Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-02-10
AROUND THE STATE.

The game Warden reports to the
legislature that his collections from
permits granted to hunt in North Da-
kota amount to s7,O00-and the state
doesn't receive q dollar of it.
Bro. Carver says it is rumored that
the N. p. will soon put ona daily pas
senger train from st. Paul to Leeds,
and also that the road will be extended
from Leeds to the Turtle Mountains
this summer.
A large number of North Dakota
editors are taking a three weeks jannt
through the southland the office
devil now has an opportunity to show
readers how utterly incapable the real
editor has been all these. years.
Darlington Independent: In the
last issue Of the Devils Lake Inter
Ocean we see that those fat editorial
dashes have been stahanged. We
thought they would, for Small is too
much Of a printer to let such things
go through a journal as neat typo
graphically as the !. o. is.
Five hoboes were arrested last week
at Langdon for stealing coal from the
Great Northern sheds at that place,
The company claims that twenty-five
tons have been taken, and as the ho-
boes could not have taken that amount
it is supposed others are guilty, and
that q good deal Of the coal went out
in the country.
Commissioner of Agriculture Thomas
says: "The revival Of the sheep indus.
try IN North Dakota is we'll illustrated
7 when we can make the statement
founded upon facts, that a gentleman
who is in that business in Burleigh
county has sold off of his ranch since
last fall over 40 Shropshire bucks a,
an average price of $2 per head fol
breeding purposes"
Here is a gem from the Emmous
County Record-always bright and
and interesting:
Representative r. N. Stevens isn't
liked very much, apparently, by
Brothers Winship and Baker, of the
sanctified press; but he is one of the
strongest men in the legislature-iu
| either house-and his fellow members
all like him because he is kind hearted
courteous and obliging.
E. E. Beard, city editor o
the Casselton Republican five or 81,
years ago., has purchased the outfit o.
the defunct journal at Brainerd
Mimi, and will establish another
paper in it's stead. Elmer made .
great success of the Forum at Wells
Mimi, and sold it for a big bunch o
money several months ago. Sine
then he has been %hesitating whethe,
to re-enter the Journalistic field o
start a bank. Mr.. Boards father i
one of the big farmers at Hunter, Cas-
county, ND.
Col. Plummer writes from 70 Eas
Canton street. Boston. "My healtl
is good and I am feeling first rate
Haven't tasted a drop of liquor for
year and never shall again. / am her
living with my sister, who takes tn
very best Of care of me, but / canno
help feeling discontented in enforce'
idleness, when 1 know / am capable Q
better work than / syter did in my lif
before. A year ago Twas in the depth.
situation. II it hadn't been for Nc
Kenzie I would haye gone over tn
divide. Now, here I am all right an
as happy as q man Gan be who ha
nothing to do" The |colonel will de
liver several lectures in the vlcinit
Of Boston in FEBRUARY. His love fo
North Dakota has NOT dimished in tn
least, and he longs 10 return to tn
state.
Bismarck Tribune} The Fargo Ca
has it that Col. Robinson will qualif
as post trader at Standing Rock-a
soon as bonds are fufnished-that tn
contest was between Hansbrough fo
Robinson and Representative Fletche
for Douglas & Mead Of Minneapolis
It would seem sort d impertinent 70
Minnesota,s CONGRESSMAN to tread O