Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-09-01
NORTHERN DAKOTA.
Diphthcria is raging at Millbank.

Diphthcria is raging at Millbank.
Millbank has barbershop of its own.
Wheat about Sanborn is all cut and
stacked.
The Grand Forks hotels are thronged
with guests.
Fargo has fourteen hotels with two
more building.
Large numbers of strangers are flock
ing into NIillbank.
Workmcn are busily engaged at Fargo
on the new draw bridge.
A local W, G, L, U, was organized in
Fargo last Sunday evening.
a newspaper will be established at
Grand Center at an early day.
The boss coal fields Of Dakota can be
found only in Morton county.
The Fargo Argus Of August 2Sth con-
tains twenty five building notes.
Thirty homestead and tree claims were
located near Tower City last week.
Active operations will begin soon on
the building OF the Fargo water works.
No positive damage has been done to
crops in Barnes county by wet weather.
Another hotel eighty feet long and
two stories high is being built at Fargo.
Wheat in the vicinity of Tower City
yielded twenty-five bushels to the acre.
Work will be commenced on the new
brick bank building at Valley City soon.
A number of the Grant county farmers
have finished stacking and gone to plow-
ing.
Morton county has gained many set
tiers this year, but there is room for
more.
A Methodist church was organized at
Tower City last Sunday with twenty
members.
An impromptu social hop occurred at
the Winchester house, at Pembina last
Friday evening.
Grant county has but one regularly
organized political party and that is re-
publican, of course.
The new Methodist church at Bismarck
| when completed will be an ornament
and credit to that city.
Herders are on their way from Monta
na to northern Dakota with 10000 heaG
OF cattle to be shipped east.
Bismarck wants a beef packing ant
canning establishment, paper mill
foundry and smelling works.
Pembipa claims to have a true liv,
ghost, that Of man who recently dice
in the hospital OF small pox.
Millbank, Grant county was only thre
weeks old at the time Of the republican
convention when lively scene ensued
A case involving the title to 4,5O(
acres of land near Fargo is being trie.
before Judge Barnes at that place thi.
week.
The Sun says Bismarck has more Ma
tural advantages for the safe investmen
Of capital, than any city at present i
Dakota.
A pleasant social party occurred i
Sanborn a few nights ago in honor {
Miss Fannie Pitts, who is visiting Mis-
Fannie Lehman.
The home consumption of variou
kinds of rope sold during the past twelv
months i'll Valley City, amounted to owe
$4,000 pounds.
The Northern Pacific Times is unabl
to keep track of the many strangers tina
are constantly arriving i'll Valley Cit
and Barnes county.
Frank Hill, the proprietor of boart
ing house i'll Bismarck, shot and woun,
ed n colored man the other day for refu
ing to pay his board.
Miss Ella Collier, daughter of the Re
Mr.. Collier, chaplain at Fort Pembin
was married Aug. 25th to the Rev. l..
Warner of Cleveland OHIO.
Bismarck Sun: We learn that IL
contract to survey tho beautiful tract
r country known as Painted Woods, h.
been let to Mr.. Vanantwerp, of Yankto
who is to commence work at once.
The 1000 acre crop of wheat on tt
: Grandin farm is all cut, and threshill
began Wednesday. Seven steam thresl
ers and two hundred and fifty men wi
D do the work.
!. Rev. G. I. Bradley, pastor of the Met
odist church at Fargo, preached his far
well sermon to the people of that pla,
last Sunday, having accepted the pos
| ton of Greek professor at Hamline ul
= versity. His loss to that community vi
! not be easily repaired.