Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-08-31

Slower, who attended him, says that
the cas- is remarkable and unlike any
ever before witnessed by him in his
many years of practice.
Sanborn Enterprise: The two daugh-
tiers of Henry Komroski mentioned in
last weeks Enterprise as i'll from CON
sumption, died last Friday within a
few hours of each other. They were
buried in n grave from the Swedish
Lutheran church last Sunday after
noon, the pastor being in charge of the
services. The girls were aged II and
10 years, and had been ill for some
months. 1t is saiu one son is ill from
the same disease.
A number Of the men owning and
operating threshing crews in the Red
river valley have put their machines
In the sheds for the season, having de-
cfded that there is more money in lay
ing idle than in trying to thresh wheat.
Some Of the crews have been sent to
the lumber woods while others have
been disbanded. The threshing that
is done will be done by the farmers
themselves, and they will have to
trade work" with the neighbors.
The pigeon grass which has grown
up thick in all the wheat fields, as we'll
as in many fields Of oats and flax. is
good feed for stock If cut while green.
One farmer says he has been feeding
his horses on it for two weeks and they
are doing well. Another farmer cut a
lot Of grass mixed with oats and finds
his stock do all right on the feed. If
not cut too late it seems to be an unex-
pected source Of good feed. and there
Is any amount of it. 1t is better than
prairie hay that is half old grass.
Fargo Call: According to the records
of the weather bureau the total rain
fall for the month to date is 9.5S inches
and it is stated by some that the
ground is wet to a greater distance now
than it has been for years. That most
OF this vast amount of water has
soaked into the ground is shown by the
fact that the rivers and creeks have moi
been affected much by the rains. The
water which is now in the ground will
not dry out until next year, and should
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the ground will freeze to a great depth
Williston Graphic: On Monday o.
last week Mr.. Spencer Brothers cap.
tured a large mountain lion down on
the point southeast of town. A few
days before he had set two No. 1 traps
close together for the purpose of catch
ing a wolf, but imagine his surprist
when he visited the traps Monday tt
find that he had caught one of the mos
vicious animals that infest the western
states. Mr.. Brothers is quite elatet
over the catch, anu he feels as though
he may we'll be classed with the fam
Gus lion-killers of the eastern hemis
phere.
W. J. Hawk, a former Cass county
legislator, has commenced an actor
which will be tried ait the next term o
the district court, against the Van
Dusen-Harrington Co., the commission
men, to recover the sum of 81 ,944. Z
claimed to be yet due him on whea'
speculation in the recent flurries of thu
market. Mr.. Hawk claimed that h
should have reaped profits of $ $1,000
$1,70O of which has already been paid
The company sets forth a counte:
claim of some kind in their answer AM
state that the sum of $1,7O was pal,
to MI. Hawk through a mistake.
Devils Lake Inter-Ocean: Miss Ing
waldson, sister of Mrs. o. P. M. Ander
son, who was living in a shanty on he
claim in Pleasant township, was badl,
injured during the recent disastrou
hail storm which passed over tn
northern part of Ramsey county. Tn