Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-01
!. AROUND TIE STATE.

The greater part Of the crop III the
state is being harvested with headers
The grain is too short TO cut with
binders. Is
Charles Thompson of Jamestown,
the alternate who was selected to go
to WestP Point. wires that he has passed
the examination and will be enrolled
at once as a caael. "A i35t
Cattle on the range suffer from flies
which are more than usually numer
GUS and pestiferous The cattle 60.
against the wind in an attempt to
remove them and wander consider
ably.
Patrick King, just released from
jail at Wahpeton, was instantly killed
by a train on the Northern Pacific Sun
day night, east Of the bridge ait Breek-
enridge. The superstition is that he
tried to board the train 85.
a farmer living northwest of James
town found his hay meadow swooped
upon by a LaMoure county outfit and
protested. While he was protesting
and looking up authorities the hay
was but was finally raked up and
left for the farmer who thinks ii is
not SO bad after all, VI
Fargo Argus: On complaint Of
! Mayor Aaker a warrant for the arrest
OF Jos. Schlanser charging him with
ma anslaughter was made out yesterday
but as the mayor is out Of town and
his signature cannot be secured Till
his return the warrant at present is
valid Mr.. Schlanser has retained M.
A. Hildreth to defend him and VIII
voluntarily cross the bridge and sur
| render to the authorities as soon as
asked to. He claims that he knows
nothing whatever of the act of biting
off the thumb of G. P. Carroll which
resulted in CARROTS dearn ... .
Receiver James A. Murphy of the
North Dakota Telephone and Elec-
:trlcal tl1Il company reports that the affairs
OF the company are in fairly good
shape. There is a total Indebtedness of
about s1.7o0 with property worth
many times that amount Mr.. Erne
OF Harvey, one of the parties inter
ested claims that the company owes
him 81 1,200. President King says that
Erne. agreed to take stock for that
amount. am 4 If the 81 200 is disposed OF
in stock there would be but $500 due
to outside parties The telephone line
is about $50 miles long and connects
the principal towns of Wefls and Eos
ter counties Ia
s Argus; From a careful canvass
made yesterday among the leading
agricultural implement houses by a.
representative OF the Argus it was
learned that within the past ten days
the wholesale dealers in machinery
had disposed of to customers 5S car
loads of machinery Of all kinds This
includes binders, mowers, headers,
rakes, threshing machines and en-
gines. While this business is not one
third Of what is usually done at this
season of the year it is SO much better
than was expected that all of the gen
eral agents are pleased and state that
there is no reason TO complain.
Grand Forks Herald C. "A. Gran
dali drove from Minnewaukan to
5Churchs Ferry last Friday night after
the hail storm and says he never saw q
"a more desolate sight than that pre-
scented IS by the hail stricken district
couple OF miles from the Ferry. The
grain was literally pounded ont OF
sight and that four hours after The
storm one could gather the hail up by
the handful The bitches, he says,
were drifted full and the AIR was as
cold as Id December when the wind
blows over fields of snow. The hail
stones were as large as eggs long after
the storm was over, and the ground
looked e white after dark from the piles
II. - !. 10.