Child Cremated.
Devils Lake, N. D., June 2.—The boarding house of Alexander Currie caught fire, presumably from a defective flue in the kitchen. Eddy Currie, the four-year-old son of Currie, was burned to death.
Golden Valley Chronicle, 6/6/1907
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Register of Deeds Hatch had a thrilling experience Saturday night in crossing the Antelope going to his ranch. The water was very deep and the current strong, and when in the middle of the stream Mr. Hatch found himself waist-deep in water, his horse and wagon going down, and he was compelled to swim for land. Mr. Hatch swam the stream again and went over to John Dobson's for the night, coming over in the morning to fish out his wagon and harness. The horse was in the water about eight hours.
Dickinson Press, 5/30/1896
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They have peculiar ideas of justice in
Wells county, says the
New Rockford Transcript. An inhuman wretch by the name of Stout was arrested charged with rape upon the person of his 13 year old daughter. A preliminary hearing was had, and the justice found plenty of evidence to assure him the prisoner was guilty and bound him over to district court. The bond was fixed at $250, and the prisoner was let out on his own recognizance to get a bond, and apparently hasn't found it yet, and the sheriff has since been unable to find him.
Jamestown Alert, 6/17/1897
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Disc Harrow Runs Over Him.
A. W. Boettcher, a farmer living ten miles south of Scranton, received probable fatal injuries in a runaway. He was discing in the field at the time and was thrown in front of the disc, which passed over him, cutting and mangling his body in a frightful manner.
Ward County Independent, 4/6/1911
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TWO HIRED MEN FIGHT.
One Knocked Down With a Piece of Lead Pipe and Beaten.
As a result of a desperate encounter between two ranch employes on the old Barley ranch, Afanasi Romaneko, a Russian, is in the hospital at Lehr, believed to be fatally hurt, and David Berman is in jail awaiting trial.
As nearly as can be ascertained, Romaneko and Berman became engaged in a dispute concerning the disposition of a load of hay, and Berman assaulted Romaneko with a pitchfork, inflicting minor injuries. Romaneko attempted to wrest the weapon away from Berman. In the struggle Berman was hit over the head by the handle of the fork. This is said to have so enraged him that he picked up a piece of lead pipe about three feet long, and with this weapon struck Romaneko down and continued to beat him. Romaneko's injuries consist of a badly injured eye, one or two fractures of the skull, four fractured ribs, two ribs cracked and the bone of one leg cracked.
He is still alive, but there is not much chance of his recovering.
Bowbells Tribune, 6/15/1906
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Shot in a Dispute.
In a dispute over stock at Buford Andrew Nobel, vice president of the Buford Mercantile company, was shot in the shoulder and J. C. Sanderson twice in the leg. Both will recover. Mr. Nohle {sp} went over to Sanderson's to get a horse on which he held a mortgage. Sanderson objected to having him take it and guns were pulled and both men were wounded. The affair happened fifteen miles out from Buford.
Wahpeton Times, 5/27/1904
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