Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-08-01

section ofsthe county Tuesday.
Insure your buildings against loss
by fire, lightning and tornado. j.
G. Hartley can write you a policy in
the best company in America.
Rev. j. j. Mcdonald, Of Michigan
City, was in town yesterday on church
matters. He says the electrical storm
played great havoc in the eastern part
of Nelson county, the church at Michi-
gan City being damaged to the extent
of about $50.
Charles Turner Cavalier died at his
home in Pembina at midnight on Sun
day, July 81, aged 81 years, 4 months
and % days, and thus passed to the
great beyond the earliest white resi-
dent Of North Dakota, and also one Of
the earliest and Oldest of the settlers
of Minnesota.
Constable Birkendahl on Thursday
brought Chas. Bowman before Judge
DUEL on the charge of shooting game
out. of season. Bowman is a taxider-
mist, and noticing a more than usual
nicely feathered duck, thought he
would like to have it for stufing pur-
pose. His ambition cost him $50.
The Devils Lake band is at present
| without a leader, Ihas. Roach having
severed his connection with that in
stitution. Earl Stannard,> an exper-
fenced and competent musician, has
consented to take the lead temporarily,
and regular rehearsals will be held
Tuesday and Friday evenings, and it
is hoped that the boys will soon be
able to give open air concerts.
Hon. w. H. Brown was in the city
Wednesday from Manlan. He
stopped over a few days on his way to
Chicago, to meet his family, who have
been camping at the Chautauqua
grounds for the past week. The gen
ial ex-mayor still retains interests in
the town and county, and thinks there
is no better place than Devils Lake
the only place he says that seems like
home to him.
At the Democratic convention held
last Saturday the following were
chosen delegates to the state conven-
tion being held in Fargo today; Sever
serumgard at large; Geo. Vannier
Jos. Kelly, W. H. Bedford, Peter Kerstin
Alex. Walker, G.. H. Elliott, A. H.
Burt, Fred R. Stevens, j. E. McLain,
J. H.. Gill. Many of the deleages
left on yesterdays No. 4, to be on the
grounds in time.
Capt. Anderson has 800 acres of the
finest looking crops in Ramsey county
if not in the state. The captain has
just finished a 3O-foot addition to his
large barn and put in a patent hay
unloading devise. He will add a
gasoline engine this fall with which
he will grind feed and pump water
for his stock. Mr.. Anderson has
farming down to a science, and is
prospecting as he we'll deserves.
The funeral services over the re-
mains of Mrs. E. G. Carruth, who
died at the D%eaconness hospital, Grand
Forks, Saturday last, was held Mon
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock at the resi-
Idence Of W. E. Mckenzie, brother of
the deceased, at Crookston. There
was a very large attendance of friends
from Grand Forks and at Crookston,
including many other points, many
relatives being present from Crooks
ton and the east.
A new disease among horses in the
northern part of the state is battling
the veterinary surgeons of that section
infected, and the state veterinary de-
partment has been applied to without
much success. The disease is popu-
larly known as ''swamp fever" It
has been known in Manitoba for sew
eral years and veterinarians of that
province have been studying it in vain
for several yeats to ascertain what
really cause it.
Will sell horses for cash or on time
at Whipple's barn. Call and see
them.
An unusual sight were the mon
strously large timbers, which passed
through this city n evening this
week on their way from the Pacific
to the Atlantic coast. There were
six pieces of almost equal size, meas
uring about 100 feet in length, 26
inches at the bottom and about 1S
inches at the top. It required three
long fiat cars to carry the huge beams,
which are intended to be used in the
navy ship yards for mastbeams.
Complete line of buggies, carriages
and wagons at Prosser & Serumgard' S.
Reliable goods, low prices. Terms
to suit purchaser.
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