Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-27
AROUND THE STATE.

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PETER Smith Of LAM Moure suffered a
paralytic s stroke Saturday evening,
affecting his entire body and render
ing him wholly helpless. On Sunday
his life was despaired Of, and on Tues
day, he enjoyed a horseback ride. Dr..
Shower, who attended him, says that
the case is remarkable and unlike any
ever before witnessed by him in his
many years Of practice.
A number of the men owning and
operating thresh1ng crews in the Red
river valley have put their machines
in the sheds for the season, having de-
.cided 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 well
as in many fields of oats and fax, is
good feed for stock If curt 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 ali 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. It 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 8. SO 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 not
been affected much by the rains. The
water which is now in the ground will
not dry out until next year, and should
there be a scarcity Of snow this winter
the ground will freeze to q great depth.
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Williston Graphic: On. Monday Of
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. 4 traps
close together for the purpose Of catch
ing q wolf. but imagine his surprise
when he visited the traps Monday to
find that he had caught one Of the most
vicious animals that infest the western
states. Mr.. Brothers is quite elated
over the catch, ana he feels as though
he may well be classed with the fam
GUS lion-killers Of the eastern hemis-
phere. vs. .s$5 .s35. h.
Hawk, a former Cass county.
Legislator, has comm enced an action
which will be tried ait the next term Of.
the district court against the Van.
sDusen-- harrington Co, the commission
men, to recover the sum Of 81, ~
claimed to be yet due him on wheat.
speculation in the recent furries Of the.
market. Mn. Hawk claimed that he
should have reaped profits OF. $1,000,
81 700 Of which has already been paid.
The company sets forth a counter
claim OF some kind in their answer and
state that the sum Of 81 700 was paid
to Mr.. Hawk through q mistake.
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33 Devils Lake Inter-0 Ocean: Miss Ing
/ waldson. sister Of Mrs. q. u. Nj. Ander-
son, who was living in shanty On her
claim in Pleasant township, was badly
/ injured during the recent disastrous
hail storm which passed over the
northern part OF Ramsey county The
storm completely demolished the shack
and when found the young lady was
lying unconscious some rods from the
ruins of her Tesdd ddence Her nose was
broken and her face and arms badly
cut. last accounts she was i'm
proving rapidly, but it is feared the
wounds received during that frightfuI
storm will disdgure her for life. 81
Pembfna Pioneer Express The
ground is in fine shape for plowlng,
but could still store up a large amount
more Of moisture for next years crops.
he amount of moisture that can thus
be stored Ii our wonderful soil, Is best
attested BY the crops OF this year,
which, short as they are, vet present
thousands Of acres Of wheat that will
thresh from 8 TO ga bushels TO The acre,