The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
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Wind sweeping through Grand
forks at a velocity of 70 miles an
hour Thursday, between s and 9:30
o'clock in the morning, damaged prop
crty to the extent of $4,000.
A delegation of business men from
New Leipzig went to Mandan to have
al interview with the county commits
siopers in regard to a bridge over
tho Cannon Ball river southwest of
the city.
Lewis brothers of New Leipzig are
rushing their new power house as
fast as possible to completion, and the
new so horsepower engine, together
with a large dynamo and other neces-
sary machinery, is expected to arrive
1T any time.
A serious loss occurred to James
M%ulrooney of Havana Sunday after
noon, when he was returning home
from a ball game. The emergency
brake on the car became set and the
friction caused the machine to catch
fire. 1t burned very rapidly.
AS a result of playing with a load
cd gun, Edna Hixson, ~13-ycar-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II. f. Hix-
son of Cakes, lies in the hospital at
Aberdeen with one eye removed and
the other in a critical condition. In
addition to the injuries of her eye,
little Edna is suffering from consider
able shot that is embedded in differ
ent parts of her body.
A second class mail sack contain
ing mail for Rogers and Darcy, when
thrown off the fast mail at Hannaford
last week, rolled under the wheels of
the train and the contents were scat
tered in all directions. A parcel post
package containing a pair of shoes,
was ripepd open, n shoe remaining
in the box, the other being carried a
distance of 900 feet.
T.. H. Druen, a Mohall veterinarian,
in an attempt to take the life of his
wife and her companion, n Kinney,
a perfume peddler, accidentally shot
and killed his w little three-year-
old daughter at Mohall Saturday
morning at 1870 o'clock. Druen gave
himself up and was taken to Minot
where he entered a plea of guilty be-
fore Judge Burr, who sentenced him
to serve 20 years in the penitentiary.
1t was fully demonstrated in Zion,
Towner county, last week, that the
poisoned oats does kill the gophers.
A few hours after the poison was
put out hundreds Of dead gophers
were in evidence. MI. Elmer and %
drove into Zion with over 100 dead
ones they picked up a few hours after
the oats was scattered along the road
way and Bert Wagenman counted 60
dead ones in the evening when he
went home from Zion.
AS Robert Chambers was driving
along the road near Crystal in a cart
his team became frightened and ran
away. MI. Chambers was thrown
out and escaped with but slight in
jury. The horse ran straight for the
grader outfit upon which sixteen
horses were being worked. The end
of one of the thills Of the cart pene-
trated the side of one of A. r.
Bakers driving horses, which was
working at the rear end Of the grad
er, killing the animal on the spot.
In the mixup Clyde Beaver was
caught and taken under the grader,
and it was only by. a miracle that he
escaped death. The runaway horse
freed itself from this mixup and
headed for R. Sportwood's four horse
team which was working on a disc
near by, and caused a mixup there in
which one of Mr.. Spotwood's horses
had a leg broken and had to be shot.
After this the horse freed itself from
the cart and ran to Gillies, its former
home. The remarkable part of all of
this turmoil is that no one was in
jured and the runaway horse came
out safe.