The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-03-25
Minor Topics.

week.
The deadly osculation germ
extracted without pain. Ask
Jack Coyle.
Wm. Gibb, the livery inagnate
Of White Earth, had business in
Minot Tuesday.
lae Ladies' Aid OF the Pres
sbytel.ian church gave q very en-
ioyabia dime socinl at the church
last evening
sir. and Mrs.> Ernest Davidson,
OF kenmare, visited With MIR. and
Mrs. Il. ". Davidson oi this city
several days this week, returning
today.
George Mckenzie, formerly G.
H. storekeeper at this place, came
ND from Devils Lake Monday to
spend the simmer on his farm
aolt!3 ,of MuLot.
There wilt be q Halleluiah we'd
ding and ice cream social at Sal
vation hall Oh Thursday evening,
April End. Admission % cents.
Don t forget the date.
Landlord Geo. Spaun OF the
Hotel White Earth, came down
from that thriving burg Tues
day, courting, transacting busl-
ness and incidentally attending
the opera.
N w. Comford, the well-known
White Earth toWnsite owner, was
a business visitor in the city Mon
day.and Tuesday. The Illdepend-
ent acknowledges pleasant
social and business call.
Mr. and Mrs. James Dolan and
family, OF Pierce county, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. NJ. S. Williams
a sEew days this week while
enIpute to White Earth. where
Mf.Dolan will go into the hard
ware business.
At a meeting Of the members
OF the Presbyterian church last
Sunday night 20 elect a board OF
trustees. Clayton Cox was elect
ed chairman, Il. w. Davidson,
clerk; S. 4. Van Fleete, president
and Rev Rayon, moderator.
Frank 0'Brien, OF Z. llite Earth,
was arrested Saturday by Sheriff
Scohe}Gi on a charge Of running.
q blind pig, At the hearing he.
plead not guilty to the charge
and was bound over to the next
term of43he district court in the
sum Uf $500.
Billy Allen, the man who tap
ped the till atthe Leland House
Cafe Was bound over to the dis
triar court iii the, ssii,il 4ot lsss300
by Judge Cooper,i aiiSS,Htj a Y. isshe.
light fingered etsiattil sill All Sys al ,iln 1
able TO furnish ;saaii and Was
propally coatlu ts,st COZ llll=s III
fy 5ail ass
a TaItei. Difiee g 1QAHy 5raok
Bssssa pigger W5's zoe lhf sssaf
Minot' yesterday on Il warrant
sworn out by H. r. Bates, alocal
wheat buyer OF that place. Din
Ger appears. to appreciate the
danger which surroullds-hlin and
declares that he will take his
medicine as the court directs
pleasantly; too.
JAS. Smerud. Mic Iirbes, Paul
Renyiile, Angus Mckay, OLAF
Mus and several other proInill-
ent White Earth business men
we're in the city Tuesday, having
come to the hub By invitation OF
Sheriff Scofeld as witnesses III
the O'Brien blind pig muddle.
Evidence against the speak-easv
boys must be on the slump side
of the game when the flowers"
OF our sister villages must be
! dragged into the boozeicourts to
tell his honorhow it happened.
The following s'baloon' special
from Minot to the Minneapolis
Tribune OF Mondayis self-eNplan-
atory: about 5 0 clock yester-
daY afternoon a lone burglar
by the name Of Allen entered the
Leland hotel cafe, flashed a six
shooter and shouted and S
np' He tapped the till for
. about $50 in cash, doffed his hat
and took his delnfture, but not
before pretty MAfie Smell, an en-
ploye Of the house, slipped out
and gave the alarm. In q min
ute Chief Kimball was on the
scene and gave chase. to the thief.
He was captured and lodged in
the county jail. 1t WAS Just fiji.
teen minutes from the time the
4 burglar entered, the hotel until
4 ~ was lodged behind the bars.
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