The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-07-21

was held and it was said to offer a re-
ward of $500 for the conviction of the
parties who had been setting fires in
that town recently.
The city council decided to purchase
set of weather flags and have them
displayed from the top Of the hose
house each morning.
July 1911. M. Creel was chairman
of the board of commissioners at
Ramsey county and was holding meet
ings through Steele, Griggs and Nell
son counties, favoring a railroad from
Devils Lake to Fargo. His wish is
now being gratified by the construc-
tion of the Great Northern line from
Aneta to Devils Lake
The telegraph dispatches announc-
ed the resignation of Judge Louis e.
Church and The Argus thought that
this must be William E. Church of
Deadwood, as Louis K Church had
Just been appointed to the bench and
William e. had been one of the dis
trict judges for some time, but had
announced that he would retire to en-
gage In general practice.
The president repreved Woods, sem
fenced to be hung at Bismarck. July
70 to Nov 1 and this postponed the
agony of Captain Mccarthy, as it was
reported that he was the deputy as
signed for the disagreeable duty of at
tending to the execution.
July 20.-Sheriff Hawk of Cavalier
county was charged with shooting a
man on whom he was serving a chat
tie mortgage foreclosure and on the
preliminary examination was re-
leased on bail by a Pembina county
Justice, but shortly afterwards was re-
arrested at the instance of District
Attorney Kneeshaw, but was again re-
leased by Judson LaMoure and L. e.
Booker going on his bonds.
In 1858 Mrs. Jane Gray SwissheIm
published paper at st. Cloud, called
The Visitor and it was so strong an
advocate of temperance and anti
slavery, that a mob DESTROYED her Of
iice and threw the type into the Mis-
sissippi river. The tornado at ST.
Cloud in the spring of 1886, changed
the course of the river so that the
type was found and the face was as
clear and bright as if it had been
IN constant use during the preceding
so years.
Nordale opened up the Fargo bak-
cry In the rear of Al. E. Bestics con-
fectionery store on Front street. and
nad associated with him Erick Berg
strom.
july 2l.-Josephine Brinkerhoff pub
lished one of her dainty little poems.
entitled In Hammock.
Judge John w. Bennett delivered the
Fourth OF July address at Bottineau
ana made a touching appeal for Ire
and Judge Bennett passed away in
washington about year ago. where
ne was holding an important position
under the government.
In consequence of the difficulty of
he county obtaining the jury fees for
which 1t was entitled, Judge McCon-
1eil made a rule of court recurring tha
plaintiff to pay to the clerk SIS as the
Jury fee before the jury was drawn.
An important case was ION trial In
district court before Chief Justice
rripp, being the suit of MCINTYRE VS.
McHench for half block on Eighth
- SSSN t0OulAi. lie case was dismissed
N motion of plaintiffs attorney Col
mel Thomas. 1t appears that Editor
8arker had the original contract with
ne Northern Pacific and Mr.. McHench
laimed 1t had been assigned to him.
,ut the assignment was lost,and as
ne Northern Pacific had no record of
ne assignment they resold the lots
Mcintyre, who put up a shanty lon
hem and Mr.. McHench removed the
hanty one night and for fourteen
ears there had been a contest over
he ownership
The corner stone of the new Episco-
al church at Casselton was laid with
ppropriate ceremonies by Bishop
Walker assisted by Casselton Lodge
g. IL A. F. & A. M.