The Dickinson press., 1883-09-15

ly spoken of by many, were printed
at the PRESS Job office.
DR.. W. E. Young, of Glendive, is
stopping here for a short time with IL
view to permanently locating. He
may be found at Davis & Fowler's
drug store.
John Slatcher, the gu,tsmith, has
restocked a fine shotgun for Pontet
& Gallagher. Of Glendive. The work
manship is very neat and superior to
that on the old stock.
We are short one of our usual items
this week; no marriage notice.
Come, boys this wont do, rustic
around now for it may be too late
after awhile.
Dakota territory is four times as
big as Ohio, and Alaska is four times
us big as Dakota, and the rest of the
United States is four times as big as
Alaska.
VIM. Eades has surpassed his for
mer record as a turnip raiser. He
now exhibits to an admiring puplic
a t.unip weighing e15 pounds, grown
on his farm north of town.
No" said the cntefprising mer-
chant. Il did not make us much this
year as last. Some of my rivals
walked up and / could not get as
much advertising space as l wanted"
Mr.. Geo. Edgar will next week,
open up a first class meat market in
the Messersmith building. He has
secured the services of good but
cher and proposes dealing in all kinds
of meat and game.
Mr.. T.. II. Garrison. of Yonkers,
N. Y. was here this week. He has
been as far west as the coast and says
Dickinson is the most promising town
along the line. He is a man of con-
siderable means and will probably
locate here.
A Glendive jury hung for two days
hut when the sheriff told them there
would be a horse race out on the
streets in an hour they agreed in ex-
actly seven minutes by the foreman's
watch.-Bismarck Tribune.
Mr.. J. V. Bowles will leave Sunday
morning for West Bangor, N. Y,
his former home. He will remain in
the east some time making prepara-
tions for removing his family, who
are still there, to Dickinson.
The time will soon be here for
building fires and every body should
make a careful examination of their
cEimneys and see that they are all
right. A little caution now may
save a vast amount of property from
going up in smoke.
Messrs Gurley g. Vinton, two young
and enterprising business men, have
purchased the Aud & Moore stock
and will add a large lot of new goods,
which will make it one of the most
complete in town. They are both
good business men and will no doubt
command Il good trade.
The store of Messrs Krauth & Leutz
at Knife River, containing over
$4,000 worth of goods was destroyed
by fire resulting from stroke of
about a month ago. They
have put in a new stock and have
started business again in the build
ing of Thos. Riesback.
The ball at Collister's hall, Last
Thursday evening WAS grand sue
cess i'll every respect and was more
largely attended than any former one-
The managers deserve credit for the
manner in which it passed off. The
music was excellent and the supper
at the Willard House, first class.
at one of the watering places an
impatient young man walked up to
the bathing honse in which he
thought his male companion was
dressing, and, knocking OH the same,
testify inquired, "When in blazes are
you going to get those pants on!s@
There was faint gurgle and a silvery
voice replied: "When l get married,
suppose
The citizens should take some steps
towards protection against fires.
Should fire break out, with the
present small supply of water. and no
organization, it would he hard to
save the buildings on Willard street.
A meeting should be called and an
organization of some kind effected.
1t will not pay to wait until YOU see
your buildings going up i'll flames.
An eastern paper in speaking of the
opening Of the Northern Pacific,
makes this acknowledgement: ''That
the future seat of empire lies in the
great Northwest is an acknowledged
fact. and it is only a question of time
when the capital of the United States,
yea, the source and residence of the
worlds power and wisdom, will sit OH
the top of Young Mans Butte, or
some other elevated pinnacle OH the
andScape of Dakota