Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-10-13

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running lines directly east from One
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Wires are being strung for the street
car line from Grand Forks to the state
university,
The people of Flngal are greatly
slated over the organization of new
band there.
The dedication of the NJ. E. church
at Washburn has been postponed for
couple of weeks.
A case of wife beating has aroused
the residents OF Minot, and great in
dignation is expressed.
Near Drake someone has been put
ting stones in wheat bundles to wreck
the threshing machines.
There was bad wreck at Driscoll
between two stock trains which were
running few miles apart.
Two men in a buggy with a largo
consignment of booze created quite .
little disturbance at Buffalo.
A prairie fire near Medina cleaned
out lot of stacked grain. The own
err had neglected to plow fire break.
Williston has new elevator. The
area of land under crop there has in
creased wonderfully during the past
year.
Eastern capitalists are interesting
themselves in Ward county coal prop
critics, and it is expected that several
mines will be bought.
Sheriff Eddy made a raid in Cleve.
land, Stutsman county, and gathered
in three men on charges iof violating
the prohibition law.
The farmer who has wheat which
will grade No. need not fear to hold
it, 1t will be in demand for seed and
will bring good price.
The Northern Pacific has opened sta
tons at Key West, Davidson, Honey
ford and Johnstown-to be kept open
during the wheat shipping season
Sixty Presbyterian ministers will
meet in Minot This month. This has
no bearing on the political situation,
as 1t is merely the annual resemblance.
Good reports still come from Ward
county regarding the yields of grain in
that vicinity, which is a good adver-
tisement for Ward county and the
state.
A 13-year. old Bismark boy was acci-
dentally shot and killed. The boy was
playing with the revolver and it is not
known just how the accident hap
pened. Il Eah@.
The people of Grafton are getting up
to date and the telephone poles are be-
ing removed from the main streets and
and the wires are being run through
the alleys. .n.. e..
A hobo at Grand Forks swiped
sample case full of shoes from one of
the hotels, and found they were all
for the same foot-and left them on
the river bank.
The recent shooting ARRAY ut Ken
sal has aroused the citizens, and the
business men have signed an agree
ment not to permit blind pigs or gamb-
lers in the town hereafter. Z
Thomas Mathews, an old resident of
Wells county, died of heart trouble
while driving a grain. wagon on the
farm OF neighbor. His team was seen
coming from the granary, apparently
without a driver. The men who stop
ped the horses looked into the wagon
box and found Mr.. Mathews in dying
condition. "A
Fred Vessel, one OF Richland coun-
tvs best citizens, and also old settler,
was found dead in his room near Wah-
peton. He was seventy years of age
and leaves daughter and three sons
to mourn his loss. Heart failure was
the cause of his death.
John McGinnis, Stutsman county,
lost about 43O bushels of wheat from q
fire set by spark of an engine passing
his farm. Several small fires in the
McGinnis neighborhood have been
started by the same means lately, but
we're put out before cny great damage
was done. A fire break 300 feet from
the track has been plowed to protect
the pasture.
Voters in several of the counties are
being reminded that at the general
election this fall they will have an OPP
portunity to vote on the question of
rep.aling the herd law which permits
stock to run at large during the winter
months. The question will be voted
on in Grand Forks, Cass, and a number
of the other eastern counties
A young man settled at Flasher and
had been there only two weeks before
he eloped with the prettiest girl in the
village. The young people went to
Mandan and were married, then 10
turned and received the family bles-
sing.
General Washburn now has bri-
ouette scheme that is expected to
work we'll. r. According to published re-
reports, ethe coal is pulverised, then
heated and compressed. The tar
forced from the particles by the heat
acts asa binder which will hold tho
briouettes in form until combustion il
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