The Dickinson press., 1905-09-09
STATE NEWS.

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Robert Nauer, an ~. Brakeman,
was u killed at Buffalo Tuesday. HesIell,
between the carr. ss
A piece of land,sz8o acres, sold ia
Traill county this week for $50 an acre,
which is considered a fair price.
a telephone line is. being built from
Jamestown to Bismarck. This will con-
meet Dickinson with ST. Paul and Min
neaPolis.
All gambling, baudyhouses and places
of like ilk have been closed in Minot
and the population is expectedat to suffer
a decrease in the immediate future.
A Fargo boy shot his hand of Friday
evening by carrying a loaded gun in
the buggy. Fools and their arms and
legs are Don p~arted-when driving
around with loaded guns.
Bruce Duncan, who has been in the
Grand Forks p%ostofice for fifteen years
and register clerk for the past two years,
was arrested charged with a shortage of
about eight hundred dollars. Suspicion
was directed through a real estate deal
in which he appeared as n of the
principals. He was a popular young
man with a small family and his arrest
caused a distinct sensation.
The government fish car is at Fargo.
Supplies Of fish have been sent. out from
there along the N. P. to Dickinson, over
the 500 to Underwood, to the southern
tier of counties in the state as far west
as Glendale, to local points between
this city and Casselton and north to
Buford. The car will remain in Fargo
until Thursday when it will start for
Churches Ferry. Fish will be distribu-
ted from there along the line Of the
Great Northern. as far, west as the Mon
tana line.
The city marshal of Lidgerwood, in
Richland county, has a good way of de-
tecting the fake from the genuine
cripple. When acripple Is found beg
ging on the streets down there the
marshal insists that he submit to an ex-
animation by the city health officer, and
it is surprising how many miraculous
cures are wrought by that doctor. The
Grafton divine healer can't hold a
candle to him.
There was a head on collision between
two freigh trains near the stock yards at
Valley City, Sunday, resulting in a bad
smash up of an engine, caboose and
cattle car The tender of the engine
was telescoped into a cattle car over
half the length of a car containing about
twenty.four head of cattle. One. steer
had a leg broken and the horns we're
knocked off Of two others. The fremen
and engineers jumped and were not in
jured.
=. E. Soule of C~ogswell2 raised some.
fine apples this year. According to the
Enterprise they grow a good deal like
clusters of grapes and are very sound
looking and attractive. MIR. Soule got
among them Saturday, plucked one of
these clusters and sent it to the state fair.
The cluster consists of a twig about H.
inches long on which are l3 apples of
the Duchess variety, each of which will
measure 8 and oinches in circumference.
They are remarkably uniform in size,
with rosy cheeks and clear bright skin.
Some three hundred orphans have
been placed in homes in the state-many.
along the line Of the N. ply anew
York orphanage. The law requires
that when an outside o%rphaDage brings
children into the state it shall put up a
bond for $4,000 for each child. to guaran-
tee that it shall not be a public charge
for FIVE years. This has not been done
by the New York institution and Supt.
Hall of the state children's home is
looking up the matter and will see that
the law is complied with.