The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-18
Two blind piggers have been arrest
ed at Haryey,

| ber Of new settlers.
The steel range fakir is said to be at
work in Trail county.
Switchman Hopkins broke his knee
cap while scufi1ing at Fargo.
A scarcity of fax for seed seems to
be noted in some parts Of the state.
The ferry across the Red river at
Bowesmont will be run free this sea-
son.
Mrs. Joe Baum of Courtenay died
| from injuries received in runaway
accident.
Five Fargo young men were fined 81
each for ridin. bicycles at night with
! out lamps.
Ramsey county old settlers will have
a barbecue at the Chautauqua ground,
June 80.
There seems to be general rejoicing
| over the arrest Of the notorious Black
| hawk at Fort Yates.
There is every indication that the
| McCulloch road, north of Devils Lake.
will belong to the Great Northern on
; completion.
! A Dresden woman is said to have
! impersonated beggar and worked the
| county officials at IAngdOn for liberal
| donations.
1t is said that Elevator Agent Liber-
ty. who skipped from Mimic, is set
thing the claims against him, and may
not be prosecuted.
Some 10000 acres Of new land be-
| Genes taxable in Benson county this
year. representing 900 individuals who
have proved up.
| Louis johnson, a horse thief. was
captured in Cavalier county with an
armament consisting of two revolvers,
two bowie knives and razor.
Everett Baker of Ludden losa fifty
| head Of sheep in a prairie fire. The
sheep were a wedding present from
his father. and all blooded ones.
John Mcknight of Sheldon bought
of Fred Sheldon of Lisbon 500 head OF
two-year-old steers for the snug sum
i of S1O,SOO. Ransom is becoming quite
stock county.
/ A Stutsman county boy applied for
7! a marriage license. His girl was un-
der age. and the father wouldn't give
his consent. Nhe young fellow is wait
ing Until the girl grows.
.9chn Blake of Langlon, returned
home with load of lumber, ran over
two Of his own children, breaking the
thigh of one and injuring the other
about the head and face.
Mrs. Linda w. Slaughter has been
elected delegate to represent the Crit
tepton Circle Mt Bismarck at the bien-
nial of the general federation Of wO-
mems clubs at Milwaukee, June 4-9.
When the Mayville water works are
completed some of the citizens want
an electric light placed on top of the
tower. 125 feet high. 1t could be seen
fo4 miles from all points in the valley,
During the month of April SG,724 La
Moure county gophers were killed. de-
tailed and their tails turned over TO-
the county at cents each, involving q.
cash outlay on the part of the county
Of 81, ,734.84.
Geo. Kohr. living four miles south Of
New Rockford. was burned out. Mrs.
Kohr set fire to some rakings and the
i wind set the fire whirling, catching in
and burning the house and contents
and the barn and contents.
For several days surveyors have been
at work in the vicinity of Lakota, aud
it is reported that an extension is to-
be made from Leeds to parallel the
new line of the Great Northern from
Lakota to the Canadian border.
Wool commission houses send out
notices that hereafter the manufactur-
ers will discriminate against wool
where the sheep have been treated
with a lime dip, as they are unable to
get satisfactory results from wool so
treated.
A number of Morton county citizens
are negotiating for the purchase of
i $1,000 acres of Northern Pacific land
| in Mercer county. This block Of lan0
takes practically all the remaining
! good land of the company in that
county. -, ..,.. ~, 49,:
Andrew Anderson. a Wyndmere
farmer started a fire to burn around
his buildings A wlirlwipd took It
away from him. and he has been set
tling claims for dan ages ever since
He is not a poor man, but the fire bids
fair to make him so. ~: 49,
| Charles Campbell, a teamster' en-
ployed by Foley Bros, who have a
contract for building the Casselton &
! Dickey extension of the Northern Pa
cific. was killed in a runaway. A
wagon load railroad iron passed over
him and his neck was broken. His
, home is supposed to be at Chippewa
Falls. WIS.
The district court at Minot no s0on-
er ended one murder trial than work
was begun in the drawing of another
| jury for a second murder case-the
! Curtis Whitley shooting at Wiliiston.
Two schools have been closed mt o.
ga. Cavalier county. and fifteen fami-
, lies placed under quarantine because
! Of small pox.
The permanent school fund of the
, state is. for the first time. all invested
! in interest bearing bonds. There is .
total of nearly 81 ,OO0O0 in the perma-
nent fund of the schools, and. judi
! ciously invested. this is all bearing
! interest that goes to the cause of edu.
:, cation. The schools of the state are
! richly endowed.
| Nineteen land agents from Iowa viB-