The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-28
North Dakota
Kernels

Mrs. C. E. v. Draper, while working
at home at Mandan, cut two fingers
of her left hand to the bone with a
sharp pairing knife.
frightened at a passing automobile,
a horse, the property Of James Sand
ers Of Mandan, ran away causing a lot
Of excitement. The thills of the buggy
and the harness were broken.
Two guests at the Hotel Hall, Grand
Forks, were the victims Of burglars
Sunday night, SIS being stolen from
Rev. A. H. Thompson, pastor of the
First M. E. church, and So from H. M.
Felt.
Martin Musolf sustained a very pain
full injury while putting on a belt IN
the feed mill at Montpelier. He got
such a blow In the palm Of his hand
that it d]islocated one Of the metacarpal
bones in the back of the hand.
Atty. L. H, Connolly of Mandan is
nursing a sore hand as a result Of an
accident. He was cranking his Ford
and put his right hand on top of one
hand was literally scorached. A ply
sician was called and attended h in
jury.
The international Carnival and
Market Day celebration held II West
hope was a success from every stand
Ioint, and believe the visitors felt the
man in the city did his best to make
it such, and felt as though they had
put in several days of good, hard
work.
J. w. Scott, the prominent Gilby
farmer, en- route home from an eastern
trip said: Corn in the eastern states
is looking exceptionally good, but I
believe the corr I've seen in North
Dakota is just as good, if not better.
AS far as the other crops are con-
cerned, the eastern sections are not
in with North Dakota"
Little Donald Shines of Rgby suffer-
ed a very painful burn when one of
his playmates pushed him over on a
hot stove. He tried to protect him
self and SLAPPED his hand upon the
stove, burning nearly all the skin off
the inside of his hand. He was imme-
diately taken to the doctor, who Dress
ed it and made the little fellow as
comfortable as possible.
c.. L. Zimmerman. who has been
very seriously i'll at the hospital in
Mandan, is much improved. He was
unconscious most of the day Wednes-
day, and a part of Thursday, but re-
gained consciousness Thursday after
noon, and recognized callers. DR..
Fisher of Chicago, a noted specialist,
was called to the bedside of the sick
man Wednesday,.
Papers were filed with Clerk of
Court Ed. Morck at Mandan, in an
action for divorce brought by Martha
Drewelow Engelman Of New Salem vs..
John c.. Engelman. Mrs. Engelman is
one of the pioneers of New Salem and
well known throughout the country.
Her husband is at the present time
making his home at Sumner, Ia, and
will have to answer to the charge OF
n~on-support.
At a special meeting of the James
town Commercial club, strong resolu-
lions were adopted urging the North
ern Pacific to constituent a new depot
there. A special committee consisting
Of Pres. J. ]. Nierling of the CONNER
cial club, A. B. Default and Charles
A. Klaus was named to secure it. This
committee was authorized to go to st.
Paul and confer with President Han
naford of the North Pacific railway
and secure the early construction of a
depot for (which the city has been
waiting these many years.
Last week c.. S, Langdon brought
to Dickinson a bundle of wheat pulled
that day from his large field four !
miles west of Dickinson. Measured
from where the stalks were above the
ground to their extreme length the
pIo rtc uyorn found No haNo attained q
height Of sixty-eight inches. This is
considered to be some tall wheat to
be grown from spring sowing by July
16. The sample exhibited by Mr..
Langdon was durum wheat heavily
bearded and other than their remark
able length the plants bore every evil
dence of hardness and rapid growth.
He said since he last measured the
height of what in the 128-acre field,
about ten days previously, the growth
had been fourteen inches.
A tragedy occurred near Hannah
which cast a glomo over several
families in LaRiviere and other dis
tricts. The victim was John E, Ma
honey, who lost his wife by drowning
while bathing in the river. This is
the first drowning accident at La
Riviere. The body vas in
about one and a half hours and, al
though every means was used to
resuscitate him by Drs. Dykes and
Davidson, it was of no avail. Deceas-
ed was a newphew of Mrs. D. McTaV-
ish. of Hannah, and his parents re-
side in Manitou. He was an employe
of the Union Bank of Mantiou.
A team of horses belonging to George
Cook, living four miles northeast Of
Wolford. pulled off a spectacular run
away. The team. hitched to a buggy,
were left tied in the alley back Of
Telle's blacksmith shop, became
frightened. breaking their tie straps
and started on the warpath. They
dashed across a couple of vacant lots
to Third avenue. then south to the
school house. west to Fourth avenue,
north to Main street, to the Wolford
house. north to the alley, then west
on the alley to the rear of the meat
market, where they were captured by
| Royal Hawkins and Jess Anderson.
Both animals were pretty well play
ed out when captured, but were other
wise uninjured. The buggy stood the
strain well and escaped with the loss
of a few spokes from he wheel.
CHOIR LEADERS SAFE.