The Dickinson press., 1884-04-05

hides.
E. H. Berry, special agent of the
Liverpool and London and Globe fire
insurance company, was in town
Thursday and appointed VIM. Gibson
agent.
Filings can be made before Judge
Gibson as well as at the land office
and persons filing on land in Stark
county or west of here should bear
this in mind us it saves the expense
of trip to Bismarck.
If you want to take good bath
Frank Abbott can direct you to fine
place in Green river, and Frank
knows for he was there last Monday
and felt the cooling influences of that
pastoral stream.
Jack. Cannon is desirous of know.
ing how so many N. p. ties got into
the hotel cakes served at breakfast
the other morning. They were not
ties, Jack, only wooden tooth picks
and it was April /.
The farmers of Stark county are
now busily engaged in putting in
their seed while persons coming
through on the trains report plenty
of snow in the eastern part of the
territory and Minnesota.
The Northern Pacific company is
so we'll pleased with the flanger built
by Master Mechanic Quinn, formerly
of the shops here, but now of Fargo,
! that it has ordered six to be built at
the Brainerd shops for use next win
ter.
We have been shown an ably pre-.
pared brief in an important case ap-
pealed from the Morton county court,
by Judge E. G. Rice, of Mandan.
The printing was done at the Times
office and is creditable piece of
work.
/ The Capital says that Jamestown
will soon be known as the city of
dogs unless something is done to de-
crease their number. Dickinson will
challenge her right to the name if
the increase of our canine population
is not stopped.
The outfit of Ford & Woodburn a.
rived from Spearfsh Thursday and
will load with freight for Deadwood.
They made the trip in seven days,
thus showing the superiority of the
Dickinson route over any other.
Archibald Morton, of South Heart.
was in town Wednesday. They ex-
pect a number of settlers around
South Heart the coming season and
they will find it good place to locate
as there are number of good citi-
zens there and plenty of the finest
farming lands in the West Missouri
country.
Otto Dosskey, one of the manipu-
lators of the yard engine, met with
an accident Thursday by which he
received a severe cash in his fore
head, but which might have been
worse. The accident resulted from
the carelessness of another employe,
who started the engine while Otto
was underneath repairing some
slight damage.
The Bad Lands Cow Boy calls the
local land agent of the N. p. r. r. a
crank, because he has issued circu-
lar showing the advantages of Dick
inson. The Cow Boy is still very
young and should not be too forward
in condemning things it knows moth
ing about. The circular is so moder-
ate in it's statements that it hardly
comes under the head Of boom pub.
lications.
The Jamesburg, IN. J.) Record
says: ''Mr. Peter F. Stults, living near
Dayton, starts on Monday for Dickin-
son, Stark county, Dakota territory.
He regards tho west as the field of
operations for young men and intends
to settle and grow up with the coun-
try. He is a young man of excellent
mechanical abilities and is bound to
succeed" Mr.. Stults has arrived
here and is we'll pleased with the
town and country. There is no place
like Dakota for young man.
We learn from the Jamestown Cap.
ital that Frank Smith, mention of
whose suicide was made last week,
had purchased 80 caliber Ameri-
can bulldog revolver Of Grim, Geise-
Ter 4 Co., and two boxes of cartrid. 90.
From there he went straight to the
hotel and to room where he placed
the weapon to his head near the ear
and fred the fatal shot. When found
he was lying on his back on the bed,
with his feet hanging on the floor.
The bed was covered with blood and
the verdict of the coroner's jury was
+ '''that the said Frank Smith came to
his death OH March 26th, 1884, by
pistol shot from his own hand" He
had OIL his person IS in money. The
deed was committed about nine
O'Clock in the morning.
There are probably hundred or