Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-30
NORTH DAKOTA

North Dakota range catlie hc'ei
wintered in finer shape.
Wolves have killed a number OF
sheep in Stutsman county.
A cheese factory will be one of the
many additions to Langdon.
There will be no jury cases tried at
the present term Of court in Hliisooro'
Edward Engerud has been appoint
ed assistant states attorney OF Cass
county.
A party Of Iowa land seekers have
bought 1900 acres Of land in Ramsey
county.
Ellendale capitalists have secured
control Of the First National Bank OF
Aberdeen.
Henry Sander OF Grafton had his
left leg broken in a runaway a Few
days ago.
Two or three new towns will be es-
tablished along the line Of the Coopers-
town extension.
G. A. Henry, Of the Wahpeton col
lege took first honors at the state inter-
collegiate contest.
A number of young Fargo toughs
have been arrested for disturbing Sal
walton army meetings.
A postotfice has been established at
Itson. LaMoure county, with J .B. Nil
sor as postmaster.
Miles Churchill of Valley City is said
TO have been offered $4,000 for patent
horseshoe.
The Northern Pacific has number
Of Italians at work laying new steer
on the Dakota division.
Fifteen applicants for license to prac-
tice pharmacy took the examination
at Fargo, and seven failed.
Applications for divorce are coming
in rapidly at Fargo, and the attorneys
may have to work overtime.
Work will begin OH the Cooperstown
extension Cf the Northern Pacific as
soon as the snow is off the ground.
Dickey county has just paid off the
last OF its seed wheat bonds, and has
but $1,000 bonds outstanding in all.
An analysis of the water used for
city and domestic purposes proves it
impure and unfit for drinking pur-
poses.
Alfred Morris, eldest son of Nal
colin Morris of Wheatland, slipped on
the ice, breaking his right leg in two
places.
The city engineer of Fargo has been
instructed to prepare plans for brick
trunk sewer, to cost something ike
$4,000.
Sherbrooke was the scene Of suicide
last week. John f. Nicholson ended
his life by taking strychnine. Be-
spondency end coy girl the cause.
J. II. Hatfield, pioneer Of Dickey
county. fell unconscious while work
ing in his barn, Of apoplexy, and died
several hours later.
w. A.. Walsh of North Dakota. en-
ployed in the treasury department, has
been promoted from a clerkship at
$40 to $1,000 a year.
State Treasurer Driscoll has pur-
chased 1000 worth OF stock in the
New Northwestern Fire and Marine
Insurance company at Grand Forks.
A man attempted to rob the Harvey
State bank. but failed, and was cap
tured. His kit of tools consisted Of a
base ball bat, log chain and crowbar.
Congressman Johnson says he Is
about to devote his entire attention to
! farm operations. and will make n,,.
merous improvements on his farm at
Petersburg.
Adam Grovrath has been arrested at
Harvey, being caught in an attempt
to blow open the safe of the German
State bank. 1t is alleged that this is
his third attempt.
Ole Mackson ofPembina, n. D., has
been authorized TO act as custodian OF
the Fort Pembina abandoned military
| reservation, without compensation,
vice Ora Z. McCumber, relieved.
The Northwestern Fire and Marine
Insurance company has been organized
at Grand Forks The capital stock is
100000, ard prominent men from all
| parts of the state are stockholders.
1t is rumored in Mayville that Presi-
| dent Carhart, the able head of the
Marvel normal school, will decline n
! reappointment to his present position,
| to accept one in a more lucrative field,
Rodney Church, son of ex-GOv. l..
X. Church, is among the soldiers
wounded at Manila. Young Church is
| member Of the Washington regi-
| ment.
r, H. Bailey, the Valley City Carpen-
| ter, who lost foot last week by put
! ting 1t under Northern Pacific train,
| had an accident insurance policy, and
gets 81, 1000 for his foot.
Fritz Hensel of LaMoure county lost
! his barn by fire. A few days after he
came to LaMoure for a load of lumber
| to rebuild, dropped keg of nails on
; his leg, breaking both bones and i'll
| tiict:Ig painful and serious injury.
William Deerlng has been released
from the county jail Of Stutsman
! county, where he had been confined
! on charge Of selling liquor without
| government license. No indictment
was returned against him by the grand
jury.
Agent B!ngenheimer Of the Standing
/ Rock reservation has returned from
| a trip 10 Washington. where he was
| highly complimented by the Indian
! department for the satisfactory man
| ner in which the reservation affairs
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