The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-11-19
BRIEF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS

Brief NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Mott.-A free travelling library ar.
rived here.
Jamsstown.-Two men were arrest.
d on q charge Of bootleSging.
Eargo.-County division was de.
feated out in Williams county by 1877
majority.
Casselton.-Mayor speake ordered
all slot machines to be taken out OF
all public places.
Crosby.-Two farmers near here
had a row over some cattle and both
had to get sewed up.
Observation-Disclosures opera house
u to be remodeled at a cost of sew
eral thousand dollars.
Minneapolis.-Peter Rash, a car.
penter, Us run down and horribly
mutilated by street car.
Rugby.-A dummy in front Of q
store caught on IRE and was carried
cut into the street and allowed to In
cinerate.
Minot.-A young boy, who went I'M
der the name, of Peter Miller sold q
load of fax and skipped with the
proceeds.
Russell.-The Farmers Elevator
company of North Dakota, has han
died over 100000 bushels Of grain SC
far this year.
Jamestown.-T The people are enthu'
s~iastically going after that Presby'
terrain college they once let escape
from the town.
Wheatland.-J. w. Riley was Ger
tainly popular at his homo town. The
vote was 1856 for Riley, TIVE for Mrs
Davis and eight for Fuqua.
Kermit.-A team Of horses was re
gently stolen on the streets, and the
team and thief were apprehended al
Kenmare a couple of days later.
Grafton.-Frank Sedivy, a wheat
buyer at Harriott, was killed by q
team running him against a telegraph
pole. He lived only a few minutes,
He was thirty years old and is sur
Uved by . wife and two children.
Williston.-Clayton Yanklns, the
young mar who accidentally shot and
killed Phil Short near Williston
Wednesday evening, was arrested al
Williston and held on the charge Of
manslaughter in the second degree.
Emerado.-A freight train waa
wrecked the other day near here and
In checking over the ears it was
found that several cases Of Peruna
were missinE-said to have been
Elommed by the laborers, who cleared
up the wreck.
Absaraka.-One year in the peni
tertiary, Is the sentence of G. G.
Smith, q blacksmith drew for steal
ing a team belonging to q farmer nea,
here this summer. The man pleaded
guilty to the charge and was taken tc
Bismarck Thursday night to serve his
sentence.
Williston.-Miss Eugenia Halstead
Of Mckenzie county shot and killed
fourteen wolves neal her homestead
shack. The animals had been attract
ed to the vicinity Of a fine lot Of
chickens. but Miss Halstead picked
OF the wolves n by one. She
missed two shots in her campaign Of
determination.
Harvey.-Andy Dompier added more
renown to his ability as a Sherlock
Holmes last week when upon reading
an advertisement Offering a reward OF
500 for the return of q stolen horse
to Rugby and the capture of the
thief, he pricked up his ears and got
busy, with the result that he not
only found the horse. but the thief as
we'll.
Jamestown.-The minority party
will have eight members in each
house of the North Dakota legislature
at the coming session. There will
be 80 republicans in the lower house
and 80 republican members in the
state senate, as a result of Tuesdays
election. OF the 8 democratic sen.
ators only two were chosen this year
the remaining 6 being h%old-overs.
Grand Forks.-It will take the off.
cial count to determine whether Jud
La Moure has been reelected sen
ator of Pembina county, according tc
members of the opposing faction. Ac
cording to his own figures he has a
majority Of 18. The vote Is so close
that a contest is likely to be brought
for the seat. La Moure's opponents
assert that they have information
that many illegal votes were cast fol
him.
Minot.-From almost complete re
turns received here, all the PROPOSE
lions for county division are lost. Re
turns from ITO out of ITS precincts
show that Lake county failed to carry
by a vote Of 1910 for and 4,OOs
against. This is, In spite o gthe ire
mendous vote cast for the PROPOSE
ton at Kenmare, where nearly zoe
votes were cast for county division
The Burke. Montrail and Renville
propositions failed by a large margin
Grand Forks-The growth Of North
Dakota Methodism is indicated IN
data given in the various reports a,
the recent conference. The totaI
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