The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-12-25
Flickertaii Facts
North Dakota Stat. News in Con.
densed Form.

Crvstal.-A hen belonging to George
Shepard, stole a nest under an OLD
binder and yesterday walked proudly
forth with five chicks.
F'laXton. Charged with tapping the
till Of the Hotel Siebert, Of which he
was night clerk, Sam Martin was ar
rested at Harvey ana returned here.
Portal.--The arrest Of Basil Zema
and Mrs. Mcnamara, both being bound
over to the district court, under $1,000
bonds, has created a local sensation.
Bowman. -Incendiarism was for the
third time this fall responsible for
fire in the Kichner meat market. The
loss was $500 and the insurance
$4,000.
Towner-W. f. Smedley is being
sought under bench warrant because
he failed to appear for trial on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses.
New England.-A fire, which il
thought to have been of incendiary
origin, burned the large barn of the
New England Horse Company, DR..
Stribling's veterinary hospital and q
barn owned by Ole Johnson.
Jamestown.--Over 700 persons at
tending an anti-tuberculosis meeting
in this city. addressed by Mrs. J. NJ.
Stevens of Grand Forks, unanimously
approved a resolution indorsing the
HobsOn resolution for national prohi.
bition.
Grand Forks.-D. l.. l.. Eckman was
elected captain Of the Grand Forks Ma.
chine Gun company when the perma.
nent organization was perfected An.
sci Wineman was made first lieuten.
ant and Ansley Pierce is second lieu.
tenant.
Grand Forks.-Business conditions
in North Dakota, which have been az
fected by the remarkably mild wealth.
er, are assuming normal conditions
This is the opinion of Grand Forks
merchants, who have, until the last
week or ten days, complained.
Fargo.-Bishop Cameron Mann, in
the conservation of Gethsemane cath.
act as bishop of the missionary diocese
of North Dakota. The clearing of the
cathedral debt formed climax to
Bishop Mann's twelve years Of service
Langdon.-When ram, owned by
Memo iebeler saw it's reflection in
the basement window OF the local
Presbyterian church he Immediately
charged what appeared to him to be
a worthy adversary. He landed in the
Presbyterian church kitchen, where
women were preparing dinner, and
for few moments there was wild
scramble for safety.
Medora.-Donald Heaton, Z years
old, was shot and, killed near Gerham,
this county, by Nick Palakuiuk. Heat
on. visitor in the neighborhood, had
been hiding traps belonging to Pala.
hunk, it is said When he passed the
house of the trapper a dispute arose
and Palahuiuk contends that Heaton
shot at him, and that he then fired
toward Heaton to scare him
Langdon.-An engagement to wed,
of six years standing, and which
failed of fulfillment, netted Miss Josie
Erickson of Ambrose, N. D., q verdict
for $1,6S3, against j. s. Goehring OF
Sarles, N. d., the case being tried in
the district court here. Miss Larson
maintained that she became engaged
to Goehring seven years ago, and that
she waited for him in vain She asked
for $4,000.
Bismarck.-Guilty of murder in the
second degree and recommending
sentence Of sixteen years in states
prison, was the verdict returned by
the Jury in the case against Francis
Coccimigilio, charged with the muir.
der of Elice Yannazzo in a railway
camp near Bismarck. The Judge has
set Saturday afternoon as the time
for passing sentence. The defendant
came here with other Italians in
crew from Chicago. He has wife
and child in Italy.
Washington.-India Commissioner
Sells denied that there was any starv.
alton among the Indians on the Stand
ing Rock Indian reservation, as was
reported in dispatches from Bismarck,
N. D. The commissioner said that
about the time the story Of distress
was started the government was max.
ing payment of about $40 per capita
to the Indians under an authorization
Of the Indian appropriation bill. This,
the commissioner said, would be suffi.
cient to relieve any distress among the
Indians
Hillsboro.-Henry Michaels, tailor
employed in the establishment Of M.
St. Clair, was arrested by the sheriff
upon the complaint OF four young
boys. Michaels was brought before
Police Magistrate Hong, waived ex.
animation and was bound over to the
district court in the sum of $4,000
bonds, in default of which he was
placed in the county jail until the next
term Ut district court, which convenes
in February. Michaels came here
from Hatton, where he left bad rec
ord. The crime for which he Il
charged is punishable by imprison