The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

At Deadwood, Bill Ray was convicted
of manslaughter in the second degree
He killed u man who stole his horses
and resisted arrest.
At Fargo Mrs. Ed. Cornell fred al
the burglar who was trying to break in.
to her house, and scared the fellow
away.
A rusty gun and the skeleton of a mar
were recently found near New Rock.
At Grafton, Annie Feldman was shot
and killed by the accidental discharge
OF agun she foundin the granary, placed
there by her brother.
Horse thieves attempted to take the
stock of Thomas Nelson, zeal Grand
Forks. They were fired at and one Of
them hit, but they all got away.
At Caledonia, F. NJ. Bish was en-.
gagged in oiling a shaft, in the Goose
River mills, when by accident, his foot
slipped throwing Mr.. Bish between two
rapidly revolving cog-wheels, causing
instant death.
The G.. 81. Thomas post, G. A. R., Of
Red6eld, have arranged for a reunion
OF veterans at that place on Sept. 10,
II and -. Preparation has been made
for the accommodation offs 900 soldiers.
At Emerson, Manitoba, q stock COM
pany has been organized to build ele-
vators and buy Minnesota and Dakota
wheat and ship it via the Canadian Pa
citic to Port Arthur, and thence to
England via the lakes,
The labor of the Dakota pe~pitentiary
at Sioux Falls has been leased to Nc
Farland & West of Chicago, and will
be employed in the manufacture of
boots and shoes.
Judge Edgerton has made Sanborn
county q judicial subdivision, and here
after terms of court will be held at the
county seat.
A Huron, specialsays: The territor-
ial normal institute began in the univer.
sity at Vermillion yesterday morning in
charge of Prof. McLowth of Michigan.
The normal school will continue two
weeks, and is free to all.
Crops around Belfeld are q totol loss
from the recent storm. Astrange coin
cidence is the fact that just a year ago
on the same day and at the same hour
the remarkable tornado of 1888 swept
over Belfield, demolishing nine houses
and otherwise causing much damage.
DR.. Pardee, while at Clear Lake last
week, secured two additional $40, 900
subcribtions to the endowment fund of
the Mitchell university, one from DIR.
Brush and the other from Elder Hart
sough. This swells the total endow-
ment pledged tonearly $780, 600.
The new directory of Fargo contains
1882 names, and on that the local pa
pers claim a population of 1862.
Ed Gardner, of Clay county, has IT'S
bearing apple trees.
The first wheat brought to the Memo
ken elevator this year was by Miss Bell,
who delivered 172 bushels of No. 1 hard,
the product of seven acres put in by
herself last spring. Miss Bell formerly
taught school at Sims, but believing
farming more profitable, took q claim
last spring with the above result.
The Tyndall Tribune says N. M. Nc
Dufie, the granger school master who
rented the Dunlap farm near Bon
Homme, skipped the country this week.
belonging to Mr.. Dunlap for 1926 and
left with his family for parts unknown.
A Turner county justice of the peace
recently granted a divorce and awarded
alimony. The court agreed that as he
had power to marry people, he had
power to unmarry them. and would not
hear to any monkey work about juris-
diction in such q plain case.
The First National band at Larimore,
the stockholders of which organized
and established the Nelson County bank
at Lakota, have sold the latter institu-
ton to +. J. Kane, George Martin and
Mowbray S. Northcote, who will in
crease the capital to 800 900.
Charles Hughes and John Brown,
indicted and convicted of participation
in the robbery Of a German emigrant
named Schramm, near Sturgis, some
months ago, have been sentenced to the
penitentiary for life. Their pal, Fiddler.
was lynched ct the time the crime was
committed.
Business of the Fargo land Office for
the week ending Aug. %: Homesteads,
z filings, 1,12O acres; tree claims, 5 fl
ings, 800 acres; declaratory statements,
8 filings, 1880 acres; soldiers declara-
tory statements, none; final proofs, 65
filings, 10,400 acres. Totals, IS filings,
IL, 600 acres. Total cash receipts, 3d.
803. so. Contest cases II.
Orders have been issued by Gen.
Terry for a survey of the military res
ervations at Forts Sully and Meade,
the purpose being to settle disputes
and to clearly define the boundary lines
by appropriating posts and marks as to
prevent any future -encroachment on
these lands by the neighboring settlers.
The work will be done by Lieut.. John
Biddle, chief engineer officer of the de-
The territorial board of equalization
has just finished its labors. The in
crease in the total assessment of the
territory is this year $40, 900, 900 more