The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-10-13
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Eagles and Turkeys.

NV1Id UAhUlA NEWS
Eagles and Turkeys.
On the farm of j. Kerr, Franklin, .
black eagle launched with tremendous
force upon a flock of turkeys The old
gobbler-a big bronze-however, was
there to receive him, aud met his onset
with the courage of q bulldog. Again
and again the eagle rose and swOoped
down. only to be met with the most
consummate addressTand skill ON the
part OF 1.-THE turkey. The eagle then
tried it on the level, but here, too, he
was distinctly outclassed, his talons
being utterly useless against the short
and powerful wings of the gobbler.
Just then the eagle thought it best to
beat a retreat, for the old hen, having
hid her brood, was coming for him
with every pound of steam on that her
valves would carry and level full Of
fight There was furious tempered
gobbler for awhile, as he walked back
and forth, vow;ng he would smash all
the eagles in sight.
Burglars.
A gang Of toughs broke into the
Doran State bank one night and broke
open both doors of the new safe. The
villagers heard the explosion, but sup.
posed it was thunder. Two men who
were in a store across 1.-THE street no
ticed that the bank was guarded in
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the rear. One of the men in the store
started for weapons and assistance, but
was ordered back, and the burglars
all escaped
The bank is a branch of the Brecken-
ridge National, and was recently
started by John Grove. The cash has
been sent up at night to Breckenridge
and returned each morning and the
burglars only obtained SIS. No clew of
their whereabouts has been obtained.
Killed in Runaway.
Mrs. D. Mcdonald was instantly
killed and three women driving with
her were injured by the shying of the
horse driven by Mrs. Mcdonald at
Grand Forks. The horse took fright
at a roll of wire used in the street
railway construction, and shying sud-
denly overturned the buggy. Mrs.
McDonald's head struck against troll
ley pole and her skull was c, ushed.
Her husband is prominent business
man.
Mrs. Van Sycle's nose was broken
and face badly cut Mrs. Elizabeth
Anderson was badly bruised and prob
ably fatally injured. The fourth &C.
cupant of the buggy, Mrs. c. f. Holmes.
escaped with slight bruises.
Bin Collapsed.
One of the bins of the Thomson
Farmers Elevator company building
at Thompson collapsed and three
thousand bushels of fax ran onto the
ground. The continued cracking of
the remainder of the building has led
to the belief that the entire building
will go down. The house was opened
less than n month ago, and was newly
constructed by a Minneapolis firm of
contractors. 1t had capacity of &c.
600 bushels and wac in charge of L.
Wilde. The opening of an indepen-
dent elevator has made Thompson one
of the best wheat markets in the
country, and the buyers have held out
many inducements to the sellers of
grain in the shape of better grading.
Painful Accident.
Mr.. Chase of Brazil postoffice, Cass
county, who operates threshing ma
chine in that neighborhood, met with
painful accident, just at the end of
the first days run. He was oiling the
separator, when the oil can dropped
into the self-feeder attachment. Mr..
Chase attempted to pick it out, and it
being nearly dusk, he got his arm too
close to the knives, with the result that
q big cash was cut in his right fore
arm, about ten inches long, extending
from just above the elbow downwards
A Close Gall.
An employee of o. J. Lee, a Ward
county farmer, started from Minot at
night with farm team, and drove
onto bridge that had been recently
built. The end onto which he drove
was all right, but the approaches had
not been completed at the other end
This the man did not see in the dark
ness, and the horses jumped off, rum
ming away after they lit. The ami
mails became entangled in a wire
fence, and one was killed and the
other fatally injured. The driver was