Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-05-16
DAKOTA.

IHE WORK OF laying the 1OunQatlO0 Tor
the Lew Cass County court house has
commenced.
The little daughter of Seth Markham,
living neer Huron, was found drowned
in creek near the house.
DEADwooD merchants are getting
judgments against the express company
for delaying goods in tlansit.
DEADwooD clamors for better fire pro.
lection. The town has water works, but
an Insufficient supply of hose.
1T is estimated that seventy.five thou
sand more acres of wheat will be sown
in Central Dakota this tp1irg than last.
GRoExEvAnD and son are on trial ct
CAntop charged with setting q prailie
ire. The fire burned out Pteifer's place
loss $1,000.
In the vicinity of ] amestown there will
be fully twice as much wheat and oats
seeded this year as last. and more than
twice as much breaking was done.
THERE is not vacant claim, tree
claim, homestead and pre.emption, to-
day open to fling in Aurora County,
and but very few in the Mitchell land
dlstI1of.
JACOB WRIGHT, of Rosedale, Hanson
County, lost his stable, eone span of
mu es. three head of cattle, one SIT of
harness, 25Oshead Of sheep and some of
his poultry, causing loss Ct 81 800 by
prairie fire.
SuPT. JACKSON, of the Milwaukee
Road. offers to donate the company's
pile barge to Elk Point if the citjzsnA
will fit the craft up with an engine and
use her as q ferry-boat to secure
Nebraska trade.
On May 28th the voters of Cass
County will decide on issuing 1926, 600
county bonds. Of this, $500
is to complete court house at Fargo,
and the balance for roads and bridges
and for county poor farm.
As the result of recent election in
Trail County, Trail Center was made
the county seat, it being In the geo
kraphical center OF the county. ibis
ends the county seat war between May
Vile, Portland and Hillsboro.
CITIZENS of LIE Beau are excited over
the discovery of vein of coal on the
banks of Swan Greek, adjoining the
town site. The shaft has only been sunk
about fifteen feet and the Indications are
of the most encouraging character.
The Yankton County grand jury has
resolved that Gov. Ordway having ap-
heared before that body, and afterward
giving to the public what transpired
they will not allow his second request to
appear and make further explanations.
A STOCK raising enterprise has been
organized, TO be carried on in the Black
Hills. The company is composed Of
Chicago and other western capitalists.
Ten thousand head of cattle have been
purchased and are on their way to range
in the Hills.
The Miller journal charges that yard
masters and trainmen on the North.
Westerns Pierre line receive bribes for
forwarding immigrant cars that are side
tracked and that numerous new settlers
in Hand County, who have been bled *
get their goods forwarded, can substan'
tiate the charges. ~
THE mystery attending the killing o.
George Arthur at St. Thomas, Waist
Comfy, has been cleared up. One o
the men tells that there was saloo1
row. in which Arthur was badly pound
ed. After he started home he was fol
lowed by johnson and Roseleaf, and hi'
skull smashed with club.
SINCE March there has been an aver
age of $50 cars of immigrants per dal
over the Iowa and Dakota division Of th'
Milwaukee and Sc. Paul road, two third
81 r L.. r.