Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-03-15
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ties for 800 feet. He will recover
A district court jury at Mott grant
ed 81 1900 to Chris Ernst of Leith,
whose son was struck by a train and
killed.
The entire business section of the
town of Osnabrock has been wiped
out by fire, causing a loss estimated
at more than $4,000.
An explosion, resulting from pour
ing gasoline on supposedly dead Goals,
took the life of Mrs. Edward Hennings
and her baby of Glentield.
Jesse NJ. Warren, an architect of
Butte, Mont, has been employed 20
draw plans and specifications for a
Jail for Bowman county, North Dakota.
Sheriff j. p. French of Burleigh
county contiscated thirty gallons of
whisky at the Northern Pacific ex-
| press station, addressed to welve
Bismarck individuals.
Entering her home to save the life
| Of her ~four-year-old son Mrs. Materi,
wife Of Sebastian Materi, a farmer,
living east Of Linton, persisted in the
flames with her child.
Senator Gronna's action in opposing
the armed neutrality bill in congress
was approved in a telegram sent to
the North Dakota senator signed by
| 800 citizens OF Warwick, a town with
a population of 500.
]. f. Richards, editor of the Harvey
Journal, has announced the purchase
Of the Herald Publishing company,
publishers Of the Herald and the Adj
vertiser. The papers will be consol-
idated with the Journal.
The sc%hoolhouse in the Lebo dis.
trict, six miles south of Medora, was
burned to the ground. Ii is reported
that an attempt had been made the
previous night to destroy the build
ing by pouring oil on the floor.
George FAIRIES, publisher of the
Nilliston Herald, has gone to a sana-
tOrium at Battle Creek, Mich, hoping
to escape al operation which surgeons
at Williston say is necessary. Reports
indicate that his condition is serious.
A 'shellac %highball' imbibed by
Frank Abbott, thirty-three years old,
at the state penitentiary at Bismarck.
where he was an inmate, is believed
to have caused his death. Abbott
was serving a sentence of fifteen
months for burglary.
William Wildmeyer of Rolla, play.
ing eleven games, winning ten and
N a draw, won the state chess tour.
nament held at Devils Lake. z. G.
Fleming Of Fargo was second, winning
nine games, losing two. Edward An.
derson of Crazy was third in the tour
nament.
The largest wheat acreage in the
history of North Dakota is predicted
for 1917 by agricultural experts and
seed men. Reports early last winter
indicated more fall blowing had been
done than usual, weather and soil con
ditions being especially favorable fol
the work.
Frank Riba. a member OF the state
legislature, has deposited $500 to the
credit of Philomena Musil of Beach
who, lost in a blizzard last January
suffered so severely that both arms
were amputated in a Bismarck hos
pital. The money was contributed by
legislators.
Charles Brown, a wealthy hermi
known as "Stuttering Harry fit,
years old, was asphyxiated by Goa
gas at his homestead shack eigh
miles south Of Hazen. A neighbo.
found him lying on the floor dead
County officials are trying to trace rel
atives in Ireland.
This story is vouched for by J. 3
Fox and Louis Altringer, both of Vim
bledon. Facing each other in a fight
ing attitude. apparently the last de
termined stand after a bitter and spir
tied chase, their eyes wide open an,
wild with rage, the bodies of a ca
and dog were found frozen stiff nea
the liver Skarr farm, north of Win
(, bledon. The animals had been miss
ing a week.
North Dakota's bone dry law ism
! so bone dry as one would think. Ur
der provisions of the bill one can shi
into the state for personal use fou
quarts of whisky, five gallons of win
t and s%eventy-two quarts of beer i
each thirty days. In r%eceipting TO
: such shipments an affidavit must b
made. These shipments will b
3 closed under the federal bone dry la,
: when it becomes effective July /.
I The Bismarck city commission ha
granted a f~fteen-year franchise to tn
Red Trail Ferry company of Manda
to operate a gasoline ferry betwee
Bismarck and Mandan and designate
a 300-foot strip of land on the eas
bank OF the Missouri river as til
landing. The company, of which Ee
mund Mackey of Mandan is presiden
q Is capitalized at $1,000 and will plac
the ferry in operation as soon as ma,
d ieation opens. The company announce
that the new boat will be of gasolin
G power and will safely transport cigl
Il automobiles at one time. A crew yi