Reprint from the June 12,1879 issue of the Northern Pacific Times
(First newspaper in Barnes County):
"A white-livered, sneak-thieving scoundrel one night last week stole
a neck-yoke, whiff letree and spring seat from a wagon belonging to Mr.
Getchell while it stood at the rear of the Sherman House. A certain man,
armed with a Winchester rifle and blood in his eye has spotted the
villain and there will soon be one less curse on Civilization." "All
residents required to work out poll tax on the road from the village
eastward to the Sheyenne River, where the bridge was built by W. J.
Bodkin, Moorhead, Minnesota as authorized by the county Commissioners on
May 19, 1879."
"G. E. Bauder of Sanborn, digging for a well, discovered several
grains of gold between the black soil and the underlying clay." "County
Commissioners ordered no swimming in sight of the new bridge, several
women having complained of the sight of nude bodies when crossing the
bridge."
"The body of G. H. Giles, a young man of the city was found burned to
death about eight miles southwest of Valley City, the result of a
prairie fire which swept the western part of the County on October 1st.
Much damage was done to many farms and much hay and crops in stacks
lost. Railroad bridges and trestles were also burned."