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A tramp forced his way into Jerry Church's house, near Ardoch, the other day, filled his stomach from the best in the house, donned some good clothes, borrowed a watch, and left. He was soon overtaken and divested of the clothes and watch but was allowed to retain his dinner.
Cooperstown Courier, 2/9/1883
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THREE BOYS ARE KILLED IN SNOW SLIDE YESTERDAY
Rainy Butte Has Another Tragedy, when Youths are Buried Under Snow.
New England, N. D., Feb. 9—Three children were killed and one was seriously injured in a snowslide, while coasting southwest of Rainy Butte, eight miles from here, yesterday.
The dead:
JULIUS HILLESTAD, aged 11.
EDWARD HILLESTAD, aged 10.
WILLIAM HILLESTAD, aged 12.
The injured: Elmer Lee, aged 14.
Julius Hillestad was the son of J. E. Hillestad, and the other Hillestad boys were his cousins, the sons of Andrew Hillestad.
Tons of snow buried the bodies of the three little victims, and it was five hours before the last dead body was discovered.
The Lee boy suffered hours' exposure to the elements while held fast in the snow. This boy had succeeded in working his hands up through the snow and formed an air hole. It was his own father who effected his rescue.
The survivor has been unable to give any connected account of the snow slide, except that they were all coasting down the hill when overtaken by a great bank of snow, which moved down the hill toward them.
This is the second big tragedy this district has seen in the last few months, it only being a short time since six school children were burned to death near here.
Grand Forks Daily Herald, 2/9/1915
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Former County Officer Kills Self By Hanging
Napoleon, N. D., Dec. 19.—Jacob Kruger, 58, former commissioner of Logan county, committed suicide, by hanging himself in one of the barns on his farm near Fredonia. Worries over ill health and adverse crop conditions and inability to meet payments on a parcel of land acquired two years ago are ascribed as the cause of his suicide. He leaves a wife and several children. He was a native of Bessarabia, Russia.
Ward County Independent, 12/22/1921
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As a sequel to the horsewhipping on the Northern Pacific train when Capt. Mullet arrived at Glyndon he swore out a warrant for the arrest of both Mrs. Jewett and her husband, the latter being charged with aiding and abetting. They were brought to Moorhead by a constable, and Mr. and Mrs. Jewett taken to Glyndon for a hearing before Justice Osborne. The facts in the case seem to be that Mrs. Jewett borrowed a ring from Capt. Mullett, granting him certain favors, but the captain, it appears, repented of his generosity and brought suit in Moorhead to recover the ring. The captain's statement on the stand caused the cowhiding.
Cooperstown Courier, 2/15/1884
The Horsewhipping Case.
Minneapolis, Feb. 5.—Glyndon, Minn. special: The Mullett-Jewett case adjourned to Tuesday, February 12. This is a case growing out of loaning a diamond ring by Capt. Mullett, of Glyndon, to Maud Jewett, of Moorhead. Mullett sued to recover the ring and was publicly horsewhipped by the woman for which she was arrested and bailed, pending examination for assault with a dangerous weapon.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 2/8/1884
The injuries of Capt. Mullett, who was horsewhipped by Maud Jewett at Moorhead, were quite serious, and he was delirious for a time but is mending. The case against the Jewetts was deferred to February 12. The Glyndon Times, at the house of the captain, states the casus belli thus:
Early last week Captain Mullett and a diamond ring of his parted company, the ring going into the possession of the woman Jewett; she claims the ring was given in consideration of favors shown Mullett, but he says it was loaned merely that she might wear it at a party. On Saturday he instituted criminal proceedings, procuring the arrest of Maud Jewett, for alleged theft of the ring. She is now under bonds to appear in Justice Syron's court, Moorhead, February 7, to answer this charge. Out of this variance grew the assault of Tuesday night.
St Paul Globe, 2/4/1884
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Demented Man Picked Up Late at Night in Valley City.
Valley City, N. D., Feb. 18.—Fred Mitchell, a transient, was picked up on the streets at midnight, while wandering about minus shoes or stockings. He was taken to the city hall, and will in all probability be brought before the insanity commission for hearing.
The man was discovered by Chief of Police Swanson, and despite his Arctic extremities seemed perfectly happy, and offered to race the chief for any distance from fifty yards to a mile and for any stakes from a "hole in a doughnut" to a fortune in gold. The chief declined on the ground of avordupois {sp}.
Grand Forks Evening Times, 2/18/1913
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PRAIRIE MIRAGE DAZZLES
Objects Sixty-five Miles Away Plainly Seen at Fryburg.
A wonderful mirage, three hours in length, enabled the residents of Fryburg to see objects sixty-five miles away. The Kildeer mountains appeared to be almost adjoining the townsite and the changing lights and shades on the mountains and on Rainy and other buttes held people entranced.
Sentinel butte, thirty-four miles away, could be plainly seen. Down in Hettinger county New England, the terminal town of the Great Northern, was in evidence and a train could be seen steaming along near the town. The distance is forty miles.
Many other places equally distant were easily in view. In former years mirages were frequent, but are less often seen nowadays.
Fryberg is 2,790 feet above sea level and is one of the highest points along the main line of the Northern Pacific.
Oakes Times, 2/5/1914
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