Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-22
DAKOTA NEWS.
RAJ Smond on the Sioux Treaty,

Raymond on the Sioux Treaty.
Washington, cial-Delegate Raw
mond SAYS there will be no trouble In
securing the signatures ofall the adult
males of the Sioux Indians to the treaty
legotiated by the Sioux commission last
ear. These signatures are now being
i staned very rapidly, and it is thought
the last one will he secured before CON
press meets. As it vas held bv the SEN
ate committee that all the Signatures
were necessary instead OF three -fourths
os the head chiefs, there will be no diff
fcultv in securing the ratification of the
treaty. Mr.. Raymond says when the
treaty is consummated it will open up to
settlement some ofthe finest agricultural
and timber lands in the country. He
suggests Mat the lands thus opened up
will probably be subject to pre-emption
entry only. In that event the govern
ment will be reimbursed for the amount
paid the indians ,or the cession of a
part of their reservation.
Col. James M. Moore, chief quarter
master department of Dakota, has re-
ported for duty at department headauar-
ters Fort Smelling, and personally as
sumed charge of the office. Col Moore
has had wide experience as an official,
having seen service in nearly all parts
Of the country. He was for many years
stationed at Chicago in charge of the
Quartermasters depot, but for the past
three years he has been on duty in the
quartermaster generals office.
At Jefferson, one mile north of Grove
City, FIVE boys, recently, from ten to
twelve years of age, were out fishing.
Their boat upset, drowning the only son
of Louis Peterson. The remaining four
were rescued by Andrew Hanson
The Grant county funding bill was
ratified at the polls by large majority
In an interview with James +. Cargill,
leading wheat buyer of Wahpeton who
has just returned from an extended trim
through the country, he said that the
prospect for an increased wheat crop by
ut least one-third over last year was in
deed very flattering. He said his only
fear of any falling off from his estimate
was the possibility OF heavy r.ins during
this month.
Work of laying the iro1 has com,
menced on the Fargo & Southwestern
branch of the Northern Pacific, between
Lisbon and La Moure. From La MourG
the road will be continued to Bismarck.
All unknown man committed suicide
bout Il mile east of jamestown by throw
ing himself on the track before the in
coming freight train. He was walking or
the track towards the approaching train
and as they neared each other steppeC
of at 4 safe distance on the side of the
track. When buj few steps separated
them-the engine moving rapidly on The
down grade-he covered his face witt
bis hands and threw himself before it
He was horribly manglet.
In Bear gulch, near Deadwood, dur
ing the recent food, the gulch filled
with debris from the hills, covering the
fiume many feet in depth. The entire
fiume was carried out. The Niger Hill
tiining company has sustained loss o
not less than S25 900, and has been Sc
back many DAYS in their work for thi:
season.
The Bank of Flandrau begun business
June L. The members of the corpora
ton are C. Z. Thayer of Flandrau, o. d
Brown of Sioux City, and NJ. D. Thaye
VI CL't4S NiNN 1 llV tiEsiih HIS ,tLi iiltipi
lied capital of $500
A pistol tight took place on claim
rear Carson, twenty-five miles north o
Pierre. Two contestants for pre-enp
ton becoming enraged at each other
drew revoiyers and commenced firing
After I number of shots had been ex
changed one of the billigerents received
a serious though not fatal wound in th'
side.
To keep an appointment to be mar
ried George Warrell of Rapid City swan
the foo '-swollen Spring creek with
rope around his body, and with the he'll
of men on the bank drew his clothes ant
two saddles, one for the lady, over on ;
raft. The horses were then towed owe
with the rope. The procession thel
formed again and moved on to thu
brides residence.
At Blunt, Hughes county, fight tool
place in saloon. p. II. Balster, an ex
prize fighter, attacked another man ant
got the worst of it, Later he ATTEMPTED
to shoot Frank Reese, who grasped tht
pistol as it went off, and Charles Park
hurst, an innocent person, was shot II
the ankle. Reese beat Balster over th;
head with the revolver. Balster wa
arrested and put in the hands of th
sheriff, from whom the prisoner
friends rescued him, and started owe
the hills. The officer, with aids, CAV
chase, but the prisoner escaped.
Yankton's land Office force is KEEP
busy night and day attending to th'
rush of land seekers. Nearly all th
land III the district has been once files
on bat large proportion of the filings
will not stick. Between forty and tifr,
ACCOMPLISHMENTS per week are enterec
at the land office and many pre-emptiol
claims are being entered second time
The Dakota Insurance company G
Sioux Falls, wrote its first policy Ma,
30.
Basset, the alleged Mitchell, lan<
fraud, has been let off.