Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25

i Cuoperstown led to an investigation
] Iallor johnson first noticed the ter
/ vlalc odor as he Went past the build
ing occupied hy Blystad sheriff
Knapp was called into action and he
took something and smashed in the
/ door Going upstairs into the room
used as bedroom, they found Bin
stad dead in bed in a fearful cond-
| ton. The last seen of the deceased
was on Aug. 18TH. and it is figured
that he must have died on that
1 night, probably some time after he
bad gone to bed.
Frank Flynn, of Dickinson. four.
teen years Of age, was seriously I'M
iured last Saturday hy Il sl-cahber
rifle. He and several other BOYS
had started for the bad LANDS, where
they intended camping for a couple
of weeks, and while breaking camp
at Manson Whiteman 5 west Of Man.
! ming. one Of the boys handed Flynn
the gun, which accidentally went
Oft the bullet penetrating his
arm about three inches above the
wrist. DIR. Smith was called. find
ing that both bones We're broken
and badly splintcred He was taken
10 the Dickinson hospital. where the
pieces of bone We're removed; but it
/ is Very doubtful if the arm can he
saved.
In the storm of last week John
| w Pearson lost considerable proper
ty from hail and wind Ills ranch
is some eleven miles south of Mrdi-
ma The wind blew down large
sheep barn big enough To hold a
| hundred head of cattle and the
1 storm took what little crop there
was left The hail broke in win
dows Of The chicken house and killed
most of the chickens and "A few tur-
keys. l''orty-tiyc head of horses had
! lust left the barn or they would no
doubt have been hurt OF killed. MIR.
| Pearson writes that il was the hig
gest hail he ever say, and in some
places II was two feet deep and
looked like snow on the level Some
of the hail stones were as large as
hens eggs.
The violent death of a three year
old child resulted i'm Wahpeton re-
Gently from peculiar causes. The
child, Patrick. a sonof Mr.. and Mrs.
] T. Stephens. had been having
severe headaches for the past few
days, and the evening in question
4 had been suffering more than usual
/ The mother kept quantity Of
brono seltzor IN the house, and, in
case OF members of the hou seh0ld
| having an allmcnt Of that character,
administered small doses of the
medicine. not knowing it to be rank
| poison unless carefully given She
mixed up Iiheral dose for the child
and had him drink it. He was taken
| suddenly worse, and died in short
| time. despite effort to save his life.
| Doctors were called, who attrlb
uted his death 70 an overdose of the
drug.
New Ieipsig Sentinel. To have
both arms broken at once is the un
common misfortune of Nick Raust
ard, farmer liging northeast Of
| Leipsig. He was engaged in haul
ing sheaf grain for stacking, and
hadnearly reached home with high
load when one Of the horses tore the
bride Of in chasing flies, and the
team ranawas Mr. Baustardleapcd
u the ground, evidently landing on
his arms. One wrist had two bones
''i''h'ii' Willy Wy otr'el arm auileleu
the fracture q the large bone OF the
forearm l)r Murphy set the IN
Jufed members and expects TO put
them m cast % Monday Mf
i'alssard seems g nave struck ms
mead also, Tor he was unconscious
for some time after the fall, and was
not aware that lll5 arms were broken