Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-22
STATE BRIEFS

Minot: A sentence of ninety days
and fine of 5000 additional sixty
days was given to Carl Tannehill Of
Sawyer in district court. The charge
was selling intoxicating liquors and
he entered a plea of guilty.
Devils Lake: William Dieter, switch
man in the Great Northern yards, sui.
fered injuries to both of his feet Mon
day night. AS a result the toe on one
foot had to be amputated and the
ankle on the other received an ukly
cut.
Fargo: Mrs. George Bohig of St.
Paul, formerly Miss Clara Bohnsack,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Bohnsack, residing south of the city,
died at her home Oct. IS, following a
short illness. The remains were ship.
ped to Fargo.
Jamestown, N. D.-The North Da-
kota state Baptists will meet in con.
vention at Cavalier on October rs to
20. Thru it's pastor, Rev. E. A. Gil.
more Of this city, the Presbyterian
church here will make a bid for the
1917 convention.
Fargo: The State Bankers associa-
ton has Undertaken the education OF
bank clerks. The work is conducted
by correspondence through the extern
sion division of the state university in
conjunction with the American Bank
ers' association.
Grand Forks.-Herman BerghOld, a
prominent farmer, residing near Rey.
nolds, died at local hospital as the
result of injuries received Saturday,
when his left arm was wrenched from
his body, while he was employed on
a gravel elevator near Reynolds.
Grand Forks: Police Magistrate
r. Church, pioneer citizen of Grand
Forks and one of the widest known
residents in the western section OF
North Dakota, this week celebrated
his 81st birthday. Judge Church is
probably the oldest presiding official
in the northwest.
Grand Forks: Announcement has
been made at the University of North
Dakota that Mrs. Ella A. Boole, Phi.
D., vice president.at-large of the ma.
tional w. c. T. u, has been secured
as convocation speaker for Saturday,
Oct. 81. Her subject will be "Prob.
lens for Patriots"
Portland: OF. Kensrud, pioneer
farmer of PortlSnd, N. D., died Sunday
from complication of diseases. Mr..
Kensrud had been resident Of Trail
county for thu last ithirty-eight years.
He is survived by his widow and nine
children.Si Funeral services were held
Wedneaday from the Bruflat church.
Fargo: Wounds suffered by James
McLaren, colored local porter. slash
ed. across the chest and back by q
large knife in the hands of another
colored man, a stranger in the city,
following an argument over a crap
game, are not serious. The cuts, while
long, are not deep. Following the cut
ting the assailant escaped across the
river to Moorhead and is being sought.
+ 2 4 y >ds
Belfeld times: Ruth. the little
daughter of Cashier and Mrs. Morris,
suffered painful accident. Mrs.
Morris was doing the family washing
with an electric washer and, in play.
ing around the machine, Ruth acct
dentally caught the thumb of her left
hand in the wringer, bruising it so
seriously as to make amputation ne.
cessary just back of the nail.
Stanton Republican: A steam shov.
ell has been at work about two miles
south of Stanton for the past week
cutting down one of the hills prepar-
atory to moving the Northern Pacific
track. The railroad company exper-
fenced considerable difficulty with
their grade at that point during the
high water last spring as the grade
slid into the river. and is now laying
the track about twenty feet further
south.
Joe Gieler, formerly resident Of
Stanton, but now residing at Zap, had
the misfortune to lose one of his eyes.
While working on a piece of steel, a
particle of steel pierced his eye ball.