' «lic-rhich LSH9. ellingl*°-jary.port* aid aTk ia000,- |aura nee $8,000 to $10,000. The lire was caused by machinery near the roof, and the mill went like powder.The Farmers and Merchants' bank at Pcrhum has discontinued business. Depositors are being paid in full. This is a branch or Herbert Root’s Farmers and Merchants' National bank of Valley City, Dak.Representative Gilfillan has forwarded to kdward L. Butts of Htillwater an appointment as cadet to West Point, and to Milton Rex of Minneapolis an appointment a* an alternate. Theso two young men wen* flu* HiireenMfiil rnmlirlnlpa nt the rnin.