Bismarck daily tribune., 1911-12-27


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There is complaint in some Of the
towns as to the careless manner In
which mail sacks are thrown from
fast trains.
A farmer near Antler had arranged
for an auction sale at his place, but
on the morning OF the sale fire de-
stroyed his house and practically all
of the furniture.
During the past few weeks the lid
worked loose at Westhope, but the
city administration there has clamped
it down again.
Senator Grant Trimble of Westhope
represented the Mouse River country
at the ST. Paul land show and says his
section of the state made a good
showing.
One farmer up in Mckenzie county
finished cutting his late flax by at.
taching snow plow to his binder.
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Mrs. Fannie e. Darrow, aged 68, at
Sherwood, died while taking an after
noon nap. She had been i'll for some
time with heart trouble.
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Sherwood is proud of it's new fire
fighting apparatus and it's new town
hall.
w. D. Brown, prosperous young
farmer near Sherwood, was found
dead in the hen house. He had taken
carbolic acid.
While leading his horses to water
David Miller, a farmer near Ambrose,
slipped and fell. One horse stepped
on his chest and he was seriously in.
jured.
Vic Noble of Bottineau recently
purchased the Light and telephone
plant at Rugby at sheriff's sale.
Two children at Lansford left alone
at home played with a lighted candle.
The house was consumed by fire and
it was only with difficulty that the
hotel and church were saved.
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The Devils Lake improvement CON-
pany has started to head off the sale
Of bonds for municipal plant at
Devils Lake.
Edmore had lighting system in
stalled last fall but it has not been
put in use yet.
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Cass county sent a delegation last
week to serve terms in the peniten-
tfary ranging from one to four years
and the Euffalo Express wants the
pardon board to let them stay there
till at least the "flowers bloom in the
spring."
A moving picture show will be
at Dickinson and will be
located in the building formerly
by Crowley's drug store.
When a fire occurred at Dazey last
week it was reported over the rural
telephone lines that there was short
age of water in town, and one farmer
,ame five miles with wagon tank
'ull to help out.
Editor MacKinnon of the Bowdon
TNs,o VsS3io
>ress.
Now that Cavalier has been made
he permanent county seat of Penn
pima the Chronicle wants the new
court house to, be constructed any
out Cheap John" affair.
A petition is being circulated at
:1illsboro and neighboring towns ask
ng Judge Carmody to become q dem
,cratic candidate for governor.
The county commissioners of Mer-
,er county claim to be having some
rouble in getting the Hebron fellows
o come across with the $500 prom
sed for the Knife river bridge re-
Gently built.
Allen one oof the alleged Buffalo
lain robbers arrested at Pekin, Ill
nois, has finally been freed by the
Fargo police, after being held for
ime at Fargo as vag.
S. B. Overly, president Of the First
3tate Bank at Lankin died from q
troke of paralysis.
Some Of the papers of the pub
ished Christmas editions presented
ome unique designs in color work.
The Hebron brick yard has been
losed foor the season.
A medicine show was forced to quit !
t Bowdon because the black face
omedian was taken suddenly i'll and
led there. The fact they were
mong strangers did not prevent the
GOD people at Bowdon from lending
very assistance to the widow who
,as also q member Of tho show.