The skeleton of a man was found on the banks of the Red river, near
Caledonia, Dak., in some old clothes in a hut or tepee. Near the skeleton was found a roll of greenbacks and coin in canvas sacks, to the amount of nearly $5,000. It is thought that the skeleton may be that of one of the robbers who infested the region some years ago.
Dickinson Press, 5/21/1887
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Stanley.—Jacob Eltz, a young Mountrail county farmer, died from drinking formaldehyde from a bottle supposed to contain water.
Cavalier County Farmers Press, 5/13/1920
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Woodworth Farmer Killed By Transient.
Woodworth, N. D., Sept.22 —Gunder Olson, a farmer, was killed Monday by being accidentally shot by a gun in the hands of Theodore Bly, a transient harvest hand from Colton, S. D. Nelson and Bly were hauling hay, when Nelson called the attention of Bly to some chickens in the road ahead.
Bly fired, and another chicken got up. In throwing another shell into the chamber of the repeater his glove caught on the trigger and the gun went off, the shot striking Nelson behind the right ear. The coroner held an examination and found it was purely accidental. Bly is held blameless. The deceased leaves a wife and five sons.
Ward County Independent, 9/30/1915
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DROWNED IN DEVILS LAKE.
A man supposed to be John B. Williams, of Rigdon, Ind., was drowned in Devils Lake Sunday afternoon by falling overboard from one of Captain Heerman's steamboats. The accident took place just as the boat was getting ready to land on the Fort Totten side. None of the passengers on board saw the man fall. The accident was witnessed by a number of people on the dock, and it is said that just before he fell he was seen to take a drink from a bottle. The man was more or less intoxicated, and shortly before the accident happened congratulated himself upon having made a safe voyage across, seemingly being afraid something would happen. The alarm was sounded by the engineer and row boats lowered for the purpose of rescuing the drowning man, but before he could be reached his body disappeared. The unfortunate man seem to have been a stranger in these parts. He had been working at the carpenter's trade for about three weeks for Superintendent Davis at the Fort, and little was known of him. The body was found Tuesday and was brought to this city for burial.
Devils Lake Inter Ocean, 5/23/1902
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Mrs. James Morley met with quite a painful accident last week. As she was preparing to retire for the night she stepped on a needle which buried itself in her foot so that all that conld
{sp} be seen protruding was the thread attached to the eye. An attempt was made to pull it out by the thread, which proved futile. Dr. Meckstroth was called and found it necessary to use the ex-rays
{sp} in order to locate the direction the needle had taken, when the needle was removed, but not however, until a deep incision was made with a knife.
Wahpeton Times, 5/27/1904
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An attempt was made recently to blow up the parsonage of
the First Congregational church at Dickinson. A stick of dynamite was set off between the storm windows of the lower floor sleeping room, causing a teriffic
{sp} explosion, blowing the casings through the room and an open door and through the dining room adjoining, breaking out a window on the opposite side of the house in the next yard.
Ward County Independent, 4/6/1911
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