Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-09-12

will attend. 55s3l
Mr.. Loenshing residing six miles
northeast of Balfour, committed sun.
eide Sunday noon by shooting him--t
self through the head with a rifle, He
was 5S years old and leaves a wife and
four children He came from sauk
Center, Mimi, a year ago. Loenshing
was prosperous, having 95 acres OF fine
flax, but cancer of the lip made him
desperate, being unable to sleep. asss5 8 I
s5s M. N. Camp bell in Jamestown Capt
tai On the Green farm in Barnes
county they say that they will cut two
crops OF flax from the same field. The
first crop was cut some time ago and
after the rains had brought forward
the second growth, but not far enough
/ TO be caught by the knives If frost
holds off long enough for the crop to
mature the second crop promises to
/ be larger than the first. js54 S3ss ss
Several weeks ago 4-year-old john
mile Horton of Dickey found a bottle.
I that contained small quantity of CON
centrated I've. He took it to- the
pump and filed it with water and then
took drink Since then he has been
under the care Of q physician but he
steadily grew worse, The mother fin
ally starteda for Fargo with him for
further treatment but when they ar.
rived al fan as LaNIoure the unfortun-
ate child expired.
Alex Moug, one Of the best known
farmers in the county, met with hor-
rible accident at his farm near Buff
falo. S5 He was at work around a sepa-
rator and in some way his left arm
was caught in the conveyor belt Be
fore the machinery could be stopped
the arm was torn off about half way
between the elbow and Wrist, THE dis
membered portion being thrown 800
feet away from the machine. Mr..
4Moug was at once taken to Buffalo.
where DR.. Clark amputated the arm
just below the elbow.
Came Warden Bowers: Prairie
chickens were hatched about two
weeks earlier this year than usual and
they punched il larger focks for. pro-
lection. think. This together with
the scarce cover has made them wary
and harder TO get than in other years.
"a good many of the birds seem to have
been preyed on BY hawks and animals.
There will be plenty Of chickens in the
country for another years crop. Duck
shooting is going to be poor also this
year There is no water in the small
ponds and the bigger lakes have dried
up SO that there Is no cover near the
\ shores. 45'8
Courtenay had close call from be-
ing wiped out by fire Sunday night
\ when the Tomlison barn burned in
the south part Of town. Fire was
discovered at 10: 80 and the fire de-
II partment turned out III their negli-.
gee costumes and worked like Turks,
combining the flames to the building,
about 80 BY 100 IT in dimensions. a
building standing but a few feet away
was saved ais well as other buildings
On the same side Of the street. The
I barn was built BY Dominick Cavan
augh, who was murdered at Glendive
two years ago, and on the settlement
of the estate was sold and was to have
been moved Of III a short time. No
insurance.
Courtenay Gazette: Jay Hall Of
Minnesota, who is running John Mo-
roneys threshing engine this season,
had 4 narrow escape from being killed.
son Saturday. He was up on top of
the boiler while the engine was rum
ndng and the bottom Of his pants
caught in some gearing on the main
shaft 4nd began to wind up. Mr.. Hall
noticed 1t III time to brace himself and
was not dragged down but was