The weekly times-record., 1914-10-15
News 5 Of the State

HanSbOrO burned q numDer Oh StdckS
of grain. 4
The Sam Kelly residence at Souris
was burned to the ground. Practically
nothing in the building was saved.
Lumber Is being hauled for the new
schoolhouse at Charbonneau and work
on the structure has started.
Work on the new Presbyterian
church at Ryder is being pusned. 1t
is expected to dedicate the editice in
November. "..
A new town has started in the hills
in the vicinity of Havana. 1t is called
Hilltop and at the present time con.
sists Of an elevator which has just
been completed.
A young man living at Velva jump,
ed off the train near Drake while it
was running twenty miles an hour and
suffered broken collar bone and 9TH
er minor injuries.
During a storm at Tolley, lightning
struck the H, j. Miller barn half
mile south of town and killed six head
of horses and nearly all the contents
Of the building were destroyed in the
fire that resulted.
Everett Lawler of Hanboro narrow
ly escaped serious injury while out
hunting. He fired a repeating shot
gun at a chicken and the magazine
exploded. 1t is thought that every
shell in the magazine exploded.
Logan Ellis who lives near Barton
was shot three times by transient
whom he ordered off a freight train
near Minot last Friday night. Mr..
Ellis is employed as brakeman on
the Great Northern and ordered the
man who was stealing ride to get
off. None of the shots took serious
effect. t,
Mrs. Charles D. Gormly and children
of Watertown, South Dakota, have con
cluded their visit il valley 1ity and
this morning they were passengers to
Lisbon, where they will be the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Patterson. While
here Mrs. Gromly and children were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John D.
Gray, at their home on Elizabeth street
The young people of the Methodist
church are planning for reception to
be held next Monday, night for all the
young people of the schools and city
who would and should be interested in
the same. - .....
Little Archie Hunt of Rolla, N. D.,
was seriously injured by being struck
on the head with an axe in the hands
of little playmate. The act was
nothing but an accident and no blame
attaches to the little boy who was u.s.
ing the axe. The lad will recover.
Leroy Worthen, age 62 years died
at the Mandan hospital recently. He
was taken ill several weeks ago, an
abcess turning into gangrene poison
ing. He underwent an operation but
it was of no avail.
C. J. Bene of Langdon met with a
painful accident Tuesday afternoon,
while operating his we'll drilling outfit
on farm. His arm became caught in
a belt and was fractured between the
elbow and the shoulder.
Charles Osborne was arrested by the
Fargo police last Saturday an a charge
of having forged the name of Frank
Biggers, ST., to a check for $500. The
crime was discovered last Friday morn
ling.
Frank Cater, young man residing
near Webster was arrested and
brought to the city yesterday on a
charge of stealing wheat He is now
in the county Jail and his hearing will
be held later.
Chris. Graber we'll known pioneer
Of Starkweather died at his home as
the result of an accident. Mr.. Graber
was sharpening a lathe on an emery
when it broke sitting him on the abdo.
men causing internal injuries from
which he died.
Th, state railway commission hear
ing the request of Mayville residents
that a Sunday train service on the
Great Northern be installed on the Lar
imore-C -Casselton branch to give the re-
sidents of that locality a seven day SER
vice. appointed committee of repre-
senta,ives.
One Of the worst fires ever known
in the vicinity of Fort Yates swept
through there recently and conserva-
tive estimates place the damage at
$150,O0O. Horses, barns, haystacks farm
implements, everything was swept
away, and hundreds of families are
left shelterless. .,.. .......
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