The Dickinson press., 1883-10-13

L AluueEO ulClhlcOs ~ xAtuuGEQ ICu Two years ago
aud was buried in Oakland cemetery, st. Paul. But
one child, o soma farmer at Vermillion-is now
living. He is married aud has three children.
under the auspices Of the Masonic fraternity. He
was in good cir umstances, being worth at the time
of his death probably, $4,000. He died interstate,
This he had postponen, on account Of the absence
of his title deeds and Other papers. II
had Do: however, sgS tb istims %ii n what he wished wished
a question to be settled by tho probate court. It is
stated that his life was insured for $4,000. Judge
Kidder was the first delegate in congress to move
west line along the forty-sixth parallel. lie was
well known in st. Paul, which he practically re-
garded as his home from 1870 1865.
A dental convention is called to be
hell. at Watertown, OAK, on Wednes-
day, Oct. "a, 1883, for the purpose of Or
ganlzlng a dental society for Southern
Dakota.
From 5000 to 5000 bushels of flax and
grain are marketed daily in Scotland.
Peter Nissen a Swede, committed sui
eide by hanging himself i'll the barn of
MIR. Wayman, near Rosedale, Oak. re-
Gently.
P. M. Gustafson, a farmer who lived
at Painted Woods, was killed recently
falling beneath the wheels Off loaded
wagon, while driving along the road
about twelve miles north of Bismarck.
Sara Rutherford of Jackson, Mich,
who brought suit against DIR. Calvert of
Eckelson for breach of promise of mar
riage, has obtained judgment for dam
ages in the sum of So, 800.
John Olson Kjeorstad of Grand Forks
has been held TO the grand jury in 81, 900
bail for brutally beating his wife.
The sum of $500 has been subscribed
toward building the Huron Methodist
church.
Auditor Ordway has taken up his per-
manent residence at Pierre.
G. A. Berkman, of Canton, has invent
ed a perpetual calender,
The R9ckport stone quarries are equal
to any in the west. :
A shooting ARRAY occurred at Fort
Hale recently among some COW boys.
one of whom was killed and another
wounded.
The deaf mute school building at
Sioux Falls will be completed before
January LIST.
The remainder of the Dakota c%onvicts
now in the Detroit ~penitentiary are to
be removed to Sioux Falls forthwith.
Prairie fires have already occasioned
heavy losses to farmers in Day county.
Near Cooperstown, laborers xcava
ting a reservoir on the railroad grounds
came upon some dirt Of yellowish COL
or that upon investigation proved to
possess the qualities of soap. It readily
removes dirt from the skin and makes
good suds.
The people of Cass county will, at
the next election, vote on the question
of issuing $50, 900 of bonds of the county
for the court house, and Sis, 900 for the
purchase Of poor farm.
A fire supposed to have beenthe work
of an incendiary, burned the residence
Of ]. Morley Wyard, near Darlington,
Tuesday morning, with much of his fur
niture and household effects.
Dickinson & Humphrey, the pioneer
merchants of Chamberlain, have made
assignment. Liabilities are placed at
$4,000 by those who claim to know.
80 W. A4oAl Oo4 ouIOld, ldlSGu CUU
bushels of wheat on "a acres of ground,
and 642 bushels on % l-2 acres, an av err
age of over 81 bushels.
The management of the Brookings
county fair are making especial efforts
to insure a successful meeting OFT. IS,
10 and 20.
M. F. Holt, on his farm in section "a,
reports a yield of 2l5 bushels of wheat
on five acres OF ground.
A hitch has occurred in the work on
the Territorial Agricultural college build
ing at Brooklngs on account of lack of
funds, caused by the enactment that the
$25,O00 bonds appropriated should not
be sold less than par. But 95 GEMS was
offered, but the citizenssofk Brcokings
have subsc ribed the remaining 5 per
cent.
There are thirty-fve townships i'm
mediatly surrounding Devils Lake City,
which are surveyed, and the plats of
which will be returned to the DEVILS
Lake land Office during the fall and
winter.
Forty thousand acres of land were en-
tered at the Aberdeen land office one
! day last week, all located in Edmunds
| county.
The Plankinton, Aurora county, post
Office has been made third class and the
salary raised to $1,000.
The death of Z. P. Hughill, superin-
tendent of public schools of Lawrence
county, is announced.
A Mrs. Hager of Bismarck, is charged
with having turned from her door her
penniless father from Minnesota, not
even allowing him shelter for the night.
The postof1ice at Lisbon, Ransom
county, haa been made third CLAUS, and
the salary increased to $1,000. The
Tower City, Cass county, office has also
been raised to the third grade and the
postmaster's salary made SLIGO.
The postotfices at Brooklyn, Lincoln
county and Parker, Turner county, have
been raised to the third grade and the
postmasters' salaries increased to ST 100
An Atchison, Topeka g. Samoa Fe circu.
lar was received in st. Paul recently, an
%rouncing that that company is open to re.
ceive business for Salt Lake, Ogden, and al
parts reached by t.e Denver s. Rio Grande
and Central Pacific roads.
cit will be a very cold day wien we
get left under the shadow of the North
pole all Winter.O-Lieut ..Gar1inpton.