The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-27
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Crary.-Mrs. George Thompson, 62
years old, passed away, being attacked
with a stroke of apoplexy. Mrs.
Thompson has been a resident of
Ramsey county and North Dakota for
the past twenty-eight years. A hus-
band, two boys and two girls are left
to mourn her loss.
Jamestown.-The case of Kramer VS.
Ruck, recently decided in the district
court here in favor of the defendant,
establishes the proposition that in an
action for alienation of a wife's affec-
tons it is impossible to collect dam
ages if no affection existed between
the plaintiff and his wife.
Hankinson.-The annual conference
of the Lutheran Synod will open here
Wednesday. Rev. P. Brand of Pitts.
burg, Pa, first vice president of the
General Lutheran Synod of Missouri!
will deliver the opening address. The
session will end June "a. the final SER
mon being by Rev. NJ. Hudloff of
Butte, Mont.
Kenmare. Con Harrington and
John Wehe, who pleaded guilty to
'"blind pigging" here, a couple of
weeks ago, were sentenced to serve
ninety days and pay a fine of 5000 and
costs each by Judge Davis in the
county court. In case they do not pay
the fines and costs they will be COM
PEELED to spend an additional thirty
days in Jail.
! Mandan. Mandan will have a
,chautauqua assembly from July IL to
is. This is the fourth chautauqua
gathering for North Dakota, and is
the first in the western section Of the
state. Devils Lake, Valley City and
Minot having the other three. A full
course of study will be followed out
and ideal grounds have been secured
by the association.
Bismarck. - If Socrates Russell
Hamlin will communicate with Hollis
c. Johnston, an attorney practicing at
Gallipolis, o., he will learn some in
formation that will be valuable to him.
Attorney Johnston has written Chief
of Police Mcdonald stating that Ham
lin has fallen heir to some property.
Chief Mcdonald is making inquiries
trying to locate Hamlin.
Dogden. - George Wolkedow, Nick
Deslavy and Adam Righouse were ar
rested following the robbery of the
general store of S. K. Lalka, and most
of the goods and all of the money that
had been stolen was recovered. There
have been or eight cases of petit
larceny in Dogden during the past few
months and the merchants had been
keeping watch upon suspects.
Bismarck.-Jack Ressler, the soldier
who was arrested the latter part of
the week on a charge Of assault pre-
ferred by a ~16-year-old girl of the city,
was hauled before Judge Winchester
who imposed the penalty Immediately,
sentencing him to serve one year in
the state ~penitentiary. He will also
be dealt with by the military author
tiles upon his release from prison.
Forman.-Death by hanging was the
way Martin Olson aged about so, of
Marboe township, took to get into
another world. He was a bachelor
and resided upon his own farm in
said township, not far from the South
Dakota line. He had not been in good
health for some time, but it was not
known by anyone that Olson was in
a respondent or irrational frame of
mind.
Stanton.-This year there will be
a celebration at the village of Stanton
that will be long remembered by the
visitors who are present. There will
be the usual patriotic doings of July
Fourth but the advent of the first
railroad will also be celebrated as it
is expected the first regular train will
makes its journey over the Bismarck
Stanton branch of the Northern
Pacific.
Bismarck. = Four new banks have
been chartered by the secretary Of
state. State bank of Revere, Revere,
Griggs county; Harlow State bank,
Harlow, Benson county; First State
bank, Lincoln, Sheridan county, and
First State bank of Juanita, Juanita,
Foster county. Three of the towns
in which banks are to be located are
on the Great Northern line from Sur
rey to Aver.
Fargo.-Two' young girls were lock-
ed in the police station. One was
SO drunk that she could not tell the
police her name. The other one, two
years or more older, gave a name we'll
known in police circles. The younger
girl is said by the police to be IA or
Is years old. She was found in front
of a rooming house on Broadway yes
terday afternoon. The older girl was
trying to get her off the street.
Fargo.-The children's home in this
city is to have a large addition built
and the plans and specifications for
the same are on exhibition at the Far
go Builders & Traders exchange.
The addition will cost about $4,000
and will be an extension of the main
building of the school. 1t is to enable
the segregation of children who are
admitted and who may have skin or
other diseases, and here they can be
cured.