Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-01-21


mon. 8. D., by former Sheriff Ed
Barry OF Adams county.
Grand Forks.-That the Grand
Forks water is still in a bad condi-
ton is shown in a letter received by
DR.. II. H. Healy. city health officer
from Dr. q. F. Ruediger OF the state
university. who has made an analy
sis Of the city water.
Milnor.-Andrew A. Newgard. u
former resident of this place was
struck by train al Munich. N. H..
while driving in an enclosed rig, and
made unconscious. Little hope Is
entertained for his recovery His
home is at Mandan
Grand Forks.-A lady wearing 4
blue dress. sealskin coat and q
picture hat. rather stout and about
feet 8 inches tall. is going the
rounds Of Grand Forks boarding
houses and succeeding in getting three
meals a day without paying for them.
Grand Forks-A Great Northern en-
CINE crashed into party driving ON q
railway track from Clyde to Munich.
A. A. Newgard. a merchant of Munich
and Mandan, was fatally injured and
George Barnes, liveryman of Munich,
was severely bruised. Both horses
were killed
Dickinson.-A head-on collision re.
suited in rather disastrous wreck
on two freights on the n p. ten
miles west Of the city at 1890 Tues
day a. M. The accident happened on
the main line in the yard at the new
town Of South Heart. where trains
No. 53 (westboundD and No 81 least
bound) tried to pass each other on
the same track
Grand Forks.-Red haired. pale
faced enough to be considered white,
and only IS years old. Roy powers.
colored. applied for marriage H.
cense at the Office OF Judge l.. X.
Hassel The young lady in the case
is also colored and she is also is.
Powers father. unlike his son. has
every appearance of negro He
was present TO give his consent to
the marriage of the pair
Grand Forks.-A fire. which is
plainly Of incendiary nature, started
in the broom factory OF Carpenter
Bros. and before it could be extin-
guished completely destroyed that
property and its contents with a loss
OF $4,000. No insurance was carried
The blaze was discovered about
O'Clock and from all indications was
ignited by fire bugs. although no clue
to the guilty parties has so far been
obtained.
Minot.-Dr. Paulson of Flaxton,
came near being frozen to death
last night. He had been up three
nights in succession attending to
patients and yesterday made a long
drive into the country. He fell
asleep on the road and when his
horse drew up in front of the city
drugstore it was found that the doc
tor was unconscious and for a time
1t was thought he would not regain
consciousness.
amestown.-Howard ID. Steffness.
alias Stevenson, who attempted to
commit a statutory crime upon
young girl along the river in the
vicinity of the round house last sum-
mer and who pleaded guilty to the
crime. after being confined in the
county Jail for some time, has been
sentenced to five years in the peni-
Tertiary at Bismarck by Judge Burke
and the prisoner was taken there Fri
day morning by Sheriff ~ Romer
Rugby.-An expert accountant has
arrived at Rugby and the real work of
checking up the accounts of the miss
ing cashier. Andy Jones. will be com.
menced. Until the expert gets
through there will be good deal Of
speculation among the depositors as
to how they will fare. Receiver
Swords does not care to say very
much about the banks affairs So
far as he knows just now there will
be enough to pay all the depositors.
Fargo-Sheriff Albert Osmon. OF
Trail county. had very interesting
not to say exciting chase after an In
sane patient who he was taking to the
jamestown asylum. The sheriff got on
the train with his patient. William
Haverland, at Hillsboro. but the sher-
ms company did not suit MIR. Haver-
land and when the next town was
reached. he made a getaway which
came near being successfully execut-
ed Haverland beat the sheriff to the
door and jumped of. the train being in
motion. The sheriff tumbled after
him. and after Il short and strenuous
sprint Osmon ran down the crazy man.
Number 10 was stopped. and they
were soon on their way again. Need
less to say Haverland was given no
more opportunity to escape
Wahpeton.-Two veterans Of the
civil war have answered the last roll
call in Richland county, since the
first of the year. They are George
Demory and Charles Maeles. They
were both pioneer residents of the
state. both coming to this country in
the early seventies and were mem
bers Of the Michigan volunteer regi-
ments during the war.
Minot-Mr and Mrs. Crittenden and
eleven children ate and slept in one
room was the statement of Nellie Crit
tenden at the trial of her father. who
is charged with grave crime
Grand Forks.-J. White, who re.
sides on a claim in Ward county,
had a narrow escape from death. He
was caught in blizzard and lost his
way. He turned his horses loose and
lay down in the snow and covered
himself with blankets. For two days
he had nothing to eat or drink. When
the storm subsidized he made his way
to house. Hts feet were frozen.
McCluskey-D During the blizzard
which was raging Tuesday night tie
living house on the farm OF Willis