The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-08-01

named Showers had the i'll for
tune to lose his umbrella and a
want ad. was inserted in the pa
per. 1t is undoubtedly a great
loss to a man with a name like
that.
Life insurance companies paid
losses in North Dakota last year
to the amount OF $6GS.617. The
largest policy paid was to the
heirs OF August M. Hedderich OF
Winston, the amount being
$4,000.
The Wells County Agricultural
association offers $25 in gold to
each of three couples who will be
married at the fair. 1t will pay
some of those bashful fellows
down the line to hurry up pop
the question.
Arthur Maise, a young farm
hand at Russell, was killed by a
runaway team. He stepped out
onto the tongue to pick up a
line when the horses started to
run. He was thrown under the
wagon, one wheel passing over
his body.
Orange S. Love, aged 20 years,
was struck by lightning near
Berwick while hoeing potatoes
on the w. H. Walsuon farm. His
clothes were nearly all burned
from his body. The body was
was not found until the next
morning.
Two workmen on a new eleva-
tor at Russo fell with tie scaffold
to the ground a distance Of fifty
feet and were badly injured. One
sustained a broken leg and is in
jured internally. The other held
a chisel in his hand and this cut
his face terribly.
AS soon as the track is more
solid the G.. n. will run it's fast
coast train over the Aneta line,
thus cutting out Grand Forks.
The 500 beats the G. N. into
Spokane about two hours, and
is trying to get the Job of carry
ing the mails away from Uncle
Jim.
Frank Kelly, a prominent cit
izen of Edmore and a brakeman
on the Great Northern railway,
was killed near Bartlett by being
run over by the train. His wife
was summoned and arrived at
the door Of the Mercy hospital
at Devils Lake just as her hus-
band died.
Otto Schug, a young farmer
residing near Fessenden, was
killed by a 500 train at a cross
ing two miles east of that city
one night lasU week. He was
thrown a distance of 81 feet and
his body rolled % feet from
where it struck. His home was
at Berne, Ind.
The Independent received a re-
port from Glenburn stating that
four miles north OF that city and
four miles east a terrific hail
storm pounded all of the crops
with the exception OF fax right
into the ground. Several hun
dred acres are almost devast-
ated. Some stock in the field
were killed.
The death of John Donahu,
which occurred near Erie as a re-
suit OF a runaway, it is said
might have been averted but for
the hard heartedness OF a farmer
who refused to aid him. He was
exposed to the elements for over
eighteen hours until a small boy
happened to find him and Sc
cured aid.
The N. P. agent at Leonard, a
small station in Cass county,,
who had incurred the enmity of
the citizens there because he
made them pay cash for their
freight, was tarred and feathered
and dragged around the town
with a rope. He is still staying
with his Job, despite all the ex-
element.
The Great Northern has issued
an order closing it's repair shops
at GAINESVILLE and to send the
machinery used there to Devils
Lake. The change will make
Devils Lake one Of the most i'm
portant points on that system
and will make the employment
OF 200 to 300 men additional
necessary.
At Eckelson man went down
a we'll to make repairs, and was
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