Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1899-03-17
NORTH DAKOTA NOTES.

George Bates was murdered In Peni=
bina on Thursday of last week. A
saloon-keeper named john Smith is
under suspicion.
John Barton, of Devils Lake, an ex-
sheriff of Ramsey county and an ex-
member of the legislature from that
county, dropped dead of heart-disease
at ST. Joseph, Mo-, last Friday.
Diphtheria is prevalent at Fessen-
den and Harvey, and many deaths
have occurred. The schools have been
closed and precautions taken to pre-
vent further spread Of the epidemic.
Several horses in the vicinity of
Devils Lake have died recently under
conditions leading to the suspicion
that they were poisoned, and Others
have been mutilated by being gashed
across the hips with some sharp in
strument.
These are exciting times, says the
Wishek correspondent of the Kuhn
Messenger, when people are breaking
in windows, shooting holes through
buildings and endangering the lives
of peaceable citizens, breaking looking
glasses and cutting themselves, etc.
1t is now admitted by expert author:
ity on such matters, says the Wash
burn Leader, that the weed known as
'.swamp hemlock'' is the cause of the
death of many cattle whose demise is
attributed to blackleg or strychnine
poison. 1t grows in spongy or swampy
places.
The hanging Of J. w. Cole, the muir
derer of fifteen-year-old girl whom
he shot down in cold blood, will take
place at Bismarck on the 24th of
March. So far there has been no ef-
fort made to secure Communication of
sentence or reprieve for Cole, and
| there is likely to be none. The exc
] cution will take place in the yard of
the courthouse, and it will be conduct
| ed by Sheriff Bogue.
In Bismarck, fortnight ago, post
| mortem examination was made Of the
remains of Mrs. Gena Lundin, and the
| strange fact was ascertained that
nearly all of the woman's vital organs
were transposed or reversed from their
natural position. Her heart was on
the right side and the liver and the
vermiform appendix on the left side.
All of the organs were of normal size
and apparently healthy.
Miss Grace, the grown-up daughter
Of A. T. Crowl, prominent Dickin-s
son merchant, on Thursday of last
week emptied cupful of gasoline into
j7a slop-pail, and a minute later thought
lessly threw lighted match therein.
There was an explosion, of COURSE,
and nearly all Of the young woman's
clothing was burned off before those
present could smother the flames. She
will recover, but will be badly Scared.
At about 2 o'clock in the morning of
i Wednesday of last week the dwelling
house of o. T. House, ex-treasurer of
Logan county, at Napoleon, caught
fire and soon burned to the ground.
The loss was almost complete, only a
few articles Of furniture being saved.
1,he loss to the building and furniture
was about $1,000, and the insurance
only $3.50. In addition to the fore
going loss, l,305 in paper money was
destroyed. ~" !.
VIM. H. Lasham, a Crary IN. d.
farmer, got to corresponding with
some New York s'green-goods'' swim
dlers. They wrote to him that he
i should come to New York and get his
counterfeit money. He went. The
next day after he got there he turned
up in the Gotham police court claim
| ing that he had been robbed of S1Oo
| by the parties who had invited him
to New York. Will suckers never
cease to bite?
The editor of the Ellendale Leader
is ga real, nasty, mean thing'' when
he prints things like this: A young
lady in the high school was requested
to parse the sentence, He kissed me. .
She cleared her throat and began: He
I is a pronoun; masculine gender; good
looking; pretty well fixed, ,and univers-
ally considered a good catch. Kissed
is verb; common-very common; plu-
raj; indicative mood; governed by cir
cumstances. Mech, well, everybody
knows me-" And then she sat down.
Capt. VIM. Gleason tells the James
town Alert something about letter
from his son, as follows: 'sMy son
Reddy wrote me that he was fat and
hearty at Manila, and that he expected
to remain there for time, even If the
troops were sent home, as he thought
there were chances to turn few dol
lars there better than the chances
here. He also said that I need not be
surprised if he brought home nice
i Filipino girl. read the letter to the
family, land no one said a word; but, LATTER
retiring for the night, Mrs. Gleason
asked me contidentially what kind of
agirl a Filipino was. said: ssYou
have seen my boots after they were
polished. That is the color of a nice
Filipino girl" She went right into
the air and said: "He'll never bring
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