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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1886
Page
1
District Attorney Noble visits Bottineau while many townsfolk travel for duties and leisure. Notes mention Minot business, new post openings, and social visits. A fire fatality near Duluth, a railway agent transfer, and marriages add to the week’s slice of life across North Dakota and Minnesota.
Judge McConnell ruled in Grand Forks that Will iam R. Mahood won the Second district commissionership after H M Creel failed to answer by the deadline. Mahood, a prominent farmer, will serve three years on the county board. The paper also notes denials of a Bartlett incident by G Van Steenburgh and notices for post office letters and social events in Devils Lake.
Local letters and replies reveal the Bottineau branch line is slated to be laid next spring with rails and fittings contracted for delivery early in 1887. Officials explain delays stem from material shortages and strikes, but promise completion by July and continuation of market facilities along the line. Also noted are real estate openings in Devils Lake and Edge Lake area and ads for horses and second-hand cutters.
A two week district court term closes with a custody dispute over a child and alimony for the wife and attorney fees. The wife alleges severe cruelties. the court grants custody to the mother, grants $25 monthly alimony, $100 in attorney fees, and bonds of $500, with the next term to try the divorce. The city also signs a gaslight contract with Griggs & Budge, while electric light via Brush is noted as satisfactory. Local politics celebrate Ensign’s legislature seat and Mahood’s commission win amid other notes, and a stray livestock alert and land office memo follow.
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