HAD STRANGE PREMONITION
Sawyer Farmer Goes to Barn to Look After Stock, There Is Brutally Slugged by a Horse Thief.
Sawyer, N. D., Nov. 9.—Going to his barn in a semi-somnambulistic state to look after his stock which he had dreamed was out in a blizzard, Chas. Prine, a farmer who lives nine miles southwest of this place was assaulted and knocked unconscious by a blow over the head that was dealt by a man who was attempting to steal his horses.
Prine says that he was about half way awake when he reached the barn and seeing a man standing there he thought it was the hired man and spoke to him, receiving no response he moved toward him. The stranger dealt him a stunning blow on the head with a club. Prine does not know how long he lay unconscious, but he finally recovered his senses and crawled back to the house where he again lapsed into unconsciousness. It is not thought that he is fatally hurt.
Prine before losing consciousness stated that it was his belief that his dream had saved him from losing one or more of his horses.
Grand Forks Evening Times, 11/9/1906
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Four boys stole three of Tom Bell's turkeys and are spending a few days in the county jail as a consequence. The boys are all young—under 12 years old.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 12/4/1890
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An almost successful attempt was made to burn
Hotel de Mores early this morning. About half-past 1 o'clock Mr. McLellan, a guest of the hotel, was awakened by smoke coming through his window. He arose quickly and discovered that the building was on fire. The alarm was immediately given, and by strenuous efforts the fire was put out. A can of kerosene and a bag of shavings was found near where the fire started, indicating clearly that the parties meant business. Anyone who is so unprincipled as to set fire to a hotel full of sleeping guests should be skinned alive, and if the parties are discovered the citizens will make it warm for them. Had the flames been discovered a little later, the result would have been very disastrous, both to life and property, as the hotel was full of sleeping guests and and
{sp} our water supply is wholly inadequate. The damage will amount to about $50.
The Bad Lands Cow Boy, 10/23/1884
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SUFFERED FROM ELECTRICITY.
Aug. Peter Johnson Thought People Tortured Him With Electrical Machines.
August Peter Johnson of the town of Huntsville thought that people were torturing him with electrical machines and begged then to take away the people who were hurting him. He was brought to Crokston {sp} and asked the judge to subpoena the men who were torturing him and keep them away. Several years ago he was treated by electricity and he has since become insane and imagines that everyone has an electrical machine. He was adjudged insane in the probate court and taken to Fergus Falls by Sheriff Gonyea.
Grand Forks Evening Times, 11/10/1906
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Bit Off His Nose.
Dickinson Recorder. Last Friday evening two habitues of a popular saloon in this village got into an altercation, and one of them, familiarly known as the "man eater," jumped for his antagonist and bit off his nose in the mix-up. This is the second time this fiend has committed the same crime, but he has not been arrested.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 11/23/1899
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Mr. Joe Gargon who recently had his knee caught in the cogs wheels of his
engine while
steam threshing on the P. H. Cochran place, is getting along nicely although there is danger of a stiff knee.
Williston Graphic, 9/18/1913
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