Dog Poisoning Fiend.
The dog poisoning fiend is again getting in his work, several fine hunting canines have been dosed with strichnine {sp} of late. The owners of the valuable dogs intend to make it interesting for the person or persons if caught.
Bismarck Weekly Tribune, 8/9/1889
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Ryder—The constable, who undertook to close the
blind pigs, became intoxicated first. He was afterwards placed in jail, from which he escaped. He was not a resident of
Ryder but blew in and started to reform things.
The Hope Pioneer, 11/7/1907
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OPEN RIVER MENACE TO SKATERS; WATER OPEN UNDER THE BRIDGES
Many Narrow Escapes From Drowning in Last Few Days by Skaters — — — Barney Gray Breaks Through Ice at High Line.
That all is not smooth skating on the Sheyenne river this fall has been demonstrated in the past few days by a series of acidents {sp}, and narrow escapes from drowning by young men and boys who have gone through air holes, broken through thin ice, or unwitting skated into unfrozen water under the various bridges.
The most serious accident and the narrowest escape so far repotred occurred Sunday evening about ten o'clock when Barney Gray, member of the firm of A. H. Gray and Son, broke through the ice at the high line bridge north of the city, and but for his courage and determination would probably have drowned.
Mr. Gray was skating with a number of companions near the High line when the others returned to town, walking, he decided to skate to one of the lower bridges where he left his shoes, the skates being attached to the shoes he wore at the time.
The others had hardly departed, and he started on his return trip, when the ice he was skating on gave way, and he was plunged into the icy water. In falling, he struck the far side of the broken ice, severely cutting his lips and face. For a few minutes it seemed impossible to get clear of the water, for as fast as his weight was put on the ice it broke under him.
Finally reaching thicker ice, he gained his footing, and was able to return to town where his wounds were dressed, several stitches being taken.
Under the bridge on East Main Street, there is an open hole extending almost the length of the bridge, into which several skaters have been precipitated, and were only rescued by a narrow margin.
The Ice Was Thin.
J. C. Caughlin, a travelling man who makes his headquarters here, was also caught by the lure of the glistening ice, and pumped the depths of the river at the boat landing near the power house.
Mr. Caughlin visited the river a few days ago, to watch the merry skaters gamboling on the ice, and desiring to test its smoothness, unwarily stepped from the landing onto the river. An instant later he emerged from the mud and water of the stream and commenced to remount the landing. He decided it was too cold for a soaked spectator to watch the proceedings.
With the exception that the ice is thin in places, the skating has not been better in years. The water froze when the air was quiet, and in many places the river is like glass.
Valley City Times-Record, 12/18/1913
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ARM CHEWED OFF
Operator of Corn Shredder in Near Fatal Accident.
Sheldon, N. D., Nov. 15.—John Hoffman probably will recover from injuries which he received when he became entangled in a corn shredder, but he will be minus one arm. That member was literally ground to pieces when the young man was caught in the shredder which was being operated at a high rate of speed, he being alone at the time. The shredder practically chewed the arm into bits, and in releasing him from his position the hand and parts of the wrist were left in the machine. The victim is only 26 years old.
Grand Forks Evening Time, 11/15/1911
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Death Takes Whipple Child
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Whipple have the sincerest sympathy of the community in the loss of their little son Wallace, whose death occurred on Monday morning, Nov. 27th. The child would have been six years of age at the first of January, and was a part of the brightness of a lovable household. Owing to other sickness in the family no public funeral was held, but the remains of the little one were properly taken care of at the local cemetery. Mr. Whipple, whose illness had been reported, is well and is assisting about the home during the illness of the remaining children, whose condition is considered hopeful at the present time.
The Beach Advance, 12/1/1911
A son born to Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Whipple last Saturday morning lived only a few hours, passing away three hours after its birth. The remains were interred Sunday morning in the Beach cemetery besides {sp} those of his little brother, Wallace, whose death was chronicled in last week's issue.
Golden Valley Chronicle, 12/8/1911
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A HAUNTED HOTEL.
Word comes from Lisbon stating that since the death o fone {sp} Frank Baker, who kept a blind pig, and the recent murder of Edward Callahan by his cousin, P. H. Callahan, at the little town of Enderlin, on the Soo line, in this county, it is town gossip that the locality where the pig was kept and the shooting took place, is haunted. The blind pig building and the Callahan hotel, which is the next building, are now deserted by all the former inmates, and lights are, it is said, often seen, and strange weird noises frequently heard about the premises. Women and children give the locality a wide berth at night. The body of the murdered young man has been taken back to his home in Canada, his slayer is in jail awaiting trial and Mrs. Callahan and her children have left the neighborhood and closed the hotel.
Bismarck Tribune, 11/9/1900
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