Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-01-10


According to the Press and
Dakotaian there one hundred
aud thirty three daily and week
ly newspapers published in Da-
kota. There are twenty-one
national and ninety private
banks established in the various
towns of Dakot, representing ~
aggregate capital Of over S3,000,-
goo. -,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The pres
ident to-day decided not to IN
serferc in the case OF Dick
Liddell, now in JUL at Hunts
vile, Ala, charged with stabine
a United states pay master at
Muscle Shoals, Ala, in the
spring of 1881. The aplication
for his pardon was made hy Gov.
Critendon of Missouri and other
high officials of that state, inciu-
ding the United States attorney
and chief of police Of Kansas
City, on the ground that pardon
would aid materially in the con-
vlction Of Frank james. how
awaiting trial at Independence.
Mo. The presidents action is
based on report from the at
torncy general, who made an ad-
verse report on the petition tor
pardon on the ground that no.
thing would be gained by such
action, as Liddcil is as much
deserving of punishment as
Jamas.
The Press and Dakotaian s
special e,litipn rcpagtss from the
various iaud offices For DaiSuuu
give an sggregate aof $4,000
homestead and presumption en-
tries IN Dakota during the year
1882, not counting tie Blac'S
Hills land district, from which
they have no report. Counting
three persons to each entry,
which ID al exceedingly low es-
timate, aud we have the evi-
dence of an increase in Dakota s
population daring 1SS2of SO, ,00e;
or, IN round numbers, with a
light estimate for the Black
Hills district, an accession OF
100000 to cur numbers in a SIN
gie year. The census of June,
1880, gave us a population Of
1876 900. The Intervening eigh
teen months prior TO JaiIaarS31i
1882, witnessed the arrival OF
100000 new residents, as has
been previously demonstrated.
The grand total therefore is
335,o00. Dakota is growing.
The Chamberlain Re slster
concludes very interesting ar
ticie on the certainty Of Cham-
beriain's metropolitan tendency,
in these words: ut Is only a
question of time that the reser-
walton will open, and when it
does, how abont our being a
city? Our Insurance company is
prosperous; our mill Is cer-
tainty and will draw trade for
forty miles, and other institu.
tions are soon to follow. Nego-
tiations are about closed for i'm
portant manufactures and large
numbers of buildings are to be
added next season. 1882 goes
out with pleasant remembrances
aud 1883 dawns with 1 bright
suu and clear sky.
Dakota's delegate has prepared
and will introduce a bin to cre-
ate the sixth judicial ,iistrict OF
Dakota to consist OF thefollow-
ing named counties. Ernmons,
Burleigh, Sheridan, MelIenry,
Bottineau, Benville, Htevens,
Morton. Mercer, Stark, Billings,
| Howard, Williams. WAllette,
Mountraille--alI IN north Dako-
to. Bismarck will bu tle prin-
cipal town IN the districE. An
other bill has been inipdnced
creating new district ut Huron,
embracing the counties IN that
locality.
The Chicago Tribune says
l"The admission Of Dak{ta is nc
longer q question of exIcrficncy
or PARTISAN advantegel 1t il
one OF simple right dad JUS
tice. The populations is now, n
a low es,imatc, 350,000, lf which
275, 900 arein the soutIljrn half
4 II will hare Q pern!lt;oa d
100 900 bv the time the neg