The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-08-03
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burn had his automobile stolen while
in Bismarck.
Hankinson.-Frank Johnson com
mitted suicide at this place by taking
q dose of strychnine.
Mandan.-The fair managers are
promising this year one of the great
est programs of high class amuse-
ments ever presented at a North Da-
kota fair.
Grand Forks.-Fred Bolack of Rye
township, while attempting to stop
his team, was severely cut by a now
ing machine.
Hankinson.-Frank johnson, a pros
porous Swedish resident, committed
suicide at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Bernt Kennick, by taking a dose
of strychnine.
Larimore.-The chief of police has
found considerable Of the property
taken from box cars in this city re-
Gently but no traces of thieves have
yet been discovered.
Coggswell.-Bob Stewart, a former
resident of Harem township, shot his
wife three times, and turning the re-
volver, shot himself dead, at Swift
Current, Sask. The wife will recover.
Maxbass.-A brakeman of this Gown
used his diamond ring to cut a large
circle in the glass of a store window
of this town and the next day the
wind blew the glass in where cut.
Buffalo.-New interest in the recent
holdup on the N. p. was awakened by
the finding of one of the masks worn
by the robbers in a wheat held not a
hundred yards from the scene.
Grand Forks.-The North Dakota
State BARRIERS Board of Examiners
will hold a meeting at Grand Forks on
Aug. 8 and 4. They will meet later
in this city on Aug. z and 9.
Williston.-Four boys were arrest
ed for breaking into the Anderson
hardware store of this place and steal
ing a pair of boxing gloves and other
articles. After being talked to. they
promised to be good and were re-
leased.
Crosby.-Lightning struck the home
of D. w. Madden and the Clinton ho-
tel. Very little damage was done, al
though two girls at the hotel we're
very badly shocked and had a narrow
escape from death.
JamestOwn.-A warrant was issued
for the arrest of Thomas Sandercroft
for removing mortgaged property
from the county in which he resided.
Mr.. Sandercroft is a single man and
his crops were very poor and he de-
cided to leave this vicinity.
Fargo.-Earle Yoder, aged 20 years,
in the employ of the Great Northern
Express company for the last two
months, was held up by two unknown
men, and relieved of a gold watch and
$14 in cash, which he had on his Der
son.
Bisbee.-The little son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Brennan was rescued from
death on the 500 line by Frank Schae-
fer. "a young man who saw the little
one standing on the track a few feet
ahead of the east bound passenger
train.
Grand Forks Definite announce
ment was made of the forma-
tion of a partnership between Judge
G. c. Corliss and Bardi G.. skulason
for the practice of law in Portland,
Ore. This announcement was made
following the return of Judge Corliss
from an extensive trip in the west.
Ayr.--Isaac Roehn, a carpenter of
Page, N. d., fell thirty feet from the
Farmers elevator at Ayr while at
work cribbing the new elevator. He
dropped onto the scaffold which gave
way, letting him fall directly through
the bin. Death was instantaneous.
his chest bone being broken and skull
fractured.
Fargo.-The following postmasters
have been appointed in North Dako-
ia: Baden, Ward county, M. Larson,
vice Fl. Fa1x, removed; Crete, Sar.
gent county, Charles. Gray, vice o. A.
Orn. resigned: Knife River, Dunn
county, R. W. Reasch, vice L. E. Fix
en-, resigned; Odense, Morton county.
H. e. Hanson. vice H. C.. Hanson. de.
ceased.
Langdon.--Mrs. James Publ. &C.
comodating her grand children by
opening a dynamite cap by using a
needle, had two fingers torn from her
hand anl her other hand badly injur-
ed. The children had found the cap
lying near the railroad track and
brought it to their grand mother. She
oI<OA4pICu ~ OpCu IL Will I1S u00Ol6,
the explosion followed and the in
juries inflicted.
Sentinel Butte.--W. G. Howard, a
brakeman or train No. S on the N. p.
road, was recently seized by two men
at this place about midnight, beaten
to insensibility, robbed of his watch
and $85 and left by the track. He
revived and caught the limited train
to Glendive where the officials were
notified. 1t is thought that possibly
this might have been another attempt
to hold up the traip.,S
Steele.-Fire was discovered in the
farmers elevator at Kidder, and it
was burned to the ground with all it's
contents. A light breeze famed the
flames and control of the fire was i'm
possible. The building contained g.
900 bushels Of grain and a half car
load OF flour. The loss is estimated at
about 100000 with $4,000 insurance on
the house and $1,000 insurance on the
grain. The origin CT the fire is UNI
known, but i: is believed to have been
in%cendiary. IL
Fargo.-The Agricultural college of
this n1oco hoc inforoc%od %bo Don1,o..,