Woman Shoots Porcupine.
Miss E. F. Miller, a plucky young woman who lives on a claim a mile and a half southwest of Norwich, killed a porcupine last week by shooting it eight times with a shot gun. She distributed the quills among her friends. Miss Miller will come to Minot this fall to form a class in the new process of burning pictures on wood, at which she is very efficient.
Ward County Independent, 9/23/1903
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Killed at Medina.
Michael Quinn, a farmer, aged about 45 years, was run over and killed by an engine at Medina station Wednesday afternoon, about 3:15. He was in the section house, and hearing the rumble of the engine, started to catch his team of horses, which were standing untied on the other side of the track. When on the track he saw the engine coming, and it is supposed became dazed and bewildered. At any rate he stood on the track as if undecided whether to turn back or go forward, and the engine struck him before the engineer or fireman realized his peril.
Word of the accident was sent to Jamestown, and in the absence of Coroner Thorold, J. A. Frye, who as a justice of the peace is acting coroner in the absence of that official, empaneled a jury consisting of Geo. C. Eager, A. M. Halstead, and J. E. Bellivou, who went over to Medina, held an inquest and returned the following verdict:
That the said Michael Quinn came to his death by being struck by a passing engine while trying to cross the track in front of said engine, at the station of Medina, Dakota, on October 11, 1888, at about the hour of 3:15 p.m.
The deceased had no relatives here. He owned a claim and 30 acres of good wheat near Medina.
The engine which struck him was running light and had on board Engineer Burns, Fireman Connors and Tom Sloan, all of whom were coming back to Jamestown in consequence of the abandonment of No. 4.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 10/18/1888
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While coming down stairs with a great armfull
{sp} of clothing Monday morning Mrs. W. A. Bond stripped and fell the full length of the staircase. She sustained several injuries in the side, and for a time it was thought that several of her ribs had been fractured, but, happily, such was not the case.
Golden Valley Chronicle, 10/14/1910
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There is a case over at
Tower City which would seem to be a knock down argument in favor of the proposed new county scheme. The indiscretion of two young and ardent citizens of the opposite sex who have "
loved not wisely but too well" have made legal proceedings necessary to maintain the dignity of the law. As the town is on the line between Cass and Barnes counties it is uncertain on which side of the line the offense was committed, the question of jurisdiction is one over which the attorney for the prosecution is struggling. The papers are in the hands of the officer for the gay Lothario, but the county surveyor will probably have to be called on to establish the county line and decide which county has jurisdiction.
Jamestown Alert, 10/9/1884
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Last Sunday the sanctity of the Lord's day at
Cleveland was badly fractured by a
threshing crew who, it is said, had partaken too freely of squirrel booze. They were creating a general disturbance when the town authorities took a hand in the game and finally locked the boys up in a box car as a precautionary measure.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 9/29/1904
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THREE SUDDENLY KILLED
A Threshing Boiler Explodes at Spiritwood.
Spiritwood, S. D. {sp}, Sept. 18.—The threshing engine of George Orange exploded and killed Engineer Robert Orange, Fireman Fred Sisson and David Orange. The body of the fireman was blown 100 feet. The boiler was turned almost inside out and was completely demolished. The cause of the accident is believed to have been too high pressure. All three killed were unmarried.
Pembina Pioneer Express, 9/24/1897
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