President Simmons Of the Nortl
Dakota University of Grand Forks, an
her grandson, Arthur Bartlett, Jr
whose home has been in New York Cit
for the past few years, were both drown
ed in the sound at Oakland Beach, nea
Rye, N. j., On Wednesday. Mrs. Sim
mons was 63 years of age and is wei
known throughout the state.
Minot Reporter: Another sad case q
drowning occurred here Sunday. Isaa
Morrison while in bathing at the Of,
Swenson crossing in the Mouse river
was drowned. He had been in the waite
some little time and swan out to tn
center of the stream and started dow
the river. When a few yards down h
called for help, but his companion
thought him fooling, and he lost hi
life before they realized he was il
danger. 1t is supposed he was takel
with cramps. The body has not We
been recovered, although 40 pounds o
dynamite has been exploded in tn
water and the same dragged for about
mile. The young man was a resident q
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