Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-23

+. b. A.aurer Of starkweatherI re
turned Saturday from Fish Lake. Mr..
Maurer and family autood over there
but on account Of the heavy rains
Zero unable !, return by auto.
Arthur Olson OF Webster, was in
the city Saturday or q short business
visit.
E. J. Chamberlin is building new
boat house for his launch and row
boat at Chautauqua.
August Zeeman, who does not be-
liaye in. third parties and always trav.
els with just one friend, making two
in the party is in the city today from
Lawton, bringing with him Druggist
Sheppard of Brocket. Both the boys
are having the time of their lives to-
day looking, at the high buildings, go
ing to the opera house and patronizing
tho Ice cream parlors. They will re-
turn to their homes tomorrow if the,
complete seeing the city in that timc
It is some time since Gus has beer
here and he may stay longer as he says
there are several places badly in
Of coat Of paint.
Chief Of Police Barnes and his val
liable corps of assistants perfected a
raid last evening on a den of vice on
Kelley avenue, arresting the keeper
Of gambling alley, poker being the
pastime. The matter was brought into
municipal court today before Justlc.
Juergens, and after pleading guilty to
the charge, the boss paid fine of
$500 and costs.
"We will give $40 for 1910 Lincoln
pennies was the telegram announcing
the offer placed in the store window of
G. W.. Greene, yesterday, and it was
surprising the number of pennies that
were brought in. NOW
One party came in with six 1910
Lincoln pennies and hernandez. sixty
dollars N cash. ai1 Nv
81 can't think Of it, /" remarked Ed
die Larson his clerkship. yta24 ,.tr7s
"oh," replied the penny collector,
''your telegram reads that way"
.5"Go out and read it over again, -
said Ed sYou will find that YOU are
nineteen hundred and four. pennies
short" ,la2 r.
Eddie just narrowly escaped severe
beating.,'w s1f ii'E 7Ffr he .7
q a ,st7i1 f--A- gfr;5;a ~
"a Alfred Ftedrickson, the man who
was jailed last Saturday, had another
rainy day ..souse" today. The man
with the ath poles paid his fine satur-
day and was released, but when he
started his ttbun y Saturday night he
was cautioned by the police, whom he
told that although he did pay his fine,
the city Golfers did not get all his
money. Whether that was responsible
for his getting arrested again is not
known, at any rate he was called on
to pay another fine this morning.
Rainy weather has prevented Freder.
ickson getting out in the country with
his fish poles which he intended to use
for whips while employed On bin
der.
Mike Mccarthy was busy this morn
ing doing chores, working out his fine.
Mike offered Officer Timboe an ex.
cellent razor Saturday if he would
leave the back door open and
allow him to escape, but he has three
days more Of janitor work at the city
hall before he is released. h
There was some discussion over the
stellar qualities Of husbands last Sat-
urday evening in one of the fats in
the city. The argument became quite
heatd, when the curly headed woman
who insisted that her husband was
little better than the other WON
ans was slapped on the face. Arrests
followed, but the matter was soon set
tied by Judge Juergens who is an ex-
pert in matters of this kind.
The last case on the docket was an
insult passed between young man
and young lady, which was followed
by a warrant for assault and battery.
The affair was mutual and was settled
just as easy as was the case Of Al
bert Kissel who paid his fine for
drunkenness. 81
Peeping through a month 3 growth
Of locks both on face and head, and
covered with mud from head to foot,
the Individual John Doe or short, who
was arrested Saturday on the charge
Of larceny having made away with a
suit case left at the depot last Sat-
urday afternoon, was the most origin.
al genius that has appeared in court
In some time.
When asked If he was guilty or not
guilty, John Doe replied: "Under ex-
isting circumstances suppose I am
guilty.