The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-03
STATE GRAB BAG

Miss Grace Cowell, fifteen years old.
edited and managed the Balfour
Statesman during the absence Of her
father at the Rochester hospital AMI
did 80 we'll that the press could not
distinguish the change.
At Balfour little Rena Ashbaugh at
tempted to see how a cigar nipper
worked, and lost the ends of her
fingers.
A bundle of infant-wearing apparel
can be had by application at the Shell
don Progress ONCE.
At Hansboro thief held the atten-
ton Of a hardware clerk while his pal
swiped several articles. The act was
discovered, and the proprietor and
clerk licked the two to a finish.
Emmons county farmers have a
homemade we'll digging apparatus
which digs about twenty-five feet per
day.
Sheldon had an old settlers picnic
Mike De la Bere was one of the most
prominent. He is said to have drank
four gallons of lemonade at one sit
ting.
The Cando baseball aggregation
has set movement on foot to travel
and give exhibition games. and are
now engaged in laying out a route
south through this state. South Da-
kOta, western Minnesota, northern
Iowa, and ending up in Wisconsin.
The home of Eric Lofgren, five miles
south OF Bowbells was struck by
lightning and Mr.. Lofgren, Walter Hal
verson and the formers hired man had
almost miraculous escapes with their
lives. The lightning struck the Chin
ney, knocking 1t to smithereens, COM
ing down into the house through the
ceiling and entering room where sat
the three men, knocked them from
their chairs to the floor, all three being
stunned and some minutes elapsing be-
fore their recovery. When they fin
ally came to" Mr.. Lofgren was unable
to move his left foot, and believing it
to be paralyzed, started to town to
consult physician, but on the way,
the numbness in the injured member
disappeared, and on arriving at the
physicians Office he found himself all
right and suffering no Ill effects to
speak CT from his experience.
. Dan Holland traded horses with
some horse traders at Deering last
week but soon after the deal was con-
summated he repented of his deal and
wanted to swap back, which the horse
traders refused to do. Holland en-
ployed the arm of the law to help
him out but the justice of the peace,
after listening to the evidence and
reading up on horse trading law dis
missed the case.
A stranger named Charles B. Cramer
is wanted by A. c. Hinckley of Bis
marck on charge of forgery and pas
sing worthless checks. 1t appears that
Cramer is fond of driving, and there
fore hired rig Of Hinckley and in
payment rendered check of Harris
Brothers for $11, receiving about s.
coin in change. Later the check was
found to be a forgery and a warrant
was sworn out today for his arrest,
but he has made himself scarce.
Another man on the steele gang
was killed on the Aneta extension.
This makes the fourth accident of this
nature that has occurred since work
was started on this line. The accident
was due to mistake in a signal which
caused the engineer to back the engine
too soon and before the man could
get out of the way he was caught
under the wheels, one leg and arm be-
ing cut of.
Halvor, the 12-year-lod son of P.
j. Hertsgaard of Kindred got mixed up
with a self dumping hay rake the
other day and had his left heel al
most torn off.
F. T.. Kelly is dead at Enderlin, as
the result of 22-calibre bullet ac-
cidentally penetrating his right eye
and lodging in the brain. He was in
the act of shooting weasel, and not
having the rifle in position to shoot
when the weasel appeared, struck at
it with the butt of the gun, with the
result above given. He died in five
minutes.
1t is understood that Dave Wellman,
the state sealer of weights and meas
ures, has troubles of his own" 1t is
said that he has bill of some $4,000
for fees examining and testing scales
OF elevator companies. They decline
to pay, claiming law unconstitutional
and say they will stand suit first.
Clarence Crum of Hansbro has Sc
cured a patent on rein holder; a
clever little contrivance which fastens
to the dashboard of the buggy, and
keeps the reins for falling under the
feet of the team.
"LUCKY" BALDWIN'S END NEAR.
Associated Press to The Evening Tine..
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 3.-Under the
constant care of physicians, who do
not conceal their belief that his case