Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-06-29

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AROUND THE STATE.
Wild strawberries are more num-
erous in the northwest than for
many years 4 man iown near
Sheldon picked SIX teen quart, ID
Just q littlc while
Instead Of Disappearing. al me
farmer had expected, the cat
worm Is getting more numerous
and doing more damage than ever.
says the liowbclls Tribune. Farm
ers IN this great l5owhclls countly
are losing their corn as q result If
the work Of this pest.
DURING storm last Ihursi lay. !.
ANDREW Swanson, who was herding
sheep down III the Slim Butte CONS
try near Reedcr. Was Killed ty
lightning Some one noticing TIE
sheep We're wandering around with
out attention, Went to look for the
about thirty year of age and leaves
family of tive little boys
1t Is reported that scverA Of the
assessor have not been preparing
the statistical reports they are le
qWred 20 make out While making
the assessments IN their respective
districts Unless these reports acre
made out. the county auditor ii nm
able to make his reports t. the STATE,
and statistics for the county wll be
unavailable.
Keep after tbs flies The health
of the city and of the individual de-
nands it they are one Of the prin-
clpal causes of disease and death
and the cooperation Of every one is
needed Window and door screens
help so do devices for poisoning or.
killing the pests but the best
method is TO cut down the supply Of
tlles by destroying then breeding
places Remove the filth. Sec that
the garbage can is frequently car
ried away Keep swattlng the iie-
IaTEo f0ruNl
An insane woman and blind man
We're the unhappy combination
that was found at "A home near
Towner when Mrs Sankka koerny
was arrested and committed To the
state asylum The blind man With
whom She had been living is her son,
and he. unable to care for her be-
cause of his own aiment, became
lalarmed and Swore out the insanity
information. .lnst previous To her
arrest. and for Tong time. the
woman refused to eat and persisted
lin wandering about the country
more or less
Steele brothers had quite am ex-
citing time at their farm near
Jud, during Il recent storm, when
lightning struck the house. The bolt
entered the chimney passed through
the kitchen range and then ducked
through a wal into the pantry, pok-
ed a half dozen holes through some
tin pans and pals, and then passed
| through another wall and entered
ore Of the bed rooms, hopped
around u bed IN which Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Bum were sleeping. and
then made a bec-line for the cellar
| Fortunately no enc was injured.
although Fred and Vernon Steele
We're stan,ilnig within a few feet
of where the holt passed
The farm buildings Of John Penner
near Langaon, IN Cavalier county
We're destroyed by tire last Sunday
The buildings consisted of the house
and barn, under the same roof, and
some smaller buildings, and practic-
ally nothing was aved IT seems
that Mrs Pcnner was at home
alone, and was engaged in boiling
some llnseed oil. preparatory to
oiIing the floors, and had stepped
outside for a few moments, when the
oil boiled over on the stove and whom
She returned, the inside d. the
rooms We're a mass of flames. The
baby was asleep in a buggy in one
of the rooms, and the mother made
desperatcriforts To rescue he CHILD
but was driven back by the flames
at every attempt, and there was
nothing TO do but to stand helpless
while the flames did their awful
work
An accident IN It's nature remark
ably peculiar and altogether quite
serious occurred On the streets of
Lorraine the other day IN which the
hree-nonths-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert lIazelberg received
a complete fracture Of the fenur
between the knee and hlp. The child
was in a baby-cal or wagon which
Wa provided With broad platform,
on which Mr.. IIazelberg had been
hauling stone While attem pting
to turn his team around and while
watching 70 keep them from harm
ing a child playing in the street, for
a moment Mr.. lIa2elberl lost sight
Of the cab and ii rolled off tns wag
on, citing the infant fell 10 the
ground, Nith the result a. above
stated Dr. NJ J Keys. Of Lorraine.
was called and reduced the fracture.
and at present the child i on the
high road To recovery.
The wife Of Mack Ikanchenko.
living west Of i'ayette, was kicked
|. by a horse which She was trying 70
lead 70 water feeen'll and suffered
injuries from @nieh She died the
| following day As soon as possible
after the accident doctor was
called and found hpr suffering un-
told agony from the blow Of the
animals s hoofs in the abdomen An