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|^ls^|f pi :••. ,.v|!?«:- "V •V FILINGS, PROOFS, ^tfitesas CONTESTS, O. A. RUPLE, ALL .A STROUD BROS. The Stor« that saves you Money. 0ry Goods, Clothing, Groceries, Crockery, Boots and Shoes. 4b Headquarters for HARDWARE, Farm Machinery fc Imple ments, Cultivators, Har rows, Plows, Wagons and Buggies. Also Salt, Lime and Cement. Rough Rider Saddles and Boots made especially for our trade. We would be pleased to have you get our prices on goods that we liave to sell and believe that we mn save you money. All of our goods are strictly new and up to-date. We bought tliem at low prices and will give you the benefit. STROUD BROS., Williston, North Dakota. B.X. 0. E. B00THR0YD. S. Commissioner. Williston Land Co. PLATS, ABSTRACTS. IF 'SOU 1 MOUNTED WORKCWRANTEED. CALBERWOOD. SETTLERS LOCATED, MONEY LOANED, LANDS FOR SALE, HOUSES TO RENT. If you have a Farm or City Property for Rent or Sale call and see us. Office in Stewart's Building, Main Street. SHIP "STO-CHEe ...DEER HEADS... QB OTUEB TBOFHIES TO WILLISTON'S LEADING TAXIDERMIST. WISH THEM BY THE MOST UP TO DATE METHODS. CITY DRAY LINE JOHN HEFFERNAN. Prop. Livery, Feed and Sale Stable. DRAY WORK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. /.-••• THE PUREST MISSOURI RIVER ICE I)elivered to Patrons in any part of the (Jit1 WILLISTON. NORTH DAKOTA. 515^15 ISIS a® llnL-lLiLiL-lLiLiasi D. BELL, A. A. AUSTILL. RELL & AUSTILL, All kinds of Caskets on hand at Williston, Buford and Culbertson. Telegraph orders promptly attended to. Head Office, Williston, HT. D. PRICES REASONABLE. TWIN DIAMONDS. Bfliinlon of Faxnouft Gezas in This Country. th« Property of the Gorermor GcbcmA of India—TxwtoUi of the Separated Stones. diamond dealers the world over are speculating as to the identity of a mys terious personage of unlimited meana who has just purchased of a Parisian diamond dealer two of .the most fa mous gems in existence, a pair of dia monds so nearly alike in appearance that they have become known to col lectors and dealers as the "Indian, Twips." The wealthy individual who has just become possessed of them is believed to be Mrs. William) Astor. A jeweler would describe the "twins" as a pair of Indian diamonds, cut in. cushion shape, weighing 8ya carats, each, and of a remarfkable pale blue color. Their tint is far 'deeper than steel blue, and much lighter than the blue of the celebrated "Hope" diamond. The twins are so full of fire that many a pure white diamond is pale by com parison. So absolutely perfect are the gems that the slightest flaw cannot be dis covered by the aid of the most pow erful magnifying glass. Their com bined weight is 17 carats, which is di vided exactly between the two. They are alike beautifully proportioned, and the peculiar shade of blue is precisely the same in each. So perfect is the correspondence that experts do not doubt that they were originally one stone, which was di vided for some reason, probably b«r cause the original shape was such that while susceptible of division, it could not be cut to advantage as a single stone without great loss in weight. The first record of the "Indian Twins" places them in the possession of Warren- Hastings at the time he was governor-general of India. Next they came into the possession of a Russian gentleman, who was afterwards exiled. As expatriated noblemen have to eat and drink like ordinary mortals, thee Russian found himself under the pain ful necessity of parting with his dia monds. They parted from each other, and for a long time only one of the gems was known, to diamond dealers. Thiis lpne twin, after many wanderings, fell at last into the possession of the duke of Brunswick, whose agents searched the world for the lost twin, but were unable to find any trace of it, although the price offered for its recovery was a tremendous one. Finally the duke was gathered to his fathers, and his fine collection of dia monds was sold, the "Indian- Twin" coming to America. The final chapter of the story is told by E. August Nereisheimer, of ISTew.* York, city,, v.ievp president of tbe Theosophical society of America. "I had the diamond in my possession," said Mr. Nereisheimer, "and my agente were looking for its missing relative, although we had little hope of finding it. This was about 20 years ago. "One of the agents who had been for so long engaged in, the search for the •Twin' that it had become a mechanical habit for him to study jewelry on men and women whom he met, was sur prised almost out of his wits one day when, seated in a Chicago saloon, he saw a western man enter in whose shirt blazed the identical 'Twin' the where abouts of which had been for so long sought. "The united: 'Twins* were valued at $125,000, and taken to Paris, where I: hear they have been purchased, by an American whose identity has been kept a 6ecret."—N. Y. Herald. MARRIAGES AT SEA. They Seem to Be Very IIollow Cere-, moniea. A Los Angeles father whose daughter went through the ceremony of mar riage at sea proposes to test the legality of that form of marriage. When the marriage-at-sea business is looked into it appears to be a very hollow ceremony. It simply means that the male and fe male have traveled outside of the juris diction of the state to go through a cer emony that has no other force than that derived from state laws. Outside of the three-mile limit there is no law govern ing marriage, and consequently no law against any particular marriage cere mony. Parties go to sea to escap'fc the conditions attached to the performance of the marriage ceremony within the state. Yet they expect the state to rec ognize as valid a ceremony performed in violation of the state's laws. The state1 has a purpose in providing that minors shall not marry except with the consent of their parents. That, purpose i? mainly to prevent young people who do not know much about each other and whose mental and moral condition not such as their parents regard as necessary to the assumption«of marital relations, from forming the alliance for which they are unfit. This purpose, of course, is defeated, when the youngpeo ple slip out of a port and coax a good matured sea captain to mumble over ,ir joined hands some words that no legal significance whatever. As might the young people make cer tain promises to each other and then declare that they were married. Marriage at sea is simply a contract marriage with the contract left outs It is a kind of a bluff on the girl's parents, who justly consider that her prospects in life are ruined unless the marriage is recognized. When parties desiring to marry go from a state which throws some restraint about marriage con tracts to a state which a^ks no ques tions they have the satisfaction of knowing that they are married accord ing to the laws of the state they were married-in. But when they are mar ried at sea they have the sanction of no law whatever. They went to sea to es cape law.—San Francisco Bulletin. IHE STOBY OF A NUGGET Huge Lump of Gold That Was Found in North Carolina.., Through' the Treachery of Two Mia* 'lt Was the Cunae of Three Murders—The Accursed. Greed for Gold.. Long before, gold was discovered in California there were both placer and quartz mining in North Carolina and northern Georgia, and the Chattahoo chee river bed is yet worked by steam dredges for float and placer gold, while a dozen new plants have been erected in. Simplcin, Hale, Harrison, Cherokee and other counties of iNorth Carolina since the Atlanta exposition. This revived at tention to an old gold field lends in terest to a story told by E. E. Barnes, of Yates county, N. Y. "Some years ago,'" said. Mr. Barnes, "I read in a newspaper something which recalled to me a visit I had made to Cherokee county, N. C., 40 years ago. This newspaper account was to the ef fect that the director of the Phila delphia mint was anxious to find an owner for gold minted from a nugget weighing 136 pounds sent, to the mint by 'J. J. Burnes, of Pineland township, Cherokee county, N. C.,' years before and never claimed. "As I had been through that township and knew it to be some 40 miles from a railroad, and as I was going to make another trip through the state, the idea occurred to me to look into the case. I did so, and learned the history of the Bed creek nugget, and of the three mur ders it caused. John Farrell was & squatter on Red creek, Cherokee county. One day he had visitors—two men he had known long years before. For their entertainment he went into his bed room and rolled out a large ball of something the color of bronze and as heavy as lead. 'Gentlemen,' he said, 'here is something I found while look ing for my cow. It is mighty heavy, and I thought it might be something more than ifon'.' His visitors, who were min ers, pronounced his find almost pure* gold. They proposed to help him carry the nugget to where it could be shipped' to the mint. He accepted their offer and the next morning the party started with their prize for the railroad, some 40 miles distant. "Meanwhile the two miners had con ceived the idea of murdering Farrell and securing the nugget for themselves. So, while Farrell was carrying the front end of the pole on which the nugget was suspended, he was brained with a hatchet, and his body was hidden in the woods. But when they again took up their march the man at the front end of the pole began to doubt the man be* hind him, and, stopping suddenly, said: 'I say, Mike, Farrell is sleeping- behind in the bush, and as I dont want to sleeps here we had better cut that lump of' gold in two, and each man take his half and go with it.' ''This suggestion was agreed to, and 'Mike' took the hatchet from his belt and cut the nugget in two. Then, still kneeling, he asked: 'Which half will you take?' and as he spoke he looked down at the split nugget. This was the opportune moment for his partner, and the next instant 'Mike' lay dead in the trail with a hatchet gash in his head. His liody was dragged into the woods and his half of the nugget was hidden. Around the other half was fastened a strap, a stick was run through it, swung over the shoulder of the surviving mur derer, and so it finally reached the mint. The other half was also shipped to the mint, both in the name of J. J. Burnes. Then the murderer conceived the bizarre idea of going back to Pine land township to try to gain the affec tions of Mrs. Farrell and marry her. When he came to the place where he had murdered his comrade three armed men sprang from concealment and caught him. By accident his crime had. been discovered. He confessed the mur der, but refused to tell what he had done with the gold. They hanged him on the spot, "I made the acquaintance of Mrs. Farrell," said Mr. Barnes, in conclu sion, "told her that there was money coming to her from the United States mint at Philadelphia, and with my help she got several thousand dollars and moved to Chicago, where she still lives.** —N. Y. Advertiser.. Animals That Cycle. It may surprise many to learn that there actually exist a large number of animals and birds which derive almost as much enjoyment as human cyclists from trips on the bicycle. Of course, considerable time and patience were necessary to educate them up to the appreciation of the finest health-giving pastime on earth. As might be ex pected, monkeys take an easy first place after mankind in their regard of the wheel. Besides these, dogs have been trained to ride cycles. Members of the feathered world have proved apt pupils in cycling, and there are at least two cockatoos whose command of the bi cycle is as perfect as it is wonderful. One belongs to the Belionis, the owner of the very talented family of birds, and, besides ordinary riding, it gives an aerial performance, riding a tight wire. The other clever cockatoo was trained by Mile. Irma Orbasono, and rides a tricycle. But these two birds use their beaks for the purpose of steering their machines and pedal with thair. daws.—London Cycle. And Pay In Advance. Farmer Killweeds Oh, you want work, do you? VfeU. haven't much to do just now, but frnt-?? can five you a little job." You erm turn the grind stone for me for about half an hour. Now, what do yon want rr»e to give you for a job like that? Weary Williams—I'm" n-t'inkin* dat f«r a operation of lnt Jdnd ve'd better ^ve a anaesthetic,—^. V. World. si* i§l W' ik.,' J. H. BELYEA PHYSICIAN & Office over Bruegger Merc. Co's Stare. WILLISTON. NORTH DiidTl- Dyspepsia Cure Digests what yon eat. This preparation contains all of the digestants and digests all kinds of food. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. Is unequalled for the stomach. Child ren with weak stomachs thrive on it. First dose relieves. A diet unnecessary. Cures all stomaoh troubles Prepared only by E. O. |5f'J •1-* S*®v.'? SURGEON. Fort Buford Lodge No. 18,1.0.0. F. Meets every Wednesday night. J. H. Bklyka, N. G. R. T. Ldcas, V. G. R. H. CopkiiAnd., Sec. I, C. Stewart, Treas. Trustees^-Wm. Snydbb. N. iE. Prud •omme, R. T. Lucas. Williston. North Dakota. MOUNT MORIAH LODGE NO. 61, A. F. A A.. M. S«n««a Brownell, W. M, C. A. Wittmeier, S. W. N. A. Strwart, J. W. W.D. Parsliall. Trsas. G. B. Vstzger, S«cr»tary. Maets every first and third Tlmrsday. Visiting Brothers always welcome. S. H. COPELAND. W. OVEBSON. COPELAND & OVERSON, Attorneys at Law, LAND OFFICE BUSINESS Attended to with care and promptness' Williston. North Dakota. CITY MEAT MARKET, (Sherry's Old Stand.) Fresh and Salt Meats constantly on hand. Fisli, Oysters and Game in Season. Let me fill your next order. S. HANSON, Prop. Kodol DEWITT & Co., Chicago The |1. bottle coutalns2H times theaOc. sis* Brownell A McPhee. 9 & CO. 8 Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis. 310 Board of Trade, Ouluth. Grain, PROVISIONS, GRAIN. Board of Trade, Chicago. Members-? Chain, of Com., Minneapolis. I Board of Trade, Duluth. Direct Private Wires. Orders for the purchase of Grain, Stocks and Provisions executed in all markets for cash or on margins. WRITE for our free private telegraph cipher explaining speculation and free daily market letter. SHIPPERS, give us a Trial. We have extended experience and handle all shipments, to your best advantage. Star Meat Market PAUL SCHIERBECK, Prop. FRESH BEEF MUTTON and PORK, Pickled Pigs' Feet & Tripe, Bologna and Frankfurter Sausages. .Sliced Boiled Ham* #Kfi! Stock Brands. OLE THORSEN. Postoffice address—Nesson, N. D. The above brand on right hip of cattle* W. O. BARSTAD. Above brand on left rib of cattle half ol same brand on left shoulder. Postoffice address—Hoffliiud, William* County. N. D. JOHN HEFFERNAN. I Horses branded 111 and on left shoulder Cattle 11 Postoffice address—Williston. N. D. F. A.&R. A.JONES, Dealers in F. A. & B. A. J0NE8. FRANK CONLIN, Postoffice address—Williston, N. D. Above on left shoulder of horses.. RANGEbrand —Neat Baker's Landing in Wal lace county, and Spanish Point in Wil» liams county, N. D. jan2'02 The Ross Horse Co., JOHN A. ROSS. Manager. All horses branded S on left thigh Range on Stony Creek. Postoffice ad-r dress, Williston, N. D. atijftS :v"^. SCRANTOX & HAYES, General Blacksmiths. Horse-Shoeing a Specialty* All kinds of Wagon! Carriage Work EXECUTED WITH DISPATCH. Satisfaction guaranteed on all work. All kinds of Hardwood always on. hand. tS^Shop on Broadway.. Give U8 a call. "WILLISTON. N. DAK. GET YOUR Photographs .— taken at 11.1. Markers STUDIO. All kinds of Photograph work will re. a WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA. '4'- Jiy.1 -T t.i Horses. and We own and control the folldwing brands: Cattle branded as follows: Left ribs. K^Left Right hip. Jribs. I Left hip. Horses branded on left shoulder with above brands, except the Flag brand which is on right shoulder. Range be tween tbe Muddy and Montana State line. P. O. address, Buford, N. D. rf r"