Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-01
NORTHERN DAKOTA.
Fargo Times, july 81.

Fergus Falls is exercised over the mar
| riage of a negro and one OF the first young
ladies' of that place.
Senator Spencer, of Alabama. has been in
town for a week or ten days. looking up
lands for himself and some frienGs.
The Norwegian Lu,hc,a,s have ,l c:ded
t.. build q brick church in Fargo this sea-
son, to cost from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Pemhina stage g"es ont and comes in
loaded every day. The contractors intend
putting OF !ullv-ho,se ctaches the first of
August.
jamestown alert, july 25.-The breaking
which has been done in this vicinity for
VIM. Lloyd, of Altoona, Pa, finished this
week amounts to 7l0 acres.
A new postotlice has been established at
Little Forks, on Goose river, between Nav
Vile and Newburgh. ToSten Erickson, iis-
tice of the peace, is postmaster.
An extra freight which left Bismarck on
Saturday evening for Fargo, ran into herd
of cattle between the 10th and 14th Sidings,
killing COW and a couple of heifers.
We understand that ii il quite likely that
in about two weeks the land department of
the N. p. r. r., will send til cir surveyors to
re-survey and plat the townsite Of jamestown.
One Of our farmers who had Travelled
over large portion oi the country within
the last two weeks, estimates the average
yield Of the wheat in Cass county this sea
son at thirty bushels to the acre.
Edmund Harvey, of Walhala, Pcmb;na
county. Dakota, writes us that large mum.
ber OF settlers are locating in that vicinity
this season.. The crops are looking splen-
did, ard will yield largely.
g. G. Beardsley, deputy United States
surveyor. arrived from Yankton last eyen.
ing, and will stait ont next week on sur.
veying tour. AS will ;be seen by a notice
elsewhere, he wants 10 hire men to accom-
l,any him.
VIM. j, Whipp!c, foreman Of the Austin
Transcript, proposes II start paper at
Valley City, providing sufficient patronage
is guaranteed, which Will probably be dore,
as that young city has tn cn,ernri,ins lot
Of business mcn
The railroad 10 Knife Falls from the N.
+. Jnhcticn, will soon he an accomplished
TACT. The managers Of the St Paul and
Duluth road have force of about one bun
drtd men at work, and will, it is thought,
commence laying the iron i'll The course of
few weeks
The contest oycr the dts.r;c: attorney
ship is waxing warm. john a. Stoyell aud
D. 7. Flannely, Of Bismarck; 5. G. Roberts
and .. w. Francis. Of Fargo, and w. G,
woodruff, OF Grand Forks, are candidates,
bus The contest will undoubtedly narrow
down in the convention TO Francis and
Roberts.
From o resident of Pembina, who was in
town yesterday, we learn that l.ep Rnssar's
surveying party struck the boundary line
about seventeen miles west Of PEN inn
Our informant says that members of the
rsrty told him the road could be built for
less than $4,000 mile. and that il runs
through a splendid agricultural country for
nine tenths of the distance,
Flity-hve OK teams and wagons with their
Indian owners or drivers arrived here las.
Friday, under the charge of Philip Wells,
On Saturday agent Harris loaded them with
!,327 sacks of corn: weighing l56,479 lbs,
Tor the government, also some goods for Mr..
Cramsey, the Indian trader at Fort Totten.
Mai. McLanghlin returned from his trip
to the Indian council at Fort Eer.hold on
last Friday. He had $50 chiefs and head
men with him, besides women and children
and reports that the Indians at the council
fixed up matters most harmoniously, signi. g
treaty Of peace, and agreement as to the
manner of redress from the depredations of
OF horse thieves. A party Of the Indians on
return by the way Of Cotaus Hills to Fort
Totten killed buffalo.
Jacob Lowell, Jr, reports to us that on
Thursday Of last week, while he was driving
from old Fort Ransom to Jamestown, he
came upon freshly made grave few feet
from the road. Near the grave was an old
oil-cloth satchel, containing faded and old
worn black cloth coat and pair of white
cotton stockings. Lyins beside the satohel
was boot. At the head of the grave, part
Of flour barrel head had been set up and
the following inscription was written upon
it with a lead pencil: "Found dead. Sup
posed TO be the body Of Andrew NJ. Rosen-
,hrop. May 1st 1881
Grand Jerks Plaindea,er, July 10.
Grin w. Francis, attorney at law, Of Far.