The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-10-12

fectly good ribs. Retty is in Jail, the
cook is in the hospital and the girl is
just as saucy as ever, thank you.
A 500 freight engine jumped the
track at Russell one afternoon last
week and it required the services of a
good sized crowd of men to get the
pesky thing back on the rails.
The tent used as sleeping quarters
by members of John Condit's thresh-
ing crew near Westhope went up in
smoke when someone left cigarette
or a lighted match inside on leaving.
During some trouble several weeks
ago between some Italian 1aborers at
Bisbee disinterested party was kick
ed in the stomach and seriously inpur-
ed, the kick being intended for anoth-
er man. He fingered along until last
week and died.
Dragged half mile by runaway
horse when his feet became entangled
in the reins Charles Porter, residing
near Hazelton, met a horrible death.
The body was frightfully bruised when
found by one of his children. Porter's
neck was broken, the jaw crushed, one
wrist broken and he was covered with
blood from head to foot.
Some poor excuse of an individual
deliberately shot six tame ducks be-
longing to F. Schultz, who lives east
of Hillsboro one day last week, and
then vamoosed, leaving the web-footed
fowls in the pasture near the farm
buildings, where their destruction oc-
r4ov
who mistook them for the wild variety
or was it genuine orneryness?
Donald, the three-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Durham of
New Rockford, had narrow escape
from strangling last Sunday after
noon. The little fellow drank some
gasoline he had found in bottle and
only prompt medical attention saved
him. He has fully recovered and the
smell of gasoline is very distasteful to
him.
The man killed at Westby last Fri
day by falling under the eastbound
freight as he attempted to board it,
and who lay unidentified for several
days, turns out to be Pat Durkin, who
has spent the past two winters work
ing in the coal mines near Noonan and
who was employed at the farm of H.
McCumber west of Fortuna at the
time of the accident.
Mrs. Albert Notchindale. wife of a
prominent Shenford township farmer
near Wahpeton, in a fit of despond-
ency drowned herself in coulee near
her home. Her body was discovered
the next morning by members of the
family. A close watch had been kept
watchers.
H. I. Clark, who has been employed
for some time as an automobile driv-
er between Dickinson and Killdeer, is
an inmate of the county Jail facing a
statutory charge, the complainant be-
ing Barbara Renner, 16 years of age.
He was taken before Justice Folsom
who rendered decision that he should
be held for trial and placed under a
bond Of $1,000 A preliminary hear
ing in justice court was set for Oct
az. Clark, it is understood, claims he
is relative of Senator Clark, famous
Montana statesman. He has retained
Attorney M. l.. Mcbride to represent
him. States Attorney Burgeson has
charge of the prosecution.
Bert Clementich, who is farming the
Hank Marion farm 10 miles west OF
Glenburn, suffered big fire loss last
Saturday afternoon. The large barn
48x60 feet, was destroyed with it's en-.
tire contents. The fire started while
Mr. Clementich was away from home
and had gained such Roadway before
it was discovered that it was impos-
s;ble for the neighhors to do anything
with it. There was no stock in the
barn at the time but several sets OF